Three D Doily

Today I am sharing a 3 dimensional doily that I made for a scrapbook page.  Be sure to stop back on Saturday to see how I used it on the finished page.   For my heart, I started with two Silhouette files, the first one, is used for the placement of The Robin's Nest Tear Drops and Dew Drops.  I cut the file on some scrap paper and set it aside.  I then stretched the heart with the scalloped edges to fit the patterned heart.  And cut the heart with the scalloped edges, and place it on a light box with the placement heart cut out behind it.
All the Tear Drops on sale this month at The Robin's Nest for the month of February!  You can find them all HERE.  You don't need a coupon, you will see they are already marked down!

Supplies
The Robin's Nest Freedom Tear Drops
The Robin's Nest Christmas Dew Drops

Silhouette Heart Flourish File
Silhouette Heart Nested

TRN February Challenge

The February Challenge sketches are up at The Robin's Nest Blog:  Chattering Robin's.  Below are the sketches for a card and a page.  DT members aren't allowed to enter, but I thought I would share a page to inspire you.  Be sure to visit The Chattering Robin's blog for all of the details on entering HERE.  You will notice I turned the sketch to accommodate my photo card.

Card Sketch

 Page Sketch

Supplies Used:
The Robin's Nest Winter Glitter Snowflake Cardstock
The Robin's Nest Cindy Lou Dot Glitter Paper
The Robin's Nest Snow Angels Glitter Cardstock

Sympathy for A Window Card Challenge

Just sharing this sympathy card I made today and entering it into the Moxie Fab World Window Card Challenge.  I used Discovery Girl Glitter Swirl paper and dew drops by The Robin's Nest.  I distressed the edges and added flower and button.  The stamp is Angel Company.  Don't you love these coffee colored dew drops!  I love that there is one inside the card with the sentiment too!
Supplies Used
The Robin's Nest Discovery Girl Glitter Swirl Paper
The Robin's Nest Fall Folliage Dew Drops
The Angel Company Stamp
Flower bling
button
CTMH Ink

Using Card Kits for Pages

As a long time scrap booker, I have often used my scraps from making pages to make cards.  This month, I'm shaking things up and using scraps from a card kit from The Robin's Nest to make a page.    I don't often need baby cards, so after I made the cards I needed, I decided to use the rest of the kit to scrap a precious memory from my son's first bath at home.
Along with card kits from The Robin's Nest, I used a stamp and matching die from Heartfelt Creations.  The Robin's Nest and Heartfelt Creations have teamed up this month.  Don't you love the Heartfelt Flowers with dew drop centers from The Robin's Nest?!

So, here is how I created this page.  I started by cutting one inch of the top of the yellow ducky paper in the Baby Boy Card Kit from The Robin's Nest.  I then lined then up on the right hand side of the page to create a rectangle.  I trimmed one sheet of The Robin's Nest Water Color Ocean paper to make the blue strip along the bottom, and placed one of the trimmed pieces from above to repeat the baby duck print in the same direction as the blue.
I stamped the flower using the Heartfelt Creation Perfect Petal Medley PreCut Set and then cut it using the Heartfelt Creations Perfect Petals Custom die.  I distressed inked the edges of my petals and shaped them with a ball stylus.  I used mini dew drops included in the Baby Boy Card Kit from The Robin's Nest in the center of my flower.
I used a bronze tag from the Safari Tag Kit and embossed it using Vintage Copper Enamel Powder by Piccolo.  I then used white letter stickers by The Robin's Nest and inked them to match my flower.  I love that I can ink these white stickers to match any color on my page!  The rubber duckies are from the Baby Boy card kit and I used one to cover the corner of a tag from the Safari Tag Kit.  This tag had a map of Africa, and I needed to make it baby boy.  This is a great trick to use items in your stash, just embellish to match your page!  I ran a ribbon from the Safari kit through the Collin tag and adhered it to the page.  A scrap of the same ribbon is used to embellish the journaling tag.
The circle was cut with Sure Cuts a Lot, but you could simply cut a circle and add some of letter stickers to get the same look.  I love the use of the yellow, blue and white on this page!

