Have you noticed that BIG bows are all the rage??? Since I have short hair and no little girls, this trend has not applied to me but a big bow on a card I can do!! and a big bow needs some additional bling. This Verve Joshua verse is perfect for a little house embellishment.

But I didn't stop with one house as I pulled the shrink plastic out and used the PTI Handmade with Love dies to create additional charms. I used my Copic markers to "paint" them.

Can you tell that I fell in LOVE with October Afternoon's Seaside paper? PTI's Make a Wish dies make birthday cards especially easy to do. 

Am I the only one that almost never used white as a card base anymore? I seem to gravitate to the cream. The sentiment stamped on its side is a nice change of pace.

Thanks for visiting! ~Rhonda

I have really had fun making myself work with LOTS of patterned paper. Even several weeks ago I don't think I could have pulled this off but it seems to be clicking this week. This card was inspired by the fact that my hubby and I leave today for a CRUISE!! white sand beaches and sunny days here we COME!!!

I love the little boy in this paper. Friend is stamped on the PTI double ended banner die and the sweet ship is Verve's Text Objects paper pieced.

I'm playing along with the Mojo Monday #185 challenge. I found this London map paper in my Thrift Shop paper pad and immediately thought of this cute little car!!

I love the simplicity of this card! I followed the basic design format of a stripe, a floral, and a print. 

A little sewing and stacked butterflies and this screams SPRING!!!

Hope you are having a wonderful week!!! ~Rhonda

Happy Monday everyone!!! Purple, yellow, and a beautiful green makes me think SPRING!!! All my trees are budding or already out. Their leaves are my favorite lime green early spring color.

My card is based on the 1st April Verve sketch for the month as well as PTI's Make it Monday #8 and #9!! I didn't get the card posted in time for #8 blending but was pleasantly surprised that #9 is heat embossing which I did as well.

For my blending, I used PTI's spring moss, lemon tart, and plum pudding. I then used clear embossing for my Plain Jane Verve flower. I love the added texture that this provides for the sentiment. ~Rhonda

Happy April Fool's Day Everyone!!!! Any pranks at your house?

What makes you think of SPRING??? Butterflies, flowers, bunnies? This month the Verve Team has dared us to make a card, project, layout, or whatever fits our stamping style using this month's theme - Color Me Spring!




Easter is one of the hallmark's of spring for me. This year it falls on the latest possible date: April 25. Only once in the past 100 years—in 1886—has it been so late. It will not happen again in this century.

Another project from my Mouse, Paper, Scissors Class. This album is seriously CUTE!! The theme is "I hope you know YOU are FABulous! 

It started by making clear plastic covers and then lots of different pages. Don't you LOVE the polka dot book spine? I love the addition of crepe paper. I need to incorporate that element into some cards.

Have you seen the subway art that is floating around the blogosphere? The first piece I created was for a blogging friend that always makes me SMILE. I was so excited with the project that I didn't even take a picture!!!! I forgot in my hurry to put it in the mail. 

Just a little Verve happy happening here today. The Wordy Birds "matched" my paper today. I also used the Wild Flower stamp on the Sweet Scallop Tag. 

 

Hi Everyone! Can you believe it's time for another PTI hop? The challenge is to use embroidery floss on your project. Thankfully my new release goodies arrived in time to use as well.

I decided to use label basics to create a background paper that I could use for cards and belly band for a PTI plastic box. 

The tiny tag set is so CUTE!!!! The perfect embellishment for the box and cards.

I punched holes in the side of the plastic box with my Big Bite punch so the floss wouldn't slide too much. The polka dot frames are ADORABLE!

Happy Hopping Everyone!! ~Rhonda

a Happy Birthday!!!

I LOVE the banner stamps but have never really put together a card that I love. The balance seemed OFF until today. I kept thinking that there were only the bigger shapes in PTI's set until I say this inspiration from Mona here. My ah ha moment!!! The flags!!!!!

It would be so easy to change the colors to make this more manly!! I think I have a new go-to birthday design. 

I also put the sentiment on the banner die with makes this card perfect for the Whimsie Doodle Wednesday Challenge.

I created another project from the Mouse, Paper, Scissors class at Jessica Spague's site. The goal was to make a hybrid album that shows 10 things that make us happy. It was fun and I LEARNED A LOT!

I've always been a little nervous about making mini books but now I see more in my future!! ~Rhonda

We had stuff everywhere. It started with a Happy Birthday pre-made banner from Hobby Lobby that was on clearance. I wish I had bought everyone they had. The letters are heavy chipboard and were a steal at $2.99. 

One of my favorite letters is this "I" with the clear dragon flies and the felt fringe.

Love the raspberry fizz buttons on the "D" too.

I'm currently taking the Mouse, Paper, Scissors class at Jessica Sprague's site that is a hybrid digital class with Jessica and Heidi Swapp. We received a package of goodies in the mail for the 4 projects that we will complete. The 1st is an inspiration journal that is sooo cute! The easel came in the package too.

I love the way the design is a wrap front. We also had a definition piece to place on the top of the notebook to cover the notebook specifics. See the striped pink piece below.

Can you see the tabs that help keep the journal closed? The 1st tab is the blue ribbon element (above) that we cut the size of a quarter. The 2nd tab is the circle element shown below.

Julee said, "Please join us in our stress-free Verve Fan Blog Hop!" It's easy to participate... just make a new card using at least one Verve stamp, post it online somewhere (blog or public online gallery), and come back here and link up your creation using the linky widget at the bottom of this post to be entered in a random drawing for a $50 gift certificate! Deadline to link things up is Noon on Saturday, March 5.

 

I used the new Viva la Verve March #2 sketch and got busy!!! I'm sure I'll use this sketch again cause it would look great twisted and turned several different ways.

I LOVE the Verve Plain Janes. I appreciate the sentiments and the price point.

Adding the large giga guideline stamp in versamark really set the sentiment up to shine. 

Make it a great day!! Thanks so much for stopping by. ~Rhonda

I have fallen in love with burlap and dies. The little house looks so cute and paired with a sentiment from the Quilter's Sampler is a great clean and simple design. ~Rhonda

Just a quick post to make the deadline for Heather's Totally Hues color challenge. Super Clean and Simple! 

I had a friend that needed a card for an Eagle Scout! I didn't have a stamp for that one but improvised with clip art. Isn't the new Airmail twine from The Twinery perfect for this? ~Rhonda

Can I have more burlap please???!!! It is just plain fun to work with. My layout is based on the Viva la Verve 1st March sketch. ~Rhonda