The Robin's Nest: Spooky Girl

Hi everyone! It's me, Tonya. I know it has been awhile but I am here as a guest designer for the Robin's Nest. You can hop on over to the Robin's Nest here and check the Halloween card I created.

Thanks for stopping by, hope your Wednesday is awesome and enjoy creating!

#1 Dad Easel Card

Hi everyone! This month over at the Crafty Card Gallery we had to try a new technique. Well, if you know me I love taking a 12x12 sheet of cardstock and making four 3"x6" cards out of that one sheet. After much trial and error…I tried gesso and a stencil and let me tell you I had a very big mess but I did manage a few gessoed dots on the top part of my card without smearing. I did decided to finally try my hand at a easel card and this is what I came up with.
I cut a 6"x6" cardbase from Calamity Jane Stripe cardstock and the easel I cut a 6"x11" with folds at 4", 4",1",1",1" from brown cardstock.
The sailors digital image is from Eclectic Anthology. I printed on cardstock and fussy cut out. I cut a piece of cream cardstock and distressed the edges and inked and then adhered the sailor image to the top of it. Next I added gauze, twine around the edge of the cream colored cardstock and then adhered to the base. I fussy cut sea life from a sheet of scrapbook paper that is from Paper Studio. I adhered those along with real mini seashells, dew drops and sequins around the edges of the base.

I folded the brown cardstock and adhered to the back of the card. 

Next I cut the leftover striped and red cardstock and glued three of the sides to the back to make a pocket. It will be perfect to add a small note and gift card. Now I have a father's day card finished and need to create one more. :-)

If you have any questions please let me know. Thanks for stopping by, hope your Sunday is awesome and enjoy creating!!! :-)

Supplies Used:

Robin's Nest: Brown Glitter cardstock, Calamity Jane Stripe cardstock, Beach Dew Drops, Pearl Dew Drops
Eclectic Anthology
Anchor digital image is from the internet
Gesso
Sequins
Gauze
Brown Chalk Ink
Textured Brown and Cream Cardstock
Red cardstock
Paper Studio: Beach House Collection
Twine
Mini Sea Shells

Good News!

Hi everyone!!! I'm here share some fun news today. In January I submitted a few cards to Crafts Ideas magazine. I had one card selected out of the ones I submitted. So when I received an email yesterday with a digital link to the magazine I was one excited to person to see my card on the cover!!! Yes!!! Front cover…I feel like I had arrived…lol!!! Be sure to check the issue out when you get a chance because  it has some very adorable cards along with other craft projects to try.  

Also while I'm thinking about it The Robin's Nest is hosting a Garden Blog Hop on March 31st. I hope everyone will be able to stop by and check out what each design team member has come up with for this hop. I know can't wait to share what I have created with everyone! :-)

Thanks for stopping by, I hope your day is wonderful and enjoy creating!!!

Mason Jar Thank You

Hi everyone and happy Friday!!! I'm back to share a quick card I created for a customer. I used half of a doily, flower diecut, sequins, twine, scraps of scrapbook paper and the Forever thanks rubber stamp from Unity Stamps and the mason jar stamp is from Inkadinkado. I used a 6" x6" piece of cardstock and folded to make a 3" x 6" card base.

The Forever thanks sentiment I stamped twice on two different colors of cardstock and cut both out and added one on top of the other to make it look like a seal. It's a super easy card to make!!!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope your weekend is wonderful and enjoying creating!!!

Animal Print with a Vintage Twist

Hi everyone!!! I'm back this month to share a Rolodex holder with cards that I created using some awesome Animal Print cardstock that is 20% off over at the Robin's Nest.  Also this month we have teamed up with Gina's Designs to showcase some of their wonderful products too. 
I love to alter Rolodex cards and belong to a few groups over on Swap-bot that are solely dedicated to altering these little works of art. I have a collection of this cards but no holder to put them in. I didn't want the typical holder that you buy out at an office supply place. I wanted to create one but didn't know how or what I would use. After much thought and one failed attempt this is what I came up with.

This is what my Rolodex holder started out as before I altered it. I actually used the "drawer" of the matchbox to create the holder...hold onto the "sleeve" because I might just have a project for next month using that in some fun way...wink wink ;-)

The front of the box measure 1/2 inch down and mark with a pencil. Cut down to the mark on either side of box. 

Fold down and adhere to box.

Next cut 4 chipboard pieces to 3/4x4 1/2 inches and another 4 chipboard pieces  to 1 3/8x4 1/2 inches. I used a Rolodex card and centered the holes by drawing in each piece of chipboard. Then punch a hole in each one. Line up holes in the the 3/4x4 1/2" chipboard and adhere all together. Then do the same with the 1 3/8x4 1/2" chipboard pieces. These will be glued in later on the front and back inside of the box.

 Use a ruler and draw a line at an angle on each side of the box and then cut. 

 Paint the sides of the box in Spa Blue paint both inside and out. Cut a 2 1/2x4 1/2 " piece of     Dino Feet Glitter Cardstock, emboss with the Snowball embossing folder and adhere to the inside bottom of the box. Cut a 4 1/2x 4 7/8" piece of Teal Giraffe Cardstock and  punch two holes in the 4 1/2" side of both ends. I used the two pieces of chipboard that I glued all four pieces together as templates for the teal cardstock. Now you are ready to adhere both of the 3/4x4 1/2" and the 1 3/8x4 1/2" to the inside of the box. Use either binder clips or cloths pins to hold the chipboard in place while it dries. Next adhere the teal cardstock (as below) starting by lining up the holes and wrapping the cardstock around the box until the other end is folded over and the holes are lined up. Again use either binder clips or cloths pins to hold everything in place until it dries.  

