Injoy Stampin Handmade Cards/Mini Albums

WOC Rolodex Cards

Hi Ladies,

I created these Rolodex cards as part of a DT challenge for Wild Orchid Crafts.  It was a lot of fun creating these, and I hope you enjoy seeing them.

A little closer look at the yummy flowers…

And lastly, here’s a video where I explain the products that I’ve used from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Hope you are having a fabulous day!  Thanks for popping by! xx

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Birthday Gifts…

Hello Lovely Ladies (and Gents),I have a couple of projects to share with you today. My daughter, Suzanne, who is our youngest had a birthday party to go to this past weekend. She wanted to make her friend a handmade gift, so we opted for a very basic mini album, an altered wall hanging from Hobby Lobby and of course a card.

This is what we came up with:

First the card…

This is one of the cutie-patootie stamps from the new release set called Sarah’s Girls from I Brake for Stamps.  I really, really enjoy using these for sorts of cards this month!  They are easy to color and are also perfect for paper piecing.  If you would like to order one for yourself, the link is above and if you’d like to save 10% off of your whole order, please feel free to use my discount (SAVE10ROBYN) at checkout. :c)    The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts (where else!?!) :c)

Here is a little mini album (very basic as the little girl “we” made it for just turned 11 and has not scrapped before.

On the mini album above, I used the scalloped square Sizzix Bigz die to create the base of the pages and used the same paper from Hobby Lobby for decorating the album that I used for her card (above).

Lastly, we came across this wall hanging at Hobby Lobby (in the clearance section) and my daughter wanted to get it for her friend.  With a little touching up (with Wild Orchid Crafts flowers) it made a nice little gift.  It measures 7″ x 7″.  I added a few Prima Say it in Pearls to the corner to finish it off.  Super fast and my daughter was really happy to give it to her friend.

I hope you enjoy seeing them.  Thanks for stopping by today.  You make my day brighter when you do. :c)

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Mini Album/Box and a card

Hello Lovely Friends,

It is SO good to be back blogging once again.  Although it will be a rather short one, I’m so happy to be sharing a crafty project with you once again.  This is actually one that I did before my rush-trip to the States, but I just didn’t have time to post it before I left.

Its a sweet wooden box sent to me (for altering) by Paul and Siri of Wild Orchid Crafts (❦Thank you so much).  I painted it and added a bit of Crackle Medium and then sanded it.  I painted and added little “feet” to the bottom as well.

I added some pretty lace (distressed w/Glimmer Mist) from Wild Orchid Crafts as are  each of the gorgeous roses.  The paper collection is from the new Prima Madeline collection (so pretty!).

View of top of the box.

I decorated the inside of the box as well and added a custom designed mini album using the same paper collection.

Here is the mini album.  The frame is one of the Tattered Angels Framed Fonts.  Aren’t the small open roses and the poppy flower SO pretty?!  I love Wild Orchid Crafts products!

This is what the inside of the box looks like.  Hope you enjoy seeing it.  Thanks again Paul and Siri for sending it to me.  I really, like it and had fun altering it.  I know just what photos I’m going to put in the little mini!
Thanks for stopping by today.  I so appreciate each and every one of you.  You are super special!  I hope you have a great rest of the weekend! I have more to share but will wait to post a card I just finished until Monday. xx

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Christmas Coasters

I created these coasters about 5 weeks ago but for some reason they never made it to my blog.  I was looking through pictures in my iPhoto and spotted them.  I stamped onto these tumbled tiles using StazOn ink to create Christmas coasters.  I added felt pads to the bottoms so they wouldn’t scratch the furniture.  I also created this custom box to gift them in using acetate and RidingHood Red Stampin’ Up! cardstock.

