Like The Dew

  Hello and thanks for stopping in today!! Hope your day is going well for you.

Creative Moments has a new challenge that has started today and I thought I'd share my inspiration project with you all, today.

The sponsor is Cute As A Button and their digi's are definitely cute!!!

This sweet image is called Morning Dew. 

SUPPLIES I USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps: Digital - Cute As A Button -  Morning Dew, Clear Stamps - Leaves (background) Recollections Paper/Card Stock: White CS, Green CS, Copper CS Ink: Memento - Bamboo Dies Used: Heartfelt Creations  Accessories: Spectrum Noir alcohol Markers

I am submitting my card to the following challenges: Aud Sentiments Challenge  #275 For The Girls + A Sentiment) (#18) Crafty Sentiment Designs - Anything Goes (#41) Lemon Shortbread - #146 - Always Anything Goes (Week 1) (#31) Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes (#55) Creative Fingers -  No. 208 (W2 of 2)  -  ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES  (#113) Pattie's Creations -  APR - No. 182 ANYTHING GOES (Closes 06/03) (#37) Polkadoodles - W, C10 - ANYTHING GOES -  Wk. 21 (Closes 06/02) (#7) Well, hope you join in the fun over at Creative Moments, we'd love to see your creation. And you could be the next winner. Have a great rest of your weekend

September 2020 Craft-Dee BowZ Challenge

Hello Crafters

Welcome to September and to another new month.

Fall will be here in about 3 weeks. 

And you know what is soon to follow, yep, 

Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas

That's a little food for thought for ya. LOL

Well September ushers in the start of a new

Craft-Dee BowZ challenge 

Our September sponsor is 

The Winner will receive:
2 digital images 
Click here to check out the digi's here

I used Sunflower
on my card.

Let me share the card with you.

Here is a closer view of my bow.

I used some sheer ribbon to make my bow. 

This is a quad loop bow
I used my Craft-Dee BowZ tool and its so easy to use.
The great thing about the Craft-Dee BowZ tool 
is that it makes great smaller bows  for cards or  gift bags
as well as the larger bows to use on regular size gifts

If you are bow challenged - the CDB tool is for you.
The tool is small and makes great bows. 
It's portable and easy to store.

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:  digi - Cute As A Button - Sunflowers: Rubber Stamp sentiment - Hero Arts (old) Paper/Card Stock:White CS, DP (2) Ink: Memento - Summer Sky, VersaFine Clair - Nocturine, Distress Ink - Mowed Grass Dies Used: Spellbinders - Ovals , Rubbernecker  - Cloud die Accessories: Ribbon, Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers, Craft-Dee BowZ  tool, Foam backed Glitter paper, Quickie Glue Pen, Dimensional foam

September 1  thru September 29
You have about the whole month to get your project submitted.
The theme is always
Anything Goes
(No bow required)

You could be the next winner

I am submitting my card in the following challenges:

• Crafty Sentiment Designs - Anything Goes (#90)
• Digi Choosday Challenge - #35 - Anything Goes (#66)
• Through The Craft Room Door  - Always Anything Goes (#105)
• Little Red Wagon  #565 - Anything But a Card (#16)
• Crafty Catz -  No. 517 -  ANYTHING GOES W/OPTIONAL TWIST "ANYTHING BUT SQUARE"  (#50)
• Pattie's Creations -  Sept  (Closes Oct 3rd) - No. 174 - ANYTHING GOES (#13)

Thanks for stopping by today

Please be well and stay safe.

March 2020 Craft-Dee BowZ Challenge

Hello Crafters

Welcome to March and to another new month.

March ......well it is the month that St. Patty's Day is celebrated in some areas. 
And right after that is the beginning of spring.
I am sure most of us will be happy to see winter go.

 March also ushers in the start of a new

Craft-Dee BowZ challenge 

Our March sponsor is 

Cute As A Button

The Winner will receive:

2 digital images 
Click here to check out the digi's here

Let me share my card with you

I used Luck of the Irish
on my card.
Check out  the image here



My Bow - I used a green satin ribbon with shamrocks embossed on top. I also used some sheer green ribbon to make a stacked bow. 
The sheer green bow is a double loop bow and I made a triple loop bow
 using that green satin ribbon.
Then I stacked the satin bow on top of the sheer bow to make my stacked bow.

I used my Craft-Dee BowZ tool and its so easy to use.
The great thing about the Craft-Dee BowZ tool 
is that it makes great smaller bows  for cards or  gift bags
as well as the larger bows to use on regular size gifts

If you are bow challenged - the CDB tool is for you.
The tool is small and yet it makes great bows. 
It's portable and easy to store.

