CRAZY FOR CUPCAKES

Here is a card that I finally put together. I had the embossing sheet done and the image stamped, but was not ready to color at the time. I liked how it turned out. I originally started off with the layout from Karen Giron, but ended up changing it and still liked how it came out.

SUPPLIES:
STAMPS: crazy for cupcakes
PAPER: very vanilla, real red, pink passion
INK: creamy caramel, real red, mauve mist, cameo coral
MISC: big shot, photo frame, embossing folder, 2 way glue pen, dazzling diamonds, fire rhinestone brads (red), real red 5/8" grosgrain ribbon


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ROBIN

BIRDS N BLOOMS 2

Here is another stamp in the set that I received for Christmas! I have had fun just stamping and coloring these birds. Again, I used the colors out of the birds and blooms magazines I received. I have a couple of engagements coming up that these will work perfect for.

STAMPS: set I received for xmas (not SU)
PAPER: whisper white, bermuda bay, not quite navy
INK: green galore, glorious green, basic black, tempting turquoise, real red, yoyo yellow, pale plum, white gel pen
MISC: fire rhinestone brads, mat pack

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ROBIN

BIRDS N BLOOMS

This is a fun set that I received for Christmas. A friend of mine gave me some old BIRD & BLOOMS magazines, so I took the colors out of there to create this one. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday and wishing you all an amazing HAPPY NEW YEAR!

SUPPLIES:
STAMPS: clear bird set received for christmas (not SU), asian artistry (hostess 2 set)
PAPER: whisper white, pink passion, real red, crushed curry
INK: ruby red stamp pad, (markers) = eggplant envy, basic black, mauve mist, real red, creamy caramel, old olive, barely banana, ruby red & white gel pen
MISC: scallop oval punch, wide oval punch, glue dots, snail adhesive, fire rhinestone brads, mat pack

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ROBIN

ASIAN ARTISTRY

I tried the brayer technique one more time and really liked how this one turned out. I hope you give this one a try. Please leave me a comment to let me know that you stopped by. I apologize this is another card that I am not for sure whom I cased it from so here is a shout out to that person! THANK YOU!

SUPPLIES:
STAMPS: asian artistry
PAPER: glossy white, real red
INK: versa-mark, summer sun, garden green, ruby red, pumpkin pie, purely pomegranate, blue, bayou, basic black
MISC: corner rounder, crop-a-dile, summer sun buttons, snail, real red grosgrain ribbon, brayer

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ROBIN

INSPIRED BY NATURE

Here is a fun card that I did with the brayer. I used the INSPIRED BY NATURE stamp set. This is one of my all time favorites. Hope you enjoy and god bless. Please leave me a comment to let me know that you stopped by. I apologize I do not remember who I cased this from. I would love to give credit to the person. THANK YOU!

SUPPLIES:
STAMPS: inspired by nature
PAPER: glossy white, chocolate chip, soft suede
INK: summer sun, real red, pumpkin pie, close to cocoa, basic black
MISC: brayer, 1-3/4" circle punch, scrap torn paper

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ROBIN

BREAKFAST WITH LOVE

NO CRAFT POST TODAY!
So the people that really know me, know that I hate to cook. I can do it, but I don't like it very much. So the other morning, I got up bright and early and made these great pancakes. I used my batter shaper for the first time and I loved it. The kids and my husband liked it as well. Mornings during the week, are pretty simple around our house. Mainly cereal, toast, instant oatmeal....something quick while we are trying to get out of the house for school and work. Anyway, while I was making these great pancakes, guess what I was thinking of. What can I make for a card using hearts? Can you believe I was trying to come up with a design from food. Never put it past me as to where I can find inspiration for my crafts!



