October card making...

Well after visitors had returned home my head seems to be in another space, and I'm waiting to feel life is back to normal...  but I did manage to finish a few cards in my UFO pile. 

These two evolved after I die cut a few of these Sizzix Daisies from the Wildflower Stems #1 set.   Just watercoloured them and mounted the purple ones on pretty patterned paper and stamped and gold embossed the sentiment.  The pink one was attached to an embossed white card with lightly smooched Distress Oxide ink and a silver embossed sentiment.

Next three cards came about because a friend in a card swap sent me the die cut flowers.  Blue one was just attached to a stamped sentiment.  For the Aqua (center) one I used a white embossed panel and two layered die cut sentiment.  And the last was attached to a background piece using the Faded Water Stenciling technique and a simple stamped sentiment.

Of course I haven't been idle with my crochet hook either....

Here is my latest project ... Flight of Fancy by Polly Plum... 6 weeks done and I have all those ends sewn in and waiting now for the pattern for the border.

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

September Card Chain Challenge Reveal

My card for the September CCC was sent off to Jill in USA ....  I used the colour palette, fancy fold technique - my version of a Gate Fold, and friendship

Watercoloured my stamped Power Poppy - Countryside Bouquet and edged the panel with orange card.  Then 'gate folded' a white card and attached textured blue card to the front panels and positioned the floral front and attached to the right hand side... finished with a stamped die cut HELLO.

Thanks for stopping by my blog... not much happening with my blog posting of late... busy with visitors but have a few unfinished cards on my desk.    Enjoy your day,  Cheers Robyn

August Card Chain Challenge Reveal

My August Card Chain Challenge card went off to Viv in UK....  I used the layout, colours, CAS and Friendship themes, and Stencil technique.

Sunflowers make me smile

 Two lovely floral challenge for my Sunflower cards today....

• Beautiful Blossoms #8
• Triple B August challenge

 Off the page stamped sunflowers - watercoloured with Distress Inks... added a fancy die cut edge and stamped sentiment.

Distress Ink blended stencil Sunflower....also off the edge with a stamped sentiment.

Mood Board Inspiration

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

Dry Embossing and various colouring techniques

 

During July the ladies at Group of Seven Cardmakers were sharing their inspiration using dry embossed images.....

Colouring Dry Embossing

With my first card... I embossed the image on white card and watercoloured the background leaves. Then I embossed the center section again and swiped it with Versamark and gold embossed the raised areas, fussy cut the circle and placed in on top of the original.

My second card is a long 3D embossed floral image on white card and then used Distress Inks blended over the raised areas, and finished with a stamped sentiment.

My third set of Christmas cards used the same embossed background on white and green card and then highlighted the embossing blending over Distress Inks. ...  finished of the cards with tags from my stash.   I am joining in with the August Rudolph Days challenge.

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

End of the month again!!

Holy Moly --whooosh July has gone and I've not posted anything this month...  but I have been dabbling..

Got a couple of cards for Rudolph Days Christmas card July challenge . --- these are made with a set which includes a stamp and embossing folder... stamped first then embossed...quick & easy

And this decorated box is for the 

Beautiful Blossoms challenge #7 - Anything Goes with Flowers.

Used a lovely floral patterned paper to cover one the lid of one of the boxes I've been collecting... then die cut the flower and leaves from matching card, arranged them and added some white Crystal Drops.

Close up of the flower spray. 

Next these couple are using the technique - 

Off the Edge that the ladies at Group of Seven Card Makers 

have been playing with during the month.

Stamped and heat embossed foliage off the corners of my card panels then blended Distress Ink over the white card.  Finished the yellow one with a simple stamped and silver embossed sentiment and the purple one with white embossed candles, fussy cut and highlighted with distress ink and white Crystal Drops.. and some glitter gel dots for 'twinkle'.

This purple Christmas card is also for the 

Happy Little Stampers July Christmas challenge - Twinkle

And my last card... just because

 

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

Cheers Robyn

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