cReative team tuesday: coffee filter wreaths w/ Rhonna Designs

This past holiday weekend, I was able to spend time w/ my family. And as you know, my sister, Amy Miles, is on my cReative team. It was so fun to cReate together.  Of course there were some Rhonna Designs involved with this festive coffee filter wreath & I've had many ask HOW to do it...

It's super easy, so I thought I'd share the steps w/ you & show you how we used the NEW Rhonna Designs Christmas designs to sass it up a bit!

We were all together at my brother's cabin & got to cRaft together...my mom is that cute lil lady in the right corner, my sister, Shelle, Sister in Law, Charisse, Amy Miles, my Sister in Law Kim...lil ol' me & then my other Sister in Law Cherie. While they are my Sisters in Law...I just take off the in Law & consider them my sisters. They are truly some of THE most incredible women I know & I'm blessed to have them in my life. 

Can you tell I miss them already? ok.

Anyway... 

on w/ the steps....

We started out w/ an MDF wreath frame. They are cheap, sturdy & pretty light.

1. Wrap the frame w/ white ribbon. Add a dollop of hot glue, tack the end & just wrap until you meet ends. We do this because last year at our Christmas Craft night...my True, Jamie, showed us how to do this...& since she's the wreath master...we bow to her & do as she commands! **It protects your door & looks nice if you hang on a window.**

2. Fold coffee filters in 1/4s...however, I like to squish mine & make it kind of like a flower. Do what YOU like!  Hot glue 3 coffee filters across the width of the wreath frame.

3. Allow a 1 1/2"-2" space & continue w/ your next row of 3 coffee filters all the way around the entire wreath.

4. Embellish as desired. Here, I've shown some of the fringed paper flowers similar to the ones HERE.

I just printed some of the Merry Christmas Printable Papers right over vintage music sheets & dictionary sheets.  & then used some of the cute Merry Christmas Flags N Tags Printables punched out w/ my 1 1/2" circle punch.

 It really doesn't take very long...the men & boys all watched football whilst we chatted, glued & laughed.  I didn't time us, but I'd say about an hour? Then...voila! We had 7 poofy-versatile-coffee filter wreaths for our Craft Olympics! *wink*  Each of us is unique in our style, so it's fun to create something this versatile so each of us can add that lil sass to it that is uniquely 'us'.

 I ended up putting mine on my chalkboard wall w/ my vintage window, yarn/tinsel tassel garland & added a little banner that was created out of my Rhonna Designs Merry Christmas Flags N Tags printable...along w/ some of my All Is Bright Washi Tape.  The HUGE bow I created out of vintage music pages & that cute tag is from the Merry Christmas kits, too!

So...there ya go! Hope you feel uplifted & inspired & can't wait to see how YOU are doing w/ the Gift Tag Design Contest...one more week!

cReative Team Tuesday: Merry Christmas Gift Tag Design Contest!

Here at Rhonna Designs, we believe the season of giving should last all year long...and the cReative Team is all about making the giving as easy—and cReative—as possible. That's why we're kicking off the holidays a little early with a special Rhonna Designs contest!

...Rhonna Designs Merry Christmas Gift Tag Contest

How sweet would it be to adorn your gifting with gift tags designed by YOU and printed by our favorite Persnickety Prints?

Oh, and did we mention a $50 shopping spree on Rhonna Designs?

Ready to participate in the Rhonna Designs Merry Christmas Gift Tag Contest?

Here's how to enter:

1-Create a unique gift tag design using Rhonna Designs Christmas artwork and the downloadable template located at the end of this post.

2-Write a blog post mentioning the contest and featuring your design. (We will pin your design to THIS board created specifically for this contest, so make sure it's pinnable!) The blog post must include the button pictured above with a link to this post.

3- Return to this post and leave a comment with a link to your Rhonna Designs Merry Christmas Gift Tag Contest post so we can head over and pin it!

The contest ends at midnight (MST) on Tuesday, December 4th. 

After all entries are pinned, the cReative Team will choose one winner. The winner will receive an early Christmas present that includes:

24 gift tags from Persnickety Prints featuring her design

&

$50 shopping spree on Rhonna Designs

How fabulous is that?!?

But guess what? We're adding another contest to the mix!

...

...cReative Team member Susan Weckesser

recently launched her Christmas Love Campaign and wants you to help her spread the word—and the love—about this cause. The mission of the Christmas Love Campaign is to

 "create something—anything crafty, cards, sewing, editable art, beads, you name it—and then give it to someone. ANYONE....even a TOTAL STRANGER!"

We love this cause and want you to be a part of it so we've designed the Tags of Love Contest to coincide with the Rhonna Designs Merry Christmas Gift Tag Contest.

