Less is More

Good Afternoon, it's horrible here today, torrential rain and the wind is picking up as well, just the sort of day to stay in and craft.  Trouble is the lighting is atrocious for taking photos in, even Picassa hasn't been able to improve this pic today.

My card to share today is for this week's Less is More Challenge, Week 50 - Masking.  My images are all from an unmounted plate by Chocolate Baroque, coloured with Promarkers and matted onto a scrap of dark brown card from my offcuts basket.  The sentiment is from a clear set and, as usual, I don't know who the manufacturer is.

Many thanks for stopping by today.
Beryl x

Happy Birthday

Good Afternoon, sorry I've not been around for a few days again but my mojo seems to have departed and I'm struggling to get motivated about anything at the moment.   It's my eldest daughters 40th next Monday and I have got absolutely no idea about her card, which needs to be in the post by tomorrow at the latest.  

I have just thrown this card together for this week's Less is More Challenge which this week is Don't Scrap It - use up some of our offcuts and snippets.  The sentiment image is from Papermania, coloured with Promarkers,  all of the cardstock, including the card itself has come from scrap boxes, the ribbon I found at the bottome of my ribbon box.

Many thanks for visiting today
Beryl x

Special Delivery

Good Afternoon, it a lovely sunny day here but, the wind is awful and apparentally going to get even stronger. My card to share today is for Rainbow Lady's Challenge - Dogs, in recognition of  Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day.  My image is a digi stamp from the new cd from Just Inlined - The Next Big Thing.  There a masses of digi stamps on this cd plus a fair bit of other goodies too.  I'm not particularly good at colouring and have always found animals the most difficult. I have used Promarkers with the fine nibs attached and just drawn lots of little thin lines all over the image with three different colours.  The backing paper is Cuddly Buddley the green and yellow card is Papermania, I stamped Happy Birthday onto the envelope, finished off with Card Candy and the sentiment is computer generated.

Thank you for visiting today
Beryl x

Damsel Fly

Good Afternoon, my card to share today is for my daughter's Goddaughter who is going to be 11 going on 19.  So cute would not be acceptable at all and I also left the number off!! So, I decided to go with bright and glittery, the backing paper is from a cover gift from Cardmaking and Papercraft, the corner image is another cover gift from the same mag coloured with Promarkers, the Damsel Fly is a Clarity stamp.  I stamped it twice, once onto white card, then onto sticky back acetate, and covered the back with cerise glitter from Debbi Moore, I think you can just about see the glitter in the pic. The sentiment is computer generated to which I added a shrink plastic version of the damsel fly.

I am entering my card into:
Make it Monday - Anything Goes
One Stitch at a Time - Anything Goes

Many thanks for visiting today and I hope you like my card.

Frosty the Snowman

Good Morning, my card today is for this week's Bah Humbug Challenge - Snowmen.  The image is from Judikins and I just love it, coloured with Promarkers and a little bit of sparkle.  I have no idea what the backing paper is, I found it in my Christmas scrap box, the image was stamped onto scrap white card and the snowflakes and stars were cut with a Cuttlebug die using the waste from the base card.  The sentiment is computer generated.

I am also entering my card into Jules Crafty Snippets

Thank you for visiting
Beryl x

Less We Forget!

Today's card is for Rainbow Lady's Challenge - A Time To Remember With Poppies.  The image is from Chocolate Baroque, coloured with a mixture of Promarker and Copics, the backing paper is from Joanna Sheen's Jayne Netley Mayhew CD2.  The ribbon and gems are from my stash and I added some black glitter to the centre of the poppies.

Think perhaps I should have used a different red for the main image, I used the Poppy Promarker, but looking at it now it's seems a bit garish, still it's another card for the box

Thank you so much for visiting
Beryl x

Tie A Yellow Ribbon

Good Afternoon, my card to share today is for this week's Less is More Challenge -  Cocktails. I had a couple of ideas for this but decided to get out my beautiful Chocolate Baroque stamp again.  Fingers crossed that Chrissie and Mandi will be happy with my Cocktail of Flowers.  I stamped the image with Versamark and used Silver Lustre embossing power, by Cosmic Shimmer, I coloured with Promarkers, matted the image onto Papermania shimmer card and silver mirri, added a yellow ribbon and some aurora gems from my stash.  I used my Quickie Glue pen and crystal glitter on the 'bubbles'  I've just noticed that I've left the bow a bit too close to the right hand edge, can't change it now because if I try to take the topper off I will ruin the card and have to start all over again.

