Injoy Stampin' with Robyn

School Daze…

Happy Friday – the last Friday before my kiddos start school – ahhhhh!  I’m not ready for this!!!!! (Just joking)  Well, my baby is going into 6th grade this year (as hard to believe as that is for me) it is happening none the less.  So, to celebrate her official milestone as a tweenager, I made this little journal/memory book for her.  I hope to have a video posted explaining things, but since I’m scheduling this post before we leave for London and don’t know what my internet will be like at our hotel, I’m not sure when I will get it uploaded.  It’s pretty self-explainatory though by the page titles.  Just a little something for her to keep and to look back on later.  Hope you enjoy seeing it.

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Lazy Days of Summer

Hi Ladies,

Happy September 1st to each of you!  With the changing of the month comes (to many of us) the change of schedule as children resume school, the changing of the season with the lovely rich colors of autumn, and lots of summer photos that we can begin to think about scrapping.

For today though, as I looked at this stamped image it just reminded me of a relaxing day our family had not long ago when we too our picnic blankets and headed across the street to the park and just laid on the grass and spent a couple of hours reading and just soaking up the sunshine.   It seemed as every summer, that it was here and gone before we knew it.

So this card is dedicated to those lazy days of summer, to bid them a fond farewell for 2010.  I’m not rushing in the cooler weather, just a wistful goodbye to the low pressure schedule we so enjoyed.

This gorgeous stamp is from the Scenic & People plate from I Brake for Stamps.  What a lot of wonderful images in this set, wouldn’t you agree?    They are truly all sweet; I’ve had fun playing with them.  I colored in the image using my Stampin’ Up! Watercolor crayons and my AquaPainter.

Here is a look at the whole set, you get a LOT of stamps for $18.00, plus if you use my 10% off coupon code (SAVE10ROBYN), you’ll save even more.  Enjoy!

Thanks for stopping by today, I truly appreciate it.  I would love to hear from you as to a special summer memory you have or anything in particular you’d like to share.  Have a wonderful rest of your week.  Enjoy today! xx

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15-Minute Gift Idea…

Here is another project that I did just before we left.  I wanted to make a little gift for my friend whom I’ve not seen in a couple of years.  She and her family live in London, so we’ll be spending some time with them.  I needed a quick gift as I didn’t have a lot of time, so I opted to make her a set of easy-mailer (flat) monogramed cards and envies.  I packaged them in a clear box and added a couple more goodies to the mix for her and Voilà! - super fast gift.

I used all Stampin’ Up products on for the cards: Kraft, Pink Pirouette, and Bordering Blue cardstock, patterned paper (I think) is called Tea Party and the embossed “W” is from the Lovely Letters alpha set.  I haven’t used this patterned paper is quite a while so thought I’d put it to use again.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I really do appreciate it and hope you have found your visit worth it.  Tomorrow, I’ll be posting my DT project for I Brake for Stamps (LOVE their stamps), and then I’ll (hopefully) have a video for you on Friday with my Crafty Alley DT project that I made for my little girl as a back-to-school gift.

I hope you are having a good week. (((Hugs)))

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Kendalle’s Birthday Card…

Hello lovelies,

I have another card to share with you today.  We leave in a few hours for our last hoo-rah vacation before school starts a week from today.  We found airplane tickets for just $10 each from Ireland to London, so couldn’t pass it up.   We’re flying out for the week  and when we come back, Saturday will be filled with anniversary events as my sweetie and I celebrate 18 years of marital bliss.♥  Then, on Sunday, our eldest daughter Kendalle turns 15.  We’ll have a little party for her after church.

Anyway, all of that to say that I really wanted to get her card done before we left.  So it’s been a busy day already with packing, getting the dogs to the kennel, making sure the house is all clean before we go, meals, and getting my projects for the week ready to post.  I’m super excited though so have lots of energy. :c)

I made her a card with some of my Webster’s Pages papers (I ♥ them).  Banners/Buntings seem to be my favorite lately as they keep appearing in my projects, but I think they add a sweet touch to just about anything.  Hope you enjoy seeing it, but shhhhh don’t tell Kendalle it’s on my blog as of course she hasn’t seen it yet.  Since we’ll be away, I know she won’t be online all week.

I’ve been taking my project photos out on our deck/front porch lately as the weather has been clear/dry.  Usually I just lay the card down, but I thought it was nice to have the mountains in the background today.

I hope you have  a wonderful, fantabulous week.  Know that I truly appreciate you stopping by and your comments always add excitement to my day.  Thank you so much for your kindness.  Must run, I just remembered that I forgot to pack my umbrella…

XOXOXOX

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Okay, I’m a little obsessed!

I know that I just shared a picture of one of my sunflowers with you the other day, but I took this photo this morning and just wanted to share it with you as I’m so HaPpY!  One of my sunshineys has siblings that have grown out from the main blossom.  Admittedly, sunflowers are just the epitome of sunshine wrapped up in a flower to me; I absolutely adore them. :c)  Okay, so perhaps I’m easy to please. lol

And…we had a truck load of mail from the good ‘ole U.S. of A yesterday.  Look at all of these MBags full of school books.  My kids are really excited about the start of another homeschool year! ehhhemmmm…well, anyway.  I had to open up both front doors when the postman arrived.  This is just 5 of the 8 bags we had sent from the States with our homeschool books for the year.  Hopefully the other 3 boxes arrive before the 6th of September.  If it would have been presents it would have been more fun for the kiddos. lol   Oh and one of my dogs wanted in on the action…isn’t she a cutie!?!  She’s our little “Irish Shedder”  she’s a full Golden Retriever that our son purchased about 5 years ago here in Ireland.

Lastly, I can’t believe I did it, but for the first time, I actually forgot to post my DT project here on my blog yesterday.  I posted it everywhere else I was supposed to, but my sad blog was neglected.  It is using papers from the August Crafty Alley kit (sold out).   September kit is all about Basic Grey.  If you’d like to reserve a copy you can visit the shop website here.

The day I took the photo is was pretty overcast, so the picture quality is pretty dark.  I mailed the card right out, so wasn’t able to retake a better one.

Well, that’s about all of my news today.  I’m off to play with the September kit.  :c)  Thanks for stopping by today, I truly appreciate it.  Hope you’ve found something that inspires you in your own creating. xx

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Anniversary Card – Prima Style…

Hi Ladies,

I created this anniversary card for my mom and daddy.  On September 4, they will celebrate 40 years of marriage!   They still hold hands and go on dates: I ♥ that so much.   I miss them terribly and wish I could be there to celebrate with the family.  It’s also a special day for my wonderful hubby and I, we got married on September 4 also, but ours will be our 18th anniversary. I am so incredibly blessed to have married my best friend and high school sweetheart.   Of course, we still hold hands, go for long walks alone, and go on weekly dates. Woohoo!  He still gives me butterflies in my tummy when he comes into the room.   Okay, that’s probably an over share!

Anyway, this is about my parent’s card… so on with it!

I used Prima paper from the Watercolor Rainbow collection (from the July Crafty Alley kit), I tied it with some lovely vintage seam binding, stamped a french script stamp onto a doily, added some soft pink Prima pearls, and added the butterflies; which were cut from a Martha Stewart punch.  I sprayed it with Ancient Copper and Angel Mist Cosmic Shimmer sprays – so much glimmer to these!  I got them from my sweet friend Donna as a birthday gift.

This will go in the mail in the morning  along with their gift:  all sent with lots and lots of love.  Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I appreciate it so much, you are very special! xx

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