Lavendar and Lace

Evening everyone!

I have another card to show you this evening:

The image is a super cute Pink Gem digi called "Summer Milly" and I've coloured here with Promarkers. The papers are from the new Forever Friends Spring Time collection, the ribbon is Anitas and the flowers are from Wild Orchid.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

I love Promarkers - Lavendar & Lace
A Gem of a Challenge - Ribbon & Lace
Sketch Saturday - Sketch

Sorry its a short post from me, but I got paid today and I'm treating myself to some new stash online!

Thanks
Berni x



Collie Puppy

I'm back again!

I have some digi stamps of a puppy saved on my computer which I printed out, and then sat and stared at for a while....... My dilemma- how to colour a puppy? None of my colour combinations seemed to work, they didn't look real enough and this is very frustrating! Then inspiration hit me, in the form of my best friends dog Dexter. I quickly scooted over to her facebook page and found exactly what I was looking for:

and from this photo, I came up with this:

Which I used to create this card:

The papers are Forever Friends and the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. The pearls and sentiment were in my stash. I'm really pleased with how this has come out, so every puppy I colour will now be a blue and white collie :)

I'm entering this card into these challenges:

Sketch Saturday - Sketch
Simon Says Stamp - Animal Antics

See you soon

Berni x

Young Love

Hi everyone!

Its been another very busy weekend again, I've hardly left the craft room as I've been getting on with the stationary for my best friends wedding. I'm waiting for some materials now, so I've had to put them down for the time being. Thankfully this means I've been freed up to make some challenge cards! and here is my first for today:

The image is a free digi I came across through Free Digital Stamps and I've coloured it with Promarkers. The papers are the new County Companions Lovers Lane collection, the ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl and the flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Cute Card Thurdsay - Sketch
Passion for Promarkers -"Let it shine" (glitter papers)
A Spoon Full of Sugar - Valentines

Thanks for looking
Berni x

Dreaming of Summer days...x

Hello everyone!

I had the urge to make something in yellow, probably because its so cold, miserable and dull here. Luckily for me, the new Spring Time papers from Forever Friends has lots of sunny coloured papers for me to play with- and this is what I came up with:

I chose to stick to a simple layout to let the image be the main focus- He's a gorgeous lil heggie from Penny Black that I bought in the January Sales- which is the theme for this weeks Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

I'm also entering this card into Passion for Promarkers who are running with the theme "All you need is love" I think this heggie could have picked this flower for his girlfriend ;) 

Thats all from me for today, I'll be back soon.

Take Care
Berni x

Pink, Green & Brown

Evening all!

I've had a very long and hard day,..... making cards! :) lol.

I needed to make a card that uses the colours Pink, Green & Brown. This seemed easy enough until I tried to match up some papers- then crafters block set in and nothing looked right :(
I've been through just about every pad in my stash and all through my scraps bag!

This is what I've come up with:

Matching the image to the papers was easy though!

The image is a Pink Gem digi called "Summer Milly" and I've coloured her with Promarkers. The papers come from various Forever Friends pads. The ribbon and gems are Papermania.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

Truly Scrumptious - Brown, Pink & Green
The Ribbon Girl Blog - Pink & Green

Thanks for looking

Berni x

Cute Elephants

Good Morning!

I'm up and about stupidly early for a Sunday morning because I left the heating on overnight and I couldn't breathe by 5:30am!! There are some mercies though, I've been able to catch up on my blog reading and recorded programmes undisturbed by the boy :)

Anyway, I made another card yesterday, but didn't post it as I like to try and space them out a little. Here it is:

The image is a Pink Gem freebie which can be found here, I've coloured it with promarkers and chalks. The papers are from the new Forever Friends spring collection, and some from my stash. The punched boarder is x-cut and the ribbon is from the ribbon girl.

So onto the challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - Ribbon & Lace

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Blue and Green

Simon says Stamp - Bingo- used Brads, Flowers & Ribbon

Cute Card Thursday - Recipe 123- used 1 Brad, 2 Flowers & 3 Papers

As its starting to get light now, I think I can justify moving about and making noise!

See you later

Berni x

KISS- Keep It Sweet & Simple!

I told you I would be back soon!

