Wednesday, 20 August 2025
More Christmas Baubles
Wednesday, 13 August 2025
Christmas Wreaths
Busy with my dies today making wreath cards adding a couple more cards to add to my Christmas stash...
Thursday, 7 August 2025
Watercolouring with Distress Oxide inks
.....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.
Have a wonderful day, Cheers Robyn
Thursday, 31 July 2025
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.
Thursday, 24 July 2025
Leafy Christmas cards
Wednesday, 23 July 2025
Couple of Christmas cards
I did manage to have some mojo return over the weekend and created a few Christmas cards to add to my slowly growing stash. The prompting from Darnells weekly IDEAS theme - 'A' for Anything Goes, fits both my cards.
AND to help Jo celebrate
100 Christmas Kickstart challenges,
CONGRATULATIONS --well done Jo
I made this gold, red and white card featuring 'spots'
Stamped and gold embossed this Christmas Flourish stamp 'off the page', then decorated it with some punched sparkly red holly and finished with a gold embossed sentiment on a raised die cut circle.
Well I fluffed around for any ideas for a Christmas card... and trees seem to be the answer but living in Australia and having Christmas in Summer it funny making cards with snowy winter themes.
Friday, 18 July 2025
Best Wishes
Hi !!!!
Now don't collapse with shock, yes I'm here -- all good, no health issues -- it just seems the arty farty part of my brain went walkabout... maybe it was overcome with fresh air in the mornings I was out enjoying the weather and fiddling in my garden, and then too exhausted in the arvos and slouched off into the arm chair... you know as you get older you should slow down and do little bits at a time - that's what I tell my 95 y/o mum who still loves to potter in her garden.
It's been 9 weeks since I joined Darnell with her inspiring IDEAS weekly prompt - this week it is 'E' for Embossing ... and this card just so happens to have an embossed background (from my stash) and some tulips I stamped and coloured with some long forgotten Distress Marker (that actually still work) - finished with a red card frame and die cut sentiment.
Wednesday, 2 July 2025
June Card Chain Challenge Reveal
Mine went off to Joanne in the USA .....
I used the colour palette with a little extra yellow/orange for the flowers... also the theme Using 'tu' for Tulips and Rip It for the technique
Thanks for stopping by my blog, have a wonderful day, CHEERS Robyn
Monday, 2 June 2025
May Card Chain Challenge Reveal
My May Card Chain Challenge card went to Hilary in UK.
I used the colour palette... Aubergine, Rose and Coffee shades, and the sketch.
For some interest on the card I dry embossed the front panel, added sponged shading to the scalloped frame and some matching pretty paper to display the stamped floral bouquet - watercoloured and fussy cut.
Thanks for stopping by my blog... have a wonderful day, Cheers Robyn
Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Double Embossed Christmas card
A few minutes peace this afternoon and I've put together a Christmas card using this weeks theme from Darnells IDEAS prompt... E = Embossing Folders.... and haven't we all got a stash of them. This square frame embossed panel is using one of those 'never before used stash' items for the NBUS challenge #74. I double embossed this gorgeous ornament a friend gifted me - it embosses and die cuts at the same time --- then I gold embossed the raised areas --- and hung it from some die cut pine sprigs and finished off with a stamped gold embossed sentiment.
It's nice to be adding a card to my Christmas stash too. Thanks for stopping by my blog, have a wonderful day, Cheers RobynSaturday, 17 May 2025
Butterfly Birthday
I decided on a monochromatic theme to match this gorgeous metallic butterfly a friend sent me... then I'd been playing around with some very old forgotten lovely shaped dies and this frame came in handy.... I then added some more interest with a die cut edge concealed behind the front and finished off with a die cut sentiment.
Thanks for stopping by my blog..... hope you have a wonderful weekend -- just enjoy life,
Cheers Robyn
Sunday, 11 May 2025
Big Hello.... to all my friends
Waaayyy late this week with my post for
Darnell's IDEAS prompt - first week on the month at it's I = INKS/Colour Mediums
Thanks for stopping by my blog - and if your mojo is weak, pop over to Darnells blog for some inspiration.... have a great week, cheers Robyn