Vintage Christmas

Good Morning.  Today's card is for this week's Bah Humbug Christmas Challenge, which is Vintage.  I don't do vintage very well, don't even own any lace to put on a card, so I have used Joanna Sheen's Victorian Companion for the image and matching bp.  I printed the image onto inkjet canvas and printed the bp onto cream paper.  The corner is from a cuttlebug die as is the sentiment, which was computer generated.  The flower and ribbon come from my stash.  I hope you like it.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog.
Beryl x

2nd GD Card for Ooh La La

Good Morning, here is my second card as GD with Ooh La La Creations.  I can't believe it's been ten days since my last post and that I am so far behind with my blog visiting.  I wasn't very well last week and my energy levels seem to have deserted me.  I'm beginning to pick up now, so hopefully, will be back posting and visiting normally.

The challenge this week at Ooh La La is A Bow, A Button and Some Bling.  I was fine with the the bow and my bling isn't very blingy (?) just some gold coloured pearls, but the button threw me. I tried to stick it onto the bow, but it was too heavy for the organza ribbon so I ended up just putting it onto the stamped sentiment.  I don't have many buttons and very rarely use them.  I've have just been and checked out the DT's cards and they have been much more artistic with their buttons.  Do check out their cards they are gorgeous.

I the image and bp come from the Femme Fatal cd.  I used opal Stardream for the base card and didn't want to use anything white on the card, so I printed the bp onto cream paper.  The bling, the bow and button all came from my stash.

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

Baloon Tree

Well for a change I have managed to get a card made at the start of a challenge and not at the last minute. This is my final card for my Grand-daughter Kayla, this one is from her brother and sister.  I started off yesterday following this week's sketch for Papertake Weekly.  I had to rotate in because of the image I had decided to use.  I've just checked it again and think maybe I have tweaked it a bit too much, sorry ladies.  The image is a new stamp that I got from the Clarity Sale, it's called Balloon Tree and perfect for children's cards.  I coloured with Copics, using the colours of the flowers in the bp which is from a DCWV 12 x 12 stack that I found in W H Smith at half price, the other bp is Cuddly Buddly.  I matted and layered with silver mirror board and some purple lightweight card from my stash.  I used the same purple card for the punched border and the number 4.  The flower was punched with scraps from my bit box.  I am also entering my card into the My Time To Craft Challenge - Kids Kardz! and Cute Card Thursday's Challenge - Celebrations! 

I didn't manage to get the card completely finished yesterday, I just needed to add the flower, number and personalise it.  This morning I did a bit of blog hopping to check out some Friday Challenges and couldn't believer my luck when I got to CraftyAnn's Challenge.  It's a colour combo challenge of Lilac, Pink and Lemon and Kayla's card has all three plus some blue, green and orange so I can enter my card into Ann's challenge as well.

Not quite sure why my text is centred today, it wouldn't left justify for some reason.  Thank you so much for visiting my blog and for all your support and lovely comments, both are very much appreciated.

Beryl x

Skin of my teeth - again!

Well, here I go again only just getting my card finished hours before the challenge closes - and this one is a two weekly one!  The challenge in question is Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog where she asks us to show our creativity by doing something outwith of our comfort zone, a new technique or something we may struggle with.   As soon as I saw the challenge two weeks ago I decided to finally get around to making a side step card.  I got the instructions from a forum member ages ago and apart from making it up in cheap card to see how it worked I haven't done anything else with it.  Until today.  I think maybe I should have decided what images I wanted to use instead of picking the colour first, because it has taken me ages to decide how to decorate it.  The image is a rubber stamp that I got in a grab bag on ebay a good while ago, stamped in Stazon and coloured with my Copics.  The bp are Cuddly Buddly (surprise, surprise!), the other cardstock is from my stash.  The rose spray is from Joanna Sheen and the text and butterflies are all Cuttlebug cut and emboss sets.  I am quite pleased with the result, but have only just noticed that I have smeared the glue under the rose.

I hope you like my card and thank you very much for dropping by today
Beryl x

Another last minute entry

Doesn't time run away with you when you have a few days off.  I haven't stopped since returning home late on Monday afternoon and have only just managed to get my card finished for this week's Bah Humbug Challenge - Stitching/Faux Stitching.   It had to be a quick and easy card due to my timing issues.  The embossing folder is from Crafts Too, another purchase at the SECC.  I originally intended to emboss the tree a couple of times and then decoupage it, but time ran away with me.  I used plain white card to emboss the tree and then glittered, used some silver beads and edged the card with faux stitching.   I used my inverted corner punch, then matted onto dark green and silver mirror board from my stash.   The backing paper was one I found in my box that I printed for last Christmas.  I think it's from Fred She Said, but didn't check before starting this post and OH is on the pc at the moment, so can't get at the file.  I put a piece of silver ribbon around the centre of the card.