Over at I love promarkers they have a KISS theme running, kiss meaning Keep It Sweet & Simple! I needed to make a birthday card for my uncle as his special day is coming up so here is his card:

Keeping it simple is actually quite difficult as I love embellishments so much! I want to add gems and flowers and ribbon and punched strips and buttons, brads and stickers etc etc!!

I hope I've done this card justice, and that it matches the theme.

The stamp came free with a magazine this week, hes called Bently Bear. The papers are from all over my stash and the brads are papermania.

Thanks for looking

Berni x

Owls and Butterflies

Hi everyone!

I got another lovely Saturday morning surprise again today when I found out that my card was chosen as one of the top three over at A Gem of a Challenge! My prize is the lovely pink flashy badge over there ------>

So onto todays cards, as I have lots of challenges to make for.

For this card I have used Pink Gem digi- "Mrs Hoot"- coloured with Promarkers of course, the new Springtime papers from Forever Friends and ribbon from papermania. The punch is from x-cut and the butterflies were in my stash.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge- Ribbon & Lace
Sketch Saturday- Sketch

I'll be back shortly with another one :)

Berni x

Monochrome

Hello everyone

Time for another card :) Cute Card Thursday have a monochrome challenge running. I really have difficulty with monochrome as I struggle to allow myself to use a colour. So I've gone all white for this card:

I coloured this kitty a while ago, but I've had a dilemma with what type of card to use him on! Who wants a grumpy cat to celebrate their birthday? he hardly looks like hes saying 'Thank You' either!

I settled with a New Job card, as this might be how your old work mates are feeling when you leave :)

Thanks for looking

Berni x

Nice Tackle!!

Evening all!!

If theres one type of card I hate doing, its mens cards. But men are a necessity in our lives and require cards from time to time. Its even more difficult if they don't have a hobby or interest! Luckily the man that this card is for loves football!!

The image, papers and sentiment all come from Papermania's Its a mans world. I've coloured him with promarkers and used chalks to go around the edge. The ribbon is Anitas and the buttons were in my stash.

This card is for my second entry in to Sketch Saturday

See you soon

Berni x



What a Hoot!

Good evening everyone!

Had a great day today. I managed to sell one of my old chicken houses yesterday, so I was allowed to go shopping today! I ended up going to three craft shops in total as none of them had everything that I wanted!
One of my purchases was the new Country Companions Lovers Lane paper pack which I've used on this card:

The fab image is another digi stamp from Pink Gem Designs its called 'Love Hoot' and I've coloured it with Promarkers. The papers as I mentioned earlier are from Country Companions Lovers Lane. These new designs are delish, and some come with glitter on too! The ribbon and the hearts were in my stash.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Sketch Saturday- Sketch
Crafty Cardmakers - Use red and a die cut

So thats the weekend over again :( it flew by as fast as the week did!

See you soon
Berni x

Hedgies with Manners

Its very cold and windy here today, making it very easy to sit inside and craft! I seem to have loads of challenges to enter too, so heres another card!

The stamp is from Penny Black and I've coloured it with Promarkers, the papers are Forever Friends and Papermania. The ribbon and bow are Papermania and the flowers are from Wild Orchid.

I'm entering this card into these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Sketch

A Spoonful of Sugar - Thank You card

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Card Buffet

I think thats it from me for today, but I'll be back tomorrow!

Take care

Berni x

Baby's Bathtime!

Good Afternoon!

I can't believe its the weekend again already, and we're halfway through January now! Where does the time go? As I've been so busy all week, I've not had chance to make any cards, but I intend to make up for it now. Here is my first card:

The image is a cute free Digi from Pink Gem Designs which I've coloured with Promarkers, the papers are Forever Friends and the flowers are from Papermania.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge- Sketch

I Love Promarkers - Punches

Passion for Promarkers- Baby Card

I'll probably be back later with another card :)

Take Care

Berni x

My First Ever Prize!

I woke up to a lovely surprise this morning- I've won 2nd prize on the Penny Black Saturday Challenge!!

I get to play with this lovely bumper bag of goodies from The Ribbon Girl!!

