Giveaways!

First off, hope everyone had a fabulous Thanksgiving & had an attitude of gratitude. As promised, the 2 winners of the Compendium Gratitude books are....
Cristina & Missy!
Email me your mailing addresses & I'll get these out to you!


and....tomorrow is December 1st! Can you belive it?

I'm so excited for Shimelle's Journal Your Christmas online class. I LOVE everything she does & every year I've meant to take this class....but, suddenly Christmas is over & I missed the chance.

So, this year, I'm not letting that happen. I went & signed up & am so excited to start tomorrow. I think it will be so fun to bring in the House of 3 stuff to do this journaling along with her great kit that comes with it! (* & all of the other goodies.*)

Who wants to win a spot in her class????
It starts tomorrow, so you'll have to hurry up & sign in here telling me WHY you want to join in this year's JYC!
can't wait to hear!
R

Cyber Monday sale....starting at 12:00 a.m.

Another HUGE sale....35% off if you missed the Black Friday sale...OR if you had to think about a few things! LOL!

Some of my personal faves:
This may be called 'holiday flourish', but really....these cards/colored PNG graphics can be used on anything! LOVE these colors & the side flourish! mmmm! I think they would make cool gift tags, too! hmm...that gets me thinking!
& again...another fab design that comes in different colors & can be embellished with more 'Christmasy' things...like the above sample has the word art 'season of joy' & the reindeer from the Deerly Brush kit added to make it a fab Christmas card. Print out at home, add a photo & voila! You are set for your Christmas cards...OR how about creating them & then uploading to Shutterfly & having them delivered right to your door step!
And THIS card kit is so versatile. Yes, it says' Merry ' on it, & therefore is very Christmasy, BUT>>> look at the variety of cards you get in the kit. JPG & PNG of each design so you can either just put our photos ON the JPG OR you can put the photos UNDER the PNG to 'peek a boo'...love it!
And these banner brushes...oh my! I can't get enough..they make THE cutest gift tags...been crankin some out & just so excited to wrap my gifts with them!

Deerly. Deerly. In. LOVE. with this brush set.
so cute.

ok...working on a new look for the blog! be back soon!
happy Cyber Monday!
R

Christmas Season has officially begun...

So, get ready for your first batch of gifts with House of 3 goodies!
Did you see? Today is a HUGE 50% off Black Friday sale! Go get it all! :)
I love it~! Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.....gave thanks for many many blessings & now I'm ready to ring in the Christmas season.

I.
love.
Christmas.
I get giddy decorating, preparing, making gifts & just listening to Christmas carols as we do it all! Pandora is my friend, (until I reach my 40 hour limit! LOL!)
So, for this first batch o' Christmas goodies, we used our Thanksgiving Pumpkins; cleaned, baked, pureed & made 2 huge batches of Pumpkin Butter. This stuff is divine on anything:
hot rolls
bread
french toast
pancakes
and
even ice cream. Yea, as a Celiac, the above just don't taste the same so I put it on as a topping last night as everyone was eating their pumpkin pie! mmm! it was so good! & Gluten Free! :)
Supplies:
*these cute Ball jars
*sticky labels sheets
* House of 3 Rockin' Christmas Packaging Kit
*Circle punch
*Pumpkin Butter
Steps:
1. Wash & fill jars with Pumpkin Butter recipe.

2. In Photoshop, open up the House of 3 Santa's Helper colored PNG & drag it onto a blue background. (cut & paste to create a whole 8.5x11 sheet of Printables.)

3.Print out on white sticker paper. Punch out in circles. Adhere to tops of jars.



4. Add tags, or ribbon or whatever you'd like. I gave these to family yesterday & it was a big hit. No one can have enough Pumpkin Butter at this time of year! *wink*
sooo delish & looks sooo cute in these jars!

Ok....playin' with the kids & cousins today! enjoy your Black Friday!
R

Happy Thanksgiving!

R

Giving Thanks....

for so many things. This Gratitude Blog Hop has been great. I've loved seeing everyone's projects. Thanks, Stephenie & May for inviting me to be a part of it! Loved it!

Unfortunately, I was slammed with several deadlines. all. at. the. same. time.
So, my gratitude project was very small.

How about this? Some Sweet Tooth Fairy cupcakes with House of 3 Gratitude Toppers!
I gave these to some very special people in my life right now...that are helping me give Thanks...listening to me...bringing me a Coke Zero with ice on the side! *wink*
I wanted to show my gratitude to them with some sweet treats!
&....
speaking of some of my deadlines....
check THIS out!
House of 3 designs is collaborating with Silhouette...& can now be cut with the Silhouette machine! Yes, you can go right into their store & download Hof3 designs to cut out with the Silhouette! wow...love it!
Heidi, Janet & I will all be showing some examples,

but check out what Kerri Bradford did..don't you LOVE it? ooo, can't wait for the possibilities! And be watching, there will be NEW Hof3 designs in their store every week!
now THAT'S something to give thanks for!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
R

it's been.....

(photo: Totally Rad Actions, The Sweet Tooth Fairy Cupcake, Hof3 Merry Swirled Background overlay on the photo by lil' ol' me.)

here's to choosing to see the good! (it's not always easy.)
xox
R

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas....

We've been workin' like little elves in 'the house'! Tons of new Christmas kits are in the store!
Lovin' the versatility of them! I was showing some friends the kits last night & they said, 'These don't have to be 'just for' Christmas!"...
absolutely right!

