ROBYN'S FETISH CHALLENGE #293 "CHRISTMAS CARDS"

Welcome to the first weekend of December. Hope you are enjoying the beginning of the month so far. I love Christmas but when it hits December I start loosing my mind. I have to finish my shopping, finish the tree, decorate the house, and start making goodies. This is the first year My Husband, Kids and Me will be celebrating Christmas in our new house. We even received an early Christmas gift from my husband's mom. Our very new Christmas tree that is actually big. When we were cramped in the old house we had a little tree and just the kids ornaments will fit on it. None of the other ornaments we had would fit. It's starting to look pretty and I did buy a new tree topper. Beautiful Angel dressed in white with a tiny bit of gold. I'm hoping to have the tree done today.

Robyn's has been busy revealing her new Fall/Winter images that she still had enough time to let her design team use another new image. Now you will see how someone else used the image in their own way from the reveal. So, as you can see, Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog will be our sponsor for this week's challenge and this is one of my favorite challenges. It has helped me get my Christmas cards done for the year. The Christmas digital image I used is called "Polar Santa." This polar bear is absolutely adorable and was fun to color. Before I tell you about the card, here is the prize Robyn is giving. 

3 Images

From

The Robyn's Fetish Shop

So, the background paper of my card is suppose to have mittens and stockings on it but the embellishments and the bear covered them. So I made little squares to show you what is on the paper. The paper was perfect for the images that I used. Here is Polar Santa

The picture turned out lighter then it really is. When I tried to darken it the picture was blurry. The background paper is like a midnight blue. I really thought Santa's Good and Bad List was so adorable that I just had to add it to the card. Here are the other items.

Cardstock -- The Paper Studio

Paper -- Colorbok

Font -- Curlz MT In Bold Lettering

Glitter -- Ice Stickles By Ranger

Embellishments -- Dress It up

Colored Markers

Colored Pencils

I really hope you liked this card. I am very happy with it. The information for the challenge and also the sale we are having is on The Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog. Come and join in on the fun with your Christmas Cards. Can't wait to see them. 

ROBYN'S FETISH CHALLENGE #292 "USE SOME BROWN AND YELLOW"

Hello!! How was every one's Thanksgiving that celebrates it? Good here. I actually seen all my kids and grand kids on one day. Doesn't happen that often around here. We were busy all week though. My daughter helped me this week since she had no school. We cut up our pumpkins to cook down and made four pies with enough left over for Christmas. We made two chocolate pies and started to prepare stuff for the big day. Then my husband cooked the turkey as usual and we actually had dinner by one o'clock. Friday was the day that I actually did absolutely nothing and even took at nap. It was nice to have a day like this. But now I need to get back to my routine and prepare myself for the Christmas season. All that shopping, decorating, wrapping, and then preparing for the big day and making of the dinner. Things are just going to fast this season.

So with the last week of November we will be making cards with yellow and brown. Our sponsor is A Day for Daisies. They have been very grateful in letting us use their images and sponsoring our challenges. Thank You for being so gracious. Your images are fantastic and I love working with them. The image that I used for this card is called, "Playing In The Pumpkin Patch." This image has two pumpkins with a boy sitting on the biggest one and a dog trying to get up to him. It's a really cute image so let's see the card I made but before I do let's tell you the great prize A Day For Daisies is giving that lucky winner

$12.00 Gift Card

To

A Day For Daisies Store

Here is "Playing In The Pumpkin Patch"

Isn't it cute. I loved this paper I had for the back ground. It's perfect for the challenge. I didn't have any sunflowers so I made flowers that had colors from a sunflower. I think it all turned out great. So let me tell you where all the items came from.

Cardstock -- The Paper Studio & My Paper Stash

Paper -- K &Company

Flowers -- Creative Memories & Kaiser Crafts

Brown Brads -- Hot Off The Press

Pumpkin  Back Ground -- Clip Art

Colored Markers

Colored Pencils

I have had a great time with this card and writing this post for you to read. I would really love to see the cards that you come up with. So go to The Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog and enter your card. You will also see the Design Teams creations using brown and yellow. 

ROBYN'S FETISH CHALLENGE #291 "CARDS WITH AUTUMN COLORS"

Hope you are having a great Sunday!! Are you busy getting things ready for this week's Thanksgiving Dinner? I have been this weekend. I cut up all my pumpkins and cooked them down to make homemade pies. What was left went into the freezer for making pies for my Christmas dinner. Cleaning, cutting, and cooking the pumpkin takes so long but well worth the trouble. I do not like pumpkin from a can and have been cooking my own pumpkin for I don't know how long. I know I was young because people didn't think I would be doing something at that young of an age. The way I look at it, why was all the pumpkin when you can use it. Even the seeds can be cooked. In these days you have to use everything you can to save money.