I will have to make another card like this with red flowers, as it's my Mum and Stepdad's Ruby Wedding Anniversary in December.

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

Drummer Girl

Good Morning, my card to share today is for Sketch119 over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday.  The image is from Sandra Dry Digis (she has closed down now) coloured with a mixture of Promarkers, Flexmarkers and Copics, the diamond backing paper is CuddlyBuddly, the lighter backing paper is from Sharon Duncan Embossibilties, which I took into Craft Artis to match the colours.  It has got music notes all over it but they don't show up in the pic, finished off with Card Candy and a flower from my stash

Many thank for taking the time to visit
Beryl x

Coffee Break

Good Morning, was on a roll yesterday and managed to get some orders finished off.  Then late on my eldest, who is a preschool manager, rang and asked me to make a card for a co-worker.  They are colour coded in the preschool and Lisa is keyworker for the green group.  Think I've managed that lol, then again it is my favourite colour, so I enjoyed making it.

I am entering it into this weeks Promarker Challenge - Anything Goes.  The image is from Charmed Cards, I have coloured with my Promarkers and I also used a couple of the new Flex Markers, they are lovey to use.  The bp is Cuddly Buddly, the punched strip is from CraftyAnn and the flowers from Wild Orchid, The sentiment is computer generated and the ribbon from my stash.

Thanks so much for stopping by
Beryl x

The Moon's a Balloon

Good Afternoon,  my card to share today is for this week's challenge over at CraftyAnn's Challenge Blog - Scallops and/or Fancy Borders.   The image is from Pollycraft and coloured with Promarkers.  The bps are from a 6x6 pad that I picked up at our one and only craft shop.  The name on the front is Cosmo Cricket, never heard of them before and I have just noticed that they are Made in China.  In real life they are not so orangey, more of a deep golden yellow,  I have taken about six or seven pics and the result is always the same.  The number 4 was stamped with a Papermania Number Stamp Set using BignJuicy Foliage.  The sentiment is computer generated, I have used a Martha Steward punch for the central strip and the cs was in my oddment basket, the flower gems are from my stash.

I am also entering my card into:
Rainbow Lady's Challenge - StampIt                                                             
The Stampman - Anything Goes - With Summer Colours

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

Snippets Challenge

A second very late post from me, this one is for Jules Crafty Snippet Challenge, Everything on the card, apart from the flower, has come from my box of off cuts, again I have joined three silver bits of card for the backing and covered the join with ribbon.  It's a bit fiddly, but a terrific way of not wasting expensive mirri card.  The image was in a box of  dozens of digi stamps, I tend to print off a page of the same image when I want to use a digi.  The box is almost full, cos I keep forgetting to look in it when I want an image and end up printing off even more lol.  I coloured with Promarkers and the sentiment is computer generated.

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

Butterflies

Good Evening, my card to share today is for Sweet Sketch Wednesday Sketch 114.  The image is from Stitchy Bear, coloured with Promarkers.  The bps are from Funky Fairys co-ordinating sets, the flowers ribbon and gems all come from my stash. 

Many thanks for visiting today and for any comments you may wish to leave
Beryl x

Coffee Time

Good Evening.  We have finally had some sun here in the Northern Isles.  My card to share to day is for then My Time To Craft Challenge:  Expressoley For You - This week we want to see work with coffee colours or drinks on please!  I've managed to both,  the image is from Charmed Cards and Crafts - Girls About Town, coloured with Promarkers, the large bp is Cuddly Buddly the smaller bp is Funky Fairys, the cuttlebugged card, gold mirri, flowers and Card Candy are all from my stash and the ribbon from our local craft shop.  I haven't put a sentiment on the card yet cos I am not sure who is going to get it.

I have also followed Sketch113 from Sweet Sketch Wednesday.

I hope you like my card and many thanks for visiting and for any comments you may wish to leave.
Beryl x

Sketch N Stash

Good Afternoon, my card to share today is for Sketch and Stash 67.  The bp is Cuddly Buddly and Funky Fairys, the image is a Cuddly Buddly digi stamp and coloured with Copics and Promarkers, with some Stickles on the wings. the cs is Papermania Shimmer, sentiment is computer generated and the No5 is from a Sizzlets Alphabet.
New Stash - Buttons and Ribbon from Joanna Sheen.  The buttons are brilliant all different colours and sizes
Neglected Stash - The little shimmery flowers.

