Last Post for a Bit

This will be my last post for a bit as on Thursday I'm off to visit my daughter for a few days and on the way back will stop over with my other daughter - so apologies in advance if I miss some of your lovely creations.

I'm entering this card in the Less is More challenge - which this week has the theme - Spring. My stamp is an English Stamp Company clear stamp - stamped and embossed in copper and then coloured with Promarkers. The greeting - also stamped in copper and embossed is by Elusive Images and the coppery trimming is some copper mirri paper from Craft Creations.

My second card is for the CD Sunday challenge - Get Ahead - Get a Hat. I've had this stamp for a while - and while I love the image - it's an absolute PIG to stamp. You don't want to know how many times I stamped it to try and get an even covering of ink on the image - and then when I did - I managed to splodge something on it (more than once!) Even this image has a tiny splodge of black but I hid it under the bow - which luckily was in the right place. It was already on the card while I waited for the latest image to dry. The CD bit is the backing paper which is from Sharon Duncan Embossibilities Christmas and the punched used a Martha Stewart one.
Thanks very much for visiting today.
Beryl xx

Rainbow Lady's Challenge #140

This week Rainbow Lady's challenge is to use something from a CD. I have used my Ooh La La Shoes in Bloom CD again for the image - ribbon from my stash, the small piece of bp is from The Paper Factory CD and the large piece of bp is one of Crafty Ann's Abstract Pastel Collection.

That's about it really. Oh - the sentiment is a Personal Impressions clear stamp.
Thanks very much for visiting.
I'm of now to do some inserts before the pile of waiting cards get any bigger.
Beryl xx

Butterfly Tree

I wanted to have a go at the new challenge Less is More. It's week two over there and the challenge this week is to make a 'One Layer Card' with a theme of either a flower or a tree. Shame on me - this is the first time this butterfly tree stamp from Elusive Images has seen any ink. I stamped in Versafine Onyx Black and clear embossed it - then coloured with Cosmic Shimmer paints. The greeting - also embossed is from a Serendipity set and as you can see I didn't get it central - no second chances when you're working on one layer - so I added a little butterfly to the corner.The sentiment isn't blurred IRL but the light's not too good here today and this is the best I could get it.
 I'm glad I found this challenge coz now I've got a reasonably lightweight card ot post overseas.
Thanks very much for visiting.
Beryl xx

Swirls and Pearls

My card today is for the CD Sunday challenge - Pearls and Swirls. I was lucky enough to win the

Ooh La La CD 'Shoes in Bloom' on the CD Sunday challenge before Christmas. It's a fabulous CD and as soon as I saw the theme this week I knew I wanted to use this image. The swirls at the bottom are Sheena Douglass' set - String of Bling - stamped with Brilliance Graphite black and clear embossed. Ribbon and pearls from my stash. The quickest card I've made for ages I think so now I'm off to see if I can come up with something for the Less is More challenge - don't hold your breath though.

Thank you for visiting today.

Beryl xx



Bah Humbug - Doilies

The challenge from Bah Humbug this week is to use 'doilies'. I have got some paper doilies somewhere but they were not punched very well so I put them to one side. Now if I could remember which side - I would have used one for this challenge! Instead - I took a photo of a crocheted doily and made it into an embellishment in Craft Artist. I shrunk it down to make the little embellishments top right too. The bp and blue matting behind it were also done in Craft Artist. After I had printed the design off I printed the doilies again so I could layer them up. The hearts were also from a digikit, cut out and sprayed with glitter spray. It's finished off with ribbon from my stash. Dull and overcast here today so the piccie's not as sharp as I'd like it - but I'm out all day tomorrow so it will have to do.
Thanks very much for visiting today
Beryl xx

For My Lovely Daughter

I made this card for my youngest daughter who will be 40 this year. Where have all those years gone?

