Sunny Thoughts

Hello!  Are you all enjoying the nice weather?  I like that it's warmer, I'm just sad that it skipped the nice 'warm' weather and went right for 'HOT'.  Lol.  Anyway, I have a fun springy card to share with you today.

I used the Tilda Roller Skating stamp from Magnolia.  I colored the image with Bic Markits and Copics.  The DP is from Bird's Cards and my stash.  The flowers and gems are from my stash.  The sentiment is from K. Andrew Designs.  I used the Heart Fence Doohickey from Magnolia also.

Challenges...

Magnolia-licious - Ways to Weather it

Creative Inspirations - Magnolia Madness

Stamp and Create - Spring Showers (rain, rainbows or clouds)

Simon Says Stamp - Flower Power

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp and Show - A Little Paper

Thanks for visiting.  Have a great day.

~Rhonda

CCCB #16 Mom and/or For a Woman

Good morning!  I'm here to share some inspiration for challenge 16 at CCCB.  Our theme this month is Mom and/or For a Woman and our sponsor is Rick St. Dennis.

Here is my card...

I used Isabella Sunny Days from Rick St. Dennis and colored it with Bic Markits and Copics.  The DP is from a DCWV stack.  I used my Cricut to cut out the word mom and a Spellbinders die to put behind the image.  The gems are from my stash.

I also wanted to share a card that was shared on the CCCB blog last week that I forgot to post here...

This was a freebie images that was offered a couple of weeks ago from Rick St. Dennis.  I colored the image with Bic Markits and Copics.  The DP was a freebie with a magazine.  The sentiment is from The WildFlower Patch and the gems and ribbon are from my stash.  I used a Spellbinders die to mat the image.

Challenges...

Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Forever Friends Monthly Challenge - Anything Goes (first card)

Forever Friends Fortnightly Challenge - Pastel Colors (second card)

The Outlawz Monday Greeting Challenge - Anything Goes (w/ a sentiment)
Crafts and Me Challenge - Use a Digi
The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations - KISS
Rick St. Dennis - May Freebie Challenge

Thanks for visiting.  Have a great day.

~Rhonda

Creations by AR Mother's Day Customer Blog Hop

Good morning!  Welcome to my stop on the Creations by AR Mother's Day Customer Blog Hop.  If you've come here from Lenoria's blog you are in the right place, if not hop over to Lisa's Blog to start at the beginning.

One hopper will win a template of their choice from the Creations by AR shop so be sure to visit all the blogs and leave a comment, you never know which blog will have the winning comment.  When you've finished hopping through all the blogs, be sure to visit the Creations by AR Facebook page like them and leave a comment there.  You have until Saturday, May 11 to leave your comments and the winner will be announced on the Creations by AR blog and Facebook page.

The theme for our hop is "Mom's favorite color", my mom's favorite color is blue, so here is what I have done.

I used the 3D Fireplace Card template and printed it on blue cardstock.  The logs and flames are part of the template, I colored them with Bic Markits.  I used a Martha Stewart punch to decorate the front of the fireplace.  The sentiment is computer generated.  The vase and flower are from the Pagoda and Picturesque Cricut carts.  The gems are from my stash.

For the back I added a sentiment from Raindrop Echo designs.

The nice thing about the 3D Fireplace Card is that it can fold to fit into a regular A2 envelope for easy mailing.

Here's the hop list in case you get lost...

Lisa Eisner - http://craftingwithprincesslisa.blogspot.com/

Jennyfer Leung - http://scrapalajen.blogspot.com/

Diana Auberle - http://kreativfenster.blogspot.com/

Mary Roberson - http://handmadeheartfelt.wordpress.com/

Gigi Lorenc - http://sunshinelollipopsandbutterflies.blogspot.com/

Deb Speijers - http://www.atimetostamp.com/

Lenoria Kelly - http://lenoriaslidlbits.blogspot.com/

Rhonda Miller - http://bluepoohbear753.blogspot.com/

Carmen Mitchell - http://carmenscreationss.blogspot.ca/

Raissa Spatola - http://www.raissastamps.com/my_weblog/

Lynn Clifford - http://heavenlycrafts.blogspot.co.uk/

Thanks for visiting, don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to win your choice of a template from the Creations by AR shop.  From here you continue on to Carmen's blog.

