Kelleigh Ratzlaff Designs CANISTER

First off... 

Sorry I have been so quite lately.

Trying to be a good farmers wife really takes up A LOT of time!

I have been waking at 6:40 each morning to shower before everyone gets up.

Then about 7 I wake Hunter for school.

We leave at 7:20.

When I get home, Chris and the farm hands who are staying with us for harvest head out to the farm.

I run errands or pick up the house or pay bills or whatever is needing done that morning until about 10:00 a.m., at which point, I start making lunch for the farm.

I try to be out there by noon each day, which means I have to leave the house by 11:30!

I am feeding the crew of six who are stripping cotton, Chris, Myself, Colton, and anyone else helping at the field that day!

Colton and I get home about time for his nap around 2:00 p.m.

I do whatever needs done around the house at this point

-lunch dishes

-laundry

-pick up toys

-my daily cleaning

-sit for a few minutes and breath!!!

Hunter gets home at 3:30 on the bus. He plays for a while, does homework, picks up toys until 5:00 p.m. (Colton is usually in that mix, when he wakes from his nap).

I have to start my dinner prep and cooking by 4:00, so we can leave by about 5:15 to haul food back out to the farm....

We get home between 7:15-7:45... just in time for baths, story, and bed!

Then I get to unload the car, restock the soda/water fridge in the garage for the stuff I take to the farm, dinner dishes, kitchen clean up....

AND THAT is why I have been kinda quite lately!

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BUT TODAY, I have a special something to share with you!

YESTERDAY WAS 

HALLOWEEN!!!!!!

Happy Day Late Halloween!

I made these really simple treats for Hunter's class. 

They are a little pouch that holds an airhead for each of Hunter's classmates:

I made a very SPECIAL treat for his Teacher:

This baby is Full of Mini Candy Bars!!!

I used the cutting files from Kelleigh Ratzlaff Designs CANISTER.

Kelleigh even made a picture tutorial on how to cut and put her cute little canister together.

You can find that on her blog HERE.

Baker's Twine is available in my shop HERE

Pattern Paper is from WalMart

Tag was made in Microsoft Word and punched with 1.5 scallop circle

Bottom Border is EK Success called Swirl - I won some blog candy and this came with it!!!

(Thanks ASHLEY!)

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Make sure to check out the newly

RE RELEASED CANISTER 

from Kelleigh Ratzlaff Designs! 

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Her templates are so awesome. 

You don't have to have an electronic cutter to use her files

AND there are so many to choose from!

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But wait...

Since I have been gone for SOOO long

I have more to share!

I have been busy trying to get new items in my shop.

Here are just a few:

NECKLACES

(click to go directly to my necklace kit category in my shop)

These come with ONE Necklace and ONE clip Accessory

for some added POP to your outfit!

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED... I have a video to show you the necklaces in action:

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CLIPS

(click to go directly to my barrettes section)

These can be added to a necklace for an interchangeable look

or clipped to your favorite purse or jacket for some added flair!

GO TO MY SHOP TO SEE ALL there is available!!!

Thanks for looking! 

*RABOGNER DESIGNS SHOP*

 *PINTEREST*

*FACEBOOK FAN PAGE*

Die Cuts R Us #21

It is time for Die Cuts R Us to have another Challenge.

This weeks challenge was to use Christmas Paper Scraps... "leftovers."

Well, my Christmas cards this year just used black and white paper so I didn't have any REAL Christmas scraps lying around, so I opted to use Christmas Colors that I had in my scrap pile.

STUFF I USED:
STAMPS: {Unity} Love Bug
INKS: {SU} Basic Black
PAPER: Summertime Designs, Martha Stewart, Embassy, Georgia Pacific
ACCESSORIES: {Nestabilities} Inverted Circle & Circle, Basic Grey Nook and Pantry Button, {Quickutz} Polka Dots, EK Success Border Punch

Busy Busy Me

October 3rd was the official day for World Card Makers Day. SplitCoastStampers had a whole day coordinated with card challenges and prizes. There were 10 challenges in total just on this website! I didn't do them all, but I gave it a fair try! I am only going to show you one challenge a day until I get all the cards I made posted, except for Friday... Friday is all about Friday Friends with Flair with Unity and I like to do the UNOFFICIAL THEME. This weeks unofficial theme is to make a card that has to do with something edible... It makes me think of Turkeys! So if you enjoy seeing my creations, stay tuned all week because I will have plenty to share!

The first card I am sharing this week is for the Unity Sponsored Challenge. The talented DT member, Jimmi, presented this challenge. In honor of Unity's Owner, Angela (who loves quotes), and Unity where quotes are a part of most sets, Jimmi gave the challenge to make a card with the focal being a quote.

Here is my quoted cards:A close up of the Butterfly:
For all the Stuff that went into this card, please look at my card on SCS HERE.


My second card doesn't use Unity...it uses Verve, but still is Quote-a-licious!For all the Stuff that went into this card, please look at my card on SCS HERE.

