June Card Chain Challenge Reveal

Reveal time for our cards sent in June for the

  Card Chain Challenge...

Mine went off to Joanne in the USA .....

I used the colour palette with a little extra yellow/orange for the flowers...  also the theme Using 'tu'  for Tulips and Rip It for the technique

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

Theme Options: Something beginning with 'Tu'  

Product / Technique Options:  Rip It Up  

Big Hello.... to all my friends

 Waaayyy late this week with my post for 

Darnell's IDEAS prompt -  first week on the month at it's       I = INKS/Colour Mediums

.... well anyway I've been a bit busy with hubby away and me doing some Spring cleaning.... doesn't it feel good when the windows are sparkly clean and the cobwebs gone ... more to do this week, but I did have this card I made a few weeks back....  you stamp the image with a light colour (Antique Linen Distress Ink) and then colour over with pencils...   I love the effect.

Thanks for stopping by my blog - and if your mojo is weak, pop over to Darnells blog for some inspiration....  have a great week,   cheers Robyn

Card Chain Challenge March Reveal

A slightly different card for my March Card Chain Challenge card that was sent across the seas to Daja in Germany....  using a quirky birds stamp instead of my usual flowers. 

I managed to use the sketch - sort of, also the colours - black, white and red. I used the friendship theme 'Hello' and the background paper suggest Africa and stripes of a zebra.  Then the use of felt for my bird to stand on and the bird was actually stamped a number of times and fussy cut so I could layer them for his wings and boots.

Theme Options: Stripes / Africa / Friendship 

Product / Technique Options:  Felt / Layers

Thanks for stopping by my blog, have a wonderful creative month

Cheers Robyn

Birds and Baubles

Some fun on my desk this week with BIRDS being the theme at a number of challenges and as my friend recently lent me her quirky bird stamps (Ranger Dylusions) I just had to use them...

Darnells IDEAS prompt this week is A = Anything Goes

Triple B March challenge  - have a lovely mood board in Greens for their Birds, Blooms & Butterflies

Just Us Girls challenge #767 - have a Green/White and butterflies theme

Double D challenge - is also Birds

Stamped and silver embossed my two birds and fussy cut them out, then watercoloured with my Twinkling H2Os... still on my desk from last week... I made up extra wings so I could attach them with double sided foam tape.  On my first card I embossed a piece of patterned paper and them lightly added green distress ink on the raised area and finished off this card with a die cut butterfly and sentiment.

On my second card I embossed white card with a leafy EF and then fussy cut around the leaves to create a border across the bottom of a piece of pattern paper and finished with the stamped sentiment from the same set.   I am joining in the challenge for March at Can You Handle the Pressure

My next two cards are for Christmas.. make one - you might as well make two and I'm using the sketch at Just Add Ink challenge #743

also it's end of the month a Rudolph Days Christmas challenge

 

I've made a few of these bauble cards for my Christmas stash so far this year... they're fun and easy to make.   This time I stamped on a fit of foliage to hang the baubles... these are made with the top of a small container dipped in Distress Ink and loosely watercoloured, then add a hanger and thread with sparkly gel pen.

Well with the very wet, rainy weather we're having (so far over 2600 mm this year - that's 3 months - so we've broken all sorts of rain records) and lots of time inside, I've also managed to finish a crocheted lap-rug, made with squares joined together and a fancy border to finish

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

Card Chain Challenge February reveal

This month my Card Chain Challenge went off to Gail in Canada.   I used the Colours - Cherry, Butter & Sage, Hearts and Flowers theme, and Die Cuts technique.

