Cowgirl Birthday

 Hello crafting friends,

I decided to do something a little different today, it's something I did years ago for a book cover I think.  I added glue to the ridges of corrugated stock then filled it with micro beads.  Sort of fun for a different kind of look.  I also added some kraft color twine and glittered rhinestnes.  The images I used today, DRS stamps: Lasso Cowgirl, 4 in 1 Cowboy Gear, and Saddle Up Birthday.

I used just part of the sentiment on the front and the rest inside with the saddle.

Our cowgirl is dressed in pink, she is adorable!

Thanks for visiting today.

Robin

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Happiness

Hello crafty friends!

A couple weeks ago Nancy posted a wonderful "curl" any surfer would love to ride.

She gave me the idea to use this "woody" with some waves. 

The sand is a wallpaper sample, sort of grassy.

The stamp used was Happiness Comes in Waves

I made a kind of beach wall with a brick embossing folder.

 

The waves have texture paste and then Stickles.

Thanks for visiting today!

Robin

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Lucky

 Hello friends!

Well this is a bit different isn't it? I was trying to use a new sketch that came up on SplitCoastStampers this week but I put my own spin on it.  I used a background piece I previously made (paint, cellophane and glossy black cardstock) to start this project then cut out white squares and stamped on them just the spade part of 4 Suite Verticle.  I then arranged them on the card front in diamond shapes.  

I used letter dies by I.O. with foam under them also cut with the letter dies, to say Lucky.

I popped up the frame made with MemoryBox dies then started on the inside.

Because everything looked black and white, I decided not to color the poker 5 cards hand image.

I then stamped the Lucky In Love.

Have fun crafting today and thanks for visiting!

Robin

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St. Patty's Day

 We have another 10 days till St. Patrick's so here is another fun St. Patty's Day card to share.

I used DRS stamps: Shamrock Background, Nip of Irish Cheer and Everything Irish

I stamped all over the background with the Sharocks then stamped the sentiment on top with black.  The image was stamped and die cut separately then popped up as was the green frame.

I added some green sparkle with Stickles.

Thanks for visiting today!

Robin

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Everybunny!

Hello everyone!

Today I've mae my first Eater card of the year.  Can you believe it's only a month away?

For this card I used a stencil to create the background using Distress Oxide ink in Eastery colors.  The stencil is actually pebbles but it looks like little candy eggs to me.

I used DRS stamps: Happy Easter Everybunny and Sneaky Bunny Flower Pot

The sentiment has been divided onto 2 arrow tags.  I used alcohol ink pens to color.

Thanks for visiting today!

Robin

 

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Cheers!

 Hello friends! 

I started out stamping the background with Bowling Strike using soft gray.  I then used a scrap of colorful background paper I made using alcohol inks on glossy cardstock, glued the strip to the left side of my card front.

Next, I stamped the Ball On Your Birthday Greeting at the top using Versafine Claire.

I cut the cheers out of black foam and glued it to the bottom then I stamped the Large Beer Mug on a separate piece of white cardstock, fussy cut it and colored it with alcohol ink pens.

I used white Liquid Applique and sprinkled glitter for the foam on the beer then heat it to make it puff.

The beer mug was popped up to match the height of the Cheers.

Hope you like this birthday card.  I think it is especially great for young men or men of any age who love to share a pint with friends.

Thanks for visiting today!

Robin

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Irish Cheer

 

Hello friends,

Here is my first Irish card of the season.  I used Small Beer Mug, Shamrock Swag, and Nip of Irish Cheer I used an embossing folder of shamrocks for the background.

Used some embossing paste and glitter on the beer foam.

Thanks for visiting!

Robin

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Happiness

 Hello friends,

Everything is wavy today and this new sentiment goes perfectly!! Happiness Comes In Waves.  I've also used Splash The Dolphin as well.  

The dolphins head is popped up and so is the front wavy water. The background was done with a wave embossing folder. I added little jewels to the sentiment banner.

The waves have texture paste and glitter.

Thanks for visiting today!

Robin

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Love and Blessings

 Hello friends!

Today I've used this cute fat frog, Friendly Flower Frog, with the new Love and Blessings Valentine.  I used Scattered Hearts with Kitsch Flamingo Oxide for the background.

 

The heart dies are from Impression Obsession, one is cut from bright pink corrugated stock and one from a medium pink cardstock.

I popped up the frog (isn't he adorable?) and the sentiment. 

Thanks for visiting today!

Robin

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Howdy Valentine

 Howdy friends!

I made this cowboy Valentine with DRS stamps: Howdy Valentine, Cowboy Line Dancer, and Barn Door.  The background is an embossing folder from Sizzix that looks like tooled leather.  The trim I had, it is burlap type ribbon with a line of pearls (most likely for a western style wedding).

I inked the embossing folder to give it a letterpress look.

The cowboy has white pinstripes on his shirt made with a gel pen.

I stamped the cowboy first then masked him and stamped the doors.

If needed, I filled in any line work with a Copic black liner pen so that it would not smear when colored with Alcohol Markers.

The silver trim on his belt and hat is silver leaf pen.

Thanks for visiting today.

Robin

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Special Place

Hello crafting friends!

Today I've used DRS stamps: Special Place In My Heart and Candy Heart Background

I stamped the candy all over the background piece then sponged the edges.

The heart die is from I.O., I sponged those edges and stamped the sentiment.

