Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Create your own background w/ Rhonna Designs App

The amazing Rosemary Watson is sharing a fabulous tutorial today on HOW to create your own backgrounds in the Rhonna Designs App! LOOK at this!








Thanks, Rosemary, for being so uplifting and inspiring!  Now, go on over to her Instagram & FOLLOW her! She's got such a fun Back To School background inspiration going on....she's brill! 

**ETA: LOTS of questions about this fun technique! Yes, PhotoForge app is no longer available, so IF you don't have it, obviously this won't help!
BUT...you CAN create your own backgrounds using JUST the Rhonna Designs app...I will have a free video tutorial on that coming up in my 'Kick Up Your cReativity' w/ RDapp series coming up SOON! I'll shout it out when they are up!  until then....




Tuesday, August 20, 2013

cReative team tuesday: Jing's amazing journal

Jing has done it once again w/ this amazing hybrid journal she created w/ Rhonna Designs! WOW... Here's the cover she created w/ the KISS ME collection! Adore how she used the Chalkboard Cheer art kits, too! 

She says:

I truly enjoyed and was inspired making this Kiss Journal…
I love using the Canson Canvas Paper to print the designs…
All the inserts were printed with glossy photo paper – amazing result …
Love the contrast …
I left few pages to just add photos in the future …
I could just go on and on … add more details … but got to stop …


  Don't you adore these pages? I seriously LOVE Jing's style & attention to detail...THANK YOU, sweet Jing...for ALWAYS uplifting and inspiring us w/ your creations!



Saturday, August 10, 2013

New Insta Fonts and update v.1.2 for Rhonna Designs App

WE are sooo excited to announce the v.1.2 update in the Rhonna Designs App!

  • With 4 NEW Design packs as an 'Extras Pack 1' bundle, you get 104 new designs for .99! That's less than a penny per design...crazy cool! 
  • The NEW starter screen in the Rhonna Designs App is interactive! It's so fun! I will be featuring my favorite Instagrams from our RD fans! Just make sure you tag your photos w/ #rhonnadesigns so I can see them! 
  • Now the Photo Chooser view is up on top so you don't have to scroll down through your albums &
  • minor bug fixes.  
8.13 Update v1.2 Rhonna Designs App from Rhonna Designs on Vimeo.

As always, the original Rhonna Designs App is so chock full of goodness that you'd never ever have to purchase another design! *wink* We've gotchya covered!
But....for those of you that DO want new designs...we will be offering 4 new Design Packs each month. (We'd love to hear your requests for future designs- send us a request via the app in the 'heart')

Since this is an app that was designed to give you creativity on-the-go & glam up your iPhoneography, we wanted to share some printing options with you! 

1. Our favorite online printers, Persnickety Prints, print off your RD app photos in various sizes: 2x2, 3x3, 4x4! On amazingly gorgeous papers! AND, for you Project Lifers, you can also go into your crop tool, pinch your photo so it has the white on the edges & when you send them to Persnickety to print, choose Crop Option #1 when you are on their site and let THEM do it for you! They will cut them to 3x4- perfect to slip in your PJ covers!  And...the metallic, pearl, linen papers are seriously amazing!

2. You can also use your ZINK hAppy printers to print off 2x2, or cute little photos like I've got shown here.  I LOVE the 'zero ink'- adhesive-photos that can be printed anytime anywhere!

3. If you are still looking for higher resolution options for your photos and designs, we will always be offering the high resolution design kits ON the Rhonna Designs site.  We have the NEW design pack offered in single Insta Fonts for $10 or bundled as No. 5 Insta Lovin' bundle for only $30! 
Remember, these include the hi rez .ABR digital brush/stamp files, the .TTF font files that can be used in any program AND as cutting files for your cutting machines like the Silhouette Cameo AND the black .PNG files that can be used as clip art in any program!  Also, when you need Rhonna Designs for anything to promote a company/biz for profit, we offer Limited Commercial Licenses, too!



