Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend

Oops late on parade tonight, completely forgot to post my card, which is for the challenge at Ooh La La Creations - Lots of Sparkle.  The image is a Debbi Moore Stamp, coloured with Copics, the bp is from  Papermania Capsule Collection, as is the ribbon. The flower, aurora crystal gems and matting card all come from my stash, the sentiment is computer generated and I added some Stickles Stardust to her bracelets and necklace.  The yellows all look different in the pic, but in real life they do all match, and the gems and Stickles do sparkle. The card is for a friend of my daughter and the only brief was it had to be yellow.

Many thanks for visiting
Beryl x

Less We Forget!

Today's card is for Rainbow Lady's Challenge - A Time To Remember With Poppies.  The image is from Chocolate Baroque, coloured with a mixture of Promarker and Copics, the backing paper is from Joanna Sheen's Jayne Netley Mayhew CD2.  The ribbon and gems are from my stash and I added some black glitter to the centre of the poppies.

Think perhaps I should have used a different red for the main image, I used the Poppy Promarker, but looking at it now it's seems a bit garish, still it's another card for the box

Thank you so much for visiting
Beryl x

Wine Buff

Good Evening, my card to share today is for the CD Sunday Challenge - Wine Buff.  The images are from Creative Expressions stamped with Momento ink and coloured with a combination of Promarkers and Copics.  The backing paper is from Crafter's Companion Men CD, which I took into Craft Artist to change the plaid from straight to diagonal and to lighten the colour. 

I hope you like my card, many thanks for your visit today.
Beryl x

Drummer Girl

Good Morning, my card to share today is for Sketch119 over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday.  The image is from Sandra Dry Digis (she has closed down now) coloured with a mixture of Promarkers, Flexmarkers and Copics, the diamond backing paper is CuddlyBuddly, the lighter backing paper is from Sharon Duncan Embossibilties, which I took into Craft Artis to match the colours.  It has got music notes all over it but they don't show up in the pic, finished off with Card Candy and a flower from my stash

Many thank for taking the time to visit
Beryl x

Sketch N Stash

Good Afternoon, my card to share today is for Sketch and Stash 67.  The bp is Cuddly Buddly and Funky Fairys, the image is a Cuddly Buddly digi stamp and coloured with Copics and Promarkers, with some Stickles on the wings. the cs is Papermania Shimmer, sentiment is computer generated and the No5 is from a Sizzlets Alphabet.
New Stash - Buttons and Ribbon from Joanna Sheen.  The buttons are brilliant all different colours and sizes
Neglected Stash - The little shimmery flowers.

I am also entering my card into Challenge 85 at Ooh La La Creations - Circles.

I hope you like my card and many thanks for stopping by
Beryl x

New Home

Good Evening, my card to share today is a New Home card that a friend asked me to make.  It is a  Less is More card as this is the type of card she likes.  The image has been made up by using Clarity Stamps - house and birds;  Stampscapes - Foreground and trees.  I used various ink pads and Copics to colour the image.  The sentiment was computer generated and the key embellishment came from my stash.

I am entering my card into Rainbow Lady's Challenge - In the Country

Thank you for visiting today

From my Scrap Box

Good Morning, my card to share today is for Sketch65 over at Sketch and Stash.  The new items on my card are the flowers, they arrived from Wild Orchids on Monday, everything else is from my scrap box. I found a forgotten piece of square gold mirri with the bp already stuck onto it and that decided the rest of the card.  I think the bp is from Card Creations+ Art Deco cd but am not absolutely certain. The image is Willow Designs and was sitting already coloured  with Copics in my toppers box., the matting and corners are from a scrap of CraftyAnn's Polished Marble bp. Not sure what the cuttlebugged card is, I just found it in a little basket  filled with embossed bits. Isn't it surprising what you can find in the various boxes and tubs that we all have sitting around our crafting space.

Thank you for visiting and for the lovely comments you leave
Beryl x

Picking up some more Penquins

Good Morning, it's a beautiful sunny morning again here in the northernmost isles of the UK, two in a row it must be summer lol.  My card today is a skin of my teeth entry into Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sketch108.  The image is Penny Black - Carolling Penquins.  Coloured with Copics, the bp is CuddlyBuddly, the red cs is Coredinations, the ribbon was white and coloured with a Copic.  The message is computer genterated.

