THINK OF SANTA

I had to make 2 of these cards for my superiors at work for the Christmas gifts that the team is giving them.  The original card design is from Chantell Randall.  I hope you enjoy my design as much as I do.  I think the whole team and the recipients will like it as well.



SUPPLIES: ALL ITEMS USED ARE FROM STAMPIN UP UNLESS NOTED
STAMPS: REINDEER ( RUBBER NECKER), MERRY (RETIRED)
INK: STAMPIN WRITE MARKERS, GOLD GEL PEN (CREATIVE MEMORIES), BLACK STAZON, REAL RED
PAPER: STAMPIN UP AND MISC FROM STASH
MISC: FLOCK (RED, IVORY & BLACK), CRYSTAL EFFECTS, TOMBOW MULTI GLUE, SNAIL ADHESIVE

HAVE A STAMPING GREAT DAY!

 ROBIN

WILDLIFE CANDLE

I really liked the candle I did for Halloween, so I thought I would give it a try with another picture.  This time I printed a photo on the tissue paper.  The printer used only black ink, so I colored them in.  The one on the right is with watercolor pencils, the one on the left is with markers and the last one in the middle is with watercolor crayons. Another gift down for XMAS!

 I hope you enjoy and give it a try for yourself.

SUPPLIES
NO STAMPS, IMAGE FROM THE INTERNET PRINTED ONTO TISSUE PAPER
PAPER: WHITE TISSUE PAPER
INK: WATERCOLOR CRAYONS, WATERCOLOR COLORED PENCILS, STAMPIN WRITE MARKERS
MISC: CANDLE, WAX PAPER, HEAT GUN

HAVE A STAMPING GREAT DAY!

 ROBIN

HAPPY HAUNTING

I finally tried my hand at stamping on a candle.  Since this is the Halloween season, I thought I would try this design.  It was really easy and fun to do.  I will definately be doing more of these.  I have an idea to try one for a baby shower with a little choo-choo train.  The great thing is that you can still light the candle. The picture below is the same candle, one with flash and the other without flash.

Please leave me a message that you stopped by and I hope you enjoy!

stamp: from the crypt (stampin up)

ink: black stazon

misc: white tissue paper, wax paper, candle from the $ store, heat gun

HAVE A STAMPING GREAT DAY!

 ROBIN

TRICK OR TREAT BAGS

Here is the trick or treat bags that I made for Brennan's class party, Kaley and Zakary's teachers, my husbands employees and my co-workers.  72 bags later I am finally finished.  I started on these last weekend and finished them this weekend.  I wanted to ensure I had plenty of time to get these done and not rush. They are filled with goodies from candy, to straws to anything in between. 

Please leave me a message and let me know that you stopped by.

I hope you enjoy!

ALL SUPPLIES USED ARE FROM STAMPIN UP UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED

stamps: wicked cool, dark and dreary 

paper: basic black, whisper white, orange

ink: stazon, basic black, red markers and colored pencils

punches: large bat punch, scalloped circle, scalloped square, large oval, scalloped edge

misc: paper bags from the grocery store, ribbon from big lots ( stash from a year ago )

HAVE A STAMPING GREAT DAY!

ROBIN

WITCHING YOU A HAPPY HALLOWEEN

My very dear friend Susie and I got together last night to work on a few Halloween cards.  We have been planning this for a very long time and finally were able to make it happen. I could not tell you all the colors of the paper or stamps or anything else, because we were just grabbing new items, old items and anything else we could fine.  I will list a few items at the bottom of the page. Make sure and stop back tomorrow to see the treat bags that I made for the kids schools parties, employees for husband and my co-workers.

 So here is to WITCHING YOU A HAPPY HALLOWEEN. 

Please leave a message so I know that you stopped by.

I hope you enjoy looking at the projects as much as I enjoyed making these. 

STAMPS: stampin up retired sets

PAPER: orange, purple, gray, patterned

INK: stampin up' stamp and write markers & pastel chalk, stazon 

MISC: webbing from a hardware store, orange buttons 



HAVE A STAMPING GREAT DAY!

