Christmas Wreaths

Busy with my dies today making wreath cards adding a couple more cards to add to my Christmas stash...

My first was quite easy as I used a holly wreath die and all I needed to do was die cut the berries again in red and the little bow in gold and attach them - glitzed up with some glitter glue and attached to an embossed background, then finished with a die cut sentiment...  the die is from my NBUS stash so I'm joining in the fun at NBUS #77.  

My second card took a bit longer with me die cutting various Christmas foliage and smooching them in green Distress Inks, also some red berries...  then the tricky part trying to arrange them in a circle shape and gluing them down without messing up the plan... then it all looked a bit sparce, so I stamped on a few extra leaves and finished with a gold die cut sentiment and attached the panel to a green card.

With my wreaths I am joining in with Christmas Kickstart challenge #101 - Let's Wreath It Up.  

And also with Darnell's weekly IDEAS prompt - second week 'D' for Dies.

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

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.

Now all of this stencil work was because I read the calendar wrong - quick glance at my desk one to see that there's 5 weeks this month so to join in with Darnell's IDEAS prompt - that would make it 'S' for Stencils...  nope, it's just 4 Mondays and it's 'A' - Anything Goes.

Thanks for stopping by my blog, have a wonderful day

Cheers Robyn

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.

Add the Design Element this month at Group of Seven Card Makers is --  Generation Stamping

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.

But this is my effort - masked the snow slopes and created a weird patchy sky. Next I stamped the large tree with Distress Ink and then with the mask in place stamped a row of generation trees for the horizon.

Finished with a gold embossed sentiment and a green matt edge.

Thanks for stopping by my blog, have an amazing day

Cheers Robyn

Poinsettias for Christmas

Make two while you're at it... so I did....  die cut two Poinsettia flowers and watercoloured them with Twinkling H2Os and cut the leaves from matt metallic card.  Teamed the flowers up with a floral patterned paper and then out came those very Neglected Tag Dies (you know the ones we just had to have back in the early days and then you've hardly every used them) and stamped and embossed on the sentiments.

I'm joining the challenge at Christmas Kickstart challenge #97 - Positively Poinsettias

Also joining the challenge at

  Peace on Earth Christmas #85 - Anything Goes

and 

The Neglected Stuff Challenge (4/25)

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

Using Die Cuts this week .....

This week with Darnell's IDEAS prompt it's Die week --- so today I'm sharing three cards featuring die cuts, First this Christmas one was so easy to make, with this large die from a magazine... more time poking out all those little dots than making the card... used a background from my stash and as I was watercolouring my floral cards with Twinkling H2Os, I gave the bells a light blue wash.

My next two cards of course feature flowers... and my fav daisy dies.... watercoloured with Twinkling H2Os (those forgotten items one has) and finished them without sentiments so they can be used for any occasion.

I'm joining in the challenge at Christmas Kickstart #96 - Not the Norm - so no red, green and gold

And I think my last floral card is Simple and Elegant - for the Just Add Ink challenge #741

 

More time for cards this week as I finished my latest rug - Mandala Blanket 

Thanks for stopping by my blog

have a Wonderful day

cheers Robyn

Christmas Cards

Time for some Christmas Cards ...  I saw that Jo and Leslie were make Fancy Fold Christmas cards over at Christmas Kickstart challenge #95.   I have this cute folder triangle tree card, that folds flat into an envelope.

My folded card design

Some more fun with toilet paper rolls, quick and easy to make and now I have three more cards made.... an idea came that I could dangle the baubles from a large sentiment stamp I have...... I'm join in the fun at Rudolph Days Challenge for February.

Thanks for stopping by my blog,

have a Wonderful Day

Cheers Robyn

Some fun making Christmas cards and another Ombre card

Firstly I finished off my second Ombre card for the Group of Seven Cardmakers prompt for this month

Blended some Distress Inks - Squeezed lemonade, Fossilized amber, Ripe persimmon, Festive berries and decided to use it as is - Die cut in white card with Torn Edge die to create a frame and then attached a die cut flower (never used Kaisercraft Small Succulent) and a die cut 'Hello'.  I'm joining in the fun at NBUS #70 too.

Then just before Christmas we had the girls for a sleepover and of course they like to play with Nanas stuff.   So I showed them how to make cards with the cardboard toilet rolls 

  Here are mine I finished off this week....

With these cards I'm joining in the challenge #94 at Christmas Kickstart - Bring the Baubles.

Thanks for stopping by my blog

Have a wonderful day

Cheers Robyn

A Trio of Cards...

 

Very happy to report I've been playing with my colours this weekend...  inspired by Darnell's IDEAS prompt... and have finished off and made a few cards, with more in my WIP (works in progress) pile.

First this cute little bird has been coloured for some time only needed a sentiment... so a bright happy shiny red die cut Birthday Wishes it is.

Next I created this Christmas card with a 'green' theme using stamped and die cut foliage coloured with Distress Inks and finished a gold embossed sentiment.  

Just perfect for the Christmas Kickstart challenge #84

and the Peace on Earth Christmas challenge #59

And another card just needing some final touches... stamped and watercoloured with Distress Inks and finished with a double layer die cut sentiment.

I love florals so it's just right for the Double 'D' March challenge - First Signs of Spring

Thanks for stopping by my blog... have a wonderful weekend

Cheers Robyn