It's a Party!

Are you ready?  It's coming tomorrow!!!

psst....  my sneak peek is the 3rd one in on the bottom row! 

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Happy Sunday to you!

I have a sweet little card to share with you today.  We had a birthday party for one of the girls in our kids' daycare. 

I thought it would be fun to dig out the Imaginisce Enchanted collection and create a little bit!  Aren't those mirror stickers so cute?!!!

Happy Birthday Card (A2 size)

A few layers, stitching and doilies for texture:



I love the mega sunflower doily (7.5" x 7.5") from Cheery Lynn!  I used it on some scraps to create the perfect little accent here for the edge.  The Grand Calibur works beautifully on these extra large dies!

The doilies are such pretty and soft accents just tucked into the design in bits and layers, don't you think? 

Ingredients:

Pattern Paper, Sticker and Diecuts:  Enchanted by Imaginisce

Foam Tape, Imaginisce

Kraft cardstock, The Paper Company

Mega Sunflower Doily, Cheery Lynn Designs

Nautical Wheeler Doily, Cheery Lynn Designs

Scallop Flower, MFT

Grand Calibur, Labels 13, Spellbinders

Remarks sentiment, American Crafts

Twine, The Twinery

Other:  Cropodile, Sewing Machine, Thread, Adhesive

p.s.  Be sure to stop by tomorrow for another project with these amazing Cheery Lynn dies!!!

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I'm entering this into the Cheery Lynn Designs doily challenge.

Thanks for stopping on over!  Have a super scrappity weekend!!!
~ Rhonda

Mother's Day Fun!

Happy Thursday to you!!! 

My hubby was so sweet yesterday, he said "Hey, I really hate to go to the store to buy a card for my Mom.  Do you think you can make something more special that we can send to her?"...

Well you know I was way more than happy to do that!!!  My mother-in-law is so appreciative of cards and flower and such, it's really a joy to create something for her. 

I'm also entering this little creation into the Cricut Circle Blog's Monthly Challenge for May.  It's a recipe challenge of sorts and so much fun!

For this card I chose the newly released "Little Cutie" line from Imaginisce for girls, a little Garden Party and Enchanted tossed in with some cardstock.  I used my i-Top brad maker for the center flower and our Mesh Brads from Garden Party for the other flower centers.  My i-rock shows up with those adorable new metal hearts on the flower centers and gems in my pattern paper on top.  The alpha stickers are from "Me & My Big Ideas". Twine is from the Twinery. Hemp is by Darico.

I used my Cricut Expression and the Doodlecharms cartridge for my sun and flowers.  I liked that the flowers sort of echoed the shape of the sun a bit.  I didn't attach the rays of the sun or the petals/leaves from my flowers just so I could provide a little texture and pop.

The touch of ric-rak at the bottom was just the perfect pop of pink that I thought it needed to be cheerful.

I hope this little card brings some sunshine into your day!  Have a super scrappity day!!!

~ Rhonda 

It's a Whole New World!!!

I've been waiting with so much excitement about today's debut! 

Imaginisce has some wonderful new i-rock bling to share with you.  If you've followed my blog for any length of time, you know how much I adore that extra oomph that bling brings to any project. 

This card took on several iterations before I finally settled on this design.  It looked great in a variety of ways but there was something interesting to me about the organic feel of this.  I have to say though, creating that little band-aid was just pure fun!  I used the Enchanted collection for this "Get Well Soon" card.

To create the band-aid I used the Belle of the Ball Border Sticker, corner rounded the ends using the 1/2 inch side of my Corner Chomper, then and added the a 3/4" x 1" bit of embossed white cardstock. For added interest I tied some string criss cross over it.

