Tea with Critters

 Hello,

Have I got a darling card for you! I am a animal lover, so I was drawn to this kit right away! Plus what is not to like about a card with cute critters and a tea pot!!

A new challenge has started over at A Perfect Time To Craft! Get your craft on and join us for a chance to win some wonderful prizes! Anything goes! Head over and check it all out!

Thanks to our great sponsor this month, Crafts U Print !! I worked with Tea Party Mini Kit! And what fun I had!

I began by printing the set twice, and then fussy cut all the pieces out. I used some scrap to cover the card base, by die cutting it with a stitched circle. After inking all edges, I began assembly, the second set was pop dotted over the first for extra dimension. Adhere your elements referring to the instructions for placement. I then added fussy embellishments, the pearls, the sheer bow, and few straight pins, and a curly cue!! There you have it!

Thanks You for stopping by,

Robin

Sea of Dreams, Double Stacked ATC Cube

 Hello Friends,

I can't believe it is almost the end of July! My family has been on vacation to the beach, and looking ahead for school to start in August. I will be going to the beach in December, to see me cousins in Florida! I am getting excited! 

When I think of the beach, it is sun, sand, shells, and of course mermaids, which was my inspiration for my projects for Gecko Galz this month.

I used the beautiful Mermaids Dreams Junk Journal Kit for both my projects! Yes there are more then enough images in this kit for 2 projects!

I began by painting my two, 2 inch blocks, while my paint was drying I cut all of the images out. I then cut mats for each image, and inked all edges of the images and the mats. I adhered the images to the mats and used a stencil and added walnut ink here and there on each image. After deciding placement on the cubes, I adhered an image on all 4 sides times 2 cubes. Next adhere the cubes together, I used a hot glue gun for this step. I then made my embellishments for the top cube. I recycled a small ribbon spool by adding cotton twine to it. I adhered a cog to the top of the spool, and carefully fussy cut the the Octopus frame out and added one of the sentiments from the kit. I hot glued a toothpick to the back of the frame and then hot glue the toothpick sign in the center of ribbon spool. I then filled a tiny bottle with sand, tied a little cotton twine to the neck of the bottle, and hot glued it in place. Added some small shells and silica beads for added texture. Save the little packs, that are stuck in products to keep them dry, that is where the silica beads come from!! Lastly I added 4 big beads for feet on my bottom cube.

                              My next project is always a fun card to make, a Waterfall Card,

                    I hope you enjoyed my work, thank you for stopping by, and be sure to visit again!

                                                                               Robin

Nautical Dreams with Arty Diva's

 Hello Friends, 

I am so excited to share, that I have been asked to design for Arty Diva's challenge blog! I have fallen in love with this months images, I bet you will too !! Check them out!  Nautical Dreams.

Be sure to stop by Lillirain Designs to check out other available kits!

                                                                

I created a Stuffed Library Card for my first project. Lots of walnut ink and a bit of string went perfectly with these gorgeous images.

                                                              Pocket before stuffed

                                   

                                                                           My Tags

                    Masculine Trinket Box is my second creation. I snagged a box from the dollar store,

                    covering the front only, taking advantage of the boxes original theme, I added vintage

                    photo corners, tiny glass bottle filled with sand and shells , die cut sticks, I am calling

                   drift wood! and the word remember. Lots of walnut ink and some string ties this project

                   with my first.

            

                                Be sure to visit the Arty Diva's Facebook page for more inspiration!

Thanks You for visiting,

Robin

 Congrats to the Class of 2021 !!

What a rough year you all had. Here's to never having a school year like that again!!! On another note, I graduated high school way baccckkkkkk, LOL 1975! Yikes  We were still wearing bell bottoms, and spread Peace and Love!!

Here is my project for A Perfect Time To Craft challenge blog! Thanks to our sponsor this month Bug A Boo Stamps!! I had a blast walking down memory lane as I created a grad card with my alma mater colors and mascot! 

After creating my folded card, I stamped my mat with paw prints to represent our mascot the Black Tiger,  Added gold ribbon as you guessed it, Black and Gold are our colors. I may 2 copies of the grad cap and diploma from Bug A Boo, I carefully cut out the grad cap and colored it with a black marker and highlighted the white with a white Posca pen. Using a fine black marker I went over the outline on the diploma, I adhered the colored cap to the diploma and the tassel  that I left white, because mine was white!

Thanks for stopping by,

Robin Francini

Wild West Rodeo Queen

 Howdy Partner!

I always wanted to be aa cowgirl! My maternal Grandma made me a cow girl outfit when I was 5, and let me just say, I wore it till it was thread bare! I look on back of photos of me wearing my cow girl get up and it makes me smile. 

Over at  Gecko Galz  we are celebrating the Wild West, I created 3 shrines and a Rodeo Queen Winner ribbon to share with you today.

I used Rodeo Gal collage sheets 1 & 2 to create both the shrines and the ribbon.

I used 3 wooden shrines from the Dollar Tree, painted them navy. From there it was a matter of embellishing!! I love how they turned out!

Lastly here is my Rodeo Queen Ribbon!  I die cut a large snow flake medallion from Tim Holtz, sandwiched layers together, completed the front and embellished!

I hope you enjoyed my Wild West projects,

See you next time

Robin

Novinophobia with Dr. Digi

 Hello Friends,

Novinophobia: The fear of running out of wine!!!! LOL! Perfect sentiment for sharing my project for the month of June with A Perfect Time To Craft!! 

Thanks to out great sponsor this month Dr Digi for the image Nice Glass of Wine to work with! I also added the Wine sentiment set, which added the kick I needed to my wine box !

How fun is this?!! I happen to have the perfect box on hand, that would house a bottle of wine, the box had 2 flat curling irons that came in it! Remember to save your best trash for crafting!! Who Knew!!

The box was already black, so I took advantage of that when choosing my color scheme. I colored my wine bottle and glass using markers, after the marker was dry, I filled in the wine with clear dimensional glaze, to give it a shiny look. I fussy cut out the bottle and glass, after cutting the background paper to fit the front of the box, I adhered the bottle, glass, and glitter "v" for vino to front of the box. I then cut out all of the wine sentiments, and used two to compliment the front of my box.

Moving to inside of the box, I thought it would be fun, to use the rest of the sentiment and make a reading chart if you will, to determine of one should drive home, LOL. Not wanting the fun sentiments to go to waste, I painted a wood block white and  decorated the block with the rest of the sentiments.

Recycle, Reduce, Reuse! 

Thank You for visiting,

Robin

Secret Garden with Gecko Galz

Welcome Back Friends,

 Who doesn't love a secret garden?? I spent tons of time with my maternal grandma's, both of which to me as a little girl had secret gardens!! Tall beautiful and colorful Hollyhocks, tulips. sweet William, just to name a few. There was always fun things to be found tucked in their gardens!!

My projects this month reflect my love and adventure in their Secret Gardens!  

Using the Story Book Garden ATC collection, and the month of March collage sheet, I created a beautiful tag flip, complete with lace paper edges, sprinkles of shiny and pearly accents!

My second project is a slim line tag, is that a thing? ! For the beautiful tag, I used the birds nest from the March Collage and the tiny fairy from the Pixie Play Jewel It sheet! 

                                        I hope you have enjoy my idea of a secret garden!!

See you next time,

Robin