Mother's Day Cards

Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there!

Here are a few variations of Mother's Day cards I made this year. I love how just changing the designer paper, gives the cards a whole different feel to them. I used the same stamp (From Sunbeams stamps) b/c I don't have many stamps for mothers day and I like this one anyway-I'd love to find a cute angel stamp to use along with it someday. Any suggestions?

This first one shown below is one I made last year with one sheet wonders. I used that same layout for the next few as well. I like the simplicity and speed of this card. The next two are also from a set of one sheet wonders. I actually started this set last year, but just finished them this week. I'll show you more of this set later. I don't normally like things symmetrical, just ask anyone who knows me!! :) But it fit this time. I actually like all the white and the simplicity of this one. I also like the texture of the "yarn" on the side.This one has pearls randomly on it, instead of the jewels in the above one. (It's kinda hard to see them.)
The next two are the same layout once again, but different DP again. It's interesting the different feel fo them-even with the same DP, but different areas of the paper cut.
I like the cut of paper in the above pic best, but am not sure which ribbon I like best. The pic below is a bit blurry-sorry-there's also a small smudge on the bottom left. Grrrrr...
Back to Mother's Day...I had no idea how many sacrifices mothers make until I was one. I appreciate my mother and all she has done for me and continues to do for me so much and
sincerely hope all you mothers out there truly do have a wonderful Mother's day!

Smiles!
Robyn

Week of stamping

Apparently this has been the week to stamp...for me at least. I have had deadlines though and had to do so much, that it hasn't been as enjoyable as other times. I do like seeing the outcomes though...I'm a little short on sleep though and have more to do this next week too.

Our church had a service auction as a fundraiser for all of the youth camps, boy scout camps and cub scout camps and I took a tin full of cards I made to be donated in the silent auction. And since I already donated another tin full of cards earlier this week, I had to stamp a bunch more for this one.

So, here are a couple of the ones I made:And two more I made that are variations of past cards I made:

Teacher/Staff Appreciation

Our PTO asked for donations for gifts for staff and teacher appreciation, so I made: one, a tin (like the one below) full of pre-made cards and two, this tin seen below full of altered items.At first, I was going to do a "school type" theme-with stamps of crayon, scissors, etc-with my Teacher-bella stamp I love, but decided that they get a lot of things along this line, and that it might be nice to get other things too. I was trying to decide what to make and what colors to use, when I thought of this recent acrylic frame/notepad we made at our last club mtg. So I planned everything around it and I think it turned out great!I think that my fav was making this little matchbook case to hold the giant paperclip bookmarks in...was pretty easy and displayed them so cute!

Cards for G Grammy's 80th Bday

We couldn't be there to celebrate with R's Grammy H this week for her 80th bday, so we sent cards. A made one, B colored a pic for her and I pulled out this owl one I made...when? a year ago that I still had-I still like the rhinestones on the owl-hard to see...(since she used to collect owls I hear) and made this other really simple one (that is the worst pic-sorry! the ink showed up weird in this pic-the colors really do match!)
...more to come later this week-working on some things for teachers at the school and another church service auction...

I was also asked about a template or dimensions for the purse cards. I traced every piece when I made them, so I will measure them and scan it in soon.

Last Club night project from April

I forgot to post this a couple weeks ago after club night. We have made these once before, but I think I was the only one of us in the club who did. I also made some of these for teachers for Valentines, but forgot to take pics before I gave them away. They are always so cute and useful!
(You use an acrylic photo frame and lay it down, make an insert and put a post it pad on top! Add a pen and some velcro and wala!

Birthday Well Wishes

Thanks to all for the bday cards/gifts and well wishes. Love these cards and chocolate I got from a sister and friends!!! :)Thanks K! This one could be in this week's Ways to Use it even!
Too cute! Love it K! Thanks! (The flowers pull up and out and there is space to write under them.)
Thanks J! Love these boxes full of chocolate! A does too! She thinks the rabbits are Max and Ruby too! :)

It's after midnight

...so technically it's not my bday anymore, but I did START stamping on my bday still. :)

Don't love this card...too pink and purply, and needs some more textured background I think...but my daughter will love it!

...used today's sketch challenge for it, but flipped it in it's side.

Purse cards

I thought about waiting to post these next two cards until tomorrow, in case I actually don't GET to stamp tomorrow, but I am too excited to share them with the few of you out there that look at this every now and then! that I am posting them now anyway. :)
I have wanted to make some "purse cards" for quiet awhile. I have seen other stampers make them and then I saw these two purses, one a real one and one a gift card in the store and thought, here's my inspiration, so today my daughter A (who is 3) and I made some. She even made one herself that she loves and carries around. :) (Although she wants them all! And does not want to give any away.) :)

The first one shown here is a denim skirt purse. Too cute! Took awhile to make the pattern, but now I have it for more! :) I also thought it would look cute with rhinestones to give it the look of being "bedazzled", but I went with using the Baroque stamp instead. I added rhinestones then to that at first, but decided I didn't like the rhinestones and brads combined...needs to be one or the other. I DO like the Baroque stamp on it a lot though!

