Less is More

That's it, I have just packed all of my craft stuff away and can now see my dining table lol.  I am not going away until Wednesday, but have got a lot to do in the house before I can go away, so I had to pack up today. 

I have two cards to share today and they are both for this week's Less is More Challenge - Take Three Challenges.

Week2 - A Flower or a Tree;  Week 6 - Off The Edge;  Week 54 - Stripes. Stamped with Big n Juicy Hydrangea, the border is from a Dimension Fourth Art Deco stamp set, my favourite Agapanthus from Stampendous and as usual I have no idea about the sentiment stamp.

Wee12- Off Centre;  Week 34 - Sketch; Week 35  - Colour of your Eyes. The image is a free cover stamp from Craft Stamper, the sentiment is Papermania, all stamped with Momento Rich Cocoa, the brown matting is from my scrap box

The first card was a second card I made for the Stripes challenge but never got around to posting it.
As for the other 5 challenges that I have used, these were challenges I missed whilst on holiday.

I hope you like my cards and many thanks for visiting and for any comments you might wish to make.
Beryl x 

Less is More

Good Afternoon, it's horrible here today, torrential rain and the wind is picking up as well, just the sort of day to stay in and craft.  Trouble is the lighting is atrocious for taking photos in, even Picassa hasn't been able to improve this pic today.

My card to share today is for this week's Less is More Challenge, Week 50 - Masking.  My images are all from an unmounted plate by Chocolate Baroque, coloured with Promarkers and matted onto a scrap of dark brown card from my offcuts basket.  The sentiment is from a clear set and, as usual, I don't know who the manufacturer is.

Many thanks for stopping by today.
Beryl x

Better Late Than Never

Good Afternoon, I am struggling with the old mojo still, just can't seem to settle down an play for some reason, so I'mreally late with this week's Less is More Challenge - One Layer Card - Script.

The image is a La Blanche Stamp inked with Big n Juicy Hydrangea and the sentiment is from a clear set, but as usual I don't know the make

Thank you very much for your continued support
Beryl x

Coffee and Cream

Good Evening all, I have actually managed to get my Less is More card made on the first day of the challenge this week.  Chrissie and Mandi have asked us to use Neutral Colours this week. My base card is Brown Tapestry, I have used Cream Tapestry card for the butterfly and sentiment.  The butterfly is a Cuttlebug Die and matching embossing folder.  The ribbon and gold beads are from my stash and the sentiment in computer generated.

Many thanks for your visit today and I would be delighted if you leave me a comment
Beryl x

Happy Birthday

Good Afternoon, sorry I've not been around for a few days again but my mojo seems to have departed and I'm struggling to get motivated about anything at the moment.   It's my eldest daughters 40th next Monday and I have got absolutely no idea about her card, which needs to be in the post by tomorrow at the latest.  

I have just thrown this card together for this week's Less is More Challenge which this week is Don't Scrap It - use up some of our offcuts and snippets.  The sentiment image is from Papermania, coloured with Promarkers,  all of the cardstock, including the card itself has come from scrap boxes, the ribbon I found at the bottome of my ribbon box.

Many thanks for visiting today
Beryl x

Happily Ever After

Good Afternoon, sorry I've not been  around much this week, the dizzy spells have been quite bad again.  But, I finally got my ENT appointment yesterday.  The clinic was running very late, I had to wait an hour, but it was worth it.  I got to see the consultant and he diagnosed Positional Vertigo and did the Eply Maneuver three times, it worked really well and I feel better today than I have been feeling since Christmas.  I may have to go to Aberdeen  to have this done again, because the ENT people only come to the islands once every two or three months, but it will be worth it.

Any hoo, on to my card.  This is for the challenge at Less is More, which this week is to use our punches and die cuts.  I have used circle nesties and the lovely new Memory Box heart dies.  I bought these because I have been asked to make some wedding samples and I thought this heart set would be quite good for that.  The backing card is Papermania Shimmer, the sentiment is from a Woodware Clear wedding set and cut with Spellbinders Just Rite Sentiment tags.  I think this is the first card since Christmas that I have managed to make without any snags at all.

I am also entering my card into this week's Make it Monday Challenge, I was thrilled to bits that my Damsel Fly card was picked as feature  entry of the week for last week's challenge.

Thank you some much for visiting and leaving me such lovely comments, they really do mean so much
Beryl x

Mermaid

Good Afternoon everyone, I hope you are all keeping safe and warm.  Today's card is for this week's challenge over at Less is More.

