Sweet Surprises for your Birthday

Another card from me today - 

A shaker card when it's not a shaker card... 

because I glued all the hearts in place except the large red one.

This jar stamp works well to make a shaker card.... I stamped and clear embossed the image on a white card panel and also onto a piece of foam sheet (cut the same size to make it easy to cut the foam opening in the correct place)...cut out the openings and lightly watercoloured the jar, then scrounged through my die cut hearts for small sizes - had to cut a few extras and decided to glue them in place on the actual card .. so it looked like the jar was full of love....to get them in the right place I traced a pencil line around the inside of the jar opening.   Easy Peasy!!!!  Anyway to finish I stamped and clear embossed the matching sentiment.

I am playing along with The Library Challenge - #76 - Jar of Hearts

Hope you're enjoying your week, stay safe

Card Recipe 

Stamps:  Practical Publishing - Sweet Summer  - jar and sentiment
Dies:  various small hearts from my stash
Inks: Versafine - black, Versa Colour - Raspberry
Other:   clear embossing powder,  clear acetate, foam sheet

Merry Christmas

Hello, and I appreciate you popping in.

Today I've a slim line card for the Christmas Kickstart challenge #47 - these are all the rage for something a bit different and they suit my large script stamp very well.....

I stamped the sentiment and heat embossed with gold and then add some foliage around the edge.  I made masks for the holly so I could blend red shades of Distress Oxide over the panel -- being a narrow panel is was difficult not to get too much ink through the centre so it would seem to highlight the sentiment....  then I watercoloured the holly with Distress Ink and trimmed the panel to fit the white card and  finished off with a few gold sequins.

Have a wonderful day and enjoy some creative time, cheers

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Hero Arts - Script Christmas, Practical Publishing - 12 Days of Christmas

Dies:

Inks:  Versamark, Distress Oxides - Abandoned Coral, Candied Apple, Barn Door,  Distress Ink - Peeled Paint, Candied Apple

Other:  gold embossing powder, gold sequins

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

February

Can you believe it's already February.... I certainly can't!!

What did I do for all of January???

Here I have watercoloured another of the many stamped images in my stash... oh you wouldn't want to see how many I have.  Again I was happy to see the card didn't buckle too much with the addition of water, and I tried my hand at some lettering and used a ripple stencil background

HAPPY FEBRUARY everyone and hope this month stirs up our mojo a bit more....happy creating

Holly Jolly Christmas

Hello today - thanks for popping in and are you enjoying some creative time??

I am, and I'm adding to my Christmas stash today with this very bright shiny embossed card.

Before Christmas I shouted myself this 3D embossing folder and of course had to see how it impressed straight away.. but then the panel sat in my pile not knowing what to do with it - SO shiny on silver mirror card.   Today I decided to emboss and fussy cut three of the ornaments in different coloured metallic card and pop them up with foam tape..... it looks very cool, but very tricky to photograph.  Finished off attaching to a white card with a stamped and black embossed sentiment.

I am playing along with Christmas Card Throwdown 52CCT4-21 - Metallic Papers   ....   also  Rudolph Days January challenge,    Pixie's Snippets Playground #395   ....   and  NBUS Challenge #22.

Hope you have a wonderful creative weekend and stay safe

Card Recipe 

Stamps: Happy Little Stampers - Christmas Joy

Dies: 

Inks: Versafine - black

Other: Sizzix - 3D texture plate - Retro Ornaments, black embossing powder, silver mirror card, metallic card scraps

Make a Wish

 

Firstly I just had to share some pic of the tiny cute little green tree frog I spied this morning in the ferns... he's all of about 1.5cm (1/2").

I used to love Dandelions as a kid - you know pick them, blow the seeds to the wind and make a wish.

I thought some splatters could represent the scattering seeds.

I found a nice smooched background in my stash with a fine silvery sparkle to it...

and stamped on my Dandelions in black, then splattered some black ink (not very well done either and I attempted to add some tiny stems to a few of the dots) and stamped and silver embossed the sentiment.  The panel didn't stand out against the white card so I ran the edge along a blue ink pad.  To finish I attached to a white card with foam sheet.

I am playing along with CAS Mix Up January challenge - Splatters ---  Mixed media elements:  stamping, heat embossing, splatters.

Thanks for popping over, have a wonderful creative weekend  

Card Recipe 

Stamps: Happy Little Stampers - Dandelion Wishes

Dies: 

Inks: Versafine - black, Versamark, Distress Ink - Salty ocean

Other:  silver embossing powder

EDIT  -  our little frog was still there this afternoon when I brought in the washing

Gnomes

So here I am again today with my attempts at some fun in my journal.

Lost Coast Portal challenge #114 - Gnomes

I happened to have a Gnome stamp set from a magazine freebie....  so stamped, masked and stamped some more, then used torn paper masks for the hills, masking for the stamped trees and lots of coloured pencil work. ....  then to come up with a fun comment.

Thanks for popping by, have a wonderful creative day.....     ROBYN

  

Happy Birthday

I haven't made a fun child's card for quite some time and this cute House Mouse Cupcake stamp is perfect.  Stamped and watercoloured the image with watercolour pencils and die cut the image using part of a hexagon die.  Used a Numbers embossing folder on blue card for the background and layered this with a red border.  To finish I added a die cut sentiment in red mounted on yellow card and a die cut '4' - then of course kids all love a bit of glitter so I added glitter glue to the flames, the 4 and big dobs around the image.

I am playing along with Double 'D' challenge 5th -  Anniversary/Birthday Cupcakes   ...   also    Let's Squash It!  challenge 4 - Embossing folder and Animals   

Hope you're enjoying some fun time making cards too  --  Cheers

Card Recipe

Stamps: House Mouse - Mice Cream Celebration

Dies:  Avery Elle - Pierced hexagon, Kaisercraft - Numbers, Elizabeth Crafts - Happy Birthday

Inks: Versafine - black

Other:  Cuttlebug embossing folder - Number Collage, Watercolour pencils, glitter glue