Craft-Dee BowZ Blog Hop!!!

Welcome to the firstCraft-Dee Bowz Blog Hop. This months blog hop is featuring a Valentine theme. If you hopped here by way of Brenda's blog then you are in the right place!! Otherwise you might wish to start at the Craft-Dee BowZ blog to become eligible for a Craft-Dee BowZ tool and a spool of beautiful ribbon.

I did a card for this project since it was Valentine themed! The main focus is the pretty bow, which of course was done with the Craft-Dee BowZ tool, it's so easy to use. I've tried other bow gadgets and had a hard time and couldn't even understand the directions to one, but this is super easy to use. I found some old scraps of paper that matched the colors in my ribbons and used some WorldWin Papers cardstock for the base and the die-cut images. The dies are Spellbinders

Here you see a close up of the bow and edge of the die-cuts. I added a little bloom to the center of the bow, not because it was messy, just for the look.

Here's another closeup. You can see I used pop dots and also added two colors of liquid pearls for accents. I liked the way it looked together.

Thank you so much for stopping by and please don't forget to leave a comment to be eligible for one of the cool tools and some ribbon! Your next stop will be Amber's blog.

*OUAS February Sketch*

It's time for a new challenge over at Once Upon A Sketch, and this one is awesome! And the design team has done such amazing projects, you have to go have a look! This is my take on the challenge:

The theme was "do all things with love" and this is a picture of our daughter and her hubby with their dogs, the picture is special because they had them done right after finding out they were expecting their first baby this June!!! The journaling is around the circle and in the journaling block.

The title and the flowers and birds are from Imaginarium Designs chipboard. They are embossed with Suzy West WOW embossing powsders.

Here you see some of the detail of the journaling and little pearl dots I did with Ranger liquid pearls.

The pretty ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon and the stick pin is from Nik Nax by Ariana's Etsy shop. The little blooms are my older "Got Flowers" Prima blooms layered with a pearl center. I made the bow with the Craft-Dee BowZ tool. All journaline and pen work done with Kuretake Zig markers.

Here are more close ups of the title and blooms.

I even used some of my older Prima bling for some of the centers on the larger blooms! The papers are from GCD.

Here is the information for the challenge, you have plenty of time to play along, and the prizes are AWESOME! Please check it out HERE. And thank you so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it!

Theme : LOVE

The month of February is the month we celebrate St Valentine's Day here in Australia and in many parts of the world. Love takes on many forms..relationship love, parental love etc etc. So let's think about what the above quote can mean and how you can interpret it on a layout. You are free to scrap about any kind of love you wish however you like based on the following sketch. 

Ideas for journalling: love for your partner, family , parents ,siblings , children, work, students, craft, music, extra curricular activities. Whatever it is that you connect LOVE with. 

Your layout must incorporate this theme and the sketch below. 

Please make sure that we see some sort of journalling on your layouts and please tell us where your journalling is . You are allowed to journal in any language but please tell us where on your page we will find your journalling. Remember journalling has to be a bit more than a title, or a generic comment. Hidden journalling is perfectly fine.

UDC Week 3 at Swirlydoos

Well, I made it to the third round at the Swirlydoos Ultimate Design Challenge. But this may be my last week, the competition is fierce!!! And there are so many great altered projects and I just did a layout. There are not many layouts at all, and there are some fantastic entries! This week the challenge was to use Foil tape or foil with embossing. This is my page.

The background is foil. I hand embossed lines diagonally both ways on the entire sheet. Then painted with black acrylic paint and wiped most off. I also scratched random places for a sanded look.

Below you can see the hearts and peace symbol. I hand drew them and used embossing folders on them. Then used alcohol inks

I used a Spellbinder's die and cut the butterflies. You can also see the frame that I used am embossing folder on and alcohol ink and a platinum medium that I rubbed on. The tiles were embossed and alcohol inked as well. Lots of folders for different patterns. All items are foil.

Here you see a close up of one of the butterflies and part of the title. I used chipboard letters to emboss the word "Love". I used ink and the paste medium on this as well.

Here you see more of the title, I added matching brads to look like hardware. And of course added some blooms and bling!!!

This pushed me as well as last week! But I enjoyed working on this! The challenge is making me get out of my comfort zone for sure! Thanks for dropping by and please go check the Swirlydoos gallery to see all of the great projects!!!

Moxxie Western RoundUp

HOWDY!!!  It's that time of the month to join us for

February's Muse-A-Palooza Blog Hop!  This month you could win the entire Western Round Up collection.  This collection has an amazing color line in denim blues, rich golds, country browns and kerchief reds, which will be perfect for all your cowboys and cowgirls!  So grab your boots, chaps and

cowboy hats and follow us on this wild west adventure!!

To have a chance at winning, you need to round-up your

coffee and hop through all eleven participating blogs, checking out all

the spectacular creations of each Moxxie Muse,

and leave a comment for each one of them!

