Adding to my Christmas card pile...

 ....because before we know it, we'll be writing up cards and posting them.

Today I have made five cards..  my first three feature this large Christmas die - how quick and easy to make more than one.

And this BOLD sentiment makes it perfect to play along with Just Us Girls challenge #840 - Word Week  =  BOLD

My next two cards feature Reindeer ...  to play along with the 

Christmas Kickstart challenge #114 - Reindeer Games

CAS Christmas September challenge - Woodland Critters

A cute stamped image using pencil to colour it and finished with a die cut sentiment.

And a bit of recycling.... this snow globe was in my stash of unused tags from a few years ago... came in handy with the little reindeer inside - teamed with a snowflake patterned paper and stamped sentiment.

And of course it's the second week of Darnell's IDEAS prompt  ...  "D" = Dies  -   and all the cards this week feature dies.

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

Back from an unplanned break...

Well .... there's a month gone flying by since I last made any cards and posted to my blog... but I must say I am very happy to be back watercolouring at my desk today.....   just a visitor and life getting in the way, oh and yes some crochet and gardening.

Being the first Monday of the month and being inspired by Darnells IDEAS prompt -  "I" = Inks, I got into the inking mode and stamped some holly images using Antique Linen Distress Ink and then watercolouring over the outline with more Distress Inks... the outline of the stamped image takes up the new colour  - so I did well and made two cards and added gold embossed sentiments.

My third card is just inking the stamp with the green DI and then watercolouring, finishing with the gold embossed sentiment.

My next card is for the September challenge over at CAS Christmas - Woodland Critters .... do you know how hard it is the create snowy cards and ones with 'woodland animals'  - here in Australia - not much snow and our wild critters are kangaroos and possums and dingoes... anyway I managed to find a couple of cute animals to make a clean and simple card, more stamped outlines and watercolouring.

The majority of my cards feature flowers... so when CAS Mix Up September challenge wanted Sunflowers I was pretty happy...  

My first card is stenciled with Distress Inks

and my second is a stamp - where I used markers directly onto the stamp but then added more ink to create depth.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog.... have a wonderful day, cheers Robyn

My daughter loves sunflowers and a few years ago I crocheted her this Sunflower blanket.

This is my latest crochet project