Have a great day.

~Rhonda

Happy Mother's Day

Hello!  I have another Mother's Day card to share with you.

The image is from Dustin Pike and is colored with Bic Markits.  The DP is from Colorbok.  The gems are from my stash and the sentiment is from The Wild Flower Patch.  I used a spellbinders die behind the image.

Challenges...

Dustin Pike - Flowers

Celebrate the Occasion - Happy Mother's Day

Crafty Sentiments - Use a Sentiment

Creative Craft Challenge - All About Animals

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesdays - Mother's Day
Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting.  Have a great day.

~Rhonda

Happy Mother's Day

Hello again!  I have a Mother's Day card I wanted to share with you.  With just a week left, I figured I better get things going and get some cards done and in the mail.

I made this into a treat card.  The bird and flower came from the Create a Critter 2 Cricut cart.  The DP is from my stash.  The washi came from Michael's.  The sentiment is from the Wild Flower Patch and the bling is from my stash.

Challenges...

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes

Cardz TV - There's No Other Like My Mother

Pile it On - For a Mother

Robyn's Fetish - Spring Colors

Catch the Bug Challenge - Anything Goes

Our Creative Corner - Anything Goes

The Outlawz Paper a la Mode - Anything Goes + Add a bird

Washi Up Challenge - Double Washi

The Pink Elephant - Mother's Day
Raisin Boat - Mother's Day

Thanks for visiting.  Have a great day.

~Rhonda

Watercolor ATCs

Good morning!!  I wanted to pop in and share a couple more ATCs with you.  I think I'm becoming addicted to making these.  Lol.  I am going to be entering these in the Wonder of Watercolor challenge that is going on at Moxie Fab World.  If you haven't visited this blog, you really should.  There's lots of inspiration.

Both were done on watercolor ATC cards.  I used Stampin Up watercolor wonder crayons for the watercolors.  I doodled the borders with a micron pen.  The stamps are from Ippity.

Challenges...

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

Anything But a Card challenge - ATCs

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting.  Have a great day.

~Rhonda

CCCB Challenge 16

Good morning!!  I hope you're all having a wonderful day.  It's starting to finally warm up here.  I hope it lasts.  I'm done with the cold.

It's time for a new challenge at CCCB.  Our theme this month is Mother's or something for a Female and we're being sponsored by Rick St. Dennis again too.  Here is a little inspiration for you...

I used the Alice in the Garden image from Rick St. Dennis.  I colored the image with Bic Markits and Copics.  The DP is from Colorbok.  The sentiment is from the WildFlower Patch and the bling is from my stash.  I used a Spellbinder's die and Cuttlebug folder on the backing piece for the image.

Challenges...

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Crafting by Design - Mother's Day

Crafts and Me - Floral Frenzy

Crafty Creations - Mother's Day with Flowers

Fab n Funky - Lot's of Pink

Fresh Brewed Designs - Flowers

The Perfect Sentiment - Make it Feminine

Thanks for visiting.  Have a great day.

~Rhonda

Happy Father's Day

Good morning!  It's my turn again to post on the Getting Cricky blog today, so here is what I came up with to share.

I used this fun new Father's Day image from Michelle Perkett.  I colored the image with Bic Markits and Copics.  The sentiments are from the Of Mice and Little Men and Guy Talk sets from K. Andrew Designs.  The DP is from Colorbok and the star brads are from my stash.  I used a Spellbinders die for the photo frame and cut the center out.

Challenges...

Cards for Men - Animals

Love to Create - Punches and/or Dies

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Sparkle n Sprinkle - Use a Digi

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Stamp and Create - Use at least one die

Thanks for visiting.  Have a great day.

~Rhonda

Simply Betty Facebook Challenge

Hello!  I have a card to share that I made for the Facebook Fan challenge for Simply Betty Stamps.  This time around we were give the Elaine image and the challenge was to use ribbon and swirls.  Here is what I came up with...

