Cheers Tag

• Die cut a tag.. from CUTplorations stitched nesting tag set
• Stamped image .. Stamps Happen, Red Wine Cellar with Versafine - smokey grey
• Watercoloured image with Distress Inks when dry added some clear Nuvo Crystal Drops to the glass
• Stamped random texture stamps around edge of tag and blended a little brown DI too
• Stamped 'Cheers' in Aged Mahogony DI with alphabet set letters
• Added some black and white twine

I am playing along with The Male Room challenge #163 - Tag

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

Twofer Birthday Cards

A fun Male card... for my golfing hubby, and The Male Room challenge #162 - Sport

• Used a fun stamped and clear embossed image from my stash (no idea it's origin), and watercoloured with Distress Inks
• Been trying to use some of the huge stash of patterned paper... this one I thought suited the theme and attached to a blue card with the image panel.
• Finished with a die cut sentiment in 2 shades of blue card.. from Curly Sue

Party Time at AAA Birthday challenge #37 - where it is their birthday month

• Using some more patterned paper from my huge stash.... decided to make a slim line card - trimmed the panel, and attached to a blue card
• This die cut stitched frame hanging about my desk added some more interest with the die cut balloons.. in purple and blue metallic card -- frame from Uniquely Creative - Persian Lattice, and balloons - Kaisercraft - Party set.  Used some thin strips of black card for the strings
• Finished with a stamped and clear embossed sentiment - Happy Little Stampers - Fun Birthday Sentiments

Thanks for stopping by my blog.... have a Wonderful Day

Cheers Robyn

Have a Beautiful Day

 This week I've been in the dry embossing mode... and today I have two more to share

With my first card, I am playing along with the 

Can You Handle the Pressure Anything Goes challenge...

• I love this overall patterned EF (Practical Publishing - Floral Fancies EF) and think it looks like tiny flowers - which prompted me to die cut a heap of these little ones from the Sizzix Small Tattered Florals set from coloured card
• In my stash I had some green smooched die cut leafy stems - Sizzix Delicate Leaves set and attached these to the embossed panel onto a white card.
• And then set about covering the stems with tiny flowers, then added white Nuvo Crystal Drops to the flower centers.
• To finish, stamped the sentiment (Stamping & Papercraft - All Season Wreath set) with Versamark and heat embossed with white EP, on a matching green card strip

My second card is for The Male Room Challenge #161 - Dry Embossing

• This card came about because I was searching through my drawer of pre-stamped images (these are years OLD), and this one tickled my fancy for a male card... had to colour this with pencils as not sure the old card would hold up the water, added some silver glitter pen to the dial and hand and fussy cut it out
• A friend gifted me this unknown EF which had a lovely circle in the centre just the right size for my image
• I embossed it onto Core'dinations Retro Mod Squad blue card and sanded the raised embossing
• Attached all the elements to a white card and finished with a stamped clear embossed sentiment - Darkroom Door - Happy Birthday set
• I think there are a few witty remarks can be added on the inside when I use the card... "...not even father time can hold up time for you",  or  ".... you old codger"

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

 

Happy Birthday

Hi and thanks for visiting ......    

I have a rare "Male" card for you today    

and    

thanks to the ladies at Let's Squash It challenge - 

some more use of my embossing folders

I saw this technique ages ago and made a sample and then it disappeared into the UFO pile... but with the theme of Animals I thought to try it out.   This embossing folder lends itself beautifully  -  I stamped the 'trees reflection' in black Versafine directly onto the EF and with white card ran it through the Cuttlebug - I made a few examples so there will be some more cards and I really like how it turned out.   Watercoloured the background with Distress Inks, framed it with navy card.  Stamped and white embossed the sentiment on the bottom and to finish added a die cut bird that I coloured with pencils

I am playing along with Let's Squash It challenge #4 - EF and Animal

also with The Male Room challenge #146 - Animals

Hope you have a wonderful creative day... cheers

NOTE: I looked through my Pinterest saves and found the technique that inspired me.. here is the link 

https://ramblinstamper.blogspot.com/2017/11/embossing-folder-technique-quick-easy.html

 

Card Recipe 

Stamps: Stamp It - Reflection Pool,  Happy Little Stampers - Fun birthday sentiments

Dies:  Spellbinders - nesting rectangles, Kaisercraft - Birds & Butterflies

Inks:  Versafine - black, Versamark, Distress Inks - salty ocean, broken china, stormy sky, squeezed lemonade, fossilised amber

Other: white embossing powder, Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug - Bird Call

Birthday Wishes

Yipppeee it's been raining ....  and it's cooool

I put together this card with pieces from my stash --  the embossed background where I had smooched Distress Inks onto the flat surface before running through the machine.  My crazy bird was already watercoloured with DI - I added buttons, and hand drew a cap with stitching and coloured with pencils, then attached with foam tape.  The sentiment was stamped on a scrap cut off the background panel and I framed it with black card and raised it with foam tape.
I am playing along with Watercooler Wednesday WWC#259 - Dawn's challenge - Anything Goes with a Masculine Twist   .....    also with The Male Room challenge #130 - Use Embossing    ....    and  Just Add Ink challenge #493 Just Choose Two -  I chose stitching and buttons.
Thanks for stopping by my blog  ---   have a Happy Day

 
 
Card Recipe 
Stamps: Tim Holtz - Crazy Birds, Kaisercraft -Birthday Wishes
Dies: 
Inks: Distress Inks - various colours
Other: Cuttlebug - embossing folder - Number Collage, coloured pencils, buttons, black fineline marker 

Two Nautical Cards

Hi it's Twofer Card Challenge time and the theme for Challenge #19 is Nautical... so I've chosen to make a Bon Voyage and a young male Birthday card.... always fun the challenge yourself to make two different cards from the same image.

For my first card, I stamped the yacht scene and used Twinkling H2Os to watercolour it.  Then I stamped the portal and embossed it with silver EP... and fussy cut it, to use as a frame.  I used a ripples stencil to emboss the white background panel and finished off with a stamped sentiment and used a stitched die to form a label.

For my young boy birthday card I stamped the above image twice and fussy cut the yachts...then used Distress Inks to watercolour them.  I did the same for my boy.  Next I created a little stream scene at the bottom of my card panel... sponged blue DO through the ripple stencil for the water and painted on the bank and grass.  To finish I stamped the sentiment and used a stitched die cut rectangle to frame the panel and then attached my images.

I am also playing along with AAA Birthday challenge #4 - For the Boys   ...   And The Male Room challenge #117 - Birthday card - and congrats as they are celebrating  years   ...  And Happy Little Stampers Watercolour August challenge - Option:  Ocean.
Thanks for visiting, I really appreciate it, happy card making.

 
      

Ho Ho Ho!!

Another couple of Christmas cards to add to my stash... created a 'Twofer' actually
First I die cut my HO HO HO from red card as this was the idea to use the panel as negative space, decided to add a Santa and sleigh in a silhouette across the bottom and backed the negative space with bright greens and red holy DP.  Attached this to a dark green card and glued in my 'O' centers.

Then I decided I'd use the die cut letter to make another card, so simply used the same DP, bordered with dark green onto a red card and then die cut 'merry christmas' sentiment and attached this with a fussy cut stamped and coloured sprig of holly.

 I am playing along with The Male Room challenge #115 - Christmas in July, Watercooler Wednesday WWC230 - Kath's Masculine "Anything Goes"challenge and Happy Little Stampers CAS challenge - Use Negative Space.
Thanks for visiting, I really appreciate it - Happy Christmas card making