A Few More Whimsie Doodle Easter Images!

I have been busy getting Easter cards finished so I can start on cards for my son's 15th birthday, which also falls on Easter this year! 

Didn't these two kids turn out adorable!?  Once they were printed out, I put them through the Cuttlebug using some Spellbinder's Dies.  The green and blue layering paper was from a Die Cuts With a View paper pack. I loved that I had scraps in my stash that matched it almost perfectly so that I could add some more color. Both sentiment stamps were from the dollar bin at Michael's.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Robin

A Couple of Easter Cards

This year is flying by so FAST!  It is hard to believe that Easter is just a few weeks away.  I've decided to get started on a few Easter cards for family and friends.  These are a couple of cards using MORE digital images from guess where?  WHIMSIE DOODLES!  Yes, I love them!

 

I thought this little boy and girl was so adorable!  They were so much fun to color too!  The Happy Easter stamp was from the dollar bin at Michaels.  I just love the bakers twine from The Twinery that is used on the little girl card.  The Doodlebug button I found in my stash matched the twine perfectly!  I would love to have every color they make! I am well on my way to make that happen!

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Robin

You're the Salt to My Pepper Card

This was such a quick and simple card to make.  Not too much coloring, really just a little shading, layer on some papers, and it is finished!

And yes, it is ANOTHER image from Whimsie Doodles!  I added some button brads from my stash to give it a little more interest.  I think it turned out pretty cute!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Robin

Thanks A Melon Card

Today I have another card using a Whimsie Doodle digital image.

That watermelon looks so yummy!  I can't wait for summer to get here so I can use this image on a scrapbook page.  My little girl loves watermelon, so this would be perfect for a page with her eating a big juicy piece!

Once again, I used all scraps from my stash (I love using up all those small pieces!) and colored it in with my Copics.  I did stamp and emboss in white the main layering paper.  The background stamp is from Stampin Up. 

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Robin

Birthday Card with Whimsie Doodle Digital Image

I have fallen in love with the digital images from Whimsie Doodles! They are so adorable!  I love that I can use digital images for so many different projects since I can size them however I want.

Isn't this turtle so sweet?  I made this card for my aunt's birthday.  I colored the turtle with my Copic's and just grabbed some papers and flowers from my stash.  The stamp is from a Hero Arts sentiment set.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

Robin

Personalized Wall Plaques

My sister-in-law asked me to make her name plaques for her nursery and this is what I came up with.  I had purchased the wooded plaques from Joann's, and when my mother-in-law saw them, she said my father-in-law could cut them out for me. She traced them out, took them to my handy father-in-law, and he saved me 20 bucks by cutting them for me! I returned the one's I bought, but of course the refund money went to more crafting supplies!

She wanted the letter's painted brown, but I wasn't crazy about the dark brown color, so I distressed the letter's to soften them up some.  I added ribbon, flowers, and pearls to dress them up.

Her shower was last weekend and she LOVED them!  Several other family members at the shower liked them as well, so hopefully I can get a few orders to make more when there is another baby on the way!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

Robin

A Couple of Birthday Card's

It seems like I have so many family members and friends with birthdays in February!  These are a couple that I have done this month for family and friends.

I made this one for my sister in law.  It seems like she is getting LOTS of creations from me lately with her birthday and baby shower all right around the same time!  The stamp is from Hero Arts.  I just love this stamp! It was so fun to color with my Copics.  I stamped the image with Jenni Bowlin Ink and embossed it before coloring it in with Copics.  The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink and embossed in black.

This card was made for my uncle.  I have a really hard time coming up with masculine cards.  I used Recollections brown cardstock as my base and stamped a woodgrain background stamp with Walnut Stain Distress Ink.  I decided to try out the sticky back canvas from Claudine Hellmuth and LOVE it!  I inked it all over with Tea Dye Distress Ink and stitched around the edges with my sewing machine.  The hearts are from a Papertrey Ink Heart set.  I stamped them on cardstock and then just cut them out and added them to the card.  Even though it is a masculine card, I think the hearts worked ok. The button is just one I pulled from my stash and the twin is from Papertrey Ink.

Thanks for stopping by!

Robin

A Baby Card

Just a quick post today with a baby card I put together for my sister in law.