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ROBIN

MY FIRST LOST TOOTH

No craft today, but some personal news!
My baby is growing up! He just turned 7 a month ago and he just lost his first tooth. He told me about it as soon as I picked him up from school and we were all so excited. We put his tooth in a container on the window sill for the tooth fairy. He woke up really early the next morning and the tooth fairy had not come yet. While he was watching cartoons and mommy had her back turned, our big kitty Yogi Bear, helped the tooth fairy out and let her slip in to drop off the money and to grab his tooth. She was a sneaky little thing this time!



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ROBIN

CHIC BOUTIQUE

CHIC BOUTIQUE is one of my favorite stamp sets and when I came across this card that Mary Fish showed on her blog made by Carrie Fitch, I knew that I just had to case it. The full color is the real image and the 2 images below are the same picture, but I took a picture of them with a mode on my camera known as color accent. I just had to show these as well. I might just case the case with the colors from the accent pictures. They would make great color combos.

SUPPLIES:
STAMPS: chic boutique
PAPER: very vanilla, pink passion, bermuda bay, real red
INK: pink passion, basic black (ink pads), taken with teal, pink passion, real red (stampin' write markers)
MISC: dazzling diamonds, modern label punch,ticket corner punch, glue dots, big shot, embossing folder, dimensionals, 3/8" white tafeta ribbon, snail adhesive


The pink accent photo is used with just the pink passion and the other photo is used with the bermuda bay color.

















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ROBIN

Online Extravaganza Dates: November 23-30, 2009 Details: For one week only, you can get amazing discounts--up to 50 percent off--on over 40 products and product bundles! See below for complete offering.

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ROBIN

LOVELY AS A TREE GIFT CARD

I have been seeing these stocking gift cards on SCS and could not wait to try it out. I did case Markie's Mom on this particular one. I hope you enjoy this one and have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day tomorrow.



SUPPLIES
STAMP: lovely as a tree, perfect princess, warm words
PAPER: crushed curry
INK: chocolate chip, ruby red
MISC: sponges, chocolate chip grosgrain ribbon








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ROBIN

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

WOW! I have not uploaded anything in the last couple of weeks. Things have been really crazy around our household. Anyway, here is a really quick and simple card that I put together for my husbands employees for the holidays. I wanted something bright and cheery to go with the whole winter theme that I was working with. They will receive this card along with some goodies for the winter season.
SUPPLIES:
STAMPS: delightful decorations (holiday mini), merry (retired)
PAPER: whisper white, pink passion, holiday lounge dsp
INK: bermuda bay (in-color), pink passion, craft white
MISC: 1/4" white grosgrain ribbon, vanilla hodgepodge hardware, ornament punch (holiday mini), pop dots

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ROBIN

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

I am so thankful that 7 years ago, I gave birth to a happy healthy baby boy.
My little baby boy is growing up so fast. We all love him so very much! HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRENNAN!

Today he will take treats to school and tonight we will celebrate with a special dinner, then have a great ice cream cake and presents. Saturday we are going to have a cosmic bowling party with his friends.

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ROBIN

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS!

Home for the holidays! I got this set last year and I have had a lot of fun with it. It really reminds me of an old time christmas with kids, hot cocoa, good fun, warm fireplace, you get the idea!
The main layout I cased from Denise Marshall, who was showcased on Linda Heller's blog. The touch of color I cased from Barb Mann on SCS. I hope you enjoy!
SUPPLIES
STAMPS: home for christmas
PAPER: very vanilla, chocolate chip, soft suede
INK: versa-mark, ruby red, barely banana, creamy caramel, mellow moss (stampin' write markers)
MISC: big shot, finial press embossing folder, gold ep, 5/8" real red grosgrain ribbon, embossing buddy, hemp twine, ticket corner punch

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ROBIN

NEW DEMO + MY DIGITAL STUDIO + STARTER KIT

With the launch of our much anticipated My Digital Studio software, new recruits can purchase an exclusive Starter Kit that includes My Digital Studio, in addition to stamps, inks, and accessories.
Starter Kit Price: $185 (over $295 value!)