Ingredients:
Pattern Papers:  Imaginisce "Enchanted Collection"
White Cardstock:  American Crafts
Brown Cardstock:  American Crafts
i-Rock
i-Rock Heart Studs in Pink
Border Punch:  Fiskars, "Hearts Border Punch"
Border Punch:  Martha Stewart, "Quilted Edge"
Pink Rose Trim:  American Crafts
Heart Stick Pins:  Maya Road
Spellbinders dies:  Labels Fourteen
Sentiment Rub-on:  KaiserCraft
Distress Inks:  Weathered Wood and Spun Sugar
Corner Chomper
Cuttlebug, "Swiss Dots" Embossing Folder
Pogo:  Imaginisce
Foam Dots:  American Crafts, "From This to That"
Other:  Sewing Machine, Thread, String

Thank you so much for taking a moment to stop on over today!  Be sure that you pop on by this week to check out all the beautiful new bling that is being showcased on the Imaginisce Blog by our uber talented Design Team!!!  I'm positive that there will be some amazing PRIZES involved as well, so you definitely do not want to miss out!!!

I'll be back on Wednesday with another new bling project for you!

Have a super scrappity day!!!
~ Rhonda

Bling it Cristal Clear!

I hope you've been joining along with us at Imaginisce as we celebrate the beauty and decorative "pow" that bling can bring to your projects!  Thank you for joining me from their blog!

Today we have a mini hop to focus on how to use your bling on acrylic or acetate projects.  I had the perfect scalloped coaster mini album from Maya Road that I wanted to create as a storybook for my kids using the super fun Enchanted line.

I used a variety of techniques on my project, I'll explain as we go.

I used the Snag Em stamps from our Enchanted collection with black Staz-on ink, then used my alcohol inks to color in the images.  After I used Pinky's technique (see her blog and video!), I attached my bling strategically to my flowers and leaves.

On this acrylic page, I used Versamark and clear embossing powder and the castle Snag em stamp.  My dragon is on the front of the acrylic, I have a flower behind to disguise it.

I used my heat gun to melt the tulle green flower just a bit for dimension.  A gem in the center was the perfect extra touch.

I added tiny black gems to the i-top froggies eyes.  I created my pink glitter heart embellie and placed it on the top of my acrylic page.

When we received our glitter glue sticks, I had this idea to try and free hand a shape using my i-bond and my trusty silicone mat. 

Once I completed my shape, after it cooled, I just used my Tim Holtz scissors and trimmed around it to clean up my edges.  I like the organic feel of this so I decided to use it..  I attached it with my new Pogo!

The story continues...

On this last page, I used the carriage Snag Em stamp and sparkling embossing powder.  It gives a very pretty effect in real life but is tricky to photograph!  I added just a touch of bling to my little flower.

Here's my little story... I created it to flow with the cute characters in the sweet Enchanted line. 

The Dragon Lost His Castle

Where oh where could it be?

He looks up, he looks down, he smells the flowers all around...

Still no castle has he found!

Look, it's Kitty and her friend Pup,

Surely now he'll have some luck!

Kit and Pup please take me home,

I miss my castle and I was all alone.

Over the hill and down the trail,

Mr. Mouse have YOU seen my house?

Squeek squeek...  What do I see?

Pretty Princess says "Follow Me"!

Silly dragon, never fear

Just ask for help, it's always near.

And the dragon lived happily ever after.

Well that's it for me, your next stop on our hop is the ever fabulous Melinda!!!

Be sure to be a follower on all of our blogs and leave a comment on all blogs in the hop, then finish back at the Imaginisce blog and leave a comment there for a chance to win a fabulous i-rock package for yourself! 

Thanks so much for popping on over...  have yourself a super scrappity and brilliant day!!!

Happy Valentine's Day to You!

Happy Valentine's Day! 

I think this day is a wonderful day to reflect on how very blessed we are with wonderful family and friends in our lives.  Whatever you find yourself doing, even if it is nothing at all, I hope that you have a very pleasant day!  My card today is just a reminder that somewhere, someone is definitely thinking of you!

Since February is an abbreviated month, Cardabilities is revealing on the 14th and on the 28th.  It's just a little earlier than normal, so today is our reveal! 

Our sponsor for this reveal is...  WhimsieDoodles!  Yayyyy!!!

 So, are you ready for this uber pretty sketch?

I just adore the beautiful layers and shaped of this sketch!  I had to play with my "Enchanted" Imaginisce papers and I-Rock for this card.  Aren't the colors in this line just so pretty?  I paired it up with some butterfly punches and voila!

Thank you so much for stopping on by today!  I hope you have yourself a super scrappity Valentine's Day!!!

~Rhonda