Thanks for visiting and I hope you like my card
Beryl x

It's that time again!

Good Afternoon, well it's Less is More day again and this week Chrissie and Mandi have given us a sketch to follow. As I am so up to date with personal cards and ordered ones I decided to make a Christmas Card. My images are Judikins Praying Angel and Peeking Angel, coloured lightly with Copics, the matting is Papermania's new textured cs and the sentiment was printed directly onto the card, the font is Dolphin Extended.

I have decided that I have developed some physic skills this week.  On Thursday I made a Christmas Card with a penquin on it for a challenge and then yesterday the ladies at Bah Humbug requested  penquins for their challenge.  Then this morning I went to check out the LIM challenge and found the sketch and realised that one of my early cards for LIM was the same as the sketch.

In fact just last week I made up another couple like this in different colours for my box!

Thank you for stopping by today and for the lovely comments you leave, it gives me such a buzz when I log in and find that I have a bunch of comments waiting to be read.
Beryl x

Born to Shop

Good Evening, my card today is for two challenges: My Time To Craft - Very Funny and  Papertake Weekly - a sketch.  The image is from a set of stamps I bought whilst on holiday, think they are called Born to Shop and for the life of me I cannot remember the maker because I threw all the packaging away when I came home.  I have coloured with Copics, the bp is CuddlyBuddly the ribbon and cs are from my stash.

I hope you like my card and many thanks for stopping by.
Beryl x

Sweet Sketch Wednesday

Good Evening, I am not happy with my card today, it appears to be a bit insipid.  I went around it the wrong way and coloured the image first and then had real probs trying to get the backing papers to co-ordinate properly, and I think I should have used much bolder colours. I am not a natural when it comes to art, and I struggle with picking colours for these fantasy type images.  I followed Sketch102 over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday, but, I don't think I have nailed it properly.   Onto the details:  the image is a Sweet Pea stamp by Ching-Chou Kuik and I have coloured with Promarkers and Copics, I masked the image and created  the background with distress inks and Judikins colour dusters, the backing papers are from CuddlyBuddly and everything else comes from my stash. 

As the colours are quite pale I think I can enter into this week's Papertake Weekly challenge which is Pale, Pretty Pastels.

Many thanks for visiting today
Beryl x

An Oriental Card

Good Evening, today's card is for the challenge at CACB which this fortnight is Oriental.  The image is a Cherry Blossom Branch, a digi stamp from CraftyAnn, coloured with a mixture of Promarkers and Copics embellished with a couple of silver coloured butterfly brads, from my stash.  The bp is from Crafter's Companion Oriental CD, the contrast card is Papermania and the card is finished off with Craftworks Card Candy, coloured with a Promarker, and a computer generated sentiment.

I am also entering my card into the CD Sunday Challenge which this week is Under the Weather and like some of the DT I have made my card a general Get Well Card.

Thank you so much for visiting and for the wonderful comments that you have been leaving me, I really appreciate them.

Jack's Card

Good Evening, my card to share today is for Sweet Sketch Wednesday, the backing papers are from Cuddly Buddly, Funky Fairys and CraftyAnn,  the cardstock is Papermania, the sentiment computer generated and the big brad came from my stash.  The image is Ron Weasley and is from a set of Harry Potter digi images by Pixie Dust Studios who have today launched a new collection called The British Invasion. My image was  coloured with a combination of Promarkers and Copics.  I will be using one of the other stamps from this set for Jack's twin brother Lewis.  They are going to be 10 this year and I am not sure whether I should put the number on their cards, as a lot of kids these days tend to think they are too grown up for certain things.

I am also entering my card into  Rainbow Lady's Challenge - A Night at the Movies and Digital Tuesday Challenge - One for the Kids

Thank you so much for stopping by

Metal for Christmas

Good Evening, back for a second post.  This card is for the Bah Humbug Challenge which this week is Metallic.  The image is Judikins coloured with Promarkers and Copics.  The metallic bit of my design is a piece of matt silver card embossed with a snowflake embossing folder, the border was punched with Martha Stewart's embossed snowflake border punch, ribbon from my stash and the sentiment computer generated.

My card also fits the bill at CHNC - Silver and Sketch147 at Sketch Saturday.