Sorry for all the pumpkin talk. Let's get to the challenge for this week. I love autumn so doing this card was easier to do then some of the others. I had a great set of images to use from our sponsor "The Cutting Cafe." This set is called "Harvest Greetings Wreath." With this set you get large wreath images, small wreath images, two pages of sentiments, and pieces of a door for you to make. This is a very big set and the only thing that took me the longest to figure out what sentiment did I want to use. The other stuff was really easy. You will definitely want to have this set for your Autumn cards. On their site right know they have an adorable Turkey Treat Cup Set for you to make. It is so adorable. There is so much stuff in this store that I could not even tell you all of it. I strongly recommend you go and visit it. Then put in a project to win this prize from them.

3 SETS

From 

The Cutting Cafe

So, let me show you the card I made with some of the images from this set. 

I wanted it to look like the door was on a log cabin house. I used autumn colors on the sign, door and the wreath. The sentiment was from the set and I just printed it on the orange paper so it would look better then putting white on it. There is a door knob in her set but I just used a black button. So here is the small list of items I used for this card. 

Cardstock -- All From My Stash

Paper -- The Paper Studio

Black Button -- My Stash

Colored Markers

Colored Pencils

This was great that I found most of my items in my left over paper and buttons. I don't throw anything away that I think I can use. I actually have a tub of leftover paper. I use it as much as possible. This was a great post for me today. I like the card even though I didn't use a lot of items on it. Usually I make them with a lot of items. So, go over to The Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog and see all of our idea's that we made this week and enter your project.

ROBYN'S FETISH CHALLENGE #290 "WET OR DRY EMBOSSING"

Hope everyone is having a happy morning. I've been fighting a sinus infection but I get them every time the weather changes. I wish I knew why but this has been happening for years. The only good thing that happen this weekend is that I kept my grand kids for the weekend. They wanted to play with their aunt and uncle more than us. It was nice to just watch them. They grow up to fast. The one funny thing was when we were on our way home they kept talking about banana's. Finally, I did ask them what they were talking about and it was funny. They thought the moon looked like a banana and found it funny. The things they think of and amuse their selves with. 

Let's get to the challenge which I chose to use the dry embossing. I can be honest and say I have not tried wet embossing. It is something that I need to learn though. I was so lucky this week to use and image from Aurorawings. The image is called, "Sea Turtle Kiss." Beautiful little girl underwater with her turtles. I have to honestly say that I have bought many of Mitzi's images. They are beautiful and fun to color. Every once in awhile she will sell one of her new coloring books. Something you may want to watch for. So, Thank You Mitzi for letting me use this beautiful image. Mitzi is giving this to a lucky winner.

$10.00 Listed Value

From

Aurorawings

Let's see the card that I made with "Sea Turtle Kisses."

See, she is very beautiful. I took some leaves and used glue dots to keep them together to make is look like seaweed. Found these turtles inside a button and took them apart to add some more of them. Then I added the bubbles to make it look like they are breathing coming up. You can't see the background paper that good but it is the same pattern as the embossing on this card. Now let me tell you where I bought everything.

Cardstock -- Close To My Heart & The Paper Studio

Paper --  K&Company

Embossing Folder -- Cuttlebug

Leaves, Turtles, & Bubbles -- Dress It Up

Colored Markers

Colored Pencils

It's hard to say but we are at the end of another post with a new challenge. To read up on the rules in case you may have forgot, just go to Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog and read up on them. Also take a look at what the design team made and enter that project your going to make. Feel free to leave some comments to let us know how you like what we made.

Challenges I entered

Jo's Scrap Shack

http://pdelinkyparty.blogspot.ca/

ROBYN'S FETISH CHALLENGE #272 "BIRDS"

Good Morning Everyone!! Hope you have a very nice week and are enjoying your weekend. It's actually hasn't been to bad where I am. I did get some good news Friday. My fracture in my ankle is healing nicely that I'm aloud to take my boot off but have to go and buy an ankle brace because when they did my MRI they found that I had torn many ligaments around my ankle. That's why the ankle is so swollen. Then I get to start physical therapy to get it stronger and help those ligaments. This was the part that I wasn't happy about. If they do not get better they are sending me off to surgery. I really don't want to end the summer with something else wrapped on my ankle. That's my weekly update.