As it's got the word 'Love' on it I thought I'd enter it into a couple of challenges. I don't 'do' Valetine cards so this is the closest I'll get to the theme. Rainbow Lady's challenge this week is 'It's All About Love' and I am also entering Crafty Ann's challenge 'Love is in the Air'. I haven't managed to enter Crafty Ann's challenge for ages so she'll probably get a bit of a surprise.

It's an 8 x 8 card and the image is one on Sheena Douglass' Sketchy stamps - coloured with watercolour pencils. The matt behind it is made with a Martha Stewart punch - the swirl a Marianne die and the sentiment plate Nesties.

The bp is Funky Fairy distressed swirls and the flower is made from scrunched up circles of mulberry paper. The butterfly is actually a filigree silver brooch that belonged to my mother. As I've never worn it I have decided to pass it on to my daughter before it gets mislaid somewhere. The white organza ribbon was coloured with a Pro marker and the navy circles/card candy where punched from a small part of a Wizard die.

As you can see by the shadows on the card - the sun is shining, but it's not turned out as warm as I thought it would this morning.

Thanks very much for visiting today. Have a good weekend.

Beryl xx



A Bit Insipid!

'Friendship' is the theme for this week's CD Sunday Challenge. The bp is from My Craft Studio and the image is a freebie from PCcrafter that I've had for ages. The frame is a Wizard pendant die cut from pearlised paper and the 'card candy' is the same paper - stuck onto some white card to strengthen it, I then used part of a Wizard die to punch the circles, rounded them with a ball tool and stuck them on. The greeting is a Dimension Fourth stamp and the label is another Wizard die. This card looks a tad insipid to me - I don't think my choice of colours was too brilliant. Hey ho - I can always use the back of it to stamp an image onto.
Thanks very much for visiting today.
Beryl xx

Easter meets Christmas

Two cards today. The first is for Rainbow Lady's challenge 'Year of the Rabbit' celebrating the Chinese New Year. My card is more of an Easter card but it's got the rabbit. The image and the lovely bp are from a MCS free download  - the trellis border a Marth Stewart punch and the flower is made from a selection of my flower punches and a Sissiz die for the stem. The pot is just a scrap of card cut to shape and scored to make the rim.
The second card is for this week's Bah Humbug challenge - 'Buttons and Bows'. The snowman image is from Serif Craft Artist and I've given him buttons for his buttons - if that makes sense. The snowflake backing is a piece of vellum over a piece of white paper. I folded the vellum top and bottom to fit the paper and stuck it with DS tape. Not brads needed. The buttons and ribbon are from my stash. It all looks a bit pale I'm afraid. Well - it is quite pale but with the poor daylight here today it looks even paler.
Thanks very much for visiting today.
Beryl xx

Floating Hearts

The challenge this week on the CD Sunday Challenge blog is 'Love is in the Air'. Now you know I don't do lovey dovey stuff so decided to make my first Easter card of the year. The CD bit is the gingham backing paper which came from my very first Crafter's Companion cd - Papercrafts'. No - I haven't got shares in Crafters Companion - it's just the way things have been going this week. The image is - I think - A Creative Expressions stamp. It was given to me by a forum buddy and I've coloured it with Promarkers. The eggs - here we go again Pinky - from a Cute Companions set - and the sentiment computer generated. It's finished off with a Martha Stewart punched border, some ribbon from my stash and a Cuttlebug corner.

Thanks for visiting today.

Beryl xx

Old but not Forgotton

This week's challenge on Bah Humbug is 'An Oldie but a Goldie'. I resisted the urge to feature 'me' and instead chose this Santa stamp which is one of the first that I bought from Crafter's Companion. He didn't get used this year  - in fact I don't think he's been used since before I had Promarkers - which I used to colour him this time. The sentiment stamp is also from Crafters Companion and looked as if it had never seen any ink - so I thought I better remedy that. The bp is from a Crafters Companion cd too - aren't they doing well on this one? Finished off with some mirri card (hopefully to look like the fastening on a parcel and a red bow.

Thanks very much for visiting today.

Beryl xx