I colored the image with Bic Markits and Copics.  For the background cs I used a swirl embossing folder.  The DP is Colorbok and the ribbon is from my stash.

Challenges...

Simply Challenged Challenges - Use an embossing folder

WOW Wednesday - Create Something

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

One Stitch At A Time - Use a Digi

Thanks for visiting.  Have a great day.

~Rhonda

More ATCs

Hello!  I have been having so much fun making ATCs lately, that I can't seem to stop, so I have a few more to share with you today.

I again used the Bazzill Basics stitching stencil for the butterflies and did the sewing with embroidery floss.  The DP is from Colorbok.  The sentiments are from K. Andrew Designs.  The gems are from my stash.  I added the lines with a micron pen.

Challenges...

Flutterby Wednesday - Use a sentiment with your butterfly, angel or fairy

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Paper Crafting Journey - Use a Sentiment

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting.  Have a great day.

~Rhonda

CCCB Challenge 15 ATC or Fat Page

Good morning!!  I'm here to share more inspiration with you for our ATC or Fat Page challenge at CCCB.  If you haven't entered yet, there's still time.  We'd love to see what you create.  Our sponsors this month are Fred, She Said and Limited Runs Digital Stamps.

Here is what I have come up with...

I made a couple of ATCs using the seahorse image from Limited Runs.  I colored the images with Bic Markits.  On the blue one I added some clear star gel pen to the lines for some sparkle.  The sentiments are from Whimsy Stamps, I've also added the clear star gel pen to those.  The stamped plants at the bottom are from Unity.

Challenges...

Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

Sparkle N Sprinkle - Use a Digi Image

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

One Stitch At A Time - Use Bright Colors

Thanks for visiting.  Have a great day.

~Rhonda

ATCs

Hello!  Sorry my post for today is so late.  It's just been crazy around here.  Hubby was in the hospital most of last week and we're just trying to get back on schedule here.

Today is my turn to share on the Getting Cricky blog and I have a couple of ATCs to share.

 For this one I used a stencil from Bazzill Basics for the bird, then used some DMC floss for the sewing.  The DP is from my stash (but I think it's from an Amy Tangerine paper pad) and the sentiment is from the Positive Thoughts stamp set from K. Andrew Designs.  The pearl is from my stash.

For this one, the DP is also from my stash from the same paper pad as the top card.  The chipboard butterfly is from the $1.50 bin at Michael's.  The gems are from my stash.  The sentiment is from the same stamp set as the other card.

Thanks for visiting.  Have a great day.

~Rhonda

Forever Friends Fortnightly Challenge

Good morning everyone!  I'm excited to be a GDT on the Forever Friends blog again.  Their theme this time around is Die Cuts/Punches.

Here is what I have made to share with you...

I used the Easter Lily Fairy image from Michelle Perkett.  I colored the image with Bic Markits and Copics then added some sparkle with a clear star gel pen.  I then fussy cut the image and popped it up on the front of the tag.  The tag was made using the Labels Ten Spellbinders die and the flowers were made with the Pockets and Swirls die.  The lacey strip in the background is washi tape from Micheal's.  The sentiment is from K. Andrew Designs.

Challenges...

Challenges for Everybody - Anything Goes

One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes

Robyn's Fetish - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp & Show - Fly

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Flutterby Wednesday - Flowers
The Pink Elephant - Use Spring Colors

Thanks for visiting.  I hope you'll all check out the challenge at Forever Friends.  Have a great day.

~Rhonda

P.S. Don't forget there's still time to enter in the ATC/Fat Page challenge at CCCB.  We'd love to see your creations.

CCCB Challenge 15

Good morning!  It's time for a new challenge at CCCB.  This month our theme is ATCs or Fat Pages.  Our sponsor for the first part of the month is Fred, She Said.

Here is what I have made for some inspiration.

 First, I thought I'd make an ATC using this Smelling the Cherry Blossoms image from Fred, She Said.  I colored the image with Bic Markits and Copics.  The DP is Colorbok and the gems are from my stash.