I am also entering my card into Challenge 85 at Ooh La La Creations - Circles.

I hope you like my card and many thanks for stopping by
Beryl x

Feeling Fruity

Good Evening, First off this evening I have to say ahuge thank you to all my blogging friends who left get well wishes during this past week.  My Labrynthitis is under control most of the time, but I do have the odd dizzy spell, I am still taking the tablets! 

I've got two cards to share today and they are both for this week's Less is More Challenge - Feeling Fruity, to use fruit or fruit colours on our cards.  I have made two cards using digi stamps by CraftyAnn, there is a third image I was playing with - apples on a plate - but I got bogged down getting these two finished.  I'll maybe have another attempt later in the week using that  image. 

Card Number 1  - the image was coloured with Promarkers using the new fine tips, the cuttlebugged card is another Crafty Ann product, this from her  Polished Stone collection,  The sentiment was printed directly to the base card.

Card No.2 - the image was coloured with Derwent Coloursoft pencils and blended with Sansador.  The cs is from the new colour co-ordinated Papermania range, the sentiment was again printed directly onto the base card.  I didn't have a toning ribbon, so I coloured this gorgeous satin and organza ribbon (white) with a Promarker.  I added a few drops of Glossy Accent to the apples, but it doesn't show up very well, especially on the Promarker apple.

Thank you so much for visiting
Beryl x

Two cards

Hi folks, I've got two cards to share today, they are both the same image but in different colourways and layouts.  The reason for the two is that I have spent the day colouring in using a tip/tutorial from Jak of Crafter's Kitchen, I am sure you all know who I mean.  The tip was about using the Promarker blender pen for shading. I have always had a problem with shading and have tried many times to replicate some of the shading that a lot of you do so beautifully and always failed badly.   After following Jak's tips I have sort of managed to shade, I still have a long way to go, but here is my two best efforts today - a lot have gone in the bin lol.  I think the blue card is the better one.

The image is Fred She Said as is the bp on the blue card, the bp on the Red card is Cuddly Buddly, everything else is from my stash.

My card's are for the following challenges:
Rainbow Lady - Pets
Passion for Promarkers - Animal Antics
Bah Humbug - Beads ... the beads are on the blue card.

Thanks for dropping by and all of your comments  are very welcome
Beryl x

A second card for Stuart

Good Evening, first of all I must say a big thank you to all of my new followers and to everyone who has left comments with get well wishes.  Still a bit dizzy but I did manage to make a card today, it is the second of three cards for my grandson Stuart's 7th birthday - this one is from his sisters.  Last year at school all of the children is his class were given a team to follow in the World Cup.  Stuart ended up with Germany and ever since he has had a thing about all things German.  He is well into F1 and was most put out yesterday when Sebastian Vettel didn't win lol.  I have  made today's card in the colours of the German flag - red, black and yellow - and looked up the football strip that the German team wore for the World Cup and copied it as closely as I could.  The image is from Cuddly Buddly coloured with Promarkers, those new tips are really brilliant.  The bp was one I found at the bottom of a big box of papers, I cut the number 7 on my Craft Robo using the Cut n Paste font that I used for the sentiment.

I have followed Sweet Sketch Wednesday No.111.

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

Dreams

Good afternoon, recently I had a very productive spell and managed to take pics of all the cards I had made.  Which is good because I have a load of card pics in a folder that have never been on my blog and am now able to enter into an occasional challenge whilst not being able to craft easily at the moment.  Once again a very short post, as I am spinning around a bit, I tried to watch the Grand Prix earlier - not a good idea! 

My card  is for this week' CD Sunday Challenge - Dreams.  The image comes from Joanna Sheen's Enchanted Dreams CD, I love the images on this one.  The full size bp is from an different image on the same CD, but I took it into a graphics programme and lightened it.  The offset bp is Cuddly Buddly, the butterflies are a Cuttlebug cut and emboss set and were cut from some card painted with very cheap Tesco pearlescent paint, the ribbon was coloured with a Promarker and the ribbon slide came from Wild Orchids. 

Thanks for stopping by
Beryl x

A Blue Christmas

Good Evening, my card today is for this weeks Bah Humbug Challenge - Shapes.  I have used Spellbinders Labels to make my card, but I have no idea which number.  The image is from Penny Black and coloured with Promarkers, because it is a small card I decided to keep to shades of blue, the bp is from Fred She Said and the sentiment is computer generated.

Many thanks for visiting my blog
Beryl x