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

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