March

July

August

This is the last sketch of the December Viva La Verve challenge. I completed my own challenge of using the same paper/stamps on each card. I enjoyed the process.

Verve is having a great sale right now on stamps. Everything is  15%  - 50% + 10% with the code SHOPHOP. The set I used is called Richly Blessed - on sale 35% off! ~ Rhonda

I'm playing along with the sketch Viva La Verve Challenges which focus on ornaments and winter decor for the month of December. If you participate in all 4 sketches you have the opportunity to WIN the January release. Wouldn't that be FUN!!! I have three completed and I'm waiting on the last sketch.

The third card is the simplest but maybe my favorite. All of these cards have already been mailed.

Here is a close up of the red stickles on the berries from Verve - Merry Wishes. They add the perfect finishing touch.

We get to see our nephews (twins 18 mo. and lil one 5 mo.) tomorrow. We are getting a family picture taken on Friday. I'm sure it will be crazy. I can't wait till everyone is TOGETHER!! ~Rhonda

We are making our family Christmas dinner today. As we celebrate several times in different places, we start early at our home. I made these treat boxes for each place setting. I had a blast "setting" the table.

This is the first time to go all out with the dining room decorations. I love the little mirror strands that are hanging from the chandelier.

The gifts were wrapped except TWO!!!! and I needed to create gift card holders! I found the perfect inspiration in a FB Splitcoast Stampers post about Marie's present gift holders.

I love these with the silver paper. You can see the different sizes that I made. The larger one is 6" wide and the smaller is 4" wide.

Thought I'd share a Christmas picture of the wrapped presents. Do you recognize any of the tags? What fun to put them on family presents.

I made a banner for a sweet little girl, Chloe. Don't you think this will look so cute in her room? I had fun creating with the pinks. Not much call for those girly colors at my home. My guys wouldn't even be caught in a pink shirt!!!

The pink ribbon is seam binding that I dyed with Petal Pink Rit Dye. My Hobby Lobby has a wide selection of colors in the liquid dye.  

I took apart a Christmas chipboard album from Michael's that is perfect for super-sized tags. 

The rickrack die made decorating the ornaments fun. I will be searching the clearance bins for more of these chipboard albums for next year.

Another batch of tags today!!! The inspiration for the star Joy tags are from Betsy Feldman's fabulous blog!

More red stickles and yummy felt too.

Hi Everyone! Hope you are ALL doing well!!! December is whizzing by at a breakneck pace. I have finished the decorating job until the New Year when I do take down. It felt so good to get inky today. I've missed my craft therapy.

I recently picked up the Cosmo Cricket mini deck Togetherness. There are some fabulous papers in this collection. They look really nice with PTI's Hawaiian Shores ink.

This was another quick card. I will make this one again. The frame is Spellbinders Labels One. ~Rhonda

Christmas Light Tip: This light gun is the best thing for getting your lights to work. It doesn't look like much but it is fabulous. It didn't help my tree this year- too far gone, But it has in the past. I have seen these at Hobby Lobby and Walmart. Here is an on-line source for The Light Keeper Pro.

 

I'm playing along with Verve's Triple Play Project Parade. The challenge is to create a terrific trio of yumminess!  You can create three different things that all coordinate (like a bag, a card and a tag) or create three different cards or three different tags, etc. I chose to create 3 ATC scripture memory cards.

My Mother was baking cookies for a sale so I of course had to pull out PTI's Everyday Treats. The treat toppers really made the bags stand out on the sale table. They were ALL gone!!! 

Don't you love the embossing on the Pure Poppy? I couldn't decide if I liked the clear or white the best.

Mom used this recipe for Oatmeal Chocolate Walnut Cherry cookies. Absolutely fabulous. 

Enjoy your weekend! ~Rhonda

Thought you might enjoy seeing a picture of the booth from the Arts & Crafts show I participated in on Saturday. I had a blast talking to people and selling some goodies. That makes for some guilt free stamp shopping!!

Do you see the tag bags on the little tree?

I used small glassine bags that are the perfect size for gift cards.

I hope you are having a great week! I can't believe that it is already Wednesday again. I ordered a ton of the glassine bags so I'd be happy to sell you some if you need them. ~Rhonda

A friend had a new baby girl and the room is decorated with LADY BUGS!! PTI had the perfect set for creating this framed birth announcement. What do you think???

The sunshine impression plate added the right amount of texture to the background. A few RED rhinestones as the dotted i's added a little fun. The largest lady bug is popped up.

I had to make a matching gift bag/tag as well. I really like the black gingham ribbon.

I want to thank Steph from the PTI forum for letting me borrow this stamp set!! Hope you have a fabulous weekend! ~Rhonda

I had several questions about my holiday gig! Depending on the home size, the team can be as small as four people or as large as 14 and we are at the same home for FOUR days!! Just a FEW Christmas trees there. As you can imagine, the Christmas tree toppers are fabulous and the decorations over the dining room tables!! OH MY!