Christmas cards galore

I was gifted this gorgeous 3D embossed/die cut ornament folder --  so I've been busy today finishing off six more cards for my Christmas stash... there's an urgency as I'm off visiting my mum to celebrate her 95th birthday in a few weeks and before you know it - it'll be time to send off my overseas cards.

So I'm joining in the fun at 

Jingle Belles and a Pink themed challenge

and as it's the third week with

Darnell's IDEAS prompt - it's 'E' = Embossing

First two 'PINK' cards.... die cut and embossed the ornament in different metallic pink card and used the same patterned paper to create the background and then glitter gold embossed the sentiments.

Next three cards I used different silver metallic card for the ornaments. and embossed the sentiments

And my last was created with shiny gold card.

Thanks for stopping by my blog, have a wonderful day 

and hope your Christmas card stash is growing too

Cheers Robyn

Snowy Christmas cards

Things are happening on my desk today...  and SNOWY cards too... so I guess all my overseas relatives and friends will be getting these as it seems weird to give Aussies a wintery Christmas card....seeing as it's really hot and sunny at this time of year.

I've been inspired by Jo and guest designer Loll over at Christmas Kickstart challenge #103 with a theme of Snow Alert

Lots of cards with a blue theme made today and more in the process... because yes I'm like others - way behind with my card making.... and those patterned papers do come in handy to make lovely backgrounds.  

Used the same piece on my first two cards and a die cut house piece where I added gold card behind the windows and a bigger snow slope to stamp on my sentiments.  I tried adding snow to the roofs on the second card... but I don't think it worked too well - never mind.

Using another patterned paper background for this card and added a snowflake border to the top cut from white glitter card and used the cutout stars too - pretty quick and simply, finished with a stamped sentiment.

This snowy scene was in with my forgotten stash of Christmas tags -- so it was quick and easy to add it to a white card with a few die cut snowflakes.

Lastly two card featuring Snowmen.. also tags from my stash - just matched them up with some more patterned paper backgrounds and whoopie I've added 6 cards to my stash.

And while I'm on the blue theme - I'm sharing my latest crochet creation...  a blanket using a pattern by Hooked on Sunshine, called Phoenix.

Thanks for stopping by... hope you're inspired to make some quick cards, have a wonderful day 

Cheers Robyn

Tag Christmas cards

Things you've forgotten you have....   well looking through my Christmas patterned papers I came across some tags I made quite a while ago... and so I decided to team them with some pretty patterned papers to make three more Christmas cards. 

Just perfect for the Just Add Ink challenge #771 -- choose two or more:  so I selected Plants, Patterned Paper and even some Plaid ribbon on the second one.

Thanks for stopping by my blog... have a wonderful weekend,  Cheers Robyn

Cheery Sunflower cards

This month over at Group of Cardmakers they are playing with Dies..... Creating cards with Inlaid Diecutting technique

So I've had lots of fun with my large Sunflower die

Created this 'stained glass' effect using black card first and then yellow and red to fill in the petals and attached to a lovely green patterned paper

And then of course you're left with the yellow card die cut of the large sunflower, so I trimmed off the extra flowers and leaves and die cut it again in darker yellow for the petals and finished it off with a sentiment for a friend whose had surgery and used a soft green background.

Then of course you've again got the darker yellow die cut flower, so I stopped myself and just attached this outline to a blue card with a stamped sentiment. 

I'm also playing along with Darnell's weekly IDEAS prompt...  D = Dies 

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog.... have a wonderful day, Cheers Robyn

Adding to my Christmas card stash

I have a smile on my face and satisfaction that I've been busy today creating some more Christmas cards - feels good.  

I played around with my cardboard toilet rolls and made some more ornament cards... these are so fun and easy...  then I grabbed a paper cup and made some larger ornaments.... the Distress Ink moves and pools and I try not to be too finicking where I pull the colours.

It's week 1 for Darnells IDEAS prompt I = Ink

Then I got carried away with my dies and made three more cards. - featuring leaves for the

 Just Us Girls challenge #795 .. Die cut weeks - Leaves.

 

I die cut some different Christmas foliage from shades of green card and arranged them around the gold circles and sentiments.      It's late afternoon and the photos are awful ---  I've used some shiny gold and red card for the circles and sentiments on the first two and then some gold embossing for the sentiment on the third.

Thanks for stopping by my blog.... have a wonderful day and hope you've been inspired, Cheers Robyn

September Card Chain Challenge Reveal

My September Card Chain Challenge card crossed the seas to Gail in Norway

I used the colours...  theme - fish,   andfriendship...  technique - silhouette

I stamped the fish, coloured them and fussy cut them out.  I stamped reeds in black on teal blue card for my silhouette, then embossed it and used sandpaper to expose the fishy pattern. Finished off with a gold embossed sentiment and attached to a black card.

Theme Options:  Fish / Friendship

Product / Technique Options:  Silhouette

Christmas cards

It's been a busy month here with birthdays, fathers' day, and a short relaxing few days away, but today I've managed to finish off a few cards I had started --- especially a couple for Jo's 

Christmas Kickstart #102 - Santa in September

I have these two lovely old Santa wood mounted stamps and often I find them hard to stamp and make attractive... but for these I stamped them in Grey Versafine ink and used my Distress Inks to watercolour parts... and I do like how they've come out.

and one final card...  because yes I'm way behind with my Christmas card stash.. and back to using ornaments to decorate the card..   This one is a die cut ornament backed with shiny red card and hanging from some die cut Christmas foliage.

I'm using Darnell's IDEAs prompt 'A' = Anything Goes

and joining in with Rudolph Days September challenge 

Thanks for stopping by my blog... have a wonderful day and I'll see you next month

Cheers Robyn

Using Dies to Emboss

Playing around with my dies to create embossed frames on these two card 

It's 'E' for embossing at Darnell's IDEAS prompt     and

at Group of Cardamkers the technique is 'Embossing with Dies'

- the first is actually a die frame with a matching die to cut out the center... I trimmed the card and punch rounded the corners.. Used a die to cut my flowers and water coloured them with Distress Inks, cut the stems from green card that matched the patterned paper background... finished off the card with a blank stamped and clear embossed sentiment  (haven't done that for a while, I remember when everything was embossed)

For my Christmas card I used two fancy edge large dies to create the frame and added some die cuts --- Cut the sentiment from matt metallic card and the outline of the bauble in white and the inlaid parts from purple and red glitter card

Thanks for stopping by my blog, have a wonderful day

Cheers Robyn