Wedding or Anniversary Couple

Hi All,

I really wanted to ink up this set I got from The Greeting Farm called Cake Topper. It is a really cute set for weddings/anniversaries.

Firstly, I used a standard sized white card base, and embossed it with the diamonds Cuttlebug folder with my Big Shot. It is hard to see in this pic, but you can always click on the photo to enlarge it.

Then, I used Basic Black CS, Basic Gray CS, and Basic Gray Prints DSP with my Classic and Scallop Oval Nestabilities (with the Big Shot).

I stamped the images in Black Versafine and embossed them with clear EP. I then coloured them with Copic markers. I cut them out, and mounted them on foam squares.

The sentiment was stamped on white CS and punched out with my Small Oval Punch, and I put a tiny bit of Pacific Point in on the outside just to frame it.

The ribbon is the Gray Taffeta from SU.

Hope you like it, and thanks for stopping by!

Brayering Videos - How To

Hi All,

Ever feel like you couldn't use a brayer to save your life? Well, our good friend Renee at Stamping for Sanity has linked a couple of videos made by Mrs. Lumpy, and she has also made a beautiful card! To learn doing scenery/a backgroud is a MUST!
(Click on the picture to go to her post)

Robin's Web Finds, Week of March 15, 2009

Here are my finds for this week:

1. Nancy Riley (iStamp): Praying for You Card

2. Beate (fresh & fun): Duck Card and Cute Little Bunny Card

3. Jeanne Streiff (Inky Paws): Mad Cow Card

4. Dawn (Dawns Stamping Thoughts): Honey Gate Fold Card and Faux Ripped Paper Card

5. Cindy Lawrence (The Creative Closet): Friends are Like Flowers

6. Danielle Lounds (Fat Cat Stamper): Mermaid Box Tutorial

7. Jodi Collins (Stamping A Latte): You're So Thoughtful Fruit Card

8. Kelly Lunceford (Flutter By atomic butterfly): Tied the Knot Card

9. Connie (Constantly Stamping): Cherry Pillow Box

10. Carol (Stamp Like Crazy): Bleached Thoughts & Prayers Card

11. Chat (Me, My Stamps, and I): Acetate Card and Purses Card

12. Julee Tilman (Poetic Artistry): Black & White Butterfly Card and Floral Symphony Card

13. Amy (Amy's Addiction): 5th Avenue Card

14. Amy Celona (ustampforfun.com): Mirror Image Card & Technique

15. Kirsten (Kirsten's Stampin Korner): How to Make a Ribbon Rose

16. Gayle Mather (Little AM Creativity): Lovey Dovey Card

17. Kirsty Brown (Kirsty;s Card N Scrapping): Whale Wishes Card


Wow, it was a rough week...SO many fantastic people crafting out there! Enjoy!

Perpetual Calendar Template

OK, so as promised, I am revealing where I got the set up for the Perpetual Birthday Calendar. I got the template for my calendar from Danielle Lounds' blog. She made it herself, and decided she would share it with everyone! A big thank you to her. Here is the link if you want to download a copy for yourself:

http://www.4shared.com/file/87592010/a977ad46/PerpetualCalendar_DanielleLounds.html

Have fun making calendars!

Upsy Daisy Birthday Card

Hi All,

Well, after spending a LOT of time preparing the birthday calendar (previous post), I decided to add a card to my workshop schedule for this weekend. My colour combo choice is often based on a particular Designer Series Paper that I want to use. This time was no exception.

I based my colours on the brand new Sweet Slumber Specialty DSP. I LOVE this paper. It is a little more expensive than the regular DSP, but once you get it, you know why. Firstly, the paper is extremely thick - a lot heavier than the regular DSP - actually, more like cardstock. Secondly, it is all textured, which adds another interesting element to your cards!

My card base was an 11" x 4 1/4" piece of white CS folded in half. Then, I used a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of Baja Breeze CS, and ran it through my Big Shot with th diamonds Texture Plate.

Next, I cut a 5" x 3 3/4" piece of Sweet Slumber DSP, then chopped in half diagonally (so, I would get 2 triangles out of it).

For the main panel, I used a 2 1/2" square piece of white CS, and stamped it with the flowers from Upsy Daisy (love those silhouette stamps!) in So Saffron ink (outsides were rolled in Baja Breze ink before stamping).

That was then layered on a 2 3/4" square piece of Baja Breeze CS, then layered again onto a 2 7/8" square piece of Ridinghood Red CS, which was punched with the Ticket Corner Punch.

