Merry Christmas cReative Tuesday

Merry Christmas! 

And...Jing has got something to really uplift & inspiRe you today on this Merry day: LOOK at how she used Rhonna Designs to create this darling Christmas Guestbook for your Holiday parties!

 Using the Christmas designs, she created tis amazing guestbook filled w/ cards & envelopes that her guests can sign...how creatively brilliant is THIS? wow! LOVE Jing's amazing creativity!

The envelopes are created w/ Rhonna Designs Christmas printable papers...isn't she simply brill? I'm dying over this...

Jing, thanks so much for inspiring us all!

and....all of you cReatives...here's wishing you a very Merry Christmas from our family to yours!

enjoy the day & spread love & cheer!

12 Days of Christmas: Day 6---SecRet elf THANK YOU!

I love the secret acts of service that goes on during the Christmas Season. This year, we've been so blessed to have a Secret Lil' Elf leaving gifts on us each night before Christmas.  

You can follow the goings on over on my Instagram feed (@rhonnafarrer) or on FB or  my tweets!

I take NO CREDIT for any of this...it's our amazing Secret Lil' Elf who is doing this for us!  I believe our Secret Lil' Elf would agree that it's all about uplifting & inspiring at this time of year...because they are doing it for us! so...thought I'd share a bit more info on this secret service project!

On Dec. 13, we got this stocking on our door w/ a note that explained it all. It instructed us to leave the stocking on the door each night so our Secret Lil' Elf could fill it w/ special treats!

Each night, a gift from the heart has been in this stocking...they kids get excited to check it out each morning! It's adding a fun & festive feel to our holiday season----> Each gift is so creative. Each poem is so funny! & Each wrapping job is jaw-dropping-ly amazing!

BUT

most importantly...

we FEEL loved.

THIS is what Christmas is about...the Christmas Spirit . We FEEL it through these sweet acts of service from someone we know...someone preparing little gifts, poems & wrapping them up so beautifully it's hard to open! In this busy time of year, they are thinking of someone else besides themselves. They are giving their hearts & love to us!

THIS is what has touched me the most. 

IF we find out who it is, I'll shout it out...but, I have a feeling they want to be filled w/ the Christmas Spirit & remain anonymous, cuz they deliver it around midnight-ish! I don't think they want to be caught! *wink*

I will share more as the 12th Day of Christmas wraps up...but, sweet Secret Lil' Elf ...let it be known...
we are so thankful for your Christmas Spirit...& giving the gifts from your heart. It helps us think of the REAL reason for the Season...Jesus Christ- who gave of his heart & love to US! 
Thank you...from the bottom of my heart!

cReative team tuesday...ChRistmas caRds w/ Rhonna Designs

Have you got your Christmas cards out? in the mail? Every year it's quite a labor of love. I ADORE getting the mail every day to see faces of our friends & family! It really brings the spiRit of Christmas in our homes...& reminds us of the LOVE we share with you! So...to those that have sent yours...thank you!   Today, I thought it would be fun to share a few of our cReative Team's Christmas Card designs using Rhonna Designs!

Here's mine...front & back. I had them printed at my FAVE place: Persnickety Prints.  On pearl cardstock, double-sided w/ rounded corners. I couldn't have been happier w/ their fast service & gorgeous quality! They are easy to use & ship all over! Check them out if that's your vibe!

And...here's Susan's! I LOVE how she created a hybrid Christmas card w/ Rhonna Designs. Simply BRILLIANT & oh- so festive! 

Everything Jamie does is just plain exquisite...& I LOVE the black & white chic she's got going on her photo Christmas Card...the front & back...perfect for addressing quickly & sharing your gorgeous family's photo! She created  this w/ a bunch of my Rhonna Designs brushes...just adore it!

And, our very own Nancy cReated this darling photo card w/ Rhonna Designs. Now...I LOVE how she designed it...but, what's even MORE amazing is her heart. 

You see...this is a card she created for a friend who just had this cute lil bundle of joy- a *miracle baby* as she called him! And, she knew her sweet friend had her hands full, so this was her gift...talk about a gift from the heaRt! I love it! I love Nancy! I love her Christmas Spirit!

& speaking of the Christmas Spirit...this lil video touched my heart. I LOVE it. I LOVE centering everything around Jesus Christ...the REAL reason for this season. ENJOY!

cReative Team Tuesday...Christmas all wrapped up in bows!

One of my favorite things about Christmas is the packaging. 

Presentation is *everything* and this year I'm loving BOWS!  