Next, just for fun, I also made a fat page using the Bunneh - Easter Bunny image also from Fred, She Said.  I also colored this image with Bic Markits and used some clear glitter glue on the ribbon.  The DP is Colorbok.  The decorative tape is from Wal Mart.  The gem butterfly is from Michael's and the other gems are from my stash.  I used on of the dies from the Spellbinders Snapshot set for the image.

Challenges...

The Pink Elephant - Use 3 DP + Favorite Embellishment

Outlawz Saturday PAM - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting.  I hope you'll all play along.  Have a great day.

~Rhonda

Happy Easter

Hello!!  I know Easter is over, but I made a card for a Secret Easter card swap and had to make sure my card was received before I could post it, so here is just one more Easter card for this year.  The swap was hosted by Robyn's Fetish and we were each provided with an image to use on our cards.

I used the cute Inga the Bunny image from Robyn's Fetish and colored it with Bic Markits.  The DP is Recollections and some cs that I sprayed with some shimmer spray.  The bling is from the $1.50 bin at Michael's.  The sentiment is My Favorite Things.

Challenges...

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Sparkle N Sprinkle - Use a Digi

Thanks for visiting.  Have a great day.

~Rhonda

You Gotta Friend in Me

Good morning, I hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend.  We had a lot of fun here, at least the kids did.  Lol.

It's my turn to post on the Getting Cricky blog this morning, so I'm here to share the card I made for that.

I used the Penelope and Posey image from Saturated Canary and colored it with Bic Markits and Copics.  I used the Of Mice and Little Men stamp set by K. Andrew Designs for the sentiment.The DP is from Colorbok.  The ribbon is Kaiser Kraft and the bling is from my stash.  I used a lattice Cuttlebug folder to emboss the green strip and the lacey circles Spellbinders die for the matte to my image.

Challenges...

Challenges for Everybody - Anything Goes

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

One Stitch At A Time - Spring

The Outlawz Monday Greeting Card challenge - Anything Goes (with a sentiment)

The Craft Place - Animals

Crafty Ribbon - Anything Goes with a Ribbon
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp & Show - Anything Goes
Forever Friends Fortnightly challenge - Girls

Thanks for visiting.  Have a great day.

Rhonda

Doodling

Hello everyone!  Are you all ready for the weekend?  I know I am.  Today starts Spring Break for my kids, so I'll be having fun all week.

I wanted to pop in and share a doodle I worked on over the weekend.

My daughter cut out some egg shapes with the Cricut and I just traced one of them 3 times for my doodle areas.  I drew some lines and added some fun doodling.  I had fun trying some new ones I hadn't done before.  I did the whole things using a micron pencil and haven't decided if I'll go back over it in pen.  I kind of like the pencil look.

I'll share some of the eggs we doodled on later, as soon as I find them.  Lol, the kids keep moving things around on me.

Challenges...

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting.  Have a great day.

Hugs,

Rhonda

Happy Easter

Hello!  I wanted to share a card I made yesterday.  I've really slacked off at getting some Easter cards done this year, so I thought I better get busy.

I used an Easter Basket stamp from Whimsie Doodles.  I cut the bunny using the Create a Critter 2 cart.  The DP was sent in a RAK from a friend.  The bling is from my stash.

 The sentiment stamp is from My Favorite Things.

Challenges...

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

In The Pink - Spring/Easter

Little Miss Muffet - Happy Easter

Crafty Creations - Easter

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

The Pink Elephant - Clean and Simple

Thanks for visiting.  Have a great day.

~Rhonda

Hello

Hello!  I wanted to share a card I made for the May GDT contest at Whimsy Stamps.  I would love to be their guest designer for May.  I just love Whimsy products and would love to work with their talented designers.

Here is the card I made for the contest.

 I used the Strawberry Dreamer stamp from the Cottage Cuties collection.  I colored the image with Bic Markits and added some clear glitter glue to the flowers in her hair.  The DP is from Colorbok.  The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the bling is from Want2Scrap.  I cut the doily with a Spellbinders die.  The sentiment is from Studio G.

Challenges...

Forever Friends - Lot's of Flowers

The Paper Shelter - Let it be Spring

Simon Says Stamp - Easter/Spring

Crafty Sentiments - Flowers Galore

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting.  Have a great day.

~Rhonda

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