 

I added a strip of pink and rhinestone type dots with lace underneath.

Thanks for visiting today

Robin

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Hello Winter! Shaker

 Hello friends! 

I love the little snow globe look so today I've used Snow Globe then cut out the globe part so that I could create a shaker. 

I used a die set from Sizzix showing a little village scene then added shaker elements.

Of course I used acetate in the opening.  The whole globe needed a frame to bring it all together with a brown that sort of matches the globe base and some of the houses. 

I also used the sentiment Hello Winter.

Thanks for visiting today!

Robin

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Christmas Eve

 

Hello crafty friends!

We have Christmas Eve here and Santa with his reindeer are just coming into view!

He must be flying over central park with the New York city scape in the bg...well, that is my view anyway (even though I live across the country from New York, LOL!

I used DRS stamps: Leaping Reindeer and Merry Christmas to all

as well as some Memory Box dies.

I added a red rhinestone to the reindeer's nose.

The sky was sponged and then splattered with white paint.

I used a circle punch to make a moon mask then sponged it in, masked it then sponged the sky after stamping the reindeer and masking it.

I used a very pale yellow paper behind all the buildings for the windows (you can barely tell in the photos but it's there).

That's about it!

Thanks for visiting today!!

Robin

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Leaping Reindeer

 Hello crafting friends!

Today I've used this beautiful Leaping Reindeer and fun Simple Pine Trees in pale sponged colors. The Small Script Merry Christmas is also new from DRS.

For the base layer I used a snowflake stitch background die from Lawn Fawn and a stitched frame die also from Lawn Fawn.

The stitched banner for the sentiment is from Impression Obsession.

I popped up the frame and sentiment.

This card was very fast and easy!

Thanks for visiting today!

Robin

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Berries and Bows

 Hello friends!

Christmas cards yay! It's that time of year when I love making Christmas cards whether I send them or not, LOL!

This Christmas card features some of DRS's new stamps, Small Script Merry Christmas and Berries & Bow Christmas.

I used a window die by Spellbinders on an ink-sprayed background.

The Berries and Bow was fussy cut.

The white background panel was scored on the diagonal every 1/2".

I used some red transparent enamel dots as embellishments.

Thanks for visiting today!

Robin

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Beauty of Autumn

 Hello crafty friends, happy Thanksgiving!!

I used some old dies from Memory Box to create this tunnel view of an autumn scene.  My DRS stamps today are Autumn Leaf Pile and One Line Beauty of Autumn.

I created the tunnel of trees with foam between each layer except for the first layer which was glued directly to a frame I made with a Rubbernecker inverted scallop die and a larger piece of cardstock.

I sponged orange ink to the inside of the frame and around the arch sentiment that I made 

with the stamp and 2 circle dies.

Each layer of trees was sponged with a progressively darker gray color ink.

I imagined the trees were one of the white trunked trees like aspen or birch.

I stamped the pile of leaves multiple times then cut out the top slightly to make an uneven leafy surface for the deer to stand in. I sponged the leaves with 3 colors and then used 

Painty Pens to give more detail to some colors.

To get the sentiment to arch nicely, I snipped the rubber top and bottom as if I were sewing an arm into a shirt armhole opening. Going around curves with fabric is impossible without first snipping the curves.  Red rubber does not bend without snipping to allow the curve (don't worry, it doesn't affect your stamp image or words when straight stamping is desired).

That's about it!

Thanks for visiting today!

Robin

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You Make Friendsgiving

 Hello crafty friends!

Today I have another Friendsgiving card, perfect timing for the Thanksgiving holiday!

I've used DRS stamps: You Make Friendsgiving Special, Autumn Harvest Chair, and The Floor.

I made one layer out of corrugated stock which gives this card great texture and the sentiment is (seemingly) attached with enamel "brads".

Hope you like it!

Thanks for visiting today!!

Robin

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Happy Friends!

 Hello crafty friends!!

Today I used DRS stamps: Happy Friendsgiving and Pie and Coffee.  It was fun thinking of a Friendsgiving potluck I will attend soon.  The pie and coffee really brought that thought home!

I used some fun fall colors and happy ribbon to finish this card.

The whipped cream is Liquid Applique and heated to puff up.

I hope you like this one!  Have a great day!

Thanks for visiting.

Robin

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Friendsgiving!

 Hello crafty friends.

It's November, time to show thankfulness for friends and family.

I've used DRS Designs stamps: Cornucopia and Happy Friendsgiving

I used some dies from I.O. and Memory Box.  The yellow corn looking things are some pollen stamen from HC.

I hope you like this one! I'm going to a Friendsgiving celebration at our church this month.

Food and fun, sounds good!

Thanks for visiting!

Robin

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Happy Halloween

 Hello there!

All of you Star Wars fans will recognize that greeting I'm sure!

Hey, I have 1 more Halloween card to share today.  This one uses a combo of a DRS Design stamp: Spooky Jack Halloween and a Sizzix Halloween die set along with the Wacky Stitched Circle for a moon from I.O.

I love the fun yellow, orange, and black colors.  The square brads I used are old (sorry), from my 

massive stash of brads and eyelets (you know what I mean, right?).

I used some black core cardstock with purple on the other side then sanded it for the Frankie, black with brown sanded for the tree and black with orange sanded for the jack-o-lantern.

The background black is glitter paper.

Thanks for visiting today!

Robin

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