Our sponsor this week is The Cutting Cafe. I have to say that this store is one my favorite places to go and get images. When you go there they have many categories that you wouldn't even imagine. The shaker cards that they have at the top of the page are absolutely adorable. You will also see that they have new images for the month of July. They have a full catalog page that lists sets that they also carry. The set of birds that I used for my card is called, "Fun With Owls." There are two pages of different owls and two pages that had sentiments that went with the owls. I chose to use the reindeer owl with the sentiment, "Season's Greetings From OWL Of Us." I have my bird, sentiments and the beginning of Christmas cards. I don't think I did to bad with this challenge. So, here is the prize for our lucky winner.

3 SETS Of Images

From 

The Cutting Cafe Store 

I did make two of the owls and the one sentiment that went perfect with the reindeer. Before I tell you more about my card, let me show you what I came up with.

I don't think that it turned out that bad. I just loved this paper I found and used it. The colors were great together for a Christmas card. The reindeer embellishments are a little goofy but I thought they fit right in. The only thing I wish I did was make the antlers a little bit darker. With the bright colors that don't stand out as much as they used to but it is a home-made card. Here's that list of supplies.

Cardstock -- The Paper Studio

Paper -- DCWV

Sentiment -- Came With Set

Buttons and Reindeer -- Dress It Up

Colored Markers

Colored Pencils

I can't believe that I'm at the end. This post was very easy to write. Well I hope everyone has a Great Week. Please come and join our challenge this week at The Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog. 

ROBYN'S FETISH CHALLENGE #262 "ANYTHING BUT A CARD"

Hi to you all on this Sunday morning. The sun is so bright here and it's a little warm. Very nice weekend to get out with the family. I can honestly say that I had a terrific day yesterday. I went and seen my Grandson play his first Tee-Ball game. The kids were so adorable playing out there. They did keep score which was surprising for a Tee-Ball game. My grandson made one of the runs for his team. We were all yelling at him to run. When he hit the ball he started to go to third and we were yelling for him to go the other way. He did great after that. He had the cutest smile on his face when we were all yelling and then congratulating him. I remember his dad playing when he was that age and it's like watching him all over again.

Well, we are here to the part to tell you about our great sponsor. The sponsor is Robyn's Fetish. Robyn's is a very generous lady for letting us chose our images for our challenges. I went with a different project this week. I know it's spring but I did a scrapbook layout for Halloween. I found these pictures of my daughter when she was six and was Dracula. The image that I used was called "Count Dracula." Sometimes you do something not expected to WOW the readers. I'm so exited to show you my layout with Robyn's image that I'm going to tell you what she will be giving to the winner this week.

3 Digital Images 
From
Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and More

Finally, we are to that great part to see the project. I'm so excited to show everyone this. My daughter had no clue that I even was making this this week. She was shocked.

So, do you like this layout? She looks almost identical to the Count Dracula that I colored. I had fun making this and I think that's what I like about it. Doesn't take me as long to figure out how I want to do it and then it's done. So here are the items I used and then I will have to end my post. More projects to work on.

Cardstock --  The Paper Studio
Paper --  The Paper Studio & DCWV
Glitter Ghosts -- Dress It Up
Haunted House, Bats, & Moon -- The Paper Studio (La Petites)
Punch -- Martha Stuarts Spider Web Border Punch
Colored Markers
Colored Pencils

Thank You for stopping by and reading my post. I would love to hear what you think about my layout. I will let you know again that you just need to enter your projects at Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog. Have a friend, let them know about the challenge and there will be more to share with everyone. Have a Wonderful Week!!

ROBYN'S FETISH CHALLENGE #254 "PEARLS OR GEMS"

Good Morning to everyone out there. Hope you have had a great week. Mine has not been a good one. I love the snow but the ice that hides under it is horrible. I have actually fell twice this week that has really messed up my back and it has made my neck really sore. I was more embarrassed when I fell in front of my daughter and her boyfriend. We were leaving their Winter Concert and on my way to the car I fell on black ice. Walked out to the school the same way but on the back that ice was there. That was also the first night that I met her boyfriend and his parents. I will never forget that night now when I met him.

We have a new sponsor this week and I think you will really like her work. I was buying her images before she sponsored us this week. Aurora Wings is this great sponsor I have been talking about. If you get a chance you really need to see her store. The image that she let me use for this challenge is called "Camellia Sprite." She has beautiful flowers and a butterfly in and around her hair. I found this paper that I thought would be great to go with her. Looks a little antique. I'm really excited to show you my card so you can see this beautiful image so I will tell you what she is giving to that one lucky winner.