My cReative Team members are right up my alley, too! Remember the Rhonna Designs FREE Paper Bow Template? Well, Amy takes the template & makes a  MEGA paper bow! I'm loving it! It's making a HUGE appearance in everything from gift packaging to decorating, to gifts in my home, too!

She says she printed it at 200% onto vintage music paper & voila! LOOK at how cool this is! On wreaths, 

& on her HUGE birdcage, too!  Love it sooo much! **see the white poofs at the bottom of the cage? This is the coffee filter wreath we made...it's HUGE & it fits in her bird cage...to give you the idea of it's HUGEness!**

I used the MEGA bow to create this gift wrap for the Smash Ball I went to on Saturday...it was a big hit & I ended up making a few more for people at my table! LOL!

I mean...who doesn't LOVE a Mega Bow?

And...I LOVE what Jamie did with her junque bow on her lovely mannequin! Gorgeous!

Jamie says:

I dressed up my Lady Eve for the holidays with a junque bow that shows off ChrismasJunque. The collage pattern was printed on dictionary paper and used as paper bows. And the MusicTagPiece from the ChristmasJunquePieces was printed on vellum and used in place of a cameo. She is so purdy!  I think a person could dress up anything thing in their everyday decor with a junque bow and hybrid printables from your collections. 

Isn't this just TOTALLY uplifting & inspiring? I'm loving the bows to package up just about *anything*...

Hope your holidays are filled with all sorts of things to uplift & inspire...

enjoy your pRocess!

cReatvie Team Tuesday.... Christmas projects w/ Rhonna Designs

cReative Team Tuesday is always one of my fave days...I LOVE seeing what members of my Rhonna Designs team cReate! And today is NO exception! Amy & Kirsty have sprinkled their magic w/ their Christmas projects: home decor and Christmas cards!

Ok...do you  LOVE Amy's  frame wall or what? Sooo cute! LOVE how she used the font file: Insta Christmas to cut out the vinyl & put the 'Peace On Earth' art on some scrolled music paper.  Um...really? LOVE!

I love how Amy displayed this card in her home decor. First...i DIE at those cake boxes...delish. And Second...LOVE how she brought the mint & red together just by using the Rhonna Designs card!  The card is created using the Merry Christmas Insta Card w/ the cute Insta Christmas fonts printed out & voila! An insta decor piece. *wink*

And this cuuuuute little frame w/ the Merry Christmas art...adding the "Oh Holy Night' to customize this for her house. Perfect, Amy! Soooo uplifting and inspiring!

Aaaannddd.... Kirsty got in the spirit of our Rhonna Designs Merry Christmas Gifttag Design contest (ending TODAY>>>> go enter if you haven't already!)

Isn't her Christmas card deeeelightful? One thing I LOVE about Kirsty is her digital cReativity! She sees things in an amazingly cReative way- her photography is FAB! She has used SO many different Rhonna Designs pieces here to create the MOST amazing work of art...right on her computer! And...she says she will be using this as her Christmas card...simply brilliant! Another thing I LOVE about Kirsty is her humor. She's witty, clever & makes me giggle! I LOVE her...she's brave...an amazing mom & I just feel so thankful to have her on our team! Thank you, Kirsty...for uplifting and inspiring us through more ways than just one...you are truly amazing! 

Another thing I wanted to share that is REALLY uplifting and inspiring me is...this SMASH BALL put on by Becki Crosby of Whippy Cake! I'm sooo excited!If you don't know that this is...here's a re-cap of her first one in AZ!

Well, It's this Saturday in Provo, but there's also one in AZ on the 15th! More details HERE!

Do YOU want to WIN a ticket? GO HERE for more info! Help spread the word & I will see you there!

OK...you have until MIDNIGHT tonight (MDT) to enter the Gift Tag Design Contest...then, my cReative Team will pick a winner & we will announce! YAY!!!! smooches!

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!

CHA Summer 2012: Sneak Peek...All is Bright

It's that time of year....the CHA Show sneak peeks are coming out & today, I'm sharing some peeks of my new collection with My Mind's Eye: All is Bright.

Yes, it is basically my 'Christmas Junque' line I created for Christmas 2011...but, NOW, it's offered with physical goodies like:

papers....yum.

 and this washi tape makes me giddy....can you say: fab wrapped Christmas prezzies?

 And speaking of Christmas gift wrap: I'm LOVING these accessories...they could easily be used for gift tags, home decor projects & even gifts! 

 Of course, the stamps are always a fave....& these will be deeeelightful for all Christmas needs! I'm so excited!

So, run on over to My Mind's Eye blog today to enter to WIN on their giveaway! And..happy Christmas in July!