Encouragement Cards

This weekend, I am attending our annual STARS retreat in Kerrville with 40 women who we have been preparing and praying for the last 10 weeks. I made these cards as my love letters for each of them. Totally different than any card I had made before but I am mostly pleased with them. I knew I wanted to use an old hymnal that Mike had found in the attic but when it came down to chopping it up, I got kind of sentimental and decided to scan a hymn and make copies. I distressed the copies (first time) with Tim Holtz' distress ink then stamped a flower on top, added a little bling and  finished by adding Mathew 11:28 to the inside.

Peace and Pretty Paper!

Robyn

Happy Anniversary Horace and Darlene

Horace and Darlene celebrated 15 years of marriage today. I used my new Stampin Up owl punch and made this little card for them. (H-Man has his eye on Darlene! Isn't it cute?)

Need to to go. I am working on 40 special cards for an upcoming event next week. I have a lot to do! 

Peace and Pretty Paper,

Robyn

Cards, Cards & More Cards

I have made more cards than anything else lately...and used every stinkin one of them. I love giving hand made cards. Need to go, I need 40+ for an upcoming project. Will I make it? I hope so!!!!

My Productive Day

Some ladies get together up at church once a month and scrapbook. I decided to join them today and invited the lovely, Cheryl Gembler to join me. It was a relaxing and fun day. (I always have fun with my rock star friend!) My card stash is quite low and I have tons of paper so I decided to make cards using scraps and left over supplies. These are some of my better creations from today.

Cute little (free) digital stamp cupcakes....I love to color!

The inside sentiment...I LOVE it!

Scraps and a rubber stamp.

Such a happy card!

I wish I had some more of these scraps. I think this card came out quite nice. The sentiment is a rubber stamp.



I love this little guy! He is a digital stamp I colored wih copics.

Peace and Pretty Paper,

Robyn

 

Stinkin Sweet Card

I am in a real funk these days. I went up to clean and organize my room but played instead. This Little cutie from Create a Critter makes me smile!


My Blessings:

I am a loved child of God

Finding a form of exercise that I really enjoy (Zumba rocks!)

Having both kids home on Saturday


Peace & Pretty Paper,
Robyn

50th Anniversary Card

My photo doesn't do this card justice but I think it came out quite nice. I printed the words on card stock and the top layer is a wedding photo from Bobbie & Cy's wedding 50 years ago printed on vellum.

 

My Blessings:

Mike is home from a great 2 weeks in Colorado.

A fun day celebrating Bobbie & Cy's 50th wedding anniversary. What great role models they are for the rest of us.

Worshiping with my Concordia family at 11:00 today.

A good visit with Hayley today.

Peace & Pretty Paper,
Robyn

Graduation Invitations

I made these for a great girl who I met through work. She asked me to make her announcements for her upcoming graduation. I think this is what she wanted, I hope she likes them. I made a few thank you cards for her out of left over scraps. NEVER EVER throw away your scraps!

 

 

 

Peace & Pretty Paper,
Robyn

Happy Birthday Kristy

I made this and gave it to my sweet friend, Kristy at work today. She and her husband, Kyle told me this afternon that they are leaving in 2 weeks to start another music ministry at a satellite church in Boerne. I'm kinda bummed. Happy for them, sad for me.

My blessings:

+ The opportunity to get to know & love Kyle & Kristy over the last several years at Concordia.

+ Better health and more energy since beginning my healthy lifestyle in mid March (and to have lost 17 lbs as a result of my healthy choices).

+ My family... I miss you Hayley.

+ A fun filled weekend with girlfriends.

Peace and Pretty Paper,

Robyn

Graduation and Just because Card

I made these while watching the Season Finale of Survivor tonight. I am so glad Russell didn't win!


This is stamped with The Angel Company's Funny Farm set. I used miscellaneous paper and ribbon from my stash.  It was originally going to be a birthday card but I think I will use it for some other random occasion.

I cut this with my Cricut Sweet Treats cartridge and made it into a card using Design Studio. It is going to the family of a co-worker that has had a tough couple of weeks. People have volunteered to send meals home with them for the next 2 weeks. Tomorrow, Darlene, Miriam and myself are sending Lasagna, salad andyummy pie. I thought we would include a pretty flower to say "Hi ~ We are praying for you".

This is for my friend Miriam's son, Filipe. He graduated from Concordia University Austin, Summa Cum Laude! He is off to Brazil then Europe this week. I am sure he can use a little extra cash. Have I told you lately that I don't have a knack for guy cards? (I used purple only because it is his school colors)

My Blessings: 

• My Family
• A great weekend

Peace and Pretty Paper,

Robyn

My First Digital Experience

The super creative Cheryl gave me this digital stamp from Pink Cat Studio and I really like it! I will be buying more from them. Cute images!  As you can see, I had to spritz some Glimmer Mist inside.  I may need to buy this stuff by the case.

Peace and Pretty Paper!

Robyn

Gimmer Mist Rocks!

