Using Embossing Folders

Been playing with my embossing folders and Distress Inks this week...  

for Darnells IDEAS prompt

For some reason I thought to embossing patterned paper and then use my inks to highlight the raised embossing... REALLY HAPPY with my result.  Layered the panel on red and green to help lift the colours and then finished with a sentiment tag from the same set of papers I used for the embossing/

My second card came about by using a smooched panel from my stash, embossing it with a little bird themed folder and the used the nearby colours to highlight the birds... to finish I add this already to use fun bird from my stash and a sentiment I think you could use for a number of occasions.

I am going to join in the Triple B challenge for July

Thanks for stopping by my blog

have a Wonderful Day

Cheers Robyn

July Card Chain Challenge Reveal

 

Here's my July Card Chain Challenge card that I sent off to Linda W in the USA.  I used circles, stitches and two colours from the palette. 

I remembered I had this scribbly circle die and thought to use them as flowers... die cut from 'pineapple' yellow card and with a little 'peach' ink blended on the centers.  Then I used another stitched die that you would use to create a horizon line and laid them at different angles to create the leaves and stems. Mounted them onto a PP background and added a stamped die cut sentiment (from Jillibean).

Theme Options: Fish / Circles / Friendship

Product / Technique Options: Buttons / Stitches

This is my latest crochet blanket... Mosaic in the Round by Beba Crochet

June Card Chain Challenge Reveal

My June card for the Card Chain Challenge 

went off to Linda in the USA

I had some fun with this card, using the wheels theme as inspiration and of course most of my cards involve flowers - so a spill of tiny die cut flowers in the colours of the palette worked beautifully.  I enjoyed making this card for Linda.

Theme Options.... Wheels and Friendship.

The Layout is orientated horizontally

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

Cheers Robyn

April Reveal for Card Chain Challenge

 

My card for the April CCC swap went to Patricia in USA.  

 I used the colours and spring/friendship theme

I stamped the wattle image (Flourishes -Bloomin' Aussie Florals) with grey ink and watercoloured with Distress Inks. Repeated this and fussy cut a section to use with foam tape on the top of the card... finished with a stamped and white embossed sentiment (Power Poopy - Simply Camelias)

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

September Card Chain Challenge Reveal

 Time for the monthly reveal of the cards we all sent across the globe as part of the 

Card Chain Challenge

This is the card I sent off to Julia in USA... using the layout, theme and product

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

Theme Options: Music

Product : Burlap or Gauze 

Friends make the good times better

Second card post from me today.. it's been a busy week with the two grand daughters here for 3 days and they just love to have Nanny let them play with her crafty stuff....  Sophie made bugs with the egg cartons and Mia a floral wind chime.

• Stamped and gold embossed the image -  from Stamp It - Leaf Cluster
• Watercoloured with Distress Inks
• Stamped and gold embossed part of the sentiment - Kaisercraft: Morning Dew set, on the bottom of a white card
• Stamped and gold embossed the rest of sentiment on scrap and fussy cut it
• Assembled the card and used foam tape on the 'Friends'

I am playing along with Double 'D' challenge - Things that Fall

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

Hello, my lovely friend

 Running late as usual... with my May card for the

Let's Squash It! - challenge #20 - Squash those scraps.

I'm also joining in the fun at 

Can You Handle the Pressure - with a Twist of Butterflies

Rummaging through my huge collection of scraps and offcuts, I selected these two pieces just because the colours blended and I like the fairy strip.  

I used three embossing folders

• the long thin one from a Damask Rose set,  I smooched it with broken china DO and then embossed the edge
• then embossed the two PP scraps along the top right side with the Kaisercraft Liberty EF - I put the folder through at an angle and then smoothed some of the lower embossing with the flat side of my scoring tool
• glued these to card and trimmed to fit a white card
• from my die cut butterfly stash I chose a large butterfly and embossed it with Cuttlebug Textile EF.... then highlighted the raised areas with white marker
• attached it along with a small die cut butterfly and flower in shine soft blue metallic card and finished with stamped sentiment - Jillibean Soup - Flower bloom set

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

 

Thanks for your Friendship

My May Card Chain Challenge card went to Gail in Norway.   I used the colour palette, embossing folder, Mandala pattern, Tea and Friendship

• Embossed my white card panel with 3D EF and carefully highlighted the the embossing with  blue Distress Ink
• Stamped the cup image in grey and used pencil to colour it and fussy cut it out.
• Die cut the doily in mid blue card
• Stamped the sentiment on a white strip
• Assembled the card.

