Friends of Unity December 2020

 

Hey there!! 

Welcome to Robyn's Nest 

Well, by now, you know that we are celebrating our 3rd anniversary of the Friends of Unity Blog Hop! It really is hard to believe all that has happened in the last 3 years, but we have enjoyed having all of our regulars with us for the wild ride, that started by loving a certain stamp company!!

Id like to do a little shout out of my top 10 commenters!! 

Mamaw Cindy!! Cindy Holmes

Carla from Utah!!! 

Becca Yahrling

Vannessa Osborne

Meg Crawford

Glennis F

Holly AKA KopyKat

Wilma DeG

Natasha V.

Denise Bryant!!
Thank you ladies for your continuous support of our hop!!

 

Ok, onto the rest of the hop!!

Our cue this month is

 My Favorite Things...

For this card I used 

Cheers by Tierra Jackson 

 

The sentiment is heat embossed in gold

I used a swirly embossing folder from Darice

and Specturm Noir clear shimmer pen over the glass and stem

I tied a knot (idea from Crystal M. ) from some plaid ribbon and added it for more color

The sentiment that comes with this set was too big for the front of this card, so I stamped it on vellum in red and heat embossed it with Dazzling Diamonds from Stampin' Up

 I did add a bit of color to the glass with Copic R0000

and E0000 for the bubbly ;)  

 Thanks for hanging to the end!!

I am having a few giveaways this time so be sure to leave a comment along the way to be entered! 

 

Did you arrive here from 

Dawn Fields blog?
Her link is below

 https://fromtwinsburgwithlove.blogspot.com/2020/12/friends-of-unity-blog-hop-my-favorite.html    

In case you arrived here from some place else, here is a link to the beginning of the hop 

Crystal Minkler's blog

 

 Inky Hugs, Robyn

 Friends, please know that our hops are not sponsored. (Although, we know Unity Stamp Co. lovingly approves) Because your support is so valuable and so appreciated, prizes are given from the creators own private stash of Unity stamps.

Friends of Unity Blog Hop~ November 2020

 

 

Hey there!!
Welcome to Robyn's Nest 💖

I sure hop you are starting off your Saturday morning with a hot cuppa and hopping along with us!!

Welcome to Friends of Unity Blog Hoppers

We get together the first weekend of every month to showcase our love for Unity Stamp Company

 

November's cue is Backgrounds!!

I'm a little last minute this month because ...(shameless plug, ahead) I am also hopping over at Coffee Loving Cardmakers, and our bi-yearly blog hop!!
I will leave a link at the bottom for you to check it out. Feel free to link your own cards...but, I will get to that later. 

ok, so...

this month I chose to use Old Bird, by Tiara Jackson

She is such a hoot!!

Here's a link for you, below.

Unity Stamp Co. Old Bird  

 

Backgrounds...hmm...I got lazy, (no surprise there).

and went fishing through my stash. I found not one, but two shave cream technique panels!

  Say Whaat!!??

How lucky was that??

Here's a link to watch GinaK's demo...it's less than 5 minutes

Youtube link to GinaK Shave Cream Technique .

I simply stamped the image on Papertrey Ink white cardstock

Colored her coat to match the background (bg)
I used puttyon her coat

E-17,40,42 on the collar and sleeves.

 C-00,-03,05 on her shoes, and the pigeons.

a tickle of purple V-01 on her socks...

her hair is also purple (not just for the old ladies, anymore) 😄

 if you knew how many "my mama" stories I have from all the ladies and the curse of the purple hair...mother was~as they called them, a beautician. 

Fortunately for me, I have 3 way older sisters (LOL) that got all the perms, and hair color when they were little. By the time I was born, she was a stay at home mom, with a following (to our basement and her little "shop")   my hair was chemical free until I was in my 20's , and now for the last 3 years I have grown out to my natural color. Yay me!!

Hair color is V-000-00-01-02

The paper clip is from Tim Holtz. It's a clock, without hands. 

A few of Gina Marie's enamel dots, and I was done! YAY!!
Then I had time for this second card 

 

Again, I use a shave cream panel.

I cut it out with a die from Waffle Flower

I used PTI white cs with a this square, frame die from Paper Sweeties.I love the wonky edges all around.

I stamped this image from the
Kit Of The Month aka (KOM or KOTM)

I heat embossed the cup with clear WOW! embossing powder

 I used a little chalk on my fingertip to give the center heart, and plate a bit of color.

I stamped this sentiment from another kit onto vellum with rhubarb color ink, then heat embossed it in clear with WOW! embossing powder  

 

I hope you have enjoyed my cards!
Please leave us a comment along the way!!