Digital+ Starter Kit Contents:
My Digital Studio software
Party Hearty and Petal Pizzazz stamp sets
Whisper White card stock (8-1/2" x 11")
Earth Elements assorted card stock (8-1/2" x 11")
Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, and Tempting Turquoise Classic Stampin' Pads
Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, and Real Red Stampin' Write markers
Chocolate Chip 1/4" grosgrain ribbon
Real Red 1" double-stitched grosgrain ribbon
Button Latte Designer buttons
Stampin' Dimensionals
Mini Glue Dots
SNAIL Adhesive
Business supplies (product catalogs, order forms, training DVD, and other supplies)

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ROBIN

WANDERING WORDS

Wandering words is in the Holiday mini catalog and has so many uses. I have used this same image with a couple other cards and it is great fun. There are 3 stamp designs in this set. I cased the card sketch from Linda Heller. I hope you enjoy!

( inside of card)

supplies: stamps: wandering words, holiday collection (retired),
paper: real red (6x6), whisper white (4-1/2"x2-1/4" + 5-3/4"x2-3/4"), holiday lounge dp (6" x1-34")
ink: ruby red
misc: 1/4" white grosgrain ribbon, crop-a-dile, snail adhesive, pop dots

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ROBIN

SWEET CENTERS ORNAMENT

This is one more card that I have done for christmas. Everyone is getting a different one this year compared to the same one.
This looks really pretty in person but seems to be a little dull on the photo.
I used the technique from Patty Bennett here for the center. I sponged around the outside of the card and also on the impression to make the flowers pop.

supplies:
stamps: sweet centers (holiday mini 2009)
paper: whisper white, rich razzleberry, printed window sheets
ink: versa mark, rich razzleberry
misc: 1-3/4" punch, 1/4" ww grosgrain ribbon, embossing buddy, heat embossing gun, silver embossing powder, finial press textured impressions folder, sponge, glue dots, beads from old stash

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ROBIN

WINDOW SHEET BOX

This is a window sheet box. My up-upline showed this to at our last group meeting. She used a clear window sheet and then embossed it. I currently do not have the clear window sheets, but I do have the polk-a-dot window sheets that came with the night & day specialty paper in the holiday mini. In the pictues I am showing it with nothing in it and the other one is with some fill paper. We thought this would be a great gift idea (candies, manicure set, tags, etc...).

supplies: printed window sheets (night & day specialty paper_holiday mini), box # 2, big shot, 1/4" whisper white grosgrain ribbon, bone folder, shiny fill

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ROBIN

GODS BEAUTY

This is another great stamp set that I can never give up. Gods beauty is truely beautiful! This is for another birthday at my husbands work. I hope you enjoy it. I cased this whole image right down to the colors from LONDONBLUE from SCS. The only thing that I changed is the 2nd layer is put on the left side instead of the right. I liked how I stamped it, but when I cut it down, it seemed really quirkey.

supplies:
stamps: gods beauty (retired)
paper: basic black, whisper white
ink: basic black, old olive (stamp pad), summer sun, almost amethyst (stampin write markers)
misc: ticket corner punch, crystal effects




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ROBIN

FALL FESTIVAL 2009

Tonight was the fall festival at the elementary school. All the kids got to dress up in their costumes (CAT IN THE HAT - CORPSE BRIDE - JOKER)! They played games, danced to the music, got a meal, entered the costume contest and we also went through the HAUNTED HOUSE!!! It was so much fun and something that we will always remember! This is just a couple of the pictures that we took. I took some individual shots and they turned out just as good. The individual ones actually show the good make-up job!

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ROBIN

HALLOWEEN CANDY

Halloween is coming up so quickly! The kids will have a party at school next friday, so I started in early on these little gifts. I cased the little Frankensteins from Connie Collins. We were going to put them on some flat suckers, but when we actually found some, my son decided that he like the NERDS better. The HAPPY HALLOWEEN is punched out and put on some STARBURST...yummy! Please read below each picture for the supplies used. If you would like to purchase anything that I used, please click on the banner on the side of my blog.