Here's the second one...very different, but cute and much more simple and quick to make. I didn't have any sticky velcro I could find (although I do have some...somewhere!), so I used magnets to close the flap. (My pattern and inspiration are to the left. This one is used to hold a gift card, but I didn't make mine that way-just a "plain ol' card". )

Yeah! I got to stamp today!!!

Well, tomorrow my birthday and I told myself that I was going to stamp on my bday, so I decided to start a day early! Sound good? :) It did to me! LOL

I actually really like all of the three cards I made today too!!!

Here is the first one I did. It is with one of the Whiff of Joy stamps I just got and I love this little girl "Willow", who my daughter calls "Emily". :) I had to stamp one for her to color too. :)
The colors are kinda bright for me, but it went with the way I colored her clothes and it's spring right?!...Not sure I like the spots I put on her cheeks though...Oh well...I'll try it different next time. :)

Club Swap

These are two of the cards from the club swap this past month. I love this idea of having the swap along with the stamp night. I get to come home with so many cards and see more ideas this way too! All of us are at different levels of stamping too and it's neat to see how people begin stamping and progress. Thanks girls! :)

I love this Bugs and Kiss set...maybe I should break down and get it. :)
(Oops-you can't see the flower in the circle hole on the bottom right-it was on the back pg of the card and cute!.)
I love the sentiment on this one!!! (It's from an older set that I hadn't seen before.)

Excited

This last week was absolutely filled to the brim and nuts for me! But...I am excited about some new stamps I got in the mail!!! I need some more EZ mount foam though. Does anyone know if they sell it anywhere other than online sites (where I have previously gotten it)? I'm just impatient and want it sooner! ;)

Look for cards to come soon-along with more stamp club night posts.

Stamp Club and Card Swap

I was soooo tired at our club mtg the other day, that I seemed to be working on cards in slow motion and quietly too! Very different for me. LOL I still enjoyed it though. Here are a couple of the cards we made...I'll post more later and include some from the swap too! :)

(Sorry the colors are all washed out b/c I didn't do them near a window and the flash went off.
Still need to add a sentiment in the oval...
Just saw that part of the bow came off-oops! I like the velcro closure on it!
This one is a gift card holder and has slots to put one in the bottom panel, though you can't see them in this pic...

Best of Cluck!

Along with our stamp club mtg this month, we all decided to do a card swap as well, so I am off today to stamp and exchange some cards too!!!

These are the cards I made...every one of them is a little different in one way or another. I have a hard time making a bunch of the same card-always trying something different. Same main layout though. (I also used the colors from last week's color challenge on splitcoast.) I'm excited to see what else everyone has made-I'll post them later this week! :)

Happy Stamping!

Sock Bunnies

I decided to be a "good mom" and do something with my kids this weekend rather than stamping for me. :)

They have been asking me for months to help them make a sock bunny like the above pic of a well loved one that I made YEARS ago when I was a kid. It is made out of a pair of knee-highs...kinda like the sock monkeys are...so we started making one for each of my kids on Sunday.
You start out with the pair of socks and turn them where the heels are in the center and facing up.
Then you cut down the middle of ONE sock about an inch and a half-two inches fro the bottom of the heel.
Then you cut the toe off the top of that one...see how it makes the body and legs?

With the other sock, you cut it like the above pic, into 4 pieces that will make the head, ears, and arms. (You throw both of the toes away.)
So in the above and bottom pic here, I have laid them out with the pieces how they will be put together.
My older two want to make theirs themselves, so it is taking longer...esp between school, HW, baseball, etc...but they each have 3 pieces somewhat done...some of the sewing and stuffed.
You have to stitch the length of each arm, ear, leg together, then stuff with batting. Then you have to stitch up each end as well and then stitch all the pieces together. I also added the stitching around the nose in the bottom pic here. My old one used to have it, but it came out sometime ago...

My youngest is 3 and just wants to help here and there, so she helped me finish most of hers up today. Here it is:
I still need to get pom poms, ribbon, felt hear, and stitch the face, but she was soooooo excited to sleep with him tonight! Now she wants a princess dress for it though!!! :)

Anyway...fun, inexpensive and great learning for the kids! Thought I'd share! :)

I promise...

...I am not a liar. LOL

I said to look for a week of stamping, but...due to my back...I have spent more of the week flat on my back, instead of stamping and doing all sorts of other things I needed to do as well.

I finally felt good enough to sit up for a little though and came up with this card for the sketch challenge this week. It's a simple card and an old set, but I still love these stamps!