 This stamp image and sentiment was perfect to use for twins! It is from Unity Stamp.  I stamped it on Gina K Design cardstock and colored it in with Copics. All of the patterned papers are from my scraps stash. The ribbon, button, and pearl accents are also from my stash.  I think the pearls actually came from the dollar bin at Michael's. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Robin

A Baby Shower Invitation

My husband's brother and his wife are expecting TWINS!!!  I was in charge of doing the invitations for the shower and this is what I came up with.

I tried to keep it as simple as I could since I had to make 30 of these.  I had in my mind that I wanted to use babies in a pea pod and searched EVERYWHERE for a stamp and couldn't find one. A stamp sure would have made this project a lot easier!  I ended up just drawing out my own pea pod and cut them all out. Boy was that a job!  Seeing as I am NOT an artist and can't draw, they turned out fine!  The babies heads are punched from a 1 1/2 inch circle punch.  I stamped the faces with the Baby Faces set from Peachy Keen stamps.  I used a Fiskars punch for the border, added the "It's a Shower" stamp, and it was done.  I usually like to be more detailed with the cards I make, but 30 was A LOT to make, so simple was best for this project.

Thanks for stopping by!

Robin

Valentines Cards with the Silhouette!

I so LOVE the Silhouette! There are a ton of cute images to use on Valentine cards.  I got my inspiration for the following two cards from Kerry at Kerrys Paper Crafts.  She does some great work and provides so much inspiration!  You can find her at http://www.kerryspapercrafts.com/.  If you haven't checked out her blog, you must! She does some great tutorials for lots of different types of paper crafts!

The one thing I love about the "Love is all you need" image is it can be used in a couple of different ways.  I am getting some things together for a Valentine's layout of my kids and am using this cut as the title of my page.  I am changing it up a little and using it to say "all you need is LOVE".  Once Valentine's is over and I have finished the layout, I will post a picture of it completed.

I stamped the background of the card using a Papertrey Ink background stamp. The ribbon, twine, and button are from my growing stash!

I thought this little owl was just adorable!  You can't tell from the picture, but I used a background stamp from the same Papertrey Ink set as in the first card.  I printed out the sentiment on the computer.  I think it turned out pretty cute!

**THANKS KERRY FOR ALL YOUR INSPIRATION!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Robin

A Birthday Card

Things have been super busy around here trying to get ready for Olivia's Valentine party at school this Friday!  I will post some Valentine stuff in the next day or so, but todays card is one I made for my cousin's wife.

I think that little chick is so stinkin' cute! It is a digital stamp that I found for free. I can not remember where it came from as I got it a while back.  I think it might have come from Whimsie Doodle stamps, but I can't be 100% sure.

I printed him out and colored him in with Copics.  I mounted him on a Spellbinders Lacey Circles die.  The patterned paper is from the Lime Twist collection by MME, Life of the Party.

The sentiment is from My Pink Stamper's Punnylicious Set. 

I meant to add Stickles to the frosting and remembered that I had forgotten AFTER I put the card in the envelope!  I would have gone back and done it, but I was walking out the door to mail it...OH WELL!  I am sure she didn't mind that the bling was missing! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Robin

My Baby Girl is THREE!

I can not believe how fast the past 3 years have flown by! My little princess turned three today! She had her party with her little school friends on Saturday and a small get together with my side of the family on Sunday.  Today will conclude the celebrations with dinner to her favorite Mexican restaurant!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY OLIVIA!

This is the VERY quick card I threw together to give her at dinner tonight. To be honest, I had forgotten to make her a card!  I had been so busy with her party stuff and getting a jump on her school Valentine party it just slipped my mind! Yes, I am a BAD mommy! :)

I used Kraft cardstock as my base. The designer paper is My Minds Eye. The collection is Lime Twist, Life of the Party.  I love all of MME's papers and embellishments!  The stamped image and sentiment is from Hero Arts "Sweet Wonderful You" set. I think the little girl turned out so cute and is perfect for Olivia! I colored her in with Copics and layered her on a Spellbinders Lacey Circles Die.  The sentiment is stamepd on a Fillable Frames Die from Paper Trey Ink.  I finished the die off with some crushed velvet brads from Doodlebug.

