Recipe Stand

My friend and fellow consultant, Jeny, stumbled upon an idea for a project workshop for me.  She saw these gorgeous stands at Paper Cottage.  They are handmade by a local Treasure Valley man, and are only $15.  One of the employees had made recipe cards for one stand and a mini album for another.  I decided to do the recipe cards.  The only bad thing about all of this, the page protectors hold a 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 card.  My CTMH programmed brain works well in 6x6 and 12x12 coordinates.  But after much brain cramping, this is what I came up with.  I used the Florentine paper pack, cocoa ribbon, the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge, the Everyday Paper Dolls Cricut cartridge, the Recipe Box stamp set, creme brulee paper flowers (bulk), the glitz buttons (bulk) from the bohemian assortment, sparkles (bulk), and antiqued copper brads (bulk).

I decided not to decorate the stand itself, and would let the girls decide if they want it decorated to suit their kitchen style.

The front of cards 1 thru 4.

The back of cards 1 thru 4.

The front of cards 5 thru 8.

The back of cards 5 thru 8.

The front of cards 9 & 10.

And last but not least, the back of cards 9 & 10.

Any questions, let me know ladies! ; )

The Easter kits are done!

I spent a fair amount of time yesterday & into the late evening prepping the to go kits for the Easter Milk cartons.  I really love how they turned out, and I hope all of my gals love them too.  I totally craft lifted the idea from a fellow consultant who is AMAZING!  You can check out more of her super cool stuff at www.lisascreativecorner.blogspot.com .  I sprayed the boxes for the gals, and now I'm regretting that decision, I have a huge sore spot on my right index finger...that was a LOT of spraying...but I know they'll appreciate it!

Here's what the milk cartons and their holder look like...

I think that my favorite stamp set in this new idea book was the My Peeps stamp set, even though I personally can't stand to eat peeps, they are ADORABLE!!

And the easter eggs were just too much fun to color with markers!  I know, I'm still a kid at heart...

Can't wait to fill them with goodies for the boys on Easter morning!!  In the meantime, they'll make eggscellent (pun was totally intended there, sorry, couldn't help myself) Easter decorations! ; )

Workshops for April

Although the newsletter will be fabulous, it also has some limitations...like only 1 image for my workshops for that month.  I am going to be doing 2 workshops in April, so I'd like to post a few more pics of my creations!

Explosion box...this is the boy version, and as soon as another Lucy paper pack arrives, I'll post pics of the girl version.  It is a mini album in a box, and holds up to 20 pictures inside, and 4 more on the outside of the box if desired!

This is the box before it 'explodes'...

This is the bottom layer once you take the lid off and reveal the inside of the box...

This is the innermost layer once the box has fully exploded...

It's a very fun way to make a gift 'album' for a friend, a mother or grandmother...and with Mother's Day right around the corner, it's a cute mini album in a box, perfect for gift giving...or even to sit on your mantle or dad's desk at work!

Card workshop...I love the Stella paper pack, and the new A size stamp sets that are a single stamp for only $6.95.  So I used 5 of those stamps, to create 5 designs.  The workshop price will include one stamp set of your choice, and 2 of each card design.  The card base is the new Colonial white die cut cards.  I had a blast creating them, and hope you'll like them as well!

Now onto the dreaded cleaning chores for the day! ; )

I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!

Close to My Heart just made my life soooooo much easier as of this morning!  They rolled out our new websites, which is not all that exciting....but they also developed professional newsletters, that they do most of the legwork on, to send out monthly to our customers.  It's a big task, and quite time consuming to get all of the images and info together...ahhh, how I love simplification!!!  Way to go CTMH, and THANK YOU!

You can visit my new website at www.rhondac.ctmh.com

And for those of you that get my newsletters, the new and improved version will land in your mailboxes on April 1st! :)

Oh paper purse, how I love thee!

This is my first attempt at a paper purse!

At team training Saturday, one of my fellow consultants, Renee Pileggi, brought a few purses that she had created and used as prize bags for her open house the night before.  It was love at first sight!!  And she said they were easy enough to make...maybe for her, but I wasn't so sure!  Thank goodness for the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge, it made it soooooo easy!  It cut the purse (bag) shape, as well as the flap shape.  A little adhesive, some bling, and VOILA!!  I'm going to make it into a workshop, along with a couple of the 3D milk cartons, and see what everyone comes up with for uses!  The purses are the perfect size for a few candies, a gift card, a thank you card, or other small treasures.  Until next week, happy creating!!

Perpetual calendar

One of my fellow consultants showed me a pic of a perpetual calendar at our last training session in January, she was going to send us the instructions, but I couldn't wait to create it.  So I set down with my girly Roxie paper pack, the collage cubes, and my Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge, and this is what I came up with!  It was originally only going to be given as a door prize for the New catalog BINGO game, but I had requests for a workshop with it...so ask, and you shall receive!

February 24th, 6:30pm here at my house, for $25 you too can create this calendar that will last for years to come!  You need to reserve your spot no later than Sunday, February 5th, so that I can order the supplies and get everything cut and ready for you!  Respond to this post, or send me an email at rhonda@jcrackington.com if you are interested!

ZUMBA

I have a zumba friend, that is making a zumba album for another friend, so I volunteered to make one layout to help with this.  What better way to combine two of my true loves...scrapbooking and zumba!  I gave her the layout the other night, and then decided it was a good thing I took a picture of it, because I NEEDed one of those for myself as well!  Came home from zumba and made another one for me!
Enjoy! 
PS... I used my zumba bracelet to help me freehand that funky little symbol on the pink circle...an artist I am not, but it will do for now! : )