Zva Creative August DT Blog Hop

The Zva Designers are joining together today to share a project that we have created using some of our favorite Zva Creative http://www.zvacreative.com/index.html products. I am hoping that you will take some time to join us for a little bit of fun again this month!

The Blog Hop begins at Kim Hughes' blog: http://paperhugs.typepad.com/paper_hugs/.  She will have the complete list of all blogs that are participating in case there is a glitch along the way. If you would like to play along, I am linking to one of the Zva designers and that designer is linking to the next and so on. Be prepared to be inspired along the way. Hidden on 5 of the blogs is a Zva Creative prize package ...YAY! Those blogs will be randomly chosen after the hop is over, so it's important to leave a comment on as many blogs as you can along the way.

The Blog Hop starts now and runs through midnight US Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, August 31st and the 5 winners will be announced on Wednesday, September 1st on each of the five winning blogs. The full list will be found on Kim Hughes‘s blog as well (linked above). We will do our best to notify each winner, but it's best if you can pop in to all of the blogs once again on Wednesday...plus, you never know what kind of inspirational creation that you may find there. All you need to do is leave a comment on this Zva Blog Hop post...you do not need to leave a comment on each and every designer's blog post to qualify. The more times you leave a comment along the blog hop path though, the more chances you will have to be one of the lucky winners.

Here are a few of my most recent cards for Zva...

and here are some of my older ones that i have made...

The blog hop begins here: Kim Hughes http://paperhugs.typepad.com/paper_hugs/
Your next stop is here - Benedicte Raphalen ....http://benelun.over-blog.com

Thankyou so much for joining us.

Fancy a small give away?

I actually have two give aways for you today...one by me and one by fellow Scrapper Becky.

Okay my one first...as you know i have a love ( well actually a passion) for pins and decorating them...i made some the other day so i kept some out and have some for you...

I tried my best to take photos...there are 12 pins in total...i tried to get each of them from different angles...

You have until next Wednesday to leave a comment on this post to put your name in the hat...this is open to anywhere in the world.

Next give away is on Beckys blog...it is all to do with the University Classes over at the nook...so take a peek over there...I will be back 2m...hopefully..fingers crossed with something pretty to see!!!

I know...

Now normally you guys would be visiting me today to see a page or a card etc...well i am sorry but today there is none... :(

Not only did i suffer after having my wrist injected...which by the way has not seemed to work!!!!! grrrrr...i have also been suffering from a serious case of NO MOJO...the ideas that normally swamp my brain...all dried up...gone...and also i have been away all week in Scotland so i have had no access to my scrappy stuff.

I know this is only temporary ...give it a few days and it does come back...the ideas will come flooding into my head again..faster than i can normally do them...but i always feel like someone has taken away a part of me when that happens??? does that happen to you???

So no project for you today...but i am going to make up for that by having a give away this weekend...so come back sunday and i will have a little something for you...

There also seems to be some confusion about my new blog...the new one is just a personal one...there will be no scrapbooking on it...but this blog that you are reading now will still remain open for everyone to see..so this blog will stay the same...just hopefully have something on it to share with you lol!!!!!!

see you sunday x

Being Personal

I have talked about this for a while now and after much thinking about it i did it...i now have a personal blog...somewhere to share pictures of my family, holidays...boring stuff really!!! lol...

After the problems i had with my last personal blog...i am still stunned at how people can be so negative and judgmental!!! i have made this blog private...

But if you wish to have access to this please email me at wendy@bbbweb.com ...

Something special...

As you know i recently became a design team member for My Scrapbook nook...and i am here to tell you about something very exciting and cool coming up in September...

You can read all this on this thread...but i am going to copy and paste it here for you...
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Autumn is right around the corner, and with it we are seeing children going back to school, cooler weather moving in, shops stacked with new school supplies and brand new scrapbooking releases! It's time to celebrate with a contest and classes! Join us for Back To Scrapping, and you could win a six month subscription to the kits and many other prizes!

Each week our designers will be teaching at least four classes created to pump up your creativity and get your scrapping mojo back in the driver's seat! You will be able to gain points toward the grand prize by participating in these classes, and every class will have a randomly drawn winner for lots and lots of other prizes! Creativity, Talent and Effort are all rewarded!

We hope you will play along with us, so sign in here to get started! We officially kick off on September 1st!

Will you come out top of the class?
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Now i have both done this as a design team member and a normal member of the message board before and both times i have had a lot of fun...i know what each of the design team members has up their sleeves for you and i can tell you the classes are going to be so much fun!!!

Also while you are there...sign up for the newsletter...they are filled with eye candy from the gallery and the design teams kit projects...( shhhh i save mine as use them in my inspiration file! i have been getting it since i joined this place years ago!!!)

