I'm still here

Good evening everyone.  I am still here but have been busy doing other things and not had much time to blog new cards.  I have to get all of my April cards sorted because I am away next week until the middle of the month.  This is one that is needed for the 2nd of April, and it fits  Rainbow Lady's Challenge - House and Home.  The image is from Joanna Sheen's Nostalgia cd, the backing paper is Nitwits, the embossed strip is from my offcuts box and the sentiment is computer generated

Thanks so much for stopping by
Beryl x

A Bit O' Blarney

Good Morning all, my card for today is for Rainbow Lady's Challenge - St Patrick's Day.  As I have no need of a St Patrick's or even Irish Themed card I played with Serif Craft Artist yesterday and made this digital piece.
I started by turning a Nitwits Kit - A Bit O' Blarney and turned it into a scrapbook kit and this is the basis of my piece.  I used some of the various filters in the programme  to make it look a bit more 'real'.

 I hope you like it and many thanks for visiting today.  Please leave me a comment as I would love to know what you think of this piece
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

Have a Heart

Good Evening, I am really late today but all the things I tried to do this morning went in the bin, so decided to have another play this evening.  My card is a very clean and simple one for Rainbow Lady's Challenage - Have a Heart.  I decided to make a card for my box that would be good for a wedding or engagement at some point.
The image is Chocolate Baroque stamped and embossed with Wow embossing powder, matted onto a piece of gold mirri from my scrap box and finished off with some organza ribbon and little gold pearls. 

Thank very much for visiting, please feel free to leave a comment.  I do so love reading them
Beryl x

Red Shoes

Good Afternoon, my card to share today is for Rainbow Lady's Challenge, which this week is Wear Red Day.  The image is from Debbi Moore's New York CD, the bp is from my scrap box but I am sure that is a Debbi Moore one as well.  The shoes are from a Creative Expressions unmounted  plate stamped with Momento onto a piece of scrap card from my white box, the sentiment is computer generated.

I am also entering my card into the CD Sunday Challenge - A La Mode and Pixie's Snippet Challenge No 6.

Thank you so much for visiting today. 
Beryl x

My Love is like a Red, Red Rose

Good Evening, my card for today is for Rainbow Lady's Challenge which this week is anything Scottish.  I have gone for a famous poem by the great man himself, Rabbie Burns.   The image is from Chocolate Baroque.  I used chalks to start with for the rose and leaves, it was OK but it seemed a bit blotchy, so I used a red crayon and did some shading and blending.  To finish off  I got out an inkduster and inked around the image with a chalk inkpad.  The backing paper is a freebe from the very generous and extremely talented Jak Heath.  The cuttlebugged strip, ribbon and flowers are all from my stash.  The sentiment is computer generated.

I am also entering my card into Challenge 80 over at Sketch N Stash, - a free choice sketch,  pick any sketch

from their back catalogue and display it.  I have gone for Sketch No.40,  My old stash is the stamp and new is the white flower and the free paper from Jak, it has been in a file since before Christmas this is the first time I have used it

 Many thanks for visiting today
Beryl x

Sweet Dreams

Good Morning, well it's Sunday again and time for the CD Sunday Challenge, this week the theme is Enchantment.  For Me there is only one CD for this challenge and that is Joanna Sheen's Enchanted Dreams. 
I have used the matching backing paper for this design twice, one in the original colour and the other one has been lightened, I Cuttlebugged a piece of co-ordinating card, added two silk flowers with punched leaves and secured with a pearl headed brad.  The ribbon and small gems are from my stash and the sentiment is computer generated.

I am also entering my card into Rainbow Lady's Challenge - The Many Faces of Woman, and I hope a couple of the colours will count for CraftyAnn's Challenge - Let's Think Hot

Many thanks for visiting today, and I also have to aplogise for being a bad blogger so far this year.  I seem to have lost my mojo and have not really picked up properly after not not being very well at Christmas.
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

Away in a Manger

Hi folks, my card today is for Rainbow Lady's Challenge - Christmas Carols.  This was an exceptionally easy card, it is a Christmas Trinitage from the new La Pashe cd The Big One.  The three separate layers don't show up particularly well but looks quite good in real life.  1st layer is the full picture, 2nd layer is cut up to the roof of the stable and the 3rd layer is cut just showing the main characters.  I have used Lapis Stardream for the base card then matted with white and silver.

