Two cards using the stencil and mica powders technique

Recently celebrated my mum 95th birthday, but our visit also coincided with my brothers 70th, so I made him a fishing card as that's his favorite pastime - he doesn't look to happy with what he found on his hook though.

I used this months technique over at Group of Cardmakers - Stenciling with Mica Powders ...  created the background using different shades of blue Distress Inks, then applying embossing ink and dusting over matching colours of Magical Micas - spritzed lightly with water and heat set... then stamped, coloured and fussy cut my fisherman and die cut at big 70

I love to make floral cards for Christmas and this one is inspired by the gorgeous Poinciana trees flowering over our back fence at the moment and the carpet of red flowers strewn over our lawn and paths.  I used the same technique with a stencil and Magical Micas (a little bit messy today) and white embossed the sentiment of the red card.

I'm joining in with Jo at 

Christmas Kickstart challenge #105 - If it's Christmassy, Link It Up.

Thanks for stopping by my blog...

and have yourselves and families 

a Very Merry Christmas and Wonderful New Year

Cheers Robyn

Guest Designer for Group of Cardmakers.

I'm always up for a challenge and 

Group of Cardmakers have some fabulous techniques to stir up your mojo - this month as their Guest Designer I've been challenged with --

  "Stenciling with Mica Powders".

For my first card I used this large stencil - Tumbling Leaves by Simon Says.

First I blended a range of Distress Inks colours through the stencil, then applied some Embossing Ink and then sprinkled on Magical Micas in matching colours (blue, b=green, yellow) - a fine spritz of water helps set them.  Clean your stencil between applications and it helps to have it in place when your add the pigment powder.  Finished with a stamped sentiment

Wanted to try something a little different with the stencil instead of using it as a background... so I die cut a circle and used this to create a bauble - blending Distress Oxide ink (seedless preserves), then covering the bauble with the die cut circle to add some depth with blue Distress Ink (stormy sky).  Place the negative die cut again over the bauble and used a flourish stencil and then blended the same colour in Distress Ink for my flourish, followed by Embossing Ink and the Pearl Gold Powdered Pigment (Paper Mill) - this doesn't work as well nor with the water spritzing to set it.  Stamped on my bauble hanger (masked off this from an ornament stamp) and gold embossed the sentiment.

I've had loads of fun with some long forgotten products in my stash - thanks to Loll and her GoC team - pop over to the blog and check their cards too.

Thanks for stopping by my blog.... have a wonderful day,

Cheers Robyn

A special Birthday Card

 Of course when your mum turns 95 you have to make a Special Birthday Card -  and she loved it.

A friend loaned me her gorgeous floral 3D embossing folder and I teamed it with a couple of die cut flowers and sentiment.

I'm joining Just Add Ink Challenge #774 - Stencils or Dies 

and 

Darnell's IDEAS prompt - week 3 = Embossing

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

Thinking of You

 

Good to find some time this morning to put together a card inspired by this month's technique over at 

Group of Cardmakers... Textured Tissue Paper with Dry Embossing, 

and to find my mojo wasn't still on holiday - we've just returned from a trip south to celebrate my mums 95th birthday - catching up with family and friends too -- an awful lot of chatting and laughs at memories ----  but oh is so good to be home.

I thought this technique might be a bit messy BUT it was quite easy and quick --- reading the method - the brayer had me digging out some very old inks.. it's a wonder they still work.  Brayered the Kaleidacolour over some scrunched tissue paper I just happened to have handy and the used the brayer also to spread a thin layer of glue to attach it to white card.... didn't take long to dry so embossed it and brayered Fossilized Amber Distress Ink followed by Gold Brilliance ink... which gave it a bit of a sparkle (no metallic ink on hand).  Finished off with a couple of die cut foliage pieces and a sentiment.

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

And away overseas go my Christmas cards this week..

... and it's a relief to have enough cards for this year and to be organised enough and be sending off my OS ones.

Two more cards similar to my last post but with a simple stitched die cut circle as a frame... I die cut the flower and foliaged and watercoloured them with Distress Inks... finished of with a lovely 'Joy' sentiment.

I'm continuing to use 

Darnells IDEAS to prompt my card making... this week 1 is 'I' = Inks

Thanks for stopping by my blog... I'm having a few weeks off to visit with my mum to celebrate her 95th birthday... enjoy your day,   Cheers Robyn

Joy for Christmas

Today I'm sharing some more Christmas cards I've been working on...  think I maybe nearly have enough and yesterday I started addressing my overseas envelopes....yeah.

So I'm joining the fun for the October Rudolph Days challenge 

and I'm still following along with Darnells IDEAS prompt which is 'S' = Stencils

A couple more floral Christmas cards... using flowers/foliage I die cut and then watercoloured with Distress Ink and arranged these over a die cut frame cut in matt gold card with a matching sentiment.

Created my Stencil card from pieces in my stash...  a stenciled background of flowers made with Gesso I coloured with Distress Ink and finished off with some die cuts

Thanks for stopping by my blog, have a wonderful day

Cheers Robyn

Creative ways with Inlaid Diecutting

A couple more cards I put together ---  while I join in with the

  Group of Cardmarkers technique this month - Inlaid Diecutting....  

and as I try to do each week - join Darnell with her 

IDEAS prompt - this week 'A' = Anything Goes.

 ---- one with one my more intricate dies 

I die cut the piece in black card so it sort of looks like a stained glass window... even put a blue cloudy sky as the background and filled in all the flower and butterflies with the pieces die cut from metallic card.

I really liked what Loll at GofCM did with one of her cards and so I die cut the gum blossom out of a marbly piece and then die cut the leaves from green and flowers from pink and inset them into the patterned paper.

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

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