Christmas Pud.

Good Afternoon, my card to share today is for this week's Bah Humbug Challenge - Good To Eat.  I have used a ready coloured image from Cuddly Buddly  and used a scap of paper left over from DCWV Christmas Glitter Stack, there were a lot of gorgeous papers in this pack, but I think it has been discontinued.  I glittered Teddy's hat and added some little die-cut gems from Kanban. The sentiment is a stamp that I have had for years.

A simple card, but great for a production line.  Thank you so much for visiting today and for the lovely comments you have been leaving me.

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

Wine Buff

Good Evening, my card to share today is for the CD Sunday Challenge - Wine Buff.  The images are from Creative Expressions stamped with Momento ink and coloured with a combination of Promarkers and Copics.  The backing paper is from Crafter's Companion Men CD, which I took into Craft Artist to change the plaid from straight to diagonal and to lighten the colour. 

I hope you like my card, many thanks for your visit today.
Beryl x

Rodney Reindeer

My card to share today is for Sketch No. 123-57 over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday.  The image is Rodney Reindeer from Whipper Snapper Designs and is coloured with Promarkers.  The backing papers are all from Cuddly Buddly.  I added some Star Burst stickles to the bells and  hat; I also added some Glossy Accents to his nose.

I am also entering my card into the challenge at Passion for Promarkers - Christmas Cirtters

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

Blue Moon

Good Afternoon,  my card to share today is for Sketch 72 over at Sketch and Stash.  The new part of my card is the image and comes from another purchase from Westpoint.  Which is the Linda Ravenscroft Shine Brightly cd from Craft Creations +.  The backing papers are from Cuddly Buddly, the central strip is paper ribbon from the cd to match the image.  I don't really have anything on my card that is neglected but I don't use these gems very often.  The flowers are from my stash.  The empty space on the bottom right of my card is waiting for personalising but I have to check with my customer to clarify the spelling of the young lady's name.


I am also entering my card into Rainbow Lady's Challenge - In The Misty Moonlight.

Many thanks for stopping by
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

I'm back from sunny Devon

Good Evening, I went to the Craft Event at Westpoint with my daughter, Joanna, who makes cards too.  I managed to help give the economy a boost with my purchases and did the same when we went to The Range, and came home with some lovely new goodies.  I had a wee bit play earlier on with some masks, silkies and glittery embossing paste that I got  from Imagination Crafts - was chatting to the man and he said I am one of two customers from Shetland.  I have used one of  the masks with the embossing paste to create my card, and it was really very quick to make once the paste was dry.

I am entering this card into two challenges
Crafty Ann's - Inspired by a Christmas Song.  My choice is O Little Town of Bethlehem.
Bah Humbug - Glitter and Glitz

I am hoping to start visiting your blogs asap, but first I've got to get the hot steamy thing out and deal with my washing, which I managed to get done today.  I left Robert home alone and he hasn't got a folding gene lol, so I have to do all of his clothes that he wore whilst I was away, he did do his washing though.

I hope you like my card and many thanks for visiting

Beryl x

I'm Off

Well, that's me all packed and getting ready to head off on my hols.  I am going to Devon to see my Mum and Stepdad and my youngest daughter and her family.  The last time I saw her youngest he was just four month';s old, that was a year ago so I am going to see a big change in him.  I am also heading to the big craft event at Westpoint in Exeter with Joanna, she is into cardmaking and crafting too, so am really looking forward to that.

I do hope Chrissie and Mandi manage to reach their target of 1000 posts.
Take care everyone and I will see you all again in two weeks
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

Black and Blue

Good Afternoon from a gloriously sunny Shetland, it is absolutely beautiful got all the doors and windows open.  I also had a problem taking the pic of my card because it is so bright.  My card is for this week's CD Sunday Challenge - Black and Blue.  The backing paper is from Debbi Moore's Art Deco Christmas cd from last year, the image is from Chocolate Baroque, stamped with archival blank ink onto a piece of card in my white scrap box.  The flower is from my stash and I cut the swirl out from an offcut of blue card.

