Krafting it with Allsorts

The challenge this week from Allsorts is to use Kraft on your project. I did buy some - for the first time a few months ago as everyone seemed to be using it but this is first time I've even open the packet. I used Kraft card for the matting layer behind the image, the Cuttlebug corners and the pine cones. These are Creative Expressions stamps  from when Sheena Douglass was designing for them. The branches are from the same set, stamped with Versamark and embossed with a green embossing powder that has gold bits in it. This originally belonged to my sister in New Zealand. A very well travelled pot of ep! The main image is from a set of Tatty Teddy stamps that I have - coloured with Promarkers and water colour pencils and then given the Glamour Dust treatment.
Thank you for visiting today.
Beryl xx

Christmas is Coming.... and way too fast.

The Allsorts challenge this week is 'Transport' and as I need to crack on with the Christmas cards I thought I'd give this Sheena Douglass stamp an outing. I've coloured it with Promarkers and a Copic and the bp is from the La Pashe Best OF CD. The border down the side was in my stash - given to me by a friend and the closest I have to anything remotely Christmassy - OK it's not but it was just about the right length.. The greeting is from another of Sheena's stamp sets, silver embossed,  and the corner is a Memory box die.There's also some Glamour dust on the post box and the 'ground' to give it a bit of sparkle.
Not much sun today but it's so muggy now - and still way too warm.
Thank you for visiting today.
Beryl xx

Gorgeous Lashes

Thanks to the hot weather and not being keen on venturing out of the house in it,  I've managed to make a card to enter into the Allsorts challenge this week - which is 'Fur and Feathers'.
I bought this stamp a few years ago when I was lucky enough to get to the Stamp Addicts shop. I've coloured it with Promarkers (Saffron) and coloured the flowers to match. The backing paper is from a Bearly Mine Extreme CD and the swirl is a Cheery Lynn die. I created the sentiment with my Design runner and the keyboard that lets you create your own text. I really should make more use of this.
Thanks very much for visiting today.
Beryl xx

It's a Man Thing

The theme on the Allsorts challenge blog this week is 'Masculine'. Cringe!! Even harder than doing pretty cards with lots of embellishments for me. But here goes. I used a Sheena Douglass stamp for the main image - coloured with Distress Markers. The bp is some 12 x 12 that I bought when I first started crafting - probably from C & C. It's double sided so the leafy green is the reverse of the striped. You wouldn't believe how long I was trying to make up my mind which side to use. The greeting is a Crafters Companion stamp - and the grungy corners are LOTV.
The snow is all gone. Yeah! In the two weeks that the ground was covered in snow - some hellebores decided to put in an appearance. What a lovely surprise to see them almost in full bloom this morning.
Thanks very much for visiting today.
Beryl xx

Flower Power

This week on the Allsorts challenge the theme is 'Flower Power'. This is an 8 x 8 card and there wasn't much room for anything else once the flower was in place. The stamp is one of the Sheena Douglass' paint fusion range but I coloured it with Promarkers this time. I've got some brilliant white card from Staples that is great for putting through the printer but it's also great for Promarkers - cheaper and whiter than Neenah. There are several layers and after assembling I gave it a couple of coats of gold glitter spray. The background paper is from an Artylicious A4 paper pack called Simple Elegance. I dabbed it all over with Solar Gold Radiant Rain - not a great idea as it happens. Even after heat setting, the mica didn't seem to want to stick to the fairly glossy paper so I had to buff most of it off as I was getting gold mica everywhere. It stills shows a bit in the daylight though. The gold ribbon is from Lidl and the sentiment is a Creative Expressions Sheena Douglass stamp - gold embossed and then also sprayed with glitter spray. The text plate is a Spellbinders die.
Thanks very much for visiting today. A day with another helping of snow.
Beryl xx

Allsorts Challenge #189

Well - I've had Virgin cable installed this morning and have been watching a few You Tube videos. I've been unable to until now - and general browsing is faster too. Brilliant!

I'm entering this card into the Allsorts challenge - which this week has the theme of 'Dies and Punches.' No more snow here today but the sun has gone and the light is bad - the bp on this card (from a pad of Pink Petticoat papers that came with a magazine) is more pink than it looks here - as are the centres of the flowers. I punched the flowers in white for the first two layers and in the pink spotty bp for the second two layers. Edged them all with a black ink pad, punched a black centre for each flower and finished off with a Cosmic Shimmer pearl. The stamp is a Beach Bum stamp - although the company has renamed itself a few times since I bought this stamp. The last time I saw them at the Port Sunlight show (where I bought some more cat stamps) they were called Cactus Annie. I used Spellbinders label dies for the image, Spellbinders tags for the sentiments and a Marianne die for the swirl. White tags in the corners and a few more Cosmic glue pearls to finish.

Thanks very much for visiting today.

Beryl xx

Allsorts Challenge 188

The challenge this week on the Allsorts Challenge blog is CAS. I'm sort of middle of the road - haven't got the hang of adding loads of layers and embellishments while CAS is just as daunting for me - but I thought I'd give it a go. The swirl stamp is from Creative Expressions and the butterfly/grass stamp is from the Stampman. The greeting is from a clear set free with a magazine. All stamped with black Versafine. I punched two butterflies with a Martha Stewart punch, layered the pink one over the black and then added a Cosmic Shimmer glue pearl in each corner. Wasn't sure whether I should have coloured the image or not. I suppose I still have the option sometime - that is if I've got the nerve now it's stuck down.
Thanks very much for visiting today.
Beryl xx