Sweet Tilda

Hello...

I made this card..which is called the Brick Wall card...for a STSB sister. I love how she turned out. I used SU red cardstock...GinaK luxury white to stamp Sweet Tilda on and then I cut it into lil' brick-like shapes. Then put it back together like a brick wall pattern. I spritzed the big flower in the upper rt hand corner with Red Velver G. MIst..added the smaller deep red Prima and a gem. On the bottom lt hand corner I used a white prima I dusted the edges with SU Red Riding Hood ink...and a deep red prima. Added small pearls to the center of them. USed a Tim HOltz Memo Pin holding a SU Mini tag stamped with the word *friends*. Used a red gingham ribbon to adorn the corners and tye in the upper rt hand corner. I LOVE how it turned out...

xoxox

rhonda

NEW YEAR'S DAY BLOG HOP

Hello Everyone...

Welcome to our blog hop...glad you made here Ok..I hope you have enjoy the ones before mine as well.
I hope you join the excitement. To me...seeing creations from others inspire me. I love it. Maybe thru this hop you too will find some inspiration and create some great things.  Remember to leave some *love* and share  your thoughts. I will be giving away some BLOG CANDY for  following my blog and  posting some *love* to it....It will consist of.....SHimmer Spritz in Barn door (red)..a Pkg of Color Me Crazy white flowers...Distressed Crackle Paint in Worn Lipstick...a PKG of ribbon and Tim Holtz Tokens. I will pick a posting from those that leave some love here...thanks
I will use the random number.org to find the winner...and will post post it on Monday after finding the winner on Monday.
Here is the list of blogs...enjoy

1. Crafty Scentiments http://craftyscentiments.blogspot.com/
2. scrapincovers http://www.cricutcraftyclare.blogspot.com/
3. TinaB http://ollieanddextersmommy.blogspot.com/
4. cricutkris http://www.tatteredprimitives.com/
5. SoonerMT http://www.paperrenee.com/
6. gonecampn http://www.scrapcavecreations.com/
7. buggin_out http://www.papercraftingchic.com/
8. MissyMel http://papertreats.blogspot.com/
9. Lissa http://somanycrafts.wordpress.com/
10.Kreimers http://fantabulouslypink.blogspot.com/
11.txscrappermom http://txscrappermom.blogspot.com/
12.Scrappin' Palace http://scrappinpalace.blogspot.com/
13.DeannaMulder http://deannaspapercrafts.blogspot.com/
14.WamFamily http://www.wamfamily.blogspot.com/
15.Ms_Dee http://www.dees-specialthings.blogspot.com/
16.YvonneBalmer http://ink-spirations.blogspot.com/
17.TiffysMom http://angiespaperpassion.blogspot.com/
18.Heart2hand http://heart2handshighlights.blogspot.com/~~You are here

NOW to return to the beginning blog...click here....
1. Crafty Scentiments http://craftyscentiments.blogspot.com/


THank you for stopping by and I do hope you have found some inspiration.

HUGs
rhonda

Christmas has come and gone

HELLO to all...

Well ...the holidays were NOT as bad as they could have been. I was not into them at all after last year's incident.  :(  I just did not want anything to do with them...but as it turned out...they were fair. I still miss my lil' guys...more than words can say...but know they are in my heart and Mammaw thinks of them each and everyday. LOVE YA , Xavier, Ian and Landen. 

I rec'vd some nice things as well...DH bought me a new Maytag Bravo washer and dryer...delivery is TUESDAY...woo hoo. I'm soo anxious...lol...i know you are probably thinking over a washer and dryer...housework...but it's the truth. My dryer was dying and was a noisey machine...to have quiet...and to do laundry at any time of the day....What a blessing! He also gave me Nike shoes, a snuggie..and a sherpa blanket...soo warm. ANd yummy peanut dark choc. M&Ms. 

One of my best friends, Missy...sent me two solutions carts...Thanksgiving and the Christmas cards...LOVE them both...thanks BFF!