ROBIN

MARGARITA BIRTHDAY

This is a card for a young lady at my husbands work who is turning 21! I remember the days. I hope she enjoys the card almost as much as she enjoys her birthday!

Happy Birthday Megatron!!!

 I first stamped the margarita glass in basic black ink after stamping off one time.  I did not want it to be a dark color.  Then I colored it with the green galore marker until I got the desired effect.  I created the base of the glass to be a little darker than the drink.  Then I took the yoyo yellow marker and went over the green galore only on the drink portion to make the margarita stand out a little. They blended very well together.
After coloring it, I cut it out and added crystal effects on the whole thing except where the salt was to be.  While waiting for it to try, I inked up the lime stamp with yoyo yellow and then used a sponge dauber to go around the edge.  I wanted to cover most of the yellow up, but still leave a desired effect. I also used a little bit of crystal effects on the lime to give it a wet look. Once the Crystal effects was dry, I then put a light coat of glue on the rim of the glass and added the dazzling diamonds on the top of the glass and also along the card side.  For the background, I used a sponge and rubbed the color on to my desire.  I wanted it to be bright, but to blend in with the glass.  Kind of like a margarita sunrise!
For the card itself, I took a piece of 4 1/4 x 11.  I cut it down to 10 1/2 inches.  I measured in 3 1/8 on each side of the card.  Then on the right hand side, I measured from the top left to the bottom right. I cut that piece and folded it in to create a semi tri-fold card.
All supplies used are from stampin up unless otherwise noted.

STAMPS: TART N TANGY, VINTAGE LABELS, MARGARITA GLASS (RUBBERNECKER)
INK: GREEN GALORE, GARDEN GREEN, YOYO YELLOW, BASIC BLACK
PAPER: WHISPER WHITE
MISC: CIRCLE PUNCH, CRYSTAL EFFECTS, DAZZLING DIAMONDS, POP DOTS, MULTI PURPOSE GLUE, FLOWERS (MY STASH)
HAVE A STAMPING GREAT DAY! ROBIN

HAPPY WOOF DAY!

I really liked this card and it is for a very special friend of mine for her birthday.  She has 2 dogs and they are such a part of her life. I know that this is very hard to see, but I colored the collar pink and added dazling diamonds.  Then the google eyes that are also green really go with the rest of the card.  I freehand cut the back of the card after folding it in half.  Then I turned it over to get an idea of where I wanted the roof to be.  I used the more mustard first, cut little slits to make it look like it had slats an then I adhered it to the forest green and mimicked the more mustard to have the same look.  The glitter letter came that way out of a package so that is why I mimicked the collar as well.  This is a card that I cased from flowergal36 on SCS.  I think my friend will really enjoy this card and I hope you enjoy it as much.

ALL SUPPLIES USED ARE FROM STAMPIN UP UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED.

SUPPLIES:
STAMPS: FURRY FRIENDS (BASIC GRAY)
PAPER: MORE MUSTARD, VERY VANILLA, FOREST GREEN (ARCHIVERS)
INK: CHOCOLATE CHIP
MISC: GLITTER CHIPBOARD LETTERS (COLORBOK), GOOGLE EYES (MICHAELS), DAZZLING DIAMONDS (ON THE DOG COLLAR), CORNER ROUNDER PUNCH, SPONGES


HAVE A STAMPING GREAT DAY! ROBIN

IN WILDERNESS BIRTHDAY

I cased this card from Peggy Sue on SCS.  Sorry that the picture is not the best.  This is another card for a birthday at work. I hope you enjoy!

