Wednesday, January 30, 2013

For my Nephew...

Hi all! There is a challenge over at Fresh Brewed Designs- CAFFEINE CRAZY CHALLENGE--which is to use RED
it only happens when there are 5 Wednesdays in a month...so there are only a handful of these special challenges! I have used; Love to the Rescue--he reminds me so much of my nephew Ty,  that this card will be for him for Valentines Day!

Thank You Heather for the fun challenge!
Ps. There is a 15% discount code over on the challenge post...but you have to hurry!
Rhonda




Meljen's challenge #144- Be a Square

Hi all-I had a few minutes tonight to make my Grandma a card... she LOVES Elephants, so when I saw this baby elephant over at Meljen's Designs, I thought it would be perfect! Plus, since my daughters party theme for her baby shower was elephants...I will be using this for my grandsons (Parker's) scrapbook as well! This one is called Stuffed Elephant. I also bought the cute little monkey called Monkey Toes to use for Parker's scrapbook as well.
I wanted to enter this into Meljens Challenge #144-Be a Square.
Have a great night!
Rhonda

Monday, January 28, 2013

Hello--I am back with my card...

I have made my card today for the new digi release over at Fresh Brewed Designs! Heather has drawn up a couple of new digis, and they will be available to purchase today--woot-woot! These new digis are so much fun and just in time for Valentines cards! I have used: "Capture My Heart" and my daughter Emily has used:
"Crazy In Love2".
 Here is my card:

I have also used homemade embellishments that I purchased in the Fresh Brewed Designs store too-how perfect are those hand cut felt hearts with this image?!!
Now for my daughter Emily's card (she is 9):

she has used "Crazy In Love2"...what a great card, right?!! We have both used some of the paper that these goodies arrived to me all wrapped up pretty like in!! It was so perfect for these Valentines Cards.
Thanks for stopping in!
Rhonda



Sunday, January 27, 2013

Tuesday Throwdown

Hello! I am so excited to share with you today a card that I made for the Tuesday Throwdown's "Furry Friends" challenge. I have used a freebie from Meljen's (the sponsor this week) called: Love is Sweet. Isn't this image just adorable...I think so, and what an excellent image to use for Valentines!
I have used a home made embellishment that I recently purchased over at Fresh Brewed Designs...it matched up just perfectly! The doily I believe came from a sweet blogger friend Stacy from  Impressions of a Ribbon Addict--thanks Stacy!!
Have a great night--I'll be back in the morning!
Rhonda

Friday, January 25, 2013

Fresh Brewed Designs & Sweet Sketch Wednesday

HI all! I am so glad it is the weekend! Not that I am going to get to spend much of it on myself and crafting... but I got a little bit of time tonight, and have had so much fun creating with one of my new stamps. This is Cherry Cupcake Cutie and she is from Fresh Brewed Designs, I also got some super fun Felt Embellishments there too ( the cupcake used on this card- and there are other new ones too). I added lots of pearls, and colored her up with my copics. The papers are from my stash. I wanted this card to be bright and fun as it is for one of Emily's friends birthday parties tomorrow. I have followed the sketch for Sweet Sketch Wednesday, and will be entering this card in their challenge. Here is the sketch:


And my card:


BTW---there will be a new digi release on Monday over at FRESH BREWED DESIGNS as well, (and I have seen ....) they are both FUN & CUTE....so make sure to check them out!! I will be featuring one of them here on my blog as well, as a Guest Designer--Thank You Heather for asking me...I am so honored!!
Have a great weekend!
Rhonda




Monday, January 21, 2013

Squigglefly Challenge #3-use inchies...



Hi to all of you this morning-I am sharing my Squigglefly Challenge #3 card--using INCHIES.. this week is Rhonda's Rowdy Rascals up to bring you some inspiration- You can check it all out HERE.
The card I have to share with you is made with Squigglefly image: SASSY SALLY'S WINTER MORNING SOCIAL by CHERYL ALGER. Isn't this image adorable?!! I just love Sassy Sally! I have made a tile like feel to the card with the inchies. Thanks for stopping by-and I hope you get the chance to play along-remember, if you use a Squigglefly image-you have the chance to win a free one!! ( and the freebie images count too).

Sassy Sally's winter morning social-Cher
Have a great day!
Rhonda


Sunday, January 20, 2013

a few SQUIGGLEFLY cards...

Hi all! I have spent most of the day in my room--and got hardly anything accomplished...how does that happen? We have had some yucky weather, so it was a good day to just stay inside. I did get a couple of cards done today: remember the image I used yesterday for my baby cards? I knew it would also make a fantastic Valentines Day card: Heart Blowing Ellie is a digi image from Squigglefly, artist is Louise Gardner .

