The Craft-Dee BowZ June Blog Hop

Hi There

Welcome to the June Craft-Dee BowZ blog hop. If you  arrived here here from Gails blog, then you are in the right spot. If not, you may want to click here to start at the beginning.
The theme is Wedding and I know from time to time we all are invited to a wedding. So I hope you have seen some great designs for that wedding card you may need to make sometime in the future.

I am the last stop in our blog hop but for the guidelines and prize info please begin over at the Craft-Dee BowZ blog. Make sure to visit all of the designers blogs and leave comments to be eligible for a prize of a 25 yard spool of yummy ribbon,(Winner to be announced on Monday). Since our team is small it won't take too long to visit and comment on all the blogs. 

In case you got lost along the way here are the team members

Craft-Dee BowZ  (start here)

Vicki Robertson

Tracey Rogers

Gail Lass

Barbara Bruder (You are here)

The theme for this blog hop is Wedding but I decided to venture away from the traditional white card. I designed my card to be elegant yet I used the colors of the bridal party.

The lace that I used is hand crocheted and I have had it for 20+ years. 

The blue piece that is threaded thru the lace, it's a strip of shimmer card stock 

The flowers are all my handmade creations  from my stash. I use the Tim Holtz Die to cut out the shapes using pages from an old dictionary. I love print on flowers and got a steal on the dictionary at a resale shop.I create them ahead of time then they just wait to be used on a project. 

 The leaves....I used a Martha Stewart hand punch.

Here is a close up of the bow.

I used a cream satin ribbon and just tied a single loop bow. I added a flower over the knot.

 Well I hope you saw something that inspired you for a card you might need to make in the future.

We loved having you drop by today.

Don't forget to comment on the individual designers blogs to be in the running for the giveaway

Also, Craft-Dee BowZ has a monthly challenge that  you can play along with. We would love to see your submission this month.

I am submitting my card in the following challenges:

Clear It Out  - Challenge Theme: Blue Stash: Blue Embellishments (#10)

Sweet Stamps  - # 225 Anything Goes (#38)

Through The Craft Room Door W, 2E - Always Anything Goes (#87)

Crafts Galore Encore Anything Goes (#177)

Creative Craft Cottages Challenges # 41 Flowers (#29)

Creative Craft Cottage Digi Creations #26 Layer It Up (#43)

Lia Stampz Challenge #89 Anything Goes (#28)

Petal Lu Anything Goes (#99)

The Sisters of Craft Anything Goes (#131)

Recycle, Re-Purpose & Re-Invent -Always Anything Goes but must Recycle (#2)

Thanks for stopping in and hopping along with us on our blog hop.

Hope you have a wonderful week.

Always and Forever

Welcome Back friends,
Since it's the first Tuesday of the month, it's time for my regular monthly post for Craft-Dee BowZ. Yesterday I mentioned that the theme for June is wedding and here is another card creation I came up with.

I originally had a totally different look in mind but as I worked on it, it just didn't come together as I had envisioned. Have you ever had that problem?  I have part of that project done and now as I am writing this post I think I have come up with a better idea, at least better than what I had startedout doing. It's still in the wedding theme. I will share it as soon as I finish it.  OK back to this card.........................................

Hearts, swirls, lace and ribbons as well as creamy shimmery card stock and a designer paper from DCWV - The Luxury Stack. These are the elements I used to make this card.

The cream and celery colored card stock are so light it is hard to get any good shots of this card.