Viva La Verve September

It's time again for the Viva La Verve Challenge round up. There were five challenges in the month of September. If you would like a closer look at the challenges, you can click on the challenge title and it will take you to the direct thread at SplitCoastStampers.

VLVSep01: The first was a sketch given by Julee while Amber was out of town. The {twist} was to include round things. I used the mini Rhinestones from Zva. I also used the half circle boarder punch from EK Success called Scalloped Scallop.

STUFF I USED FOR THIS CARD
STAMPS: {Verve} Because of You
INK: SU Bermuda Bay and Dusty Durango
PAPER: Basic Grey "ambrosia", scraps
ACCESSORIES: Ribbon, Mini Rhinestones, Nestabilities Label 4, EK Success Border Punch

VLVSep02: The second challenge {twist} was to make a smaller card than the normal 4.25"x5.5" card. Since I was out of town with the first challenge started, I decided I would make all the cards for this month smaller and thus they are only 3"x3" and I went ahead and used the sketch from the first week again.

STUFF I USED FOR THIS CARD
STAMPS: {Verve} Enjoy
INK: SU Basic Black
PAPER: Basic Grey "ambrosia", scraps
ACCESSORIES: Ribbon, Martha Stewart Border Punch, Nestabilities Label 4

VLVSep03: The third challenge was another sketch with the {twist} to make a card for a special lady in your life. One of my best friends if having a birthday at the beginning of October and I thought this would be a nice gift card for her.

Here is a close up of the 3D balloon. I saw a tutorial on the web for this and thought it was great. You can see the tutorial HERE.

STUFF I USED FOR THIS CARD
STAMPS: {Verve} Up, Up, & Away, Enjoy
INK: SU Basic Black, VersaMark
PAPER: Basic Grey "ambrosia", scraps
ACCESSORIES: 1.5" circle punch, white embossing powder

VLVSep04: The next challenge was another great sketch with a {Twist} to make it black and white. I didn't have any great black and white paper, so I used white rub-ones on black cardstock, and black rub-ons on white cardstock. I really like how this turned out, even with the simple stamp for the focal with NO sentiment!

STUFF I USED FOR THIS CARD
STAMPS: {Verve} Up, Up, & Away
INK: VersaMark, SU Basic Black
PAPER: Embassy, Georgia Pacific
ACCESSORIES: Rub-ons, Pearls, Holographic Embossing Powder, Quickutz Embossing Folder

VLVSep05: The final challenge was another sketch with a {twist} to use specialty paper. I didn't read the twist the first time around and had to go back and add the stripe of glitter paper to make sure the {twist} was covered! Don't you hate when you forget to read the directions!

STUFF I USED FOR THIS CARD
STAMPS: {Verve} Heartfelt Thanks (received free for an release order)
INK: SU Chocolate Chip
PAPER: Georgia Pacific, Die Cuts With a View, scraps
ACCESSORIES: 1.5" and 2" scalloped circle punch

Thanks for looking!

Stamp With Fun #6

Stamp with Fun's {Monday Challenge} had a sketch challenge this week. There were two options with one being a square, and of course I chose the other one:

HERE IS MY CARD:STUFF I USED FOR THIS CARD:
INK: Colorbox Peony
STAMPS: SU Congrats
PAPER: My Minds Eye DT, cardstock black
ACCESSORIES: foam circles, EK Success Border Punch, Dimensionals, Paper Piercer.

Mojo Monday Challenge Week 85

Mojo Monday has another great sketch with more great prizes this month! Granted, they are a weekly challenge {hello, MONDAY CHALLENGE}, but they only offer a prize on the First Monday of each month. Here is the Sketch crafters had to follow to be in it to win it:

And here is MY CARD:STUFF I USED FOR THIS CARD:
INK: Tempting Turquoise SU, Brown Pigment Ink
STAMPS: Verve Beautiful Kindness
PAPER: digi paper by K Mickus (thedigichick)
ACCESSORIES: EK border punch, nestabilities, ribbon, gems, dimensionals.

SheetLoad of Cards

Sheet Load Of Cards has a monthly eZine that shows card makers how to get the most of a layout and their paper. This months issue, shows card makers how 18 cards in one go! The eZine can be downloaded HERE. The fab people at SLC puts out a new eZine every month with a new layout and designer.

Anywhoo, this months layout includes a card that is 4.25x4.25 and then a Scrapling that is 1.25x4.25. SCRAPLING: scrap piece you have left over when you cut a square card base.
The sketch for this card {found in the eZine for May} is in a PDF file and so I can't show it to you here. If you would like to see it, please download the eZine and check it out.

Here is my Card: Here is my Scrapling:THE STUFF I USED FOR THIS CARD & SCRAPLING:
INK: Brown Pigment Ink, SU Only Orange
STAMPS: Beautiful Kindness by Verve
ACCESSORIES: EK border punch, $ store flowers, dimensionals, glue dots, SheetLoadofCards eZine information