Start this hop from the beginning over at 

Crystal Minkler's blog <<<LINK

 

 

 Here is a link to the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Fall/Winter Blog Hop 2020

71 Super Sponsors

Your favorite stamp companies all in one HUGE BLOG HOP

 

Instagram hashtag is #fall/winter2020clh 

2020 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Hope to see you there!!

Inky Hugs, Robyn

 

 Friends, please know that our hops are not sponsored. (Although, we know Unity Stamp Co. lovingly approves) Because your support is so valuable and so appreciated, prizes are given from the creators own private stash of Unity stamps.

 

Friends of Unity~ October Birthday

 

 

Hey there!! 

Welcome to Robyn's Nest!! 

This months cue is Birthday

YAY!! 

Because it's my beautiful niece's birthday month, too and she turns 50

Happy birthday, Shanna

I made this card using Unity's Kit of the month for November 2018

Whole Lot Of Lovely 

This first card came together pretty easy. I had it in my head and with a little help from my DT friends, I chose to finish with the big "cheers" die

 This second card was not planned at all, but this gorgeous cupcake was calling me to color it up. 

So I used the same color scheme..

I hope you like my cards for this month!

That's it for me
Up next in the hop is..

Dawn B

If you want to start from the beginning of this hop, click the link below for 

Crystal Minkler's blog

 

Inky Hugs, Robyn

 

 

 Friends, please know that our hops are not sponsored. (Although, we know Unity Stamp Co. lovingly approves) Because your support is so valuable and so appreciated, prizes are given from the creators own private stash of Unity stamps.

Friends of Unity~ September

 Hey there!!!

 Welcome to Robyn's Nest!!
Happy Labor Day Weekend!!!
It's the first weekend of the month!! YAY! 

***anyone else having a time of the "New Blogger"?**

I'd like to announce the winner from last months blog candy giveaway I had for one commenter...

Congratulations, Cheryl Taylor!!

Taylorcheryl440@gmail.comAugust 12, 2020 at 4:10 PM

I love the bright colours and polka dots, but my favourite part is the owl. It is ADORABLE! 

 

Thanks Cheryl, for your sweet comments!

Your prize is finally on the way! <3 

ok, onto the hop!!!

 

Our cue for this month is Friendship! 

I have several, amazing, life long friends!

and my new crafty friends, too 

This card is for my longest friend, Jennifer Busto

Jennifer and I met when she was a young girl (12) and we are still friends today.

Her birthday is on the 29th and I bought this set especially for her

Cherished Friends  

 

I started out stamping them on PTI white card stock...Jenn is very much a girly girl, so it had to be pink!!

 

Jennifer's hair is much shorter, than this, but, mine is pretty close in the gray department

The sentiment in this kit was very long, so I carefully cut it after stamping

 Jennifer is like my little sister, and she means the world to me!!
I hope she likes card ;)

Did you arrive her from  

Dawn Fields blog 

Sweet Dawn had a birthday!! Happy birthday, Dawn!!

 

Up next in the hop is my friend 

Joyce Verdon's blog 

 

Inky Hugs, Robyn   

Friends, please know that our hops are not sponsored. (Although, we know Unity Stamp Co. lovingly approves) Because your support is so valuable and so appreciated, prizes are given from the creators own private stash of Unity stamps.

 

 

Friends of Unity~ August 2020

Hey there, welcome to Robyn's Nest!!

For this months cue, we chose Sympathy

Before I get to the details of my card, I want to announce the answer to my question for last month

Q~ who was the past design team member, from the UK that is the  Queen of Paper Piecing??

Answer is~ Sharon Nettleship***
I got an email from Karen Ladd with the correct answer!!

Congratulations Karen!!

I have already sent out the prize (June 202 Kit of the Month) and a little extra ;)

For my sympathy card, I chose to use

Outside Your Window

For this image, I saw it being water colored easily...after water coloring it, I use my Copic markers very carefully to darken the "grout"

Here is a close up of the sentiment

I had to have this sentiment set when it came out by Ann Butler Designs

Dash of Encouragement

After I finished this card, and took the pictures, I began to clean up a bit, and under some paper I found this perfect bow...I have it taped down on the backside of the card...I wanted to get an opinion...keep the bow, or lose the bow...I'd love to hear your thoughts :)

With the bow

That's it for me this month...

If you'd like to start from the very beginning of the hop, click the like below

Crystal Minkler's blog

up next is

Alaine's blog

For a chance of winning one of our fabulous giveaways, all you have to do is comment on each blog in the hop...easy peasy!!

We very much appreciate all of your comments!!!

Inky Hugs, Robyn :)

Friends, please know that our hops are not sponsored. (Although, we know Unity Stamp Co. lovingly approves) Because your support is so valuable and so appreciated, prizes are given from the creators own private stash of Unity stamps.