I am also entering my card into Jules' Crafty Snippet Challenge and Ooh La La Creations - Punches or DieCuts

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

Less is More No.2

Good Evening, I am posting a second card tonight for the Less is More Challenge - Anything Goes and the ladies are hoping to get 1000 posts.  I probably won't manage another as I am off on my hols on Wednesday for a couple of weeks.  The image is Chocolate Baroque (Elusive Images) stamped with Versamark and embossed with Judikins Gold Twinkle embossing powder.  The sentiment is Clarity embosed with the same ep. The gold beads are from my stash

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

Anything Goes

Good Morning, my card today is for this week's challenge over at Less is More - Week 33, 1000 Challenge - Anything Goes.  I have used a Creative Expressions Christmas Tree stamped with Stazon Forest Green, I used a Spectrum Noir pen to add some shadow and then glittered with  a glue pen and crystal glitter.  The sentiment is from a Christmas selection by Woodware, I bought these stamps last year and never used them. The matting card and gems are from my stash

I am also entering my card into Crafyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Glitter. My glitter doesn't show up very well, but it is there

Many thanks for visiting
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

Noel

Good Afternoon, my card to share today is for the Bah Humbug Challenge - Flourishes/Swirls.  As you can see I have made a black and white card, the embossing folder is from Crafts Too, I have absolutely no idea which cd the backing paper came from. I have a whole pile of papers that I have printed off various cds at one time or another and I don't keep a record of  what I print.  Bit annoyed with myself cos I really like this paper and don't know where to start looking for it, especially as this is a really easy production line card.  I can tell you that it was printed onto matching Stardream paper.  For once I haven't used any mirror card, the matting is just plain old black cardstock.

I hope you like my card and please leave a comment, cos I love reading them
Beryl x

Drummer Girl

Good Morning, my card to share today is for Sketch119 over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday.  The image is from Sandra Dry Digis (she has closed down now) coloured with a mixture of Promarkers, Flexmarkers and Copics, the diamond backing paper is CuddlyBuddly, the lighter backing paper is from Sharon Duncan Embossibilties, which I took into Craft Artis to match the colours.  It has got music notes all over it but they don't show up in the pic, finished off with Card Candy and a flower from my stash

Many thank for taking the time to visit
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

Diamonds and Lace

Good Morning, it's dull and wet here in the Northern Isles this morning.  My card to share today is for this week's challenge at Sketch and Stash, this fortnight we have a free choice of sketch from previous challenges.
I have choses Sketch No.55.

The image is from Debbi Moore's Diamonds and Lace cd, as is the top  backing paper. I have absolutely no idea where the bottom backing paper came from, I found it in a stash of printed papers so I am not sure if it's a digi paper or from a cd.  The lace was cream until I attacked it with a red Promarker, the sentiment is computer generated and the ribbon slider is from Wild Orchid.

My new and neglected stash could be either of these elements:   The image - this is the first time I have used this cd and have had it for well over two months lol.
The lace, my neighbour gave me this over a year ago and this is the first time I have used it.

Thanks for stopping by
Beryl x

M is for Motor Racing.

Good Morning, my card to share today is for this week's CD Sunday Challenge - Alphabets - M.  My M stands for Motor Racing.  The image is from Joanna Sheen's Nostalgia CD, which I took into Craft Artist and turned  into black and white.  The backing paper is from Cuddly Buddly, computer generated sentiment and Card Candy to finish off.  Sorry it's not a very good pic, but I have already given this card to my customer so can't take another.

Thank you so much for stopping by today.
Beryl x

Seeing Double

Good Afternoon, my card to share today is for this weeks Less is More - A One Layer Card - Seeing Double.  I have made two cards and both of them after many trials and tribulations that I won't bore you with, needless to say I now have lots of white card for stamping on!!  Both of these do have faults, but I am not wasting any more card today.  I am not totally happy with the words on the first card, and I discovered an inky mark on the second after I took the pic.  The bauble images are from Papermania, I coloured the first one with a Flexmarker and the second one with a Promarker.

 I didn't get the stamp in the right position for the second one so coloured a piece of white ribbon with the same Promarker to balance the card.  It also hasn't got a sentiment because my printer has started throwing up inky marks for some reason or other, so that wasted a bit more card.

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

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

Emma and a Snowman

Good Afternoon, my card to share today is for this week's sketch at Sweet Sketch Wednesday.   I have used a pre-coloured image from Fred She Said, the backing paper and flower are also from FSS.  The Cuttlebugged snowflake card is Coredinations and the ribbon is from my stash. I have glittered the centre of the flower, but it doesn't show up and looks like a big blob of glue, sorry about that

I hope you like my card and thank you for taking the time to visit.
Beryl

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.

