Nail Polish fun

I love playing with nail polish, especially in the summer time when I can paint my toe nails. Avon has a HUGE assortment of nail polish, my daughter and I tend to pick up a bottle with each order.
I found this fun technique today on how to swirl your polish:



I hope you enjoy this as much as I did. I can't wait to try this, as I know my Joy will love it.
If you would like to pick up some of these great polishes, please check out My Avon Page  for easy, direct to your door delivery.

Enjoy your day!

Hello!

It has been quite some time since I posted anything on my blog. The past year has been a whirlwind. We welcomed our newest addition, miss Priscilla Sue to our family last July. Two weeks later we purchased a towing company. I spent the summer home with both of our girls, while also doing book work for the new business on top of our repair business. After returning to work, I worked nights keeping up with paperwork for the businesses...after making dinner, taking care of the girls and getting them off to bed. I'm not sure whirlwind is the correct term.....

Anyhow, I'm back. And I plan on sharing some fun stuff with you. Whether it be new cards or scrapbook pages I've made, or specials with Thirty-One, or make up tips with Avon...I hope you'll check in and see what's going on! :)

Birthday Greetings

So, after I finally made a clean and organized workspace, I couldn't WAIT to start using it! So, I created two birthday cards for a couple friends with birthdays coming up.

I used Concord Crush for the card, with Daffodil Delight and Whisper White. The daisy is a sizzix die, cut in Daffodil Delight with a silver brad in the center. I adhered it to the card using Dimensionals. Then I stamped the flowers and stems with Awash With Flowers (a personal favorite, because it's a two-step stamping set. What does that mean? You stamp the outline, then you stamp the solid). The stems are in Certainly Celery, the flowers are Daffodil Delight and Elegant Eggplant. In the background, I sponged Baja Breeze to give it a little sky color. The "for you" stamp is from a very nice set called "Great Friend".

My next card is a silly one. I made this one for my best friend, as I think she deserves a nice pina colada for her birthday. :)

Background is Tempting Turquoise, such a bright, fun color! The bear is my buddy..he's from the set "Under the Stars" (such a GREAT and versatile set). He is stamped on Sahara Sand using Basic Black, then I stamped him again on Whisper White and cut out his muzzle and belly and adhered them to the Sahara Sand so he is two-toned. "Grrreat!" is also from "Under the Stars", I stamped this on Whisper White paper using Melon Mambo ink, then cut it out to look like a conversation bubble. I cut some scraps from one of the summer paper packs using the scallop border punch to make the "grass" and the border. The pina colada is from my favorite set from the summer called Tropical Party. I colored it with markers so it could be colorful, then adhered it next to Mr. Bear with dimensionals. The sentiment is from the set "Good Friend".

I hope you enjoy looking as much as I enjoyed creating these.
Happy Stamping!
Rhonda

New Year, New Me :)

Every year I resolve to get myself more organized, and I have yet to have succeeded. But I refuse to give up! So, first on my agenda was to get my work space cleaned up! How'd I do?

I think I did well, considering the cluttered mess it was before. No, I didn't take a before picture, that was way too embarrassing!

Merry Christmas! What? You're not ready?!?

Good morning! Yes, I said Christmas and it's only September! Well, we can never be ready too soon, can we? This is a first for me too. I decided to offer a series of three Christmas card classes. At each class we will make 5 cards of 3 different designs, so each person leaves with 15 cards. If you attend all 3 sessions, you'll have 45 cards, 9 different designs. And ready before St. Nick is ready to deliver presents!!
So, here was card number 1:

Using our wonderful ornament punch and matching stamp set, old olive card stock run through the big shot in the finial press folder, a little Jolly Holiday DSP, stamp ink is cherry cobbler & old olive...Presto! Card #1 :)

For our next card:

This was CASE'd from our current 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog, with a few changes. Card stock is Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White & Old Olive. Stamp set is Punch Pals, punch used was the Scallop Circle, ink was Old Olive and StazOn black. We used water color pencils and blender pens to color our little friends on top.

And last, but certainly not least:

Our friendly S'more Man! This was a CASE from my upline Wendy Groves..we had made a scrapbook page with this guy. I did however forget his arms...which are made from the snow flake punch. Card stock: Very Vanilla (run through big shot in the Perfect Polka Dots folder) Snowflake stamp from Punch pals, Early Espresso & Crumb Cake card stock punched out with the Word Window punch, markers to make buttons & eyes. I used Pacific Point for the buttons with the white gel pen to make the button holes, tangarine tango for his nose and basic black for his face. Use the square punch for his body and then round the corners. I "toasted" him by sponging Crumb Cake around his edges. If you prefer him to be burnt (as I love do with my marshmallows over the bonfire...LOL), you can use Early Espresso. :)

Stay tuned for scenes from our next Christmas Card class on September 18! :)

Thank you cards

Two more cards that I made this week. Both are thank you's.




Using the new level one hostess set "Because I Care", Marina Mist, and Early Espresso.



This card uses Awash with Flowers, Daffodil Delight, Marina Mist. I masked the flower & butterfly, and then sponged Marina mist around them. I also used the "thank you" and the flower border from the Because I Care set along the side.

Cards to share!

So, I've been busy this week with something FUN for a change! Making some cards!!
My friend requested a birthday invitation for her daughter, who plays soccer. With the Just Soccer retiring set, the Build-a-Bear Big Shot dies, this is what I created:



I used Tempting Turquoise and a sponge, with a cut out of a cloud for the sky. I learned this awesome technique from Carol Anne's blog:

http://mirrorimage.typepad.com/caroleannes-1st-blog/2010/06/pocket-silhouettes-10-min-colour-challenge.html

(Thank you Carol Anne!) and then sponged the grass with Green Galore. The Build-a-Bear is made with tempting turquoise, rich razzleberry, and crumb cake