For our first Anniversary we are back to a repeat of our inaugural challenge which for the first Saturday of the month is colour... and this time we have chosen 

AQUA

 

The image is from Clarity, stamped with Momento and coloured with Promarkers.  As you can see I have been inking again, I did this with Adirondack Aqua and my trusty inkdusters.  I have added  Waterfall Stickles on all of the bubbles and dotted some of it round the mermaid's tail.  I coloured the ribbon with the Aqua inkpad and the sentiment is computer generated.   The image and sentiment are both matted onto Papermania and matt silver cardstock from my stash.  The colours are much prettier in real life, not quite so dark looking,

I hope you like my card and many, many thanks for taking the time to visit.

Beryl x

Butterfly Flourish

This week over at Less is Moore, the ladies have given us a fabulous sketch to work with.
 
 This year, apart from trying not to buy any new stash I have decided to try and get to grips with inking.  I have always found this difficult.  So, I sat down this morning with a pile of  inkpads and a new pack of Cut-n-Dry foam.  Nearly three hours later and lots of bits of card in the bin, I gave up on the Cut-n-Dry and got out my trusty Judikins Ink Dusters, the inking doesn't seem as smooth with these and I will keep trying with the foam.  I used Spiced Marmalade and Worn Lipstick Distress Inks and the stamp is from a Chocolate Baroque unmounted plate - Butterfly Flourish Swirls, the sentiment is from an acrylic set by Hobby Art. 

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit today.
Beryl x

Butterfly Dreams

Good Afternoon everyone.  Firstly I would like to say a big Thank You  for all of your good wishes recently.  I am beginning to feel a lot better and the dizzy spells are nowhere near as bad as they have been. 

So, on to today's card.  It's Less is More time again and this week the challenge is Cut it Out - to make an aperture or some kind of hole on our cards.  I used an octagonal nestie for mine and also my Marianne Creatables gorgeous Butterfly Die.  I started by cutting out a white butterfly and then I got out my craft iron to melt some Angelina Fibres together and cut a second butterfly from this.  I used wet glue to stick the two butterflies together and then my quickie glue pen to attach the wings of  the base to my card.  The picture doesn't show it very well but the fibre butterfly really sparkles in real life.  The sentiment is computer generated and printed directly onto the card.

Thank you so much for visiting and I hope you like my card.
Beryl x

A Little Bird Told Me

Good Morning, sorry once again for my lack of  blogging and posting,  still feeling rubbish and to top that off my Labrynthitis/Vertigo is back and my doctor won't give me any of the lovely pills that help until I have seen the ENT people.

Anyway, I did manage to make a Less is More Challenge card yesterday, this week Chrissie and Mandi have asked for a One Layer Card and the theme is Birds.  I looked out my old Kingfisher stamp by Peronal Impressions, stamped onto watercolour card with Ranger Black Archival ink and then coloured with watercolour pencils and a waterbrush.  I am not overly happy with it, but was not up to redoing it.

Thank you so much for visiting and  your continual wonderful comments and support
Beryl x

The Colour Purple

Good Afternoon,  today's card is for this week's Less is More Challenge - Predominately Purple.  The image is one from a Creative Expressions unmounted sheet that hasn't seen the light of day for a very long time.  I used Adirondack Eggplant to stamp the image and worked  Milled Lavender Distress Ink all over it, then  matted onto some white and purple scraps.

I am also entering my card into Rainbow Lady's Challenge - Travel Through Time


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

A Little Bit of Sparkle

Good Morning everyone, my card today is for the Less is More Challenge and this week Chrissie and Mandi are asking for Bling.  The image is from Chocolate Baroque, stamped with Brilliance Pearlescent Purple and embossed with Cosmic Shimmer Aurora Crystal ep, as is the sentiment from My Sentiments Exactly.  I added some Aurora Crystal gems to finish.

 The piece of card with the image and the matting layers are all from my scrap box, so I am entering my card into Jules Crafy Snippets ChallengeWeek47, as Jules hasn't posted this week's challenge yet I will adjust the link later today.

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

Up Up And Away

Good Morning been awol for a few days, I've been really busy getting my cards bagged and tagged for the Christmas Fayre in our village on Wednesday night.  I have had a table there twice before, the first time I did really well, but the second time I only made just enough to pay for my table.  That was about 5 years ago, so thought I would dip my toe in the water again.  I want to make a couple of  boxed cards before Wednesday, because these have always gone down well. Sorry in advance if I don't manage to get round to commenting  this week.

Onto today's card.  It is for this weeks Less is More challenge - Silhouettes.  The image is an Heritage stamp which I found in a sale box at our only Craft Shop (25 miles away) a while ago and I have never used it.  The birds are Clarity and the balloon is punched.  The sentiment is a from a birthday greetings set by My Sentiments Exactly.