SUPPLIES:
PAPER: basic black, certainly celery
INK: basic black stampin' write marker
MISC: curly label punch, glue pen, stick strip,
google eyes (from old stash)



















SUPPLIES
STAMP: house of haunts
PAPER: certainly celery
INK: basic black classic ink pad
MISC: designer label punch
















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ROBIN

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ROBIN

BUILD A BEAR NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

I am still loving the Build a Bear dies and stamps that are an exclusive collection of Stampin' Up.
I already used the die cut of the little bear, but I could not get rid of the negative piece, so below is what I came up with. The clothes reminded me of jammies, so could not pass this up at all.
If you would like to purchase any of the items I have used today, please click here to visit my stampin up site. Click on the shop now button at the top right hand corner. You can order it online and have it shipped directly to your home.

SUPPLIES:
STAMPS: wandering words
PAPER: very vanilla, garden green, real red, chocolate chip, basic black, whisper white
INK: (ink pads) - chocolate chip, close to cocoa, ( stampin' write markers) - basic black, rose red, glorious green
MISC: big shot, bear die and bear negative image, beary merry die, (both in the holiday mini), google eyes, silver brads, 2-way glue pen, whisper white taffeta ribbon, sponge, q-tip, pop dots, glue dots, stamp-a-majig

TIPS:
1. use the negative image to sponge the bear
2. use the q-tips to color in his ears
BEAR DIE ( 117977)
BEARY MERRY DIE (117980)
SILVER BRADS (104336)
TAFFEAT RIBBON (109070)
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( INSIDE OF THE CARD)





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ROBIN

CLASSIC ANGEL

I have a couple of pictures to show you today. Over the weekend, we had a little bit of snow fall and 2 of my kids were out making snow angels. This is the most perfect snow angel that I have ever seen done. This one is such a perfect keeper that I will be scrapbooking it with MY DIGITAL STUDIO for sure.





















So here is a birthday card that I made for a friend ours. His birthday is tomorrow, October 12th and I can't wait for him to see the card. I hope he enjoys it as much as each family member had a part in making it for him. This particular card was a case from galej on scs.


SUPPLIES:
STAMPS: classic pickups & canvas background stamp (both are retired)
PAPER: not quite navy, chocolate chip, very vanilla
INK: not quite navy
MISC: key tag punch (retired), word window punch, silver brads, big shot, texture plates kit #4

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ROBIN

BUILD A BEAR LOVE

I had to case this from the wonderful Gretchen Barron. She did such a wonderful job on her card.
I can't hardly get enough of these build a bears. My daughter loves them just as much as I do! She likes the cards and the real BAB's.

SUPPLIES
STAMPS: beary nice wishes, beary best friends
PAPER: whisper white, real red, crushed curry, printed window sheets (holiday mini dp)
INK: basic black (ink pad & marker) stampin' write markers = forest foliage, glorious green, yoyo yellow, real red, close to cocoa, creamy caramel
MISC: big shot, top note die, silver brads, heart to heart punch

I cut each one of the top notes separately so that is why they do not line up, but I really like how they turned out anyway.

DEAL OF THE WEEK_OCTOBER 1-12

During the month of October, Stampin' Up! will offer several discounted products as "Deals of the Week."
No limits and no minimum purchase required. The first week's deal lasts until October 12th at 9 am.
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You have your choice of any of these three punches!

5 Petal flower or Trio Flower punch for just $10.99 or the My Way punch for $11.99.

There will be a new 'deal' announced on October 12th, 19th & 26th.

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ROBIN

MY DIGITAL STUDIO IS NOW AVAILABLE!