Hope you like it, and thanks for stopping by!

Perpetual Birthday Calendar

OK, so I have seen several different versions of this type of project. Please keep in mind...these picturees are not very good quality, as they were taken with no natural light. You get the idea. I will be putting up the link to the template I borrowed in a later post - it was made by Danielle Lounds.

It takes 6 pieces of neutral CS (white or vanilla), as 2 months print on each piece. I then backed each calendar month with a 10 1/2" x 3 3/4" piece of Kraft CS. The front and back covers are 10 1/2" x 4" pieces of Basic Black CS. I used my Bind-It-All for the coil binding.

I decorated the cover with the DSP and ribbons you can earn during Sell-A-Bration with Stampin' Up! For Canadians, you only have to place a $60 order to receive one of the offers in the SAB brochure for free! Or you can earn them by hosting a workshop until the end of March (then we welcome the Occasions mini!). OK, back on track...

For the cover, I used the Big Deal Alphabet in Certainly Celery ink to spell the word Birthdays. Then, I used some of the fine cosmo glitter in green and my 2-Way Glue Pen to highlight some of the letters.

For January, I used some retired Ski Slope DSP, and some Felt Flurries (both from the Winter mini), and I used the stamp set Snow Burst.

For February, I used the stamp set Priceless, as well as my 2-Way Glue Pen and Dazzling Diamonds Glitter.

For March, I used the Shamrock from the set All Year Cheer (I think...). It's retired now, but that's all I could think of for March. I stamped it in Glorious Green ink, and I used my 3/4" Circle punch with Black CS at the bottom.

For April, I used another piece of DSP from the SAB catty at the top. At the bottom, I used the adorable designer Filigree brad.

The stamp set is A Flower for All Seasons. Firstly, I stamped it in black ink. Then, I took the negative rubber (you know, the rubber that is left over after you have punched out the die-cut stamps? Well, I keep that), and I placed it over the image, and I stippled over the entire image with Creamy Caramel ink. That is what makes that brown cloud around the outside of the image. Then, I coloured the image in with markers.

For May, I used the set Crazy for Cupcakes (LOVE that set, and you will see it again). Coloured the images with markers and Waterclor Wonder Crayons/Aqua Painter.

I covered the top cupcake with the pink Chunky Glitter and my Crystal Effects.

For June, I used another strip of DSP from the SAB catty at the top. At the bottom, I used one of the stamps from A Tree For All Seasons.

I coloured the tree in with markers (I think?), and then I created the clouds. I cut a scallop circle out of a piece of scrap, and then I used it as a stencil. I would place it in various spots around the tree, then sponge blue ink around it to create clouds.

For July, I used the Hostess Level 2 set called Echoes of Kindness - this set has some really lovely flowers in it.

I stamped them several different times, and coloured them with crayons/Aqua Painter again.

For August, I used the set Crazy for Cupcakes again. This time, I used the balloon, and coloured 4 of them with my crayons/Aqua Painter.

For September, I used the set called Eastern Blooms. I used my Close to Cocoa, and Really Rust markers to stamp this one, and the same colour ink pads to stamp the smaller flowers around the outside.

At the bottom, I used a silver brad and the Flower Fusion Too Accents and Elements to embellish.

For October, I stamped the grass from Inspired By Nature in Kiwi Kiss ink. And since it is the month that holds the Canadian Thanksgiving, I decided to make a pumpkin using Tangerine Tango CS, and my Large and Small Oval Punches. I used the Slot Punch for the stem.

For November, I used the always popular Lovely As A Tree to showcase a lovely Fall theme.

This one was very simple. : )

For December, I went with the set Holiday Lineup (my favourite Christmas/Holiday set EVER). I coloured these guys in with markers.

Ta Da! I hope you liked it...sorry about the image quality. Thanks for stopping by!