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

Leaves

Good Morning, my card today is for the Less is More Challenge - Leaves on  a One Layer Card.  It's a very simple card as you can see, the leaves are from yet another acrylic stamp set that I have absolutely no idea of the manufacturer.  In fact I think it's the first time I have even used it.  I used Big n Juicy Foliage and the sentiment is from a Papermania set.

Sorry about the awful pic, but I used a pearlised card and it didn't take well to being photographed, even Picassa couldn't improve it that much.  The card is much smaller than usual because I ended up getting ink where there shouldn't have been any and as this was the fifth attempt at the card I decided just to cut off the inky bits instead of trying for a sixth time.  I hope to make a better card later in the week

Thank you so much for visiting and for all your good wishes and I am now feeling much better.
Beryl x

Fireworks

Well it's Less is More time again and this week is a colour challenge - Red and Orange as a tribute to bonfire night.  I have made two cards today, for the first one I used my Clarity Alium stamps, I picked these because the little stamp looks like rockets going off in the sky.  I used a Kaleidacolor Multi ink pad, Desert Heat, the colours range from orange to red, added some glitter then matted  onto some red scrap card, the sentiment is from Crafty Individuals.

The image for the second card is a Stampendous one, not sure what these flowers are, I used the Desert Heat inkpad again and another scrap of red card, not sure of the sentiment manufacturer the packaging went a long time ago

I am also entering my card into CraftyAnn's Challenge - Floral Frenzy

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

Stars

 Good Afternoon. I have made two cards today, both of them for this week's Less is More Challenge - Stars,
The first one is a stamp by Chocolate Baroque which was stamped with Versamark and the embossed with a silver glitter embossing powder, matted onto silver mirri with a computer generated sentiment.

For the main image on second card I have used Clarity's Wired Star stamp this time I have embossed with a gold glitter embossing powder.  The smaller stars were made with a clear Kanban stamp and embossed with the same gold ep.  Not very happy with this one as the embossing powder doesn't show up very well, and it has been remade a good few times.

I hope you like my cards and thank you so much for visiting and the wonderful comments you have been leaving me, they mean such a lot to me.
Beryl x

Polkadots

Well, it's that time of the week again - the Less Is More Challenge, this week Chrissie and Mandi are asking for polkodots.  I have used the Cuttlebug large dot embossing folder for the panel on my card.  The baubles are from Crafty Ann's metallic range and I have sprayed them with Crafter's Companian gold Spray and Sparkle.  Unfortunately, the spray doesn't show up very well as it's a dull, dismal day here. I tried using UTEE on the baubles to make them shine, but my Versamark pad has got too messy to get a good finish, so they ended up in the bin.

I am also entering my card into CraftyAnn's Challenge - Clean and Simple.

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

Tie A Yellow Ribbon

Good Afternoon, my card to share today is for this week's Less is More Challenge -  Cocktails. I had a couple of ideas for this but decided to get out my beautiful Chocolate Baroque stamp again.  Fingers crossed that Chrissie and Mandi will be happy with my Cocktail of Flowers.  I stamped the image with Versamark and used Silver Lustre embossing power, by Cosmic Shimmer, I coloured with Promarkers, matted the image onto Papermania shimmer card and silver mirri, added a yellow ribbon and some aurora gems from my stash.  I used my Quickie Glue pen and crystal glitter on the 'bubbles'  I've just noticed that I've left the bow a bit too close to the right hand edge, can't change it now because if I try to take the topper off I will ruin the card and have to start all over again.

I will have to make another card like this with red flowers, as it's my Mum and Stepdad's Ruby Wedding Anniversary in December.

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

Zentangle for Less is More

Good Afternoon,My card to share today is for this week's challenge over at Less is More this week it is time for a one layer card and Chrissie and Mandi have asked for Hearts. I decided to take a chance on Zentangle .

 When we went to Westpoint the other week there was a lady there doing Zentangle.  She had the most amazing work on display and Joanna was well impressed, we both decided to buy the starter kit including sketch pad, pens and book of designs.  Joanna took to it quite easily as she has always been able to draw, but I found it quite daunting, especially after being thrown out of art at the end of my second year at grammar school, I was bottom of the class,  I have problems drawing a straight line, even with the aid of a ruler lol.  My first efforts were in pencil and I was continually rubbing out.  But,  I have persevered and am improving ever so slightly, but still have a long way to do. 

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

Less is More No.3

Good Morning, this is going to be my last card before heading off on holiday tomorrow. It is my third entry into this week's Less is More Challenge - Anything goes. A really quick and very simple one. As usual, I don't know the make of the stamps as I threw the packaging away. Stamped with Brilliance Pearlescent Lavender and I have added a couple of gems to the centre of the snowflakes.  Looks like I might be No.300 - I do hope you make it.

Thanks for stopping by
Beryl x