DD and her roommate gave me a $50 M's gift card and MIL/FIL gave me a $25 M's gift card.. Not too shabby..eh? I can't wait to spend them...lol

All in all...great year and soo much to be blessed  and grateful for!
XOXOXO
rhonda

Creative Ideas

Hello to all...

Here are a few items I have made...altered for a swap I was just in called 12 Days of Christmas on the CMB. I love how they turned out and hope that my SS does as well.


I used a canvas board..sprayed with Pashmina glimmer mist. CUt the words from my Cricut E  and glued them where I wanted them. Sprayed over the words! ONce dry..I lefted the words off. THEN..I had a heart in the upper rt hand corner. I used  Tim HOltz age mahgoney crackle paint on it..added a grunge flower and prima swirl.  On the lower lt hand corner...I added grunged flowers spritzed with glimmer mist , ran a hand-crocheted ribbon thru the center loop and made the ends look ruffled. Added more flowers with pearl centers. I LOVE how it turned out..



I altered this pocket planner in my SS fav color...purple. IT did turn out quiet nice..even though I'm NOT a purple person...tee hhhe.  I used the paper from  M's the ribbon is grosgrain and the small flowers are prima..a variety. Added pearls to the center . THe large purple flower is sugared in the center...then cut her monogram out on the Cricut using the Storybook cart.

THANKS for looking...leave some love!
xoxoxo
rhonda

An Apology :(

I want to apologize to my beloved Kahlua...I'm sorry sweetie for not posting your BIRTHDAY photos sooner. On November 12th..she turned 12. That is a HUGE deal for a Boxer to live this long. SHE Is my baby...I love her dearly and I had to celebrate HER day.  I also had to take photos. I KNOW we are only limited on time with her...I hate to think of the enevitable...Cry..sniff..sniff..tears!!! SHe was an anniversary gift to me from Chad, DH...12 years ago...and she has brought soo much joy and love to me and my family. Love ya baby girl.

XOXO

Mommy

Winter is REALLY here!!!

Hello to all~~~

This morning I woke to a blanket of white on the ground. The sad part is ~~it is still coming down! YUCK!!!! It is like a lite and airy pillow fight...lots of them blowing around. i do admit...it's pretty..but I still do not like it. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...that is all I can think of....once I get cold ...I stay cold. BRING on the Spring weather. IF you are out and about, driving in this ...please be careful...drive safe.

I plan to do some crafting today. I have a couple of swaps that need loose ends finished and it's a great day for it. DH is out deer hunting..yes in the snow...I hope he catches the deer and not PNEUMONIA!!!

xoxox
rhonda

Happy Thanksgiving Day~

Hello...

I hope this day finds you counting your blessing and be very grateful for each of them. I have lots to be thankful for ...my health..my DD, DH and DSs..and my beloved DGS. I am so thankful for all my friends...YOU all mean the world to me.

XOXO
rhonda

Brrrrrrrrrr

TOday is a cold and windy day here in Indiana. Not sure where Autumn went...but it didn't stay long. It sure feels like WINTER...brrrr!!!! I'm NOT ready for Winter...but am I ever???????? NOPE!!! :) DH and FIL are finishing the fence today. Looks great! Finally a place for my furbabies to run...they will love that! Especially Sprint, our Pit...since he is always on his leash. Poor baby!

I've been crafting...finishing up some loose ends on a few swaps. Only a few things to go...on one of them. We won't talk of the others...lol.

I hope everyone is enjoying the Halloween weekend. I hope the weather isn't FREEZING for those lil' ones that are going  out. I do not have lil' ones any longer or do we get any treaters in the country.  Stay warm and enjoy!

XOXOXO
rhonda

Lunch Box Mini Notecards

I enjoyed making these tiny things! Soo cute...and they can be used for journaling spots on layouts just not as notecards. It was another swap on the Cricut board. I really like the animal print...:)

I made ~~~
5 Girly Girl---they are all pink with prima flowers, velvet ribbon and bling.