Last week Jane turned me on to Glimmer mist. I know it has been around for awhile but I never had any interest until she put a bottle in my hot little hand. I came home with several bottles and have spritzed everything that doesn't move in my scrap room. One of my favorite colors is Chocolate Covered Cherries. It has a rich reddish brown shimmer and it's just scrumptious. I know I went a bit overboard on this card but I am in L-O-V-E!  I have been seeing a lot of projects lately with corrugated cardboard so I took a whirl at using some on this birthday card.

I have been making several gifts lately that I haven't been able to post so I stopped today to play with a new stamp set and paper from my friend Karen at The Angel Company. This little piggy is from The Funny Farm set and is so cute! There are some other cute farm animals in the set that I will show you later.

That's all for now. I had an AWESOME weekend and am looking forward to a great work week. Now, I'm off to watch the Spurs beat the Mavs! GO SPURS GO!

Peace,

Robyn

Dry Spell

I have been suffering from a major dry spell and all my creative juices are pretty dried up. It makes me sad - I go sit in my scrapbook room and start to make something but nothing is "working" for me right now. I sure hope I get a creative flow going again soon.

Tonight I made this easel birthday card. Ho hummm.

Last night I saw a tutorial on Splitcoaststampers for an envelope pocket card. Cute idea and easy to do. The butterfly stamp and sentiment  is from Close to my Heart. I want to try it again and make some modifications. Wish me luck or better yet give me some ideas on getting out of my funk! I am going to crop with the girls from The Scrapbooking Factory this weekend so hope fully that will help. We will be staying at the Hilton so if I don't get my mojo back, you might find me in the bar!

Blessings:

Rain

Much better day today 

God's never ending love

My handsome husband 

Reconnecting with an old friend

Peace,

Robyn

Flower Pot Pocket Card

The last time Cheryl came over she brought these super cute flowers that she made with the Sweet Treats cartridge. (aren't they pretty?) They have been sitting on my table for the past few weeks just looking pretty and making me smile. Tonight when I went upstairs they were saying "Use me!" "Make something pretty with me!" so I did just that. I needed a birthday card so I made this easy Flower Pot Pocket card from a video I came across on Splitcoast stampers a while back.It was very easy and I had it put together in about 30 minutes. Having the flowers already made was a time saver and I cut the leaves with the Everyday Paper Dolls cartridge.

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The little tag slides right out and I stamped the birthday greeting on it. It was a quickie so I have lots of better ideas for my next one. My camera battery is dead so I had to take the pictures with my phone -_- 

Blessings:

• Having my daughter drop by work to say "Hi mama, I love you".
• My friend Miriam & family's passports were mailed today so they will be able to leave for Brazil on Wednesday.
• My boss telling us we can leave at noon tomorrow so we can worship with our families and get ready for Easter.
• The love of my Savior, Jesus Christ.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWgeUrD4MHI

Have a blessed Easter!

Robyn

Tissue Paper Flower and a Couple of Other Creations

I saw a short tutorial on Practical Stampers on making tissue paper flowers. They are super easy to make. My card leaves a lot to be desired but I learned something new so it wasn't a waste.

Here is my little Wonder and Joy friend from The Angel Company.  Doesn't she make you smile? The link takes you to Karen's blog. She can fix you up with all sorts of great stamps!

Today, my son Matthew turned 23. Like I have said before, I am greatly challenged when it  comes to making "boy cards". I think this one is screaming for a flower or two. He said he is thankful I controlled the urge and suggested splashing some motor oil on my next guy card. Luckily I don't ask him for design suggestions often. 

          BLESSINGS:

• Jody getting a PICC line after a very difficult day yesterday.
• Having Mike home for the last few days.
• The opportunity to be a mother for the last 23 years to a great kid. Happy Birthday Matthew, I love you! 
• Getting to see Hayley today.
• 80 degrees and lots of sunshine today! 

 Have a wonderful Palm Sunday!

              Robyn

My Prize and a Few Cards

I was lucky enough to win some Blog candy last weekend on one of my favorite blogs to follow. Laurie at Soapbox Creations makes the prettiest cards (and gives some pretty cool prizes!) Take a look at all my goodies! I have plans for the cool stamps really soon. Thanks Laurie!

I am seriously behind on birthday gifts for Mike's sister an her great husband. They are two of my favorite people and they always seem to get put on the "back burner". I feel so bad about that. I have her card and gift ready to go and today I made an "oh so OK" guy card for Bron. I wasn't feeling very creative today and I think this poor fish shows it!

I have no immediate plans for this little cupcake from my new Sweet Treats cartridge. It is such a fun cartridge. I just wish I had more time to play.

This last one is a thank you card for a sweet friend of mine that has done so much for me since the death of my father. The little cutie comes from The Angel Company. Karen is my personal angel (I just love saying that!) and she has sold me a few sets that I wish I had more time to play with.  Go see her goodies and tell her I said hi!

My Blessings:

• Seeing my brother Jody smile on Friday.
• An opportunity to sit with my dear friend Darlene on Friday after her husband had a heart attack. Thankfully, he will be OK.
• God's never ending grace.
• My husband's love
• Almost 2 weeks of success on my quest for better health.

Smile, Jesus loves you!
Robyn