Inspired by Peacocks

Good Morning, my card to share today is for this week's CD Sunday Challenge - Inspired by Peacocks.  I decided to wander through Joanna Sheen's Enchanted Dreams and came upon a few peacock images to play with.  As you can see, I haven't gone with an obvious peacock image or colour.  I fell in love with this image and it does have a couple of peacock feathers on it. Then I went through the embellishment section of this cd and found the fairy riding on the back of a peacock butterfly, I used Versamark and clear embossing powder to give it a gloss finish. The backing paper is from Debbi Moore's Fairyland cd, I had a piece of this left over from another project and thought that I had splattered some ink on it and put it on my craft table for scrap paper: only to find that the little marks are actually supposed to be there.  The gems are from my stash and the sentiment computer generated.

Thank you very much for visiting today and for any comments you might wish to make
Beryl x

Anniversary Card

Good Morning, my card to share today is for the new challenge over at Ooh La La Creations - Anniversary.  I am dead chuffed at the topic because in my cards folder I have pics of  five Wedding Anniversary cards that have never been on my blog.  This is the one I have chosen

The image and backing paper are from Debbi Moore's The Splendour of Regency, the gems flower and embossed card are all from my stash, the sentiment was Computer Generated.

Many thanks for visiting today
Beryl x

Christmas Trees

Good Morning, my card for today is for this week's LIM Challenge - A colour challenge: Metalic.  The image and text are both Clarity stamps inked with Versamark and embossed with gold glitter ep then matted onto some gold mirror board. The embossed panel is a Cuttlebug folder that I bought last year and never got around to using - sound familiar lol. The little specks on the image are glitter and and I now see that I didn't put enough ep on the 'C' will have to get my Versamark pen out and rectify that.

I am also entering my card into CraftyAnn'sChallengeBlog -White on White with a coloured image.  I have cheated slightly by using the mirror board to frame the image. 

Many thanks for visiting my blog today and for any comments you may wish to make.  They really make my day.
Beryl x

Coffee Break

Good Morning, was on a roll yesterday and managed to get some orders finished off.  Then late on my eldest, who is a preschool manager, rang and asked me to make a card for a co-worker.  They are colour coded in the preschool and Lisa is keyworker for the green group.  Think I've managed that lol, then again it is my favourite colour, so I enjoyed making it.

I am entering it into this weeks Promarker Challenge - Anything Goes.  The image is from Charmed Cards, I have coloured with my Promarkers and I also used a couple of the new Flex Markers, they are lovey to use.  The bp is Cuddly Buddly, the punched strip is from CraftyAnn and the flowers from Wild Orchid, The sentiment is computer generated and the ribbon from my stash.

Thanks so much 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

Just Because

Good Evening, my card today is for this week's challenge at CD Sunday - Just Because.  The image and backing papers are from Debbi Moore's Autumn Glow cd that I got free with Issue 4 of her Magazine. This cd has some gorgeous images and beautiful colour tones.  The flowers are Wild Orchid, the sentiment computer generated and the ribbon from Carnmeal Cottage.

Many thanks for stopping by.
Beryl x

Here Comes My Girl

Good Evening, I managed another card today so hopefully my mojo is coming back.  My card to share is for this week's challenge set by the ladies at Humbug Hall - Here Come The Girls.  My image is from Charmed Cards - Charming Christmas.  I have used a ready coloured image and glittered the white bits of her dress and cape, made a bit of a mess grounding her though.  The bp is Smudgey Holly from the Artylicious Seasons Greetings Cd and I added some holly from my Christmas stash.  Sorry the pics a bit squint.

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

Less is More

Good Evening, not been around again for the past few days.  Seem to have lost my mojo somewhere along the way.  I have managed to make a card today though.  This is for the current Less is More Challenge - Recipe:  Take 3 Challenges.  I have ended up with six:  Week 7 - Masculine; Week15 -Embossing; Week 18 Monochrome; Week 22 - Shades of Blue;  Week 25 - Buttons.; Week 27 - Colours of you Flag, Blue and White for Scotland.  The images are from a set of acrylic stamps and I have absolutely no idea what maufacturer and cannot even remember buying them.  I found them in a pocket folder full of acrylic stamps, there was also another masculine set that I didn't know I had.  I stamped with Colorbox pigment ink and embossed with clear ep and then cut out the images. The sentiment was computer generated

As all the bits of card are from my snippets box  I am entering my card into Jules' Crafty Snippet Challenge at Always With A Heart.

