A Sting In The Tail

Good Morning, it's Sunday and that means it's time for a new challenge over at CD Sunday.  This week the ladies have chosen Zodiac as the theme.  I struggled with this one, I searched online for images but couldn't find anything that I liked.  So, out came Joanna Sheen's Enchanted Dreams again.  I have gone with the image for Scorpio as this is my Mum's birth sign.  I didn't use the matching paper this time and have used a freebie download from Craft Creations.  The flowers and gems are from my stash and the punched border is from a bit of card in my scrap box.

Thank you for visiting today,

Beryl x

Less is More - One Layer Card

Good Evening, my card to share today is for this week's Less is More Challenge - A One Layer Card and Use Inks.  I decided to make a frame with an ink pad this week, never tried this before.  I placed the largest and next sized octagonal nestie together onto a piece of scrap card, held in place with some tape and and cut them out.  I placed the piece of card with the octagonal hole onto my card and then placed the cutout of the smaller one inside the hole.  Then I used a bit of old household sponge to ink in between the two pieces to create the frame.  I  stamped this horse image with Momento Tuxedo Black, used the same for the frame, I am not competely certain but I think it is a Crafter's Companion stamp, but I may be wrong as it is an unmounted one that I have had for ages.  I printed the sentiments directly onto the card before trimming and decorating.

Thank you Mandy and Chrissie for this challenge because I have been tearing my hair out trying to come up with a card for my neighbour to give to her husband for their anniversary.  He doesn't like anything too fussy and when I found the horse stamp I new this would be the right card for him, as he loves horse racing and is a keen watercolourist, he has painted a lot of horse pictures.

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

Bling

Good Evening, my card to share today is for this week's challenge at CD Sunday - Bling It Up.  The image is from Debbi Moore's Summerbreeze CD, the ovals were cut with a Marianne Creatable Die and then embossed with a Cuttlebug folder, the cs is Papermania, the bp was a free download from Craft Creations, all the gems came from my stash and the flowers are from Wild Orchid.  It doesn't show up very well, but I have glittered her dress, a la Debbi Moore, with my Quicking Glue Pen and a pot of glitter.  I am also entering my card into Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sketch 112, and Crafty Ann's Challenge - Summertime...and the living is easy.

Thank you for visiting and for any comments you may wish to leave

Beryl x

Swirls and Pearls

Good Evening All.  My card today is for the CD Sunday challenge which this week is Swirls and Pearls.  The card is one of four I have to make for the same lady who is going to be 80 next month (just realised haven't put the 80 on yet - doh!)  The image is from Craft Creations Art Deco cd, the bp is from Debbie Moore's  Glamour and Glitz cd.  I have used the Cuttlebug Devine Swirls folder for the piece of offset card and used black pearls for decoration.  The ribbon came from my craft box and the sentiment is computer generated.

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

Lady and Her Dog

Hi, I would like to say a huge Thank You to everyone  for the wonderful  'welcome back to blogland' wishes you left for me.  I was quite overwhelmed.

For my card today I have used an image from the Craft Creations Art Deco CD, I love the expressions on the lady and her dog, it looks as if they have had a huge argument and are too proud to apologise.   The backing papers are both from CraftyAnn, the patterned one is from her Abstract Collection and the plain one is Polished Marble. The flowers came from my stash box as did the ribbon.  The sentiment is computer generated.

I am entering my card into Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sketch No.88  and also into the Crafty Creations Challenge, which this week is 'Three Little Words'.

Beryl x

Surprise, Surprise

 As you may have noticed I have been awol for a very long time.  After my holiday last May I found it very difficult to get back into crafting and blogging again.  I eventually managed to get going with the cards for family and a few orders, but couldn't get around to taking pics of the cards and uploading them to my blog.  I was quite surprised to find that it is still functioning.   My New Years Resolution was to get my act together and start blogging again.  So, my card today is a Valentine Card for my best customer to give to his lady love.  I have been making his cards for quite a while now and I am finding it increasingly difficult to come up with new ideas for him.   Whilst searching for an image I came across this digi stamp from Crafty Ann and thought it would be a bit different.  I have coloured the image with Promarkers and used CuddlyBuddly papers.  The sentiment is computer generated.  I am entering my card into the Craft Creations Challenge which this week is My Love is like a red, red rose and I hope you like it.
If any my fellow bloggers stumble across my blog and would like to leave me a comment, I would be well chuffed.
Beryl x