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

Beryl x

Nearly out of time

This is my first card since my weekend away and I have only just managed to sneak it in to Rainbow Lady's challenge which finishes tonight.  The challenge was to make a fan this week.  The image is one of the very first stamps that I bought when I started cardmaking.  I think it's from Creative Expressions, but as I have taken it off the wooden block and put it onto Eazi Mount, I can't be completely sure.  I stamped with Versamark and embossed with Judikins Twinkling Violet ep onto Cuddly Buddly Patchwork Papers.  All of the bp is Cuddly Buddly mounted onto silver mirror card from my stash.  I mounted the fan onto a large nestie label.  I used my new Martha Stewart punch which I bought at the SECC and finished off with some gems from my stash.

I hope you like my card and thank you so much for dropping by and for your wonderful comments.

Beryl x

Home Again

Well, I'm home again from my weekend visit to my middle daughter and her family in Aberdeen.  I had a great time, the highlight of the weekend being a trip to Glasgow to the SECC on Saturday.  It's my first visit to a big craft event and I had a fabulous time and spent rather a lot of pennies lol.  Doubt if I will manage a card for a couple of days cos I have to take my car into town for a service tomorrow and then catch up on all the horrible things that we have to do after a trip away - especially when we leave our OHs behind to fend for themselves.

Thanks for your good wishes on my GD spot.
Beryl x

Guest Designer

I was recently honoured to be invited to be Guest Designer for March and April for Ooh-la-la Creations.  To say that I am thrilled is an understatement.  This is my card for this fortnight's challenge which is Freestyle - Anything Goes.  The image is from the Ooh-la-la Creations Teentastique CD.  I have matted the image onto dark green Cordinations and gold mirror card, the papers are from Cuddly Buddly and also matted onto gold mirror. The central strip is a co-ordinating green from Coredinations and punched both sides with my Martha Stewart Lace Doily punch.  The flowers are from my stash and were white until I coloured them with a green Copic pen and the pearl brads are from Papermania. The leaves were punched from some scraps in my box using a Woodware punch.

Do go along to the challenge blog and take a look at the great cards made by the DT,  I am really looking forward to visiting your blogs to see your interpretations of the challenge.  I hope you like my card.

Beryl x

No card today

Hi Folks, I haven't got a card to post because I am off the the mainland tomorrow morning to visit my daughter in Aberdeen for the weekend, and we are off the the Hobbycrafts Event at the SEC on Saturday. This will be my first big craft show and I am really looking forward to it.

I will be back on Monday with some great news. See you all then.
Beryl x

A Simple Card

This is my card for this week's Bah Humbug challenge, which is Trees and decided to keep it very simple. I actually had it made in plenty of time to post it yesterday, but I as I didn't have a dark blue ribbon I decided to colour some white. I had used Distress Ink in Denim to stamp the image and as I couldn't find a marker the right colour I decided to us the ink pad. I discovered that Distress Inks do not actually work too well because they take so long to dry. I had blue fingers and wasted a couple sheets of card, I even rubbed it with kitchen towel, all to no avail. So decided to leave it overnight, and I still managed to mark the card slightly when trying to put it together, this morning but decided I could cover the inky mark with the toppers. The image is from an unmounted Elusive Images Christmas plate. Sorry there is a bit of shadow on the card, that is because I have got sunshine streaming in throught the windows, which is reflecting off the awful white stuff still lying around, deep and crisp and even.

I am going to enter this card into the SaturdaySpotlight Challenge as well, which is Clean and Simple.

Thank you for visiting today and for any comments which you may wish to make. I appreciate them very much. Beryl x

Teen Texting

Good Grief, the 1st of March, where is this year going? For Today's card I have followed Sketch92 from Sketch Saturday. The image is Teen Texting from Mo Manning, coloured with Copics. The bp is Cuddly Buddly and I couldn't find anything in my box for the extra elements of the sketch, so I took some offcuts of white and coloured them with the same colours that I used for the image. The sentiment is computer generated.