Here's how to enter:

Use the gift tag you designed for the Rhonna Designs Merry Christmas Gift Tag Contest and incorporate it into some form of gifting. For example, print your own set of tags and give a set as a gift or attach the tag to a goodie and give the goodie to a friend or neighbor.

*Upload a photo of your gift to the Christmas Love Campaign Facebook wall here: 

Make sure you mention it is for the Tags of Love contest.

*Return to this post and leave a comment with a link to your posted photo. (You can find the URL of your Facebook wall post by clicking on the time stamp of your comment/upload.)

*Let your friends and family know about your entry. The photo with the most "likes" wins!

Use the hashtags #ChristmasLoveCampaign and #tagsoflove when tweeting about your entry.

The winner of the Tags of Love contest will receive a prize pack that includes goodies like:

Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft products

Westcott titanium-bonded scissor set

I Love to Create tie-dye kit

Susan K. Weckesser stencils, stamps & paper

Side note: This year a portion of the sales of the snowman stamp that Unity Stamp Co. created for the Christmas Love Campaign will be donated to the Canadian Cancer Society in memory of Susan's dad who passed away suddenly from cancer and everyone else who is affected by cancer.

We can't wait to see what our readers cReate using Rhonna Designs Christmas printables and kits!

MeRRy cReating!

Click on the image below to save the template image for the Merry Christmas Gift Tag Contest. 

Simply design a 300 DPI JPG Gift Tag w/ Rhonna Designs Christmas kits in a 2.5" x 3.5" format, drop into this template & post to enter!

Good luck, can't wait to see your uplifting and inspiring designs!

and a HUGE thanks to cReative Team Member, Emily Hill, for spearheading this! She's so uplifting and inspiring! Thanks, sweets!

Insta Fonts for Instagram FX: cheat sheets

I have been LOVING the amazing response we've been getting for the Insta Fonts...the Instagram Class I'm doing TONIGHT & the Studio 5 segment have really opened doors to what we can DO w/ our Instagram photos! 

THANK YOU! And as a little gift to all of the viewers from Studio 5- How about $2.00 off any of the *individual* Insta Fonts 

Just put any of the individual Insta Fonts into your Shopping Cart, then enter:

RDStudio5 

in the "Apply Discount Code" box to receive your Insta Fonts for $2.00 off.  Offer good until Thursday the 22nd! *happy thanksgiving*

So, with all of the talk about how to fancy up your photos on your phone & HOW to take the creativity up a notch...we've had a lot of new Insta friends asking about 'cheat sheets' for the Insta Fonts.

As I explain in THIS tutorial, Phonto is the app you use to TYPE in the letter to get the fun Insta dingbat designs in there...BUT...they are so small & if you aren't familiar w/ the designs...it can get frustrating.

So...I'm posting the cheat sheets here for the existing 15 Insta Fonts we have in the store! And from here on out...each of the NEW Insta Fonts *yup, you heard me right...NEW ones coming soon** will be included IN the download kit! 

Each of these Insta Fonts are designed to be the CAPITAL letter of the alphabet. So, each kit/font comes w/ 26 designs EXCEPT the Insta Numbers since I wanted a whole set 1-31! So, you will note: there's a,b,c,d,e in there.

Is Scrapbooking Dead?

This is a big question! And at 11am this morning I'm excited & honored to be on a panel discussion on our local TV station: Studio 5 where this gets answered!  The amazing Stacy Julian of Big Picture Scrapbooking, fabulous Becky Higgins of Project Life, Mark Katchen of 1000 Memories & I will be 'forecasting the future' & discussing real solutions on memory keeping.  

I'm really excited to talk about this...you know how I feel about it...it's not dead...it's just evolving. Just like any art...the art of memory keeping is evolving w/ our needs, our technology & our lifestyles.  Even though I've been designing traditional scrapbook products for 9 years, you know I have always been a little bit 'techy' when it comes to my personal memory keeping....because it works for me.  So, don't miss this show as we share some fun ways to uplift and inspire YOU and the way YOU keep your memories!

And, as you'll see on my segment...I'll be talking about Instagram. *surprise, surprise*...Don't forget...tomorrow night I'll be teaching a LIVE class at Dear Lizzie Boutique...see HERE for info to register! 

Until then....look for ways to....

