Flowers Galore

Hello Everyone
Welcome back to my blog. Since it's the first Tuesday of the month, it's time for my Craft-Dee BowZ Tuesday Inspiration post for July.

Believe it or not, my project does not have any stamping (images) this time. But this project definitely calls for a bow (IMHO).

Let me share this cool project with you. 

This is called a Flower Bag Box.

I made this box and gave it to my friend for her birthday, last week.

She was so surprised, and loved it. 

I figured it might look great in her guest bath.

The top was the perfect spot for a bow. 

Here is a closer view of my bow.

My Bow - I used Hug Snug (Yep, by now you know it's my fav bow making material) which is a thinner ribbon (really its a seam binding) and it makes it easy to make a quad loop bow.

Don't forget, the Craft-Dee BowZ bow making tool is the best tool out there

that will aid you in making your bows.
The tool is small , easy to store, easy to use and so portable.

  

To order yours, go to the Craft-Dee BowZ blog 

and click on the Buy Now button located on the left sidebar

SUPPLIES I USED ON MY PROJECT

Paper/Card Stock: Gray CS, Kraft CS Dies Used:  Spellbinders Grand Oval  Accessories: Ribbon- Hug Snug, Craft-Dee BowZ  tool, Silk Flowers, Floral Foam, Glue Gun

I am submitting my project in the following challenges:

• Dragonfly Dreams -  (July) No Patterned Paper (#15)
• The Corrosive Challenges  - Always Anything Goes (#14)
• A Gem of a Challenge   #14 - Anything Goes (#51)
• Crafter's Castle - July - Anything Goes (#34)
• Crafty Calendar  July - Add a Ribbon (#15)
• Creative Fingers - No. 189 -  ALWAYS  ANYTHING GOES (#172)
• Southern Girls  Always Anything Goes (#85)

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope I have inspired you to make a project other than a card for a change.

I will be back soon. In the meantime stay safe and be well.

Happy Birthday

Hello Everyone,
Hope your  week is treating you well.

Today is the 1st Tuesday of the month and it's time for the start of  June's Inspiration Tuesday over at  Craft-Dee BowZ. Here is the card I made. I decided to use another Bugaboo image. They are the sponsor of the June Craft-Dee BowZ challenge

The bow -

I decided to use a quad loop bow,

and thought the bottom right area would be the perfect place for the bow,

Here is a closer view of my bow.

I used Hug Snug Seam Binding ribbon for this bow. 

Nothing super fancy or over the top and it's perfect for this card.

I used my Craft-Dee BowZ bow making tool. 

Since Hug Snug is a thinner ribbon (really its a seam binding) it makes it easy to make a quad loop bow.

Don't forget, the Craft-Dee BowZ bow making tool is the best tool out there

that will aid you in making your bows.
The tool is small , easy to store, easy to use and so portable.

  

To order yours, go to the Craft-Dee BowZ blog 

and click on the Buy Now button 

located on the left sidebar

SUPPLIES I USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  Digital stamp - Bugaboo -  Flower Butterfly Corner Paper/Card Stock: White CS, Green CS, DP Dies Used: Spellbinders - Ribbon Tags Accessories: Hug Snug Seam Binding Ribbon, Spectrum Noir Alcohol ink Markers, Craft-Dee BowZ  tool, Outline Stickers

I am submitting my card in the following challenges:

• Love to Craft (M, P1, E5) #47 - Anything Goes(#34)
• Scribbles Designs Challenge (M) #89 - Brads, Buttons, or Bows (#14)
• The Creative Crafters (M, ) #28 - Always Anything Goes (#120)
• Tinker- Dream (M, P15) #89 - Flowers (#30)

I hope you've enjoyed my latest project and don't forget you have time to link up with us this month over at the Craft-Dee BowZ challenge! Remember, the challenge theme is always Anything Goes (and no bow is required)

Thanks for stopping by and I'll be back soon.

Just For You

Hello Everyone,

Since its the first Tuesday of the month, it's time for my Inspiration Tuesday project

 over at Craft-Dee BowZ

February has gotten underway and we are inching our way to Spring. That's a good thing.

Spring makes me think of flowers

 and I thought I'd share a card with a beautiful poppy on it.

The poppy is a stamped image from Stacy Stamps
It'spart of a 2 stamp set (cling mounted rubber stamp set)
and the main stamp is the one on my card and the other is a  corner stamp
You will find this stamp set in the garden collection in her shop.

Let me share my card with you.

I added a little sprig of a die cut greenery

Here is a close up view of my bow.

To make this bow, I used a white sheer ribbon, (my fav) and its a triple loop bow.
The left top corner was perfect for this bow.

I used my Craft-Dee BowZ bow making tool. Don't forget, the Craft-Dee BowZ bow making tool is the best tool out there that will aid you in making your bows.