Winner's Choice

Of

 Digital Stamps

Up To The Total Of

$10.00 Listed Value

This is a great prize for the images that she has. So, let me show you "Camellia Sprite."


I told you the image was beautiful. I loved coloring her. It took some time but it was well worth it. I just loved this paper with the image. Let me tell you what I used to make this card.

Cardstock -- The Paper Studio

Paper -- Colorbok

Lace With Pearl -- Say It In Pearls

Gems -- Pebbles

Glittered Pink Flower -- Prima Flowers

Colored Markers

Colored Pencils

I really hope that you liked this weeks challenge and will want to participate. Our Design Team has made cards with other Aurora Wings images. Just go to Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog to see all those cards for some inspiration. I will see you next week and hopefully I won't have any accidents this week.

ROBYN'S FETISH CHALLENGE # 202 "CARDS FOR A YOUNG BOY"

Good Morning to all. How did everyone like last week's challenge of everything goes? Those are the best challenges of all. Hope you all had a great week. We are getting ready for track season. Signing up, buying shoes, headbands and of course the  physical. This is adding up real quickly. She couldn't find some nice lower costing shoes. She has to pick ones that were over $80.00. I hope her feet don't grow for a couple of season's. Soccer practices are over until the summer which is great. I won't be trying to run her from one sport to the next. I do get a little break because her practices are right after school and all I have to do is pick her up. This is going to be weird getting use to. Well, there's my little tidbit of my life so let's get to the challenge at hand.

For some reason I like doing cards for boys and babies. Having a grandson gives me a lot inspiration. My boys do to. I remember things that they did when they were very young. Milk Coffee Stamps is our great sponsor for this week's challenge. They have the cutest images of boys and in all there other categories. I chose Soccer Boy from their boys category. I chose this one partly because of my daughter. I have a lot of embellishments and stuff for the card from making things for her. How lucky can I be. Here is the prize for the winner of this week's challenge

3 Digital Stamps

Of 

The Winner's Choice

Let me show you my card for the soccer boy.

I did have a hard time to make the soccer ball to turn out right. I looked at all her pictures and still couldn't get it to look right. My husband did remind me that not all soccer balls are the same so I went with this one. I did make the tips of his hair look like they were bleached out to match the style these days. Let me give you the items that I used for this card. It's not a long list.

Cardstock -- Close To My Heart

Paper -- From My Paper Stash

Embellishments -- Dress It Up

Font -- Rockwell Extra Bold

Colored Markers

Colored Pencils

I can't believe that I'm done with my post already. This went by real quick. I want to remind you again to go to Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog to add you cards about young boys. While there, our design team made cards that will give you some inspiration. Hope the rest of your day is great and your week is wonderful.

ROBYN'S FETISH CHALLENGE # 196 "LOTS OF GLITTER"

Welcome to my post this morning. It's very cold here. Wind chills below O degrees. Even colder this coming week. Kids are loving it because they don't have to go to school until two hours later every morning. Which means we all can sleep in a little bit more. So far today we have 5" of snow and my Siberian Husky is loving it. On the other hand my dad is hating it because he is in charge of our township roads. So, he is out plowing over 12 hours at a time. He gets a little mad at me because I love the snow. When he said we were getting more I said "Yes" and he gave me a dirty look. We have our own opinions is this area. By the way, Happy Birthday to my Dad. His birthday was Saturday and it always seems to snow on his birthday. I went Friday to see him so I could at least tell him happy birthday before he went on the road. He said that when I came over I was just making him feel older. He's still my strength and my hero. Love You Dad!!!

Well we have a challenge to get to. Our sponsor this week is The Paper Shelter. I just love the image that they let me use this week. She is called Winter Princess. She is sitting on a tree limb with snow laying on it. Since the challenge was lots of snow I used snowflake paper, snow flake images, and glitter for snow. She has snow on her coat but I used pink on it. You are going to love the prize that they are giving out to that lucky winner.

$20.00 Gift Certificate

To

The Paper Shelter Store

Now let me show you the card that I made with the Winter Princess. I just named my card Magical Princess. I didn't want to use their name for her.

I hope you like all the snowflakes and glitter snow. I hope you can see the pink glitter on her coat. There is a little bit of snow on the bird's hat. So, let me tell you what products I used for this card.