Lets hope the rest of the weekend goes as well as its started :)

I'll be back later with some cards

Berni x



Penny Black Saturday Challenge Wk 133

As its Saturday it has to be time for another Penny Black Saturday Challenge! This week the theme is "New Beginnings"

So here is my card:

I decided to do a leaving card for this challenge, as when someone leaves it always means a new beginning for them.

I coloured this cute kitty with promarkers. The papers are from Forever Friends and Create and Craft. The flowers are from Wild Orchid and the ribbon was in my stash.

As well as the Penny Black Saturday Challenge I would also like to enter this card into these challenges:

Sketch Saturday - Sketch

Simon Says Stamp - New Beginnings too!

I thinks thats it from me for today, so I'll see you again soon!

Take Care

Berni

Stamping Saturdays

Good afternoon everyone!

Its another Saturday and I felt like stamping! I have quite a few challenges to catch up on so I burried myself in the craft room this morning. My new stamp from Pink Gem Designs arrived in the post (Thanks Janet!!) so I inked it up and this is what I came up with:

The stamp is called "Sitting Chloe"- isn't she gorgeous?! I've coloured her with Promarkers. The papers are from Papermania and the flowers are from Wild Orchid.

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge- Sketch
Cute Card Thursday - Out with the old (The papers are old scraps from my stash)
Passion for Promarkers - Theme- Thank you card

I've still got loads more to make, so I'd better get cracking!

Take care
Berni

Stampin for the Weekend Challenge 1 New & Blue

Good Morning all!

Yesterday it was announced that myself and Chris made it onto the design team for the Stampin for the Weekend challenge blog. I'm very excited to have been chosen and cant wait to get stuck into the challenges!

I've been put onto design team A- who are hosting this weeks challenge, so I didn't have to wait long!

Challenge 1- Something New and Blue. It can be a new baby, new home..new stash... but no wedding please :)

We are sponsored by Simon Says Stamp

Who are offering the lucky winner a $20 voucher to spend in their online store!

So here is my card:

I've used a gorgeous digi image from Pink Gem Designs and coloured it with these Promarkers:

Ivory

Blush

Pale Pink

Powder Blue

Denim Blue

Buttercup

Honeycomb

Cocoa

Cool Grey 1

The papers are from Papermania and Forever Friends, the flowers are from Wild Orchid and the ribbon came from my stash.

Please join us on this challenge, or just come on over to have a nosey at all the amazing work the design team have come up with- I know how much hard work goes into it all now!

Take care

Berni

Nothing says 'Thank you' better than a cute kitty!

I've not really left my craft room this weekend, I've had too much to play with :)

Heres my next card:

The Image is from Penny Black, coloured with Promarkers. The papers are from papermania and the card is cordinations.

I'm entering this card into two challenges:

Sketch Saturday Sketch

Cute Card Thursday Thank you card.

Thanks for looking!

Berni

Simon Says Stamp Challenge

Good Afternoon!

I'm loving having a little time off work as its giving me loads of spare time to craft! and with that it's time for another card!
The theme for the Simon says stamp challenge this week is "Time to Party / Celebrate" and heres my entry:

I felt this would be the perfect excuse to dig out my brightly coloured 'spring burst' papers that I've not used for ages and I've teamed them with this gorgeous lil puss cat from Penny Black.

 

This is the first time I've entered this challenge, so wish me luck :)

All the best

Berni

Say it with flowers x

Heres my next entry for the Penny Black at Allsorts January Challenge- "All you need is love"

The papers are from Papermania and Create and Craft, the image is coloured with Promarkers, and yes, the bee was a complete swine to cut out!

Part of me feels this card is missing something, but the other part thinks it has enough... I guess we're all our own worst critics eh?

Berni

Penny Black at Allsorts January Challenge "All you need is love"

A new year and a new challenge! The lovely people over at Penny Black at Allsorts have launched their January Challenge with the theme "All you need is love"

My new Penny Black stamps arrived yesterday so I got cracking! Here is my first card:

The papers are from Papermania and Create and Craft. The scalloped circle is embossed with the 'birds and swirls' folder from Cuttlebug. The flowers and leaves are from Wild Orchid.

I'll be back along shortly with another entry!

Thanks for looking

Berni