I hope you like my card and many thanks for visiting and for any comments you may wish to make
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

Pink with a touch of green

Good Evening, my card to share today is for Rainbow Lady's Challenge - Inspired by the Princettia a plant especially bred for Breast Cancer Awareness.  I have taken the colours of  Pink and Green for my card.  The image is another Lynda Ravenscroft Fairy from the CardCreationsPlus cd, A Touch of Magic this is the Digitalis Fairy.  I have no idea about the backing paper it's a piece that I found in my printed box, the punched card is Papermania Shimmer and I used a Martha Stewart punch.

I hope you like my card and 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

Silver

Good Evening, my card to share today is for Rainbow Lady's Challenge - Silver. This is because it is Cynthia and Geoff's Silver Wedding Anniversary.  Congratulations to you both.

As you can see I have used my beautiful stamp from Chocolate Baroque again matted onto  purple and silver card from my stash, the backing papers and flower are from CraftyAnn's metallic range and are available from her shop. I used a couple of promarkers for the flowers in Cynthia's favourite colour - purple, the leaves were punched from some oddments of silver mirri, the sentiment is computer generated and I added some crystal gems.  The pic is a bit naff, sorry.

The card is an engagement for Robert's daughter, who rang us from her holiday in Barbados the other evening to tell us that her boyfriend had asked her to marry him, and she said yes.  The wedding won't be taking place unticl 2014.

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

Falling Leaves

Good Afternoon, my card to share today is for RainbowLady's Challenge - Falling Leaves.  The image is another from Lynda Ravenscroft cd by Craft Creations +. The backing paper is from Debbi Moore's cd Autumn Glow.  The leaves came from the same cd on a sheet of embellishments, which I cut out and sprayed with Gold Spray and Sparkle  The ribbon was from my stash

Many thanks for visiting today
Beryl x

Christmas Pud.

Good Afternoon, my card to share today is for Rainbow Lady's Challenge - Christmas Sweet Treats.   I have used a ready coloured image from Cuddly Buddly and the backing papers was from a free pack with Card Making and Papercrafting.  The ribbon and gems are from my stash and the sentiment is by Woodware stamped and embossed with silver Cosmic Shimmer embossing powder

Many thanks for visiting today
Beryl x

White Christmas

Good Afternoon, my card to share today is for Rainbow Lady's challenge this week which is Using Acetate with a Christmas Theme.  I printed the image from Joanna Sheen's Thomas Kincade Christmas cd onto acetate and then attached it to some white card using brads, I used my glue pen and glitter to add a bit of sparkle in places.  The backing paper is from the Artylicious Season's Greetings cd.  The ribbon, mirri card and gems all come from my stash and the sentiment is computer generated

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

Joy to the World

Good Afternoon, my card to share today is for this week's Bah Humbug Challenge - Christmas Sentiments/Text.  I have used Clarity Stamps by Barbara Grey, inked with Versamark and embossed with Cosmic Shimmer Gold ep. I used a Kaleidacolor ink pad and my brayer to colour the inside of the 'O', I think I need a lot more practice with my brayer.  The base card and Cuttlebugged card are Stardream and I stamped the the image  onto Clarity Silk Finish Card.  The blue satin ribbon is from Carnmeal Cottage.

I am also entering my card into Rainbow Lady's Challenge - Let's Emboss It,

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today
Beryl x

Gone Fishing!

Good Evening, late on parade today.  Had to go into town to do the food shopping, a 50 mile trip, so not managed to make any cards today.  But, I have fallen lucky because I have a card in my folder that I made a couple of weeks back for a customer, which hasn't made it to my blog. This card will be perfect for the challenge set by Rainbow Lady this week - Your Song Choice, make a card that fits the title of a song.  The image is from the Thomas Kincade CD from Joanna Sheen. The bps are Funky Fairys, the sentiment is computer generated and I have embellished with Card Candy.

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

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

First Ever

Good Afternoon, I haven't got a card to share today, but I do have my First Ever Scrapbook Page.  This week Rainbow Lady's Challenge is Island Paradise.  As I live on an island I thought it would be good to do something with Shetland Pictures, so I decided to make a scrapbook page.  I used Craft Artist for the layout and verse and  printed the main picture of Stuart and Kayla (grandchildren) onto photopaper so that  I could 3d it.  They were here for a holiday in 2009 and we had  glorious weather, so we went to one of many fabulous beaches here in the Northern Isles - St Ninian's Isle.  The picture in the bubble is an image of the same place that I found, courtesy of Google.  

I started using pictures of shells, but then remembered that I found a bag in my local craft shop and couple of months back.  I bought them thinking they might come in useful at some point, and they did.

I quite enjoyed creating this piece, and might even look out some other pics of the little ones and have another go.  I hope you like my page and many thanks for visiting
Beryl x