Aug 14, 2018 | Uncategorized |
Hello!
It’s been a long time since I’ve played with a challenge! I had great fun and even managed a 2-fer! Two challenges with one card! I used the Lily Pad Lake Bundle out of the Annual Catalog for my card.
And here are the challenge banners:
This and That:
- I created a Bokeh background using the colors from the Paper Players Challenge and White Craft Ink.
- I mounted the background onto Mango Melody Cardstock.
- I decided to use Night of Navy silhouettes for my images and die cut them using the Lakeside Framelets Dies.
- I stamped the sentiment directly onto the background. I stamped in VersaMark followed by Night of Navy and embossed it with clear embossing powder.
I’m hoping to make a couple more trips to the shore before school starts on August 27th. Hope you are enjoying the last bit of summer too!
Happy stampin’,
Robin
Jun 20, 2018 | Uncategorized |
Welcome to InKing Royalty’s June Blog Hop! This year’s Blog Hop themes are inspired by popular songs – this month’s song is “Here Comes the Sun.” As you can guess, our Blog Hop today is filled with projects that are inspired by the joy of the summer sun. 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.
I’m a teacher and now that I’m done with school for awhile, I like to spend my time soaking up the sun near water. My card today features the bundle “Lilypad Lake” found on page 133 of the new annual catalog. My mind immediately went to doing a center step card and I hope you enjoy the finished product.
I colored the stamped images using my Watercolor Pencils and an Aquapainter. I had forgotten about these pencils and it was fun working with them again. All of the images including the grass and ocean waves were cut using the die cuts from the bundle. The sentiment, “Be calm and leave it to God”, is two lines. I stamped the two lines separately and punched them out with the Classic Label Punch. Below is a close up of the steps of my card.
That’s all for 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!
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
- Shawn de Oliveira at Shawn Stamps
- Nina King at InkPaperSequins
- Imogene Thomas at MomoMakes.com
- Denise Hoepfner at The Mountain Magpie
- Robin Myren at Songbird Designs by Robin
- Candy Ford at Stamp Candy
- Jennifer Spiller at Westside Paper Creations
- Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery
- Julie DiMatteo at The Paper Pixie
- Sandra Cornejo at Madly Crafting
- Sheryl Sharp at Sharp Notes by Sheryl
- Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
- Pam Morris at Tap Tap Stamp
- Rachael Shedeed at Bluebonnet Stampin’
- Robbye Hamilton at Miss Hammie’s Crafts
- Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
Apr 18, 2018 | Uncategorized |
Welcome to InKing Royalty’s April Blog Hop! This year’s hops are themed around some of our favorite songs. Today’s hop pulls inspiration from B.B. King’s song “Let the Good Times Roll.” How fun is that?! We’ve created projects that either feature images with wheels (cards, wagons, bikes) or celebrate good times. We are excited to share our projects with you. After you read my post, I hope you’ll hop over to the next person on the list at the base of this post.
My card for today features one of the new In-Colors, Blueberry Bushel. This color is a beautiful saturated blue that worked well for watercoloring. Take a look….
My card base is Blueberry Bushel and is paired with Soft Suede embossed with the Pinewood Planks embossing folder. The old-fashioned truck is from the Country Livin’ Stamp Set. I’m so glad this set returns in the new catalog!
The body of the truck is watercolored with an Aquapainter using Blueberry Bushel Ink. The rest of the image was watercolored with Smoky Slate, Soft Suede, and Old Olive inks. The sentiment was stamped using a new stamp set I received at Onstage called Pick a Pennant.
I finished my card using a piece of Burlap Ribbon. I pulled a few strands from the edge to give it the loops. I attached the ribbon at the top with Tear and Tape. I added one of the True Gentleman Buttons. I did not try to thread the strands of ribbon through the button! Instead, I cheated by tying the bow and sticking it to the button with a glue dot.
I hope you liked my card! Thank you for stopping by today. Please hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Shawn de Oliveira at Shawn Stamps. 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
- Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
- Jennifer Spiller at Westside Paper Creations
- Rachael Shedeed at Bluebonnet Stampin’
- Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery
- Lisa Pretto at InkBig Academy Stamps
- Robin Myren at Songbird Designs by Robin
- Shawn de Oliveira at Shawn Stamps
- Nina King at InkPaperSequins
- Candy Ford at StampCandy
- Imogene Thomas at MomoMakes.com
- Robbye Hamilton at Miss Hammie’s Crafts
- Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
- Julie DiMatteo at The Paper Pixie
- Denise Hoepfner at The Mountain Magpie
- Deb Cozzone at Grand Central Stamping
- Pam Morris at Tap Tap Stamp
Apr 9, 2018 | Uncategorized |
Hi Everyone!
I just returned from OnStage in Atlanta. Right away we were told some big news! Stampin’ Up! is doing a color revamp! There are 14 new colors, and some old favorites will be returning. That means we have to say goodbye to come of our current colors, but trust me it’s worth it! Which of the colors will be your new favorite?