Now my cards were made with the same kits mentioned above and ribbon.  I used the Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge to cut the frames and embellished them with the mini dew drops.  I added the stickers from the Baby Boy kit and kept the cards simple but sparkly!
Be sure to check out The Robin's Nest Store this month for specials on their card and tag kits for 20% off.  Here is a link for the sale items.  Use the coupon code cardkitpromo.  There are only a few days left to cash in on this special, so be sure to check out the fabulous kits!
Supplies
The Robin's Nest Water Color Ocean paper
The Robin's Nest Baby Boy Card Kit
The Robin's Nest Safari Tag Kit
The Robin's Nest White Letters
Heartfelt Creations HCPC 3313 Perfect Petal Medley PreCut Set
Heartfelt Creations Perfect Petal Custom Design Die Template
Teal card stock
White card stock

Vintage Copper Enamel Powder by Piccolo
Enamel Powder Adhesive in roll on bottle
Sure Cuts A Lot Software (Optional-circle and title maybe made with other methods)Stampin' Up Journaling stamp
Close to My Heart inks

All That Glitters

I am always faithful to scrapbook the Santa pictures and my Christmas photo cards when I get them.  So, today I am sharing this years photo with Santa page.  This is the perfect season to use all that glitters with beautiful papers from The Robin's Nest, and beautiful stamps and dies from Heartfelt Creations!  I started with a plain piece of red card stock and stitched a sheet of The Robin's Nest Teal Glitter Card stock on top.  I wish you could see this glitter card stock in person, as pictures just don't do it justice!  It is more of an embossed look with flecks of silver embossing on top of the card stock and The Robin's Nest offers this in multiple colors.  I want them all!

On top of the base papers, I cut a circle with a tail using Sure Cuts a Lot software and hung the Heartfelt Creations ornament from the circle.  To make this embellished circle cut, you can just think of the circle as a clock face and cut it at 9:00, then make a straight line from 6:00 in a clockwise direction.  The ornament was made with Heartfelt Creations HCPC 3335 Elegant Snowflake Medallion Pre-Cut Set and Heartfelt HCD 705 Creations Holly Ornament Die.  I used Silver Dew Drops from the Robin's Nest.  I also cut the holly leaves with the HCD 705 die. 

The tag is from The Robin's Nest, and I cut up the holly leaves from other tags to repeat the use of this beautiful copper colored paper. I embossed both the leaves and the tag with Piccolo's Vintage Copper Enamel Powder.  It is so rich looking with The Robin's Nest tags!
The title is made with an oval tag from The Robin's Nest Animal Tag Sticker set.  I love when I can use a sticker set in more than one theme.  The numbers are also The Robin's Nest:  gold glitter letters.
I cut four scroll shapes using Heartfelt Creations Perfect Petals Die and put three under my circle shape.  I then trimmed the top two curls off of the last shape and used it under my title.  This is a great way to repeat a design and make it the right scale for your needs.  It is also a great way to stretch your dies to cut more than one shape!  And while we are talking about dies, I want to give you a tip on how to use the beautiful detail dies you find at Heartfelt Creations.  Cover the die with clear packing tape, so that the sticky side faces the cutting edge.  Run the die through your die cutting machine with some scrap paper and you will now have the NON-stick side of the tape facing up in the die cutting side.  This will make removing your paper from the die a breeze!
Be sure to check out The Robin's Nest Store this month for specials on their card and tag kits for 20% off.  Here is a link for the sale items.  Use the coupon code cardkitpromo.  I love to make up my birthday cards for the whole year in January.  Why not use these kits to get your own cards made?


Supply List
The Robin's Nest Teal Glitter Card stock
The Robin's Nest Glitter Gold Letters
The Robin's Nest Safari Tag Kit
The Robin's Nest Black/White/Silver Dew Drops
The Robin's Nest Poinsettia Dew Drops
Heartfelt Creations Perfect Petals Die Template
Heartfelt Creations Holly Ornament Die Template
Heartfelt Creations Elegant Snowflake Medallion PreCut Set
Red Card stock
White Card stock
Stampin' Up Journaling stamp
Stazon Black Ink
Buttons
Vintage Copper Enamel Powder by Piccolo
Enamel Powder Adhesive in roll on bottle
Sure Cuts A Lot Software (optional-Circle with tail, may be cut by hand)
Ribbon
Teal Rhinestones
Silver ink
Silver embossing powder
Sewing Machine (optional you can use a marker)

Time for a Tuesday Trigger Inspired Page

In all this hectic holiday madness, I made time for this weeks Tuesday Trigger over at Moxie Fab World.  It is called Sweet Dreams and the inspiration photo is below.  As per my usual, I scrapped a page instead of making a card.  I love the use of white in this room to slow down the eye and make all the patterned goodness and color pop.  And what about that pop of cranberry rug?

