My grandsons birthday cards....

I have been working on my grandsons birthday cards...his birthday is on Halloween, so last year we did little monsters, but this year my daughter wanted him to have fish for his birthday! So this is what I came up with-(I did have to change the rhinestones up a bit, as I didn't
have enough of the same color/size to do all the cards), but I am happy with them all....hope my daughter will be!!

I used my new Explore for this project....boy, do I LOVE that machine!!
Thanks for stopping by!

UPDATE: I am entering this into the challenge over at Double Click Connections (aka A Busy Bee)-animal challenge. (Carri has the most awesome skittles!!)

Back To School with THE CUTTING CAFE...

Hi all!! Well, my daughter went back to school on Wednesday...I am so sad!! But, she is happy to see all of her friends again, and excited to be in the middle school now! She has joined the Cross Country Team, and I am so very proud of her....she had her first race today-and I thought she did a fantastic job! 

This week at THE CUTTING CAFE we are doing Back To School inspiration....and here is mine:

and I have made mini cards for the inside

for the teacher to send a quick note, or to give a "great Job" note to a child!

For this cute little set, I have used a file from THE CUTTING CAFE called:

Mini Note Pad and Card Set.

I hope you get the chance to check out all the Back To School Inspiration on 

THE CUTTING CAFE BLOG tomorrow(9-7-14)!!
Thanks for stopping by!

New Challenge over at THE STAMPING BOUTIQUE!

GLITTER IT UP!! 

That is the new challenge over at 

THE STAMPING BOUTIQUE CHALLENGE BLOG!

I have made my card using this fun image from THE STAMPING BOUTIQUE STORE:

CANDY LAND WINTER LOLLIPOP....it is such a fun image!

I hope you get the chance to enter our challenge....remember if you use an image from

 THE STAMPING BOUTIQUE

You have the chance at winning three images if your name is picked by random.org! (and two images if you have not used a TSB image).

Stop by the challenge blog for lots more inspiration from the DT!

Have a great day!

New challenge over at Fresh Brewed Designs...

Today starts the SCHOOL DAYS CHALLENGE over at FRESH BREWED DESIGNS!! The image I have used for today's card is FBD's Angel Cake School Day. Isn't she just adorable?!! I haven't put a sentiment on it, as I thought I would wait and see what I will be using it for....a thank you, thinking of you....etc....

I hope you get the chance to play along with us for this challenge! Thanks for stopping by today!

winner of my blog candy...

Winner winner... The winner is: Nancy Williams!! Congrats Nancy, please email me at rhondazmikly@sbcglobal.net with your address, so your new stamps can be sent out to you!! Congrats!!

New Challenge for Squigglefly....

Hello all!
I would like to wish you all a great Labor day!
For our new challenge over on the Squigglefly Challenge Blog, our challenge this week is: YOU are a STAR! So, we would love to see your cards/projects with Stars in the image-or on the paper- or even in the sentiment....its all up to you! Here is the card I made-

I used a newer Squigglefly image: NotePad and Pencil by artist James Horvath. I hope you a chance to join us!!

Have a great day, and don't forget to stop by the SF Challenge Blog to check out all the awesome inspiration by the DT this week!

Hello Sunshine, it's HOP TIME!!

Hello out there to all you blogging folks!!
Today is the start of a fun time -it's HOP TIME with CARDZTV BLOG HOP!! If you came here from KARENS blog...your right on track-otherwise you may want to go to the beginning over at Mary's blog and start from the start, so you don't miss a thing!!
Mary over at CARDZTV will be giving away blog candy to a follower of CARDZTV. And, I will be giving away blog candy too....(and you might even find a few others along the way)!
This HOP is an ANYTHING GOES hop, and it is also a two day hop, so make sure to stop by the CARDZTV BLOG again tomorrow for ANOTHER HOP !!  
...so I am thinking some fall colors would be nice...but not yet ready to get rid of summer either-so I combined the two! I used CARDZTV stamp set "PICTURE THIS" for my sentiment! It is a fun new set that is excellent for crafting, scrapbooking, cardmaking and even journaling...OK, .... it is a GREAT SET for any occasion, no matter what the craft is!!

I made this cute little popcorn box with a file from THE CUTTING CAFE - the file is: 

POPCORN BOX TEMPLATE

I cut this out on my new CRICUT EXPLORE....(loving this machine!!). I cut mine out smaller, but this comes with a large and small box! I also used one of the circle dies from MCT's die set BUNCH OF FUN CIRCLE DIES and added a few enamel dots from MME-Chalk Studio, including one on the SUNSHINE itself! Designer papers are from SU. I put candy in my box instead of popcorn...mostly because I liked the color!

NOW..on to my BLOG CANDY

I will be giving away one "PICTURE THIS" CARDZTV stamp sets to one lucky person on MONDAY!!

(I am sorry...due to high shipping costs, this candy is available to be won only to a US shipping address)

Make sure to leave a comment....and then hop on over to my DT sister MARIA'S blog!

(and here is the complete line-up for SATURDAY August 30th in case you get lost).

  MARY

 Krystal 

Tonya 

 Anita 

 Karen 

 Rhonda 

 Maria 

 Faith 

Brandy

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you have a beautiful SUNSHINEY day!!

Almost Hop time!!

Hope you can join us for this fun HOP--I will have a 3-D project and some blog candy on the 30th, so stop back on over!!

New challenge at The Stamping Boutique

Hi all!  This weeks challenge over on The Stamping Boutique Blog is to make a 3x3 card. Here is mine, I have used this adorable little chick....

This little chick is Egg Chick from The Stamping Boutique. Hope you get the chance to join in!!