Robin's Web Finds, Week of March 8, 2009

Here we are again,

I've got some GREAT ones this week! Take a look:

1. Patty Bennett (Patty's Stamping Spot): Manhattan Flower Wedding Card

2. Kelly Lunceford (Flutter by Atomic Butterfly): Rockabilly Pirates Card and Bird on a Branch Card

3. Chat (Me, My Stamps, and I): Three Little Words Card and You, You, You Card

4. Beate (fresh & fun): Pumpkin Poppies Card and WSC71 Card

5. Dawn (Dawns Stamping Thoughts): Fifth Avenue Floral Card

6. Faith (Stampin' With Markie's Mom): Fairy Cards (all 3)

7. Amy Ward (Amy's Addiction): Beautiful Butterflies Card and Cheap Talk Card

8. Amy Rohl (Ink About Me): His and Hers Sweet Ones Cards (old SAB)

9. Kim Teasdale (Paper in the Works): Caught a Bug Card and Daffodils Card

10. Julee Tilman (Poetic Artistry): Miracles Blossom Card and Beautiful Kindness Card

11. Danielle Lounds (Fat Cat Stamper): Hello There Card

12. Connie (Constantly Stamping): Delicate Dots Card

Hope you enjoyed and thanks for stopping by!

Verve Release Challenge

Hi All,

I noticed that Verve Stamps is releasing some new sets. In honour of that release they have posted a sketch challenge on the Verve blog. All you have to do, is make a card with the sketch, and post the link to your card in their Mr. Linky, and you will be entered to win some new stamps!

Here is mine:

The basis for my colour combo was the Hawaii Papaya DSP (retired from SU), which was one of my favs in the last catty.

The card base is Tangerine Tango, and I layered everything with Chocolate Chip.

I used 2 of the Verve stamp sets that I own: Beautiful You and Asian Flair.

On the large square panel I also used Kiwi Kiss sponging on the white CS, and Tangerine Tango sponging on the flower.

I covered the large flower with Crystal Effects, but you cannot see the reflection in this pic.

It is very rainy today, so hopes of a nice picture are dashed.

Stop by the Verve blog and check things out! (link is above)


Thanks for stopping by!

Robin's Web Finds, Week of March 1, 2009

Here are this week's great sample picks!

1. Connie (Constantly Stamping): SAB Parisian Card.

2. Beate (fresh & fun): Blooming Genie Bag and Branch Out Card Masculine

3. Faith (Stampin' With Markie's Mom): Crimped Card with Tutorial

4. Charmaine (Oodabug Alley): Weekend Sketch #70 Card

5. Julee (Poetic Artistry): Viva la Buttons Card

6. Dawn (Dawns Stamping Thoughts): Colouring Brads & Distressing Card

7. Condy (the creative closet): Easter Lily Card

8. Jody (Confessions of a Ribbon Addict): Great ideas for wheels

9. Danielle (Fat Cat Stamper): Joy Fold Card

10. Nancy (iStamp): Easter Card and Little Bundle of Joy Card

11. Kirsty (kirstys cards 'n' scrapping): Cupcake Card

12. Jen (Kiyomi Krafts): Fisherman Ian

13. Chat (Me, My Stamps, and I): Hello Friend Card and Pinwheel Card

Well, looks like that's it for this week. Hope some of these inspired you - these are all very crafty people!

Thanks for stopping by!

Robin's Web Finds, Week of February 22, 2009

OK, so when I am surfing the web, I see s0 many great samples, that I have decided to start sharing all of the links with you!

Take a look at a sample of the amazing things I have come across this week!


1. Charmaine (Oodabug Alley): Beate's Weekend Sketch Card #69

2. Dawn (Dawn's Stamping Thoughts): Cherry Scallop Box and Praying For You Card

3. Summerthyme Studio: Little Dragon Card and Sunflower Girl Card

4. Faith (Stampin' With Markie's Mom): Sending You Butterfly Kisses Card

5. Sarah Doig (Creative Inklings): You Always Pop Up Card

6. Cambria Turnbow (Stamp A Little Love Baby): Echoes of Kindness Card

7. Beate (fresh & fun): Friend Card and Thank You Card

8. Danielle Lounds (Fat Cat Stamper): Thanks a Bunch Card

9. Jenn Balcer (Jenn Balcer): No One Like You Card

10. Jody Morrow (Confessions of a Ribbon Addict): So Glad Card (2nd one from the top)

11. Nancy Morgan (Paper Smiles): Congrats Card, For You Card and Anya Cards (all of them)

12. Kelly Lunceford (Flutter by Atomic Butterfly): Get Well Soon Card and It's A Boy Card

13. Chat (Me, My Stamps, and I): Darling Flowers Card, Butterfly Friendship Card, and Together Forever Wedding Set

14. Jen Muraoka (Kiyomi Crafts): Rocker Ian Card and Rock the Farm Card

Enjoy these, and I'll be back with more another time!