MY DIGITAL STUDIO is now available. This is such a great tool for any crafter, that you need to give it a try. You can create, cards, scrapbook pages, calendars and so much more. There is also some extra downloads that you can purchase to boost up the already amazing items that come in the kit. To see this item and all extra goodies, please click here.
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ROBIN

WANDERING WORDS

I did a couple of these cards. They were so quick and simple. I am starting to do a tin full of all occasion cards for a craft fundraiser that I am unable to attend. So I am putting this all together as one of the door prizes.

SUPPLIES:
STAMPS: wandering words
PAPER: whisper white, garden green, real red, crushed curry
INK: garden green, ruby red, crushed curry
MISC: real red 5/8" grosgrain ribbon, summer sun corduroy buttons, mat pack, sponges

For the stamp itself, I covered the whole image in crushed curry, then I used a sponge to dab on ruby red over part of it and then another sponge to finish dabbing on garden green. I really like how is turned out for a fall look.

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ROBIN

CLEARANCE RACK!

• The clearance rack is not a promotion. It will launch September 29, 2009 but does not have a set end date.
• All products in the Clearance Rack section are retired, discontinued items. No current products will be sold in the Clearance Rack.
• Clearance Rack items are only available while supplies last. Items will be removed and new items will be posted depending on inventory levels.
  
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ROBIN

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

We have a friend who loves mice, so I had to go back into my old stash of stamps. Her birthday is coming up in October, so I made this quick card for her.
SUPPLIES:
STAMP: from old stash, happy birthday stamp (for the inside), not sure what SU set it came from. it is from a 2002 stamp set, but I keep it handy for all my birthday cards so I am not sure what set I took it out of
PAPER: bermuday bay, pink passion, whisper white, holiday lounge dp
INK: basic black, bermuda bay, pink passion, pacific point(retired), crushed curry, creamy caramel, river rock(retired)
MISC: 1-1/4" circle punch, 3/4" circle punch, ticket corner punch, white flock (from old stash-for the fuzzy tails)

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ROBIN

BEARY BEST WISHES

It is so much fun to play with the BUILD A BEAR items that are being offered in the holiday mini catalog. This card is for my son's little friend in his class. They play together all the time are such good friends. Her birthday party is this weekend, so we had to create a card that was just as cute as she is. My son picked out the bear as I already had a couple of them dressed up.

SUPPLIES
STAMPS: beary nice wishes
PAPER: rich razzleberry, crushed curry, pink passion, soft suede, chocolate chip, basic black,razzleberry lemonade dsp
INK: rich razzleberry
MISC: big shot, top note die cut, stampin up bear, beary essentials, beary girl, eyelet border


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ROBIN

MY DIGITAL STUDIO HOLIDAY

Here is fun little card that I put together digitally. I created this card using the MY DIGITAL STUDIO from the Stampin' Up holiday mini catalog. This is such a wonderful creation for the crafty person of any age, style and ability. You can create scrapbook pages, cards, calendars, and so much more. I have had a blast playing with it and it's many downloads that are already included with it. This will be available to customers on October 1st. I almost forgot to mention that you can have these items professionally printed and sent directly to your door. This is wonderful for me because I do not have a great printer to print my wonderful items. Not to mention that all colors that you use are printed in true color form with all the great colors we have. I know that I am talking a lot about this program, but it is wonderful and SOOOOO easy to use. You have to give it a try! The skies the limit.

(INSIDE OF CARD)













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ROBIN

TRI-FOLD CHRISTMAS

This layout is from the amazing Marie at Stamping Inspiration. She did a wonderful Halloween card and I had to use the layout for this fun Christmas card. This was simple and fun.

SUPPLIES:
STAMPS: dasher, winter post, wandering words
PAPER: real red, whisper white, bermuda bay and holiday lounge designer series paper
INK: basic black
RIBBON: real red grosgrain ribbon 5/8"

Bermuda Bay / main page = 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Holiday Lounge DSP = 4" x 5 1/4"

Real Red =3 1/4" x 4", score at 1/2" landscape position

Bermuda Bay = 3 1/2" x 3", score at 1/2" landscape position

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ROBIN