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 

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

Special Delivery

Good Afternoon, it a lovely sunny day here but, the wind is awful and apparentally going to get even stronger. My card to share today is for Rainbow Lady's Challenge - Dogs, in recognition of  Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day.  My image is a digi stamp from the new cd from Just Inlined - The Next Big Thing.  There a masses of digi stamps on this cd plus a fair bit of other goodies too.  I'm not particularly good at colouring and have always found animals the most difficult. I have used Promarkers with the fine nibs attached and just drawn lots of little thin lines all over the image with three different colours.  The backing paper is Cuddly Buddley the green and yellow card is Papermania, I stamped Happy Birthday onto the envelope, finished off with Card Candy and the sentiment is computer generated.

Thank you for visiting today
Beryl x

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

Soar like an eagle

Hi folks, my card today is for Rainbow Lady's Challenge - Cards For Men. The image and bp is from Ooh-La-La-Creations cd Boys to Men.  The cuttlebugged card is Papermania Shimmer, the sentiment is computer generated and I finishished with some Card Candy.  The card is for my Stepson who'se birthday is in December, this is a busy month for me with 22 birthday cards to make for family and customers. Seven down and another 15 to go.

Many thanks for your visit and for any comments you may wish to make
Beryl x

Another CAS Card

Good Afternoon, today's card is for this week's My Time to Craft Challenge - Quite White.  It's a very simple card using a new Papermania embossing folder, Stardream Crystal White cardstock and silver mirri.  The sentiment is stamped and embossed with silver.  It's the first time I have used this folder and am not sure about it, but it will make a perfect production line card and also won't need a large letter stamp, so it might grow on me lol

I hope you like my card and many thanks for visiting

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

Carol Singing

Good Morning, I have won two challenges over the last couple of days,  Digital Tuesday and Sweet Sketch Wednesday.  To say that I am thrilled would be an understatement, thank you so much to both challenges.

On to my card it is for this week's Digital Tuesday Challenge - Celebrate the Season.  As you can see I have chosen Christmas  The image is a precoloured digi stamp from Cuddly Buddly, the backing paper is also from Cuddly Buddly, I have used Papermania shimmer card for the corners and matting. The ribbon is from my stash.  By having the digi stamp precoloured it's an easy production line card, so made another five like it yesterday.

I am also entering my card into this weeks My Time To Craft Challenge - A Kaliedoscope Of Colour.

Many thanks for taking the time to visit
Beryl x

Another one for the box.

Good Morning, my card to share today is for this weeks challenge over at Bah Humbug - Paper Weaving.  I have used offcuts of Cuddly Buddly papers for the weaving.  The bauble image is from Papermania stamped and embossed with silver embossing powder.  Everything on my card comes from my stash, the ribbon was coloured with a Promarker.  Just realised the ribbon is a bit squint.

Jules Crafy Snippets Challenge - everything on my card came from my snippets boxes,  by the skin of my teeth this week.
Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog - Make Yourself  Uncomfortable.  I have never done paper weaving before because I thought it would be too fiddly, it was a bit lol

Thanks for visiting.

Waiting for Santa

Good Morning, my card to share today is for the challenge at Digital Tuesday - Fariy Wishes.  The image is from Charmed Cards - Charming Christmas Waiting for Santa, coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers.  The backing paper is from a fastly diminishing Rose Tinted Christmas from DCWV, the ones that are left  now are mostly the ones I don't like very much.  That's why I am a great fan of digi papers, you never run out of a favourite.  The centre strip is Papermania Shimmer card, the ribbon is from my stash, left over from some wedding stationery I made last year.  I haven't put a sentiment on my card yet, because I think it will be a personalised family member one but not sure who yet.

I am also entering my card in this week's Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything goes with the optional of a
shaped card, never managed that bit sorry.
I hope you like my card and many thanks for stopping by.

The Moon's a Balloon

Good Afternoon,  my card to share today is for this week's challenge over at CraftyAnn's Challenge Blog - Scallops and/or Fancy Borders.   The image is from Pollycraft and coloured with Promarkers.  The bps are from a 6x6 pad that I picked up at our one and only craft shop.  The name on the front is Cosmo Cricket, never heard of them before and I have just noticed that they are Made in China.  In real life they are not so orangey, more of a deep golden yellow,  I have taken about six or seven pics and the result is always the same.  The number 4 was stamped with a Papermania Number Stamp Set using BignJuicy Foliage.  The sentiment is computer generated, I have used a Martha Steward punch for the central strip and the cs was in my oddment basket, the flower gems are from my stash.