ALL SUPPLIES ARE BY STAMPIN UP UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED:

STAMPS: IN WILDERNESS, STARRING YOU
PAPER: SOFT SUEDE, VERY VANILLA, HUNTER GREEN (ARCHIVERS)
INK: CHOCOLATE CHIP, CLOSE TO COCOA, WHISPER WHITE CRAFT, CRUSHED CURRY MARKER
MISC: BLENDER PENS, NESTABILITIES PETITE SCALLOPED CIRCLES LARGE, HEMP TWINE, TEXTURED IMPRESSIONS EMBOSSING FOLDER, BIG SHOT, DIMENSIONALS, GLUE DOTS, WORD WINDOW PUNCH, MODERN LABEL PUNCH

HAVE A STAMPING GREAT DAY! ROBIN

BIRTHDAY WISH

This is a card that I cased from Teresa Kline.  She did such a wonderful job that I created this one for a friends birthday at work.  I know that it may be a little hard to see, but there is also some clear gems on the bird as well as in the flower and below the image.  This was a quick and simple card.  I hope you enjoy.

ALL SUPPLIES ARE FROM STAMPIN UP UNLESS STATED

STAMPS: BAROQUE MOTIFS, SMALL SCRIPT, PATTERNED BIRDS & BUGS (INKADINKADO)
INK: MELON MAMBO MARKER, CHOCOLATE CHIP
PAPER: MELON MAMBO, SOFT SUEDE, VERY VANILLA
MISC: COSTA BRIGHT & MULTI BRIGHT FLOWERS (PRIMA), CLEAR GEM STOMES (STASH), SNAIL ADHESIVE, GLUE DOTS, CUTTER KIT
HAVE A STAMPING GREAT DAY! ROBIN

SHADOW BOX

I came across this shadow box from Dawn Griffith. She is such a talented demo. I knew that I had to make a shadow box for a friend at work and this was the perfect design and stamp set I could come up with. She loved the handmade card very much. Hope you enjoy!

SUPPLIES: ( all supplies used are from Stampin Up unless otherwise noted )

PAPER: Purple (color from archivers, not for sure of the name), very vanilla

STAMPS:  elements of style, well scripted

INK: black stazon, elegant eggplant, glorious green, rich razzleberry

MISC: sticky strip, circle cutter (creative memories), blending pens, very vanilla hodge podge hardware, sponge daubers

HAVE A STAMPING GREAT DAY! ROBIN

BLISSFUL BRIDE

 Hello everyone!  I fell in love with this design when I saw it on antoher card. I made this one for a girl at work to give to a couple for a wedding she was attending. When I showed it off before handing it over, I had an instant order for 2 more. The other 2 were different colors. ( White, Black & Red), they all were so amazing. I am so glad that I purchased this stamp set. I am not sure who I CASED this iamge from. I saved the picture and forgot to save the name. I am so bad about that. So thank you to whomever created the first card.

 SUPPLIES:
STAMP: Blissful Bride
PAPER: Whisper white, Bermuda Bay
INK: Black Stazon, Bermuda Bay
MISC: 2-way glue pen, dazzling diamonds, white ribbon, colored gem, top note, big shot

HAVE A STAMPING GREAT DAY! ROBIN

FABRIC BAG TAG

 OMG! How fun was this to make.  This is a fabric bag tag that I made for my son to put on his back pack for the upcoming school year.  I am planning on putting some fabric letters on here. I have made more just like these but am looking at a few different options for use. I will show you the girl one tomorrow. They are just too cute. My husband is going out of town on a business trip again, so guess what is going on the luggage this trip....you guessed it. These will now be used as our luggage tags as well. I cased this wonderful idea from Christie Daugherty another stampin' up demo.  So here is a big thank you shout out to her. If you would like to place an order for any stampin up item I have used, then please send me an email.