Supplies Used
The Robin's Nest Daisy Stripe Stamp (Floral Die cut background)
K & Company Addison Paper (gingham back ground)
White Card Stock
Butterfly Die Cut (Kit from Scrapbooking Rewards Credit Card)
Cricut CTMH Artist and From My Kitchen Cartridges (Title)
Cranberry Card stock
Buttons
Pom Pom Trim
Flower bling
Ribbon

DT Member at The Robin's Nest Again!

I am so excited to announce that I made the Design Team at The Robin's Nest again!  This year they are breaking it up into special design teams and I am part of the Scrap booking Layout team.  Below are the other DT members.  The page above it made with The Robin's Nest Dew Drops and Black Distressed Stripe paper.  The circular swirl is cut with the Cricut George and Joy's of the Season Cartridges.  I love the beautiful papers at The Robin's Nest!

Terri Sproul - our Team Leader

Terri Sproul is the force behind a fun paint called “Terri Sproul Mixers” from Sakura Hobby Craft and of a DVD called "MasquePen Magic" to see more of her video check out her Youtube Channel athttp://www.youtube.com/terrisproul and a Tuesday Night Live stream.http://www.linqto.com/rooms/terrisproul

She is a diverse and experienced designer, design team leader  and instructor for multiple companies in the paper craft world including “ Robin Nest” “Creative Paperclay®”, “Sakura Hobby Craft” and Amazing Mold Putty ” to name a few.  Terri and her husband Marc have the pleasure of living in San Diego County On top Of Palomar Mountain. She has received a Bachelor of Scrapbooking Arts from Creating Keepsakes and Bachelor of Scrapbooking Education from EK Success. Terri’s passion is teaching fellow Scrapbooker’s and Stamper’s new techniques and to think ‘out of the box’ and ‘off the Page.’ Visit her website and blog to see all the exciting stuff she does athttp://www.terrisproul.com – link to blog is also there.  

OUR INTERNATIONAL TEAM

This team will be posting on Mondays

Hello! My name is Juraci, formed'm in advertising, do i have wonderful

children and a grandson who is my passion. I live in Ribeirão Preto São

Paulo where they encounter some difficulty buying material for scrap. I do my

shopping on the internet and I'm anxiously awaiting the arrival of the

couriers. I have great interest in the arts. In 2008 he painted screens and

scrapbooking when I met it was love at first sight. I left the paint and

handed me the papers. Love photography which brings me great inspiration. My

favorite blog is my little corner where I made several friendships and

love having visitors.

Danielle May:  I live with my husband, and three furbabies on acreage just outside of Casino part of the beautiful Northern Rivers of New South Wales, Australia. Since 2009 I have been a stay at home wife and more recently I have become a part-time carer to my aging parents (my mother has Alzheimer's) and they now live with us.
When I discovered the world of papercrafts about 10 years ago I immediately knew it was a hobby for me. There isn't a day that goes by that I do not spend time in my craft room. I am card crazy.....love making ATC's, passionate about Stamping (a huge fan of Red Rubber) and I dabble in scrapbooking.
The most wonderful thing I have found about sharing my passion for papercrafts and blogging is the wonderful people you meet along the way.

I'm Marilia, mother of Gabriel and Marina, married to Peter.  I am an extremely passionate about life and people, adorooo life stories.  I'm electric, anxious in the extreme and I talk too much!
  I live in a town called Paraisópolis, located in southern Minas Gerais, where the fresh airand nature are present in my daily life I am a woman who likes simple things!
I love dogs, full house and be around people that make me happy.
I've always done crafts from menina.Sei ... do a bit of everything!
I found the comment to three years and it was love at first sight!
The wealth of materials associated with our memories and our stories have made the comment my favorite hobby. Ja made ​​mini albums, I'm crazy about recycling! The idea of transforming what was going to waste on something different and beautiful ... fascinates me.
I have seen my LOs evolve and still have a long way to go, but I think the magic is right there.
I live a different life, I live in a town with my son and my husband and my daughter in another.
Every week there are people who stay and people go!
The comment is a way to relax that became a passion.
I only brought good things ... wonderful friends! "

Hi! I'm Genevive Badilla - Rulona, a Filipino based in Singapore, wife to my very supportive and loving husband Benjo Rulona, and mom of two adorable boys Rujim and Miguel.  I am a teacher by profession but motherhood and scrapbooking changed my career plans. I am now a busy stay-at-home-mom, maintaining an online craft store.

