Sketch N Stash Challenge 102

Apologies for being a bad blogger this last few days. After a hectic and enjoyable weekend with family I was without internet most of Monday so I'm still playing catch up (with the unmentionable stuff too).
This card is for the current Sketch N Stash challenge. The main image is from the La Pashe CD, text and snowy bp from Crafter's Companions CDs, the holly bp and the sentiment are from Digital Designer CDs.
Still trying to get enough Christmas cards made and am relying heavily on CD's at the present as you can see. It's finished off with some nail heads and some glamour dust on the image. The new element was a lucky find in Lidl. Pack of mixed card (used for first layer and for backing image) - larger than A4 for £1.99. Bargain!
Right - off to make some mince pies now. All go isn't it.
Thank you for visiting.
Beryl xx

Let it snow.... but not just yet......

This is my take on the current challenge over on the Sketch N Stash blog. The old element is the main backing paper - which is the reverse side of some scrapbook paper that I've had for years now - and keep forgetting it's there. The patterns are too big for cards so when I have used it it has been for the reverse side. The other papers are from The Snowman CD by Crafters Companion, and the sentiment is a Cute Companions stamp. The half circle is part  of a Cheery Lynne Doily die and the Christmas tree ribbon is the new bit - courtesy of Lidl.
The main image is a WOJ stamp - coloured with Promarkers.
I'm also entering this card into the Fab n Funky challenge - which is to have three of something on your project. My 'three' are the pearls in the corners. They are really glittery IRL but this doesn't show up in the piccie.
Thanks very much for visiting today.
Beryl xx

Sketch N Stash Challenge #100

Wow. the 100th challenge from Sketch N Stash. How time flies. So - for this challenge you can choose any of the sketches from day to to the present day. I have chosen Sketch 11 for my card. The main image is a clear stamp, not used for several years and I'm having trouble finding the make. I'm sure I bought it from Funkykits and thought it was a Sugar Nellie stamp - but I can't find it - or the other little elf stamp I have, on the site. I coloured it with Promarkers and Copics and cut it out with a nestie circle. The embossed piece is a Cuttlebug folder, white card brushed over with Cloudy Blue Adirondack ink. The ribbon is from my stash - as are the pearls in the corner. They have been coloured with Silkies (left over from another project) and I thought they more or less matched. The snowflakes are made from and X cut punch and a Wizard die, then coated with glamour dust. The lacy border is a Fiskars punch and the bp is a download from Glenda Waterworth.
Off out to ceroc again tonight so will do my blog hopping around midnight - as is usual these days.
Thanks very much for visiting.
Beryl xx

Lighting the way....

It's time for the 99th challenge from Sketch N Stash and this fortnight it's Kevin's sketch. The bp on my card is from the Artylicious Season's Greetings cd, the border across the centre is a very old Fiskars border punch and some cream grosgrain ribbon coloured to match with a Promarker. The WOJ image has been coloured with Promarkers too. The embossed piece is the neglected element - this Cuttlebug embossing folder hasn't been squeezed since the fist year I bought it - and the newest thing I have used is the tiny die for the sentiment. It's part of a set I bought at Port Sunlight but the die it's supposed to sit on was too big. I've sprayed the teal Co-ordinations card  used for the matting and the holly with glitter spray so IRL it's nice and sparkly. One more large card for the box which WON'T be going by Royal Mail.
Thanks very much for visiting today.
Beryl xx

Dear Santa....

This card was made following the current Sketch N Stash challenge. For the background papers I have used Caroline's Christmas Silhouettes 1 digi kit. The image is a Whiff of Joy stamp coloured with Promarkers, and my Cheery Lynne holly die gets another outing. The flowers have been made with an Xcut snowflake punch and a Martha Stewart water lily punch. The strip across the middle using an EK border punch. The strip separating the two colours, coloured using the same green Promarkers as on the the image.The sentiment is from a set of clear sentiment stamps - I'm afraid I've lost the original packaging, and some card candy to finish off. The 'old' stash I've used is some previously never used maroon good weight paper and the orange card for the nestie oval. This card is woodgrained - but I wouldn't want to see a fence that colour - not in my backyard!!It's been a couple of years since this stamp saw any ink too.
I'm also entering this card into this month's Sir Stampalot challenge - which is to use punches on your project.
Thanks very much for visiting today.
Beryl xx

I couldn't resist it...

The New Digital Designer Forever Friends DVD. I'm entering this card into the current Sketch n Stash Challenge . I've missed a few - just don't know where the time goes at the moment. It's not even as if I've got a big garden anymore - but I did cut the grass that I do have this morning.

Anyways, not a lot to say about this card as all elements are from the DVD (the new stash obviously) and I also had some Glamour Dust arrive in the post this morning. I GET it now and understand why it's popular. I did try Flower Soft Arctic White on the fur trim, but like everything else that I've flower softed (is that a word) it went in the bin. Now - Glamour Dust. I love it and wish I'd got it ages ago.

Thanks very much for visiting.

Beryl xx

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Sassy Santa

This is my card following the current Sketch and Stash challenge. 

The main image is from Sassy Studio Designs - I just love these ladies It's coloured with Promarkers and the flower is  from a Sheena Douglas Paint Fusion set. BP's from my stash and some peel off corners, as it looked a bit bare but I didn't want to cover the pretty paper too much.

Thanks very much for visiting. Hope you are all enjoying the hot weather. I'm not!

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

Dressed for a British Summer!

The current challenge from Sketch n Stash is to use any of their previous sketches - to be found in their sketch library page. I've chosen sketch 35.

