Craft-Dee BowZ February Blog Hop

Hi Everyone

Welcome to my blog, and I am the last stop on the Craft-Dee BowZ Blog Hop. If you have arrived here from Gail's blog, then you are in the right spot. If not and you want to become eligable to win our prize then you may want to start at the beginning, click here.

 I hope that you have seen some really interesting Valentine's cards along the way. You still have time to make your sweetie a card.

Lately, I've been cutting a bunch of step cards so I decided to make one for the blog hop. 

Let me share my card with you.

Full front view

 Off to the side view

 Close-up of my multi-loop bow

Here is a better view of my handmade flowers beneath the bow.

If you are all thumbs when it comes to making bows then the Craft-Dee BowZ tool is the one for you. Easy to use, and lots of videos to guide you thru the process. After you made one or two bows you will be a pro for sure.

Please don't forget to leave a comment on each of the designers blogs and the Craft-Dee BowZ blog to put you in the running for the drawing for your very own Craft-Dee BowZ tool.

Here is the blog hop designers list just in case you get lost:

Tracey 
Vicki 
Gail
Barbara (you are here)

Craft Dee BowZ (return here to leave your last comment)

SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps: My Sentiments Exactly - Garden Faire Sentiments Paper/Card Stock: Pink CS, White CS, DP Ink: Memento - Rhubarb Stalk Dies/Punches Used: Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Tattered Florals, Spellbinders Fancy Tags, Martha Stewart Frond Punch Accessories: Ribbon, Craft-Dee BowZ  tool, dimensional foam

I am submitting my card to the following challenges:

• Clear It Out - Must use stash item - Challenge Theme: Anything Goes  Stash: Anything Goes (my stash items - Spellbinders Die, & Punches) (#110)
• Digi Choosday Challenge - #5  In The Pink (#2)
• Everybody-Art-Challenge  #310 Text/Sentiment as a focus point (#23)
• Loves Rubber Stamps  #137 Anything Goes(#130)
• Party Time Tuesdays -  #195 - Anything Goes (#81)
• Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes (#121)
• Card Mania -  (February) Add some Red (#109)
• Crafting from the Heart -  Always Anything Goes (#175)
• Craft Your Passion -  Always Anything Goes (#190)
• Eureka Stamps - Pink & Red (#25)
• Love to Scrap -  Love (#54)
  
• Monday Morning Challenge -  Anything Goes (#47)
• My Craft Creations -  Always Anything Goes (#88)
• The Crazy Challenge - Love (#60)
• Whoopsi Daisy - (February) Pretty in Pink (#25)

Just flutterin' by

Hi Everyone,

This month at Craft-Dee BowZ, the design team will be spotlighting projects using Fancy Folds. My card is just a few folds, some designer paper, handmade flowers, a doily and a few other embellishments.

Here is my card folded shut

Opened up

 Here are some of my handmade flowers.

The Bow:

I made this bow by stacking the purple and blue ribbon.and used the Craft-Dee BowZ tool to made a double loop bow. After the bow was removed from the tool, I pulled the loops apart to give the bow a fluffy look.

Time to get your Craft-Dee BowZ tool out and make a beautiful fluffy bow.

Don't forget, the Craft-Dee BowZ challenge is going on all month. 

The theme is "Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow."

Hope to see your project entered.

SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  My Sentiments Exactly - Garden Faire Sentiments Paper/Card Stock: DP Ink: Memento - Sweet Plum Dies Used:  Sizzix, Cheerie Lynn, Accessories: Ribbon, Craft-Dee BowZ  tool

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

• Come and Get It -  Texture (#30)
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #3 Anything Goes (#54)
• One Stitch At A Time - #229 Anything Goes with THE COLOUR PURPLE (#26)
• Robyn`s Fetish -  #249 Anything Goes (#52)
• Stamping Sensations - FEBRUARY:  Anything Goes (#40)
• That Craft Place -  Anything Goes (#80)

