Christmas Poinsettias

Easy to keep the machine rolling and die cutting a stack of flowers...  so I ended up with four Poinsettias for the CAS Christmas October challenge  ....  and

being second week of the month... Darnell's Weekly IDEAS prompt has us featuring "D" =Die Cuts

Teamed the bright red flowers with some different die cut foliage and Christmasy patterned papers and an embossed background and finished each off with a stamped embossed sentiment.

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

Merry Christmas

Hello and thanks for stopping by my blog....  today I've enjoyed some time painting with my very old Twinkling H2Os...  on this lovely Power Poppy Poinsettia stamp - it's a favourite.

The theme for October at CAS Christmas is Poinsettia 

and being the first week of October Darnell's Weekly IDEAS prompt is  "I" = Inks/Colour Mediums

Glad to be back making cards after a few weeks of no mojo...    Enjoy your day,   Cheers Robyn

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 

Christmas cards

Had a lovely visit with a friend today.... been quite a while since we got together to stamp and make cards.....   so it was nice to sit afterwards and make a couple of Christmas cards for my stash.

I'm joining challenges at

Just Us Girls #835 - Die week

Just Add Ink #791 - Christmas in July

CAS Christmas August challenge - Santa's Sleigh

Darnell's Weekly IDEAS prompt - Week 2 - "D" = Die Cuts

First card is just all Die Cuts...  a swirly background from my stash backed with pine leaves greenery and hung with a sparkly ornament and sentiment to finish.

Second card I stamped a silhouette Santa sleigh on to a starry night patterned paper, then again on a die cut yellow moon which is easy to position over the first stamping... to create a scene inked up a couple of fir trees and positioned them on a snowy slope and finished with a stamped sentiment.

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

Thinking of You and Christmas ...

Hi and thanks for popping over to my blog...  busy week again and we have a visitor staying too, so life is in a jumble...  but I did find time yesterday to make a few cards... lots of bits from my stash again and patterned papers.

My first card is for the Just Us Girls challenge #834 - CASE a DT week... (Copy And Selectively Edit or C0py And Share Everything) --   so that is what I did  --- totally copied Ina's lovely die cut corner card.  As it was, I had the same die cut panel already in my stash, so it was nice and easy to find some pretty coloured background for the die cut and then decided to attach it to a matching blue card and finish off with a lighter die cut sentiment and a few gems.  AND I see I am toooo late to join in the challenge :-(

And now for my Christmas cards this week... I've made a Twofer - so easy to die cut two Santa Sleighs and decorate them for a cards using different background patterned papers and die cut sentiment. I'm joining the challenges at:

    CAS Christmas August challenge - Santa's sleigh

    Just Add Ink challenge #791 - Just Add Christmas in July

....which reminds me - my crochet group did enjoy their Christmas in July morning tea last Tuesday - lots of fun, food and friendship, not much crochet.

Mannny months ago I bought this cool card book with lots of floral preprinted cards and envelopes ... again it was forgotten... but I've had my colouring pencils out and have nearly completed two cards... I do find colouring with whatever medium I use,  quite relaxing.  

So I'm inspired to share with Darnell's Weekly IDEAS prompt...  week 1 "I" = Ink/Colour mediums.

Cheers and have a wonderful day, Robyn

Three cards from me this week....

 .... and where is this month going????  So much happening all at once, so I am pleased I sat down at my desk with a couple of challenges in mind.

Firstly the CAS Christmas July challenge... is for Snowmen  --  which for some of us is tricky with only having seen snow twice in my lifetime and never at Christmas.  I created a little snow scene for my stamped snowman and added some falling snow with my white paint pen.

 

Next a card for Darnell's Weekly IDEAS prompt... week 3 is "E" = Embossing.  I brayered ink from a  Kaleidacolor ink pad over an embossed panel and added some die cut leaves and sentiment.

My last card is also a Christmas card being inspired by the colours at Jingle Belles - Unicorn Holiday  - Christmas colour palette... to use 3 or more colours - I think I've used all the colours   ....   And also joining again at Christmas Kickstart challenge #112 - Grace Us with your Presents

I went for an easy card - simply cut some patterned papers into present shapes and added a contrasting die cut ribbon bow and finished with a die cut sentiment.
 

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