Oct 10, 2018 | Uncategorized |
Hello,
My card today is for my good friend, Donna whose birthday is tomorrow. I had a piece of paper left from my Share What You Love Designer Series Paper and I decided to use it today. It made the perfect banner for the Fab Friday 147 Sketch Challenge.
Here’s my card
Here’s the Fab Friday Banner that was my inspiration.
Donna will love the embossed card front and the pretty die cut that holds the sentiment. I hope you do too!
Happy stampin’,
Robin
Oct 8, 2018 | Uncategorized |
Hello,
Today is an exciting day for me! It’s my 5th anniversary as a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator! Stampin’ Up! treats their demos like family. The products are so easy to sell because they are of the highest quality- and the best part? I get to purchase them for myself at a discount!
Because of being a demonstrator, I have made wonderful friendships with people all over the world. I have the opportunity to see many of them at OnStage events.
But the best part of being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator is sharing my love of paper crafting with others. I have grown in confidence as I share more and more.
Best decision EVER!
Robin
Sep 19, 2018 | Uncategorized |
Welcome to InKing Royalty’s September Blog Hop! This year’s Blog Hop themes are inspired by popular songs – this month’s song is “September Morn,” a Neil Diamond classic from the late ’70’s. As you can guess, our Blog Hop today is filled with projects that are inspired by the beauty of Autumn – September is when the air becomes crisp and the leaves start to fall. We are excited to share our creations with you today! After you read my post, I hope you’ll hop over to the next person on the list at the base of this post.
Fall makes me think of the farm where I grew up in Iowa. Fall meant riding in the combine with my Dad. It also meant Mom’s cousins would come to pheasant hunt. If I was lucky, the guys would give my sister and I a pheasant feather each. I also liked looking for the beautiful birds when I played in the fields and pastures. Such freedom!
My card today uses two of my favorite stamp sets from the Holiday Catalog, Pleasant Pheasants and Country Home. My sentiments are from Country Home and the images are from Pleasant Pheasants. Here’s my card.
Here’s the scoop:
- I used the Gamboge and Yellow Brusho for my background.
- I embossed the pheasants with copper embossing powder.
- I stamped the inside and outside sentiments with Soft Suede. The pretty leaves on the inside were stamped in Cajun Craze.
- To add more shine to my card front, I tied a piece of the 1/4 in. Copper Trim around the top two layers. I love this trim so much! I’ve gone through 2 rolls of it so far!
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Candy Ford at Stamp Candy. There’s lots of inspiration to be found in this group – and you don’t want to miss it!
Enjoy the Hop!
Robin
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
- Denise Hoepfner at The Mountain Magpie
- Robin Myren at Songbird Designs by Robin
- Candy Ford at Stamp Candy
- Robbye Hamilton at Miss Hammie’s Crafts
- Shawn de Oliveira at Shawn Stamps
- Julie DiMatteo at The Paper Pixie
- Pam Morris at Tap Tap Stamp
- Rachael Shedeed at Bluebonnet Stampin’
- Nina King at InkPaperSequins
- Linda Krueger at The Stamp Coach
- Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
Sep 4, 2018 | Uncategorized |
Hello!
Some very dear friends lost a family member recently. They are down-to-earth folks so I thought they might like a card made from the Country Lane Suite. This beautiful suite is in the new Holiday Catalog which goes live September 5th!
Here’s my card:
Tips and Tricks:
- My card base is Early Espresso with the fold at the top.
- I love the pretty Mint Macaron DSP, don’t you?
- I stamped my pitcher and flowers in Memento Ink on Whisper White Cardstock because I used the Stampin’ Blends to add some color.
- The pitcher is colored in Light Smokey Slate. The leaves are colored with Dark Mint Macaron. The mushroomy things are colored in Dark Petal Pink. (If you know what those are, please let me know!) The berries are colored in Dark Shaded Spruce.
- I added a Shimmery Shaded Spruce bow to finish it off.
Have fun shopping from the new catalog! If you do not have a demonstrator, I would love to be yours!
Happy stampin’,
Robin
Aug 16, 2018 | Uncategorized |
Hello!
I’ve had so much fun playing with the Serene Garden Bundle! I used this gorgeous bundle to play along with the Just Add Ink #411 Challenge. Here’s my card:
And here is the challenge banner:
Here’s the scoop:
- My card base is made from Tranquil Tide Cardstock
- The DSP is from the Share What You Love Designer Series Paper
- The Serene Garden Bundle is on Page 166 of the Annual Catalog.
- I used the dove and the leaf stamps from the set. I stamped the leaf 4 times. I then die cut them and adhered them to a piece of Tranquil Tide Cardstock. One leaf stamp turned into a pretty flower!
- The sentiment and frame are from the Happy Birthday Gorgeous stamp set.
- I added a rhinestone to the center of the flower and gave the dove a touch of Clear Wink of Stella for some shine.
I love this card so much! I’m going to try it with different color combos. I hope you like it too!
Happy stampin’,
Robin
robinmyrenstamps@gmail.com
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Aug 15, 2018 | Uncategorized |
Welcome to InKing Royalty’s August Blog Hop! This year’s Blog Hop themes are inspired by popular songs – this month’s song is “Dog Days Are Over.” While we still feel the heat from a long, hot summer, August is a perfect time of year to start planning our Fall-themed cards. The projects in our hop will showcase Autumn, back-to-school and warm colors – you might even see a dog or two! We are excited to share our creations with you today! After you read my post, I hope you’ll hop over to the next person on the list at the base of this post.
This time of year has me browsing clothing stores to see what colors are featured in clothing for the Fall. I saw a lot of wines so I decided to feature one of our new colors, Merry Merlot, on my card for today. I paired this new color with one of our returning colors, Mossy Meadow. Here’s my card:
This and That:
- I am in LOVE with the Serene Garden Bundle! The images are crisp and remind me of the Art Deco style.
- I stamped the large corner stamp on a Very Vanilla panel using Memento ink. I then colored it using the Dark and Light Old Olive Stampin’ Blends.
- I used one of the dies to cut out the foliage so that some of the Mossy Meadow panel behind shows through. This die is REALLY cool!
- I stamped the butterfly and flower images in Memento, colored them with my Merry Merlot Stampin’ Write Marker, and die cut them. I popped them onto my card front with Dimensionals.
- The Merry Merlot tag is cut using the a framelet from the Sweet Cake Framelits.
- The sentiment is from the Beautiful Bouquet Stamp Set.
- Isn’t that ribbon FABULOUS?! It’s the 5/8 inch Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon in Very Vanilla.
- After my card was completed, I adhered it to its Merry Merlot card base.
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Denise Hoepfner at The Mountain Magpie. There’s lots of inspiration to be found in this group – and you don’t want to miss it!
Happy stampin’,
Robin
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
- Nina King at InkPaperSequins
- Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery
- Rachael Shedeed at Bluebonnet Stampin’
- Pam Morris at Tap Tap Stamp
- Julie DiMatteo at The Paper Pixie
- Shawn de Oliveira at Shawn Stamps
- Candy Ford at Stamp Candy
- Linda Krueger at The Stamp Coach
- Sheryl Sharp at Sharp Notes by Sheryl
- Robbye Hamilton at Miss Hammie’s Crafts
- Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
- Robin Myren at Songbird Designs by Robin
- Denise Hoepfner at The Mountain Magpie
