It's planting season at my house. We received over 2" of rain yesterday so everything is so pretty today. Plants literally grew overnight. So it seems only fitting that PTI would grow at my house as well.


Did you order the pint size containers? They are sooooo cute. The challenge for this month's PTI blog hop is Navy paired with shades of pink! You can see the inspiration photo and see what everyone else made here.

I followed the lead of several of the PTI design team and painted my pencils with acrylic paint. It was easy and dried quickly so I could keep working.

Erin Lincoln also answered my SOS on the forum for adhering the paper wrap to the pint container. It works so WELL!

She said, "I have a nifty way to do that! I put double sided tape along the two side edges. Nothing on the top/bottom edges at all. And I leave a bit of an overhang of adhesive off the bottom of the die cut. Without removing the tape backing, I put the die cut in place against the container. Because no adhesive is exposed, you can move it around a bit to get perfect placement. When you have it where you want it and holding your die cut against the container to keep it in place, you peel the backing paper off your double sided tape at the overhang and pull it down and off. (Reminds me a bit of when magicians pull a tablecloth out from underneath dishes and the dishes stay on the table.) Do it to the other side. And then trim the overhang."


Happy Hopping everyone! Enjoy your weekend. ~Rhonda






Plant a Seed Pencil Pot
stamps: PTI - Garden Variety, Fillable Frames #9
paper: PTI - Shimmer (pink), Enchanted Evening pattern paper pack, Limeade Ice, Simply Chartreuse, Raspberry Fizz, and vellum
ink: PTI - Raspberry Fizz
other: PTI - Raspberry Fizz felt, Pencil Blooms die, Pint Size Wrap die, Fillable Frames #9, Leave it Be dies; #2 pencils, stash - green tissue paper, Americana White acrylic paint

Apple card
stamps:PTI - Circle Scribbles, Apple Prints; SSS - Ice Cream Dream
ink: PTI - Pure Poppy, Terracotta Tile, Spring Moss, Ripe Avocado
paper: PTI - Stamper's Select White

Teacher bags
stamps: SSS - Ice Cream Dream; MFT - Gift Card Greetings
ink: Tim Holtz mini distress ink Mustard Seed, Barn Door, Vintage Photo, Crushed Olive
other; brown lunch sacks

This apple paper was the inspiration for this duo. Pure Poppy and Aqua Mist ink are a perfect match. As I was going through my stamp sets I "found" Love Potion. The test tubes are great for teacher projects.


As I was finishing the card I thought the bottom needed some additional grounding. The loop de loop II provided the perfect finish.


One of the things I wanted to do with the Teacher cards is make sure I also used the dies that I own for small treats. The tiny take out box is the perfect size for some much needed chocolate. 


Are you working on any teacher projects? I would love to see them. ~Rhonda



For your Dedication card
stamps: PTI - Love Potion, Apple Prints, Teach & Inspire, Thanks All Ways, Simply Framed
ink: PTI - Pure Poppy, Aqua Mist, Limeade Ice, Tropical Teal; Memento - Tuxedo Black
paper: Fancy Pants - Off to School; PTI - Stamper's Select White, Pure Poppy, Aqua Mist; MFT - Natural
other: PTI - Tiny Take Out Box, Simply Framed, Apple Prints, Love Potion, Loop de Loop II; Hobby Lobby - twine

While cruisin' the dollar aisle at Target I found this cute Dr. Seuss bag. I don't know the name of the material but it feels kind of like vinyl. I thought it would be cute cut up for little coin purses. 


 I used pieces from the handle to create the tab for the metal ring.



My original intent was to give this to a small child but I had found when working with Phoebe Comfort Dog that I couldn't carry a purse so I put my ID and some cash in the coin purse and attached it to my lanyard. It worked like a charm and even started a few conversations with children who loved Dr. Seuss books. You can see me wearing it here when we were in Arkansas after the tornadoes that hit in April.




I need to make several more as other handlers are requesting them.~Rhonda

Dr. Seuss coin purse
material: Target Dollar Spot tote bag
other: PTI - Coin Purse die; Zippit 4" zipper; floss for sewing; stash d-ring 

I have even been asked to make some for $$$. Gotta love that. Thanks for stopping by today. ~Rhonda

I made this gift set for a friend's birthday. 
The gift box inspiration is from I Am Derby. Lots of inspiration on her blog.



I hope your week starts and ends great!! ~ Rhonda

A coin envelope, a blue envelope, a vellum envelope, polka dot pages, lots of "pockets" for things to hide in.


I made other elements that I punched out with my 1 3/4" circle punch and used my tiny attacher. 


I NEED more of the envelopes with the string. 


I can't wait to try this in other color combos. Thanks for stopping by friends! ~Rhonda

They are designed to fit a square frame.


I have now make several more. They make a great gift. What do you think? Do you want one??? Take care friends!! ~Rhonda

other: digital elements Jessica Sprague Mouse, Paper, Scissors class; Tattered Angels - Sprout glimmer mist

other: PTI bookmark die, twine, woodgrain impression plate

I chose to create a brown paper bag album with tags. I stacked 3 bags together and sewed down the middle to create a book that has 12 pages and 3 pockets. Then the fun began!!!

The front cover has doo dads that were created by using the Beautiful Blooms II dies using a lot of different papers and buttons.



The background paper is from Wild Saffron from K&Company paper pack. Lots of double-sided pattern paper made this much easier. Did you notice the library card for journaling? LOVE IT! 



The plan is to use fillable frame dies and mat stack dies to create frames for journaling on each page. But that is a work in progress.



I used Spellbinder's label one dies, squares, and labels three to create double-sided tags for the pockets! I love the turquoise stripe/dot ribbon. 


Thanks so much for stopping by! Happy Hopping Everyone! ~Rhonda


Supplies used:
too many to list but you can always leave a question in the comments or email me.

August and the beginning of a new school year has always been a time for me to re-focus and PLAN!! I don't have to plan for homeschooling this year as my youngest is a HS Senior and taking classes outside our home and dual credit at college. So . . . I'm just planning for me!
One plan for me is to spend time each morning for devotions and prayer before I can get on the computer. I altered one of the 25¢ composition notebooks for a journal. Can I tell you I love Modge Podge!!! Am I the only one who has owned the stuff forever and hadn't use it!! When I have altered notebooks in the past they didn't look so good. Get Modge Podge.

I love this Robert Louis Stevenson quote. The stamp set is from MFT. I won it in their recent bloghop. It does pay to leave comments!!!  

I would hate to tell you how long it took to make this tag. I was trying to channel my inner Mish and layer etc. but the background paper is so busy that simple eventually won the day.


Did you notice the color of the binding? It was white but I used my PTI Chai cube. Love the result. 


Hope you are staying cool. We had a weak front pass through yesterday, ending our 18 day streak of 100+ weather. It only reached 96. ~Rhonda

supplies used:
stamps: MFT  

other: PTI - Fillable Frame #2 die, twine, Distresser tool