Thanks for stopping by! It's time to head to dinner for a Birthday Celebration! 

Christmas Eve/Morning Layout

I created this layout of Christmas using My Minds Eye Paper and embellishments along with images from the Silhouette online store.  I still can not believe how great the Silhouette cuts such detailed images! I wanted to use multiple pictures on my layout, but didn't want it to be photo heavy.  I haven't quite mastered the Photoshop program yet to make collages, so I usually just create collages from Walgreens and then trim my pictures down.  That works fine for some things, but the pictures aren't always the same size and it can cost several dollars for a collage. When I was roaming around a forum on Two Peas in a Bucket, I came across a post about using Picasa from Google to create collages. That was a great find! It is a FREE service and all you do is create your collage in whatever size you want (4X6, 5X7, etc.) , save it to your picture library and have it printed wherever you get your prints printed! I did these pictures in 4X6 size and it only cost me 15 cents to have it printed. I trimmed them apart and they worked perfect for this layout.  Thanks for stopping by!

A Yearly Christmas tradition layout

Ever since CJ was a baby, we have always gone to a mall in Atlanta to have pictures done with Santa. Let me tell you, the Santa at that mall is the REAL DEAL!  It is so worth the drive and wait to have pictures done with him.  CJ is almost 15 now, and I took him there every year until he was 11, when he decided he could "take it or leave it" to have his picture made with Santa. We always went to ride the Pink Pig after we would see Santa. It was always so much fun and I was really a little sad when he decided it wasn't something we just had to do every year.  Well, when his little sister came along 3 years ago, all of that changed!  For the past 2 years we have started this tradition again and I am so happy!  He is such a great BIG brother and even agrees to ride with his sister. He might tell you he just does it so I won't nag him, but he really enjoys doing it with her too!  I used the brochure from the ride to make my title for the layout which worked out great.  I was able to use memorbilia in my title! 

Here is a picture of the two of them with Santa.

CJ wasn't really planning on being in the picture this year, but Olivia was still a little skitish of Santa and said she wanted to sit in "brother's" lap!  That was ok by me! Maybe he will continue to sit with Santa with Olivia until she is too big!  Thanks for stopping by!

A Holiday layout from Christmas 2011!

Sorry the picture isn't the best, I am still trying to figure my lighting.  This is a layout of my DD building her very first gingerbread house.  She had such a great time, and really did a good job considering it was her first one! I do think she ate more candy than she put on her house though!  The gingerbread house and title were cut using the Silhouette. Those two images were the first one's I cut with the machine and I was SO impressed with how well they turned out!  I have a Cricut Expression, but had wanted a Silhouette for the longest time!  A fellow Blogger I follow posted that she was selling her's since she got the new Cameo, so I just HAD to purchase it from her! I was happy to help her find a new home for it! THANKS CHRISTINA!  If you haven't checked out her blog and youtube channel, you MUST!  She is such a talented person and provides so much inspiration!  You can find her at http://www.creationswithchristina.com/.  You won't be sorry you stopped by to visit her blog!  Hope you enjoyed this layout! I will be back soon with some others from the holidays!

January is already close to being OVER!

I can not believe how fast this month has flown by! My DD's 3rd birthday is next week, so I have been busy getting things ready for her party this weekend.  I started this blog back in October and really had every intention of posting regularly, but with the holidays, it didn't work out the way I planned! I have been trying to get all of my projects put on my computer today that I worked on over the holidays or am getting caught up on. So, YES, I know it is January, but I am posting a few cards that I made over THANKSGIVING!  I just adore the Lawn Fawn stamps and these are a few that I made with their Thanksgiving set.

The first card was actually paper pieced with scraps of paper from my stash. I think it turned out really cute and who doesn't love to use up scraps that would just eventually be thrown away?  The second and last card are just the stamped images colored with Copic markers and then cut out and placed on the card.  I love how easy it is to use Copics with the Lawn Fawn stamps! They are so fun to color!

I will be "trying" to post more regularly now that the kiddos are back in school and I am on somewhat of a normal schedule now!  I will be posting a few layouts from the Holidays in the next few days and then will start up with the Valentines stuff. Thanks for stopping by!