Jun 23, 2016 | Uncategorized |
I am not a huge sports fan but I do like baseball. Triple plays are a big deal when they happen and I have a card that makes a triple play today. I’m playing along with three challenges today and I hope I hit a home run in your opinion.
Here’s my card:
One of the challenges I’m participating in is the SU-Only challenge #151. This challenge wants us to use our favorite new papers. My favorite hands down is the Floral Boutique Designer Series Paper. I love the elegant look of the Navy and White color theme.
The second challenge is over at Stamp, Ink, Paper #53. This challenge has us CASEing our favorite design team project. I chose to CASE Lisa Altman’s card for my sketch.
I like Lisa’s use of DSP and I also like the sponging and pretty sequins.
My final challenge was the great color challenge over at the Global Design Project #41
I would never have thought to put these three colors together, but I adore them! My card is mostly Whisper White and Night of Navy. I added my Sweet Sugarplum by using a die cut from the Flourishing Thinlets Dies. I first used the die as a stencil and then added the leaf on top.
So that’s my triple play for the day. I think it’s a Grand Slam. (I know, I think very highly of myself LOL)
Happy stampin’,
Robin
Jun 22, 2016 | Uncategorized |
Welcome to InKing Royalty’s June Blog Hop! Stampin’ Up!’s 2016 Annual Catalog introduced us to five new In Colors: Dapper Denim, Emerald Envy, Flirty Flamingo, Peekaboo Peach and Sweet Sugarplum. What a beautiful collection of versatile colors! Today’s Blog Hop is filled with inspiring projects that feature each artist’s favorite new In Color. After you read my post, I hope you’ll hop over to the next person on the list at the base of this post.
As you can tell by the header, my favorite color is Sweet Sugarplum. I’m a sucker for anything purple, and this purple is delightful!
Here’s my Sweet Sugarplum card:
My card features the Floral Phrases Stamp Set. This stamp set is so elegant and I have been making many wedding cards with it.
I tried a new technique (at least new to me) using Gesso for my card background. I don’t want to hold up your hop, so I’m going to have a free tutorial in my newsletter next week. You can sign up for my newsletter at the bottom of this post.
After my background was finished, I added several layers using Whisper White and Sweet Sugarplum. I LOVE the ruched ribbon! It ties like a dream and doesn’t unravel.
Finally, I added a few pearls for some bling.
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Natalie Bradley at http://www.nataliebradley.com/blog/. There’s lots of inspiration to be found in this group – and you don’t want to miss it!
Thank you for hopping along with us. If you get stuck during the Blog Hop, please use this line-up as a guide:
- Brian King at Stamp with Brian
- Lory Robinson at The Robin’s Nest Designs
- Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery
- Jennifer Spiller at Westside Paper Creations
- Imogene Thomas at MomoMakes.com
- Becky Volpp at Ink Blossom with Becky
- Candy Ford at Stamp Candy
- Robin Myren at Songbird Designs by Robin
- Natalie Bradley at NatalieBradley.com
- Shawn de Oliveira at ShawnStamps
- Lisa Pretto at InkBig Academy Stamps
- Karen Browning at StampWithMeKZB
Jun 22, 2016 | Uncategorized |
Hello,
I like birthdays. I don’t like the getting older part but I do like it when my kids and hubby make a fuss over me. Today’s birthday card uses the Endless Birthday Stamp Set along with the Pop of Pink Specialty Designer Paper.
I used the Paper Craft Crew Challenge Sketch for my inspiration.
Here’s my card:
And here is the banner from PCCCS199 that was my inspiration:
The confetti paper and matching washi tape form the background for my card. I chose to turn the oval shape from the sketch into a shaker. I used sequins from the Metallic Sequin Assortment along with some Melon Mambo ones picked from the Brights Sequin Assortment. I used the birthday cake from Endless Wishes as my shape in the lower left corner. I used balloons, leftover Metallic Gold Trim, and the stamped sentiment for the upper left corner.
I’m sure it won’t be long before I pop this cheerful card in the mail for someone special!
Happy stampin’,
Robin
Jun 20, 2016 | Uncategorized |
Hello!
The Pals Paper Arts Challenge this week is a color one.and I love the colors that were chosen. Take a look at my card and see if you can figure out what they are:
Here is the PPA banner for the challenge. Did you guess correctly?
I love this color combination.and had fun designing my card around them!
I used Pool Party as my main color with pops of Island Indigo and Whisper White for accent colors. I inked the Definitely Dahlia stamp in Pool Party and embossed it. The DSP is also Pool Party. And of course, the card base is Pool Party as well.
My sentiment from Flourishing Phrases is embossed in Island Indigo. The border stamp at the bottom of the card is from the Floral Phrases Stamp Set and is also stamped in Island Indigo. The Island Indigo butterfly is cut using a Bold Butterfly Framelet. I topped it with a vellum butterfly to soften the color a bit.
The Whisper White card panel, the baker’s twine, and the pearls are the white contributions to my card.
Pool Party make up into a sweet card but the Island Indigo keeps it lively. I like the way my card turned out.
Thanks for stopping by!
Happy stampin’,
Robin
Jun 17, 2016 | Uncategorized |
Another one of my daughter’s childhood friends is getting married tomorrow. Ann and Emily met in 6th Grade and helped each other through those tough middle school years. My husband, Steve, is marrying the couple just as he has for all of Emily’s close friends. Annie’s wedding calls for a special card and I think I came up with one that she will like.
I used the sketch from FMS241 to form the basis of my card. Here’s what it looks like:
And here is the banner for the Freshly Made Sketch Challenge:
My card base is silver cardstock that I’ve embossed with the new Seaside Embossing Folder. I pulled out the Rose Wonder Stamp Set and the Rose Garden Thinlets for the rest.
I cut the rose out 3 times. Once in silver, once in Sweet Sugarplum and once in Rich Razzleberry. I used the silver for my flower outline and the other 2 colors I pieced for the inner part of the flower.
Next I stamped my sentiment in VersaMark and embossed it in white. I layered that piece on to a Whisper White piece and adhered it to the bottom of my card.
I took some silver metallic thread and tousled it behind the rose which I then adhered to the card.
Three white sequins are the finishing touches.
I wish Ann and Tom a beautiful day for their wedding tomorrow!
Happy stampin’,
Robin
Jun 17, 2016 | Uncategorized |
My inKing Royalty team member, Shawn De Oliveira, is featured this week over at the Global Design Project. The challenge this week is to CASE one of Shawn’s excellent projects. Here is my CASE of Shawn’s card:
And here is Shawn’s card:
As you can see, I loved Shawn’s card just the way it is so my CASE is very similar. I kept the layout and color scheme of Shawn’s card. I watercolored the background of the white panel in Soft Sky.
I changed the flowers by using the Wild About Flowers Stamp Set and stamped the stems in Wild Wasabi and the flowers in Daffodil Delight. This is going to be a retirement card for a colleague so I stamped the “you’ll be missed” sentiment in Crumb Cake.
On the Soft Sky panel, I used one of the stamps from the Timeless Textures Stamp Set. I finished it off with a twine embellishment left over from a past Paper Pumpkin and mounted it on my Crumb Cake card base.
Best wishes to Matt on his retirement! He’s earned it!
Happy stampin’,
Robin