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:  digi - Cute as a Button - Luck of the Irish Paper/Card Stock:White CS, Dk Green CS, DP Dies Used: Spellbinders Ovals  Accessories: Ribbon, Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers, Craft-Dee BowZ  tool, Green felt shamrock buttons (JoAnn's)

The Craft-Dee BowZ challenge runs March 1 thru March 29
You have about the whole month to get your project submitted.
The theme is always
Anything Goes
(No bow required)

You could be the next winner

I am submitting my card in the following challenges
A Bit More Time to Craft #111 - Always Anything Goes (#43)
A Perfect Time To Craft  #3-2020 Always Anything Goes (#52)
Classic Design  Challenge  Always Anything Goes  (#44)
Clever Dexter Challenge ( #3 - Struck by Luck (#1)
Crafts Galore Encore  #73 Always Anything Goes (#26)
Die Cut Divas  March - Anything Goes (#13)
Digi Doodle Studios Challenge Blog  #25 - Ribbon and/or Lace (#4)
Love to Scrap  #131 - Anything Goes (#26)
Morgan's ArtWorld Open Challenge March - Anything Goes (#11)
Crafter's Cafe  #237 - Anything Goes (#16)

Thanks for stopping by today

I will be back soon

Challenge #401 at Crafty Creations Challenge

Hello crafters

Hope you are having a crafty week so far.
Speaking of Crafty...........

There is a new challenge over at Crafty Creations Challenges

The theme is always Anything Goes

Our wonderful Sponsor for 
Crafty Creations Challenges #401 is 

Cute As A Button

They offer a large array of digital images

Please visit their shop here

For my project today, I used 

Snorkel Fun Girl
and she is so cute

Here is my card

SUPPLIES I USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps: digital  Cute As A Button -  Snorkel Fun Girl Paper/Card Stock: Blue CS, WhiteCS Dies Used: Spellbinders Ovals sm, Sizzix Oval Dies    Accessories: Dimensional foam, Firefly Alcohol markers, Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers, Sea shells, Round Gems, string netting

I am submitting my card in the following challenges:

• Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges   #1942 - ANYTHING GOES (#26)
• The Corrosive Challenges  - Always Anything Goes (#96)
• Brown Sugar –  Oct  No. 294 -  ANYTHING GOES (#198)
• Colour Crazy Challenge - Wk 41 -   ANYTHING COLORING GOES  (#42)
• Creative Fingers - No. 173 -  ALWAYS  ANYTHING GOES  (#62)
• Polkadoodles -  No. 42 - ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES  (#69)
• QKR Stampede – No. 368 - ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES (#55)
• Scrapper’s Delights Challenge Blog - OCT - ANYTHING GOES (Closes Nov 3) (#22)

I hope you liked my project

I will be back soon

Thanks much for stopping in today.

Sitting in the Pumpkin Patch

Hello Everyone

And a big welcome to October, except where is the cooler weather??? Its been HOT here in my area for the whole month of September and we are in need of rain desperately. I am hoping that October shows its fall head with cooler temps and some rain.

OK off the weather and on to some fun and crafty things.

Today is the start of the Craft-Dee BowZ challenge for October

The sponsor is 

Cute As A Button

Please visit Cute As A Button and 

check out the great selection of items available.

The winner will receive 

2 digital images

Since fall is here I decided on a cute image that has a pumpkin theme. 

When I think of the beginning of fall, I always think of pumpkins

Here is the card I came up with using  the

Pumpkin Patch digital image

I used a step card to showcase this adorable image

I added a stamped pumpkin image behind the digital image  

and added some punched leaves on the side panels of the card.

A fluffy bow at the bottom finishes this card off.

Here is a closer view of that cute digital image

Here is a closer view of my bow

SUPPLIES I USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  Digital - Cute as a Button (Pumpkin Patch), Rubber Stamp - Euerka Stamp - Pumpkin - (No longer available) Paper/Card Stock: White CS, DP  Ink: Memento - Tangelo, New Sprout Dies Used: Accucut - Step card Accessories: Ribbon, Craft-Dee BowZ  tool, dimensional foam, Alcohol Markers (FireFly, Spectrum Noir), Staedtler Triplus Fineliner

Hope you submit your creative project to the Craft-Dee BowZ October challenge

The theme  - Anything Goes (a bow is no longer a prerequisite)

Challenge ends October 30

Hope I inspired you with my card and the cute digital image. 

I will be back soon

For the Big League

Welcome to May.

I am so excited to welcome in the month of May.
Hopefully warmer weather and a little less rain will be coming our way.

Baseball season has started and I'm sure little league is in full swing (no pun intended) as well.

Since it's the first of the month, Craft-Dee BowZ has started their May Challenge.