As you can see I've had to put the card candy in the corners of the card as it would have been too crowded on the centre square. (Guess I should have used a smaller image). The stamp is the 'old and neglected' element. I've had it for a few years and only used it on a card once. I can't remember who's make it is either - but I'm sure someone out there knows.I used Promarkers to colour her. The papers are a mixture of Crafty Individuals and Kay and Co. The flower is made up from punched and stash flowers. A Martha Stewart border punch was used for the band across the centre topped with a little more of the Kay and co paper.The sentiment was computer generated.
Thanks very much for visiting today. Hope you all got some sunshine - think quite a few of us have got rain again tomorrow.
Beryl xx

She's been busy....

This is my second attempt at this post. It seems now and again when I post using Internet Explorer only the title is published . So I'm having to use Google Chrome again. Guess I'll have to remember next time. So frustrating.

Anyway. I've followed the sketch from the Sketch n Stash Challenge 89 and using my long neglected WOJ stamp. I'm also entering this card in the Get Funky Challenge - Polka Dots and Flowers.

The image is coloured with Promarkers and the bp's are from the Dreams Come True Papercraft CD.

Ribbon, gems and corners are from my stash and the sentiment is computer generated and die cut with a nestie. I've also put some sparkly dots around the image but this doesn't show up on the screen.

Thanks very much for visiting today.

Beryl xx

Sketch and Stash Challenge #88

This card is made following sketch #88 over on the Sketch and Stash challenge blog.

The main image is a Sheena Douglass stamp which I've had for ages and only used once to date. The bp is a freebie from Jak of Crafter's Kitchen, the flowers made with Nellie Snellen flower punches and the swirls are a Marianne die. The yellow strip up the side is made using a Martha Stewart punch and the ribbon is from my stash. The really old and neglected thing is the sentiment circle - which is a Cuddly Buddly stamp.

Thanks very much for visiting.

Beryl xx

I'll Huff and I'll Puff....

This is my take on the 87th Challenge on the Sketch and Stash blog. The image and papers are from the Docrafts Country Companions CD and my forgotten/neglected stash element are the flower buttons. I bought them from Mad About Cards a few years back and the box they came in hadn't even been unsealed. I didn't want to go overboard on the flower bit as this will be for a two year old boy's birthday. OK - it's not very blue - but I hope he likes it.
Thanks very much for visiting today.
Beryl xx

It's Sketch and Stash Time Again

It's the 86th challenge on the Sketch and Stash blog this fortnight and the sketch has been drawn by Doreen.

I've used a Whiff of Joy stamp that I've had for quite a while - coloured with Pro Markers. Only used it once and the card sat in the box so long I cannibalised it for the card. The papers were a freebie in a magazine a couple of years ago - the ribbon I've had for yonks and the flowers made from my smallest daisy punches and coloured with the same pink Promarker as the flowers in this cuties hair. For the sentiment I used my Design Runner and then cut it out with a scalloped nestie.

Have a good weekend and thanks for visiting.

Beryl xx

Phew - posted it and then realised I'd missed the card candy in the corners. All done now.

First Sketch Card for Ages

I'm finally getting round to entering some of the challenges that I used to before everything changed for me.

This card I'm entering into the Sketch and Stash Challenge 85.  The image is a WOJ stamp - coloured with Pro Markers and chalked round the edge. The papers are a freebie from a magazine a while back and the flowers from my stash. The ribbon was a real find. I was sorting out my sewing box and came across some rolls of stuff that looked like seam binding. Of course it was seam binding - inherited from my mother who obviously used it in her work as a seamstress. This stuff must be AT LEAST 50 years old - and the only flaw is that there was a rusty pin stuck into it to stop it unraveling. Still, I'm sure I can work around that and it was just the right colour for my card. Waste not - want not they say. The sentiment is from a Kanban clear stamp set.

Thanks very much for visiting today.

Beryl xx

Sketch and Stash #31

I followed the sketch for the Sketch and Stash challenge #31 but I had to tweak it a bit to make things fit. I've coloured the Tilda image with Promarkers and punched the flowers with a Nellie Snellen punch and a small daisy punch. The punched border strip was amongst some goodies sent to me by my stateside friend - Martha and the ribbon is from my stash. The new element is the rabbit - which is a Clarity stamp - again coloured with Promarkers. The bp is from Funky Fairies Cherish collection.

Thanks very much for visiting today.

Beryl xx

Sketch and Stash Challenge #27

This is my card made using the sketch for the current Sketch and Stash challenge. Most of the elements in this are 'new' or unused. The bp's are a mixture of Crafters Companion (never used before) and Funky Fairies. The cross stitch isn't real. It's just drawn on with a fine line marker pen. The blocks round the edge of the peach piece are stamped on. The strip across the bottom is from a Joanna Sheen paper pad which I've had for ages and not used before. The WOJ stamp I have used before. This time I've coloured it with Inktense Pencils - I didn't have them when I last used this stamp - so that probably qualifies as 'neglected'. The really new element is the flower embellishment  which has been punched with my Nellie Snellen punches, which only arrived on Saturday. I saw them first on Jem's blog and they are brilliant as they punch and then emboss.

Thank you for visiting today.

Beryl xx

Sketch and Stash Challenge #26

It's time for a new challenge at Sketch and Stash and my 'new' item is the Penny Black stamp which I bought at the NEC but hadn't even inked it up till yesterday. I've coloured the image with Inktense pencils and backed it onto some maroon card. The bp is from Two Peas in a Bucket and the flower from my stash. I've at last got some spacers - which arrived this morning from the Hobby House, and of course  I just couldn't wait to use one. The sentement is a Stampman stamp and I used Adirondack Cranberry to ink it. I used fancy scissors to edge the maroon card just to make it a bit less plain.
Thanks very much for visiting.
Beryl xx.