Roxybonds Creates

How often have you had to look up someone's birthday or anniversary?  How often do you have to transfer those special dates from one Calendar to the next??  What a pain!  I have a solution to help you keep them all in ONE place, a perpetual calendar, that you re-use year after year!! EVENT CALENDAR I love these event calendars !!!  I have had mine for a couple years now, but sadly it was not fully decorated.  I had done a couple months, but the rest was left plain.  NOT ANYMORE!  I finally got around to completing the whole calendar.  Not only that, but I made 10 (TEN) of these!   You would think that decorating a 3 1/2" x 3 1/2 " square would be a piece of cake.... not so much!  I tried to add as much glitter & glitz as I could, without making the pages bulky! January:  Frosted papers , Winter Wishes (Hostess Exclusive Stamp set), Silver Shimmer trim & Silver Glitz Glitter Gel February- For Always , Cr...

Well, I'm on my way to D I S N E Y W O R L D for the 2013 Close To My Heart Convention!  While I'm away, I have some artwork, team gifts, specials and more to share with you!!  Stay tuned HERE to my blog for daily postings.  If you want LIVE UPDATES on Convention happenings, NEW product announcements and PICTURES--- *Follow me on Facebook:  http://facebook.com/roxybondsctmh *Follow me on Twitter:  http://twitter.com/roxybonds You won't want to miss out....   Last week I had a class that made scrapbook layouts with DREAM POP!   Here are some of the layouts we created: This one uses base pages from the Dakota Paper Pack .  I added a pennant banner at the top of the left page and strip journaling. This layout is for my niece's album (slowly plugging along through her first year!).  I added stamped flowers from Hello Blooms, Perfect Fit Frames and Monogram E.   This layout was inspired by one I saw on Pinterest HERE. ...

Teacher Appreciation Week has never really meant much to me, as a teacher, unfortunately.  I have worked at a Middle School for 12 years, so it's never been a big deal.  We've had the occasional treat from an administrator, or luncheon put on by parent club, but that's it. Now that I'm a PARENT of a school aged child- Teacher Appreciation Week has become important to me!  I could go on and on about how amazing my son's teacher(s) are, about how ALL teachers are amazing.  The bottom line is, they play a HUGE role in shaping a child's life- academically, emotionally and socially.  In fact, teacher's spend more time with our kids, than we do.  Teachers are overworked, underpaid and unappreciated!  I know this FIRST HAND!  So I do what I can to show my appreciation for my kids' teachers :) My son is in First Grade this year :)  Early in the year, we got a list of the teacher's favorite things.  This has come in handy :)  The best ...

Dream Pop is an exclusive paper pack from CTMH that is only available in May 2013!   With Dream Pop , you'll get: 12 exclusive B&T Duos ® papers (2 each of 6 designs), 12 coordinating UV cardstock sheets (2 each of 6 kit-exclusive colors), an artwork idea insert.  *What is UV cardstock???  The cardstock has glossy (embossed looking) patterns on one side that coordinate with the B&T patterns for a pop of shine on the colorful cardstock.  This paper pack features new, exclusive specialty colors: Banana, Grey, Mint, Raspberry, Strawberry & Tangerine.  Makes me want to go out for ice cream.... Here's how you can get yours: *Place an order of $35 or more in May, and get a Dream Pop pack for $10.  Get one $10 Dream Pop paper packet for every $35 spent in an order. *Host a party (online, catalog or in home) with $400 or more in sales and you'll get one Dream Pop pack FREE! * JOIN MY TEAM in May and you'll get a Dream Pop paper pack...

I had my first cardmaking class of 2013 this week!  It was a blast!  So nice to get back to creating and even better to see all my crafty friends :) There were 12 cards to choose from and the ladies each made at least 8.  Success I would say! Thank You Cards: Left:  Triple Time Stamping!  The ladies loved learning this new technique!  I will have to do it again soon!  Used Ruby & White Daisy cardstock, January SOTM: Happy Valentine.  Right:  Art Philosophy card!  Used Clementine papers, Remarkable wreath stamps. Valentines Day Cards: Top Left:  Featuring WHOO'S YOUR VALENTINE stamps :)  Used up some OLD Topstitch papers. Top Right:  Puzzle Pieced Heart using La Belle Vie Bottom Left:  I Love You- used Roxie papers and an old SOTM- Mad About You Bottom Right:  Love U with all my Heart- my January SOTM card :) BABY cards :  How cute are these???  I modeled them after THESE on pinter...

My brother and his lovely wife are finally making me an AUNT!!!!  I'm over the moon excited!  I love babies, but I am DONE creating my own.  I cannot wait to love on, squeeze, kiss, snuggle and SPOIL their baby!  They are having a baby girl too :)  My mom and I threw them a couples/family shower and it was my job to create decorations for the shower.  I took it upon myself to create some gifts as well.  The theme we went with was Baby Carriages, in their colors:  Grey, Pink and White. JOURNAL:  I used an older CTMH Journal, Dotty For You papers, Sweet Leaf Ribbon, Friendship Alphabet and Polka Dot Alphabet. EMILY BANNER:  I cut the Baby Carriages  with the Graphically Speaking Cricut Cartridge.  I used Posterboard Alphabet for the letters. EMILY BLOCKS:  This is by far my favorite of all the things I created!  I used the CTMH 3x3 My Creations chipboard blocks and created the fronts using a variety of CT...