Cardstock -- Close To My Heart & The Paper Studio

Paper -- The Paper Studio

Snowflakes -- The Paper Studio

Gemstones -- The Paper Studio

Glitter -- Ranger (Crystal Ice)

Colored Markers

Colored Pencils

I did not use a kit from The Paper Studio. It just happen that everything that I picked happened to be from them. Well I hope you enjoyed the post. Sorry that I haven't been here often this month. I have been very sick and I hope that I don't get anything like that again. Don't forget to go to Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog to enter your cards. Hope the rest of the day is great for you and have a Wonderful Week!!!

ROBYN'S FETISH CHALLENGE #162 "USE A DIGI"

 

I know I say it often but we are here at another Sunday. Where has my week gone? I can honestly say that the holiday weekend messed up my days. My daughter went back to school on a Tuesday and there's were I was behind on everything. Then my grandson stayed here on Thursday night and we had him all day Friday. He run his grandpa and grandma ragged. We went shopping, followed him on his bike because he just now started riding it himself, and playing with every toy he has here (and that's a lot). Then I was surprised Saturday when my son came up and brought all the grand kids so I could see them. They are growing like weeds. I enjoy all the time I get with them because they will get to that age where they will be saying "Do I have to go to grandma's." I remember them days from when I was little. It's funny how things repeat themselves.

 

Robyn is back as our sponsor for the next challenge. She keeps bringing out more and more images that I just love and never know which one I want to use for our challenge. This week was a great way to use a digi. I was able to pick from anything on her site and I did find one that I just loved. I know it's not Christmas but I chose a digi by the name of  "Rudolph Came To Town." My daughter thought I was crazy making a Christmas card but it's one less then I have to at the season. The prize for our lucky winner will get

 

Three Images

Of The Winner's Choice

From The

Robyn's Fetish Store

 

Now here is the card that I made called Jingle Bells

 

 

After I cut Rudolph out the way I did it looked like he was flying over the moon. He was just to big for my circle so I came up with this. I think it turned out adorable. This is one of those cards that at the end I say "I really like how it turned out." My husband says I'm to hard on myself. Here are the items that I used for this card.

 

Cardstock - Close To My Heart & The Paper Studio

Paper - The Paper Studio

Word "Jingle Bells" and the bells - Dress It Up

Colored Markers

Colored Pencils

Robyn's Image

 

Sorry to say but this is an end of another post from me and the first for the month of June. I still can't believe it's June. Remember when you are entering the challenge to go to The Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog. You will also see all the projects from our fantastic design team on there. Hope you have a Wonderful Week and I will see you next Sunday.

 

ROBYN'S FETISH CHALLENGE #155 "EASEL CARDS"

 

Good Morning!! I'm exhausted and just cannot wake up. I was at a 12 hour crop/craft show yesterday. It was held in a very big place and I didn't realize how much stuff people brought to a crop. I was just there as a vendor for Close To My Heart Scrapbooking &Stamping. I was shocked with how many people did not know that this company was even out there. I have been with them for 5 years and thought everyone knew about them. Well, It was exhausting but worth it. I had all last week getting ready for it. Takes alot of work to get ready for one.

 

Did everyone have fun at the Blog Hop? I sure hope so. Looked like everyone did with all the commenting going on. I hope you like all of Robyn's new digital stamps for the kitchen. I really had fun with the image that I was able to use.

 

A Day For Daises is our wonderful sponsor this week. They have cute images and I do like when we get to work with one of them.

 

This week our theme is "Easel Cards." I remember the first one I made and how frustrated I was because I never did one and didn't understand how they were put together to stand. I like them now but I'm going to start learning how to make different styles of easel cards. The image that I used this week is called "Ladybug A Waiting."  It's a cute ladybug that is sitting on a mushroom. I took the image and flipped horizontally to make it look like the ladybugs are looking at each other and came up with a new sentiment. Before I show you let me tell you what the prize is this week.

 

$12 Certificate To The

A Day For Daisies Store

 

Now here is the card that I call " You Can Count On Me"

 

 

I thought they looked cute looking at each other. For some reason, the sentiment would not come out clear but I think you still can read it. Now to the products that I used to make this card.

 

Cardstock - Close To My Heart

Paper - DCWV and The Paper Studio

Glittered Ladybugs - Dress It Up

Sentiment on Vellum - Colorbok

Colored Pencils

Colored Markers

Alot of Hard Work LOL

 

 Well that's it for me this Sunday. I have to put all this stuff away form the Craft Fair. Your projects when you are finished can be submitted at Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog. Have a Wonderful Sunday and a great week.