Christmas cards

It's been a busy month here with birthdays, fathers' day, and a short relaxing few days away, but today I've managed to finish off a few cards I had started --- especially a couple for Jo's 

Christmas Kickstart #102 - Santa in September

I have these two lovely old Santa wood mounted stamps and often I find them hard to stamp and make attractive... but for these I stamped them in Grey Versafine ink and used my Distress Inks to watercolour parts... and I do like how they've come out.

and one final card...  because yes I'm way behind with my Christmas card stash.. and back to using ornaments to decorate the card..   This one is a die cut ornament backed with shiny red card and hanging from some die cut Christmas foliage.

I'm using Darnell's IDEAs prompt 'A' = Anything Goes

and joining in with Rudolph Days September challenge 

Thanks for stopping by my blog... have a wonderful day and I'll see you next month

Cheers Robyn

Using Dies to Emboss

Playing around with my dies to create embossed frames on these two card 

It's 'E' for embossing at Darnell's IDEAS prompt     and

at Group of Cardamkers the technique is 'Embossing with Dies'

- the first is actually a die frame with a matching die to cut out the center... I trimmed the card and punch rounded the corners.. Used a die to cut my flowers and water coloured them with Distress Inks, cut the stems from green card that matched the patterned paper background... finished off the card with a blank stamped and clear embossed sentiment  (haven't done that for a while, I remember when everything was embossed)

For my Christmas card I used two fancy edge large dies to create the frame and added some die cuts --- Cut the sentiment from matt metallic card and the outline of the bauble in white and the inlaid parts from purple and red glitter card

Thanks for stopping by my blog, have a wonderful day

Cheers Robyn

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