I've combined some die cut daisies that I watercoloured with Distress Inks, a Die cut Frame and stitched heart Embossed background, and finished with a heat embossed stamped HELLO

Thanks for stopping by my blog

Have a Wonderful Day

Cheers Robyn

Card Chain Challenge January reveal

Here's my January Card Chain Challenge card I sent to Pat in USA

I used the colour palette - walnut, lavender and jade and my love of flowers

This is a Penny Black stamp - Gentle Whispers, stamped with antique linen Distress Ink and coloured with pencils

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

Cheers Robyn

October Card Chain Challenge Reveal

 

My card for this months Card Chain Challenge went off overseas to Julia in the USA, and features the sketch layout, colours, bear theme and plaid for the product

Thanks for stopping by my blog

have a wonderful day

Cheers Robyn

September CCC Card Reveal

Hi and welcome to my card reveal for Septembers 

Card Chain Challenge swap...  

my card went to Lucille in USA

I used the colour palette, the Inlaid Die Cut technique and Friendship theme

I used the large Paper Rose die - Blooming Flowers Background and die cut it three times - blue, red, and yellow, then pieced it together.

Theme Options:  Friendship

Technique:  Inlaid Die Cut

Thanks for stopping by my blog

have a lovely day, cheers Robyn

End of the Month and Two Cards

zooom zoooooom September goes by ------ and hardly any time at my desk to make some cards...  well really the mojo just vanished even with Darnell's Weekly IDEAS prompt.... nothing from me!!!!   I wasn't idle though ...  the garden fared well, and a couple of birthdays were celebrated and of course there was some (well quite a bit) of crochet

So today I made an effort and did some googling on Pinterest in my 'like those card ideas' folder and happily I've made two cards.  There's no stenciling for the last Monday of the month.... so it's sort of Anything Goes theme

I used my old Spellbinder nesting Classic Inverted Scalloped Square dies to create a double window effect on both cards.   Then added a smoochy background and some die cut flowers, finished off with sentiments

This is my corner to corner chevron blanket - pattern by Polly Plum, Step 2 It.

Hopefully next month (well that's tomorrow) I'll be all inspired to make some more cards.

Thanks for stopping by my blog

Have a wonderful day, Cheers Robyn

Three ways to use die cuts on your cards...

 It's week two of the month so time for some Die Cutting with Darnell's IDEAS prompt.

Nothing easier than a simple card combining some round die cuts with a plain white floral spray, finished off with a sentiment and some matching pearls.

Quite often when I'm at the Cuttlebug I cut a few of the same dies... and this Protea was in my stash ready for some simple watercolouring with Distress Inks -- then nicely matched up with some patterned paper and a stamped sentiment.

Lastly I saw this technique recently (sorry I can't remember where)   Die cut the image (magazine freebie) in black card and use the outer die to cut a mask, then using this to blend colour (Distress Inks) only where the die cut will fit

I am also joining in the May challenge at Triple 'B' - with my last card featuring a bird.

Thanks for stopping by my blog...

have a wonderful day

cheers Robyn

Watercolour painting ..... floral cards

Of course my cards will feature flowers - I love them the best and most probably have the most floral stamps...

... and this is the first Monday of the month so it's 'I' for Inks/Colour Mediums  -- the prompt from Darnell's IDEAS.

This stamped image (STAMPlorations) - stamped in black and clear embossed (makes it much easier to colour in the lines) and watercoloured with Distress Inks, finished with a embossed stamped sentiment.

Second card - Uniquely Creative floral from Sending Love set....stamped in great Versafine and watercoloured with Distress Inks and finished with a silver embossed sentiment.

A Mothers' Day card for my mum - silver embossed a favourite PSX very old wood mounted Lily stamp... watercoloured with Distress Inks and a silver embossed sentiment.

Sent my card off to Mum with this framed crocheted floral heart -  she received it today and loves it.

I'm playing along with the 

Double 'D' challenge - Pretty Florals for Mum

Thanks for stopping by my blog

Have a wonderful day

cheers Robyn

Card Chain Challenge April Reveal

Time to reveal the card I sent to Bonnie in US for the

 April Card Chain Challenge... 

I used the colour palette - purple, green and silver, and Friendship theme

Silver embossed the PSX stamp and watercoloured with Distress Inks, finished with a Power Poppy sentiment also silver embossed,

Thanks for stopping by my blog

Enjoy your day

Cheers Robyn

Theme Options: Spring/Friendship