Embossing folders..

 Firstly I'm sharing a lovely sunset from last evening..  the colours were even richer in real life

I'm sharing this card with

Can You Handle the Pressure challenge - Anything Goes with a Twist of Flowers.  

I embossed the plain card that I picked to team with the floral patterned paper, then added some gold die cuts and sentiment and lastly fussy cut some flowers from the same paper

Some light blending of Distress Oxide inks over this lovely 3D Christmas Embossing Folder makes for a quick and easy card ... always great to be adding to the Christmas stash.

And as it's week 3 of the month I'm joining

Darnell with her IDEAS prompt...  E - Embossing Folders

and

Beautiful Blossoms challenge #17 using the mood board for inspiration

Thanks for stopping by my blog 

have a wonderful day

cheers Robyn

Embossing Folder cards

 A wee bit late this week with my IDEAS post... I totally forgot as I've been spending mornings in the garden; tidying and repotting... see pics below.  

But I did have a play with EF or rather I found this one in my stash and just needed to add a watercoloured die cut daisy (Sizzix - Wildflower stems #1... this seems to be a real favorite with me), a matching border layer and sentiment.   It's the third week of April so "Embossing" is the theme, thank you Darnell for helping keep me focused.

A sort of threefer...  I made the middle card last week and then there were the leftover pieces of patterned paper.. so I decided made a couple of quick cards with them.  The one on the left is simply attached to a pink card with a border trim and sentiment.

For the third card I fussy cut the edge of the PP and attached this to an embossed corner of green card with a sentiment to finish

Thank you so much for popping by my blog... 

have a wonderful weekend

Cheers Robyn

I revamped my Bromeliad garden.

..... and rearranged the back fence garden to plant up my red lily bulbs.... lots more bulbs were repotted too.

Birthday Wishes

 

Finally let my garden and crochet rest for a day and finished off a few cards in my WIP pile

This one I made for 

Can You Handle the Pressure challenge - Anything Goes

Using a 3D embossing folder from Sizzix - Doily 

Blended Distress Ink - Blueprint Sketch over the raised areas

(the true colour is actually between these two photos)

Finished off with a die cut leaf (unknown) coloured with the same ink, and also one cut from vellum,

and a sentiment made with a small stamp and a die cut, mounted on a white card strip

Thanks for stopping by my blog ---  have a Wonderful Day,    Cheers Robyn

Hoping Your Day Goes Swimmingly

 A MALE card today for the theme at Let's Squash It!!..  challenge #21

• Used a leafy embossing folder from Couture Creations - Ambrosia.. and embossed white card
• Smooched blues and greens Distress Oxide inks on my work mat, lightly spritzed with water and laid the embossed panel over the ink, pressed lightly with my hand and did this till I achieved ink coverage to the raised pattern
• Used coloured pencils to colour two fish from my stash (unknown) that were once stamped in black ink and heat embossed with gold EP, fussy cut them out
• Attached some thin strips of green card to the side  and trimmed the panel to fit a white card
• Stamped sentiment from Sheena Douglass Sea View Collection, with Versamark and used Sizzix Fir Tree embossing powder, on a strip of vellum... you couldn't see it on the background then so I added a strip of white card behind and attached it and the fish with foam tape

Thanks for stopping by my blog... have a wonderful creative weekend... cheers Robyn

 

Happy Birthday

 The TWIST to the Anything Goes challenge is GREEN... for the challenge over at 

Can You Handle the Pressure?

This embossed panel was on my desk as I'd used a friends embossing folder ...so I don't know the brand

I trimmed it to fit a white card and loosely watercoloured the background with mown lawn distress ink. Next I cut two strips of matching green card and white embossed the sentiment (a magazine freebie)n on the smaller strip and then attached it to the card. 

Thanks for stopping by my blog... have a Wonderful Weekend,   cheers Robyn 

NOT Another Birthday

Some quiet moments before our NRL team the Cowboys play their match....  just enough for me to finish this card and post it, for the Let's Squash It!! challenge #18 - Emboss/Deboss

Felt a wee bit lazy after I embossed my panel and found this way old stamped image in my stash...