5 Thinking of you---I thought these did well. Could be for a girl or boy..

6 Animal themed...I enjoyed these...the paper is flocked and the colors are perfect.

Enjoy...

XOXO

rhonda

Cards

I made these cards for a swap on the Cricut board. I love how they turned out....

Teal birthday...I used pre-scored cards for it. Then added the layers. I sprayed the large flower with Jazz Blue Glimmer mist and dried it. Used smaller prima flowers...pearls and gems. The memo pin is Tim Holtzs. I LOVE these pins!!! I had stamped the tiny tag from the set called TINY TAGS by Stampin' Up. The punch is from SU as well. I inked the edges of it..and the Happy Birthday! is from Stampabilities at Hobby Lobby.

Yellow Thinking of you...is a pre-cut card as well. Looks like a tag! I used papers from Micheal's and blue bazzill cardstock. The large yellow florwer is a Prima and the smaller ones are too. The glittery brown center is a Fabric Fancy Prima. I used a wide looped pale yellow ribbon and then layered a chocolate brown lace on top...soo pretty. The saying stamp is  from Stampin' Up. Pearls from Hobby Lobby.

ENJOY the cards...leave  feedback, plz.

XOXO

rhonda

First Mini Album

This is my very first handmade mini album. I got the idea from a friend on the Cricut Message board that had sent one similiar to me. Thank you Maureen!!!! It was for a swap to Jen on the Cricut board. She loved it.  It was made from legal size envies cut down to 6 inches in length. I used a pc of chipboard at 3 inches folded and scored to keep the envies in place. Chipboard front and back to stablized the book. I used SEI ...Aunt Gertie's Garden paper collection...Bazzill pink, brown and sage cardstock to match the papers.  Pearls, gems, Prima flowers, Tim Holtz memo pin, cork paper, ribbons..and a coin envie. I used Martha Stewart's deep edge border punch for the scallops on the edge of the pages. I truely enjoyed making it..it did take some time...but well worth it. Jen almost didnt' get it.....lol. LEave a message and let me know how I did, plz.

ENJOY :)
XOXOXO
rhonda

What a view!!!!

Happy Sunday! Well last Saturday we took a bike ride..a long ride. Several of our friends all met and rode to see the covered bridges in our area. They are really cool. I sooo enjoyed it. Had a great day....great friends...good food and riding...can't get any better than this!

Enjoy the photos...

XOXO
rhonda

Our Anniversary today

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY CHAD~~~ love ya...

Today we have been married 6 yrs...seems like forever and a day. LOL! Since we have been together 15 yrs..Many more to come. I hope they are alot smoother than the previous years.

Well..today being our anniversary..we were going to go bike riding. It has rained and alot. ....not sure if it's still in the plans or not. I was soo looking forward to it too. DH purchased my helmet as a gift and it arrived on Wednesday...just in time to go today...ughhhh...

HUGs
rhond

Our New Toy

Hello to all...

We finally did it!!!! Took the plunge and after persuading DH...we have bought a BIKE!!!! YAhhhhhhhhh....I sooo love to ride! The open road...wind in your face...no bugs...lol....and the purr of a bike is amazing. I'm sooo excited.  Love it....

xoxox

rhonda

My FIRST colored Tilda

Hello to all...


As promised...once I finished my first Tilda coloring I was going to post it. I colored the Journal writing Tilda and cut her out. I used her on an altered book for a  friend. I sooooo loved how it turned out....I hope she does as well.

I had purchased the book from the dollar store...covered it in Bazzill cardstock. Used a blue gingham ribbon for the binding...and then another strip of the same ribbon...twisted and placed on the book. I used two silk flowers and a big blue gem. Placed Tilda as if sitting on the ribbon. THen I added pearls from Queen & Co...at each end of the ribbons.  I added a silver frame with the words * a little note* inside it.  The colors of copics I used are....for the dress/socks...B91-93-95...for her hair...E31 and 33...her skin...E50-51-53 and the book is RV29 . I love to hear comments...leave a msg...

XOXOX

rhonda

FInally did it....