Friends of Unity~ May 2020

Hey there!!
Welcome to Robyn's Nest!!

I am so glad you are here for our monthly blog hop!!

***Announcing the winner of last months Hop...
Karen Ladd!!
Please send me your address in an email to
robyn6420@aol.com
subject FOU Winner
if anyone knows Karen, could you let her know :)
Onto my card...

This months cue is Favorite Angie Girl or Guy!!
Well that's difficult!!
I love them all. I do, however, have my favs :) and I have narrowed it down to 6... 😏
I'm sure by now you have heard the news that
 Angie Blom and USCo have separated.
I know 😭
I can say with all honesty, I will miss Angie Blom's Unity stamps!

I do love digital stamping, and will follow Angie wherever she goes!! 💛
I wish her well 

Onto my card for this month...
Now, don't be too jealous, but I have the highly coveted March 2015 Kit of the Month!!
I KNOW!!!
So lucky!! I bought it before they removed it.
 I am using the Angie girl from that kit!!

Sorry, the picture looks rough :/ 

 

Pretty In Pink

I am so happy with how she turned out!

At first, I was afraid I had overworked her hair, but the pictures looked ok, so I went with it

I used Copics to color her, and a die from Papertrey Ink to cut out the finished image..glued her onto  pink card stock, then found a matching piece of pattern paper

I used rectangle dies I bought from Elizabeth Craft back in the Fall.

The ribbon is from Close to my Heart, and the sweet little flower is from Jolee's
I hope you have enjoyed the Hop so far!!

I sure hope you arrived here from 

Dawn Bryson's Blog  

UP NEXT IS

Jeanie Marie's Blog

If you'd like to start from the beginning, we'd love for you to leave us all a comment!!

Click the link below and head on over to....

Crystal Minkler's Blog

 I try not to get too chatty, so if you'd like more info on the products I use in any of my blog posts, please feel free to ask in comments. I don't reply to all comments, but I do read every one.

 I will answer any questions you have and add the links as well :)

Thanks :)

Inky Hugs, Robyn

 Friends, please know that our hops are not sponsored. (Although, we know Unity Stamp Co. lovingly approves) Because your support is so valuable and so appreciated, prizes are given from the creators own private stash of Unity stamps.

Friends of Unity~ April 2020

Hey there!
welcome to Robyn's Nest!!
Thanks for stopping by!
If you came here from
Dawn's blog, I'm glad you're here!!
This month we have a sketch to inspire us!
OMG!! You have no idea how much I love me a sketch challenge!
This one will go into my favorites!!

I used Kit of the Month 3/20

I can say this...I will use 90% of this KOM!!
Isn't it fabulous??

For my card, I use Penny Black dies, to cut out some water color paper...stamped the image with versafine black ink, and water colored with Arteza!!
Thanks for stopping by!!
I'm glad you made it this far!
I will be having a giveaway this month...
if you want your name to be chosen, Please let me know by leaving your contact info or emailing it to me with the subject FOU giveaway entry, to
 robyn6420@aol.com
UP NEXT IS
our fabulous Jeanie 
(did you see that sweet Jeanie has a stamp made by Unity??) 
I may have one as a giveaway.... ;)
To start at the beginning of this blog hop and a chance to win from the other ladies, click the link below for
Our fearless leader, Crystal Minkler's blog 

Inky Hugs, Robyn 
 
 

 Friends, please know that our hops are not sponsored. (Although, we know Unity Stamp Co. lovingly approves) Because your support is so valuable and so appreciated, prizes are given from the creators own private stash of Unity stamps.

Friends of Unity March Designers Choice

 

Hey there and welcome to Robyn's Nest!!

Sorry I missed ya'll last month, but I'm back this month with a card I CASED from my sweet friend Bobbie Sue!

Last year I received a gorgeous card from Bobbie Sue for my birthday!

I never put it away because it brought a smile to my face when I saw it!

So I bought the stamp and set out to make one, too one day.

Almost a year later, I made this one in teals for my cousin Melody in Pingree Grove, Ill

Bobbie Sue water colored the image, so I gave it a try as well..

 

I love how it turned out, but my water coloring is no match for Bobbie Sue's! 

I sure hope you arrived here from

Dawn Bryson's blog (link)

if you'd like to start from the beginning click here for 

Crystal Minkler's blog

up next is

Dawn Fields blog  

Thanks for stopping by today! 

I hope you got a little inspiration 

Be sure to comment on each blog along the way to be eligible for one of our giveaways..

Inky Hugs, Robyn

 Friends, please know that our hops are not sponsored. (Although, we know Unity Stamp Co. lovingly approves) Because your support is so valuable and so appreciated, prizes are given from the creators own private stash of Unity stamps.