Just a reminder that I'm giving away the current Papercrafts magazine to someone. Scroll down.

Scary!! not really! I love today's card. This is the 1st time to ink up the Friendship Jars. My design is based on Unscripted Sketches. I really like the sparkle from the Silver Spica pen.

I found a new favorite paper for fall. They are digital papers and elements from Echo Park. I found them at Jessica Spray's site. They are a One Buck Wednesday feature. They are on sale until midnight today. I scaled them down for card making.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend. I'm going garage sale shopping today. Would love to find some ribbon or old books. ~ Rhonda

I'm enjoying the "thought" of FALL! It's still in the 90's here. I unpacked my fall items for the house and went to work getting everything set up. Have you seen all the decorating being done with the tall glass canisters? Well . . . Hobby Lobby had them 50% off so I had to have some.

Today's card has me tickled. Can you imagine pulling up to this driver on the road??? I used the ghost from PTI's Tiny Treats: Halloween. The pumpkin on top is from the Fall Jar Fillers set.

Do you love Paper Crafts magazine? I just so happen to have an extra of the new Sept./Oct. issue that I would love to send to someone.

I'll be using Mr. Linky to pick the winner. Choose a current project from your blog for an image. We all love eye candy!!

Have a great day. ~Rhonda

I am hosting the newest Papertrey Peeps Challenge #16 here. If you have seen several of my lastest posts you might notice that I like tags. The challenge is to create a tag with an emphasis on sentiments. Hope you will play along too!!

A little sneak peak! Wonder how many different sentiments on a theme you have?

Hope you have time to get inky this week! ~ Rhonda

I'm so thankful to the many people I have met through blogging. My cards today were inspired by Dana's post here. They also qualify for the newest Shabby Tea Room and Papertrey Peep challenge by Angy here. I had so much fun creating them. I got carried away making the tags.

I rubbed the versamark ink on the card base to bring out the linen impression plate. It is a little hard to see.

Can't you see the tag on a kraft bag with yellow and orange tissue?

I would have never guessed that a big circle would provide the weight needed to balance this card.

Have a wonderful week friends! ~Rhonda

I'm happily making cards for challenges this week. Today's card works for TWO!! The sketch is from Card Patterns #80 and celebrate fall is the theme at Tuesday Throwdown.

I am loving the new PTI Leaf Prints set with matching dies. What do you think about the Victorian ABC paper? You can get this from the Graphics Fairy here.

Thanks so much for stopping by! ~Rhonda

I love red, yellow, and white! They are happy colors. I inked up a new ala mode sweetie "Time to Celebrate" for this weeks Mojo Monday sketch challenge. This sketch is a keeper too!

This is an easy image to color! Hope you get to create today! ~Rhonda

Hope you enjoyed the long weekend. We are getting rain, lots of rain due to the effects of Hermine. It is giving the week a false sense of FALL cause I'm sure the higher temps will return.

I'm playing along with Unscripted Sketches #71 today. I was able to make this card pretty quickly. Gotta love that!

Don't you just love this little one-eyed creature!!! I am using the jar label die alot for sentiments.

I was lucky enough to spend yesterday stamping with PTI forum friend Sue. We had a blast sharing goodies. ~ Rhonda

Did you see Dawn McVey's post on bookmarks here? I loved them! I also happened to be going through some older SU sets and found the perfect set for creating my own bookmarks.

The Woodgrain impression plate is perfect for adding needed texture. 

I hope you get to enjoy a good book soon. ~Rhonda

Aidan!!!! His parents had me design a birth announcement to celebrate his arrival. I love the design they selected. You may remember the baby shower card I made here that was the inspiration for the announcements.

PTI's Fly Away is the perfect set for little boy cards.

The flight theme continued on the inside with room for a wallet photo to be inserted. The wording was . . .

Thanks goodness for dies. The cloud dies from PTI and the open scallop from MFT added the perfect touch.

200 clouds and 100 scallops later and the big shot just keeps working!

As a thank you to Mom and Dad for letting me help, I made this cute framed piece for Aiden's room. The airplane color changed to match his room.

My new banner dies arrived today! The Mojo Monday sketch provided the perfect opportunity to try them out.

