Christmas

Well, I wish I had something wonderful and new to show you, but I don't. I won't be able to post the rest of this week too-not enough time to do everything. But I wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! Hope you have a great week! Stay warm! :)

CUTE CUTE card! Lots of work!

Here's another card we made last week at our stamp club night. It is sooo cute! But I am glad that I am not making a bunch of them! :) The coloring...and the cutting...

We used crystal effects and then glitter on top of it on the roof and embossed with cinnamon and embossing powder so it smells good too!!!
Thanks again S! Love it!

Snowflakes and children...

Made up this little poem and gave it out with a snowflake ornament to everyone who helps teach in some way in our church's children organization as a little thank you. I wanted to talk about the uniqueness of both and how each is a treasure to us also. I hope it came across that way and went together okay as well???? (Not sure if you can read it-maybe if you click to enlarge?)

Saved!

Yeah! My brother brought me his old digi camera and saved me from the land of no posts. :) AND I got to stamp at our stamp night this past weekend!

So, here are a couple of the projects we did. The first is done on glossy cardstock and I love how it turned out. The second one shown here is an acetate box filled with Hershey's nuggets. We just stamped mailing labels and wrapped them around each nugget. Easy and not too long either. I love it too!
(Tried to show you a side view, ignore the background mess please.)

More to come later! :)

Alive and running

I really am still here and even alive and not only kicking, but running! It feels like it at least-running from one thing to another and one thing to get done to another...which means that I have had absolutely not time whatsoever to stamp or create much of anything. I still have cards I started the week before last that are still sitting unfinished. Grrrr...and now I have a new problem. I accidentally dropped my camera last night and cracked it where the lens comes out when it turns on. AAAAHHH! So no digital camera right now either. so...hate to say this, but I am not sure when I will get to stamp next, let alone post the pics. Grrrr....

I'll try and stay in touch and keep you posted.

In the meantime, enjoy the hustle and bustle and spirit of the season! :)

From this to That Friday!

Well this is not the FTTT that I have been trying to get done, but is another one fun one to share! :)

From this:To that:
I made this a couple of years ago, so the pic of the branch in the 1st pic is not the exact same one as the branch in the 2nd pic-but it works, you just go get a random one from your yard. I saw this idea at a baby shower with all kinds of baby things hung all over it for decoration. (pacifiers, socks, clippers, etc...) I then made one for the same reason and turned it into a game at the shower as well. It was sitting on a table as guests arrived as a centerpiece and later, I took it away without being noticed and then they had to try and remember all of the baby items that had been hing on it. (Then later, I gave all the items to the guest of honor for her baby.)

Since then, we use it every year during various seasons to hang things from, whether it be snowflakes like this (found at the Dollar Store) or leaves or hearts-whatever!
You just get a branch from outside (spray paint it white), a pot, and some plaster of paris and wala! There you have it! (Mine used to have a few more branches on it, that have broken off here and there over the last couple of years. Oh well. More character to the tree, huh?) :)

I'm off to go to my nephew's baby blessing this weekend, but will have more time next week to share more with you! :)

How cute is this!

And how simple too! Sometimes I wonder if I make things harder than they have to be.

Lindsey, my bloggin'/stamping buddy, who I guest blogged for, sent this to me full of Dove chocolate! Who wouldn't love that?!! (My kids and DH certainly did too!) :) I figured they deserved to share with me, since they gave up more time with me (or more patience when I stayed up late stamping) during that week. :) I did love guest blogging and getting some more time in for projects though, so thanks again Lindsey!

Christmas is coming...the goose is getting fat

Here's a quick card I threw together at my mom's over Thanksgiving! Not my fav, but it'll do for now.

Faux silk

Here's another card that they made at a club night that I missed-and another new technique. It is a faux silk technique. You actually stamp the images on tissue paper, crinkle the tissue paper all up, open it back up, and then use a glue stick to glue it down to white cardstock.

The second card is one we tried right after the first with some silver tissue paper and with a friend's stamps and supplies. We had limited supplies, but it's always fun to have a challenge and was a good learning experience for our friend too. We even embossed without a heating gun! (used a travel iron!) I am thinking I will still add some accessories to it yet...maybe some silver brads and some other things???

Fun turkey craft for kids-Disguised Turkeys

I posted this on my family blog, but thought I would post it here as well for those of you that don't know my family. It's a fun and easy craft for kids to do for Thanksgiving! You can click here to go to my other more detailed post and for the template.

