...continuing on from where does the time go!!

 ...well since my last post was a week late for Darnell's IDEAS, I was determined to make some "E"= Embossing cards on time...  and as you can see it didn't work out... my mornings got distracted in the garden; the weather is prefect for a little/big tidy up.   But I have had some fun with this Christmas ornament 3D embossing folder....and why make one when you can make four!!

For my first effort I really messed up the 'right' side of the panel and this is the back.... which worked out pretty cool...  I brayed darkish blue Distress Oxide ink over light blue card, spritzed it with gold spray and finished with a die cut sentiment and a few (long unused) gems

I basically repeated the process 

this is my last card which turned out to be a repeat of the messing up the right side.

And now two cards that show the raised embossing brayed with colour.

Tried to capture a pic of the shimmer gold

Thanks for stopping by my blog and have a wonderful weekend  

Cheers Robyn

We live in the sub-tropics and so most of the garden is various shade and shapes of green, so it is wonderful to see a pop of red when the bromeliads are in flower, and I plant impatients too...........

Where does the time go or am I just distracted by other things !!!

 A week behind but never mind...  

I did at least start this card last week with 

Darnell's IDEAS weekly prompt in mind  -

 week 2  - "D" = Dies

With Mothers' Day coming up in early May I have made a card for my mum, so now I'm sure to get in in the post so it will be delivered on time.  The lovely die sets you can get these days make it easy to put a 3D card together.

Next I've a couple of Christmas cards to share

This one is inspired by this months challenge at Christmas Kickstart #109 - Brimming with Style

So this cute stamped silver embossed image suits really well with their furry white trimmed Santa hats,  added a sparkly die cut sentiment to finish. 

Walking in a Vintage Wonderland is the theme at Jingles Belles challenge, 

so I've watercoloured this silver embossed Vintage Feel stocking

Thanks for stopping by my blog

have a wonderful day

cheers Robyn

I've been crocheting some simple baby blankets to donate to our preemie ward at the hospital

Some Birds for Christmas...

Happy Easter to you all...   

I forgot how much I enjoy the peace of watercolouring.... I so enjoyed that today, using my Distress Inks to watercolour this Christmas tree full of birds for the Walking in a Whimsical Wonderland challenge over at Jingles Belles challenge

and this card fits with the Triple B April challenge ... to include birds, butterflies or blooms on your card.

and Week 1 of Darnell's IDEAS prompt is "I" = Ink

Joining with challenge #85 at NBUS ... this die has been patiently waiting to be used and teamed up with some lovely patterned paper  -  you know that pile you've hardly looked at for ages

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog

I do hope you had an enjoyable Easter

Cheers Robyn

Sunflowers...

Sunflowers are a favourite of our daughter and it was her birthday this weekend so of course I made her a Sunflower Birthday card.

Simply inked up my stamp with mini Distress Ink cubes, very lightly spritzed with water and stamped it randomly around my card face. Then to keep it bright and happy - mounted it on yellow card with a green border and finished with a die cut sentiment.

Then as it is the 4th week of Darnell's Weekly IDEAS prompt - 'S' = Stencils, 

I made another card with a lovely sunflower stencil

AND it is also STENCIL week at

Just Us Girls challenge #816

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

Cheers Robyn

Keeping the Sunflower theme... this is a crochet blanket I made for our daughter a couple years ago

Trying to keep my mojo rolling...

 .... sharing a couple of cards I've made today -- too hot outside to garden and I've done some crochet this morning, so some time at my desk

Darnell's Weekly IDEAS prompt for week 4 of the month is 

"A" = Anything Goes

and over at Jingle Belles: the theme is We THREE Kings... 

and I so enjoy making bauble cards with toilet rolls last year, so to help the mojo here's another....  used my Twinkling H2Os to watercolour and give them a sheen

and I couldn't help but play along again at 

Just Add Ink #781 -- Just Add Wings.

I just love this old wood mounted Santa Rosa Owl Stamp  ...  just stamped with brown ink and watercoloured with Distress Inks

Thanks for stopping by my blog

Have a wonderful day

cheers Robyn

and here's a Crochet blanket I recently completed - pattern by Hooked on Sunshine 'Lilliana'

At last my first cards for 2026

 Well I bet you weren't expecting to see me any time soooooon....   well yesterday I made myself stay away from the garden and not pick up a crochet hook but to try and find my love of card making mojo... it's been absent since mid December - I can't believe this...  I could rave on but I'm just happy to be back.  And I had some fun, and went to my old favorite blogs for some inspiration.

Firstly I started easy with this gorgeous 3D embossed image - lightly sponged with a deeper shade of green Distress Ink to highlight the lovely flower images.  Stay simple I think and not cover over those flowers so I just added a small stamped/diecut Thanks.   

And as it's the third week of Darnell's Weekly prompt - 'E' = Embossing - this is perfect.

Next I thought I try this months technique over at 

Group of Cardmakers  --   Faux Cyanotypes

I used purple Distress Ink instead of the blue and a simple no fuss solid stamp featuring tulips for the image and finished with a stamped and silver embossed sentiment.

On a roll ... so I kept going after lunch... and have my first Christmas card for my stash.

Joining in with Christmas Kickstart challenge #108 - Out of the Woods

And a Never Before Used Stash set made it easy to put together this card... for the NBUS challenge #84

Embossed the snowglobe image which handily included the sentiment and the stamped on the little dear scene and watercoloured it with Distress Inks...  mounted it with a red border to highlight the bow around her neck

And lastly because stamping and watercolouring flowers is the favourite part of my cardmaking I dug out this lovely old PSX Waterlily stamp... thankfully it still works.

Stamped in grey ink and watercoloured with Distress Inks and finished with a stamped silver embossed sentiment.

It features a small dragonfly which I glitzed up with some glitter glue... so I joining in also at 

Just Add Ink challenge 781 - Just Add Wings 

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

I made my Thanks card for a lovely lady who this week gifted me this cat teatowel with a crocheted topper... and it is so cool as one of our cats Henry - is a ginger.

And these are some of the smaller crochet projects I've been making lately ... as coasters or to hang at my windows.

And Very Hungry Caterpillars from the Children's story book