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~ 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.

February 2108 Friends of Unity Blog Hop

Welcome back to the Friends of Unity Blog Hop!!

I am so happy you are here!! 

For this months card I used my very favorite color combo, kraft and red :) 

My favorite cardstock is from Papertrey Ink! 

I used Unity Stamp Company's

Love to Go 

This is an awesome stamp for any occasion. Love of coffee, Valentine's Day, a gift card holder to a loved one.. the possibilities are many.

I started out by stamping the image with red ink onto kraft cardstock, then using Gina Marie's Wonky Stitch dies I cut it out. I used  kraft ink to distress the edges of all the paper I used.

I decided to add a little love letter using my EK Success envelope punch and more coordinating designer paper from PTI~ it turned out so cute, and the sentiment that comes with the stamp set fit perfectly onto my little die cut "piece of paper"  ;) 

I used the same paper for the banner strips too.

The twine is from... you guessed it PTI~ LOL  I love their stuff

The swirly heart is from Sizzix # 660222

This sweet bow tie paper clip is from Simon Says Stamp, and lastly I used the Sweetheart Mix sequins from Pretty Pink Posh....

I sure hope you are Hopping along with use! We may be a small group, but we seriously LOVE Unity Stamp Company so much! 

If you would like to Hop along, we would surly love for you to leave us a comment letting us know what you think  :) 

I hope to see you back in March for our next Hop!!! 

First up is...

Crystal O Minkler

Eileen Mathys

Robyn Jordan (you are here)

Jeannie Marie Hays

Amber Trubiak

Wynne Cochran Grob

Dawn Fields

Oh, I forgot to mention, one of us is having a giveaway!! 

Hop along, leave us a comment to be entered to win!! 

Craftin Desert Divas Solo Sponsor

http://coffeelovingcardmakers.com/5862

Hey there  :) 

Welcome! 

I am super excited  for Craftin Desert Divas, Amy's Solo Sponsor! 
Tara is offering a $20.00 store credit to one winner!!
It could be you, so be sure to comment on our Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog for your chance to win!! 

I really love this set of  Fancy Frame Dies <3 

I use them all the time, from the largest, where I use it on this card, to one of their smaller ones in the same set, that I stamped my sentiment on. 

For this card I started off using Unity Stamp Co Kit of the Month December 2017 coffee cup background. I heat embossed it onto PTI kraft cardstock, then cut it using CDD die.

I am really LOVING this "new to me" crinkle ribbon by D.L. Art.

This is from their Vintage Christmas bundle.. It's a cranberry color, and just beautiful to work with!! 

I added a tiny wooden coffee cup from Latina Crafters, and a tiny butterfly.

That's it for today!

I look forward to your comments

 Check out  Craftin Desert Divas, and be sure to also check out our blog, Coffee Loving Cardmakers to see what our Design Team has for inspiration. 

Coffee Loving Cardmakers

 

Hey there  :) 

Welcome to my blog !! 

I am so happy to share this sweet card with you this week!!

Being a part of Coffee Loving Papercrafters Facebook group, and Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog is so amazing for me!!

I never thought in a million years I'd be asked to take part with such talented women. I am still pinching myself, if I'm being honest.

I will be posting a card, one Wednesday a month,and this is my January card.

I really hope you like it  :) 

Let's chat about this card for a moment, ok. 

This sweet girl is from Unity Stamp Company's  new line called Planner Girls.

They are smaller than their Angie's Girl stamps, but as you know, Unity doesn't make small stamps-EVER! LoL 

She doesn't have a name like the Angie's, but you can find her by clicking here> Stay Cozy

I started out stamping her with Memento Black ink, colored her in with Copics. 

Then I used Craftin' Desert Divas (<link) Fancy Frame Dies to cut her out. I used Papertrey Ink white cardstock as my base, then grabbed a piece of printed cardstock, too.

I used Stampin' Up! Pool Party for the blue layer, and the little piece for the sentiment.

The sentiment is also from Unity, from the Itty Bitty line, called Cup of Love.

I used pink embossing powder on it :) 

I don't know if you can see it, but under the top, white layer and over all the other layers, I used a piece glitter tulle to cover the entire card, and trimmed it some. I am going to so sad when I run out of that tulle. I bought it and 6 other glitter colors at JoAnn's 4 years ago, and I have not seen it since then  :( 

This sticker is so amazing!

It is from Essentials (Sandy Lion) 

It was a gift to me from my friend Eileen Mathys for Christmas!

I just love it, and I will be buying more of them :) 

This pretty little flower came with the same sticker set!! Too cute  :) 

Well, that's my card for this month! I hope you like it, too.

I can't wait for next month!

Valentine's Day!

I already have an idea spinning around in my head!! 

See you then  ;) 

Friends of Unity Blog Hop January 2018

Hey there !! 

Welcome the second Friends of Unity Blog Hop!! 

I am so happy you stopped by :) 

Be sure to hop along with us, because one of us is having a very nice giveaway of Unity stamps...I wonder who it could be?? LOL 

For this months card, we went with a Winter theme.

I chose Warm Winter Comforts ... 

I just love this little guy so much! 

I started by stamping him on PTI cardstock, then coloring him with a combination of different markers ~ Copic, and Distress Markers by Ranger, (Tim Holtz)

Then I used Kat Scrappiness Fancy scalloped rectangle dies to cut out the image~ 

My background layer is literally a piece of white cardstock I smooshed around in some SU! Pool Party ink, that  I spritzed some water on.. it looked pretty good so I saved it. It worked well with this image, and the colors I used. 

I stamped the sentiment that comes with him onto a scrap piece of PTI patterned cardstock then used a punch from SU! to punch it out. 

I used a boarder die from Tim Holtz die set I have to add some more color.

The snowflakes are stickers, and there in the top right side, I added some washi. It didn't match the white as much as I wanted it to, but I still liked it ;) 

I added some twine, to finish it off.

I am pretty happy with how this one turned out!!

I hope you like it too... 

Thanks, for stopping by, and I look forward to your comments 

Please check out the other ladies Hopping with me today!

Don't forget the giveaway!!  ;) 

 Crystal Minkler

Amber Trubiak

Eileen Maythes

Dawn Fields

Wynne Cochran Grob

Robyn Jordan>> You are here<<<

and lastly :)

Jeanie Marie Hays