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Thursday, April 16, 2015

It's time to hop at Craft-Dee BowZ!!

It's that time at Craft-Dee BowZ...time to hop hop hop. The blog hop theme this month is
LIVING ON THE EDGE--USE BORDER DIES.

If you've arrived here from Vicki's blog, you're headed in the right direction. If not and you'd like to be eligible to win our prize, you might want to start from the beginning. I've listed my teammates below. Don't forget to leave comments on each blog, as well as a comment on the Craft-Dee BowZ blog as your first stop. For the guidelines and prize information, please go here.
 
Let's get hoppin'! Here's the list of blogs to visit and leave a comment:
 
Craft-Dee BowZ
 Leeann (our GDT!)
Gail (this is me!)



I chose this adorable rubber stamped image from CandiBean with this cute little caterpillar and a sentiment from Lili of the Valley. As much as I love digital images, there's nothing nicer than holding a stamp in your hand, inking it and stamping. I was a rubber stamper LONG BEFORE digitals were available!

My border die is by Magnolia and is in dark magenta. I used the border die twice with one time being upside down and then put my aqua lace down the middle. It was then that I added the metal charms that are from my charm collection.

The pretty die cut frame around my image is by Spellbinders and the diecut around the sentiment is from the same set.  The oval that I stamped my image on is a die by DieZyne Dies and I used my Cuttlebug to cut out all of my dies. 


After coloring my image with Copics I added some Glossy Accents. On the polka dot scarf and the flowers at her feet, I sprinkled some extra fine glitter on the wet Glossy Accents. I have both the Copics and the Distress Inks but have yet to be happy with 'painting' my images. I get much better blending with the Copics.

 
My flowers are from I Am Roses. My tip for getting flowers to match your card:  I took my Copic pen that I used to color my image, colored around the edges of my roses and then spritzed them with rubbing alcohol which caused the ink to run. Now I have flowers that are a perfect match for my card! The swirl die is by Joy! and I took my embossing pen (thank you, Donna at Craft-Dee BowZ!) and ran it around on the die cut swirl and then sprinkled ultra thick white embossing powder on it. I didn't want all white, nor did I want all aqua, so this gave me the texture and combination of color I was seeking. Those little green swirly thingys (a card maker's technical term) are the stems of my flowers. The white lace and pearls are from my abundant stash. 
 
 
And this is my bow. I made a double looped larger bow from the green ribbon and then I made a double looped smaller bow from the magenta ribbon and I stacked and tied them together with a piece of embroidery thread. Thank you, Craft-Dee BowZ for my ribbons! Then I found this perfect colored button and threaded it and glued it to the middle. This is the fanciest bow I've ever made and I'm sure that I couldn't have made this without my Craft-Dee BowZ tool.

Time for you to hop over to Barbara's blog next and remember to leave a comment on each blog to be in the drawing.

                                                                                        Hugs,
                                                                                        Gail

This card is entered in the following challenges:
Ribbon girls, Artistic Inspirations, Suzy Bee's Blooming Challenge, Craft Your Passion, Crafting from the Heart, Crafty Sentiments, Everybody Art, Loves Rubber Stamps, Love to Scrap, Little Miss Muffet, As You Like It, Inspiration Destination, Simply Papercrafts, Addicted to Stamps, Melonheadz Friends, Monday Morning Challenge, Not Just Cards, Crazy ChallengeCrafty Creations, Fan-tastic Tuesday, Top Tip Tuesday (3 pearls), Pinspirational, Cuttlebugmania, My Craft Creations, Wonderful Wednesday Challenge, Sparkle n Sprinkle, Emerald Faeries, Craftyhazelnuts Patterned Paper, Cardmania Challenge, Crafts Galore Encore, Mema's Crafts, The Sisters of Craft, Noor Design, One Crazy Stamper, Die Cut Divas, Crafty Calendar, Craft for the Craic, Whoopsi Daisy, The Paper Nest Dolls, Party Time Tuesdays, I Am Roses, Creatalicious Challenge, Di's Digi Designs

58 comments:

  1. Sweet card, Gail! I love all of your details...charms, trims and amazing bow!

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  2. Gorgeous bow with matching button. Very sweet card.

