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.

 

Guest Designing with Krafty Chicks Challenge Week 2

 

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

I'm back for my second week, guest designing with the ladies in the Hen House!!

This week, the challenge is Christmas!!

I designed this card using Unity Stamp Company!

Unity is still my favorite stamp company, and I am a member of their Kit of the Month.

The stamp I used is in the KOM for September

Here's a link for you below

Unity Stamp Co's KOM

 

Don't you just love this fun red truck in a jar!! 

My friend Jeanie Marie Hays is the illustrator! I'm so proud of Jeanie!  

Here is the link you need to view or upload your own card!!

Krafty Chicks Challenge 

 

Thanks for stopping by my blog!! 

I hope to see you next week for "Clean and Simple" 

Now there's a challenge for me!!

Inky Hugs, Robyn 

 

Guest Designing with Krafty Chicks

 

 

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

I am super stoked to be guest designing with Krafty Chicks Challenge, and hanging out in their "hen house" for the entire month of September! 

I was so surprised when Lori Turner contacted me, and asked!
Thanks, Lori for the invitation!!!!

Here's the link for you

Krafty Chicks Challenge  

My first card of the month is for my cousin Melody, in Illinois..

We grew up together, very closely, and here we are in our old age, still best friends!!
We try to vacation together, and so far we have been on 7 cruises..the last one in March of this year, before the world went crazy!! 

 

 

Ok...enough chit chatting!! 

Here's what I came up with

I wanted to make Melody a new card since it's been a while. 

I didn't have any ideas in my head, so I went to the cards my crafty friends send me for inspiration. 

Lisa Bzibziak sent me this gorgeous card last year. She is an amazing card maker, and I claim to be her number one #fangirl

Almost an exact copy 💖 (hers is prettier) 

 

Here's a shot of the inside of the card, too 

 

The details are as follows....

I used, My Favorite Things, Pure Innocence line of stamps (love them)

The set is called "You're My Person" 

MFT~ You're My Person <<link

I started with a piece of heavy Papertrey Ink white card stock

I cut a heart out using Lawn Fawn stitched hearts, and a piece of pink velum..

I cut some plaid card stock with a fancy scalloped die

I stamped the girls image on white card stock, and colored the skin and hair with Copics. 

I used the same paper pack to paper piece their clothes, then used the matching die to cut them out...

I used a few tiny white flowers, some sweet butterflies, and, stitched clouds to complete the card.

I just love how it turned out, and I know she will, too!!

If you have any questions about what companies I use, please ask in comments!
I try to keep my posts short, but would love to hear from you!!

Krafty Chicks Challenge 

 

That's it for me this week!!
See you back on September 10th for my 2nd card!!

Inky Hugs, Robyn

Coffee Loving Cardmakers~ Fun with Jaded Blossom

Hey there, and welcome back to Robyn's Nest!!

I have a couple fun cards for you today from one of my favorite Super Sponsors, Jaded Blossom! 

Their July release was all for me! Just kidding, but you would think so with all that coffee goodness! Anything from fun, new coffee stamps, to new coffee themed stencils! I was in heaven!

As soon as the sets arrived, I couldn't wait to get inky!
I am having a random blog candy giveaway this month
Comment to be entered to win

First, I used the super sweet owl from the Don't Give a Hoot set
 link is below

Don't Give a Hoot 

Ack!! How cute is this Owl?? 

I started out by stamping, then coloring the image with Copics,

 then I decided to paper piece the cup!

Next, I fussy cut it out...
Going through my stash, I ran across these dies from 

CAS-ual Fridays  

Best Day Ever, and Jumping Jacks 

I cut the dies out with a few colored card stock
I then went looking for a tree die, or stamp, and found that I had bought this gorgeous birch tree die from Simon Says Stamp. So, I cut it out in white, then I used a deckle blade to trim the edges around that piece. I added a colorful polka dot piece of card stock I had used on a previous card, so I added it behind the trees :)

The Best Day Ever dies came with these super fun flowers, so I added them, too... 

The Jumping Jacks die is so awesome! I loved using it on this card... 

I also decided to use the negative piece from die cutting to make another card, just for fun!! 

I really love how these 2 turned out...I felt like I was channeling my inner Lisa Bzibziak on these 2! That's not a bad thing, either, since I'm her super fan ;) and she constantly inspires me with her amazing creations!! 

I sure hope you enjoyed my cards for this month!!

See you here again next month

 (September 16th is my day)

Inky Hugs, Robyn

 

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.