Thanks for stopping by
Beryl x

A flower for you

Good Evening, as I managed to get this card finished this afternoon, I decided to do a second post.  This one is for this week's challenge at Less is More - A One Layer Card - Off the Edge.  I have been meaning to take part in this new challenge blog since it first started, but other commitments have got in the way and I have never managed to get a card made.  The quote is a Clarity stamp which I have had since last year, but never used.  Whilst searching for just the right flower stamp I discovered this one, which is part of a clear set by Hero Arts, not only have I never used this set before, I can't even remember when and where I bought it and it was still unopened!!!..........am I the only one? lol

I did the stamping with Momento Tuxedo Black and coloured the flower with Copics.  I hope you like my card and thank you very much for stopping by,
Beryl x

And finally....

Good evening, and finally here is the last card for Kayla this one is from her Mummy.  I have remade this card at least five times.  The morning started well with quite a bit of colouring in and then everything went pear shaped. I had decided to make this card for a sketch and discovered that the image should have been matted onto a circle, and I had printed all the images I had coloured in too big for my biggest nesti circle.  On top of  that I just couldn't find papers that would go with the coloured image.  In the end CraftyAnn came to my rescue with her pastel abstract digi paper.  The cuttlebugged card is Stardream, the flowers and pearls came from stash, the leaves punched and the sentiment is computer generated.  The image is Annie and Friends from CuddlyBuddly coloured with Copics. In the end I found a sketch I liked over at CPS Card Sketches and I am also entering my card into Digi Doodle Shop's challenge which asks for pearls on our cards and I am hoping Rainbow Lady will let me away with Annie and Friends as her challenge is Best Friend.

Many thanks for stopping by.
Beryl x

A card for Kayla

 

Good Evening, I just wrote my post and then hit the wrong button and lost it aghh!  My card today is for my Grand-daughter, Kayla, who has given up on pink as her favourite colour and now she wants everything to be purple with a bit of green thrown in for good measure.  So I hope she will be pleased with this.  The image is from Pollycraft and coloured with a mixture of Copics and Promarkers, the bp is CuddlyBuddly, the cs is Coredinations, the flower for the stop came from a mixed box of flowers from The Glitter Girls, the punched flowers and leaves are from offcuts of Coredinations, the gems and ribbon came from my stash.  The ribbon was coloured with a Promarker to co-ordinate with the rest of the card.  

My card is for the challenge over at Cute Card Thursday which is a sketch this week.  I am also entering it into the Creative Inspirations Challenge which is Stripes

Many thanks for taking the time to visit and for the comments you leave

Beryl x

A second post

Hello again, I don't normally post twice in one day, but I missed yesterday.  This card is for Sketch 90 at Sweet Sketch Wednesday.  The image is a Mo Manning one coloured with Copics.  The patterned paper I have had in my craft box for absolutely ages.   I am pretty certain it was one of the first paper pads that I bought when I started cardmaking almost 8 years ago and I have no idea who made it, the coloured cuttlebugged card is from Papermania's newest range. The brad and fibre also came out of my stash.

Thanks again for visiting.
Beryl x

Rock Chick

Good Evening, my card today is for Sketch55 over at Sketch and Stash.  The image is from SandraDryDigis and then coloured with Copics.  The new element of the card is the bp which I bought this morning from CuddlyBuddly, the neglected stash is the lilac card which I found at the bottom of an offcuts box.  The ribbon, jewel brad and flower embellishments came from my stash.  I'm afraid that the pic makes the card look a bit peelie wallie, but in real life it's not too bad.

Thanks for stopping by.
Beryl

A second post today

Seeing as how I've missed a couple of days this week I am posting a second card.  It is for CrafyAnn's Challenge this fortnight, which is 'Anything Goes'.  So as I missed the Bah Humbug challenge last week I thought I would make an extra Christmas Card. I've done this week's Bah Humbug card, but will post it tomorrow.  The image is from Mo Manning, I bought it for last Christmas and never got around to using it as I was so behind.  That's not going to happen this year lol.  I coloured the image with my Copics, the bp came free from Cardmaking and Papercraft last year.  Everything else, red cardstock, gold mirror board, flowers came from my stash.  The sentiment was stamped onto foil card and embossed with red ep.

I am also entering my card in Sketch49 over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday.  Thank you for visiting.  Beryl x