Merry Christmas times Three

It's been a busy week and to join in a few challenges before the end of the month I've basically used some Christmasy patterned papers and three different die cut "Merry Christmas" sentiments and for the last card added a die cut bauble that was in my stash.... so I'm glad to be joining in with 

Christmas Kickstart challenge - #112 -  Grace us with your Presents

Word Power July challenge 

Rudolph Days July challenge 

and Darnells Weekly IDEAS prompt -- "A" = Anything Goes

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

Merry Christmas

Just some relaxing with my card making today.... simply stamped in grey ink and water coloured with Distress Inks and finished with a stamped gold embossed sentiment.

Joining in the May challenge at Rudolph Days .. because it's always nice to be adding to your Christmas card stash.   And of course this week at Darnells Weekly IDEAS prompt - 'A' = Anything Goes

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

Joy for Christmas

Today I'm sharing some more Christmas cards I've been working on...  think I maybe nearly have enough and yesterday I started addressing my overseas envelopes....yeah.

So I'm joining the fun for the October Rudolph Days challenge 

and I'm still following along with Darnells IDEAS prompt which is 'S' = Stencils

A couple more floral Christmas cards... using flowers/foliage I die cut and then watercoloured with Distress Ink and arranged these over a die cut frame cut in matt gold card with a matching sentiment.

Created my Stencil card from pieces in my stash...  a stenciled background of flowers made with Gesso I coloured with Distress Ink and finished off with some die cuts

Thanks for stopping by my blog, have a wonderful day

Cheers Robyn

Christmas cards

It's been a busy month here with birthdays, fathers' day, and a short relaxing few days away, but today I've managed to finish off a few cards I had started --- especially a couple for Jo's 

Christmas Kickstart #102 - Santa in September

I have these two lovely old Santa wood mounted stamps and often I find them hard to stamp and make attractive... but for these I stamped them in Grey Versafine ink and used my Distress Inks to watercolour parts... and I do like how they've come out.

and one final card...  because yes I'm way behind with my Christmas card stash.. and back to using ornaments to decorate the card..   This one is a die cut ornament backed with shiny red card and hanging from some die cut Christmas foliage.

I'm using Darnell's IDEAs prompt 'A' = Anything Goes

and joining in with Rudolph Days September challenge 

Thanks for stopping by my blog... have a wonderful day and I'll see you next month

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

A Little Christmas Wish

A quick card from me this morning as we're packing the caravan so we can head off this afternoon for some R & R....

I decided on a Christmas card using lots of bits from my stash and so I could join in with the

 Rudolph Days Christmas challenge for April

and I used the Sketch from Just Add Ink challenge #748

and it fits in beautifully with Darnells IDEAS prompt  A = Anything Goes

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

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