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It is always an exciting time whenever heading to Riverbank Studios in Tampa, Florida to do a Daytime TV Show taping.  For five years,  I’ve been privileged to do what I love in the company of these wonderful people. It just gets better and better every time! Thought you’d enjoy seeing some of the behind the scenes shenanigans, so I thought I’d share some of mine with you. When arriving,  I usually make a very quick stop in the Green Room to greet everyone there, and then dash off to the studios where I see the NBC Peacock on the wall – it kinda makes my heart race. Set up begins. As I prepare my segment , there is always this mental rehearsal in my mind as I go through  how the whole thing is going to play out . So if it looks like it’s really quiet, it’s probably because it is. Well at least everywhere, but in my head. 🙂 A special shout out the the people at Martha Stewart  for providing everything used in the segment . They also provided  all kinds of amazing craft products for a Facebook   Daytime TV Show giveaway – So, be sure to go and…

In the blink of an eye half the year has almost past us! Lots of exciting things going on for our business! This year ROC Paper Scissors has signed contract with Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and is now part of the Martha Stewart American Made Market on E-bay! Handpicked by Martha and the team at Martha Stewart Living, the  American Made Market spotlights and celebrates the American makers, products and personal stories that have inspired them. I am so honored to have been asked to join this Market and have an opportunity to come into the homes of 66 million subscribers! Stay tuned for all kinds of emails, social media, and editorial integration on the Martha Stewart websites and in their magazines that they will implement to highlight and celebrate us, as an American Maker!!! I feel  JUST as honored  for the past couple  of years be a guest on Daytime TV  Show hosted by Jerry Penacoli and Cyndi Edwards. This time my “Card Making Alumni” ( Jerry and Cyndi) were putting together a Mother’s Day version of a card I made for the Valentines Day of 2012 on The Martha Stewart Show. It has had such a great response I figured…why…

Some of you may know that my husband and I became grandparents  last February. Our oldest son and his precious bride-to-be gave birth to fraternal twins weighing @ 2lbs and 10 oz, four days shy of their 28 weeks of gestation. Obviously given how tiny they were, they were to spend till their due-date (May 5) in the NICU. After many many weeks of prayer, our little  miracles were finally able to leave the hospital. During their stay, one of the sweet NICU nurses was sure to keep tabs of their footprints and weight till  the day they could finally come home. She would use the back of clinic cards to faithfully and lovingly keep tabs for the busy new mommy and daddy. Suffice to say, the past year for all of us just got twice as busy. Almost a year later we decided it was finally time to salvage and put together a memory of just how miraculous the whole time in the NICU was for all our family. Here are pictures of the work the nurse and Brittany (our new mommy) so faithfully logged for the twins.      Brittany brought each one of the little footprints carefully placed in two…

We are excited to offer our newest product based on our very own and original ” New Arrival Baby Cards” ® These baby cards  have been available for years on our website.  In case you are new to us and our beautiful  creations and are trying to figure out what I’m talking about,just enjoy the refresher below: They are aprox. 7 inch cards and sell for 9.99. Our customers have purchased them in the past and have shadowboxed them giving them at baby shower’s as a beautiful piece of  small artwork  for a nursery. For many many years I have cut out very large sized images used for decor in teachers classrooms, small temporary bedroom projects. Since the shelf life was very short and seasonal I never worried about creating something that would last a little longer than a Holiday season on a teacher’s bulletin board….till recently. We are now paper crafting on steroids. I have had various new mommy’s requests to make  for them larger paper crafted items-much,much larger than our 12 x12 inch Custom Cards  to put in their newest additions room.  So the fun begins. Here is a photo collection our ventures in this very new arena of…

Don’t forget you can enter in a NEW drawing to win a Custom card in December! How you may ask? ROC Paper Scissors is trying to reach 1000 likes before the end of the year. All YOU have to do is ask a friend to “like” our page and have your friend/referral post on our wall:”referred by… ( enter your name).” Start combing through your favorite pictures and get your friends over there! The more times your name shows up as a referral, the more chances to win 🙂

With voting ending on September 22nd at 11:59 pm, you can say the heat is on for many of us who want to finish at our BEST! This year my participation in American Made has been, like any good marathon, very different, challenging, with it’s  highs and lows. Yesterday, all the participants of American Made received e-mail notifying us all, that there were some votes that had been disqualified. This was devastating for at least 5 businesses  that I can see, were in the race for the top 20. For others like me, it was the “bump we needed” to give us a hope . Even though the top lead numbers are high, and unless our whole city comes together,  it’s going to be hard ( but never impossible) to beat. I am giving it my BEST shot at trying to finish in the top 10 in the Craft Category. Many of us feel like the little engine that could or like David defeating Goliath at times, but faith, family, friends and an unresolved determination to believe in these God given gifts have catapulted and stretched us once again beyond what we thought we could ever do. Being a part…

Hey Everyone! Hope you enjoyed our segment with Jerry Penacoli and Cyndi Edwards on the Daytime TV Show, which aired today. Here are the materials and instructions for this very simple yet elegant design for a card for someone who is getting married. You could even use it as a design for invitations if you wanted it’s an inexpensive yet elegant looking design. Materials: 1. PAPER: Red glittered paper (for the small heart between the doves) A printed damask design in grays. Black and white can look really nice as well. Cut at approx 7 inches long x 3.5 inches. Three 7 inch x 1 inch wide strips of paper. I used Black and Bazzil Stormy and Smoky for the grays. The whole idea is to create an ombre (faded from light to dark effect) 2.GLUE: Martha Stewart Glue stick and Glue pen 3. PUNCHES: Martha Stewart Confetti Heart and Vintage Dove 4. Flat-back crystals or pearls 5. Pop-dots (adhesives) When gluing the strips I went from the lightest to the darkest on the bottom. The lighter shade always glued on top of the darker one. Punch your doves but be careful if you are using textured paper to flip…

For the teacher, the parent the grand parent or your special friends. We have all been to one or have been a part of one at some point in our lives. Why not incorporate these in your Christmas cards this year? Here are a few of the new cards.  Click here to see all of our Christmas Cards.

Ready to enter our contest? This will be during the WHOLE month of August and the raffle drawing and winner will be announced via video on our Facebook page, Saturday September 1st. Tell a friend about ROC Paper Scissors on Facebook. When they “like” our page, have them comment on our wall: “referred by (add your name)” For every time your name is mentioned (because you have shared our page with a friend) we will enter it in the raffle.The more referrals you have the greater chances of winning your very own Custom Card signed by Rosa. So, if you have a special Birthday, Wedding, or even something for Thanksgiving or Christmas, start sharing with your friends.They can enter in as well by doing the same! Here is an example of the one of a kind pieces of Customized art work Rosa has come up with-This is Dove award winning artist Kari Jobe. We will be posting throughout the month the plethora of Custom Cards Rosa has created throughout the years. Have fun everyone and we wish you all the best!