SUPPLIES:
FABRIC REMNANTS (YOUR CHOICE OF COLOR, DESIGN AND STYLE
FELT (I WENT WITH COLORS THAT MATCH THE FABRIC)
IRON
HEAT N BOND
TOP NOTE DIE
BIG SHOT MACHINE
CROP O DILE
LARGE EYELET OR JUMBO GROMET
RIBBON

DIRECTIONS:
1. CUT THE FABRIC BIG ENOUGH TO GO OVER THE DIE ( YOU WILL NEED 2 PIECES )
2. USE THE HEAT N BOND ON THE BACK SIDES OF THE FABRIC (FOLLOW DIRECTIONS ON THE PACKAGE FOR HEAT SETTINGS
3. REMOVE THE HEAT N BOND BACKING, PLACE THE FELT IN BETWEEN THE FABRIC
4. HEAT AGAIN ON BOTH SIDE TO MAKE SURE IT IS COMPLETELY SECURE
5. RUN THROUGH THE BIG SHOT MACHINE TO CUT OUT YOUR DESIGN
6. PUNCH A HOLE AT THE TOP WITH YOUR CROP A DILE
7. SET THE EYELET OR GROMET WITH THE CROP A DILE
8. ADD YOUR RIBBON
***** AND YOU ARE DONE ***** THE POSSIBILITES ARE ENDLESS
HAVE A STAMPING GREAT DAY! ROBIN

BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLIES

I have a bright cheery card that I created today using only punches and big shot dies, no stamping, no inks. I can hardly believe it either...LOL  I actually cased this image from Kerin Sylvester.  I am not sure exactly what this card will be used for, but I am thinking a fun mothers day or birthday card!  I hope you enjoy!

SUPPLIES:
STAMPS: none
PAPER: very vanilla, razzleberry lemonade dp, yoyo yellow, rich razzleberry, pink passion
INK: none
MISC: big shot, bigz beautiful butterflies die (stampin up only item), embossing folder from stash of supplies, scallop corner punch

If you would like to purchase any of the supplies that I have used, please click on the Stampin' Up logo at the side of my blog. It will take you to my website to be able to order 24/7 from your jammies!!!

HAVE A STAMPING GREAT DAY!
ROBIN

ELEMENTS OF STYLE - SNEAK PEEK

 Many of you already know that being a STAMPIN' UP demonstrator, we get to preorder products.  This is a sneak peek using the stamp set ELEMENTS OF STYLE that will coming out in the summer mini catalog, beginning May 1st and will run through August 31st. I love this set and many others that are coming out in the mini catalog. 
I did however case the below card from the wonderful Stacey Schafer. She did a wonderful job on this card.  I was going to use the exact colors, but I looked over at my paper and seen this great DP from the occasions mini catalog that just ended. I hope you enjoy this card as much as I do!

For the main flower image, I inked the whole stamp in pretty in pink, then sponged just a little rich razzleberry around the edges. The greeting, I only punched it half way in the punch. The flower does match really well, but the camera did not do this card any justice. It is really great in person. I made this one for a wonderful mother's day card for a friend of mine!


SUPPLIES:
STAMPS: elements of style
PAPER: very vanilla, rich razzleberry, sending love specialty dp
INK: pretty in pink, rich razzleberry (both colors will be remaining in the new color renovation)
MISC: flower from old stash, clear rhinestone brad from old stash, stampin dimensionals, key tag punch (retired), corner punch, very vanilla grosgrain ribbon, sponge

If you would like to purchase any of the items that I used on this card, please click on the stampin up sign at the side of the page and it will take you directly to my website.

HAVE A STAMPING GREAT DAY!
ROBIN

COOL CAT 2

I had so much fun making the first card that when I was looking around at the others on SCS, I spotted one and just had to case it from ldebski.  This is one that I am also going to present to my friend and let her choose between the 2 cards for her other friends birthday. I was going for a kind of retro looking cat! 

I hope you enjoy!  

SUPPLIES: (ALL SUPPLIES ARE STAMPIN UP UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED).

STAMPS: COOL CAT, RETRO CIRCLES ARE FROM THE OLD STASH

PAPER: WHISPER WHITE, MELON MAMBO, CRUSHED CURRY

INK: BASIC BLACK, REAL RED, ONLY ORANGE, GREEN GALORE ( I ALSO USED THE MATCHING STAMPIN WRITE MARKERS TO COLOR IN THE FACIAL FEATURES AND THE KITTY COLLAR.