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  3. Gail, your color combo is so luscious and I love the creativity of your bow! This is a delightful card.

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  4. gorgeous bow! I love that bottom ribbon!! sweet flowers, too!

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  5. Gail, Oh this card is so pretty. Love how you used the border die and your layered ribbons are great!!

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  6. Such a cute card, love the image and great colouring. Fab dies and design. Hugs Jennifer xx

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  7. Wow I love this card Gail ...stunning layered bow and awesome colouring
    Tracey x

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  8. ahhhh such a cute image, pretty colouring and LOVE that bow!!
    Thanks for joining this weeks challenge at Loves Rubberstamps, Hugs Blankina

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  9. Stunning! That bow is fabulous. Creative Blessings, Tracy x

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  10. Stunning card just fabulous love htat bow love and hugs Carole x

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  11. Gorgeous card thanks for joining us at Crafty Calendar Challenge hugs Sue xx

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  12. Yummy looking blackberries, first off, but then once again, you just need to sit back and just look at every square inch of this creation to pick up all the nuances you put into this. Very detail-oriented, and each one just adds so much more elegance to this creation. Fantastic bow, cute charms, oo-la-la lace, pretty pearls, flowers (colored to match!), super-duper coloring on your adorable image, and anything else I failed to mention, but it's there! Surely has to be a winner in a number of your challenges entered !! Good luck, Gail.

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  13. ADORABLE! The image is so cute and your coloring is fabulous! LOVE the design and color ... just AWESOME! Thanks for inspiration and a fun hop!
    Darlene
    DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS

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  14. Love that big beautiful bow and those charms. Great card! Thanks for joining us at Melonheadz Friends.

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  15. Super adorable card Gail. LOVE that amazing bow with the cute little button to top ot off. And the image couldn't be any sweeter.
    hugs, Janie

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  16. Stunning card, love the colours and that image is soooo cute.
    Thanks for sharing it with us and hope to see you again in our next challenge as well,
    Hugs
    Willeke
    DT Crafty Creations Challengeblog

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  17. Beautiful coloring. The little girl caught my heart. A wonderful design and style.

    So glad you joined us at Die Cut Divas.

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  18. What a gorgeous card! Love all the ribbon and lace! Your double bows look fabulous! Thanks for the tip about the UTEE and the swirl die - might have to try this myself! Everything here looks beautiful!

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  19. Love your colour combo on this one Gail, lovely image, gorgeous colouring and a fabulous bow!
    hugs Jacee
    Simply Paper Card Design

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  20. Thanks for sharing your lovely crafting for Fan-tastic Tuesday challenge 81 - hope to see you again soon, Hazel, DT - thanks also for entering this into my Patterned Paper April challenge x

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  21. so cute Gail, love it
    thanks for playing with us at crafty sentiments
    hugs
    céline

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  22. Super cute card!!! Thank you for joining us at Simply Papercraft, good luck!!! Amy DT

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  23. Gorgeous cute card, great colouring. Gail x

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  24. Beautiful card and that double double bow is super pretty and fancy! WOWsers!

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  25. Beautiful color combination on this lovely card! Thanks for playing with us at One Crazy Stamper and good luck in the challenge.

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  26. This is wonderful! A very pretty image and all those details are amazing. A beautiful double/triple bow and matching flowers and the lovely charm. Thank you for sharing this with us over at Crafting from the Heart. Sue DT xx

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  27. lovely card thanks for sharing with creatalicious Rachel dt

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  28. Gail, this is adorable! And all your embellishments are just perfect - thanks for joining our April challenge at One Crazy Stamper!

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  29. Wow! Gorgeous!! LOVE that amazing bow and all the other wonderful details. Thanks so much for joining us at Kraftin' Kimmie.

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  30. Hi Gail
    She is so cute and adorable on your beautiful card, i love the colours and these double bows.
    Thanks for playing with us at Addicted to Stamps.
    Greetings, Danoesja

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  31. OMGosh she is is adorable, love the garden charms and the purple pearls, so super cute. Thanks for playing with us over at Loves Rubberstamps!!!