Next cut with a small hand saw two 2 1/2" pieces from a 3/16" dowel and paint  both with Spa Blue paint and let dry.

Once the dowels are dry insert into the holes in the box. Below is what it should look like. 

Cut a piece of Teal cardstock 3x5" and then score a 1/2" all the way around the holder. This is considered the "skirt" which you can glue trim to. Fold down and cut the "corners" out to were it should look something like this below. Next adhere to the bottom of the holder. Let dry and then glue the spools to each corner of the holder.

Next adhere lace and ric rac to the "skirt" around the holder.

I inked and painted some of the chipboard pieces from Gina's Design. I let them dry. Then I used The Paper Studio A2 Script Embossing Folder to emboss the butterfly and then inked it in Sahara Sand Chalk Ink.

Cut a small piece of Dino Feet Glitter Cardstock to fit the frame. Emboss and then adhere to the back side of the frame. Since I don't have any pop dots available I used some of the "extras" that are around a set of  rubber stamps I had just bought. I cut and adhered to the back of the frame and then glued it to the holder along with the butterfly and dew drops. 

Waalaaa...cute!!!

Now comes the fun part!!! Decorating Rolodex cards!!! You can either buy the blank Rolodex cards at an office supply place or if you are like me you can either use a diecut and use cardstock like I used the Chocolate Glitter Leopard Cardstock. Or cut them and use a Rolodex tab punch which can be bought at a office supply place too. You can make your cards larger than the standard card...the choice is yours. :-)

I fussy cut the lion out of the Red Lion Cardstock and used a Crocus Yellow wash on the lion and then let dry. Add bits of scrap cardstock, stamped sentiment and a dew drop.

There is no right or wrong way to decorate these cards just have fun and get creative!!!

You can cut images off of envelopes like I did the sunflower below.

The elephant I fussy cut from the Blue Glitter Elephant Cardstock and I also used some printables from Garden Carnival Composition Book Digital Kit and

Vintage Circus Party Printables to spruces up the front and back of this Rolodex.

I used Brown on Brown Animal Print Cardstock and added some stamped tags which I hand cut out. I received these in a swap so I'm not sure of the names of the stamps??? 

I used the Dino Feet Glitter Cardstock for this Rolodex card. Another stamp image, scraps of cardstock, a Gina's Design Doily, some alphabet stickers and a birdie image.

Last but not least is a stamp I actually own. This adorable China doll name is Lottie and it is by Pink Persimmon. I added a flower, dew drop, button, Gina's Design Doily, lace, scraps of cardstock and the stamped word beautiful.

Robin's Nest Supplies Used:

Blue Glitter Elephant Cardstock

Brown on Brown Animal Print Cardstock

Chocolate Glitter Leopard Cardstock

Dino Feet Glitter Cardstock

Pink Leopard on Pink Cardstock

Red Lion Cardstock

Teal Giraffe Cardstock

Dew Drops

Gina's Designs:

Cardstock Doily Set

Butterflies and Dragonflies

Miniature Bookplate Shape Set

Other Supplies Used:

250/300 Count Empty Matchbox

Lace

Ric Rac

Buttons

Twine

3/16 inch Wooden Dowel 

Hole Punch

Sizzix Snowballs Embossing Folder and Clear Card, Telephone and Address Diecut

The Paper Studio A2 Script Embossing Folder

Various Stamped Images and found images

Scraps of scrapbook paper

Prima Flowers

Spare Parts Wooden 1" Spools

Americana Spa Blue Acrylic Paint

Ceramcoat Crocus Yellow Acrylic Paint

Versa Magic Sahara Sand Chalk Ink

Martha Stewart Leaf Bud Chalk Ink 

Ephemera's Vintage Garden Printables:

Garden Carnival Composition Book Digital Kit

Vintage Circus Party Printables

Debrina Pratt Printable

If you have any questions about the Rolodex holder or cards please feel free to email me and I will do my best to answer them. Don't forget to check the cardstock that is 20% off over at the Robin's Nest and also check out Gina's Designs for a great selection of cardboard shapes and paper doilies.

Thanks for stopping by, hope your day is wonderful and enjoy creating!!!

Shabby Chic/Vintage Toilet Paper Roll Mini

Hi everyone! I would like to share a mini I created for a swap over at My Scrap Room. We had to use five flattened toilet paper rolls for the inside, a chipboard cover and back, three types of embellishments on each page, tags in each of the "pockets" and last but not least it had to be decorated in a shabby chic/vintage type of theme.

I used a variety of scrapbook paper, My Mind's Eye: Bramble Rose, Lost and Found Two, Prima, cardstock, embellishments Robin's Nest Dew Drops, ribbon, lace, buttons, Tim Holtz Swivel Clasp and Tsunami Rose and Ephemera's Garden printables from their shops and blog. 

The mini is so FAT I had to use a swivel hook to keep the mini closed.

  

The tags for the toilet paper roll "pockets". I left them blank so my swap partner, Mesha, can either journal, add photos or decorate the way she wants to. :-)

Some close ups of some of the pages with pull out tags.

I hope this will inspire you to create something fun for yourself or as a gift for someone special. 

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy creating!!!