Embossing Folder cards

 A wee bit late this week with my IDEAS post... I totally forgot as I've been spending mornings in the garden; tidying and repotting... see pics below.  

But I did have a play with EF or rather I found this one in my stash and just needed to add a watercoloured die cut daisy (Sizzix - Wildflower stems #1... this seems to be a real favorite with me), a matching border layer and sentiment.   It's the third week of April so "Embossing" is the theme, thank you Darnell for helping keep me focused.

A sort of threefer...  I made the middle card last week and then there were the leftover pieces of patterned paper.. so I decided made a couple of quick cards with them.  The one on the left is simply attached to a pink card with a border trim and sentiment.

For the third card I fussy cut the edge of the PP and attached this to an embossed corner of green card with a sentiment to finish

Thank you so much for popping by my blog... 

have a wonderful weekend

Cheers Robyn

I revamped my Bromeliad garden.

..... and rearranged the back fence garden to plant up my red lily bulbs.... lots more bulbs were repotted too.

Three Die Cut Cards

 I've given the garden a miss this morning and so I could finish off a few cards for the second week of the month prompt "D" for Dies/Die Cuts...  from Darnell's inspiring IDEAS.

The first card is using a long die I got from a magazine found stash diving in my piles and having die cut it from green card and trimmed to suit..  and then I didn't like it... but coincidentally in my desk piles there was this pattern paper I'd used and it matched beautifully...  I then watercoloured the inner parts of the flowers with Distress Inks and finished with a triple layer die cut "Hello" - also in the die cut stash.

My second card pieces were also in that desk pile.. the large floral cover plate die - Sizzix - Bouquet, I found was tricky to use - but worked well over a pink marbly pattern paper I had.  Finished off with a painted dragonfly (already fussy cut in the stash) and a stamped gold embossed sentiment, on the same background paper.

The last card I left quite simple... the die is also from a magazine (Die Cutting Essentials) - Scenic Swallow which I trimmed to the omit the border and swallow... then used the little hearts from the flowers.  The marbly green pattern paper for the background is from calendar pages (also the pink above)

This is my April crocheted calendar page.... so you can see the lovely thick paper I'm using on my cards....I bought a few of these when they were marked down to $2.

Thanks for stopping by my blog

have a Wonderful Creative Weekend

Cheers Robyn

Birthday Cards

Hello and thanks for stopping by my blog...  it's April already!!

Week one IDEAS....  I = Inks/Colour Mediums...

I'm sharing two birthday cards today using Distress Inks to watercolour the images.  For the first card I chose a patterned paper background and coloured the die cut flowers (Sizzix - Wildflower Stems #1) to match.

For my second card I stamped the sunflower (Hero Arts) and leaves twice, coloured them and fussy cut them out.  I scored vertical lines on white card panel and layered it with green onto a yellow card - then finished the arrangement with a stamped gold embossed sentiment

I'm joining in the Seize the Birthday Challenge #280 - Spring Floral, with my sunflower card

I'm back with another card using the Group of Seven Cardmakers April technique - Cover Die Eclipse. 

Using some very detailed patterned paper and using a corner die from Sizzix Mixed Media set this time and added a pink card die cut layer to help show off the pattern...  maybe it's a bit too detailed but it looks ok in real life.  Finished off with a black die cut sentiment layered on white.

Have a wonderful day, cheers Robyn

Card Chain Challenge March Reveal

Time for the CARD CHAIN CHALLENGE March Reveal... this month my card went to Hilary in UK.

I've incorporated circles from the sketch, black, white and mint green for the colours and friendship theme

I've been using my patterned papers lately and this one fit the palette.... I fussy cut a couple of the flowers and attached to mint green and white layered circles and added a stamped sentiment to finish.

THEME : Friendship

Thanks for stopping by my blog

Have a wonderful day

Cheers Robyn

Cover Die Eclipse technique with Group of Seven Cardmakers

This morning when I checked to see what inspiring technique the girls at 

Group of Seven Cardmakers were up to this month... I immediately thought I'm loving this and even though I'm supposed to be getting ready for the granddaughters sleepover I found myself searching through my patterned papers.  I don't really have a plain cover die either but I do have a couple of fiddly floral ones... here's the result.  It was fun and I did make a white cut which I realize now maybe could have been yellow so my badly lined up glueing wouldn't show as much, and there was a lot of little bit to glue down... I'll be doing it again!!

Thanks for stopping by my blog..

have a wonderful weekend

cheers Robyn

Christmas card... only my second for the year

One last card for the month... there'll be no time for card making or crochet over the Easter weekend... as we have our two granddaughters come to stay.

So a Christmas card .... is for the Rudolph Days March challenge... there really needs to be some more Christmas cards happening here that's for sure.

I was inspired by Loll at the Group of Seven Cardmakers  with their Masked Stenciling technique.. to try using a shadow die set.. this Christmas one has that extra outline die... so I used it to cut a mask, then blended (not very well) green Distress Oxide over a white card panel and then add the Poinsettia stencil over the top and blended the colours the flowers and holly, then die cut the sentiment in shiny red metallic to add to the masked area - hope you can follow all that waffling.

And here's my latest crochet project finished.... Sweet Dreams baby blanket... and our cat Watson on his scratchy couch.   Thanks for stopping by my blog, have a Wonderful Easter, cheers Robyn

Good feeling to be back making some Cards

Thanks to a blogging friend Darnell - and her wonderful IDEAS prompt... I'm happy to be creating cards again.... this week is A for Anything Goes

My first card features soft blue and cream patterned paper as my background... as the panel was a little narrow for the card I added a matching smooched strip to one edge and used the other remnant for my sentiment. I watercoloured some die cut flowers (Sizzix - Small tattered floral) and added some white die cut foliage and a few blue pearls to finish.   I am joining in the challenge -- The Colour Hues Challenge #TCH83 : Cream & Blue

Honored to have my card mentioned in the Top Few...

My second card today is for the Beautiful Blossoms challenge #15 using the Mood board as inspiration ... lot so yellow.   Again I've used some patterned paper, stamped, watercoloured and fussy cut some flowers and leaves (Altenew - Modern Anemone) and attached them over the florals on the paper trimming the edges where they overlapped... finished with a stamped sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by my blog

Have a Wonderful Day

Cheers Robyn

Birthday Cards

Seems I'm in a purple mood today with two embossed cards ... really I'm rather tired as I spent a few hours in the garden this morning; repotting and deleafing mango leaves that just smother the plants.

But I have been truly inspired by Darnell's IDEAS prompt.. so I'm back again this week using more Embossing Folders 

My first card featured an embossed background (unknown), lightly smooched edges. A stitched die cut rectangle (cut from matt metallic perfume packaging) for a window effect, with die cut flowers (Sizzix - Wildflower Stems #1) watercoloured with Distress Inks and added some tiny purple micro beads.  Finished with a stamped sentiment... the photo doesn't show the sparkles.  I'm joining in the Seize the Birthday challenge #279 - Anything Goes.

For my second card I embossed a smooched background from my stash (Cuttlebug - Victoria) then swipped with Versamark and white embossing powder.  Stamped my sentiment (Inspired by Stamping - Aster set) on a die cut stitched rectangle and added a single stamped flower to finish.  I am playing along with Word Power challenge #3

Thanks for stopping by my blog

Have a Wonderful Day 

Cheers Robyn