P.S For you out of towners....you can watch LIVE web stream HERE on the site. And when it's over, I'll be sure to add the link to view...so you won't be left out! *wink*

HERE is the first part of our segment: Is Scrapbooking Dead? With Stacy Julian & Becky Higgins.  
And..here's my Fancy Phone Photos (aka Instagram FX) segment.

cReative Team Tuesday: Grateful Glam; Glitter Houses & Inspiration Jar

Attitude of gRatitude. That's my mantra. And this time of year just fills me with such happiness! I am so thankful for an amazing cReative Team. Each one of them are so cReative in their own way & I love to see their talents just SHINE! Today, we've got Melissa & Jamie sharing their talents w/ us & uplifting & inspiring us w/ all sorts of gRatitude!

Melissa says she tried to imitate my Christmas glitteR houses, but I think she inspired ME! LOOK at her glittered Grateful Home!

 I'm LOVING how she used the Grateful Glam kits to create this gorgeous GLAMMEd up home!

run on over to her blog to be uplifted & inspiRed! Thanks, Melissa...you are so wonderfully talented & cReative!

 Now, check out what the amazing Jamie created with the Grateful Glam kits! I'm in LOVE with this Inspiration Jar! She created this by printing out some of the Spooky patterns along w/ the Grateful Glam kits RIGHT ONTO manilla folders! Then, cut up; dyed the ribbon, put it all together & SHA*ZAM! A thoughtful, gorgeous & cReative gift for someone you love!

 Such a cute way of using the Insta Quotes...just print them out on manilla folders, cut up & Ka*POW...little inspiRing reminders to pull out of your InspiRation Jar! 

 Simply bRilliant, Jamie! I can't wait to make one for friends' gifts this year! You are soo uplifting and inspiRing!

Ok...so, 2 days until my local Insta Class...be sure to register! It's going to be so fun!

Instagram Class this week!

Coinciding with my Studio 5 segment this week on Instagram FX, I'll be teaching a class at Dear Lizzie on Thursday night! Fun, fun!

Ever wonder HOW to beautify your photos you take on your phone?

Join me as I share my secrets on creating fun & gorgeous photos to upload to Instagram!

In this 1 1.5 hour class, I'll share 5 of my favorite Insta Fonts, & some of my favorite apps. With tons of ideas to uplift & inspire you to create beautiful photos at your finger tips, you'll be ready to rock & roll in an instant!

Call to register (801-492-0022) & get some of the 'pre-class' downloads you'll need to join in all of the Insta FUN!

Can't wait to see you! 

Find the Happiness

Today this is your challenge: Find the happiness even when it's not obvious.

There's HOPE. 

Just believe.

I know a lot of people that have been very saddened about the US Presidential Election outcome. I don't talk politics on my blog here, but I DO offer ideas to uplift & inspiRe. So...w/ so many of us having so many different feelings today...I wanted to offer up some ways I've found peace in this whole election process.

1. Find the happiness even when it's not obvious.  This quote is very special to my family. And, trust me....we've needed it. I believe that as a person, wife, mom, friend, daughter, sister...I need to LOOK for the happiness in every situation, because I believe it's there. Women of the nation- the world- we need to be examples of this.  We CAN find the happiness, we have to look for it & practice it. every. day.

2. Have hope.  Hope is a word that means so much to me.  I have hope in the future. I have hope in my family. I have hope in my community. I have hope in our country. I have hope in our world. It all boils down to how WE act & what WE do in our own little circles.  Without hope, there's despair...& I for one do NOT like to feel despair! We can rise above that w/ HOPE!

3. Just Believe. Be faithful. Be happy. Be hopeful. BELIEVE that there's a purpose to everything. As an LDS woman, I pray for our President all the time. And I will continue to pray for our President.  No matter where we live- USA or not_ we can always pray for our country's leaders.  I echo these words:

After a long campaign, this is now a time for Americans to come together. It is a long tradition among Latter-day Saints to pray for our national leaders in our personal prayers and in our congregations. We invite Americans everywhere, whatever their political persuasion, to pray for the President, for his administration and the new Congress as they lead us through difficult and turbulent times. May our national leaders reflect the best in wisdom and judgment as they fulfill the great trust afforded to them by the American people.

I believe this will bring miracles. I believe this will instill hope in our hearts & families. It's time to band together as Americans & find the happiness in every situation! Life is to be lived & loved...so, smile! Every little thing's gonna be alright! *wink*

cReative Team Tuesday: Party!

Do you have a party or some kind of celebration coming up? Check out how Amy printed out Rhonna Designs to create party Menus, place cards, favors...yes, the list goes on! She even used one of the Insta Spooky images & cut it out of vinyl for her wall!

Seriously...do you die? I'm in LOVE with all of her touches! What a fun party!  From the DIY party blowers, to the little signs here & there to the 'Happy Halloween' vinyl on her wall. Perfection!

Thanks so much for uplifting & inspiRing us, Amy!