I am also entering my card into:
Rainbow Lady's Challenge - StampIt                                                             
The Stampman - Anything Goes - With Summer Colours

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

Bah Humbug!

Good Afternoon from a very wet Shetland.  My card to share today is for this week's Bah Humbug Challenge - White on White.  It's a very simple card that didn't take very long to make, in fact it might just be my card to send to extended family and friends this year.  The embossed baubles is a Papermania Embossing Folder and the sentiment is from a Crafts Too embossing folder.  I used some gold mirri for matting and the ribbon is from my stash. 

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

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

Feeling Fruity

Good Evening, First off this evening I have to say ahuge thank you to all my blogging friends who left get well wishes during this past week.  My Labrynthitis is under control most of the time, but I do have the odd dizzy spell, I am still taking the tablets! 

I've got two cards to share today and they are both for this week's Less is More Challenge - Feeling Fruity, to use fruit or fruit colours on our cards.  I have made two cards using digi stamps by CraftyAnn, there is a third image I was playing with - apples on a plate - but I got bogged down getting these two finished.  I'll maybe have another attempt later in the week using that  image. 

Card Number 1  - the image was coloured with Promarkers using the new fine tips, the cuttlebugged card is another Crafty Ann product, this from her  Polished Stone collection,  The sentiment was printed directly to the base card.

Card No.2 - the image was coloured with Derwent Coloursoft pencils and blended with Sansador.  The cs is from the new colour co-ordinated Papermania range, the sentiment was again printed directly onto the base card.  I didn't have a toning ribbon, so I coloured this gorgeous satin and organza ribbon (white) with a Promarker.  I added a few drops of Glossy Accent to the apples, but it doesn't show up very well, especially on the Promarker apple.

Thank you so much for visiting
Beryl x

Thinking of You

Good Morning, my card to share today is for the challenge at Crafty Ann' s Challenge Blog - Get Well/Thinking of you/Just Because.  The image is Walter Owl from Willow Designs coloured with Promarkers, the bp is Cuddly Buddly, the Cuttlebugged card is Papermania Shimmer, the flower is from my stash, the sentiment computer generated and the leaves are from an offcut of CraftyAnn's Polished Stone bp cut with  a Marianne Die

Another one for the box.

Good Afternnon, my card today is for Sweet Sketch Wednesday No109 and I am still trying to make Christmas Cards for challenges.  The image is a Judikins stamp, the bp is CuddlyBuddly, the contrast strip of card is Papermania Shimmer embossed with a dotty folder, the flower is Fred She Said, the ribbon was white from my stash and coloured with a Promarker, the sentiment was comupter generated. Oops, I've just realised that my trees are squint.

Thanks for stopping by today
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

Catchin' Flakes

Good Evening, it's been dull and grey here today, but at least we didn't get any rain - yet!  My card to share today is for the challenge at Bah Humbug and this week the ladies have asked for Scarves and Mittens.  Apart from the dark blue cs, which is Papermania,  everything else has come from Fred She Said.  The bps and the flower are from the Blue Christmas Poinsettia Pack and the image is Catching Flakes, I have used the pre-coloured option.   The sentiment is computer generated and I have added a bit of stickles to the centre of the flower, but it doesn't show up very well.

I am also entering my card into CraftyAnn's Challenge - Christmas in June and I have followed Sketch No.106 from Sweet Sketch Wednesday.

Thank you for visiting and for the lovely comments you leave.  They really make my day.
Beryl x

Little Blue Bear

Good Evening, my card to share today is  for my Grandson, Caleb, who will be a year old on the 22nd of this month - born on his Mother's birthday.  I have followed Sketch105 over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday.  The image is from Daisy and Dandelion stamped with Adirondack - Stonewashed, the papers are CuddlyBuddly and the dark cs is from the new Papermania Shimmer range the pearls and lace come from my stash.

Thank you so much for visiting.
Beryl