Less is More

That's it, I have just packed all of my craft stuff away and can now see my dining table lol.  I am not going away until Wednesday, but have got a lot to do in the house before I can go away, so I had to pack up today. 

I have two cards to share today and they are both for this week's Less is More Challenge - Take Three Challenges.

Week2 - A Flower or a Tree;  Week 6 - Off The Edge;  Week 54 - Stripes. Stamped with Big n Juicy Hydrangea, the border is from a Dimension Fourth Art Deco stamp set, my favourite Agapanthus from Stampendous and as usual I have no idea about the sentiment stamp.

Wee12- Off Centre;  Week 34 - Sketch; Week 35  - Colour of your Eyes. The image is a free cover stamp from Craft Stamper, the sentiment is Papermania, all stamped with Momento Rich Cocoa, the brown matting is from my scrap box

The first card was a second card I made for the Stripes challenge but never got around to posting it.
As for the other 5 challenges that I have used, these were challenges I missed whilst on holiday.

I hope you like my cards and many thanks for visiting and for any comments you might wish to make.
Beryl x 

Red Shoes

Good Afternoon, my card to share today is for Rainbow Lady's Challenge, which this week is Wear Red Day.  The image is from Debbi Moore's New York CD, the bp is from my scrap box but I am sure that is a Debbi Moore one as well.  The shoes are from a Creative Expressions unmounted  plate stamped with Momento onto a piece of scrap card from my white box, the sentiment is computer generated.

I am also entering my card into the CD Sunday Challenge - A La Mode and Pixie's Snippet Challenge No 6.

Thank you so much for visiting today. 
Beryl x

Christmas for Men

Good Morning,  my card to share today is for this weeks challenge at Bah Humbug - With Men In Mind. The image is an old unmounted one that I bought from ebay, so no idea of the make, stamped with Momento ink, the backing paper is from Artylicious Season's Greetings cd, the strips of paper are from CraftyAnn's new Crinkled paper set, the sentiment is computer generated and I finished the whole thing off with some gold Card Candy.  I know the card is for a man, but I have added a little Stickles Star Burst.

I followed Sketch124 from Sweet Sketch Wednesday and as the image was stamped onto an offcut from my white scrap box and all the matting from the gold mirri scrap basket I am entering my card into Jule's Crafty Snippets Challenge - Week 41.

Thank you so much for visiting and for the lovely comments you have been leaving, they mean so much to me.
Beryl x

Wine Buff

Good Evening, my card to share today is for the CD Sunday Challenge - Wine Buff.  The images are from Creative Expressions stamped with Momento ink and coloured with a combination of Promarkers and Copics.  The backing paper is from Crafter's Companion Men CD, which I took into Craft Artist to change the plaid from straight to diagonal and to lighten the colour. 

I hope you like my card, many thanks for your visit today.
Beryl x

Less is More - One Layer Card

Good Evening, my card to share today is for this week's Less is More Challenge - A One Layer Card and Use Inks.  I decided to make a frame with an ink pad this week, never tried this before.  I placed the largest and next sized octagonal nestie together onto a piece of scrap card, held in place with some tape and and cut them out.  I placed the piece of card with the octagonal hole onto my card and then placed the cutout of the smaller one inside the hole.  Then I used a bit of old household sponge to ink in between the two pieces to create the frame.  I  stamped this horse image with Momento Tuxedo Black, used the same for the frame, I am not competely certain but I think it is a Crafter's Companion stamp, but I may be wrong as it is an unmounted one that I have had for ages.  I printed the sentiments directly onto the card before trimming and decorating.

Thank you Mandy and Chrissie for this challenge because I have been tearing my hair out trying to come up with a card for my neighbour to give to her husband for their anniversary.  He doesn't like anything too fussy and when I found the horse stamp I new this would be the right card for him, as he loves horse racing and is a keen watercolourist, he has painted a lot of horse pictures.

I hope you like my card and many thanks for visiting.
Beryl x

Christmas Trees

Good Evening, my card to share today is for the Bah Humbug Challenge which this week has Christmas Tree as the theme.  I have absolutely no idea where I got this stamp, it is an unmounted one I've had for ages it's possibly one from a grab bag or ebay.  I stamped the image with Momento ink, the bp is Artylicious everything else is from my scrap box.

I am also entering my card into the CHNC challenge - a square card; and I have followed  Sketch54  from Papertake Weekly

Thank you so much for stopping by and the comments you have been leaving they really give me a buzz.
Beryl x

A flower for you

Good Evening, as I managed to get this card finished this afternoon, I decided to do a second post.  This one is for this week's challenge at Less is More - A One Layer Card - Off the Edge.  I have been meaning to take part in this new challenge blog since it first started, but other commitments have got in the way and I have never managed to get a card made.  The quote is a Clarity stamp which I have had since last year, but never used.  Whilst searching for just the right flower stamp I discovered this one, which is part of a clear set by Hero Arts, not only have I never used this set before, I can't even remember when and where I bought it and it was still unopened!!!..........am I the only one? lol

I did the stamping with Momento Tuxedo Black and coloured the flower with Copics.  I hope you like my card and thank you very much for stopping by,
Beryl x