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

Capt Pugwash

For my card today I followed a sketch challenge that I discovered while visiting my friend Irene's Blog, if you haven't vistited Irene please do as she has some wonderful cards on her blog.

The Challenge is Sweet Sketch Wednesday Sketch 32. The image is from a Woodware Clear Stamp Collection. I coloured with my Promarkers today for a change and cut it out with nesties, the bp is Funky Fairys Gorgeous Gingham, the no6 is from a Cuttlebug Alphabet, the name is computer generated and stuck onto a nestie ribbon slider. Everything else is from my stash.

Thank you for visiting my blog and for leaving me such wonderful comments. I appreciate every one and it's your continued support that has got me back into blogging properly again.

Beryl x

Christmas Card No.2

Well, so far so good, this is my card for the 2nd Bah Humbug! Challenge, which asks for New or Nearly New Stash. The new component on my card is the image. I actually bought this gorgeous Mo Manning Penquin with Gift image before last Christmas and even coloured it in with my Copics, but never got around to using it. I have also followed Sketch 85 from Friday Sketchers. The bp is DCWV, sentiment computer generated and stuck onto a nestie ribbon slider, nestie circles with a cuttlebugged snowflake finishes off my card.

Thank you so much for visiting and for the lovely comments you leave.

Beryl x

Oops, just noticed I missed a bit when colouring in

Best Friends

Hi, today's card is for The Pink Elephant Challenge - Plaid, No Ribbon and any number of Brads.

The image is Messy Rabbit from Joanna Sheen coloured with my Lyras and mounted onto nesties. The snowflakes are brads and I have used brads to attach the sentiment which is computer generated and stuck onto a nestie tag. The bp is from Daisy and Dandelion's Christmas pad. The cardstock is Coredinations and I used a Martha Stewart punch.

Thank you very much for visiting my blog,. Beryl x

Carol Singing

Today's card is for two challenges. I have followed Friday Sketchers #79 and used a digi stamp and spray glitter for the current DU2DS challenge which is for Glitter. The image is Dottie & George carol singing from Charmed Cards and Crafts, coloured with my Copics. The offset card has been swirled with blue and white pearlescent glue, cuttlebugged with the snow flake folder and then sprayed with Crafter's Companion Silver Glitter Spray, the snowflake is just punched from some scrap card and then sprayed with the glitter as well, unfortunately the glitter doesn't show up very well. The sentiment is computer generated, dusted with Cosmic Shimmer and cut out with a Nestie tag. The bp is from Fred She Said, I used the Martha Stewart snowflake punch for the centre strip, and everything else came from my stash.

Thank you for visiting and if you would like to leave a comment, please do, as they really make my day.

Beryl x

PS. I forgot to mention my namesake Beryl, as it was on her site that I found out about the pearlescent glue. I had not heard of it before. So, of course seeing the wonderful effect I just had to go buy some. I'll send you the bill later Beryl rfol :) Do pay her a visit as she does some amazing work

3 in 1

I've managed to fill three challenges with today's card. Arty Girlz and Tanda Teaser this week are both for 'Frames' and Cute Card Thursday requires 'Hearts' on the card. I needed an Anniversary card and used this image and backing paper from Joanna Sheen's Dancing With Shadows. I used Stardream Opal for the card and the frame which I cut with the largest scalloped Nestie, I used gold mirror card for the matting; the sheer organza ribbon came from Joanna Sheen. The hearts were red and I think they came as a cover gift on a cardmaking magazine. I used my Versamark pad on them and sprinkled on Halo ep from Sparkle and Sprinkle to make them gold and glittery. I hope you like my card and thank you very much for dropping in and for any comments you may wish to make - which are always greatly appreciated. Beryl x

Butterfly Card

After an awful weekend, where everything I touched ended up in the bin, I managed to make my card for the Sketch Saturday Challenge - Sketch 20. I started by stippling chalk ink onto glossy card and then stamped the butterflies from Glenda's Just Butterflies in black Stazon. I cut out the large butterfly and mounted it onto purple Stardream, which has been embossed with my Cuttlebug and then cut out with my oval Nestabilities. The backing paper came from Making Cards Magazine and the ribbon from my craft box. I do hope you like my card and many thanks for stopping by. Beryl x

Friday Sketchers

I am posting a second card today for a different challenge. This one is a fantastic sketch for Friday Sketchers, I love doing the sketches because of the different layouts that I wouldn't of thought of. The card is a very simple one using an image and co-ordinating backing papers from the Joanna Sheen/Jane Netley-Mayhew cd. As the card is for a lady I picked these gorgeous flamingos. I finished off the card with white ribbon and the recipient's name. I used silver peel off letters coloured black and mounted onto white and black cardstock cut from my nestabilities. I hope you like my card and thank you for dropping by. Beryl x