I am also entering my card into The Pink Elephant challenge which is Green this week

Thank you for stopping by and for any comments you may wish to make. I hope you like my card. Beryl x

Madison So Chic

For my card today I have followed Sketch91 over at Friday Sketchers. For the image I took Madison So Chic from Charmed Cards and the Oval Frame from CraftyAnn into Paint Shop Pro and married them together. I coloured the border in PSP but all the other colouring I did with my Copics. The bp is CuddlyBuddly, can you tell that I like these papers a lot lol, the cs came from my stash and the pearl brads are Papermania. I haven't put a sentiment on yet as this is a card for my box, but the Sketch didn't specify a sentiment this week. I also turned the sketch on it's side

I am also entering my card into My Time To Craft - In The Frame and

Dare You to DigiStamp - Pearls

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

Eureka Moment

I thought I was going to have real problems this week with Rainbow Lady's Challenge which is 'Stamping on Unusual Materials', set by Guest Designer Martha. Then this morning whilst getting dressed I remembered I had some sheets of cork in my stash. I bought this ages ago to enter a challenge on the Joanna Sheen forum, which was to use cork. After buying the cork, so that I could enter, I never got around to it and the cork has been lying unloved and unwanted at the back of a cupboard ever since. So my unusual material is cork. I stamped various stamps from the Elusive Images Wild Meadow unmounted plate with green Stazon onto the cork and went round the edges with Tea Dye Distress ink. The backing paper is Cuddly Buddly, the mirror card and ribbon is from my stash and I finished off with a simple peel off sentiment on cork and mirror board.

I had to scan the card because I couldn't get a clear pic of my stamping. It's sill not too clear but you can get the idea. Thank you for visiting today and for all the wonderful comments you leave Beryl x

Roller Skating Girl

Today's card is a very simple one, the image is from a Woodware Clear Magic set, coloured with Copics. The bp is from Cuddly Buddly and the sentiment is computer generated. This my entry into this week's Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge.

Thank you for visiting today.
Beryl x

A card for my Mum

This is a Mother's Day card for my Mum. The image is from Fred She Said coloured with my Copics, the yellow flowers are from CraftyAnn and painted with H2Os. The bp is my very first digi paper, but for the life of me I can't remember who I bought it from, I think it was a Scrapbooking site. The cs is Cordinations, with mirror card and bling from my craft box.

My card fills the challenges at Papertake Weekly which is a great sketch and for Digital Tuesday which is a Card for Mum.

Thank you so much for your contiued support.
Beryl x

Another Pink Card

Today's card is for my Grand-daughter Kayla who will be 4 at the end of March, she loves pink. It is also my first easel card.
I have followed the sketch over at Charisma Cardz and I am also entering my card for the Cute Daisy May Challenge which is Flowers. The image is Cute Daisy May coloured with Copics, the bps are from Funky Fairys, the larger flowers are digi stamps from forum and blogging pal CraftyAnn and painted with H2Os. The messages are computer generated. Everything else comes from my stash.

Thank you very much for stopping by and for the lovely comments you leave, they make my day
Beryl x

Pamper Time

A second late entry for today. I have just discovered a new challenge blog called I Love Digi. The first challenge is Think Pink. I made this card today following the sketch for I Love Promarkers only to discover after finishing it there was a second element to the challenge which was Spring - as you can see my card is Pink and not Springlike - so I can enter it into I Love Digi instead.

The image is from Charmed Cards - Holly - Pamper Time, coloured with Promarkers, all of the backing papers are Cuddly Buddly. Everthing else comes from my stash, I coloured the big flower with an ink pad to give it a varigated look.

Thank you for stopping by today.
Beryl x

JNM Part 2

This is the first card I have made from the new Joanna Sheen/Jayne Netley-Mahew 2 cd. The image and backing paper both come from the cd and everything else comes from my stash. The card is for the challenge over at The Pink Elephant this week, which is a great sketch.

Thank you so much for stopping by and for the wonderful comments you leave.

Beryl x

Oranges and Lemons

My card today is for Rainbow Lady's Challenge, which is a recipe this week. 1 Fairy, 1 Circle, 1 Ribbon, 1 piece of black card 1 or more stamps and if you are feeling adventurous a shaped card. Sorry Cynthia not feeling too adventurous today. The image is from Prairie Fairy and coloured with my Copics and I have glittered the wings. The backing papers are Funky Fairy, the black and mirror card comes from my craft box as did the white ribbon which I have coloured with the same colour pen that I used for my fairy's dress. The stamp is the daisy on Carol's Cube from Stamp Addicts.

I have also followed the Sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday and am entering my card into the Papertake Weekly Challenge - Check this Out.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Thank you Wanda

I received this award from Wanda, blogging and forum friend, thank you for your kind words. If you haven't seen any of work do drop by her blog and take a look.

According to the rules I have to list 10 things that make me happy. There is no contest really it's my

3 daughters and 7.5 grandchildren,

we don't see enough of each other because we are spread out all over the country - Exeter, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Aberdeen and Shetland. I take two holidays a year to visit them, but we do speak on the phone regularly.

I now have to pass this award onto someone else and I would like to give it to two new bloggers who are also forum friends. So please support them Janet and Janette

Beryl x