• Jo inspired me to use some of those border EF we all have... I selected these two different ones and cream card and flipped both once and the diamond one a second time for my rows of embossed/debossed patterned panel
• Blended Distress Ink twisted citron around the edge and attached the panel to a blue card.
• I used coloured pencils to colour the frazzled lady image, trimmed the panel and layered it with lime green card then fixed it to the card
• To finish I generated the sentiment on the computer, stuck to white card and then onto the card

The embossing folders are from Papercraft Essential - Totally Tropical (diamond one) and the floral is from Australian Simply Cards - Floral Flutter

Thanks for stopping by my blog  --   have a Wonderful weekend,    Cheers Robyn

Just for You

 Out with the Embossing Folders and Stencils.... for this months Let's Squash It!! challenge #14

I have borrowed a friends EF.. Couture Creations - Serene..  featuring Butterflies

 

• I placed the stencil from ARTplorations - Lupinus, over the smooth side of the EF and used Distress Oxide ink to sponge over the stencil... DO - wilted violet, twisted citron, mown lawn
• ... and sandwiched the white card carefully and ran it through the Cuttlebug
• All the raised area is left white but then it was had to see with the bright background garden, so I used mini Distress Inks - mustard seed, mermaid lagoon, mown lawn to bring the butterflies and flowers to life
• I used scrap paper to mask around the raised areas and then also decided to add black Versafine to outline the main butterfly... and going all the way with glitter glue on the wings.
• Stamped the sentiment (no name) with Versamark on black card and embossed with white.
• To finish attached to a bright aqua card

Thanks for stopping by my blog... have a Wonderful Creative weekend,  cheers Robyn

AND   What do you think of my little crocheted mouse in his Christmas sweater - first time I've attempted an animal/toy - he's 8 cm or 3inches tall

  

Best Wishes

I decided to emboss some gift wrap ribbon to create a shine gold frame 

for the Let's Squash It #11 challenge - Not Paper, Not Card

• Used the border embossing folder - from Papercraft Essentials - Totally Tropical set and embossed strips of gold wrapping ribbon
• Formed these into a frame and adhered to a smooched green background card.
• Die cut two floral stems from Sizzix - Wildflowers Stems #1 and smooched these with Distress Inks - Fossilised amber, Candied apple, Rustic wilderness
• Arranged the flowers with foam tape and attached the panel to a green card
• Stamped the sentiment - Hero Arts Pen Wishes and gold embossed on a green strip and attached to card with foam tape

Thanks for visiting, have a Wonderful Creative weekend,   cheers

 

A floral embossed round box

Back again today with my last floral embossed box

for the Let's Squash It!  challenge #6

I have thoroughly enjoyed my guest designer spot, big thanks to Jo and Gail

Can you guess what I might have used to make this cute little round box???

I've been recycling again... this is the packaging from our seasonal ticket for our NRL team the Cowboys who are based in our city.   

Had to piece the card together to get enough to form a round box - which will be ok for the inside.  Then I had to find something to cover the outside.....mmm

 

And why not a tissue box...

I had to really hunt through my embossing folders to find a leafy floral to decorate the lid of my box and luckily it was an A2 -  the Couture Creations - Ambrosia EF,  so I didn't have to run it through the Cuttlebug twice and maybe get that awful line.  I finished it off with a light swipe with Ocean Blue Distress Ink

Thanks for stopping by my blog  -  hope you may have been inspired to use your embossing folders and join in the Let's Squash It! challenge..   have a Wonderful Creative day,  cheers

                                                                           

Embossed Easter Boxes

More projects for this months Let's Squash It!!  challenge #6 

- Use your floral Embossing Folders with a Box.

I've made two carton boxes for the grand daughters for Easter... decorated the sides with a floral edge from the Embossing Folder - a Papercraft Essentials magazine freebie - Meadow Flowers

 and watercoloured the flowers.

Measured up, scored and cut out the  carton boxes in coloured card and some strips of white card for the sides.

The embossing folder was square,  so I position my strips of card to just capture the embossing along one edge, then softly blended green and blue over the strip and used my Distress Oxides to watercolour the flowers.

My second Box is one I saw on the net somewhere...it's an upside down cube... 

I embossed the colourful purple and pink card from my stash with the Embossing Folder - Couture Creations - Crazy Daisy, then cut, scored and folded it to make a cube with out a lid... then repeated this using purple card. 

 Next I used an Spellbinders - Big Scalloped Circle die to cut openings in the four sides, then constructed the cube.... attached a loop of matching ribbon and slid one inside the other.

There is still time for you to join in the Squash It fun... so dig out you beloved Embossing Folders and Let's  see what you can create.

Thanks for stopping by my blog.... have a Wonderful Creative weekend