MISC: SCALLOP BORDER PUNCH, SPONGE DAUBER, SNAIL ADHESIVE

HAVE A STAMPING GREAT DAY!

ROBIN

COOL CAT BIRTHDAY

Here is a card that I did for a friend to give to a friend for her birthday! I know that the girl likes cats, but not a whole lot of bling, so I was going for a bright colored card with a whole lot of fun. 

I hope you enjoy!

SUPPLIES: ( ALL SUPPLIES ARE STAMPIN UP UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED)

STAMPS: COOL CAT

INK: BASIC BLACK (INK PAD), BASIC BLACK, YOYO YELLOW, POSITIVELY PINK (STAMPIN WRITE MARKERS), VERSA-MARK MARKER

PAPER: WHISPER WHITE, PINK PASSION, BASIC BLACK, DSP (NIGHT &DAY)

MISC: RIBBON (OLD STASH), BLACK EMBOSSING POWDER, HEAT GUN, RHINESTONE BRADS-FIRE SQUARE (PINK), MAT PACK (PLACEMENT OF BRADS), SNAIL ADHESIVE

HAVE A STAMPING GREAT DAY!

ROBIN

HAPPY HEART CRAZY FOR CUPCAKES

Here is a fun card that I cased from Laurie Froehlich. This is for the 2nd birthday at my office. I loved the layout and the whole design look of this card. I mixed 3 different stamp sets together to create this card.

I hope you enjoy!

 

SUPPLIES: ( ALL SUPPLIES ARE STAMPIN UP UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED)

STAMPS: happy heart day, beary best friends, crazy for cupcakes, sweet little sentiments (inside)

PAPER: bermuda bay, rich razzleberry, whisper white 

INK: basic black, bermuda bay (ink pads), glorious green, bordering blue, marvelous magenta, basic black, tempting turquoise (stampin write markers)

MISC: blender pen, scissors (paper piecing), 2 way glue pen

HAVE A STAMPING GREAT DAY!

ROBIN

ASIAN ARTISTRY

Here is another card that I created for a birthday at my new work! I cased this from the wonderful Michelle Zindorf.  I used the hostess set Asian Artistry and the butterflies (paper pieced) are from on old set that I bought before I became a SU demo. 

I hope that you enjoy! 

 

SUPPLIES ( ALL SUPPLIES ARE FROM STAMPIN UP UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED)

STAMPS: asian artistry (hostess set), butterflies (innovative stamp creations)

PAPER: whisper white, garden green, bermuda bay

INK: old olive, garden green, bordering blue, pacific point, baja breeze

MISC: sponges, wax paper, clear embossing powder, brayer, scrap circle of paper, q-tips, stampin pastels (chalk)

 HAVE A STAMPING GREAT DAY!

ROBIN

ENJOY EVERY MOMENT

 Here are some really cute cards that I cased from Karen Motz.  I love the simplicity of this design. We will be sending them to some co-workers for a training session they put on for my husbands work. 

I hope you enjoy!

SUPPLIES: ( ALL SUPPLIES ARE STAMPIN UP UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED)
STAMPS: enjoy every moment
PAPER: whisper white, basic black, day/night dsp, crushed curry, pacific point, pink passion, certainly celery
INK: basic black, summer sun, pink passion, pacific point, kiwi kiss
MISC: snail adhesive, mat pack, paper piercer, corduroy buttons (kiwi kiss, summer sun, pacific point, pretty in pink), scallop trim border punch, curly label punch, black satin ribbon

HAVE A STAMPING GREAT DAY!

ROBIN SOBLIROS

THINGS I LOVE...

 Things I love is a set that I took a long time to get. Never for sure how I would use it, but I really do like it. I paired this one with Tote-ally Tess from the ocassions mini catalog.  I cased this idea from a few Stampin Up demos. I took the 3 block idea from Diana Gibbs and the colored pants from from several other demos. The pants are actually paper pieced for that 70's designer look!

