Alexandria, Egypt

We had a great opportunity to 

travel to Alexandria while we were on 

our Egypt trip.

It is a city full of traffic bumper to bumper.

But it sits on the Mediterranean Sea,

the beauty of that sea is so amazing.

I look at these pictures from there and feel like 

I am there all over again.

Alexandria gives you the the feeling of 

a more modern city right on the edge of water.

Here is the toll road 

just before you get to the city.

Papers used:

Spa Glitter Swirl

Italy Sticker

Brown Dew drops

Chipboard tags

Right on the Mediterranean Sea 

on a small island sits this 

Fort that looks like an incredible Castle.

The color stands out from all over the city of Alexandria

and you just want to go over there

and see it, touch it.

Can you believe it was build in 1468?

So amazing

I used French Vanilla Fleur Linen CS

Just a row boat on the Mediterranean,

but a fabulous picture just the same.

I love to take pictures like these,

just the simple things of the area, and then

when I am back home looking through the photos

I really feel like I can be there all over again.

Products used:

Glitter Spa Swirl

Water Rub on

Beach sticker

Palm Tree Rub on

Blue dews and tears

You can find these products on our 

web store

www.robinsnest-scrap.com 

Ciao,

Robin

Mr. Lucas

I always love to find 

fun pictures of our grandchildren.

These pictures were

extras from Robyn of Mr. Lucas.

Boy photos are always a little

harder to find,

and ideas for them even harder.

I think I will have some in a few days

to work on again, these

were just fabulous photos

of this young

energetic grandson.

I love how his orange

shirt just pops out on the page.

the paper

blends in with his pants,

just jeans.

Great and fun day in the woods

in Alaska.

Robin's Nest Product

Glitter Spa Swirl

Spa Stripe

Glitter Daisy's

Yellow dew drops

Glitter Spring sticker

All these products can be found 

on our website

www.robinsnest-scrap.com  

Have a great day!

Hugs,

Robin

Valentines

All my life

Valentines Day has always been special.

My mother always greeted us in the morning with

pink pancakes for breakfast.

She always made valentines cards for us,

and we of course would

make and sign our own valentines for school.

Our evening always started with

Pink Casserole. 

I still can taste it in my mind as I
remember these foods.

I took these traditions with me when

I left home, married, and had a family.
  Our kids too ate 

pink pancakes 

for breakfast and 

pink casserole for dinner.

Here are some of the things I do in my house

to decorate for 

Valentines Day.

It is a special day in our home.

Here is our sign we

sit on the mantle of our fireplace.

I used Robin's Nest Products

which are glued on a long brown matboard.

Glitter Valentine Cardstock

Valentine Stripe Cardstock

Brown Glitter Classic Swirl Cardstock

Red Dew Drops

This is a side view of the Love Sign.

 Here is a Be Mine 12x12 love note

as I like to call these signs.

All products used are 

Retired Robin's Nest Products.

Our kitchen table

Valentines and Love!

Kiss me Table setting.

I have a wonderful set of pink dishes

from my Victorian Decorating Days.

I added a few straws to the table setting.

From our store years ago, 

I made this Valentines tree.  

The hearts are brads, and at the beginning

of the month I added dew drops.

I love the metal heart on the pink block

couldn't resist it years ago.

And the little girl she came to my home

years ago.  She has cute hearts on her,

and for Winter in Utah February,

she is dressed for the winter cold days,

she just fits like a glove.

I love her.

The mushroom came from my mother's boxes.

I remember as a child, she would

have these mushrooms all around.

She grew up in Germany, 

and this was just part of our home,

mushrooms!

I made this medallion for Crafts Magazine.

I'm not sure what they did with it.

But I did take one picture of it,

and here it is.

Maybe we will see it on their Facebook.

I sure love the Robin's Nest products for Valentines.
The basics are so perfect to
make projects with.  It is a great red!

Robin's Nest Products used:

Glitter Chipboard in Red and Silver

Glitter Red Paisley Cardstock

Classic Roses Cardstock

Pink Glitter Chipboard

Pearl dew drops

White and Red tear drops

Pearl diamond drops

Heart Clippies

Glitter Lips Cardstock

Find all these products on our website
under Wild About You.
www.robinsnest-scrap.com

I hope you have a great Valentines Day.

Enjoy these fun ideas!

Happy Valentines Day!

Hugs and Ciao,

Robin

Egypt

I am still working on my Egypt

project.  

So this is what I have to 

share with my scrapbook pages.

Today I will share pages made on 

different papers with 

brown backgrounds.

Sometimes when we look at our papers, 

and then at our pictures, it is hard to 

envision what paper to scrapbook 

on.  For these pictures, I wanted simple

but in colors that matched where we were.

I chose brown, and as I was

going through the papers, I thought

would these work, will they show the best 

in the photos.

  

Here are my results.

We were visiting a Muslim Temple here

and the arches just fascinated me.  I really wanted  those arches to 

stand out in the layout.

Robin's Nest Products used:

Glitter Brown Classic Swirl CS

Brown Herringbone CS

 Italy Sticker

Gold Glitter Letters

Dew drops and diamond drops

Honeycomb chipboard

This layout is one of my fav's 

I used the Mens Paisley paper.

It is more muted with a little red in it

and when I added these photos with the 

sand and red covering on the camels, it 

just worked great.

Again I used the Gold glitter letters.

One thing I noticed when I was trying to letter these pages

I learned that most other companies, have

only a few vowels on their letter stickers.

If you look on Robin's Nest letter stickers,

there is an abundance of vowels,

letting me spell out words on about 5 pages with only one

sheet of letter stickers.

Again I have used the Men's Paisley Paper,

It was dark enough to let the 

light color of the tombs be more important

and show more than the paper.

Great paper for simple pages other 

than what we think it can be used for.

I also used the Hottie Sticker on this page.

I used the Ancient Map paper on this page,

Which Rachel just told me is now retired.

I made me feel like the era of 

Alexandria I was putting on the page.

I love this paper, I will miss it for sure.

This is the Palm tree Cardstock back side.

All of Cairo is filled with palm trees, so this just gave a little

punch to the simple Church I was scrapbooking.

This is the Palm Tree paper front side.

Even though there are no Palm Trees around the 

Pyramids, the background of the paper

fit perfect.  I also brought color to a 

very sandy colored area of Egypt.

You still have that feeling that you are in the middle

of this ancient and incredible building 

of the world.

So you can see that the papers you 

use really can influence the look of your pages

you are scrapbooking.

I so love this, and when the entire book of 

Egypt is put together,

the pages and book will flow from one page to the next.

Coordinating papers work great, 

and they can come from different collections, 

and different companies.

Check these papers out on our web store

www.robinsnest-scrapbook.com 

Ciao,

Robin