And, Android users'  FAQ:
We are still hoping to be able to offer it in a droid version, but...the learning continues. There are some BIG differences in developing an app for droids because:
- with so many different devices, each with different screen sizes, aspect ratios, and screen properties it can be difficult to develop/build in a way that works well on all devices. 
- the development tools for Android are very different to what Apple provides.
- you usually need a wide assortment of devices to test on since there are just so many varieties of devices
So, you see...lots of things to consider & go through...but, we LOVE our droid fans, too & so we hope to get working on it!

**REMEMBER: The Insta Fonts available on Rhonna Designs site CAN still be used in apps like Phonto, so you CAN still play with Rhonna Designs on your phone & upload to Instagram! 

**ETA: it's come to our attention that a FAKE app is on google play...NO, it's not ours. it's spam...don't install! We are taking care of it, but just wanted you to know!



Thursday, August 8, 2013

KVAL's App of the Week: Rhonna Designs App

HUUUUGe thanks to Hawaii's tv KVAL! I found Yasmin on Instagram & we chatted back & forth a bit...my sweet friend Erin Mixon had recommended my Rhonna Designs App for their App of the Week and.....HERE IT IS!

LOVE your photo, Yasmin & thanks so much for choosing it on your show! And of course, HUUUUGe thanks to Erin! You guys...have YOU seen any features of the app anywhere? Let us know about reviews, ok? We love to hear! Thanks & ....

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Kerri Bradford Studios giveaway!

Happy Birthday to my friend: Kerri Bradford! Her online KB Studio is turning 3! And, LOOK: a sale AND a give away!

  • Sale is 25% off the entire store (excluding the new Design Secrets class) on purchase of $15 or more. Great time to stock up on shapes and classes.
  • Goes through Sunday, August 11.
  • Giveaway is a seat in a Silhouette class of the winner's  choice. 



  • TO ENTER: run on over to her FB page & LIKE it & then leave a comment HERE to let me know! I will be announcing the winner on Monday!
SHe's the all-knowledgeable guru of the Silhouette machines...so, trust me- you want to win this if you have a Silhouette machine!

ok? so...ready: set: GO!

**eta: giveaway closed! Congrats to Jenn Shurkus for winning! Please send me your info! xoxo

cReative Team Tuesday: Chalk aRt pRintables

I'm in LOVE with what Jing cReated with my Chalk Cheer Printables...she printed these out on canvas textured paper for a really unique & exquisite look:
Here's the front of the album she created...look at those canvas frayed edges...super cool! And, notice- she added the colorful Flower Stickers on there, too! 
And, here's the back...LOVE this sooo much!

& a closer look...seriously LOVE this so much!





And remember....if you want to learn HOW to do real chalkboard art....I've got the online video workshop HErE!
THANKS SOOOO MUCH, JING...FOR UPLIFTING AND INSPIRING! Yay!


Saturday, August 3, 2013

ZINK hAppy & Rhonna Designs App- perfect marriage!

If you follow me on Instagram, you saw the perfect combo of the new ZINK hAppy inkless printer and my Rhonna Designs App!
So, in the Rhonna Designs App, I created these black & white photos...added cute lil sayings, fonts, & designs and then in the wifi settings on my phone, switched over to ZINK hAppy wireless printer & voila: I printed them out on the 2" paper roll! It's adhesive on back, so I just peeled them apart (it automatically cuts it) & put them on this plain kraft journal!
 I added some of my hand drawn doodling w/ a liquid chalk marker & I've got this cute, one of a kind journal! So fun!

Also, you'll notice I took the little chalkboard word art design that I created in the Rhonna Designs App, printed, peeled off & stuck right onto a mini kraft journal & then got busy doodling w/ a Sharpie! Super easy. Super unique. Super fast & fun! LOVE it!


For this fun little project, I spray painted the white Ikea frame w/ my fave gold spray paint from Krylon.
Took some of my new Chalk Studios 6x6 paper pad & added a 2" print of my family w/ 3 1" prints from the ZINK hAppy, too! so fun & cute!

 Ok, sooooo...the ONLY place you can buy this fab little toy is on HSN on Aug. 5 on the Paper Crafting w/ Lisa Bearnson Show

Here are the times:
12:01 a.m. EST
12:00 p.m.EST
6:00 p.m. EST
9:00 p.m. EST

Lisa will be sharing projects, show you HOW the printer works & talking about my app! *wink* I love Lisa! 

You won't want to miss this!