Design Team Introductions

AH Designs Fall/Winter 2013 DesignTeam

I want to Introduce to you 

Angela Holt Designs Fall/Winter 2013 Design Team


As Angela's company grows and her label " The Bling Chronicles", so does the talented ladies that want to be a part of her Team. It astounds me that I made it. These women are bright, talented, funny and amazing.



We are all ready to share, create and inspire you with each of our design concepts, tutorials, and more!!

So come, sit a spell and embark on this creative journey with us!!

Your Professional Crafting Educator and Designer

 Angela Holt

http://www.angelaholtdesigns.com/2013/08/ah-designs-fallwinter-2013-designteam.html

http://www.facebook.com/AHoltDesigns

http://theblingchronicles.ning.com/

Rhonda Ratliff

Hello there!!… Rhonda here, from Kentucky and I thought I'd share a little bit about ME!… I am married to the greatest guy in the world and have four awesome kids... all of which are grown now which has allowed me the opportunity to do more crafting. I have been crafting since about the 4th grade when my teacher showed me how to work with oil pastels in art class... from there it has been a little bit of everything. Till I found a love for creating cards and invitations, floral design and my new passion in altered art. I have been blogging about a awhile now... and LOVE IT!I have had a wonderful time meeting new people, learning many awesome techniques and been given many great opportunities. The crafting world has opened many adventurous doors for over the last year and I am loving every minute of it.

Find my links: 

• Blog: http://www.flowersbyrhonda.blogspot.com/
• Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/rhonda.bewleyratliff
• Facebook Fan Page:https://www.facebook.com/FlowersAndMoreByRhonda 

 Deb Ochs-LaGrone

Hi all you Bling Chronicles fans! I am so thrilled to be a DT member for Angela and can’t wait to share all my blinged out art work with you. First let me tell you a little about who I am as a designer and crafter.
I grew up in the military and traveled around a lot. We relied heavily on our family for entertainment as such. My dear sweet mother loved to craft and taught us all kinds of different mediums. She taught my sisters how to sew, though I never caught that bug and can’t sew a straight stitch! She painted and tried to teach us a love for drawing, I’m not very good at that either LOL. She taught us ceramics, macramé, ornament making, and all sorts of other crafty goodness. I was very blessed to grow up with a creative mom.
My dad could fix or make anything. He passed some of those genes on to me and last year I created a whole new back yard complete with a waterfall feature, covered bar with an outdoor refrigerator and grilling area, and a slate and glass tiled patio surface. A little assistance was given by my family when I needed an extra set of hands but basically I created it on my own. I think I burned the satellites out with all the calls for advice to my dad.
I have two fabulous (most of the time) children ages 20 and 17 who are both talented artists in their own right. I've always tried to encourage that as I think it’s a corner stone in life. It saddened me to see schools pulling art out of the curriculum as it really enhances education and just your view on life in general. I feel lucky to be able to help my kids still have that outlet at home. I also have a 10 month old foster grandchild who consumes a lot of my time but I am loving it! She’s such a sweet baby.
What I’m trying to say is that I LOVE to craft, anything, anywhere, anytime! I don’t have a particular specialty necessarily, but crafting with paper is my favorite medium.
Thanks so much for giving me the chance to share with you and I hope you enjoy looking at, and maybe getting some inspiration from, my pieces. You can find more of my art by visiting my blog, A Look Through My Eyes found at http://alookthroughmyeye.blogspot.com 
Enjoy a crafty life,
Deb Ochs-LaGrone

Dawn Smith

I am a sahm ( Stay at home MOM) with a ton of kids.4 from a previous marriage, 2 step and 3 from my current marriage. Yes I am a little insane, but I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. I have 2 dogs (they are pitbull/bullmastiff mixes) Cin and Tink and we have 2 Tortoises named Neptune and Turk and about 20 fish all named after Harry Potter characters. My husband, Shad, is the love of my life and the heart of my existence, without him there would be no me. We have been together for 14 years. We have survived the good and the bad and it has only brought us closer together. I have a serious scrapbooking addiction, I guess that also mean I have a photo obsession too because i have to have something to scrap, right?! My kids all insist that they are being followed by the paparazzi. They joke about taking out a restraining order against me. Happy crafting

Blog:  http://strawberryrainsdelights.blogspot.com/

 Facebook: 

http://www.facebook.com/dawn.smith.5891

http://www.facebook.com/Kre8tiveKustomsByDawnSmith

 Itza Gomez

MY FIRST LOVE IS MY HUSBAND AND MY SECOND LOVE I MUST SAY ... ARE MY CRAFTS... I HAVE BEEN HAPPILY MARRIED TO A WONDERFUL MAN FOR 13 YEAR AND HAVE BEEN CRAFTING AND MAKING JEWELRY FOR OVER 8 YEARS NOW. MY AFFAIR WITH CRAFTS FIRST STARTED WITH JEWELRY MAKING AND EVER SINCE THEN MY WORLD HAS CHANGED AND ONLY PROGRESSED TO OTHER CRAFTS. AT THE CURRENT TIME SCRAPBOOKING AND MIXED MEDIA ARTS HAVE BEEN KEEPING ME UP LATE AT NIGHT. MAKING MINI BOOKS AND ALTERING WOOD BOXES AND FRAMES ARE BECOMING MY GUILTY PLEASURES...