CC206 & SC216 on SplitCoast

Hi All,



Well, it has been quite some time since I have done any SCS Challenges! I decided to combine the colour and sketch challenges for this week. I have to say, I like the turn out, although it feels like something is missing...

I used CC206 (More Mustard, Rose Red, Kiwi Kiss), and SC216.



I used my Classic and Scallop Circle Nestabilities, and cut them into quarters (I used 2 quarters for the top of the card). The regular circle is Very Vanilla CS (sponged with Mustard ink), and the scallop is More Mustard Prints DSP.

Then, there is a strip of the Rose Red CS, followed by a small strip of Very Vanilla (which were paper pierced with my Crafter's Toolkit and Mat Pack), and then a strip of Kiwi Kiss, which was punched with a Martha Stewart edge punch.

I used the double-sided Kiwi Kiss/Very Vanilla Satin ribbon. The main panel was done with my new Label Nestabilities in Vanilla and Mustard.

I stamped the cupcake tower from Crazy for Cupcakes in black Staz-On ink and coloured with a Blender Pen and my ink pad lids.

Does anyone else feel like I should have stamped a sentiment somewhere? Oh well...

Thanks for stopping by!

Woops - Old Xmas Magnolia Card

Hi All,

You'll have to excuse me for posting this card about 2 months late. I just dug this up - I made it a while back with one of my Magnolia stamps and some cute DSP that I got from Two Peas in A Bucket. I forget what it was called, but they have some really great ones! This paper has a fantastic texture element to it. There are some parts that are indented and shiny (like the silver ornaments), and some parts that are heat embossed with black, so they stick out.

The Tilda and the fence stamp are both from Magnolia and I have coloured them with my Copic markers.

I have placed Dew Drops in each corner, which I purchased from Scrappin' Great Deals, and they are attached with Mini Glue Dots from Stampin' Up!

The rope was in the Holiday Mini catty by SU this year. The white strip above the fence was punched with a Martha Stewart edge punch (don't look too closely, or you'll notice that I have mounted it crooked {*blush*} ).

Hopefully I will have something newer for you this weekend. Thanks for stopping by!

P.S. I will be making my way out to Santa Barbara on Monday for a short vacation, so I will be a ghost lady all next week. Wish me luck!

Sympathy Card

Hi All,

I thought I would use my new Thoughts and Prayers stamp set to make a sympathy card at my stamp camp this month. Those types of cards are unusual for me, but I figured, everyone needs them at some point (unfortunately).

I saw a version of this card HERE from inglishrea on Splitcoast. I changed a couple of things up, but I really liked the colour theme as well.

The main panel was made using the Big Shot with the Top Note die. The top layer is Very Vanilla and the second layer is Pumpkin Pie.

The sentiment is stamped in Always Artichoke, and the flowers/branches are done with markers: Always Artichoke, Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie, and Tempting Turquoise.

Hope you enjoy Thanks for stopping by!

Poker Face

Hi All,



I saw a card using the Game Night stamp set, and I had to re-create it for my stamp camp this month. I thought it was an especially great card for the men in my life.

The colours of cardstock used are Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White, and Almost Amethyst.

The only inks I used were Basic Black and Versamark (the knight was embossed in black).

I sponged quite a bit with the black ink as well. The knight was cut out with the Wide Oval Punch.

The original card can be seen HERE. Thanks Carriejoe on SplitCoast! I definitely simplified it a bit!

Thanks for stopping by!

Sale-A-Bration Birthday Card

Hi All,

I decided to make a card using 2 of the Sale-A-Bration stamp sets. This is my first time doing a looooong card. It was a 6 1/2" x 6 1/2" piece of Whisper White CS folded in half. This was made to fit into one of SU's Open-ended envelopes (6 3/4" x 3 1/2").

The dark blue panel is a 6 1/4" x 3" piece of Not Quite Navy CS. Then, I mounted a 2 5/8" square piece of White CS and a 2 1/2" square piece of DSP from the Urban Garden series. I added some Iridescent Ice glitter to some of the dots with a 2-Way Glue Pen.

Then, there is a 1 5/8" square piece of CS, with another 1 1/2" square piece of Urban Garden DSP.

On top of that is the emblem stamp from the SAB set Polka Dot Punches. First, I inked it with Kiwi Kiss ink, and then rolled the outside in Not Quite Navy (Rock N' Roll technique). I punched that out with the Scallop Circle Punch, and mounted it with foam squares. I added some glitter to that as well.