The above graphic was designed all in brushes! (those that came to my class on Wed. know just how to create something like this, huh?*wink*)

Supplies used:
Christmas Postcard brush
Christmas Word Art kit
Retro Christmas Tag Kit
Vintage Christmas Brush Kit
Chrismtas Border Set
& the Medallion Card Kit

mmmm....it IS begining to look a lot like Christmas! Be watching our Inspiration House for lots of ideas on how to use these kits!
and....
did you seee? A FREE Thanksgiving Blog Couture kit! enjoy!
R

Grateful for....

(House of 3 Gratitude kits used here!)

so many things.....How about YOU? This week, I've been asked to be a part of the Gratitude Blog Hop!






All week, you can hop from these amazing blogs & get inspired to be creative as well as remind ourselves of the many, many blessing we have! LOVE these women!
Becky Novacek
Debbie Hodge
Jennifer McGuire
Jodie McNally
Kelly Purkey
Lain Ehmann
Lisa Dickinson
Liz Hicks
Margie Romney-Aslett
Margot Potter
May Flaum
Patti Milazzo
me
Stacey Kingman
Stephenie Hamen
Wendy Smedley
Liz Kartchner
Allison Kreft Abad

Today, this sums it up: happy.
The sun is shining. The air is crisp. The leaves are falling....& I'm getting my creative groove on for House of 3! Our Christmas stuff is wrapping up....be watching oh.so.soon....

I'm also grateful for the fabulous people who were involved in the Digital Design Brush class the other night. So fun. So amazing to share this stuff...They even got a sneak peek of the NEW House of 3 Christmas stuff.....our mouths were watering!

I had to have the class shout with joy a couple of times cuz it's just too much fun to learn & create with digital brushes!
Thanks, girls! And thanks Laura at Dear Lizzie...it was a *fantastic* night!

cute Margie & Liz were there to support & be my TAs! & took some iPhone shots! thx, girls! love ya!
and, of course, my #1 super rock-star TA...my fab husband. SOOOO grateful for my #1 fan, my #1 supporter & my #1 hottie!

(photo by Liz)

LOVE him oh. so. much!...for putting up with my crazy shenanigans!
*sigh* so much to be grateful for....

what are YOU grateful for?
I'm sharing another couple of Comependium's Gratitude books...(just LOVE them!) So, tell me what YOU are grateful for & I'll give away 2 books next week!
can't wait to hear.....Happy Friday!
R

*wait! stop it right now!*
another thing to be grateful for....
good mail day!

Check out my new necklace from THE April Meeker of Second Sister Jewelry....mmmm! & I got these earrings, too! Just perfectly delicious & unique!

you are truly an artist, my dear! you should SEE how she packages this! Spark girls, you saw her cigar boxes...wow! wow! wow!
go. buy something from her store...you will NOT be disappointed!
I LOVE IT!
xox, April...love it! I will think of you when i adorn myself in this goodness! mmmm*wah!

Digital Design Class:: TONIGHT @ Dear LIzzie

Soooo excited! It's tonight! Totally looking forward to it!

Class is full, but look what we'll be doing!

Have you ever wondered how to add those swirls or images to photos? Or on your blog? Christmas cards?
Create something like this in a snap!Tonight, I'll teach you how to load, use, size, color, create, save, rotate & space digital brushes! And you'll be able to create a little magic, like this!


REMEMBER TO BRING:
Materials :
laptop
Photoshop CS4
(if you have a Wacom Tablet, bring it!)

The class will include an exclusive CD with 50 versatile & amazing brushes, a printed guide & step by step instructions so you can go home & practice.

Just to get you excited....look at what you can create with the kit you'll get!

(photo by Sande @ Spark! )

**Our class size is limited to 20 max! & it filled up! Thanks! So, can't wait to see you all there!
7:30 sharp...we have NO time to waste!
Tons to do until then!
R

P.S. I'm feelin' quite Christmasy lately....House of 3 is Deckin' the Halls...I've been working my fingers to the bone....can't wait to show you!

and....
It's coming...
Nov. 19th-25th

Happy birthday, Amy!

love you, sweets!
i'm the luckiest sister in the world!
xox
R

Spark Shenanigans...

(photos by Smile Now! Photobooth)

So, Day one, Friday....We'd planned on having a fun night of Shenanigans....just
playing!
letting loose!
getting to know each other!
laughing!
dancing!
riding the Spark Train!
taking photos!...I mean a hot pink photobooth? come ON! it was the icing on the cake!

After dinner we showed this fabulous movie Liz put together to set the mood...



This song totally pumps me up!....Liz nailed it! love it!

We split up in 3 groups:
Glitter
Sparkle
Shine

(photo credit:Sandee Sosa)

& we danced outside on the Spark Train>>

dressed up & took photos in the Smile Now! Photobooth>>thanks, cute Suzzi!


& in the fun Photo wall>>
(from Lori's blog!)

from Liz's blog...look how FUN this is! Just a wooden wall covered in old dictionary pages (by Margie, Meg & Brooke)...add some fab frames, cut out & a little swag on the bottom...makes for a fun photo op!

Look at how cute Sandee & Kim are...I love these photos Sandee took! (thx for letting me snag them, my sweet! you are so good!)and games in the Spark Clubhouse>>

laughing.
getting to know each other.
yes...it was a night filled with Shenanigans....lights hanging in the trees,

music piped in the streets & just a magically delicious time was had by all!(photo credit: Wynona Robison)

It was a night filled with Spark....
can't wait to share Day Two, Saturday with you!
R