Blog: itzathoughts.blogspot.com

Facebook: http://facebook.com/itzathoughts

 Nicky Wilcox

With her creative spark, Nicky has an eye of making something out of nothing!!!  "I share simple home decor, upcycle and craft projects with people who are looking for friendly tutorials and affordable ideas."

Blog: http://www.ladyjasmine.co.uk/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nicky.c.wilcox

The Big Big News

So who is ready for my big news? I hope everyone because it's time to share. I made it. I made it on to Angela Holt's Design team. I am so freakin' excited, i am about to die. So what does that mean for you? well for starters it means you are going to see some super awesome projects from me and my fellow design team members, it means you get to go to some super fun online classes, hosted by me and my fellow design team members, it means you can shop the store and buy your own awesome bling and it means that for our grand re-opening, I personally will be giving away a 25$ gift certificate to Angela's store to one lucky person. How do you win this you might ask? Well let me tell you (and all rules must be followed)
1. follow my blog
2. follow my youtube
3. join the ning site
4. leave a comment on this post telling me you have done all the steps
on 8-7 i will have khloe pick a winner so come back and check.
Now you ask how do i get to all these places to follow these steps? well here are the links. just click on them and they will take you where you need to go
1. you are already at my blog so just click on the join button
2. http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC64epxP6taQCXosa2h3l7dA
3.http://theblingchronicles.ning.com/
4. now leave your comment

now you ask how do I know I want to win this bling, trust me you want to win it cause it looks like this:

now you say I can't wait to win it I must buy some..... well thats ok too, here's the linky for the store, bookmark this because you will need to go there if you're the winner.... 

http://www.angelaholtdesigns.com/

also while you are there you can find the link to Angela's facebook, pinterest, and more so you will be in the know for all the future bling awesomeness.

now before you go, I want to show you a little somethin' somethin'

This is a bubble bow I made for Khloe using Angel's Bling. I used Tim Holtz's alcohol ink (plum crazy) to color it pink (it really is super sparkly and pretty in person)

So now get movin' and get entered into the contest.

Fruit Salad

So over at http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com/2013/07/challenge-170-fruit-salad.html is a challenge to do a poject using a fruity image so heres mine using lemons from the classroom~june july~cartridge. this is my Khloe, wearing her bright yellow hairbow i made her, at my nephews wedding.

lacy sunshine challenge #11

i couldn't resist with the holidays coming up.

i hope y'all like it.

New Card

hey all, its been a while since i posted. man i have been busy, birthdays, graduations, swim meets, life.... lol. anyways i made a new card for a couple of reasons. the first being to help out my friend, the amazingly talented Napur Patel and the Down The Memory Lane first birthday and you can find them here... http://www.facebook.com/pages/Down-the-Memory-Lane/310363285710867
and the second reason is for my girl Alcia's challenge #5, she designed this really cutie digi stamp that you can buy in her store. you can join the challenge of find the store here... http://aliciaschallenge.blogspot.com/

so heres my card, i hope you like it

TRDT~color challenge

hey bloggers,
i know its been 2 weeks since my last blog. things have been so busy here. my middle daughter, kiara, just joined the swim team (we had 3 days notice to sign up) and had her first meet already (she had 3 days of practice) but she did awesome. in her heat (race) she came in 3rd. which is pretty amazing. she has been practicing her little heart out this week tho. she is so committed she will even walk to practice alone. if you know her then you know she never goes anywhere alone. i am so proud of her.
anyways enough mommy bragging and onto my post i used the tsunami rose collection YESTERDAYS COMMODITIES (which you can find here  http://www.zibbet.com/tsunamirose/section/printable-paper-packs )to do this layout. This is me and my sister Pam in the tub when we were little. i am the older one. and i used the splish splash cart to cut out the bathtub.

TRDT~ sketch challenge

Hello my Peeps,
I got a little design team inspiration for you. another great kit from Daisy. Ephemeral Love Affair (available here: Tsunami Rose Designs Printable Paper packs- http://www.zibbet.com/tsunamirose/section/printable-paper-packs)  it truly is a cute kit.

 

this card is whats called a twisted easel card and is so easy to make, swear to you 2 score lines is all. you take a 6x12 piece of card stick score it on the 6 inch, then take one of the 6 inch squares and score it diagonally in half.  Then you just decorate. i like  to make my faceplate first, which is everything on the green cardstock. so its a 5 3/4 in square of green  then a 5 1/2 square of ELA then the border strips, with a bird cage cut from french manor with a bow, pearl strands and a pearl button on top. then the little merci'. then you glue the face plate to the bottom half of your diagonal square. which gives you the pop up. when you close it it all lays nice and flat for mailing. on the bottom is a 5 3/4 square of ELA with a half of another square  and then a line of pearl trim going down the center and then the stamp cut out with my 3 inch scallop circle punch, which acts like a stopper to keep the top in place.