Feeling Peachey



I hope you all had a good Christmas - it was quiet here - and that's how I like it.

This card, which I'm entering in the CD Sunday challenge -'In Stitches' was somewhat of a disaster from start to finish. I attached the backing paper layer which is printed from the Artylicious Essence of Nature CD.

Inked and stamped around the edges with Spiced Marigold Distress ink - attached ribbons across the centre, prepared the topper and greeting and then went to make lunch. When I came back I didn't check which way round the card was so ended up with an antipodean card - funny that really,cos that's where it's going. So after cutting off the front of the card and putting it on a new card base I did the insert. This morning when I went to write the card I found that this was upside down too. I promise, I only had 4 glasses of wine over the whole Christmas period - so I can't blame the drink.

Thanks for visiting today.

Beryl xx

Season's Greetings

I'd like to wish all my 'cyber friends' a Merry Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year. I look forward to 'seeing' you all after Christmas and hope that 2011 is a better year for everyone.

On a personal note - we've had water today. Yippee. Strangely - the outside tap has been running  but still not the inside ones. No shower yet then - but a great improvement on yesterday.

Beryl xx

CD Sunday Challenge - Tag It.

This weeks challenge on the CD Sunday challenge blog is 'Tag It'. The background is done using the Serif Digital Scrapbook Artist cd. The tag was cut with a Spellbinders die, inked with Adirondack Stonewashed ,and Dusty Concord Distress ink. Then it was oversprayed with a lavender mica spray. The thank you stamp is a See Dee's one from a set that I'd forgotton I had and the swirls from Elusive Images. Ribbon and gems from my stash.

This is my second day without running water as the underground pipes have frozen ( a couple of my neighbours have the same problem too) so I'm off now to shut the chickens in and refill my saucepans with snow. Good job we have plenty of it.lol.

Thanks very much for visiting today.

Beryl xx

Well the Photo's Vintage

This week's challenge from Rainbow Lady is ' Make it a Vintage Delight'. I've come across this photo of my kids - which is in itself a vintage item - taken about 38 years ago I reckon - and decided to make an 8 x 8 scrapbook page with it. If it prints out OK they'll all get a copy on a HUGE card.  I tried to make everything sepia toned - the photo, papers and embellishments but just didn't like it so have opted for the original photo colours which also meant changing the colour scheme of the page. It's all done in Serif Digital Scrapbook Artist and probably took me as long - if not longer - than using papers punches and dst.
Thanks for visiting today.
Beryl xx





CD Sunday - Three of a Kind

I got back from my trip to see the family late on Wednesday and discovered that I was the lucky winner from last week's CD Sunday challenge. I am so lucky that the fabulous Shoes in Bloom CD is on it's way to me as I write. On to this week's challenge, which is 'Three of a Kind'. I can't claim this design as totally my own as it's similar to the one Sheena Douglass did when she demo'ed these stamps by Creative Expressions. The paper to make the dresses is by Funky Fairies, cut out, shaped and stuck over the dummy stamp, and the check background paper is from a Crafters Companion CD.

Hope you are all managing to keep warm, dry and safe.

Thank you for visiting today.

Beryl xx

Taking a Break

Being a bad blogger for a bit longer I'm afraid. Had a busy week trying to get everything sorted to take with me on my trip - the one that was cancelled last week due to bad weather. I'm now calling in on my other daughter who live's in Stoke on Trent on the way back so after leaving first thing tomorrow morning I'll be a.w.o.l. till at least next Wednesday.
Hope you all have a good week and I'll do my best to catch up soon after I get home.
Beryl xx

Glitter, glitter everywhere.

This week the challenge on the CD Sunday challenge blog is 'Christmas Sparkle'. I've just about finished my Christmas cards and the glitter has hardly been out of the cupboard. Good thing really. I've just spent more time vacuuming it all up than applying it to the card. The house image is from Creative Expressions - stamped in Adirondack Denim  and glittered liberally. The bp is from a Graphicus Guild pack - I was hoping to find it on one of their cd's as I didn't want to use it all up and it seemed just the right shade to go with the Denim - but I couldn't - so I had to use it. The greeting is my CD bit - it's from MCS More Than Just Words Volume 3. The swirls are Marianne Dies. I stuck some white card onto double sided sticky sheet and after cutting out, peeled off the backing and pressed them into the glitter. The white organzer ribbon was a bit sparkly - but not enough - so I stuck some extra strong ds tape down the centre and glittered that too. The whole thing looks a lot more glittery IRL than in the piccie but I just couldn't get the lighting right. If I stood it on the table there wasn't enough light and if I stood on the window sill the sun was so bright it cast shadows all over the place. Yes sun. It's a glorious day here again and the conservatory windows open again for the second day running. Sorry!
Thanks for visiting today.
Beryl xx

Rainbow Lady's 129th Challenge

I'm not sure if these two fit the bill for Rainbow Lady's challenge this week - which is 'Christmas Animals'. It's a Christmassy image anyway and it is from a Jayne Netley Mayhew cd. I had made the base card a few weeks back using this lovely bp from Glanda Waterworth and thought this image matched the colours just right. The sentiment is stamped in Adirondack Cloudy Blue and it an Elusive Images stamp. It's the first time I've used it and it stamped perfectly - that pleased me - normally I'm rubbish when stamping text.
I didn't make my trip to see the family this weekend and have just spoken to my daughter who say's all the snow and ice has gone and the roads are clear. Grrrr.
Thanks very much for visiting today.
Beryl xx

No Dreaming Required

This week's challenge on the CD Sunday blog is 'White Christmas'. Well I think Christmas has come early for a lot of you in that respect. We're lucky here. It's very cold but no snow and there wasn't enough to settle last week either. I hope all of you that are snowbound are keeping safe and warm.

This card has been made using the MCS Craft e Christmas cd. Both the image and the backing paper come from the Star of Wonder section. The swirls were cut from a Marianne dye. That's about it really. Not a lot else to say.

If I do manage to make my trip down south this weekend - obviously I won't be about - but if I can't go at least I'll be able to catch up on some blog hopping.

Thank very much for visiting.

Beryl xx