Comments will close at midnight CST on Tuesday, February 5.

Winner will be announced the next day on the Moxxie blog.

International fans are welcome to play along if they

agree to pay shipping in the event they win.

So are you ready to see some great inspirations from the Muses??

Giddy up and enjoy the ride!  Remember to leave your

comments along the way for your chance to win

 Western Round Up collection!!

Got Moxxie

Susie Bentz

Patti Hamil

Cathy Harper

Michelle James

Rebecca Price
Misty Rushlow

Mary Pat Siehl

Dana Tatar

Rhonda Van Ginkel

Ange Weisbeck

Here is my project! This is a picture of our entire "gang" taken in the early 1960's. It's one of my favorite pictures!!! I printed the photo with a sepia tone to match the paper better.

Here are some close-ups. I punched small stars and placed them on pop dots for dimension. I placed the "wanted" ticket on pop dots also. I used my Zig markers for "faux stitching" as well.

I cut out one of the swirl designs from one of the papers and added some twine. I love the rustic look of these papers!

I punched different size stars and outlined them with my Zig markers and used pop dots for more dimension.

I hope you join us for this blog hop, and don't forget to visit everyone's blogs, the team has some awesome projects done with this collection!!! You really will love it!!! And thanks so much for stopping by!

Swirlydoos "UDC" Week 2

Well, I made it through the first round of the Swirlydoos "Ultimate Design Challenge". This is my entry for week 2. This week the technique was paper layering. Layering and distressing don't come easy to me, it's a stretch for me, so this was a challenge! I used some pictures of our youngest and his sweetie! They're so cute together!!!

I did use lots of layers of paper, distressing each one. I used lots of Prima on this page and did some "faux stitching" too.

Here you can see some of the layers and the little ZVA pearl flourishes. The pretty Prima vine also.

And here, you see more of the layers again. I printed the pictures in a sepia tone also, to look more aged to go with the page.

You need to visit the Swirlydoos website and check out all the gorgeous entries for this challenge! There are some amazing projects there! And wish me luck to make it to the next round!!! Thanks so much for dropping by.

Products used:

Paper - Prima

Floral Vine - Prima

Pearl Flourishes - ZVA

Pen work - Kuretake Zig

Ribbon - Really Reasonable Ribbon

Tools - CraftDeeBowz tool

Stick Pin - Nik Nax by Ariana Etsy

Anna Griffin on HSN***New Products!***

OMG, Anna Griffin was on HSN all day yesterday and I hope you didn't miss it. If you did you can still catch some of the deals that are left, but you missed the Cuttlebug and her awesome AG folders! They sold out! Along with a lot of her new goodies! You can check the videos on the HSN website if you missed it.

I'm going to share a few of my projects that were shown, and I had so much fun with all of these products. She designed a Cuttlebug for HSN and it's so pretty! It's gold and beautiful just like all of Anna's things! And the folders.......I can't say enough about them, the patterns are stunning!

 First, this is a layout that I did with the new Embossing Folders. They each have a border folder too, I used lavendar cardstock and some gold ink and it gave it a "faux flocked" look to the paper! And the detail is amazing!

 This is a card done with the Hope Chest collection! This is such a beautiful collection, the papers and embellies are just absolutely gorgeous!

A card done with a couple more of the the embossing folders. Look how well the detail shows up on these!!!

This is a card done with the Floral Empressions card kit, and I also used the embossing folders on it! So many different things you can do!

Another card with the folders and a little "faux stitching" with the Watercolor markers!

This card was done with the Olivia collection. This is one of my all time favorites, the florals and colors are just so pretty!!!

This layout was done with the metallic layers kit, some really pretty foils and colors in this. It didn't show up really well in my photo, but they are perfect for any accents to bring a bang to you projects!

Another card done with the Floral Impressions card kit and the embossing folders. Aren't the butterflies pretty?!?!

You really should check out HSN and see all of the products that they have from Anna Griffin, you will absolutely love them! I'll be back to share more later!!!

New Collection from Anna Griffin!!!

Anna Griffin debuted some new collections last week at CHA, and let me just say they are all fantastic! Two of the new collections are part of the Blend collection and are a little different from her usual style, but I think you will absolutely love them! I will show you two today, Gabbie and Blomma. Fun colors and patterns and so easy to work with.

 First up is Gabbie. Lots of fun patterns, colors and a great collection for teens, but versatile enough for lots of different themes. The colors are just awesome!

Super easy to do layouts and cards. Here's a card that I did with the collection too.

Next is Blomma, another really fun and funky collection, but also very versatile. I just loved both of these. And there are more too. Check back later for more new goodies!

These are super fun lines, And there is something new coming up on HSN from Anna also, be sure to tune in on Wednesday Jan. 23, there will be a special new product shown along with some other new collections!!! Don't miss it!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!