The CDB challenge is a monthly challenge and the theme is always:

Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow.

That's easy enough, LOL

The sponsor for May at Craft-Dee BowZ is

Cute As A Button

Since it's baseball season, I spied this cute baseball batter over on the Cute as a Button site

 and since they are the sponsor this month I just had to use him

He is the Sandlot Slugger

and he is perfect for a birthday card for that little leaguer in your life.

When I started this card, I envisioned a baseball stadium in the background. 

Found the stadium image off the internet and it works perfect with the CAAB image. 

Also I saw some baseball stats in the sports section of the paper

 so I used those to add some additional interest to the card.

The sentiment is something I thought up and it's a great fit, I think. 

I added a simple little single loop bow to this card.

Needed something that was not frilly. 

Here are some pics of me making that sweet little bow

I've wrapped the ribbon around the 2 pegs so it looks like a U 

with the tales(ends of ribbon) at the top, 

and then I overlap the ends of the ribbon. 

Kind of like an awareness ribbon.

The ribbon end that's on the top

 gets threaded under the ribbon and between the posts and 

pulled up

These 2 tails of ribbon need to be tied in a knot

And those tails need to be pulled tight.

And wella, you have a bow. 

It is so easy and is quick to make a bow.

Here is the tool

SUPPLIES I USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  Digi - Cute As A Button - The Sandlot Slugger Paper/Card Stock: Red CS, Lt. gray CS, Med. Gray CS, White CS Accessories: Ribbon, Craft-Dee BowZ  tool, dimensional foam, Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers, Glue Dot, Stadium Digital image - Off the internet, Stats in the corners - from local newspaper.

I am submitting my card to the following challenges:

• Crafting By Designs   - May Anything Goes (#20)
• The Crafty Addicts   #60 - Anything Goes (#12)
• A Gem of a Challenge    - #8 - Anything Goes  (#126)
• Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges  #1918 - ANYTHING GOES (#8)
• Crafting from the Heart  #242 ANYTHING GOES (#143)

Strawberry Jam

Welcome to March!!

Spring is coming!! I will be glad to see the spring season. I am so done with Winter!! aren't you!!

It's time for the beginning of a new challenge over at Craft-Dee BowZ. The challenge runs all month and the theme is always - Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow

Cute As A Button is the sponsor over at Craft-Dee BowZ this month. The winner of the March challenge will receive 2 digital images of their choice from CAAB.

I thought the Strawberry Jam image was so cute, I just had to use it.

Let me share the card with you

I tried to make the jam jar look like it had been opened and half used, so I used some blue on the jar to look like glass. It looks  I had this card done and I decided it needed some pink behind that scalloped oval. So I lifted and pried the scalloped oval up and slid the Decorative Oval behind it to finish off the look. Seems like I often will make a card, get it finished, (or so I thought) and then I decide it needs something else, so I gently pull areas of it apart and redo/add things

My bow - it's a triple loop bow using my Craft-Dee BowZ tool. It kind of looks like a flower, doesn't it!! I used white Hug Snug seam binding and to color the ribbon I took my Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink pad and ran it over the Hug Snug and it gave me the color I wanted and needed.I topped that bow off with one of the flowers I made.

Those little flowers - they are from Heartfelt Creations - Flowering Dogwood.. These are stamped on vellum using Picked Raspberry and I added glitter to add some pizzazz.

SUPPLIES I USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  Digital: Cute As A Button - Strawberry Jam, Rubber: Heartfelt Creations - Flowering Dogwood Paper/Card Stock: Lite Pink CS, Raspberry CS, Vellum, White CS Ink: Ranger - Tim Holtz Distress Oxide - Picked Raspberry Dies Used:  Spellbinders Scalloped Ovals, Heartfelt Creations - Decorative Oval, Flowering Dogwood dies  Accessories: Hug Snug Ribbon,  Craft-Dee BowZ  tool, dimensional foam, Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers, Glitter, Art Glitter Glue, Quickie Glue Pen

I am submitting my card in the following challenges:

• Catch The Bug  - Anything Goes (#10)
• Classic Design Team Open Challenge Always Anything Goes (#33)
• Crafts Galore Encore (M, P1, E3) #61 - Always Anything Goes (#21)
• Cute As A Button Challenge #42 - Anything Goes (Optional Think Green) (#4)
• Happy Craft Challenge (M, P1 E3) March - Always Anything Goes (#18)
• Morgan's ArtWorld Open Challenge March - Anything Goes  (#13)
• World Wide Open Design Team Challenge Always Anything Goes (#88)

Thanks for stopping in today. Hope you enjoyed my creation and hope you will stop back soon.