Thinking of You

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 August.

I've been playing with some Heartfelt Creations Flowers (stamps and dies and molds) and thought these flowers would look great on a card to share with you all. To add additional interest, I glittered the petals of the flowers.(Hard to see because glitter seems to be camera shy.)

Let me share this cool project with you. 

For My Bow - I used a sheer ribbon (Yep, by now you know it's my #2 bow making material)  and it makes it easy to make a multi loop bow. This bow is a triple 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:  Sentiment - Bright Rosa, Flowers - Heartfelt Creations - Wild Aster Paper/Card Stock: White CS, DP's, Green CS, Pink CS Ink: Memento - Rhubarb Stalk, Northern Pine, VersaFine Clair - Nocturne Dies Used: Spellbinders Circles, Heartfelt Creations Wild Aster   Accessories: Sheer Ribbon, Craft-Dee BowZ  tool, dimensional foam. Glitter, Quickie Glue Pen, Yellow Prills, Art Glitter Dries Clear Liquid Glue. Outline Stickers (Butterfly)

I am submitting my card in the following challenges:

• The Corrosive Challenges -  Always Anything Goes (#16)
• A Bit More Time to Craft  #120 - Always Anything Goes (#80)
• A Perfect Time To Craft (M, P1) Always Anything Goes (#94)
• Artistic Stampers  August - Anything Goes (#9)
• Classic Design  Challenge  Always Anything Goes (#72)
• Crafts Galore Encore  Always Anything Goes (#38)
• Die Cut Divas (M P1, E4, die cuts) August - Flowers (#13)
• Love to Craft  #49 - Always Anything Goes (#46)
• Pearly Sparkles Challenge  #54 - Anything Goes (#22)
• QKR Stampede (M, P1, 4E, SIO) #402 - Always Anything Go (#34)
• The Creative Crafters  #30 - Always Anything Goes (#135)
• The Flower Challenge #47 - Add sparkle (#3)
• Penny Black and More – (August) Say It With Flowers (#5)

Well that's it for now. I hope you enjoyed your stay.

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I will be back soon.

Stay safe and be well

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.

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

Peace On Earth

Hello Crafters,

November is here and chugging right along, isn't it.

Today is November's first Tuesday 

and time for my Craft-Dee BowZ inspiration post 

I wanted to make something plain/clean and simple, 

however that really isn't my style.

This is about as close to plain/clean and simple as I will probably get.

Seems like I am hooked on pine trees 

and this awesome die cut, lately.

Before making this card

I  just imagined standing in the middle of a pine forest, 

with a little snow falling, and the quiet of the moment. 

So with that in mind, here is my card..............

Here is a closer view of my fluffy bow. 

It's a triple loop made using very sheer ribbon (my fav)

The great thing about the Craft-Dee BowZ tool is,  

it's easy to use, it's small and portable and easy to store. 

Makes great bows, whether they are little or larger, say for a gift.

Order yours over on the Craft-Dee BowZ blog. 

Just click on the Buy Now button on the left sidebar.

SUPPLIES I USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  Rubber stamps - Sentiment Heartfelt Creations - Noel Sentiments: Stampscapes - Pines & Rocks Paper/Card Stock: White CS, Green CS Ink: Memento - Northern Pine Dies Used: Sizzix Ovals, Sizzix - Tim Holtz Thinlets - Woodlands Accessories: Ribbon, Craft-Dee BowZ  tool, dimensional foam, Embossing Folders - Darice Plaid, Cuttlebug - Mistletoe

I am submitting my card in the following challenges:

• Artsystamper Challenge  - #3 - MONOCHROMATIC (#2)
• Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges  #1944 - ANYTHING GOES (#17)
• Dragonfly Dreams - M, Winner + Top Picks – (November) Christmas/Winter  (#26)
• The Corrosive Challenges -  Always Anything Goes (#14)
• A Gem of a Challenge    - #21 - Anything Goes (#143)
• A Bit More Time to Craft  #103 - Always Anything Goes (#73)
• A Perfect Time To Craft  November - Always Anything Goes (#56)
• Classic Design Team Open Challenge  Always Anything Goes (#45)

Thanks for stopping in today. 

Hope you liked my card

I will be back soon.

Happy Birthday

Hi there! How's your week going so far? 

                 Well the months are going by fast, aren't they??? 

Did you know, not only does Craft-Dee BowZ host a challenge, but they also post weekly inspiration projects each Tuesday?
Hope you will stop over at Craft-Dee BowZ and check out their inspiration posts. 

Since it's the 1st Tuesday of the month, it's my turn to share an inspiration project. 
The Craft-Dee BowZ challenge has already started and will be running until September 30

. I've been working on Christmas cards for a while., (I am preparing for a show in Cincinnati in November.) so I decided to take a break from Christmas and work on a birthday card. 

Let me share my inspiration piece 

and I hope it gives you some ideas to design a card or two.

This is my version of a clean and simple card.
And this is about as CAS as I can get.

On a white panel, I stamped the image in the center and without reinking,

 I huffed onto the stamp and stamped the image again to the left of the original image. 

Next, I huffed one more time and stamped again to the right of the original image. 

I used a stamp with dots on it to add some additional interest.

I mounted the stamped panel on a raspberry panel. 

I made my bow and attached it to the corner of this panel. 

Next, I cut a larger panel and used an embossing folder to add texture and attached the stamped panel on top. 

Finally, I attached all these panels to the front of the card.

Here is a closer view of my bow.

I used a 1/2" sheer ribbon. 

I actually made a single loop bow and then stacked a smaller single loop bow 

on top of the first bow

I then attached the stacked single loop bows onto the corner of the stamped panel. 

The sponsor for the Craft-Dee BowZ challenge this month is Beccy's Place

The prize will be  1 digital set

Don't forget,
 the challenge theme is always 
Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow

SUPPLIES I USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  Hero Arts - Real Fuchsia, Stamps by Judith - 04 Dots Paper/Card Stock: White CS, Raspberry CS Ink: Distress Ink-  Peeled Paint, Picked Raspberry (used markers) Accessories: Ribbon, Craft-Dee BowZ  tool, dimensional foam, Mini Words Peel off's, Darice Embossing Folder - Dots

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

• Artistic Inspirations -  #206 ANYTHING GOES (#18)
• Classic Design Team Open Challenge  Always Anything Goes (#36)
• Crafting from the Heart -  #218 ANYTHING GOES (#21)
• CuteNCrafty Challenge Blog - #8 ANYTHING GOES (#71)
• Morgan's ArtWorld Open Challenge  September - Anything Goes (#25)
• Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges - #1835 - ANYTHING GOES (#13)
• Paradise of Magnolia - #68 FLOWERS (#10)
• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - STAMP IT ON (#34)
• Dragonfly Dreams -  (September)  Anything Goes (#17)
• heARTful Stamping Challenge - Anything Goes + Stamp (#12)
• Penny Black and More –  (September) Feminine   (#13)
• World Wide Open Design Team Challenge  Always Anything Goes (#95)

I hope you enjoyed my project and I hope you will submit your project in the Craft-Dee BowZ challenge. The challenge will close on September 30.  

I'd love to see what you've been working on. 

Your creative project could be our next monthly winner

Thanks for visiting my blog today, and I'll be back soon,
 sharing another fun and creative project.