See You Soon Bah Humbug

It's the last challenge of the year from the Bah Humbug team and it's 'Feeling the Blues'. So - because it's the last I'm entering two cards this time. The first is a gorgeous image from Delicious Doodles. The bp is from a Graphicus Guild paper pack. The bp on the second is a freebie download from Glenda Waterworth and the stamps used - village scene - Seredipity - deer - Hobby Art and sentiment - See D's.

I'm looking forward to getting well ahead with next years Christmas cards with next years challenges. Thank you girls for a great challenge.

Thanks for looking.

Beryl xx



Thank You

This week Rainbow Lady's challenge theme follows 'Thanksgiving' and I thought a 'thank you' card might fit the bill. I've now discovered that I don't have a really nice 'thank you' stamp so I'll be on the lookout for one pretty soon. The image is from MCS Countryside Gardens - I've printed the topper 4 times so I could pyramage it up for real. The bp is also on the same CD. I've used copper mirri paper to mount the images on to and the die cut greeting ribbon was white - coloured with Promarker.
Thanks very much for visiting today. Sorry if I haven't been visiting myself for a few days - it's all go at the moment - sorting out the arangements for a new kitchen, hospital and shopping trips with my friend Sue and getting ready for my trip to England next weekend (weather permitting.)
Beryl xx

CD Sunday Challenge

The CD Sunday challenge this week is 'Shabby Chic'.  I've used Joanna Sheens ATC assistant for the image and the bp is from another of Joanna's cd's (just wish I could remember which one - it's half a sheet left from another make). In real life the colours are a real good match but on screen somehow they don't go so well. You'll just have to take my word for it I'm afraid. I  'roughed up' the edges of the bp with a craft knife and edged it with Old Paper Distress Ink and also inked the ticket stamp from Crafty Ann with the same ink.
The piece of MS punched border I inked with Worn Lipstick and then just added a few pearls and a touch of ribbon.
Thanks very much for coming to visit.
Beryl xx

Fairy Sparkle

I'm entering this card into two challenges - Rainbow Lady's challenge - which this week is 'Edge It' and the
Bah Humbug challenge - which this week is 'Lovely in Lilac'.
The 'edging' is the mat made with a Martha Stewart punch and this has been layered onto a piece that I made a while ago - swirls and glimmer mists - but I can't remember which colours I used. The fairy and sentiment are Crafters Companion and the flower is from my stash - coloured with Pro Markers - as was the fairy. I coloured the fairy's wings with a clear Stardust pen. The piece behind the fairy has been spritzed with a lilac mica spray - there are some snowflakes there too - stamped and embossed with crystal embossing powder but you can't see them very well. The flower and the Martha Stewart mat have been sprayed with glitter spray.
Tip:- This is my second fairy. The first one I coloured with cosmic shimmers and then sprayed once it was well dried with glitter spray. Not a good idea. The spray seemed to activate the cosmic shimmers and it all got a bit blurry.
Thanks very much for visiting today.
Beryl xx

A Letter to Santa

This month the challenge from Sir Stampalot is 'Christmas Traditions' amd what's more traditional than a letter to Santa.

The main stamp is from Sugar Nellie - stamped with Versafine, heat embossed and then coloured with Promarkers. Matted onto a nesite it is backed by a cuttlebugged piece - highlighted with Distress Fired brick and cut with a Wizard labels die. The greeting is from Creative Expressions - again stamped and embossed in Versafine and cut with a smaller label from the same set. Both the labels pieces have been edged with Topiary embossing powder (a dark green with hints of gold in it). The snowflake has been cut from another Wizard die and the ribbon is from my stash. The lovely check bp is from a Crafters Companion cd (don't ask me which one - I had most of them out looking for this bp and promptly forgot which one I'd found it on.)

Thanks very much for visiting today.

Beryl xx



No Stamps Required (well - one)

 I've had fun today playing with My Craft Studio to make this 'card' for Rainbow Lady's challenge this week 'Thinking of You' The whole thing was made in MCS from the Fanciful Florals and Flourishes cd's. I haven't printed it out yet but it's sized to fit a 7 x 5 card. When I do print out I'll probably printed each element out seperately and then mount them up in the usual fashion to get some dimension.

 My second card was also made from My Craft Studio Images, some lace and a Marianne die cut swirl. The sentiment is a Hobby Art clear stamp. I'm entering this into the CD Sunday challenge - Lavender and Lace.

My third and final card today (this is a first for me - three cards in one day) was also made using My Craft Studio, Craft e Christmas, some punching with a Martha Stewart punch and some mirri card. This one is my entry for the Bah Humbug challenge this week 'Reindeer'.

So there we have it - only one stamp used for all three - and it doesn't seem right somehow. Back to ink and rubber for me for a while now I think.

Thanks very much for visiting today. I'm hoping to get some blog hopping done today too

Beryl xx

Born Free

A chance to use my Jayne Netley Mayhew cd for The CD Sunday Challenge which this week is 'The Natural World'. The image is from JNM Part 2 and the bp is from the Crafters Companion Cute Companions CD. I punched a border strip with a Martha Stewart punch and added a thin strip of the bp to it. The ticket stamp is one of Crafty Ann's digis. You get a whole sheet of ticket stamps and now that I've printed the whole sheet I'm sure you'll be seeing some more of them

Thanks very much for visiting. Hope you all have a good weekend.

Beryl xx



Christmas Teardrop

This week on the team from Bah Humbug want us to make a card using 'Fancy Folds'. I've chosen to make a card from the teardrop template which I've had for ages and only used a couple of tiimes.

The flower is cut from a nestie die, each layer coloured with Fired Brick Distress ink and then edged with gold glitter. The swirly leaf stamp behind it is a Clarity stamp. I've punched a matt from some red mirri card and added a sentiment from a U Mount Christmas set. It's finished off with a few red gems.
Thanks very much for visiting.
Beryl xx

Rainbow Lady's Challenge #125

This week the challenge from Rainbow Lady has been set by Janet of Redmoss Ramblings. Janet wants us to 'Make a Picture'. This card was made using some U Mount stamps - Distress Inks and Lyra watercolours. Not a lot else to say about it really.

Have been absent this past week or so due to housey stuff. We took up some grotty old vinyl in the kitchen to find perfect quarry tiles underneath (I did think they were all going to be cracked and that was why they had been covered up).We have spent most of the last week cleaning them up (old varnish and grime) and finally put the sealant on this morning. The fumes are a tad overpowering but hopefully it will clear soon.

Hope you all survived the gales last night.

Thanks for visiting today.

Beryl xx