Robyn's Fetish!!! Wacky Wednesday is BACK in full swing!!!

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHOOOOOOOOOOOO! And we're BACK!! Yay Robyn!!! What a fantastic way to start out the new year!!!

Welcome to today's Wacky Wednesday featuring the ADORABLE Gertrude Elephant!!!
My card is 5x5 (a standard go-to for anyone who knows me!) I used Martha Stewart cardstock that I just got on super sale at Michael's along with this ridiculously adorable cloud paper from American Crafts. The reverse side is this awesome sunny orange color! You wouldn't think they compliment each other as well as they do!!

I was SO trying to get away from the holiday/new years vibe which is why I chose this color scheme.

Gertie's dress is entirely sparkled up with Martha Stewart turquoise glitter. I colored the rest of her with my Copic and Prismacolor markers (I'm amassing quite a collection!!! hehhee...). Her hat flower is colored in both blue and green Sakura sparkly gel pens. Her nails are painted in a pale pink....how tre-ladylike!!

The sentiment was printed using MS Word on white cardstock. I then adhered it to black cardstock for some added dimension, stitched around the outside with my BRANDY NEW SEWING MACHINE and then adhered it with pop dots.

I was going for simple and clean. And I think I achieved my goal!! What do you think??
You MUST run over to the challenge blog and pick Gertrude da Elephant up and hit the shoppe as well to grab up many more awesome images that are right now ON SALE!!!!!! Rockin' Robyn is having a fantastic 30% off sale so you'd be foolish not too!!!!

Don't forget to check out my fellow team members creations as well and DEFINITELY run over to the challenge blog to pick up this gorgeous freebie!!!

Thanks so much for visiting!!!

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We'll see you this Saturday for our awesome weekly blog challenge!!!!

XOXO-
Meredith

Robyn's Fetish Wacky Wednesday Freebie Image!!

Welcome everyone to another fabulous Robyn's Fetish Wacky Wednesday!!!

Aren't these elves simply to die for??? So sweet and cute!!! I whipped up a little somethin' somethin' different sticking with the "holiday" theme but trying to use more than your basic red and green, etc etc.
I used lots of scraps I had lying around, stitched them together and rounded 2 of the 4 corners. I then colored the elves with my Copics and used SU! silver embossing tinsel for their hat trim and mittens. I also hand drew the lines on the box tops with my glue pen and covered them with the same silver embossing powder and heat set those as well.
Lastly, I added some gorgeous PTI purple, double stitched ribbon to add a little extra zazz! I love how it turned out!!

Go grab the image and definitely get creatin'!!

XOXO-
Meredith

Robyn's Fetish Wacky Wednesday Freebie Image!!

Hi Everyone!!!

Here is today's fabulous Wacky Wednesday image FREEBIE from Robyn!!! It's SOOOOOO cute and super festive!!

This image is only available for download for one week so go grab it up!!!

I will be posting my creation a bit later in the day as I am tending to 2 sick children right now....ahhhhh....tis the season!! ;)

See you later with my creation!!!

XOXO
Meredith

RF Wacky Wednesday Preview!!!

Hi Everyone!!!

I've been relatively quiet this week due to being on a FANTASTIC, quiet and relaxing family vacation here in Maine.

I'm working on an inspiration journal while I'm here rather than my normal crafting stuff. It helps to move from one medium to another for a while to jump start the next months of creations!!!

That said...now that you know what I'm up to...here's what Robyn and Donna are up to at the shoppe!!! Here is this week's Wacky Wednesday Image!! Please head on over to Robyn's blog to pick it up!!!

Have a wonderful holiday and a great weekend!!

XOXO

Robyn's Fetish Wacky Wednesday!!!

Hey Y'all!! Welcome to another Robyn's Fetish Wacky Wednesday!!!

My image to play with today was the adorable Lyla!! I've been wanting to do a bookmark for a while now for my 5 year old daughter is learning to read longer and longer books!! So rather than teach her to "dog ear" a page like I always do I want to teach her to use a bookmark.
I had a piece of roughly 4x6 white lightweight cardboard that came out of a new pair of my daughter's tights this morning! Clearly, I threw it on my desk in passing KNOWING that I'd use it somehow.

Sure enough...I almost immediately had my chance! I covered this with a pretty yellow cardstock that I had ordered one sheet of as a sample long ago. I trimmed it down and rounded the corners as the original piece had been. I then trimmed out a dandelion from this new Deja Views paper that I picked up at Michael's last week. I trimmed it to fit quietly in the corner.

I've been wanting to do a yellow and grey card for a while now and just didn't quite have the right DP. But this was it!! YAY!

I then trimmed grey cardstock to measure roughly 1/4" down from the previous matte and I went down approximately 1/2" when I made Lyla's panel.