OUR ALTERED ART TEAM

This Team will post a project on Sundays

 

Brenda Lee Henkel Burfeind

I have been scrapbooking and card making for about 16 years.  I am married, have three children and three grandchildren.  I love creating with different mediums and am so blessed to have been chosen for the Robin's Nest Design Team.  I have been dabbling in Altered Art for a couple of years, starting with the Creative Paperclay® DT I was on and truly enjoy the projects I have made.  Joining the Robin's Nest DT was one of my goals as the products are fabulous.  I will be able to think outside the box more and with the great products Robin's Nest has to offer that won't be a problem at all.  So I hope you join me and my fellow DT members and come back and check often.  I know there will be something for everyone.  You can also find me at my blog atwww.createbyburffrau.blogspot.com 

Jamie had her first scrapbook in elementary school even though it didn't have any designs to it, just important papers adhered to paper in a book titled "scrapbook." Real scrapbooking began about 13 years ago and has since evolved and progressed and is a continually growing and evolving experience for her. She began cardmaking about a year ago and loves trying to delve into altered items as well. She is a mother of two boys, 18 and 11, and been married for 13 years now. She loves crafts as well as reading in her free time. During the school year she is a substitute teacher who colors with her copic markers in her free time at work. She feels so lucky to have been selected for this wonderful design team. 

Tanya Wilson

Who knew my love of those little dew drops would one day land me on the Robin's Nest design team which I'm so excited to be a part of!!! At the moment I work full-time at a major insurance company. I have the most wonderful boyfriend, Greg, who is very supportive of my creative habit and one son, Zach, who is 23 years old and engaged. Also I’m also “owned” by eight cats…all outside I might add.

Ever since I was old enough to hold a crayon, I have been creating. I have won various awards for drawing, from elementary school and into college. I currently am on the Crafty Card Gallery DT and I previous designed for the Vintage Heartfelt Designs DT.

I discovered scrapbooking 15 years ago which evolved into paper crafts which lead to altering/up cycling found objects. I love to learn and share ideas with people. I have met a wide assortment of folks through doing swaps like Papercrafts Magazine, Swap-bot, Facebook, and through different individuals’ blogs. My style is shabby chic with vintage and a little bit of whimsy thrown in for good measure.

Blog: http://creativeaddictiontopaper.blogspot.com

 

Sherri Welser is owner of~ IndigoEarth~ Artisan Studio and Wild Heart Art  in Upstate NY and enjoys creating unique artisan jewelry and mixed media. She recently has had her jewelry pieces featured in Bead Trends Magazine March and May 2012 issues  as well as being featured in  upcoming issues of Bead Trends(August and October 2012). She has been a Guest designer for Art Glitter Institute this past spring and is currently on the Connie Crystal Design team. She offers workshops  and enjoys sharing her knowledge and creative energy with others !

Our Layout Team 

This team will post on  Wednesday and Saturdays

 Michelle Hodges

I live in South Texas.  My husband and I have a seven year old daughter.  I’m a SAHM and I help with various volunteer work at our daughters school.  When I’m not scrapping I enjoy spending time with family, being outdoors, Church activities, and traveling.  I started scrap booking twelve years ago and started spending more time scrap booking 7 year ago!  My scrap booking style is shabby-chic, artsy, simple with clean lines and some vintage. I love adding layers and details to my projects!  When I’m not creating LO’s, tags, and cards I love to alter items, and create Mixed Media projects!

  

Wendy Cuskey   

I am a wife of 22 years and a mother of two boys (8) and (15) and a teacup yorkie (1 year). I am a paralegal by day and an obsessive scrap booker every other minute (and lets just be honest . . . sometimes I find ways to sneak scrapbook projects into my paralegal job). Fortunately, I have an awesome boss who puts up with me and even seems to like me. I live in Aliso Viejo (So. Orange County, in Southern California) and love it here. I am so excited to again be a part of this creative group! My style tends to lean towards inky, grungy, vintage . . . but then add glitter. I can’t wait to dive-in and create some fun new Robin’s Nest projects.

  

Clare Dempsey 

I am the eighth of eleven children, seven girls and four boys.  My husband and I have been happily married for 19 years and have two boys.   I have an Associates degree in fashion design, a bachelors degree in Apparel Design and Aesthetics and a Masters degree in Family and Consumer Economics.

  After graduating, I worked for several apparel manufacturers in the Chicago area for short periods, as manufacturing continued to move overseas.  Most of my experience is in retail  apparel product development.  There I helped develop and implement a computer aided design/spreadsheet software program that is used in apparel product development.