The tool is small , easy to store, easy to use and so portable.

To order yours go to the Craft-Dee BowZ blog and click on the Buy Now button 

located on the left sidebar

SUPPLIES I USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  Stacy Stamps - Cling mounted rubber - Poppy; Heartfelt Creations - Cling mounted rubber - Wild Aster (Leaf); Oval - Rubbernecker - Freehand Frame Oval Paper/Card Stock: Red CS, Cream CS, DP Ink: Memento - Bamboo Leaves Dies Used: Heartfelt Creations - Wild Aster (Leaf) Accessories: Ribbon, Craft-Dee BowZ  tool, dimensional foam, Spectrum Noir various colors, Text Stickers, Outline Sticker Dots.

I am submitting my card in the following challenges:

• Arty Divas 2W, 5E, C10 - #14 - Anything Goes (week 2)
• Crafty Sentiment Designs  - Anything Goes (#45)
• Digi Choosday Challenge  - #5 - Anything Goes (#37)
• Paper Minutes  #626 - Valentine's Day (#19)
• Always Fun Challenges - #148 ANYTHING GOES (#63)
• Lavinia World Challenges - #19 Anything Goes Using Rubber Or Clear Stamps (#17)

Thanks for stopping in today

I'll be back soon

Warm Winter Wishes

Hello Everyone,

It's already the first Tuesday of the month. That means it's time for my Craft-Dee BowZ inspiration project.

I must be in a hurry to get thru January, I somehow keep feeling it's February already--------wrong. LOL I guess that's wishful thinking. LOL

Well since it's still January and we really just started winter, I thought a card that has more of a winter theme might be more appropriate so I decided to use a really cute image.

Let me share my card with you......

These guys look like they are freezing, don't they LOL

I don't know about you, but some images have added dots and stars etc. around the drawn image. But when you fussy cut, they get left behind. And this image is no exception. So I added some sticky dots and stars back in to add interest around the image.

Since I had stars as accents I decided to add some to the bow as well. 

Here is a closer view of my bow.

This bow is a triple loop bow using Hug Snug seam binding and boy does it make great bows!!!

I used my Craft-Dee BowZ bow making tool. Don't forget, the Craft-Dee BowZ bow making tool is the best tool out there that will aid you in making your bows.

The tool is small , easy to store, easy to use and so portable.

To order yours go to the Craft-Dee BowZ blog and click on the Buy Now button 

located on the left sidebar

SUPPLIES I USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  Digi - Bugaboo - Winter Birds on a Limb , Warm Wishes  Paper/Card Stock: Blue CS, White CS, Dark Blue CS Accessories: Ribbon, Alcohol Markers - Spectrum Noir, Craft-Dee BowZ  tool, embossing folder dimensional foam,  Outline Stickers - Stars and Dots

Just a reminder - 

The Craft-Dee BowZ challenge is underway. It runs til the end of the month.

This month's sponsor is The Paper Shelter

The theme is always - Anything Goes (no bow required)

You could be the next winner. Get your project completed and submit it. 

I am submitting my card to the following challenges:

• Angie's Digital Stamps - Chall. #38 - Anything Goes (#7)
• Dare 2B Artzy Challenges -  (January) Winter (#4)
• Dragonfly Dreams - (January) Anything Goes (#22)
• Catch The Bug  - Anything Goes (#33)
• Crafter's Castle -January - Anything Goes (#18)
• Simply Create Too - M - No. 155 Jan -  ANYTHING GOES - TWIST   (#14)

Thanks for stopping by today, I will be back soon

Boo to You

Hello

Hope your are having a great week so far.

Today is the 1st Tuesday of September and

 over at Craft-Dee BowZ that means its Inspiration Tuesday. 

Usually I post an inspiration piece on the 1st Tuesday 

and the other designers post on a Tuesday throughout the month as well.

OK,  let me share with you my Tuesday inspiration piece.

This card design came about because of an art piece I saw at a home goods store.

It really appealed to me. (Obviously - LOL)

See that background paper??? That gray and white patterned paper. 

Well I had some paper that was this design but it was pink not gray.

Well I put that DP in my copier and copied it as a B &W 

and the B&W selection on the copier gave me exactly what I was wanting.

I trimmed it and used it as a layered piece over a dark gray cardstock.

My pumpkin is an old die from Accucut and it's still available. 

It comes with eyes a nose and a mouth and a leaf. 

I will use the other pieces some other time. 

I cut the pumpkin out and then cut another center piece. 

I used my paper shaper to shape the end parts of the pumpkin 

and that extra center piece. 

I added foam tape to the extra center piece and 

attached it over that center area on the main pumpkin shape. 