On the right side, I took the sentiment from the SB set Congrats, and embossed it in White EP. In the centre of that, I used one of the CUTE flower buttons from the Button Bouquet in Kiwi Kiss, and threaded it with Linen Thread. It was adhered using a Mini Glue Dot. You can never have enough of those things.

Hope you liked it. Thanks for stopping by!

God's Beauty

Hi All,

Here is a card I made using the new Hostess set God's Beauty. I loved the images when I saw them, and I knew that was the one I would choose as soon as I earned a Level 1 set.


There are no layers to this card. It was a 4 1/4" x 11" piece of Whisper White CS folded in half, and that is it.

I used an oval template as a mask, so I could sponge Elegant Eggplant ink into the middle, and I stamped the leaves in Kiwi Kiss ink. I wish that my sponging did not turn out so blotchy, so next time, I might use the Stampin Sponges, as opposed to the Sponge Daubers.

I stamped the butterfly on a separate piece of white CS, and I coloured it with Stampin' Write Markers. I then cut it out, and adhered it to the card with foam squares. The antlers were difficult, so I'm not sure if I would do that again.

The sentiment is from Sincere Salutations, stamped in black ink. The ribbon is the Eggplant Grosgrain.

All in all, a pretty simple card, but a nice effect.

Hope you liked it. Thanks for stopping by!

Teacher Anya

Hi All,

I coloured this image a long time ago, and have just now made it into a card. This is Teacher Anya from the Greeting Farm (formerly known as Pink Poison). She is soooo cute!

Since the images are so large and give lots of space, I like to stamp them in black Versafine ink, and emboss them with clear EP.

I coloured her with my Copic Sketch markers. I tried to give her some brown hair with reddish highlights. The polka dots are from a Stampin' Up! jumbo wheel called Lots of Dots, and that was done in Brilliant Blue ink on the same colour CS.

The strips are done with Pumpkin Pie CS, and the criss-cross arches are done in Whisper White CS with a Martha Stewart edge punch.

I used the Photo Corner punch with my Real Red Patterns DSP, and I used the corner rounder punch on them as well. I also rounded Anya's corners, and the corners on the card base.

I used a red flower from the sheet of textured flower die cuts from SU, and the orange felt flower from one of their Accents and Elements tins, with a Brilliant Blue brad.

The sentiment is from Sincere Salutations, stamped in Versamark, and embossed wih black EP.

This one is nice bright - not my usual. Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Verve/SEI card

Last post for today.

I found that I can only take my pictures when there is daylight out, so I just post them all at he same time.

This card is unrelated to Stampin' Up! But I saw a layout like this on Kristina Werner's blog a long time ago. She always has such simple, and effective layouts.

The sentiment is from a set called Beautiful You, made by Verve. The paper is the Poppy collection from SEI. It is punched with my 1 3/4" Square punch.

The ribbon is the Silver Organdy ribbon from SU (retired).

Another Catty CASE

Hi again,

Yet another card from the catalogue that I fell in love with! I didn't have the exact sentiment, but I had to try this with my Pick A Petal set.

Also, the catalogue uses Glorious Green CS, which I don't have, so I used Gable Green instead.

The circles were cut in Gable Green and Taken with Teal with the Coluzzle.

The petals were stamped on Whisper White CS in Rose Red ink, and I used my Sponge Daubers to do the fading.

The faux stitching was done with my Paper Piercer and Mat Pack, and my white gel pen.

I used the sentiment from Bloomin' Beautiful and it was stamped in Chocolate Chip ink.

It's a simple one, but I think the flower is effective.

Hope you like it!

Catty CASE

Hi All,

When I saw this card in the catalogue, I LOVED it! I forget which page it's on, but it goes with the Pretty Amazing stamp set.

The card base is a 4 1/2" x 11" piece of Baja Breeze CS folded in half. The min panel is a 3 1/4" x 3 1/2" piece of Very Vanilla, and the Chocolate Chip mat is 1/4" larger.

Firstly, I stamped the flower from Pretty Amazing in Tangerine Tango. Then I put a mask of the flower over, and stamped it again. You can see that there is less strength in the top flower because it is the second time I stamped it (ie. stamp first on a piece of scrap, then stamp on the main panel).

The leaves are stamped in Certainly Celery (with the mask still on the flower). The butterfly was stamped in Chocolate Chip ink on Certainly Celery CS and cut out.

The ribbon is the wide double stitched Baja Breeze.

Thanks for stopping by!