Do you have a cowpoke at your house? I have an 11 yr sweet friend that LOVES all things HORSE. The younger set usually doesn't get much mail which is a shame cause you know they love getting it. I like to pop something in the mail to this sweety occasionally. This will be perfect!

Are you brave? Do you cut your stamps APART???? Do you have the Pure Innocence stamp Happy Mail? You might notice that the little girl is missing below. EEEKkkk! She wasn't hurt to make this card but I just wanted her MAILBOX!

 I love the polka dots birds!

I'm excited that I found time to play along with the Mojo Monday sketch. I found these wonderful papers at Summertime Designs. Summer's digital kits have wonderful papers that I've fallen in LOVE with. Did you notice I lined the envelope?

PTI's Simple Sentiments is the perfect answer for so many occasions. I am delighted that it fits the PTI double-ended banners die.  A little twine from the Twinery and this one is good to go!!

I so hope you are having a wonderful weekend. It is supposed to reach 70 degrees here today but quickly return to cold by Tuesday. ~Rhonda

Morning Everyone!!! Have you finished organizing your stamping supplies? Started a new system? Seems like everyone is.

I needed to figure out a better way to store my cards so I can quickly send one. I have boxes from IKEA that are the perfect size. I just needed dividers. The PTI library card die provided the perfect solution.

I had so much fun creating these cards. It started with the PTI set - Framed. Do you know that the string from Banner Builders fits perfectly???? I did use a piece of tape on the frame for masking so that I could get more text in the frame opening.  I was on a roll and created several.

Don't you love the owl on the string? 

Two of the hearts are from Verve - To the Moon and Sweet Treats.

I thought this last design would be fun for a lunch box note or to put in my husband's briefcase. The letters are from PTI - Fresh Alphabet.

Thanks for stopping by today!! ~Rhonda

I also made another ATC Bible Verse card for my growing collection. I colored some PTI twine with my gray Copic markers to get the needed match.

Hi Everyone! This month's blog hop challenge involves you challenging yourself to use a Papertrey stamp set that has yet to see ink or even one that might be collecting a little dust!

I pulled out Big & Bold Wishes and Turning a New Leaf. 

I have struggled to use the BIG sentiments so it felt GREAT to use them. I think using a small scale dotted ribbon helped the balance.

When I saw the new Verve set - To the Moon- I knew I had to have it. I met my husband at the White Elephant Saloon in the Fort Worth Stockyards 25 years ago. We met on a Wednesday evening, had our 1st date on Friday and the rest was history.

Just a quick card featuring Make A Wish and the matching dies from PTI! Can you say FUN!!! 

How do you like the little present shelf?~ Rhonda

I'm playing along with Verve's Diva Dare . . .

We dare you to make a card, project, layout, or whatever fits your stamping style using this month's theme - Baby Love! The baby part could be for a new little someone...or a special someone!

You can get all the details at the Verve blog.



I chose the sweetest sentiment EVER!!! - Twinkle, twinkle little star, do you know how LOVED you are?

I'm playing along with the MFT Wednesday Stamp Club that is based on a sketch. Details here!! I have seen several Valentines in NON traditional colors, so I thought I would try.

This die and stamp set are some of My FAVORITE Things! I like the shape and there are lots of sentiments.

Hi All! I'm back with a second post today and you will probably notice that it's the same stamp set. Verve - Text Objects. I'm gonna get my $'s worth!! I'm playing along with Unscripted Sketches #88.

I am planning to make several ATC cards with Bible verses on them. My own little Bible Memory Book.

Do you have plans for the weekend? We have a birthday party for a sweet friend tonight. ~Rhonda

I'm back with the 2nd Viva la Verve sketch. I used Verve's Text Objects set. The little ship is adorable. I paper pieced the sails.

The Viva la Verve sketch challenge is happening. I am totally smitten with Verve's stamps. My goal is to complete all 4 sketches for the month to be eligible to win the next month's entire release. The best part is you have all month to complete the sketches!!!

The week one sketch is a long, skinny card format. My card is 6 1/4 x 3 1/2. I enjoyed making a different size. The sentiment is from the Verve set Text Objects.

The amount of paper leftover is enough to create a 4 x 4 1/4 card and stamping in another color of ink gives such a different feeling.

As many of you may know, PTI is releasing birthday sets this month. I had purchased some sets from previous months that needed to be used before ordering anything else!!!

The dies that match Make a Wish are so much fun!!! and the block-y sentiment from Birthday Bash completed the look.

I shipped some glassine and brown bags today. I always LOVE to open a package and get a surprise so I included this little tag with the order.

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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