Memories

                                                                                                                                                                             

Hi Everyone,
Some of you may know that I love flowers and I have mastered making my own flowers from paper. I usually use what I call "stamp off paper" but I also have used scrapbook paper. Have you ever bought a slab of paper and some of the sheets are less than appealing??Me too!!! So,instead of throwing them out or having them collect dust, I spray the sheets with Glimmer Mist or Color Wash and change the look of those less than appealing sheets. After I do that I usually cut out flowers. I have a few dies that I love to use just for flower making. After manipulating and cutting, a flower is born or should I say, blooms. So, when I stopped by at the Art Impressions Blog and saw the latest challenge, Handmade Flowers, CHALLENGE 21, I knew I had to design and submit a card. So, here is the design I came up with. This was fun to design and I hope you like it.Well that is it for right now. Hope you have a great Sunday!!!

My True Joy

Did you ever make a card and it doesn't quite click!!!???. Well here is one of those cards. I decided to play around with glossy paper and an olive/sage colored dye ink and VersaMark. (click here to read more)










Thanks for stopping by,

Barbara

Guest Designer for Crafters Companion

Hi Everyone,
It's another rainy day here and the forcast is for rain all week.  Well you know what that means, time to craft and chase the rain away. (We hope.)

I just have to share this little bit of news with you all. I was chosen for the 1st guest designer spot for the month of May over at Crafters Companion. Isn't that exciting?!? They've posted a card I designed for Mother's Day using stamps from their company and there will be another card design that they will post later this month.

I used stamps from a set called Flower Fairies Zinnia stamp set. They also have other flower fairies sets and they are great too. Very detailed and very nice stamps. Check them out, I am sure you will find something that you will just love, like I did.

Well thats it for now, thanks for stopping by today,

Watercolor and Spring

Hi Everyone,
Spring is slow in coming, we are expecting snow tonite and up to 1". So........ lets think spring. One of these days we will be wishing for cooler weather. LOL.

Since spring is on the horizon, I made a watercolor that exudes springtime flowers. Art Impressions has the nicest stamps that make great watercolor scenes. So I made a beautiful scene, added handmade flowers and punched a great accent strip using a Just Imagine/Kreations punch. A little leaf ribbon from May Arts adds to those handmade flowers and here is the card.

Well, I decided to submit this card to this weeks Art Impressions Challenge #9 - Watercoloring. Hope you enjoyed this and I hope it inspires you to do a little watercoloring. Thanks for stopping by,





Sunday's Inspiration

Hi Everyone,
Today was my turn to post over at Just Imagine/Kreations. Click here to check out the post and learn more about some cool flowers... they will look great on that card you need to make, or maybe that gift bag or ..... you know, just about any project you are working on, and, best of all, they are easy to make.

Well that's it for now, have a great day and let me know what you think of these easy to make flowers.

Joan's Garden Challenge (JG0203)

Hi Everyone. Hope you are keeping warm and haven't received too much snow. Here in my area, it's just cold and the latest snow storm has gone south of us. I glad we didn't get any snow this time around. This weekend we are supposed to see temps in the mid 40's. Bring it on!!!!!

I thought I would enter a challenge from Joan's Gardens. The challenge (JG0203) requested:

1. Use Coral/pink and Green for your colors
2. A Birthday Sentiment
3. Vintage Paper
4. Handmade or Punch flower

Here is the creation I came up with.

I made my own flower and used what I considered vintage paper under the stamped image. I also thought a butterfly would look nice and that flower needed leaves so I used Spellbinders dies to produce those. The stamp is from Lost Coast Designs.

I love pink and green together, it's just so fresh looking, don't you think. These colors remind me of spring, and beautiful flowers and warm weather and open windows and................... well you know what I mean.




Well, I hope everyone is keeping warm and you know, spring will be here soon.
Thanks for stopping,