Autumn is here!

Well, okay, maybe not where I live in Phoenix, but on the calendar it says it's autumn!  Welcome to the week I get to have my card featured on Craft-Dee BowZ Challenge Blog. I used this adorable image from Elisabeth Bell for my card.

I colored my image with Copics and used this felt pumpkin, adding a bit of ink to the edges and some wire curly vines.

My bow is a triple loop and I used my bow tool to make it. I've recently been complimented on another site for my bows and I have to contribute great bows to my bow tool. Do you own one and don't use it? Give it a try as every bow comes out great and you spend less time making pretty bows and since they always come out perfect the first time, you save ribbon!

Our sponsor this month is Bugaboo Stamps. As if raising five children in the frozen land of the North was not enough of a challenge, Jodie Mackrell decided to dip her cold little Canadian toes into the world of papercrafting by opening an online store full of her illustrations. That was six years ago. Today Bugaboo Stamps is one of the leading companies in digital images, and we're still growing! From seriously snarky to sugary sweet to sublimely soulful all the way over to the other side of the super sexy spectrum, you're bound to find all that you need and more to create your paper projects. Jodie works very hard to provide New Releases and Freebies every week!

The challenge prize this month is FOUR digital images, winner's choice, from Bugaboo Stamps!

Have you seen the other wonderful cards made this month by Barb, Kathy and Tracey? With a team of just 4, each Tuesday is a special day at Craft-Dee BowZ. Since this is the last Tuesday of the month, if you have your creation ready to post, you need to do so right away. Remember, our challenge is ANYTHING GOES AND ADD A HANDMADE BOW!               

                                                                   Thanks for stopping by!

                                                     Gail

Happy Halloween!

It's October 1 and time for a new challenge at Craft-Dee BowZ. As usual, our challenge to you is ANYTHING GOES AND INCLUDE A HAND MADE BOW.  Being that it's the month of Halloween, I decided to color up a cute little Elisabeth Bell Halloween image.

Coloring black is always a challenge for me and I voted to do gray instead. I wanted to see the cute design on her hat and shoes!!  I've colored her with Copics. Thank you to my BFF, Lillian, for the die cut ghosts. She sent me these in a care package and they were perfect on this card! The bats and spider are brads.

This black ribbon made a beautiful triple looped bow and using my bow tool made this a cinch to make. If you haven't used a bow tool yet, you need to try it. Every bow comes out awesome so you save time and ribbon trying to get the 'perfect' bow for your project! I made my stickpin for additional dimension to my card.

The four team members at Craft-Dee BowZ have made some awesome projects to inspire you to join our challenge and to also show off what beautiful bows were made with the bow tool! I hope you'll join us this month for our ANYTHING GOES AND ADD A HAND MADE BOW challenge! 


                                                                                           Hugs,

                                                             Gail

Summer fun

It's July 1 and time for a new challenge at Craft-Dee BowZ where the challenge is ANYTHING GOES AND INCLUDE A HAND MADE BOW. For my card I've used this adorable Elisabeth Bell image. I love the ocean and have been collecting summer dies and have used a Cherry Lynn die of the Sailboat oval around my image, the small sailboat die is by Whimsy, the lighthouse die is by Marianne and the anchor die is by Magnolia. I finally did it...I used some of the paper I've been saving (I don't know what I was saving it for) by Maja.

You can see my little image has gotten a bit too much sun on her back and legs. I colored the image with Copics. The rhinestone sailboat is from Michael's. I inked the edges of my dies and applied a bit of glitter to the edges. It's hard to see in the photos. :(

And as my finale, I'd like to show off my bow. ;)  And without my Craft-Dee BowZ bow maker, I couldn't have created this double looped bow!  The sand dollar in the middle of my bow is a button with the shank cut off and glued on.

The Team at Craft-Dee BowZ have made some gorgeous creations to inspire you this month. And, don't forget that we have a new project posted each Tuesday by a different DT member so please stop back by for that each week!  The challenge to you at Craft-Dee BowZ is ANYTHING GOES AND INCLUDE A HAND MADE BOW. I hope you'll join us this month!


                                                                                   Hugs,

                                                       Gail

Elisabeth Bell's Rosie's Posies

For the past few years I have filled my plate with DT projects.  I cut back on some of my DT responsibilities for 2016 and am enjoying a bit more time at my craft table rather than my computer and that included entering challenges. Here's a card I made for fun; just for the heck of it.  I used this adorable image by Elisabeth Bell named Rosie's Posies.

The diecut behind my image is by Marianne and the sentiment with matching die cut are from Whimsy. I used a Martha Stewart border punch on the lower part of the card. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, byThita and I Am Roses. The assorted green leaves are from Wild Orchid. The green glitter swirl is by Prima and was clear rhinestones and I colored them with my Copic green marker. The gold pearls are from JoAnn's and the ribbon with the button in the middle is from my stash as well as all the different embellishments going across the page.

I colored my image with Copics and added a touch of Hero Arts glitter with my glue pen to the flowers in her hands, the flowers in the arrangement and on the die cut behind the image. I inked the edge of my oval and then applied clear embossing powder for some shine (that isn't showing well in the photos).

Thanks for stopping by and I'd love you to Follow my blog!

                                                                                                 Hugs,

                                                                  Gail

I'm entering this card in these challenges:
Our Crafty Corner, Crafty Sentiments, Glitter 'n Sparkle, Elisabeth Bell's World Challenge, CCC Digi Creations, Lemon Shortbread, Champion of Champions, Crafty Calendar, Sweet Stamps, Inky Impressions

Little Jack and Bushels

I was invited to be the Guest Designer today at Paradise of Stamps where the new challenge topic is "BOYS" -- your card needs to have a boy image on it.  I used this rubber stamped image by Elisabeth Bell named Little Jack and Bushels "Painting the Fence". Making boy cards isn't something I do very often and it was quite a challenge to not add lace, flowers, ribbon and pearls!

I colored my image with Copics and used Glossy Accents to make the paint look wet. I used EK punches for my sentiment, the oval dies are a nesting set by Quic Kutz, and the fence is a die by My Favorite Things.  There's a brass buckle at the top corner that I wrapped the baker's twine around and on the bottom is a brass corner that I  added a few dark blue rhinestones.  The brass pieces are from Stampin' Up.

Poor Jack had to paint this old worn fence during his summer vacation and you can see he's gotten a bit too much sun on his back!  And his friend, Bushels, is smart enough to stay out of the way of that paint!

Thank you, Laurigami, for inviting me to be your Guest for this challenge and thank you to the Design Team for their nice comments about my card.  I hope you'll visit Paradise of Stamps and see the awesome projects made by the Design Team to inspire you to join in this BOY challenge.

                                                                                    Hugs,

                                                     Gail