RobinsCraftRoom.com

Aloha, all!

I finally had some time to day to start decorating for Christmas!  Of course, last week just after Thanksgiving, my grandson and his Grandpa Harry went out into the back garden to cut two Norfolk Pines to flank our home’s front door.   And there are more than a few Stampin’ Up! handmade Christmas ornaments on them. 

But my real challenge was to figure out what to do with the Park Avenue Ornaments from the Phase II Decor Elements brochure.  As I was looking at the Norfolk Pines trying to figure out how I was going to decorate them, I noticed the small area between each of the windows on either side of the front door.  Bingo!!  That’s where the Decor Elements were going to go.

I have had nothing but FUN using my Decor Elements so far.  But these ornaments with all their little lines scared me a bit.  How was I going to get them all to lie flat where they were supposed to!!??  But, as they say here in Hawaii, "No worries!"  These applied themselves to my walls as if they were meant to be there (and, of course, they were!).

One thing that I’ve personally decided about the Decor Elements is that I definitely do not have to apply them the way they look in a Stampin’ Up! brochure.  In the case of these ornaments, I bought both the Olive Green and the Real Red medium size sets (114826 and 114823, respectively), but mixed the colors up a bit.  And there were plenty of extensions to make the ornaments "hang" from whatever spot I chose. 

There are dozens of great Christmas items in the Decor Elements catalog.  If you’d like a catalog, or already know that you’d like to try some Decor Elements, just give me a call (808.854.6145) or e-mail me.  And if you’d like to order any time, 24/7, just click here to get to my own online store!

Aloha, from Robin’s Craft Room, where it’s just a gorgeous day in Hawai’i!  No snowflakes here! 

Well, that’s actually not true.  There’s a snowflake right here in this blog post as there was in yesterday’s post.  Today I’m showing off the other side of the snowflake ornament on which I started working yesterday.

And, yes, there are Little Felt Flurries (113697) on this side, too!  The green print is on the other side of the blue Designer Series Paper that I showed yesterday. 

I hope that you’ve noticed with all my postings about the Little Felt Flurries snowflakes, that there are tons of different designs!  There are 23, in fact, with a great mix of 3 sizes and 3 colors in the package of 69 pieces.  It’s almost as if there are no two alike, just like in real snowflake land! 

To finish off the accents on this side, I added a Rhinestone Brad, but this time from the Circle Fire Collection (109110).  I’ll bet by the time I’m finished with this year’s Christmas ornaments, I’ll have run out of the Rhinestone Brads!  I’m not so sure about the felt snowflakes, though.  The pile doesn’t seem to be diminishing at all!

My next project with felt won’t be with the Little Felt Flurries, though.  Today I brought home a nice pile of felt from our local craft store, and I’m going to try out my Sizzix Snowflake die to make REALLY BIG felt flurries of my own! 

Stay Tuned!!

Aloha, all!

We’re still in North Carolina, and I’m missing Hawai’i and the Craft Room.  But I’ve been having a blast working with my two granddaughters, Morgan and Kiara, to make the baby book (pictures to come next week!) for their new little brother and to make some Halloween Decorations that will stay on the east coast.

To help me feel more at home, I thought I’d share one of the views from the Craft Room.  I’m sure you’ll understand why I miss it!

The Decor Elements wall decorations nicely set off the view of Harry’s garden, with the impatiens that BLOOM ALL YEAR LONG!  The Atlantic Ocean is beautiful.  But I’d much rather be back in the middle of the Pacific!!!

Don’t forget that the October 20th Birthday celebration sale will end soon!  It’s definitely not too late to check out the flyer at the right and place an order either online or by calling me to place the order.  854-6145.

I have been SOOOO nervous about using my small collection of Decor Elements vinyl transfers.  But today, as I was decluttering the craft room, I decided now was the time to get them out.  My favorite item from Phase I was the "Create" definition.  If that doesn’t belong in a crafter’s room, I don’t know where it belongs!!  Now Stampin’ Up! is about to release Phase II, which was previewed at the Stampin’ Up! convention.  I couldn’t resist using some of the colorful Ginormous Flowers to accent the definition. 

You will simply not believe how EASY this was!  In the Ginormous Flowers package that I purchased, there are many flowers and accents in four colors:  Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, So Saffron, and Chocolate Chip.  In this application, I first applied the celery  and pink flowers, then applied the pink center to the celery flower and the saffron center to the pink flower.  Then I applied the "create" definition, and finally the chocolate flower, then the celery flower on top of it, then the pink center.  I rounded off the design with a couple of celery leaves and it was done!  Less than an hour for the entire project overall (including trying to figure out which flowers I wanted to use).

I can’t wait to be able to order more from the new Phase II catalog and hope you’re as excited about this product as I am.  I have plenty of Decor Elements catalogs, and would love to send you one–just call or e-mail me, and I’ll get one in the mail to you right away!  Phase II goes on sale October 1st, and you can be one of the first to order some of the beautiful new vinyl.

And don’t forget about Spooky Spider!  Read about her in an earlier post.  She goes on my front door next!

Aloha, all!  I am just so excited that my favorite decorating time of the year is just around the corner!!  And those of you who know me well, know I’m talking about Halloween.  I am so into fall colors, and Halloween is my first chance to show them off around the house.  Thanksgiving is a close second, so much of my Halloween decor stays around through November.

Speaking of "decor."  There is a brand new member of the Stampin’ Up! Decor Elements family and she is ready for you to buy her and start being spooky.  Let me introduce you to Spooky Spider!!

While most of the next phase of Decor Elements won’t be available until next month, Spooky Spider–in three scary sizes!–is here now.

If you would like to view the whole brochure, just click here.

As a quick summary, Spooky comes in 3 sizes and in both black and white.   The lengths are 4-5/8", almost 9" and almost 15".  Each has an extra length of web.  The photo below shows how the extra web might be used.

Because Stampin’ Up! unexpectedly released this for early sale, you cannot order this through my own website.  But I’ll be glad to order one for you RIGHT AWAY, if you call or e-mail and let me know if you’d like one!  The prices are:

Small: $5.95
Medium: $10.95
Large: $14.95

And if you’d like to see Spooky in person, just come to my Open House on September 27th, where I’ll have her on display!  Call or e-mail to let me know you’d like to come!!

(On a side note, the smaller Spooky on the tag on the jar is part of the "Chills and Thrills" rub on on page 179 of the Stampin’ Up! 2008 Fall/Winter Idea Book and Catalog.  Don’t have a catalog yet?  Even a better reason to come to my Open House on the 27th.  You’ll get one for free just for attending!)