The Autumn Tree

Welcome back!!!

It's the first Tuesday of November and its time for my Craft-Dee BowZ post.

This month the designers were asked to use burlap with some Festive Fall Foliage. Burlap, hmmmm it just reminds me of fall don't you agree??  

Of course burlap really can go with so many things besides fall.

Well let me show you what I came up with.

This card is a very simple card with burlap and some silk leaves in the glorious fall colors. But the bow, well it kind of took center stage. This ribbon is so beautiful with the vibrant fall colors, and since the ribbon is wired, this bow really maintains its shape.

Let me show you a closer view of the bow.

OK I admit I could not make this bow, without my trusty Craft-Dee BowZ tool. This tool lets me make lush bows with ease. 

This little tool lets me make bows like the one above. 

Easy peasy!! REALLY!!

And you can use it for your gift packages too. 

It isn't just for cards. 

Click here to order yours!! 

Don't forget Craft-Dee BowZ has a challenge every month and you have plenty of time to make a project and enter it before the month of November is over. 

The theme is always, Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow.

I am going to be looking for your entry.

I am submitting my card in the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create -  #147 Anything Goes or Thank You (#79)

Dragonfly +Dreams - Ribbons & Bows (#1)

Scrappy Hands -  #51 Autumn/Fall (#4)

The Corrosive Challenges - #235 Autumn Splendor (#34)

The Ribbon Girls - must use ribbon – Anything Goes (#47)

Thanks for stopping by today. I will be back soon with a new project, just for you.

Life is Beautiful

Hi Everyone
Glad to see you've stopped in today!!! Hope everyone had a nice Halloween and lots of Trick R Treaters. I had a fair amount of kids even though it was rainy off and on. At least it wasn't too cold for them.

The next holiday, arriving before we know it, is Thanksgiving. Oh and I can smell a turkey baking right now!!. Mmmmmm!!!

OK, back to the real world for right now. LOL

I want to share a card that I just finished. I used some card stock in my new favorite color, orange. LOL (Seems that I have used quite a lot of orange in my October posts.)

I was looking thru my stamps to see what jumped out at me and the set from Cornish Heritage Farms spoke to me. There are so many stamps in this set it was hard to choose something. But I finally decided to use the medallion image.

I used brown CS and embossed the medallion image with Cayenne Star EP. It has glitter added in the EP powder and it really makes the image glisten. I thought the rosettes made a nice addition to the medallion

I also used some of paper flowers from Prima and I added rhinestones to the centers. The rhinestones were not the right color,(They were a topaz color) so I used a Spectrum Noir alcohol marker to change the color from a yellowish to this reddish orange. They are a perfect match now. The sentiment is also from the CHF set.

The bow..... well I used the Craft-Dee BowZ tool to make this fluffy bow. I use my Craft-Dee BowZ tool for virtually all my bows. Easy to use to get those fabulous looking bows every time. Click here to order one for yourself.

The rich chocolaty brown ribbon, used for this bow, is a fav of mine. The bow is a multi-loop bow and I wrapped the ribbon three times around the pegs to make this fluffy bow. This ribbon has lightly wired edges and that is my favorite type of ribbon. It makes fluffing the loops easy and if you are going to send this to someone, the ribbon can easily be re-fluffed.(hmm, .... is that a word LOL)

I added a beaded hat pin that I made and that finishes the card.

Products used:

Card stock and paper: Orange CS, Brown CS, White CS, DP 

Stamps - Cornish Heritage Farms - Ornamental Beauty LL-6018

Dies: Spellbinders Circle - S4-116, Sizzix Paper Rosette

Prima - Paper Flowers

Embossing Powder - Sparkle N Sprinkle Cayenne Star EP435

Rhinestones

Spectrum Noir- Alcohol marker  CR10

Corsage pin and beads and pearls to make the hat pin

Well, that's it for now. I have a huge project waiting in the wings and it has to get done for a craft show coming up very soon and I have 2 classes this weekend so I have a few things on my plate. LOL

I am also entering my card in the following wonderful challenges:

• 4 Krafty Girlz -  Anything Goes (W1 of 2) + DT Call
• Cute Card Thursday -  - #293 Sparkles
• Paper Crafting Journey - - (W2 of 2)  Anything Goes
• Sarah Hurley Challenges - (W 1 of 4) Bonfire Brights
• Sister Act Card Challenge -  No. 31 - Anything Goes
  
• Wags 'n Whiskers - No. 116 - Week 1 - Fall Colours
• Amusing Challenges -  - Autumn Colors
• Challenges 4 Everybody -  (2nd Week) Challenge #32: Anything Goes  (Ends Nov 9th.)
• Penny Black and More - (November) (1st Week) Anything Goes.

Thanks so much for stopping in today. Have a great week and I will be back soon,