CD Sunday - and a Blogging Break

You may not have noticed me not being around much in blogland this past couple of weeks. It's because I have decided to have a break from regular blogging for a bit. It seems as if I've hardly been at home this last few weeks for one reason or another, so no time to blog hop or craft being the result. It hasn't stopped me aquiring new stash though.lol. I really must get my butt in gear and start doing something with it.
I had to post today though as it's my turn to choose the theme for this weeks CD Sunday challenge. I have chosen 'For Someone Special'. I made this card for my youngest grandson and sent it - not knowing he was getting a new BMX for his birthday! Both the image, greeting and bp are from The Best of La Pashe 2012 CD and the cogs are Spellbinders dies. I decoupaged it but kept if fairly flat for posting.
Another coincidence is that this card fits right in with the current Cardz 4 Guyz challenge - which is 'Wheel Fun' - so I'm sharing it with them too.
Hope you'll find time to join in and pop over to see what the other members of the team have made for this weeks theme. Please remember to use something from a CD for your project and give said CD a mention.
Thank you for visiting today.
Beryl xx

CD Sunday - Something Old - Something New

I've probably cheated a bit on this week's CD Sunday challenge. No new products but:-
The backing paper is from Joanna Sheen's Cottage Gardens CD and has been printed out and sitting in a drawer since before I moved here - two years ago - so that's old.
The hippo image is from Joanna Sheen's Animal Antics CD and has been 'newly' printed for this card.
Mind you - both the CDs are old as CDs go - the roses probably class as new too as I only made them the other week.
Christine has chosen the Something Old Something New theme. It's good to have her back on the team again after having internet problems while she was abroad.
So - there's a lot of scope with this theme so I hope you'll be joining us - if you do - please remember to use something from a CD in your project and give said CD a mention.
Thank you for visiting today.
Beryl xx

Fantasy Stampers Challenge - Silhouettes

I'm hoping I get this posted in time before the current Fantasy Stampers challenge entry time is up.
This time the theme is 'Silhouettes'. I stamped the Ingdgo Blue stamp with Versafine Imperial Purple and used Squeezed Lemonade and Shaded Lilac DI for the background. The 'lace' mat is a Martha Stewart around the page punch, punched from white card and coloured with a Spectrum Noir. I was really pleased with how it all toned in - and then out came the camera! The purple Spectrum Noir looks blue and the Imperial Purple almost has a pink tinge to it. Maybe when the light gets round the front I'll take another and see if that improves it. The ribbon is from my stash, the leaves a Cheery Lynn die and the flower I made myself - in a rush as I'm off to the dentists in a min. Fortunately it's not stuck down so I can come back and try to make a better one to replace it.
Thank you for visiting today.
Beryl xx