I hope you enjoy!

 SUPPLIES ( All supplies are from Stampin Up unless otherwise stated.

STAMPS: Things I love, Tote-ally tess (ocassions mini)
PAPER: whisper white, real red, chocolate chip, sending love specialty dp (ocassions mini)
INK: basic black, real red, brilliant blue, close to cocoa, chocolate chip, blush blossom
MISC: bling stones are from old stash

HAVE A STAMPING GREAT DAY!

ROBIN

SMARTY PANTS!

Here is a fun fish card that I made for the 2nd birthday of the month at my husbands work. I used an old stamp set for the fish. I cased this from Mary Beerman from SCS. 

I hope you enjoy!  

SUPPLIES: ( All supplies used are Stampin Up unless otherwise stated) 

STAMPS: FISHY FRIENDS (RETIRED), SMARTY PANTS

PAPER: WHISPER WHITE, BROCADE BLUE, BASHFUL BLUE, GARDEN GREEN

INK: BASIC BLACK (STAMP PAD), BLACK STAZON, ONLY ORANGE, TEMPTING TURQUOISE, MARVELOUS MAGENTA, GREEN GALORE, YOYO YELLOW (STAMPIN WRITE MARKERS)

MISC: SWEET TREAT CUPS, CLEAR EMBOSSING POWDER, 1-3/4" CIRCLE PUNCH, BIG SHOT, BUBBLE TEMPLATE (FISKARS), BUBBLE CORNER PUNCH (EK SUCCESS), BEADS, BABY OIL, PIECE OF A PAGE PROTECTOR (TO KEEP BABY OIL IN CUP), STICKY STRIP, SNAIL ADHESIVE 

 

HAVE A STAMPING GREAT DAY!

ROBIN

PARIS WISH

This is a card that I cased from an old papercrafts magazine that I had in my stash of magazines that have been piling up over the years.  In the magazine, they did not use SU stamps, but I used what I had to create the same type of look. This is one that will be going to a girl at my husbands work for the brithdays of the month. I hope you enjoy it! 

 

SUPPLIES: (all supplies are stampin' up unless otherwise stated)
STAMPS: chic boutique, en francais, baroque motifs, small script
PAPER: real red, whisper white
INK: basic black, versa-mark
MISC: modern label punch, word window punch, square fire rhinestone brads, embossing buddy, black embossing powder (old stash/extreme powder), black ribbon (old stash), pop dots, snail adhesive

HAVE A STAMPING GREAT DAY!

ROBIN

YOU ROCK!

I have not posted anything in a month. I know that it is not a good start to the new year, but I have had so many new changes in my life the last month. I did however end up making time to create this fun card for a friend of mine to give to her boyfriend for Valentines day! I cased the whole design from stampersandee on Splitcoast Stampers.

      (INSIDE OF CARD)


SUPPLIES: All supplies used are Stampin Up unless stated otherwise.
STAMPS: rock star (Inkadinkado)
PAPER: whisper white, real red
INK: basic black, real red
MISC: black ribbon (5/8 & 1/4) from old stash, 1-3/4" circle punch, fire square rhinestone brads, mat pack,
sponges, pop dots, snail adhesive,

HAVE A STAMPING GREAT DAY!

ROBIN

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010!

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season! This card is one that I was thinking about as I was about to fall asleep! That is when you know that you are addicted...LOL
This is not quite the image that I had in mind, but they never turn out the same, oh well. My sister loved this card as a NEW YEARS card and I had a great time making it for her. The picture I took does not do this card justice, I could not get my lighting just right. It is really pretty overall.

SUPPLIES
STAMPS: fifth ave floral, (cheer) was from an old stamp set in my stash not SU
PAPER: night & day specialty dp (holiday mini_thru Jan 4, 2010)
INK: pale plum, blush blossom, creamy caramel, pretty in pink, rose romance, mauve mist
MISC: 2 way glue pen, dazzling diamonds

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HAVE A STAMPING GREAT DAY!
ROBIN