Silent Night

Good Afternoon, sorry I've been awol again.  The Labrynthitis took hold when I finished the meds I got from the doctor, trouble was it was over the weekend so couldn't get more pills until Monday afternoon.  They are kicking in again now, but am still spinning around a bit.  So apologies for not visiting and commenting on your blogs, will hopefully be able to manage a few later on this evening.

My card to share is for this week's Less is More - Things That Move. I think my stable scene and star both fit into that category.  The is my 6th attempt, I was trying to gold emboss everything and made a complete pigs ear of  it.  Finally, gave up the embossing and decided to work with black and white and I got the card made in about 15 minutes!!       The image is a Hobby Art stamp that I found in a sale box in my local craft shop, the star is Clarity both stamped with Archival Black ink and and matted onto some black card from my box, the sentiment is computer generated.

I am also entering my card into these challenges:
Bah Humbug Challenge - Something New, both of my stamps; and
Ooh La La Creations - No background papers.

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

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

Evergreen

Good Evening, we have had another glorious day today, summer has finally come to Shetland.  Apart from a bad day on Saturday, we have had a week of lovely weather and it's supposed to be good tomorrow as well.
My card to share today is for the CD Sunday Challenge - Only Ovals.  The image is from Debbi Moore's Evergreen cd, there are some lovely images on this one.  The bp is Cuddly Buddly, the cs is Coredinations, the ribbon and flowers are from my stash and the sentiment is computer generated.  Sorry, I had real problems getting a pic today, not used to all of this sunlight lol

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

Mark 2!

Good Afternoon, my card to share today is one that my daughter asked me to make.  She makes jewelry and has recently been asked by a friend if she would consider doing jewelry making parties for the tweenie age group.  She thought about it and said yes and now she has two parties booked.  This card is for the birthday girl. You can see some of the jewelry Trudy makes here, she hasn't posted recently but has a facebook page and some jewelry for sale on Folksy.

As you have no doubt noticed this is practically a replica of yesterday's card - different colour, different layout.  I have done this for a reason.  It fits two challenges:  My Time To Craft - G is for... in this case Gingham and Girl.  I am also entering my card in the Papertake Weekly Challenge - Eyes Down, Look In.  I have picked the centre line across of the Bingo card - Button, Ribbon, Free - a flower.

Card Recipe:
Papers - Cuddly Buddly
Image -  Cuddly Buddly

Ribbon, Button, flower and Cuttlebugged cs from my stash
Computer generated sentiment.

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

Snippets

Good Evening, my card to share today is for Jules' Crafy Snippits Challenge.  The bp and mirri card have been layered together and lying in a scrap box for months. The strip orangey strips are from a piece of Encaustic Art that I did last year sometime, I can only do abstract pieces and then don't know what to do with them when I have finished.  A few months back I bought some Marbling Inks from Create and Craft as soon as they arrived I had a play and then put them away.  The other strip on my card is from  my play session, and has been lying in a basket ever since.  I made the bow with a little bit of left over ribbon, the air was blue because it kept slipping off my bowmaker because it was so short.  After matting the strips I didn't have a piece of gold mirr big enough to mount the image, but I found a bit of matt gold instead and there was enough left over to die cut the number and mount the sentiment, which was computer generated.  The image is a digi from Cuddly Buddly, which has been sitting coloured in my box for a couple of months.

I followed Sketch 68 from this week's Sketch and Stash Challenge, there is nothing new on my card except the sentiment, which was  made especially for this card, but everything else has definitely been neglected lol.

I hope you like my card, thank you so much for visiting and for the lovely comments you leave
Beryl x

Siku and Shiya

Good Evening, late today as we were out for lunch with our neighbours who have just returned from a month is France, so we had a lot to catch up on.  My card to share today is for this week's Bah Humbug Challenge - Kiss-mas.  I really thought I might have to miss this one, but after trailing through my digi stamps I found this one from Mo Manning, which I haven't used yet, and I have had it for at least two years!  The biggest reason for not using it was the fine small detail, but with the new fine tips for my Promarkers it was so much easier.  The bp is from the  Artylicious Seasons Greetings cd, ribbon from my stash and finished off with three white brads.  Should have been snowflake brads but I put the holes too close together.  All in all a very simple card.