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  32. A really pretty colour combo and lots of gorgeous details :-)
    Your bow is stunning, love the two different ribbons used together!

    Big hugs, Kat xx

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  33. It's lovely!
    Thanks for entering our Not Just Cards Challenge!
    Monica - DT

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  34. You have an eye for details...such a sweet image surrounded by wonderful embellishments and a top-notch bow! Such a pretty card, thanks for sharing it with us this week at Loves Rubberstamps. Hope you'll join us again soon.

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  35. Waw this looks gorgeous! thank you for joining us at As You Like It Challenge! Hugs! Mojca

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  36. I love this card. The colors are beautiful

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  37. This is so cute Gail. Love the details with the bows, flowers, lace and awsome colouring. Thanks for playing at
    Crafty Sentiments and good luck. Hope to see you back tuesday for a new challenge. Bettina GD Member at Crafty Sentiments xx

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  38. Love your card with its beautiful colors. Thanks for joining us at Craft Your Passion challenge this week.

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  39. Lovely card thank you for joining us at Whoopsi Daisy Challenge Sue DT xx

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  40. REALLY nice card and wonderful details! The bow is fabulous! Thanks for joining us at {PIN}spirational Challenges!

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  41. Absolutely gorgeous, love it!...Thanks for playing along with us at Di's Digi Designs Challenge this fortnight and using one of Di's images :)
    Wendy xx

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  42. So sweet, so beautiful, so adorable card Gail..
    Love your creation..
    Thanks for joining us at Sisters of Craft, and good luck.

    Hugs,
    Merlina

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  43. Such a stunningly beautiful card, I love all the layers, colours and layout. Thank you for joining us for this months challenge. Sylvie, Craft for the Craic DT

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  44. so cute, love the color combo - so good together, the layers are great too. TFS.

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  45. Fantastic coloring of this cute image. So glad you shared it with us for the Sparkle N Sprinkle Creative Challenge.

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  46. Lovely card. Thank you for joining the challenge at Cuttle bug mania. Hope to see you again next time.
    greetings Lisbeth
    DT-Cuttle bug mania

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  47. So very cute! Loving the sketch! Cute stamp and wonderful colors!
    Thanks so much for sharing!

    xEllie from My Creative Moments/Monday Morning Challenge

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  48. A lovely card!
    Thank you soo much for taking part in our "Embossing” challenge over at Creatalicious & good luck in the draw.
    Hope to see you again in our next challenge as well…

    Hugs,
    Melanie
    (DT Penny's Paper Crafty Challenges)
    (DT-Coordinator Creatalicious Challenges)
    (DT Come and Get It)
    (GDT Kreativzeit Challenges)

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  49. Super cute!!! Thank you for joining us at Cuttlebug Mania, good luck!!! Amy DT

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  50. Love this! Such a great card, and really great coloring and color matching :) Thanks for joining us at The paper Nest Dolls Challenge Blog, good luck!

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  51. Such lovely card! Thanks for joining us at Party Time Tuesdays! - Esther

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  52. Beautiful card!!! Thanks so much for participating in our PINSPIRATIONAL challenge!! Hope to see you again for our next challenge!!
    ~DEANNE~
    A Little Bit O' Paper

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  53. Absolutely gorgeous card love the cute image,gorgeous bows and rich colours used-Thank you for joining us at Artistic Inspirations
    Carol DT x

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  54. This is just beautiful and I love that bow

    Thanks for playing along at Cuttlebug Mania this time x

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  55. wow this is gorgeous and that bow is just draw dropping gorgeous!

    Thanks for joining our fortnightly challenge here at Top Tip Tuesday. Hope you will join us next time DT Crafting Vicky.

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  56. Lovely card! Thanks for joining us at Card Mania Challenges! Wish you good luck!

    Hugs,
    Rossi (DT)

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  57. A very pretty card.thanks for joining us at Whoopsi Daisy this week
    Bettyxxx

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  58. This is really pretty!
    Thank you for sharing with us at I am roses challenge blog this month, good luck!
    Hugs,
    Tamara xx

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