Thanks for visiting   --   have a Wonderful Creative month   ---   cheers

Theme Options: Tea or Coffee and optional Cake/ Mandala Patterns/ Friendship

Technique Options: Embossing Folders

Card Recipe 

Stamps: Kaisercraft - High Tea ---cup and sentiment

Dies:  Spellbinders - Medallion One

Inks: Distress Ink - Blueprint sketch, Versafine - black and smokey grey

Other:   coloured pencils,  Sizzix - 3D embossing folder - Doily

Best Friend

Gail and Jo are really challenging us this month at Let's Squash It!   ---  3 EF and a person !!!

Do have blank times in your creative mojo and then at the silliest times ideas pop into your head

well... that's how this card came to be when I was about to head off to bed last night.

• I stamped the girls dress in light brown ink on an off white card scrap and then ran it through the Cuttlebug with a new EF... then swiped Speckled Egg DO over the raised sections and water coloured the hem, sash and neck with Broken China DI, and fussy cut it out
• Stamped the whole girl image on white card and watercoloured it with DI and added detail with coloured pencils, and fussy cut it out and attached the dress
• Being a tall image I decided to make a slim line card... 
• Found an embossing folder with a repeat pattern so I could emboss a long piece of white card.. then sponged Speckled Egg DO along the edge
• Embossed a strip of matching blue card with the sentiment strip and highlighted the raised with Broken China DI.
• Assembled the elements using foam tape on the girl image on a matching blue card

I am playing along with Let's Squash It!  challenge #7 - Use three Embossing Folders and a person

Thanks for visiting  ---  have a Wonderful Creative weekend - cheers

Card Recipe 

Stamps: Julie Nutting - Betty

Dies: 

Inks:  Memento - Desert Sand,  Distress Inks - broken china, scattered straw, tattered rose, Distress oxide - speckled egg

Other:  Embossing Folders: Docraft - HMK Forever Friends (sentiment), Couture Creations - Tied Together (background) ,  Craftworld Mag - Vol 1... no name (dress)

Friends are the Essence of Life

Today the reveal for the January Card Chain Challenge went up... My card was sent off to  Dee in Kenya (via her sister in UK)  .....

  I do hope she receives it one day!!!

Hope all our CCC friends are safe and well

I managed to use lots of elements for this card... the colour palette, sketch, theme -flowers and friendship, and technique -colouring.

I hunted out some small flowers from all my sets and per the sketch - randomly masked and stamped and gold embossed them on kraft coloured card,  I used Distress Inks to blend pink and white diagonally across the panel, also stamped two flowers on white card, and fussy cut them, then I used Distress Oxide inks to watercolour the flowers and to sponge pinks shades to those on the card panel, adding Nuvo clear crystal drops to the flower centres and to finish the panel - stamped and gold embossed the sentiment.  I layered the panel with gold and bright pink card on a kraft card and to add some zing - brushed some sparkly Perfect Pearls over the flowers

Thanks for popping in, hope you have a wonderful creative week

Card Recipe 

Stamps: Kaisercraft - Paisley Days (sentiment), Magazine freebies - Build a Bouquet, Clear Impressions - Beautiful Blooms

Dies: 

Inks: Versamark, Distress Oxides - picked raspberry, picket fence, Distress Ink - picked raspberry

Other:  Clear Nuvo Crystal Drops, gold embossing powder

Hello, Friend

My CCC card for December Card Chain Challenge was sent off to Jeanne in USA.... 

My card for Jeanne was using the middle horizontal 3 selections of the Tic Tac Toe prompt - torn edge, blue and friendship.

I tore the edge of a nice piece of blue rice paper for the background to my blue and white die cut foliage and then a simple combination of label dies with the sentiment embossed in white to finish.

Below is the lovely card sent to me Janis which thankfully made it by the end of the month.

Thanks for stopping by my blog   ---   have a Happy Day and stay safe

Card Recipe

Stamps: STAMPlortions - Hello Coffee (sentiment)

Dies: Sizzix - Winterwoodland, and Wildflower Stems #1,  Spellbinders - Labels 30, Inspired by Stamping - Fancy Labels 2.

Inks:  Versamark

Other:  white embossing powder, rice paper