It gives the pumpkin dimension. I also inked the edges using gray ink.

I added a bow and this is the end result.

OK after I made that card, I thought that pumpkin would be cute on a handle bag. 

Perfect to use that bag for Halloween Trick or Treating. 

I decided to make a bag topper

Here is what this finished up as.

This looks so cute.

Same pumpkin - same background paper and I just mounted it on a extra large label shape

 and added some pretty leaf ribbon . 

I added a slit to that label shape and slid it down on the front bag handle. 

You can see the slit and the fold spot right above the stem

SUPPLIES I USED ON MY PROJECT

Paper/Card Stock: DP copied to make gray/white. Orange CS, Black CS, Green CS Ink: Memento - Gray Flannel Dies Used: Recollections - Alphabet, Accucut - Pumpkin #5, Spellbinders- Grand labels Four Accessories: Ribbon, Craft-Dee BowZ  tool, dimensional foam

I am submitting my projects in the following challenges:

• A Bit More Time to Craft  #99 - Always Anything Goes (#108)
• A Perfect Time To Craft September - Always Anything Goes (#86)
• Classic Design Team Open Challenge Always Anything Goes (#69)
• Crafts Galore Encore  #67 - Always Anything Goes (#62)
• DL.Art Linky Challenge September - Always Anything Goes (#57)
• Happy Little Stampers Dies  September - Always Anything Goes with Dies (#1)
• Morgan's ArtWorld Open Challenge  September - Anything Goes (#37)
• Arty Divas  #3 - Anything Goes (week 2) (#63)
• Digi Choosday Challenge -, - #36 - Anything Goes (#59)

OK that's it for today. 

Hope you might try making a bag topper. 

They are easy to make 

and really dress up a plain gift bag.

And the stockings were hung.....

Hello everyone and thanks for stopping back.

You know Christmas is approaching FAST!! I seem to always be making cards at the last minute. However this year I am more prepared. (YEA!!!)  All of my Christmas cards are done.

Today is the 1st Tuesday of the month and that means its time for me to post a fun inspiration project for Craft-Dee BowZ.

Since we are really getting closer to Christmas, I decided to spotlight another Christmas card.
I have used an image from Bugaboo and I hope you like this one.

I have been on a foiling kick lately. I decided to foil this image so I printed this image out 3 times using my laser printer. I foiled each of the images in a different color. I used blue, green and red foils. I used my Heidi Swapp Minc Machine to apply the foil to the laser printed areas.

I used blue foil for the base image. That made the snowflakes and the sentiment foiled in blue.

For the next image, (I foiled it in green foil) I took the green foiled piece and added some green alcohol marker coloring between the foiled lines, fussy cut just the two green foiled stockings and attached them with dimensional foam, over the original stockings.  Lastly, I took the 3rd image, I foiled it with red foil and also colored between some of the lines with some red alcohol marker. I fussy cut just the red foiled stocking and attached it over the green image with dimensional foam to pop this up

Here is a closer view that will show off those foil colors. 

I intentionally left the glare on the image to show off the foiling and the colors.

Here is the finished card.

For all you challenge lovers, Craft-Dee BowZ has a monthly challenge. It begins on the 1st of each month.  So you have plenty of time to enter your project in this months challenge. I am looking forward to seeing your submission. The theme is always the same - Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow. You could be the December winner.

SUPPLIES I USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  Digital - Bugaboo Paper/Card Stock: Blue CS, White CS, DP, Green CS Ink: None Dies Used:  Spellbinders circle die sm, Diamond Dies Pine Branch  Accessories: Ribbon, Craft-Dee BowZ  tool, dimensional foam, Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers, Heidi Swapp Minc Machine. Heidi Swap Foils,

 I am submitting my card in the following challenges:

• Artistic Inspirations -  #209 ANYTHING GOES (WEEK 4) (#107)
• Aurora Wings Challenge - #73 HOLIDAY SPIRIT (Week 3) (#24)
• Crafting from the Heart - #231 ANYTHING GOES (#27)
• Classic Design Team Open Challenge  Always Anything Goes  (#29)
• CuteNCrafty Challenge Blog -  #15 ANYTHING GOES (Week 1) (#10)
• CuteNCrafty Christmas Blog (Nov 28 - Dec 10) Christmas/Winter Theme (#3)
• Dream Valley Challenges -  - #192 CHRISTMAS (Week 1)  (#17)
• Morgan's ArtWorld Open Challenge   #12 - Anything Goes (#21)
• World Wide Open Design Team Challenge  Always Anything Goes 
• Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog  #5 - Anything Goes (#35)

I hope you've enjoyed this project and will link up with Craft-Dee BowZ challenge this month! 

Remember, the theme for all of our challenges is always

Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow

I will be back soon