Enjoy your day! ~Rhonda

Hi Everyone! Just a quick post to show you some super cute metal containers I found!! In my search for more composition notebooks I found these in the Dollar Spot at Target.

Aren't these colors wonderful for Halloween?!!! Also pictured are the composition notebooks like I altered earlier in the week. They are also from Target. They are college ruled and have the white spine that can be inked. They are a little more expensive at $1 but so worth it.

Enjoy your weekend! ~ Rhonda

My oldest son received "Oh the Places You Will Go" as part of a graduation present. Very appropriate I think. 

Sunshine is something we have plenty of in Texas! We are on something like our 9th day of 100+ degrees! I won this cute Riley & Company stamp during their recent release blog hop! Isn't she a  cutie?

I found this quote "To receive a smile, give one away" so if you are reading this know I'm sending smiles your way. ~Rhonda

I'm so loving the mat stack #3 die! It is the perfect scale for so many images and the shape is wonderful. The sailboat from Bitty Baby worked really well for this easy baby card.

I just had to share this picture of my new nephew that arrived last Thursday, July 29th. Milaan weighed 6 lbs 6 ozs. They say he is a little angel--he certainly looks like one. I fly to CA later in the month to help take care of him and his twin brothers who are 13 months old. 

ink: PTI Spring Rain; Memento - Rich Cocoa

I loved using the library card as a background. Don't you just want to rub his lil bald head? Paper piecing the overalls was fun. I'd wear a pair like this! 


Can you believe how fast August is flying? ~Rhonda

A baby shower announcement arrived! The nursery theme and colors are: airplanes, cranberry, olive, and slate.

Can you guess what stamp set I pulled out? PTI - Fly Away! I borrowed some of the design from a blog but didn't write down from where so if this looks familiar to you, I would love to give proper credit.



We are headed to the lake today. We are hoping to beat the heat! ~ Rhonda

I'm playing along with the MFT Wednesday Stamp Club. This week is a sketch that is perfect for Who's that Garden Girl? You can get the details here. I also send this to the new challenge of Cards - A Summer Theme.

I originally stamped the "beans" with PTI's Spring Moss and then couldn't figure out why it looked odd. DAH! I needed to use a brown for the outline. So tried to line it up for the second go round and was a little off. I decided I really liked the look. Seemed a little more "artistic". What do you think? ~Rhonda

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Today's card makes my HAPPY! I love bright colors and fun sketches. The Papertrey Peeps #13 challenge by Carol asked that we use Mary Englbreit's work as our inspiration. Whenever I think about her creations, I think black, polka dots, and lots of color. The sketch is based on Get Sketchy #49. A perfect match for this project.

I love all the patterns and colors. Makes me feel good. What do you think about the felt flowers with the centers cut out? ~Rhonda

The flowers at my house are blooming! so is the water bill! :) actually we have a water well for that purpose or we'd be looking at a lot of brown grass.

The sketch is from Mojo Monday #150 and the theme is Floral Frenzy for the MFT guest designer challenge. The Pure Innocence image is Happy Mail. I cut the mailbox off to give a little more versatility. Do you see the ruffled ribbon at the bottom of her dress??? CUTE! I love paper piecing the dresses. It takes me back to paper-dolls. 

I made an accordion flower using this tutorial. It was easy. I cut my paper strips 3/4". Next time I would do 1/2" so that it sets a little lower.

Have a marvelous day! ~Rhonda

We arrived home from our Colorado Family Reunion just in time for 107° weather. Wish the Colorado folks could share some of their cooler weather. We had a fabulous time with family. My boys were the oldest cousins in attendance so the 13 little cousins gave them lots of love.

Bob and I also celebrated our 22nd anniversary. We went on the Ghost Tour and had dinner at the Stanley Hotel (The Shining Movie fame) in Estes Park. No ghost spotting but a beautiful place.

I love the Delightful Dahlia stamped on patterned paper! Don't you? ~Rhonda

The winners of the card kit/wrinkled ribbon blog candy were #3 Cammie, #4 Peggysue, and #8 Lee Anne. Send me your address and I'll get the goodies right out!