cReative Team Tuesday:: DIY Teacher Appreciation gifts

It's that time of year when we want to show appreciation to the wonderful teachers in our children's lives. LOOK at what my cReative Team Member, Amy, cReated w/ Rhonna Designs!

Don't you LOVE these? Amy used the Prize Winning Mother's Day kit and for the card, she used the Insta Thanks font! Love how she used the Quatrefoil background for the cards....so cute! Of course, make sure your cute kids write it down in their own handwriting...what a gem!

And, if your children have male teachers, fear not...you can still make these 'not so girly' like Amy did here:

The Medal Of Honor prize tag is perfectly fabulous, don't you agree? Thanks so much, Amy, for uplifting and inspiRing us to show our appreciation to teachers this year using Rhonna Designs kits!

And...a reminder: The code for the Silhouette Chipboard Promotion can be used for 2 more days: RHONNA at check out & here's the deal again....screaming deal!

cReative team Tuesday- Gift Wrap & Baby Announcement

I hope everyone had a very Happy Mother's Day! I know I did! And, I used lots of Rhonna Designs (last minute of course) in creating little jars full of chocolate. I topped them off with little fringed flower/paper prize ribbons using the Prize Winning Mom kit! They were a hit!

And, I always LOVE seeing what my Creative Team creates with Rhonna Designs...look at what Jamie did for Mother's Day!

Jamie went to town on her Mother's Day gift wrapping...after all: "Presentation is everything"....& Jamie is full of inspiration. Go check out her blog to see the amazing details HERE.

And.... a HUGE congrats to our Creative Team Member: Rosemary! See how she announced the gender of her lil baby! I love it! **note: the bow is from my hand drawn collection with House of 3- no longer available**

I'm working on some fun creative projects today...after seeing what my Creative Team did, I just can't help but want to do my 100 Creativity Exercises...Love it! Happy Tuesday!

Mother's Day Week: Prize Winning Women

I hope all of you sip & savor every moment of this weekend. Whether you are celebrating your own Motherhood, or others'....savor those Prize Winning Moms in your life!  

I savor each project my Creative Team sends in & today I wanted to share what Nancy & Rosemary created!

Look at these brilliant & creative Mother's Day Cards/ Paper Ribbon Corsages that Nancy made with the new Rhonna Designs kit!

She said they a card-turned-corsage. I just love that! Such a clever & fabulous idea! Thanks Nancy! 

And, Rosemary is simply amazing...check out these gorgeous Mother's Day cards she made out of various Rhonna Designs kits. Rosemary is so great...she created her own little Printable with my art to create a super simple card! LOVE how she incorporated the Chevron Tool kit with the Prize Winning Mom Printables along with touches of Spring Circus flowers and the Mini Seals brushes...*you can even see how she used the Chevron Tool  kit Tag brush to say 'Mom Card'....she's amazing, isn't she?

Any woman is lucky to get this gorgeous card! I love how my Creative Team has shared ideas on how to celebrate Motherhood....and Womanhood. Ya know? We are so blessed to be woman!!!

Womanhood really is amazing! I believe each of us has a purpose & mission here. Again...my favorite quote by Marianne Williamson:

"Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our greatest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, fabulous, gorgeous, talented? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. You're playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that's within us. It's not just in some of us. It's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we automatically give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fears, our presence automatically liberates others."

I have mentioned it before, but I'm sooo thankful to be a part of the Moms Best Network...a whole site devoted to celebrating & empowering women! They have officially launched their site so be sure to sign up for their newsletter so you can keep up with what they are doing to empower women!

After all, as women, "....{when} we let our own light shine, we automatically give other people permission to do the same."

Let's share that light. 

Let's uplift and inspire everyone we come into contact!

Let's *sparkle*....

Happy Mother's Day to ALL women! 

You. 

Are. 

Amazing!

Mother's Day Week: Creative Gift Giving

Today is all about creative gift giving.  Whether it's a mini book, scrapbook, photo album/frame, or any kind of 'memoir' for your mothers....you can create lovely hybrid gifts with Rhonna Designs! LOOK at this fabulous pillow Susan created with the Spring Circus kits! I'm seriously LOVING how creative she is!

