Apr 18, 2016 | Uncategorized |
I’ve been waiting to post today because I knew the Retired List was coming out this afternoon. It is up and ready for shoppers! Now is the time to get all of your favorites before they are gone! Don’t wait! Many items will sell out right away! Here is the link to my online store: http://robinmyren.stampinup.net
If you place a $150 dollar or more order, you will earn host rewards (free goodies)!
Now would be a great time to order the Starter Kit! You can stretch your dollars even more! For $99 you get $125 of free merchandise of your choosing. You just can’t beat that deal! AND you get a 20% discount for 4 months! If you are interested, email me at rmyren.songbirddesigns1@gmail.com and I’ll tell you more about it!
Age Awareness is one of the retiring stamp sets. Here’s a card I have made using this set.
The Bravo stamp set and the Candy Dots are also retiring. Here’s a card I recently featured that uses a stamp from the set and the Dots.
Tomorrow the inKing Royalty group, of which I am a member, will be featuring the retiring colors in our monthly blog hop. Come back tomorrow and hop with us!
Happy stamping!
Robin
Apr 16, 2016 | Uncategorized |
Once a month my upline and friend Kelly DeTommaso invites her team to join her card club for the evening. I’d like to share one of the cards we made with you today. Here is my card:
Didn’t Kelly design a beautiful card? The first thing we did was mist our cardstock with Mint Macaron. It’s hard to see here, but it softens the white. Then we stamped the background with a stamp from the You Got This stamp set. It is stamped in Sahara Sand.
The Starfish is from the Picture Perfect stamp set. It is a 2 step stamp. The first stamp we inked in Crumb Cake, and the second stamp was inked with Soft Suede.
The splotches are from the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set. I swear that stamp set shows up everywhere and for good reason! It’s the perfect touch of color in Lost Lagoon. The blue is continued in the sentiment which is also from the Picture Perfect set.
Kelly had us mount our artwork on a piece of Thick Whisper White Cardstock.
I must admit, I had to add something to the top of my card because of a stamping boo-boo! It happens to the best of us, right? I hid my mistake with a piece of Burlap and a bow of Lost Lagoon ribbon. You would never have known there was a mistake there. (That’s my story and I’m sticking to it!)
Happy stamping!
Robin
Apr 15, 2016 | Uncategorized |
I grew up on a small farm in Iowa. I have left the farm but the farm hasn’t left me. I have a deep love and respect for nature. That’s why I got excited when I saw the theme over at the Global Design Project Challenge! The theme this week is Nature, and I’m all over it.
I decided to use the In the Meadow stamp set and create a panorama using a Z Fold for my card. Here is my card:
And here’s the GDP Banner
I love the serene scene this card created. I was actually serene while creating it too!
My base is Mossy Meadow. The panel is Shimmery White cardstock. I started by watercolor washing the lower half of the panel in Pear Pizzazz and the top half in Soft Sky and let it dry. I colored directly on the stamps for the rest of this project.
On the first panel, I used Always Artichoke on the grasses. I used Pear Pizzazz for the flower stems, and Calypso Coral and So Saffron for the flowers.
On the second panel, I repeated the same color for the grasses but stamped off for some of the clumps. The tree trunks are Chocolate Chip. I used the Thumping Technique with Always Artichoke and Pear Pizzazz for the leaves.
On the third panel, I repeated the grass clumps. The deer are stamped with Chocolate Chip and Always Artichoke. The Mountain is colored with Night of Navy, Elegant Eggplant and a bit of Pear Pizzazz.
The sentiment is from the Wetlands stamp set and is stamped in Chocolate Chip.
Here are the dimensions for the panel:
The Mossy Meadow card base directions are almost the same. Instead of removing the end at 10 inches, cut at 10 1/8 inches. Instead of making your pencil mark at 5 1/2 inches, make it at 5 5/8 inches. The rest does not change.
I hope you liked my card and tutorial today! Please let me know what you think in the comments below. If you like what you see, please subscribe to get my blog through your email.
Happy stamping!
Robin
Apr 14, 2016 | Uncategorized |
Hi!
Today’s card was lots of fun to make. I used a technique called Tea Bag Folding. Tea Bag Folding uses small squares of paper and folds them to make different shapes and images. I folded two squares of paper to make a pretty butterfly for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches Challenge. Here is my challenge card:
And here is the FMS banner:
I built my card around the sketch and the butterfly. The butterfly is crafted from a piece of designer series paper (dsp) from the Pretty Petals DSP Stack. This bright blue paper worked beautifully for my butterfly.
For the background, I spritzed Mint Macaron and Pacific Point ink on Whisper White cardstock. Sorry, it’s a little hard to see in this picture.
To the background, I added a strip of black text from the Neutrals DSP Stack. Next, I used the Hearts Border Punch to make a pretty strip from Pacific Point cardstock.
To finish my piece, I embossed the sentiment in black and added a few rhinestones. (Yes, I love my bling.)
Finally, I mounted the piece on Pacific Point cardstock and then put that on my Basic Black card base.
I think my butterfly looks like it could flutter right off the page! What do you think? Let me know in the comments below. I love reading them!
Happy stamping!
Apr 13, 2016 | Uncategorized |
Hi Stamper,
I want to take a minute to show you the tutorial in my newsletter today. My newsletter comes out every Wednesday morning. It contains Stampin’ Up! news, card ideas and a card fold or technique tutorial.
Here’s my card for the tutorial today:
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Happy stamping!
Robin
Apr 12, 2016 | Uncategorized |
Hi, Stampers,
Many years ago, Frank Sinatra sang a song with these lyrics:
“That old black magic has me in its spell
That old black magic that you weave so well
Those icy fingers up and down my spine
The same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine”
The lyrics go on from there. You’re probably wondering what this has to do with my card for today. It’s because I used the Black Magic Technique to make my card. Here’s is my magical card:
And here’s the banner from Can You Case It #115
My card only uses the three colors above plus a little white thrown in for contrast.
The black magic technique is very easy to do. You stamp your images onto black cardstock using Whisper White CRAFT ink. Set it aside to dry or use a heat tool if you are impatient like me. Next, you color over the white ink with colored pencils. To complete the technique you highlight parts of the card with a white gel pen. That’s it!
The sentiment from the Wetlands stamp set is stamped in Cherry Cobbler. I die cut the sentiment and the Cherry Cobbler piece of cardstock behind it with the Tags and Labels Framelets and adhered it to my card with Fast Fuze. I finished my card with a white ribbon bow and one of the Botanical Garden Jewels Embellishments.
Wave your magic wand and give this technique a try!
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Happy stamping!
Robin