Other BIG NEWS….the stamp pad cases have been redesigned so they are easier to open! ALSO, the ink now has a defoamer in it so there won’t be anymore bubbles with juicy pads!
And
Stampin’ Up!has released the Retired Lists for the Annual and Occasion Catalogs. Don’t wait too long to get your favorites! Stamps will be available up to June 1st. All other products are while supplies last. Click on the link below to see the lists.
Questions? My email is rmyren.songbirddesignsbyrobin1@gmail.com.
It is such an exciting time to be a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator! Best..Decision..Ever!
Happy stampin’,
Robin
Mar 21, 2018 | Uncategorized |
Welcome to InKing Royalty’s March Blog Hop! Today’s hop is filled to the brim with projects that celebrate Spring and Summer. With inspiration from Katrina & the Waves’ song “Walking on Sunshine,” we’ve created projects that share the joy and excitement that accompany warmer weather. We are excited to share our projects with you. After you read my post, I hope you’ll hop over to the next person on the list at the base of this post.
Today I’m sharing a card I made using Cozy Cottage, a Host Set from the Occasions Catalog.
I loved using happy, Spring colors to make my card! The pretty yellow card base is from the Sale-A-Bration item Tutti-Frutti Cards and Envelopes.
My cottage image is colored with Stampin’ Blends. I was able to create many shades of green with just two markers!
I stamped the sentiment twice so that I could frame my cottage with it and popped it up with Dimensionals.
To finish my card, I stamped the flower bunch directly on the card and used the Blends to color it as well. (Yes, the coloring did bleed through to the other side. I just added some Tutti-Frutti DSP on the inside to cover it up.)
I hope my card made you think of Spring! Thank you for stopping by. Please hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Nina King at InkPaperSequins. There’s lots of inspiration to be found in this group – and you don’t want to miss it!
Happy Spring!
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
- Candy Ford at Stamp Candy
- Imogene Thomas at MomoMakes.com
- Lisa Pretto at Ink Big Academy Stamps
- Robbye Hamilton at Miss Hammie’s Crafts
- Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
- Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
- Robin Myren at Songbird Designs by Robin
- Nina King at InkPaperSequins
- Shawn de Oliveira at Shawn Stamps
- Pam Morris at Tap Tap Stamp
- Denise Hoepfner at The Mountain Magpie
- Julie DiMatteo at The Paper Pixie
- Rachael Shedeed at Bluebonnet Stampin’
- Jennifer Spiller at Westside Paper Creations
- Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery
Oct 18, 2017 | Uncategorized |
Welcome to InKing Royalty’s October Blog Hop! There are so many ways to say, “Thank you!” – today’s blog hop is filled with projects that share our gratitude. Stampin’ Up!’s catalogs (both the Annual Catalog and the Holiday Catalog) are filled with so many fun products that help us show our gratitude – and 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.
Today I’m sharing a card that is a modified version of a gatefold card. It uses DSP from the Painted Autumn pack. I LOVE this paper! It also uses the Painted Harvest and Gourd Goodness stamp sets. Here’s my card:
Here are the details:
- The card base is Early Espresso Cardstock cut to measure 4 1/4 x 11. It needs to be scored at 3 1/2, 7 and 8 3/4. Fold the cardstock as shown in the second photo above.
- I cut 2 pieces of the floral DSP. The small piece is 4 1/8 x 3 3/8 and goes on the small front panel. The second piece measures 4 1/8 x 3 3/8 and goes on the back panel of the card base.
- The panel with the pumpkins is a piece of Early Espresso measuring 3 x 3 1/2. The DSP for that panel measures 2 7/8 x 3 3/8.
- The pumpkins are two-step stamped. I stamped the solid image first in Pumpkin Pie, stamping off on my grid paper first. I then stamped the second image using Pumpkin Pie. Finally, I fussy cut them.
- The leaves are also two-step stamped. The solid stamp is stamped in Cajun Craze. The second stamp is done with Early Espresso. These were also fussy cut.
- The sentiment piece uses Early Espresso Cardstock measuring 2 3/4 x 7/8. I then stamped a piece of Very Vanilla measuring 2 5/8 x 3/4 with the outline leaf stamp using Cajun Craze. I then stamped the sentiment on top with Early Espresso Ink.
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you’ll hop along to the next stop on the blog hop, Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery. 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
- Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
- Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
- Shawn de Oliveira at Shawn Stamps
- Jennifer Spiller at Westside Paper Creations
- Denise Hoepfner at The Mountain Magpie
- Robin Myren at Songbird Designs by Robin
- Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery
- Karen Browning at KarenZBrowning.com
- Robbye Hamilton at Miss Hammie’s Crafts
- Julie DiMatteo at The Paper Pixie
- Racheal Shedeed at Bluebonnet Stampin’