I colored Lyla in super cute grey jeans with a little blingidy pocket...Grey Jeans were so fab in the 80's!! (note to self...I need to start a hunt for vintage or repro grey jeans!!!)

But I digress!! =) (it happens a lot!)

Her shirt is colored in a couple of different Copic yellows. Her pants were done with my Prismacolor markers and her hair with my Marvy "Le Plume" pens. I used the teeny, tiny end to color each strand. I also added a few little blonde highlights. That's how my 5 year old's hair is naturally...lucky girl!! =)

I then stitched the 2 front panels together and added a rub on sentiment from SU! 'just because'.
I used my SU! slot punch to create a notch in the top where I tied silver, wired ribbon (hence the curling) and black leather cord.

I LOVE how simple this is. It's not like me to make something this simple but in this case...less is more!!

Don't forget to head on over to Robyn's Challenge Blog and get your WW Freebie!! And PLEASE play along and have fun!!!

As always the image is only available as a free download until we release the next Wacky Wednesday Freebie, after that it will only be available through the store HERE.

Thanks for visiting!! Have fun playing along!!

XOXO

Robyn's Fetish Wacky Wednesday Freebie!!!

Welcome to Robyn's Fetish Wacky Wednesday's!!!

Every Wednesday there will be new cards to look at on the DT's blogs and a FREEBIE IMAGE each week on Robyn's blog!!! This week's image is this this ridiculously sweet and adorable Dolly and Present stamp!! I LOVE her!! Such a GREAT image for a card for a little girl.
I had so much fun creating with this!! I ran and got lots of mis-matched but still matched (you know what I mean =) papers and just started trimming...a little bit at whim. I stitched through some of the designs on the first larger piece of Basic Grey designer paper.

I then colored Dolly and her gift. I ran a piece of Kraft paper through my printer in order to paper piece the eco-friendly looking wrapping paper. I wanted to keep the wrapping paper a little quiet because I really wanted to sparkle up the ribbon. I think the effect worked out nicely!

She's layered on 2 layers of distressed SU! cardstock and one piece of distressed Basic Grey. Again...all stitched together.
I, once again, have used the Buttony Bow technique with a large piece of brown grosgrain ribbon with white polka dots, jumbo blue button and blue gingham.
It was a cold but gorgeous day here in MA so I brought the card outside to photograph. No place is better than outside!! But I don't always have the luxury depending on the weather or when I need to photograph and post! Which is why I always post SO many different angles, lights and settings for all of my creations.

I hope you enjoyed my Wacky Wed Image!!! Don't forget to go grabs yours and participate!!!

Thanks for visiting!!

And don't forget to go shopping!!!

XOXO

Robyn's Fetish - Wacky Wednesday!!!

Welcome to Robyn's Fetish Wacky Wednesday's!!!

Every Wednesday there will be new cards to look at on the DT's blogs and a FREEBIE IMAGE each week on Robyn's blog!!! This week's image is this cutie patootie Shopping Grannie image!! I LOVE her!!
I printed our darling Grannie out first on white cardstock and then on some adorable PTI designer paper. I then trimmed out her dress and paper pieced it onto the white cardstock image. This is a technique that I love doing with regular rubber or acrylic stamps and finally got brave enough to trim out some 12x12 DP down to 8.5 x 11 and run it through my printer! It worked great!!
I love the look it gave to our shopping Grannie! I then set to coloring the rest of her. I left her hair a beautiful silvery grey. Her purse is a pretty olive green colored with my Copics and clasped with a little gold from my gold paint pen. I dazzled up her socks just a bit with my sparkly, Sakura gel pen and then gave her some super comfy looking purple shopping shoes!!!

Her shopping bag reminded me of my FAVORITE store's shopping bags. What store is that you ask?? Why Bloomingdales, of course!!! Well back in the days before I had kids...now I'm a lot more thrifty and shop at other places. BUT...it's still my favorite store!!

I added some pretty pink tissue paper to peek out of the bag wrapping whatever it is our Grannie bought today!! ;) I've been dying to use these circle cards that I bought EONS ago at The Paper Source. So I matted Grannie and corner rounded each corner. I adhered her to the orange card base and stitched the two together with purple thread on my sewing machine. I added a button trio (something I LOVE to do) threaded and tied with various matching ribbons. I then worked on the sentiment "Shop till you drop..." So true in my world!!! I could shop for HOURS!!! DAYS EVEN!! I LOVE IT!!! I did the same technique on the sentiment. I mounted it to the same purpleish paper from PTI and zig zag stitched around the perimeter, rounding the corners here as well. I then adhered this piece to the card. Lastly, I added some K&Company rub on designs to complete the look. (the flowers and 2 pearlesque buttons to Grannie's left)
Don't forget to check out Robyn and Donna's awesome online store!!!

www.robynsfetish.com/shop

Thanks for visiting and don't forget to go grab your freebie image!!!

XOXO-