Hello to all....

I went last night and cut my waist-lenght hair to just below my shoulders. It feels good to have it gone...BUT I miss it. I've always had long hair and now feel bald. LOL!  It will take some getting use to for sure. It will be easier to manage too. NO more headaches...I hope. I will have to post a before and after photo...give me time to find a before...

xoxo
rhonda

Vintage Can Arrive

I was sooo excited to see this can!!! My partner did a fab job on it...I just love the colors too. IT was a swap on the Cricut MB and Nance did a great job on it..inside and out. take a look...

XOXOX

rhonda

MIA lately...

Hello to everyone~~~

I've been feeling much better..still have the migraines from time to time...but not as often.  Thank goodness :)

I've been working on a few swap items. THese are insert cards for the lunchbox tins. IT's a swap I joined on the Cricut site. I love how the turned out!!! I took two different spots...A valentines and a Mother's Day. I hope you enjoy them...

XOXO

rhonda

Another day home

Hello ...

I missed work yesterday due to a migraine. I NEVER miss work!!! So this tells you how bad I hurt! Then I made an appt for the DR...he did some tests...drew blood..and the scheduled me for a CT scan for today. I'm a lil' scared..but I will do fine. I have God on my side.

xoxoxo
rhonda

Happy Saturday

It's been a while since I've posted...a few things has happened. DD has finished this year of classes for college and did wel..YAHHH! DH has started his racing season. LOTS of luck to him...GO Chadwick! Mother's Day has come and gone...and now we are in the middle of May. WHere oh where has the time gone?

Here is my beautiful gift from my DD, Kia. I cried when I rec'vd it. THen she also wrote me the most beautiful letter...and told me i was the **KEY** to her life....I cried some more. IT is the Open Heart collection by Jane Seymour. I've wanted the heart ...but to have the KEY and the meaning behind it...is PRICELESS! She is the best daughter in the world. Love ya sis.

XOXOX
rhonda

Framed

I altered this photo frame for my partner in the shoebox swap on the Cricut site. It's for the day **Shabby Chic**. I love how it turned out...I wanted to keep it...I hope she likes it as much as I do :) It started off being a plain boring photo frame. I painted it a lt sage green and pink in random areas on the frame until covered. Then painted it with Tim Holtz Picket Fence Crackle paint. LOVE that stuff!!! I then added some wedding lace given to me by a friend, THanks Nancy!...and used flowers also cut by Nancy. I painted one of them with the same crackle paint. Then folded the edges...The dictionary print I crumpled together...and glued down....spread them out after on...then used Cherry Blossom Glimmer mist on it. I also used Prima Flourishes in pink pearls to accent the flowers. Then I added the word by Me and My Big Ideas **MY LOVE**. It is for a photo of her Fiance. I just love it.....soo proud of how it turned out.
XOXOX
rhonda

What do you think???

THis is a can I had made for a lady on the cricut site. It is going to Canada...and I soo hope she enjoys it. It was hard to part with....I love how it turned out. Pink and brown was her colors and hope this fits the bill. lol. I bought the can at a local hardware store...the printed paper is from Basic Grey ...the chocolate brown cardstock is by Bazzil ..ribbons...are from CTMH...Micheals.. Flowers are by Prima..the quote is by Cloud 9....rhinestones flourish on the lid is by Primas as well as the flower. ENjoy..and leave a comment...I sooo love reading them
XOXO
rhonda

My WIsh Can

Here is a can I was sent from Cammi...aka..Scrappin_RN. SHe is awesome. I loved how it turned out!!! It is sage and chocolate in colors..so elegant. Also of the great things she sent to me. I soo enjoyed getting to know her. 

 I have put the can on the shelf with all the others I've had the pleasure of swapping with...What an addition to my collection. I'm soo proud of it.. 

 Enjoy the photos

 xoxoxo

 rhonda

A can I rec'vd

This is a can I rec'vd from a lady on the Cricut site. IT was filled with lots of nice things too...IT is pink...my fave color.