Little Boy Blue ~ Robin's Nest DT Project

Some of the items we are featuring this month at The Robin's Nest are the new Special Delivery Baby sets.  I chose the Special Delivery Baby Boy set for my project.  I decided to do a one page, 8 x 8 layout and showcase it in a square frame.  I absolutely love the way it came out!

 

I used the following items in my post (click below to see the paper on the Robin's Nest website):

 

Special Boy ~ Rocking Horse Specialty Paper

Special Boy ~ Special Delivery Boy Paper

Special Boy ~ Special Boy Tags

I started by distressing a piece of blue cardstock by sanding it and then adhering it to a piece of chipboard.  Next, I cut a rectangle out of the Rocking Horse Specialty Paper (no measuring, just a quick couple of cuts).   I cut various pieces from the Special Delivery Boy Paper and used distress ink to age them.  My cut pieces were all triangle type shapes (nothing exact).  I glued the Special Delivery paper (face down) to the underside of the opening in the Rocking Horse paper (wide end glued down).  I then used a few different trims I had in my stash to surround the opening, and then glued the smaller end of the Special Delivery pieces down around the trimmed out area.  I completed my layout by adding a "Little Treasure" tag  and then adhering the Rocking Horse portion to the solid cardstock  portion and then adding the piece as a whole to my frame.  I just love the colors and the way the frame gives it such a finished look. 

In these last pictures I added a piece of scrap paper to show how you would just insert your photo and glue it down . . . or I was thinking about gluing a mini clothespin at the top of the opening so that you could even change out the photo.  What do you think?

Make sure to leave me a comment and let me know what you think.  Thanks for stopping by; make sure to hop over to the Robin's Nest Website to check out the New Baby Boy and Baby Girl Special Delivery sets.

~ Make Today Count
Wendy

www.scrappinwendysway.blogspot.com

Ride On 4 Page Layout ~ Robin's Nest DT Project

This month we are featuring the Robin's Nest Hot Flame line. I have some pictures of my youngest son riding a Harley Davidson toddler scooter that I know will go perfectly with this paper.  With that in mind, I created this 4 page layout.  I used:

Mango Flame Border

Mango Flame - Thermal Icing

Mango Cardstock

I think this paper is the perfect match for my little biker!  The paper was a little bright for what I was doing, so to tone it down a bit I made a "wash" with gel medium in a matte finish and added a couple of drops of white paint and a couple drops of yellow ink.  This gave me exactly the look I wanted.  It was a more washed out, old look. 

For the far right page I used the Mango Flame Border paper for the background.  I created a pocket from plastic packaging.  I used another portion of the Mango Flame Border cardstock and fussy cut the flames so that I could adhere them to the clear pocket so that I had a place to add a large tag. Adding the fussy cut flames above the patterned cardtock give the page a little more depth and more interest when your tag is out of the pocket.  The second from the right page is a neutral page with a tag backed in Mango Cardstock given the same "wash" treatment.  This pulls the pages together.

The second page from the left was created using the Mango Flame - Thermal Icing as the background.  The paper has so much interest that you really don't need to do too much with it.  I simply added a filmstrip die cut with a an insert to attach the photos so they can be pulled out revealing the patterned carstock behind.  I might even put two more photos behind the tag so that this page can now hold 4 pictures.  The first page from the left is another neutral page with a Harley Davidson sticker to finish it off. 

My hot tip for this project is to use aluminum plumber's tape.  I ran it through my diamond embossing folder and voila . . . faux diamond plate!  I love the way this finishes off the layout.

Keep an eye out on my blog as I post more pictures using the Robin's Nest Hot Flame line.  Make sure you hop over to the Robin's Nest website and check out all of their fabulous products.

Thank you for checking out my project!  Be sure to leave me a comment and tell me what you think.

~  Make Today Count
Wendy

www.scrappinwendysway.blogspot.com

Waves of Color ~ Robin's Nest DT Layout

This month The Robin's Nest is featuring the Sorbet Glitter Collection which you can stock up on at a 20% discount until the end of the month.  I chose to work with the Blue Raspberry Sorbet Glitter Cardstock because I love the way it reminds me of waves!  I had some older pictures taken in Maui and this paper is perfect to showcase one of those photos.  I love the tone on tone aspect of this paper.

This layout was pretty clean and simple to put together.  After I cut my paper down to size, I scored the edges at 1/4 inch and 1/2 inch and dusted it with my black ink pad just to give it some definition on the edges.  I then matted my pictures with some scrap pieces I had from other projects.  After adding a couple of word tabs and a pineapple, I had a finished layout.  Because the paper has enough visual interest of its own, you don't have to over accessorize it to have a finished look.

What do you think?  Leave me a comment and let me know.  Don't forget to hop over to the Robin's Nest and pick up some of the Sorbet Glitter Cardstock while it's still on sale!