I also made a few flower cards-using just one of the flowers from the Squigglelfy's set: Smell The Flowers by artist Michelle Bertuzzi.

Well, gotta go make meatloaf and baked potatoes for dinner...
hope you can stop by back tomorrow to check out Squigglefly Blog Challenge #3-brought to you by Rhonda's Rowdy Rascals!
Thanks for stopping-I would love to have you leave a comment!
Rhonda







Saturday, January 19, 2013

Squigglefly Challenge #2-I've got the winter Blues/or make a blue card

Hello! I finally got a few minutes to sit in my room and make a card for the
 SQUIGGLEFLY Blog  Challenge! This weeks challenge is I've got the Winter Blues-and you could decide to make a winter card or a Blue based card. I went with the blue based card--I used Squigglefly's Heart-Blowing Ellie by Louise Gardner. This image would be perfect for
Valentines which is right around the corner too!
my recipe:
Image-Squigglefly
Ribbon-Liz's Paper Loft
Sentiment-Label Font Stamps from My Creative Time
Stitched Heart Layering Dies-My Creative Time
Colored with Copics 
Designer papers-Nanas Kids from DCWV
White Gelly Roll pen for dots on hearts and around edge of card.

UPDATE:
Ok I had to make a girly one too. Same recipe.
Thanks for stopping by--I hope to be back soon!
Rhonda



Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Now for a couple Fresh Brewed Designs...

I am back with a couple of cards made with  Fresh Brewed Designs digi images. I found these awesome digis today (yesterday) --and just HAD TO HAVE THEM!! So Cute!!
First up is Love To The Rescue:


next I have also made a card with It's Raining Love:


They are have a rubber stamp release too--and you're invited!! So make sure to mark your calendar for this fun event! (if you are like me, you will forget if you don't!!)!
Thanks for stopping by!
Rhonda




Sunday, January 13, 2013

Princess Lou

Hi~ I have had time to play again today! Woot Woot!! I just love to get to come down to my room and make something--today I talked Em into coming down with me~even better!!
I went on over to Squigglefly today and bought a few new images...here is one of them...Princess Lou by artist Diane Carubia. She is so cute!!

and another... using Sitting Pretty available at Squigglefly as well, and also drawn by artist Diane Carubia.


                                                       Gotta go grab some dinner...see you later.
Rhonda




Saturday, January 12, 2013

Maisy...

Hello!
I got just a couple minutes yesterday to throw a card together-I was cleaning my space and these papers and the image were there-so I decided to put them together and make a card. I colored this adorable image Ice Skating Maisy up with my copics. Ice Skating Maisy is a digi image that is drawn by artist Diane Carubia and is available at Squigglefly.  
DID YOU KNOW~ Squigglefly has an awesome reward program, and it's free to join and is a great way to earn free images. For every $15.00 you spend you will earn a free image. You can use the free image immediately, or save up and go for a big splurge one day. They never expire. Another thing that's really great is that if you are just now finding out about the rewards program, and you've already purchased images - Squigglefly will credit you any money spent in the current month!

To sign up for the rewards program, just click the 
"My Squigglefly at the top right of the Squigglefly home page.


I found the little tag and the brad in my stash, and I punched out the hearts with my SU three heart punch. Sentiment is from My Creative Time~Teeny Tag Greetings. I have really missed the time down in my craft room making cards---can't wait to play again!! (later today or tomorrow after Church!)

On another note-I am done at the AFC home, and have started the daycare up-getting kids started has been a little slower than I had hoped, but we do have a couple starting in the next couple weeks--I definitely need to find a few more though, to make this work out!!

Have a GREAT SATURDAY!
Rhonda










Monday, January 7, 2013

Squigglefly challenge #1-Thank Yous

Hi! What better challenge right now, than a Thank You card? I am sure we all need to send a few Thank You's for all those awesome presents we just received over the holidays!! I have used one of the brand new images just released over at Squigglefly this past Saturday-Winkie's Snow Day Dreaming by artist Cheryl Alger~isn't he just adorable!!
I am not sure why I went with the dark background oval-but it had pink and blues that perfectly matched my image, so I thought it looked alright (they are hard to see in the photo-but they are there).  I used some burlap in the background, some crinkled seam ribbon, and  a few embellishments on the top and bottom, as well. This one was for my Mom who gave us all wonderful gifts!!! Thanks Mom!
Well, hope you get the chance to play along with us-check out more inspiration at the 
with Rhonda's Rowdy Rascals!
See ya soon~
Rhonda



Sunday, January 6, 2013

Hi all!

Just wanted to give you a heads up that our Squigglefly challenges start back up tomorrow,  with Rhonda's Rowdy Rascals up first--make sure to stop on over to the Squigglefly Challenge Blog to check out the inspiration!