Decorative Dies

 

Trying hard to get back my mojo... so I've had some fun with Dies today

I've three challenges to join

Just Us Girls - Die week #791

Darnells IDEAS prompt - "D" for Dies

 Group of Cardmakers are using Dies to create Embossing

I have a set of wavy edge border dies --- so after I die embossed and cut one from white card to attach to the front of a card, I used the offcut and embossed it with a different edge and quickly I had two cards started. 

For my first card I blended yellow Distress Ink behind the wavy edge to create a spotlight to display my favorite die cut daisy... watercoloured with Distress Inks, and to finish stamped on a sentiment

My second card had a simply die embossed edge and thinking to add a block of colour I used some aqua blue mulberry paper flecked with gold threads.... which made me think to use some die cut gold leaves.  I also die cut a butterfly from glittery aqua card and added some matching gems... used these also to help hide the dobs of glue to hold down the mulberry paper... lastly a die cut 'smile' from my stash to finish.

Thanks for stopping by my blog, have a wonderful day, cheers Robyn

Best Birthday Wishes

Bit distracted with other projects lately but very happy to have sat down at my desk yesterday with inspiration from friends to try something different and make a card - hoping it keeps going as it's hubby's birthday this week and I've a CCC card to get in the post too.

Group of Cardmakers have an impressive technique using your dies to create an embossing....  so I thought of these Sizzix corner dies I have and it worked up really nicely. 

 Then I used a new layered floral die to cut out the flower on white card and using Distress Inks to watercolour it....much nicer than just cut from coloured card as you can get depth.... and it's "I" for Inks with Darnells weekly IDEAS prompt.

Thanks so much for stopping by, have a wonderful weekend, 

Cheers Robyn

August Card Chain Challenge Reveal

 

Here's my card sent to Patricia in USA for the August Card Chain Challenge

I used the Sketch, Colours and Themes on the card and used mostly Dies to create the design...  a Hexagon with Triangle patterned paper behind and an arrangement of Tropical flowers

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

Theme Options: Tropical / Triangles / Friendship

More Christmas Baubles

Finished off a couple of Christmas cards this morning... both featuring Christmas Baubles  ...  and using the Weekly IDEAS prompt from Darnell... it's "E" - Embossing

My first card features Dry Embossing... I die cut a bauble and using part of an embossing folder embossed the poinsettia - then mixing some pearl powdered pigment to my pink distress ink - painted the image leaving the flower white..  gold painted the centers and hanger.  To finish I attached my embossed background to a pink card layer onto a white card and added some foliage and string.

For my next card I used the die cut baubles and painted them too with sparkly pink... then I white heat embossed some poinsettia flowers and attached them to green patterned paper with silver strings and added a silver heat embossed sentiment to a white card before attaching the panel.

Thanks for stopping by my blog, have a wonderful day, cheers Robyn

Christmas Wreaths

Busy with my dies today making wreath cards adding a couple more cards to add to my Christmas stash...

My first was quite easy as I used a holly wreath die and all I needed to do was die cut the berries again in red and the little bow in gold and attach them - glitzed up with some glitter glue and attached to an embossed background, then finished with a die cut sentiment...  the die is from my NBUS stash so I'm joining in the fun at NBUS #77.  

My second card took a bit longer with me die cutting various Christmas foliage and smooching them in green Distress Inks, also some red berries...  then the tricky part trying to arrange them in a circle shape and gluing them down without messing up the plan... then it all looked a bit sparce, so I stamped on a few extra leaves and finished with a gold die cut sentiment and attached the panel to a green card.

With my wreaths I am joining in with Christmas Kickstart challenge #101 - Let's Wreath It Up.  

And also with Darnell's weekly IDEAS prompt - second week 'D' for Dies.

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

Watercolouring with Distress Oxide inks

Hello and thanks for stopping by my blog...   today I've 3 cards to share using a quick and easy watercolour technique....  

.....you simply ink your stamp with Distress Oxide inks, stamp it, and then with a wet brush pull the colours from the stamped outline.... and these cards fit perfectly with

Darnell's IDEAS weekly prompt... 'I' = Inks/Colour Mediums

A floral birthday card - stamped and watercoloured, die cut with oval shapes and attached to a dry embossed card - finished with a stamped and white embossed sentiment.

Two Christmas cards featuring Holly sprigs and stamped embossed sentiments

Have a wonderful day, Cheers Robyn

Christmas Wishes

Last day of the month... and just time to join in a couple of Christmas challenges.... Rudolph Days July challenge ....  and another card to help Jo celebrate challenge #100 at Christmas Kickstart

I've been a little Christmas Bauble crazy of late and for this one I tried something a little different...  for this I die cut a circle to use as a stencil and blended a couple of baubles with purple Distress Ink, then used a star stencil to add some stars using Distress Oxide.  Finished off with some stamped foliage and a gold embossed sentiment.... please not the little bauble hanger... I'm awful at drawing in these but found a tiny parcel stamp which suited the purpose just fine.

Now all of this stencil work was because I read the calendar wrong - quick glance at my desk one to see that there's 5 weeks this month so to join in with Darnell's IDEAS prompt - that would make it 'S' for Stencils...  nope, it's just 4 Mondays and it's 'A' - Anything Goes.

Thanks for stopping by my blog, have a wonderful day

Cheers Robyn

Leafy Christmas cards

 

I tried some more Generation Stamping with the ladies from Group of Seven Cardmakers.. 

I made two cards... you know while the stamps and gear are out - why not make another.

Stamped and embossed the sentiment and then added foliage and berries with Distress Inks

and One more.... to help Jo CELEBRATE 100 challenges over at Christmas Kickstart.

I've made a few of these Christmas Bauble cards this year... such fun and easy to make..  this time I used a mug and some old gold paint to 'stamp' and watercolour the ball - adding some red Distress Ink too. Then stamped some foliage and berries in Distress Oxides and watercoloured them and finished off with a stamped gold embossed sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by my blog

have a wonderful day

Cheers Robyn