Crafty Ann's Challenge #17

Well it's challenge #17 from Crafty Ann already and this time the theme is 'embossing'. It can be dry or heat embossing or both. For my card I used a pre-coloured flower sheet from Crafty Ann and mounted each flower onto a Nestie shape in the opposite colour to the background. Both have been made using a Spellbinders Impressability plate - the top one I just inked the raised area with a chalk inkpad and for the bottom I put Versamark onto the Impressability, embossed and then coloured with Cosmic Shimmer powder onto the sticky bit. I inked the edge of the scallop border with the same chalk ink and coloured the ribbon with a Promarker. The butterfly is from an MS punch - which I really must get - and has been coloured with copper Moon Shadow Mist.

Blog hopping is suffering again as there seems so much else to do here at the moment - so - apologies in advance if I don't get round as regularly as I would like.

I do appreciate your visits and will catch up when I can.

Beryl xx

Bah Humbug #22

This week it's 'Anything Goes' on the Bah Humbug challenge blog.

I knew I wanted to use this image and duly coloured it with Promarkers, edged it with Black Soot Distress ink and glittered the holly berries - and that was it. I just couldn't decide what to do next.After a lot of thinking that really hurt my brain - this very simple card is the result. I cut a piece of black card and attached to the card base. Added some ribbon and a greeting by Elusive images and then stuck a load of white peel off snow flakes on - a sheet that I've had for ages and thought I would never use.

Now why am I finding it so hard to come up with something whether it's a specific topic or - as this one - anything goes? I suppose because I only get short spells in between gardening at the moment and when I get the time it's not always the right time for my crafting head. Hope things will get back to normal soon.

Anyway - thanks very much for visiting today - a day I hope you are all enjoying.

Beryl xx

Punching for Sir Stampalot

The challenge from Sir Stampalot this month is to use punches on your work. I started off being very brave and using one of my Graphicus Guild papers for the background - well it is for my daughter so I was feeling quite generous. The image is Penny Black - coloured with Promarkers and edged with Distress ink. I've mounted it onto some mirri card which I had coloured with alcohol inks. I punched the garden trellis twice onto pearl paper and slightly off set it to make it less open. The white border at the bottom is part of a parcel of goodies sent to me by my friend Martha (USA). The flowers were punched from some quite old Papermania papers which had been sprayed with Cosmic Shimmer spray. After I'd stuck them all on they still didn't look very inspriring so I rubbed some stickles over them a bit. I cut a corner piece from the garden trellis stamp in white and overlayed it with another, cut from the same coloured mirri card. I also punched the leaves/stems from the same piece.

There's a fab prize this month from Sir Stampalot again this month so why not give it a go.
Thanks very much for visiting.
Beryl xx

Waste not - want not

Why waste not - want not? Well, I put together this image from MCS for The CD Sunday challenge - 'Girl Power'. Unfortunately - I wasn't paying attention too much to the size and it printed out way too big for the card I was intending to do  - so after resizing and printing it again I decided to use the original image on a larger card.

So - the top card is 6 x 6 and the bottom card is A5. Two cards in one day. That's going some for me. The background on the top card was inspired by a recent card of Brenda's - a swirl stamped randomly over the card and the edges inked with worn lipstick distress ink. The paper is from Funky Fairies distressing vines collection  and the border up the side is cut from a Cuttlebug border die. The sentiment is a stamp given to me by my lovely friend Jane - which I have used on both cards.

The second card - using the larger image has a bp from the Papercraft Factory CD and a piece of silver mirri card - coloured with alcohol inks and put through a Cuttlebug embossing folder.

Thank you for taking the time to visit today.

Beryl xx

Acetate, acetate and more acetate.

I was really struggling with the 'Aceate' challenge from Bah Humbug this week. I know a lot of people love it but I'm not really a fan. The first idea I had was to make a frame from a Wizard snowflake die and gold leaf the back. It looked rubbish. Eventually after being uninspired since last Friday I remembered that I had some window cards from Creative Expressions. So, ACETATE in the window frame, a snowman stamped onto ACETATE, cut out and glittered on the back and a leafy corner from MCS printed onto ACETATE and cut round. Phew - I think that's my acetate fix for the rest of the year. The scene behind the window is from a Crafters Companion cd and the little mice were stamped with Memento ink, coloured with Promarkers and placed in the scene.

Thanks very much for visiting today.

Rainbow Lady's challenge #106

This week Rainbow Lady's challenge has 'Faces' as the theme. It doesn't have to be a human face so I've chosen this Husky stamp from Clarity as the 'face' for my card. I've inked the background with a mixture of Adirondacks and Distress inks and  stamped the image with Black Stazon. The trees are a mixture of Stampscapes and Crafty Individuals. The bp is one of my precious Graphicus Guild ones and the black border on the left was cut using a Cuttlebug border die (twice). A few gems in the corner just to break the monotomy.

I forgot to mention that I oversprayed the image with Silver Cosmic Shimmer spray too.

Thanks very much for visiting.

Beryl xx

Crafty Ann's Challenge #16

It's a colour challenge from Crafty Ann this time. With the world cup coming up Ann thought using the colours of your national flag would be a good theme. I chose to go with Wales as that's where I'm living now and I thought red, green and white a better choice than red, white and blue.

I've made a little hanging to go inside the cupboard where the Kit Kats etc are kept. I don't know if it will work - but it's worth a try.

I've used Crafty Ann's jeans digi stamp, resized and coloured in MCS except for the midrif - which is Promarkers. The swirly stamp on the white is a Rollergraph stamp and the sentiment was computer generated.

And the winner of the two coloured sheets offered on here for those who left a comment - and drawn from the proverbial hat (well, my sunhat) by my soon to be ex hubby  is:- Darling Ho

Please e mail Ann on the address that's on the challenge blog so she can send you your prize.

Thanks very much for visiting today and I hope you can join us in this latest challenge.

Beryl xx

Two Birds - Three Camels

I'm doing one post for two cards today. The first is for The CD Sunday challenge where the theme is 'Feathered Friends'. The image is from the first JNM set - mounted onto a nestie shape of Cosmic Shimmer misted pale green card. The yellow(ish) matt is a piece of white card sponged with Distress inks - mustard seed and straw. The corner stamp is a Clarity clever corner and the 'lace' across the centre is a piece of self adhesive sticky paper lace - coloured with a black Promarker. The bp is from the same cd and is the one that comes with the image.

The second card is for this weeks Bah Humbug challenge - 'Silhouettes'. The camel stamp is by Clarity and the background is brayered on from a Big and Juicy Soothing Sunset pad. The bp is a freebie vellum from a magazine a couple of years back which I've stuck on with a sheet of ds sticky paper. I'm really not sure about this one - I think it needs a greeting or something - guess I've got plenty of time to think about that one.

Thanks very much for visiting today.

Beryl xx