CD Sunday - Travels Abroad

Sunday - Grand Prix day and a fresh challenge from CD Sunday. This week it's Christine's turn to choose a theme - and it's 'Travels Abroad'. I have to admit I was a bit stumped on this one till I thought of a certain little song. It kept going though my head so I thought I'd use it as a start for my card. The image (cut into three and matted individually) I did in CAP using the Steampunk Adventures CD. There's also a very feint map on the bp from the same CD. The sentiment was done in Word. We'd love you to join in if you can - remembering to give credit to the CD that you use in your project.
Thank you for visiting today.
Beryl xx

CD Sunday - Fox and Friend

This week the challenge on CD Sunday - chosen by Sue T - is 'Fox and Friends'. As You can see my post title is Fox and Friend. The only image I seemed to have in my possession is the one above - from the Jayne Netley Mayhew CD - all on his own - so I added a Martha Stewart punched butterfly as 'the friend'.
The backing paper is from a pad I've had in my stash for years and the punched butterfly border is also a Martha Stewart punch. I finished it off with some card candy, ribbon from my stash and a Cuttlebug corner.
Last week's Butterfly challenge seemed quite popular so I hope there are a fair few foxes out there waiting to be used this week. If you are able to join in please don't forget to give credit to the CD that was used in the making of your project.
Thank you for visiting today.
Beryl xx

CD Sunday - Butterfly

Another week has flown by and it's time for a fresh challenge from CD Sunday. The theme 'Butterfly' has been chosen by fellow team member Wendy.
For my card, I started with the backing paper printed from Daisy Trail's Inkblot Butterfly Digi Kit.
The die cut butterfly is a Cheery Lynn die that I bought a good couple of years ago but this is the first time it's made it onto a card. It's a bit big. I cut the main piece from gold mirror card, and the wings from some pink card which I'm hoping matches the background. It's mounted onto nestie ovals - the ivy die cuts are from Marianne dies, the sentiment is a Dimension Fourth stamp and the gems top right are from some stash that my friend in America sent to me for my birthday.
I hope you'll find time to join in this week - and if you do - please give credit to the cd used in the making of your project.
Thank you for visiting today.
Beryl xx

Stamping Sensations October Challenge

Back in July I was so lucky as I won the Stamping Sensations challenge for that month. As well as getting some fab goodies from Little Claire's I also get to be Guest Designer for this month. The theme is 'All Creatures Great and Small' and for my card I have used a stamp from Joanna Sheen - which I have had for many years. I coloured what there was to colour with Promarkers and added some colour around the image with Pan Pastels. The backing paper is from a Crafty Individuals paper pad and the ribbon from my stash. I made the flowers with Nellie Snellen punches and brushed over them with an archival ink pad to give some colour to the embossed areas. The butterfly was punched from some yellow copy paper, edged with the same ink pad and given several coats of spray and shine to help mould it and give it some body.
Leo is now almost 5 years old and although he has lost some of the stripes he had as a kitten this stamp always makes me think of him. I managed to catch him sunbathing a couple of weeks ago -

looking a tad sleepy.
Thank you for visiting today.
Beryl xx