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

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

Snippets Challenge

A second very late post from me, this one is for Jules Crafty Snippet Challenge, Everything on the card, apart from the flower, has come from my box of off cuts, again I have joined three silver bits of card for the backing and covered the join with ribbon.  It's a bit fiddly, but a terrific way of not wasting expensive mirri card.  The image was in a box of  dozens of digi stamps, I tend to print off a page of the same image when I want to use a digi.  The box is almost full, cos I keep forgetting to look in it when I want an image and end up printing off even more lol.  I coloured with Promarkers and the sentiment is computer generated.

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

Butterflies

Good Evening, my card to share today is for Sweet Sketch Wednesday Sketch 114.  The image is from Stitchy Bear, coloured with Promarkers.  The bps are from Funky Fairys co-ordinating sets, the flowers ribbon and gems all come from my stash. 

Many thanks for visiting today and for any comments you may wish to leave
Beryl x

Oh Christmas Tree

Good Afternoon, my card to share today is for two challenges:  CD Sunday - Buttons and Ooh La La Creations - Oh Christmas!  It's a very simple card, cs is Coredinations,  bp is from Artylicious Season's Greetings CD, the tree is Creative Expressions stamped with Adirondack Bottle, the ribbon was from my stash and coloured with the same inkpad, the sentiment is a stamp I have had for years and again the same inkpad.  The buttons are from  Joanna Sheen.  I finished off by glittering the tree.

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

Less is More -Flags

Good Afternoon from a very wet and miserable Shetland, we are certainly not having a summer here.  I have two cards today for this week's Less is More Challenge - Colours of you Nation's Flag.  First off I have to apologise to Mandi for bothering her with a stupid question, I must learn to read things thoroughly before jumping in with my two left feet!  I almost failed my driving theory test because I didn't read the questions properly.

On to my cards, I am English but have lived longer in Scotland than I have in England and I am married to a Scotsman, so I have gone with the Scottish Flag of  Blue and White.  When I finished it I didn't think the blue was dark enough to represent the Saltire, but as it's the right blue for our Shetland Flag I am still posting it.  The images on both cards are from Fantastic Florals Unmounted Plate from Chocolate Baroque.  For this card  I used the resist technique by stamping and embossing with white embossing powder and then using cut and dry foam I added the blue using DI Faded Jeans and Adirondack Stonewash, the sentiment is printed directly to the card.

For the second card I stamped another of the stamps with Versamark and embossed with white ep, had a few probs with this one, because I was working in artificial light on pearlised card and ended up with lots of white speckles.  I got there in the end.  The sentiment was also stamped and embossed with white ep.

Many thanks for visiting today and I hope you like my cards and thank you in advance for any comments you may wish to make. 
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 

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

Coffee Time

Good Evening.  We have finally had some sun here in the Northern Isles.  My card to share to day is for then My Time To Craft Challenge:  Expressoley For You - This week we want to see work with coffee colours or drinks on please!  I've managed to both,  the image is from Charmed Cards and Crafts - Girls About Town, coloured with Promarkers, the large bp is Cuddly Buddly the smaller bp is Funky Fairys, the cuttlebugged card, gold mirri, flowers and Card Candy are all from my stash and the ribbon from our local craft shop.  I haven't put a sentiment on the card yet cos I am not sure who is going to get it.

I have also followed Sketch113 from Sweet Sketch Wednesday.

I hope you like my card and many thanks for visiting and for any comments you may wish to leave.
Beryl x

Snippets Day

Good Evening, my card to share today is for Jules Crafty Snippets Challenge.   The silver mirri is made up from 3 strips of left overs, the smallest being just the width of the ribbon so the joins don't show.  The bp is two strips of DCWV left overs and joined together with the green cs.  Not sure where that came from, just found it in my box and realized it was the right colour.  The image is Elusive Images (now Chocolate Baroque)  I used Versamark and Stickum Powder to get a sticky surface in order to use this lovely silver/multi glitter from Debbi Moore.  The corners are a Cuttlebug die, the ribbon was lying at the bottom of my ribbon box  and the sentiment was computer generated.  I have got masses of different white card offcuts so I have started using removable glue tape and sticking these bits to a piece of cheap copy printer so that I can use them in my printer to make sentiments.

I am also entering my card into the Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes

Must try and do this more often, it really is surprising what you can do with all of those offcuts.  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