Unintentional easel

So I've got to be honest. This wasn't originally meant to be an easel card - but how else do you rescue something when you made it the wrong way on the card and it's not even the right way for a tent card? I've used my favourite bp again - a download from Glenda Waterworth, an image from the JNM 2 CD and my Memory box die for the corners. The sentiment (cut out with a Spellbinders label die) is from the Docrafts Christmas CD. The stopper is some white card - coloured to match the bp and stamped with a text stamp - which hardly shows, and cream grosgrain ribbon coloured with a Promarker.
I'm entering this card into the Pan Pastel challenge - which this week is Frosty and Bright. Lots of Glamour dust on the pine branches, that's my frosty bit and I hope the image will brighten your day.
Thank you for visiting.
Beryl xx

Just hangin' around....

At last I've managed to make a card for the Pan Pastel challenge which this week is to Make an Embellishment'. My 'embellishments' are the flowers which I've punched out with an EK Success retro punch, inked the edges, moulded, layered up, scrunched and then for the centres used Cosmic Shimmer glue covered in Fairy Dust. I've seen flowers made similar to this with the Tonic Petal Pairs punches but I don't have any - yet - so am having a go with the punches I do have. I've tried using glue gel for the centres as in the demos but can't get a rounded shape with it and also to manage to smear it up the sides of the centres. For the main image I've used a Penny Black stamp - coloured with Promarkers. The bp is from a Crafty Individuals pad, the sentiment is a Hobby Art stamp and the leaves are a Cheery Lynn die.
Thanks very much for visiting today.
Beryl xx

Truly Scrumptious

This week's challenge on the Pan Pastel challenge blog is all about ice cream. I've chosen to go with Neapolitan - think that's a bit obvious. I stamped the  Kanban cupcake with Black Onyx Versafine and clear embossed it - then coloured it with Promarkers. For the background I coloured a piece of white card with Permanent Green Tint Pan Pastel and over stamped with Sepia Versafine using a swirl stamp from the same set. The pieces with pink swirls are again another swirl from the same set using Cinnamon Versacolour. The sentiment was computer generated and I added some glossy accents to the cherry.

I used the Sketch n Stash current challenge sketch so I'm entering this card into that challenge too. The new/neglected element is the stamp set - bought some time last summer and seeing ink for the first time today.

Thanks very much for visiting.

Beryl xx

Sheena's Lakeside Scene

Got to use this stamp at last - only had it since November!! I coloured it with Derwent watercolours pencils and stamped the sky with Adirondack Cloudy Blue and a Stamp in the Hand stamp - it's very pale and shows up better IRL. The script bp is from a Graphicus Guild pack and is on one of the Arrtylicious cd's but I'm afraid I can't remember which one. The sentiment is a Crafters Companion one (at least I think it is - it's with all my other C.Comp stamps ) - the swirls are a Sissix die and the rope border a Fiskars punch.

I'm entering it into the Pan Pastel challenge which this week is Boys?Fathers Day. No Pan Pastels used this week I'm afraid (and no dad to give the card to either).

Thanks very much for visiting today.

Beryl xx

Experimenting with Pan Pastels

Not sure if this classifies as 'vintage' but that's the theme on the Pan Pastel challenge this week 'Something Vintage'. The stamp is quite old now - one of the first I bought and it's an EI stamp - now Chocolate Baroque. I coloured a piece of white card with Permanent Red Tint and then stamped the image with Black Versafine. I then coloured the image using Dairylide Yellow Tint, Bright Yellow Green Shade, Magenta Shade and Violet Tint. I used cotton buds to apply the pastels and for the finer bits I used Ranger cut n dry nibs. The bp is from a Graphicus Guild pack, edged with Frantage Shabby Pink Embossing Enamel. The pink card behind was white and coloured with Pan Pastels to match the image. Flowers from my stash and a die cut Sissix swirl to finish off.

Thanks very much for visiting today. I may not be around over the weekend as I've got visitors coming on Friday so will probably spend most of Monday catching up.

Beryl xx

Hardly Weighs a Thing

I always try to make cards that have to go by air mail as light as possible and this time I think I've excelled myself. I coloured the base card with Bright Yellow Green Shade, Dairylide Yellow Tint and Ultramarine Blue Tint Pan Pastels and over stamped with some very old Crafters Companions Stamps. I coloured the images lightly with some Crayola crayons. For the central image I used just the cricket stumps stamp, coloured it with felt markers and used just the blue and the green  Pan Pastels.
The banner is an idea I got from Debby, computer generated sentiment and core-dinations for the backing. The 'card candy' in the corner is some of the same core-dinations run through the Cuttlebug with part of a Spellbinders die.
I'm entering this in the Pan Pastels challenge which this week is 'Sports'.
It will probably be the most basic card they see, and if the postage is still exorbitant I'll be spitting bricks.
Thanks for visiting today.
Beryl xx

Fairy-tage

This week the challenge on Rainbow Lady's blog is - 'age' - as in decoupage, pyramage, trinitage or any other 'age' you can think of in the spirit of the challenge. Not old age, new age or similar.lol

 I've chosen decoupage. The fairy image I've had for yonks and is a Stanzbogen die cut. The ivy leaves are a Sheena Douglas design from when she worked with Creative Expressions, coloured with Pro Markers. The bp is from the Essence of Nature cd by Artylicious and the sentiment stamp is by Inkylicious. Ribbon from my stash and the card brass embossed round the edge.

We are sponsored this week by Pinflair so I do hope you come and join in.

As the background for the fairy was done with my Pan Pastels (very basic but I'm just starting with them) I'm also entering this card in the Pan Pastel challenge this week - which is Anything Goes.

Thank you for visiting today.

Beryl xx