Fantasy Stampers Challenge #4

The current challenge from Fantasy Stampers is a Bingo one. I have chosen the top line - Pink, Pearls and Lace.
I apologise for the piccie. I can't get a decent one with the light as it is today - if I can get a better one tomorrow that shows up the background colour and also gets a sharper image I'll swap it over. Fingers crossed on that one.
I've used a Crafters Companion Frou Frou stamp and coloured with a mix of Spectrum Noirs and Promarkers. I seem to spend my time rescuing things these days. When I'd almost finished colouring I went over the edge a little with the black on the lbd. No amount of blender pen would draw it out so I ended up cutting out the image and mounting it onto some card coloured with a pale turquise Spectrum Noir.
The bp is from the Frou Frou CD, the lace (navy coloured with a Spectrum Noir Black) I've had in my stash for yonks and the pearls are Cosmic Shimmer Glue ones. I need to leave the craft room soon before I accidently smudge those too (another favourite trick).
I'm also entering this card into Brenda's (Floral Fantasy) candy challenge - which is to use something you go back to time and time again. With me it's my Cuttlebug. Couldn't live without and it gets used for most every card I make it seems. The details of Brenda's Candy Challenge can be found by clicking on the image on the right of my blog. So the die cuts on the card were made using my all time favourite piece of equipment - my Cuttlebug.
Thank you for visiting today.
Beryl xx

Another fairy - sort of...

So this isn't how it was going to be but there you go. I was quite pleased with the colouring on this Dimension Fourth stamp to start with. I got some lovely shading on the dress with my Spectrum Noirs (even though the image is quite small) and she looked really 'curvy'. But then I managed to splash some black Gesso on it while I was doing something else. Grr. So I cut the image out and was left with just one speck of gesso on the dress. Not wanting to start over I smothered the dress with a quicky glue pen and dolloped on some Glamour dust. Did her wings while I was at it too.
The pinkish oval, the corner and the butterflies were cut from a background I made ages ago, with Glimmer mists - I think. The words are from a stamp I was given by blogging buddy Jane (jem). As you can see I cut it up and added the words individually. Ribbon and card candy from my stash finish it off. Oh and the bp is from a pack bought from Chocolate Baroque when they were Graphicus.
I'm emtering it into this months challenge at Stamping Sensations - which is 'Wings, Fantasy and Fiction'.
Thank you for visiting today.
Beryl xx

CD Sunday - All About Spring

It's my turn to set the challenge this week over on the CD Sunday challenge blog and I have chosen the theme  'All About Spring'. It's a beautiful sunny day here as I write this and I'm hoping everyone will see some sunshine and a ray of hope that this awful spell of wet and windy wether will come to an end soon.
For my card I have used Debbi Moore's Spring Fairies CD for both the backing paper and the image, which is mounted onto a Spellbinders oval.. The ribbon isf rom my stash and the 'buckle' is a Spelldinders die.The corners are cut from my old but loved Cuttlebug die.
We'd love to see you if you can join in this week but please remember, if you do, to give a mention to the CD that has been used in the making of your project.
Thank you for visiting today.
Beryl xx

New Home Card

I'm entering this card into the 3rd Fantasy Stampers Challenge which has the theme 'love and cherish'. Now I don't 'do' Valentine cards - for obvious reasons if you know me, so I hope this card qualifies in as much as I hope my daughter will love and cherish the home she is moving into today.
At long last I have got my mitts on the brick background stamp from Impression Obsession and have used Rusty Hinge DI to stamp it. The little words were computer generated and the flowers from my stash. For the die cut swirls I used a piece of mirror card coloured with alcohol inks. One less snippet in the box!
The main image is a Clarity stamp coloured with Promarkers and cut out with an Xcut heart.
Thanks very much for visiting today. I'm off shortly to help with the move. I may be gone sometime!
Beryl xx

CD Sunday - Ribbons and Bows

Good morning/afternoon/evening depending on what time of day you are visiting. It's time for a fresh challenge from CD Sunday and this time is team member Jenny who has chosen the theme - which is Ribbons and Bows. I have to say I'm not very good with ribbons and bows so they are but a small feature on this card. The image and bp are both from the Crafter'sCompanion Frou Frou CD. The corners are La La Land and the ribbon and bow from my stash.
The best bit about this card for me is the sentiment - a Dimension Fourth stamp. Not much going on there you might ask but stamping text has been the bane of my life since I started stamping. I'd sometimes stamp a sentiment a dozen times and still give up and print one - until I got my new toy. I saw a tut by Eileen Godwin and she was using a Fiskars Stamp Press. Never hear of it so had to check it out. Needless to say I had one in my possession within two days - and it's brilliant. I stamped 4 sentiments - each one perfect - no smudging, slipping or anything. It's brilliant for larger stamps too. Thank you Eileen.
If you fnd time to join in our challenge this week please don't forget - it is a CD challenge so please give credit to the CD which has been used in the making of your project.
Thank you for visiting today.
Beryl xx