I am currently a stay at home mom who is passionate about using my Cricut and sewing machines.  I started a non-profit scrap booking guild with some friends and we meet monthly to scrapbook and do a little charity work.  I have two stores on Etsy where I sell dust covers for all types of electronic cutters, you can find them here: www.scrappincovers.etsy.com and www.scrapguild.etsy.com. 

I have scrap booked for 13 years, I sew, and do a little bit of all types of crafts.  I enjoy blogging, cut files, scrapbook pages, and learning new techniques.  I love glitter and bling and making my own embellishments for less!

  

Our CARD Team:

This Team will post their projects on Tuesday and Thursday

My name is Barbara Rankin, and I am so excited to be a part of the Robin's Nest Design Team. I have been a crafter since early childhood... always making things.  After pursuing many different artistic endeavors, such as sewing, needlework, and Pergamano (embossing on parchment), I found my way into rubber stamping and graduated into becoming a self-taught, mixed-media artist.  I have taught classes at my local scrapbook store, as well as teaching the members of my local stamp club.  I have also been a guest instructor at another out-of-state stamp club on several occasions.  I love making cards, tags, ATCs (Artist Trading Cards), as well as making and altering books and mini albums. My style is usually vintage or shabby chic, with a sprinkling of steampunk whenever possible.  I have been published in Altered Arts Magazine, as well as in a book "Make it in Minutes: Mini Books". I was also recently published in the Just Steampunk Volume II magazine.  I have a wonderful, supportive husband of thirty years, and my two cute little Yorkie fur babies, Chloe and Zoe.

  

 Dawn Barrett

Where most people have a dining room, my house hosts an art room.  Aside from the kitchen, it is the most used common area of our home and open to anyone: kids, friends and adults alike.  I'm a stay at home mom who juggles coaching, volunteering (here/there/and everywhere), and taking care of home-family-community along with ink, paper, scissors, and rhinestones.  Mind you, I'm very careful when I juggle scissors!  I've been told  that "whimsy" or "silly" must be my middle name. (Boy, I thought everyone already knew it was Mercedes!?)  But, who wants to grow up dull and boring? While I enjoy flitttering here and there among various crafting companies, I am glad to have landed in the Robin's Nest and look forward to new adventures with this team!  Try to keep up with me on my blog:  "Sunnyside Up."

Camille Short

Camille and her husband Gene have lived in Sahuarita, Arizona, since 2006 – but are originally from the Thumb of Michigan.  Camille has been Scrappin’ since 2005. She enjoys making cards most oft . . . but also dabs in scrapbook layouts, mini-albums, globe frames, and paper-crafted gifts and home décor items. Next to scrappin’, Camille enjoys train excursions and the many sites of Southeastern Arizona.  A retired educator, Camille, shares her loves of teaching and paper crafting with classes at AZ Scrap booking in Green Valley, Arizona.  In addition, Camille’s cards are sold in stores/restaurants both in Tucson and

Mandi 

My name is Mandi. I am twenty-three years old and live in Michigan with my parents, brother and a spoiled dog. I have been crafting for as long as I can remember but really got into it when I was teen.That is when my dad was getting me more into paper crafting. I am sure he didn't realize what a large stash accumulating over the years. I was thirteen when I put together my first scrapbook together and the subject was a tiny, little, fur ball, name Buster. I love to make scrapbook pages, cards and altered items. Besides crafting, I love to spend time cooking and spending time with my family.

  

Our Friday Girl

Michelle Frae Cummings is a mixed- media artist, instructor and
Freelance writer.

She lives with her husband, Brian and son Dyllan in sunny Southern California.

Michelle has painted sets for local play houses, created costumes,
designed store front windows, taught at local scrapbook stores, public
groups, and sells her art locally and online. Michelle is an organizer
of a local scrapbook/altered-art group, West Coast Crafters, which
meets at her home monthly. She is also the owner of a popular blog,
"Faerie Dust Dreams" where she regularly writes for various craft
companies and strives to inspire others. Michelle's mind is in
constant creative motion. Her specialty is working with wire, beads,
sewing and painting in Color. It’s how she expresses her dreams and
inspirations.  Creating with her fingers is as therapeutic as it is
energizing at the same time.  To learn more about Michelle, please
visit her blog - http://faeriedustdreams-michelle.blogspot.com/ 

 Well this is our AMAZING Design team for the next 6 months.

we hope you enjoy their projects and visit our blog daily

Thanks

Terri Sproul