~ Make Today Count
Wendy

www.scrappinwendysway.blogspot.com

Robin's Nest Blog Hop Winners!

THANK YOU

Our Design Team was so thankful for all the wonderful comments that were

posted on all of their blogs.  

As a team, I know we had fun making our project and reading your comments.  

now it's time to pick some winners:

Each Teammate got to pick one winner from their blog

each of these winners will win

$15 toward the on-line store for 

The Robin Nest

Robin WINNER is: StampinCarol
robinscreationsofjoy.blogspot.com

:

Terri Sproul  WINNER is:  Alice Charles
http://www.terrisproul.blogspot.com

Mandi Holmes WINNER: Lynda Jeffs
Blog: http://mjskraze.blogspot.com/

Barbara Rankin  WINNER is:  Debi Minter
My Blog address:  http://blackholeartstudio.blogspot.com/

Juraci Falcucci Winner:  Lyneen
blog: http://ju-scrap.blogspot.com.br

Brenda Burfeind WINNER is:  Embley Veronica embleyveronica@evnoechel.com
http://Createbyburffrau.Blogspot.com

Michelle Hodges
winner is Amy #8546. 
Blog:  http://www.iluvscrapping.blogspot.com

Danie May  Winner:  Janis
blog: http://www.d-dazzledscraps.com/

Dawn Mercedes Barrett
 http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com
WINNER: 
 reflections:0) said...
I like them all but, I am loving that tall card. Flexie:0)


Camille Short - WINNER is:  marylouh
Blog:  http://shortonideasaz.blogspot.com/

Genevive Badila WINNER is: Sandra Caldwell
Blog: http://scrappingcrazy.blogspot.sg

Marília Lopes WINNER IS:Debra Lovell - https://plus.google.com/100710155526652673167/posts
Blog:http://mariliallopes.blogspot.com

Wendy Cuskey  Winner:  CTgirl
Blog:  www.scrappinwendysway.blogspot.com

  Michelle Frae Cummings   WINNER is Genevive.
http://scrappingcrazy.blogspot.com/
http://faeriedustdreams-michelle.blogspot.com/

Sherri Welser- Winner is Giavanna Lau!!
http://indigoearth-indigoearth.blogspot.com/


Tonya Wilson WINNER IS: Rhonda Helm
http://creativeaddictiontopaper.blogspot.com/


Clare Dempsey WINNER IS:  Cheryl 
http://www.cricutcraftyclare.blogspot.com/

and our GRAND Prize winner is: Pammejo

Please email us @ robinsnestscrap@gmail.com if you are a winner.
And Congratulations! Thanks for Hopping!

Daisy Days Blog Hop! Robin's Nest Design Team Blog Hop is Here!

Hi all and welcome to the Robin's Nest Daisy Days Blog Hop! Make sure you go to the Robin's Nest Blog to start and leave a comment on each blog as you go to win prizes!  Each blog will be giving away blog candy and there will be one grand prize winner of a $25 gift certificate!!  So be sure to leave a comment on each blog.

For my daisy days themed project, I chose to do a Please Don't Eat the Daisies Junk/Smash Journal.  As you can see, I incorporated daisies on my cover and used the Robin's Nest Glitter Daisy Cardstock throughout my album.  My cover daisies are finished off with mini dew drops for the centers.  I will list the products used at the bottom of my post, but here is my journal.

I used quite a few different Robin's Nest papers in this journal along with the mini dew drops.

Copper Glitter Butterflies Cardstock

Robin's Nest Glitter Daisy Cardstock

Baroque Paper

Gold Glitter Swirl on Crème Cardstock

Journaling Cards

Ancient Map Paper

Chocolate Glitter Leopard Cardstock

Mini Dew Drops

 

I hope you like my journal and try making one of your own!  Remember, you have to go to every blog and leave a comment to be eligible for the GRAND PRIZE!  Thanks for hopping along and be sure to check out the Robin's Nest product website as well to find the products used in my journal.

~ Make Today Count
Wendy

 

1. The Robin Nest	2. Robin	3. Terri Sproul
4. Mandi	5. Barbara Rankin	6. Juraci
7. Brenda	8. Michelle Hodges	9. Danie May
10. Dawn Mercedes Barrett	11. Camille Short	12. Genevive Rulona
13. Marilia Lopes	14. Michelle Cummings	15. Sherri
16. Tonya Wilson	17. Clare

Twilight Mini Album ~ Last Pages

Okay, if you have been following or waiting for the last pages of my twilight mini album, here they are!  If you missed the first couple of posts you will have to go back to check them.

Another look at the cover. 

Kind of chunky! 

Thanks for stopping by!  Leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

~ Make Today Count

Wendy