The sentiment

The Bow

The Hearts

SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps: My Sentiments Exactly - Occasional Brackets Paper/Card Stock: Shimmer Cream, Celery, DP Ink: Memento - New Sprout Dies Used: Spellbinders -Labels Seventeen, Sizzix- Hearts, Impression Obsession - Heart Flourish Embossing Folders: Elizabeth Crafts -Damask, Cuttlebug - Dots, Anna Griffin - Acanthus Accessories: Ribbon, Craft-Dee BowZ  tool, dimensional foam

I am submitting this card to the following challenges:

Amusing - Anything Goes (W1 of 2) (#28)

Scribble and Scrap -  #45 Always:  Anything Goes   (#178)

The Corrosive Challenges - #225 Anything Goes  (#166)

Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes or Twist of Die Cuts (#178)

Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes (#83)

Craft Your Passion - Always Anything Goes (#97)

Dream Valley Challenges - Anything Goes (#221)

Not Just Cards - Always Anything Goes (#133)

The Crazy Challenge - Use Ribbon or Lace (#102)

Have a wonderful week,

A Wedding Card

Looking for the Mema's Crafts post? I have two posts for today, but if you scroll down you will find that the post for Mema's is right under this one. Thanks

Hi Everyone,
Welcome to June!!! Five months down and we are about 3 weeks away from the official start of summer.This year is flying by for sure.

Well this month the Craft-Dee BowZ designers have been given a theme of - Wedding. So with that in mind, you will be seeing some really beautiful cards all depicting the wedding theme.

Here is a card I made with that that fits perfectly with the wedding theme. My card is pretty simple.

This card uses only two colors,white and silver. (This is a 6X6 square card.) First I  die cut a heart out of the white panel and embossed it with a swirl emboss folder. I then embossed a smaller vertical section of the white card panel with dots and on the larger portion of the panel I used a floral embossing folder.

Next I attached the square white panel over a silver panel. I added a fluffy multi loop bow  and attached this panel to the front of the card. Next using dimensional foam, I attached the heart in an offset manner over the spot where the heart was cut from and added silver flat back pearls. This is a quick and easy card to make, great for those last minute times when you need a card.

The Craft-Dee BowZ tool is the tool that makes bow making a cinch. If you are bow making challenged then this is the tool for you. Easy to use instructions included and plenty of video's to walk you thru if you are a visual learner, and those videos have other bow making instructions besides the basic single looped bow.

I am submitting this card in the following challenges:

Amusing - W, 2E, no digi -  Anything Goes  (#20)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #10 Anything Goes  (#164)

The Corrosive Challenges -  #225 Anything Goes  (#146)

Jo's Scrap Shack - W, 3E  - No.90 -  Anything Goes (#81)

Polkadoodles -  No.20 - (W2 of 2) Girly, but no Pink (#83)

Simply Papercraft - 2W, E3 - No. 5 (W2 of 2) - Anything Goes(#201)

Sister Act Card Challenge - No. 108  - Always Anything Goes (Cards only) (#182)

I will be back tomorrow with another wedding themed card. Hope you stop back for more inspiration.

Have a great day

The Wedding Card

Hi Everyone,
Back on September 7,  I posted a wedding invitation design that I made for a family member. Well the wedding was last evening and I want to share with you the card I made for the bride and groom.

The brides colors were purple and gray, and since I had some of the wedding invitation card stock left,  I used it to make the wedding card.

I decided on a book card design a while ago. These are really quite easy to make. Really they are!!! So here is how the book card came out.

Card front - closed

Here is a side view showing the pleated frame that makes the look of pages.

The inside left side of the card.

Inside - right side of the card.

Close up of bottom corner

Close up of  top corner

Card fully opened

Since this card is thick, it will not fit in an ordinary envelope.
 I needed something along the lines of a slim box.
Below is the box. I made the box so the card was able to slide down into the box,
 mainly for protection of the card.
This is how I presented it to the bride. 

box with lid off to side

This box is about 1/2" thick, just the right thickness to accommodate the card.

The card slides down into the box perfectly.

I made this box very plain since this was my first attempt at this size box. Next one I make will be more elaborate. (And it's all about the card, anyway, isn't it. LOL)

The wedding was beautiful and the bride was gorgeous.

What a wonderful evening!!

Thanks for stopping in today so I could share this special card with you.

Have a great week and I will be back soon.