 My Creative Team is amazing! I love each of them & love how they uplift & inspire me & you in their own special way!  Thanks, Susan!

and....As much as I wanted to create gifts for these posts...alas, life got in the way, so I'm sharing some of my past creations....that I STILL love!

I am still in love with this Mother's Day book I created 6 years ago when I was a Garden Girl over at Two Peas in a Bucket!  A 6x12 book created out of cut up manilla file folders & a bunch of my *vintage* papers, ribbons, rub-ons & stamps when I was with Autumn Leaves. *wink* looooong ago!

And, this 'creative gift giving' carousel I did back in 2009 for House of 3.  I still love it. & I still have one more carousel...hmm...might need to break it out & create 'Rhonna Designs' style! I think it would be perfect with the NEW Prize Winning Mom kit! Don't you?

Mother's Day Week: Hybrid Mother's Day Cards

Today we'll focus on Mother's Day cards.  If you've got a long distance special women, you'll want a card for sure! OR, how about a beautiful handmade card to accompany your thoughtful gift?  Creative Team member, Jamie Pate created this gorgeous hybrid Mother's Day card with Rhonna Designs kits! I LOVE it!

Jamie's got the supplies & steps on her blog...go check it out!

I mean, really? sequins, glitter, ribbon, doilies AND the printed out delish combo of Rhonna Designs kits! She's brill!

There are so many fabulous kits on Rhonna Designs to create cards...You can use any of the Printables & adapt them. I LOVE the recent Spring Circus Printable Cards...they are so whimsical with a vintage flair!

Simply print, cut, create!  I love the blank cards, you can slip a photo in there, or write your sentiments in there. How about your children drawing a picture in there for their grandma? So cute!

And, I can totally see one of these fab Silhouettes in the NEW kit: Prize Winning Mom! Love all of the sayings here, too!

How about a creative approach to the kits? This kit: A Year To Follow Your Heart has a bunch of 6x8 pages in the kit that would make GORGEOUS cards! 

& of course...all of the cute little journaling cards in that kit...that would be darling as a coupon book!

But, if you are still unsure about Rhonna Designs & printing out...here's a fab FREE gift for you: my 2012 Mother's Day card. **for personal use only- no redistributing** 

LOVE them all...I'd love to see YOUR Mother's Day cards created with Rhonna Designs...share, ok?

Happy Creating!

Mother's Day Week: DIY Paper Prize Ribbons

This week's Creative Team Tuesday is such a fun DIY project by Melissa Mortenson. She created these amazing Paper Prize Ribbons with Rhonna Designs! I'm in LOVE withe them!

Melissa created these Prize Ribbons for the Kentucky Derby celebrations last week.  I love the colors & how she incorporated the Spring Circus kits, Quatrefoil, Chevron & the Number Junque kits! Brilliant, Melissa!

So, as I was looking at these, I was totally inspired & thought how wonderful these would be for "World's Best Mom", "No. 1 Mom", "Happy Mother's Day", etc. So, HER creations were the inspiration behind the new kit: Prize Winning Mom.  

It's a 3 page Printables kit along with 25 brushes/digital stamps....Complete with word art, scalloped circles, & LOVE the cute silhouette moms in there! 

We'll put out a Newsletter tonight &....there will be a FREE download kit in there w/ this NEW kit..so, you will want to be on the Newsletter Subscription. (To sign up, just go to Rhonna Designs...look under the Hot Air Balloon & sign up!)

Super easy to create, these paper Lollies are so cute! Here's a video tutorial I did on how to make them! Just adapt it like Melissa did...die cut edges , add little flowers ( I LOVE HER HORSES), & add cut papers for the ribbons...OR real ribbons! If you really want it to be a pin, simply add a pin back! Voila!

So, let's get creating our Mother's Day Prize Ribbons for all the amazing women we know in our lives!