I hope everyone is fully enjoying their Christmas preparations – can’t believe Christmas is a week from tomorrow already!  Still loads of things to do.  Had an adventure today as another snowstorm landed across Ireland.  We had promised our children a 1/2 day of school today to be able to do some Christmas shopping so we didn’t want to disappoint their sweet little hearts. :c)  We went to our favorite Indian restaurant (love it!) and then headed to the shopping mall.  We had such a great time out and my tummy is still sore from laughing.  While we were oblivious to the weather while we were in the mall it had snowed several more inches.  We knew the main roads would be okay, but the little country lane we live on…now that’s another story!  That’s where the adventure came in.  We have a long-standing family motto, “Everyday is either a holiday or an adventure in our home!”  Okay, so we’re heading down our lane, we approached the first of two hills between the main road and our house.  With wheels spinning, car chugging as sweet hubby drops it into low gear;  the kids are loving it.  We made it up the first of two hills.  Woohoo!  Not so good on the second hill though.  We got stuck…really stuck!  We went slipping backwards into a hedge in fact.   “Never fear!” exclaims my favorite neighborhood super hero.  He and son get out (and of course we all want to pile out of the car to look and gawk – it’s just what you do, right?)   Superhero sends us home  as it’s just a 1/2 mile walk – up hill (both ways).haha   I get the girls safely in the house, grab the shovel and a flashlight  (as dusk approaches) and head back out into the semi-arctic inclement weather to take them to son and superhero.  To make a very long story even longer (jk) hubby and son lifted the car out of the hedge and back onto the road, and somehow got the car turned back around, headed back out to the main road, and made it safely home by a different route.  I wasn’t sure how long he would be so after I surprised him with the shovel and flashlight, I walked back home.  It was so beautiful out with the snow hanging on the tree branches – it just made for such a nice walk.   To top it off, Kendalle had a nice cup of hot tea waiting for me when I got back.  Such a sweetie!  So that’s my adventure for the day.    I’m still smiling. :c)

Hope you’re having a great week. Thank you for stopping by today.

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Altered Frame/Box

Two yummy projects: An altered, crackled painted picture frame and an altered Christmas mail box.

Hi Everyone,

I’ve been busy creating so many different types of things lately that I almost forget to stop and take pictures to share with you all. I  have an altered frame to share with you that I picked up the other day at the Heart Foundation Charity Shop (Re-sale shop).  I’m always on the look-out for frames at these type of shops as a lot of times you can pick them up for a song and then re-purpose them and pretty them up. :c)  Then below are a couple of still photos of the Christmas mailbox (US Post box) that I created yesterday.  I didn’t get a chance to take pictures last night.

Here are some pictures of the frame…

The frame measures 9″ x 11″ and was raw pine.

I painted it brown and then added crackle medium before painting on the cream acrylic paint.  The gorgeous flowers all came from Wild Orchid Crafts.  If you haven’t checked out their website, its just full of gorgeous-ness!  Is that a word?  I added some Prima lace, Prima pearls, pearl trim, and Webster’s Pages paper.  The sentiment is a sticker that I cut out using my labels #14 nesties.  The paper can be removed and be replaced with an 8″ x 10″ photo.

From Wild Orchid Crafts, I’ve used the smaller sized Flat Gardenias, Cherry Blossoms, 25mm (I believe) Roses, 15mm Roses, and 4mm closed Rosebuds.

I love the crackling effect, it’s almost as exciting to me as when my embossing powder melts while I’m embossing. LOL  I’m easily amused!

Here are a few photos of the mailbox for my friends that aren’t able to watch the videos…

Side note:  My camera just does not like the color red for some reason.

These are the lovely new Hellebores (white center flower) from Wild Orchid Crafts.

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Vintage Christmas Collection…

Here I’ve altered a simple store bought tote/case to create a lovely custom Christmas gift.  I have lots of Christmas ideas on my website to share how you can fill this.  Create a Handmade Christmas for special memories.

Hello Lovely Ladies!  Happy Saturday to each of you! :o)  I only have a quick minute to post because we are about to start my sweet hubby’s 40th birthday party, but I wanted to share some projects that I’ve been working on for entries into the WMS Tag, You’re It challenge.  I wanted them each to have a vintage Christmas feel to them.

The first project is an altered box that I created.  This is the before picture of the box:

This is what I created:  I added lots of acrylic paint, crackle medium, and vintage Christmas papers inside and out.

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