A Moment in Time

Guest Designer Announcement

After sorting through many very talented entries we have made the final decision and are proud to announce the chosen artist to serve as guest designer for the month of July at RBD.

Her name is Jennifer Roach and you can see her blog here. With her impressive resume and her amazing attention to detail, she's sure to impress.

Notice her versatile style and her ability to layer everything just perfectly.

Pop over to her blog and take a look at her beautiful work (if you haven't already!), it'll be time well-spent.

Her work will be posted here as well as in the galleries at RBD and on Facebook.

I'm so excited to see what she comes up with for the RBD images!  Can't wait!

Thank you to all of the artists that entered, it was not an easy decision to be made! If you'd like to see your work in our gallery be sure to send photos, along with your blog address for reference to submissions@renaissancebydesign.com.

Update

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Let me introduce you to a beautiful little angel named Charlotte.

She is the daughter of a friend of mine, Allison. Almost two months ago they noticed that Charlotte was having trouble walking on her right leg and that she was falling over without any reason. Allison then noticed that little Charlotte was having trouble using her right hand as well.

They brought her into the doctor's, where they ordered a CAT scan. They noticed a quite sizeable tumor and sent her immediately to the children's hospital to have it removed. This tumor was putting pressure on her brain which was causing the uncoordination in her limbs.

Charlotte had an 8cmx6cm tumor removed from her brain. She's not even two years old. Amazing how happy she'd been for the entire time this was inside her.

She is currently undergoing chemotherapy as well as stem cell harvesting. She's had a scare with anaphylactic shock in reaction to her drugs. We are concerned for her kidneys, hearing and feeling of nausea. For someone who's had so many things done to her she is in amazingly good spirits and has the most cheery disposition in the room. A complete inspiration.  

This will be a long, and trying road for their family and as soon as I heard, I wanted to help. I've created a stamp set that is all about Charlotte and her beautiful personality. I've been working with Allison to make sure it is absolutely perfect. Once this stamp set is completed, it will be sold through RBD with all proceeds going to help out this gorgeous little girl and her amazingly strong and inspiring family. I will keep you all updated on Charlotte's progress as well. Their family has also sent out a prayer request to anyone who is willing to help.

 

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Monday Hello

Happy Monday everyone! How was everyone's Mother's Day?  I got the best present ever from my mom....  an overnight visit with Grandma for my kids, so that I could sleep in!!!  She's so wonderful. I forgot what it was like to lay in bed until I got to decide when to get up. My kids also made me the cutest little things too, I just love it when they get out their crayons and scissors and glue and sparkles. 

It looks like Spring has finally decided to stay around here, last week saw everything from snow to hail to rain to sun. Now it's just beautiful and clear!  The only downside to this is that after all of that wetness and now the heat, my lawn is gonna look more like the Amazon by the weekend. 

I thought I'd post this little card today, I mentioned how this week you'd see some cherries, here they are!

I used the cherry images from the newest RBD set Summer Fruit. I then blinged them up a bit with some Stickles.

I used Bazzil Swiss dot cardstock in red and I took my sponge and lightly dabbed it into the white pigment ink and brushed it lightly to get the dots to "pop" a bit more. I love that cardstock!

The ribbon is also RBD, Red satin dot print.

If you haven't been over to Embellish Magazine blog yet Make sure to get over there and enter in the challenge RBD is sponsoring!  I am working on a card that matches the challenge and I'll post it here in a bit.

Here's the color palette, be sure to create your card and then head on over and link it to enter the challenge! You must also incorporate some use of dimension on your card.

There is a gift certificate to be won!

Have a wonderful week everyone!

~D

Embellish Magazine Sponsorship

Hello everyone! Just popping on to let you all know (if you haven't already seen it!) that the color challenge sponsored by RBD is up today at Embellish Magazine.

 

The challenge is to use the colors, sea-foam, green, brown and terracotta and to incorporate some element of dimension!!!  Have fun and be sure to post your entry for the challenge, there is a gift certificate to be won!!!

Oooh, also... I just added the "like" button on the right, click it if you'd like my blog to show up in your Facebook feed! :)

BBQ skewer invites

As promised, here I am! 

Our house has a bit of a cold going through it but I managed to squeeze a bit of time in the workshop to get these invites done.  Can you tell that the watermelon image is one of my favourites? Be ready for an influx of cherries next week ;)

I liked the idea of adding a BBQ skewer for a bit of interest.

Of course once I got doing the invites I decided to make all of the napkins, plates and cups match too! Just be careful when you do them that you use a waterproof ink like Staz-on or Pallette when you make them. Wouldn't want all of your guests leaving with colored lips and hands would you? I used the newest set from RBD called Summer Fruit but I also used two other popular sets from RBD, Listed (Lines and black details in scallops) and Invitation Station (for the date, time place and RSVP stamps).

I'm sure you'll see a lot of me in the next bit... I'm LOVING this set!!!

Have a great rest of the week!

~D

Summer Fruit

Hello everyone on this lovely first day of May! Here's a little gift idea for my kids I did using the newest set from RBD called Summer Fruit.  Isn't it darling!? Every year I always do a bunch of canning and make a lot of jelly and baking as gifts. I will be using this set this year to pretty up my jars and tags and packaging.

I found these cute little pails at the dollar store  a while back and I knew someday I'd have just the right thing to put in them.

The other day I came across some packages of Allan gummy candies and since I've been playing with this stamp set for the last few weeks, this project was born!

Check back later in the week for more cards and ideas using this set!! Have a great day people, and Happy National Scrapbooking Day!!!