Enjoy!

Missed club nights

Well, I obviously missed my FTTT Friday. Oops! I honestly just thought about it tonight. I was working daily and nonstop on some photo books for Christmas presents that I HAD to get done by Saturday. And I can't even promise that it will happen this week with Thanksgiving, but I AM working on something and am excited to see it done soon!

Here is a card that I just got to make from a stamp club night I missed a couple of months ago. I think she called it an Iris something center. I think it came out great and it's always fun to learn and try new techniques. Thanks S!

Busy! Busy!

Ever since I guest blogged last week and spent so much time stamping (which was wonderful!), I have had to try and catch up on other things I kinda ignored some of those days, so I haven't been able to post much...although! I actually have made a few cards with some friends this week and started another card that I think I am really going to like...now I just need to find time to finish it. I have also been trying to get some picture books done for Christmas presents...so sorry I haven't had more this week, but I will post soon. :)

Great little Gifts

I posted this on Lindsey's blog and thought I would share it here too.

I have had several ideas I have wanted to make lately for small gifts to give to family and friends. What I really like about them all, is that they are good for beginner stampers as well as "seasoned" stampers. :) Everybody will like any of them and can use all of them!
The first one is this cute little tin full of stampin goodies (above). You can put whatever you want in them, spending as much or as little as you want. You can fully alter/cover them or just add a couple of embellishements as decoration. For this one, I just used my Tree of All Seasons stamp, chalked it with pastels, and added a couple of little leaf punches and a ribbon. I also added a few silk flowers around the goodies in the tin to add a bit more color. Inside it, I have a punch, some jumbo paperclips, some brads, a sponge, a bone folder, a couple of markers and a blender pen. I also added a little ring on the side with a bunch of punches pre-made (card candy) to be used on future cards or scrapbook pages. I love card candy!
This second pic (above) is a picture of the supplies to put together another idea to give away card candy. You can alter/cover and decorate something as small as this "bandaid tin" (and you really don't even have to buy this kind, just use the one you have at home for real bandaids!) Then add a bunch of card candy...anything from brads, rhinestones, tags, punches, snippets of ribbon, clips...whatever you want!Last picture I have for you is a portfolio with cards inside. (pictured above) You can put as many cards in it as you want (and that can fit!). I got the idea from my sister-in-law's blog here.

You start with a regular sheet of 8.5x11 sheet of cardstock, score it in half at 5.5, then on the long side, cut an upside down V, and fold it up. You'll then use sticky tape to tape up the sides and a crop-a-dile to punch some holes. Decorate the front and then run some ribbon through the whole thing. At this point, you can do a couple of different things. You can make some cards to give them and put them in the portfolio (for them to be able to use and give away). The cards can be all made with the same stamp set (It's fun to give this away with the set of new stamps this way.) or they can all be totally different. You can include envelopes on one side and cards on the other, or just fill both sides with cards. OR you can put some blank cards in there (pre-folded) and a stack of printed card sketches/layouts on the other side (which you can find TONS of on splitcoast). With this 2nd way...it's fun to give them the little box of card candy along with it! (For a little more detailed instructions, click on the link above.)

I have to say that I love how the front of the portfolio turned out. I really like the colors and the classic simplicity look as well. I think I'll have to make more of these portfolios. It's a great way to give just a few cards away, but make it look soooo nice!

New Scrappin' style

I mentioned awhile back, that my scrapbook's for this year were going to have a different look to the pages from the previous ones done. Well, here are some new ones for ya!

I am making my collages on my computer and printing them at the store as 8x10's. Then I put them on a 12x12 sheet of cardstock and decorate a simple strip of paper along one side and add a little journaling. I am enjoying 1) the combination of the ease of putting them into collages on the computer and posting many pics on one page and 2) the creativity and enjoyment I get from doing a little by hand as well.
(The second, smaller pic I posted is to show how you can add more room for journaling. ANd BTW-I have not added the journaling to any of these yet.)

I would love to hear what you think about them and any constructive criticisms or suggestions you may have.


Thanks!!!
Robyn Bobbin Bo Bobbin

More stamp club

Here are the other two projects that I made at stamp night for November.

A super easy and cute little box filled with hot chocolate packets and marshmallows! Here is a link to where you can find the template to make the box. (We used wadded up saran wrap and inked it to make the background textured look.)And another fun card! I have been wanting to do this dahlia fold flower for months and finally I got to!!!!Lots of fun!