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

 

 

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 Cradmakers~ Merry Christmas

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Welcome to Robyn's Nest

What's brewin??

I know you don't have much time today to surf the web, but thank you for coming by my blog...I'll get right to my card for today!!

 

Shocker!!

I used Super Sponsor Unity Stamp Company stamps for my card! 

These 3 cups are in the this Kit of the Month for December 2019

Kit of the Month Membership link

 

^^^close up of the sticker from Jolee's and the tiny tag I made using the sentiment in the kit 

I used Always Artichoke SU! card stock

Lawn Fawn pattern paper

Waffle Flower scalloped die

Large snowflake die is from Sizzix

I love to use burlap when possible, and this little banner from Jolee's has a tad bit of it under the letters in "Holiday", so I used a larger piece under my cups
I sure hope you have had a Merry Christmas!!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Inky Hugs, Robyn

Coffee Loving Cardmakers/ Fun Stampers Journey Collaboration

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

The design team at Coffee Loving Cardmakers are thrilled to be collaborating with

 Fun Stampers Journey!! 

I am using their stamp set Coffee Helps, and the matching dies Coffee Helps (4 die set),

and Coffee First (8 dies).. 

Let me just say I had a blast with this set!!

For my first card,

I used PTI cardstock with the "to go" cup die from the coffee first (8) 

Vellum for the lid, and a hello word bubble

Then used FSJ twine, and Fashion silver flat back/self stick bling!
I love how it turned out :)

For my second card....

I used the same dies as with the first card, just different cs, and layout..

My third card was inspired by Pinterest..

I stamped and die cut this cup, added it to a background die from Lawn Fawn. With a sweet doily , more of FSJ amazing twine, and a tiny yellow flower, I glued it all down, and added the sentiments... 

I decided I needed some new bookmarks, and whipped these up in less than 2 hours! 

I have thoroughly enjoyed this entire set!! 

 

That's it for my cards, and bookmarks

 I hope you're enjoying the collaboration, 

and are getting inspired by all the cards, and projects along the way!! 

Please be sure to visit

 Fun Stampers Journey  

and Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog,

 links highlighted above!!

Don't forget to leave comments on each blog for a chance at winning THIS fabulous prize!!!

 Fun Stampers Journey!! 

I hope you came here to my blog from,

Lisa Bzibziak!! 

 If not, you can go back to Lisa's blog by clicking her name

Next up, after me is

Lori Turner,

 Lori has a fabulous project to inspire you!!

Thanks for stopping by

Inky Hugs, Robyn