You can sign up for the newsletter here or you can join in the message board here... i hope to see you there for all the fun in September...i know i will!!!!! 

ohhhhh and also there is no picture for the full September kit but there is a list as to what is in the kit...

Crate Restoration Papers 16sheets double sided

Crate Restoration Die Cut Paper

Crate Restoration Phrase Stickers

Crate Restoration Layered Chipboard

Crate Restoration Sew Brads

Ribbon From American Crafts

Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type Alphabet

2 Yards of Twine, 1 yard Caribbean Teal & White, 1 yard Cappuccino Brown & White

Jenni Bowlin 4" Chipboard Mini Book (Labeled Shape w/Line Paper and Rings

I have spent alot of time on the Crate Paper website putting together the ins and outs of this kit...i am soooo looking forward to getting some twine! been wanting that for ages! 

Here are some pictures that i took of off Becky's blog...thanks Becky...see her blog here...

the border stickers are actually in the add on section which you can see here - add ons...

 

I will be back on Friday...see you then xxx

Monday morning....

Morning all...okay today i have an altered folder for you...do you remember this...

 I bought it at Paperchase...love that shop...i am going to use it for my fav photos...the bigger ones on the left will hold the photos and the smaller inserts on the right will hold journaling and pretty things!!! lol...

I finally got round to altering the front...unfortunately it is a classic case of what i had in my mind..didn't quite add up to  what actually happened to the front of the folder...

I get lots of emails from people saying that it is nice to see when i am not happy with things or things go wrong...lol...not sure why but anyway...here is the classic 'gone wrong'..

There are several things that i like about this...i love the overall effect of dimension...as you can see here in the next photo...

it has lots of layers on it...i lurvvvvvvvvve layers!!!

I love the individual components the ...the buttons the flowers etc...

I love all the glitter...

and i am in love with the see through buttons that you can see on the white flowers...i sooooo need to get some more of those...

But i backed myself into a corner...i wanted the whole thing to be covered...but after i completed the middle section i couldn't add anything else without it seeming out of place...or just plain wrong...so it is one of those things that are done...but hey it is okay for things to not work out the way you want them to...

I gave myself permission along time ago to make mistakes and not to have everything perfect...for a control freak like me that is huge!!!!! I may even sit down today and alter it some more!!!! if i do i will post the changes!...see you wednesday x

something for you...

I...am off on my holidays...well not really, in fact i am off up to Scotland to spend some time with my dh's  family for a week. I have done a few posts for next week...not as many as i would have liked...but i had my wrist injected for my carpel tunnel a few days ago and it has taken longer than i would have liked to get it back up and working again. So i am not leaving you with nothing so please do pop back next week...and for those of you who have asked when i put posts up...i normally post on a monday, wednesday , friday and sometimes at the weekends...AND i did my first page for American Crafts....soooo love there stuff!!!!

So instead of leaving you with nothing this weekend...i thought i would leave you with a few photos that i have kept on my computer...things i look at for inspiration...pretty things!!!

*sigh* i wish i had each and every cushion in my house!!!

I want to do a page like this photo...individual squares...and i love the edging on this one.hmmmm....

and also you can find some inspiration on a few of these websites...

A creative mint

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Hostess with the Mostess  ....oh my! these people throw amazing parties!!!! see how they decorate there tables...so much pretty stuff there.if you look now those windmills on the first post are gorgeous!!!! i want to now make a windmill page!

There are a few things before i go...i have still yet to hear from the winner of this months Midnight Rooster Mini Kit...the winner was...

Lea L. said...All of the new Glitz Designs collections...they are fabulous! Your layout is fab!

email me your address on wendy@bbbweb.com...i only have a few days let to get your address to Tobi at Midnight Rooster so please email me soon or i will have to pick something else...

Okay...i am off on my travels..well an hours plane ride...lol...oh and for the people who have been asking yes...i do have a new camera...yep, it has taken me nearly two years to save up for it!!! lol...but finally i had enough to buy a new one...after playing with some in the shop and asking for recommendations i finally chose a Canon EOS 500d...ohhhh i am in love!!!!
 Have a good weekend and i will see you on monday x

Hearts a plenty...friday

Last week i went to Papermaze and raided their classes box...i bought some cardstock of different colours and spent some time punching out things that i wouldnt normally buy...these are one of those punches...

it is from this punch - Large eyelet heart...so pretty huh!!!!

So i sat down to use them...which i did on this card below and a page that i am going to show you later this week...After posting i realised that i have got the wrong photo...envision if you will a beautiful Zva Swirl coming down from the centre of the butterfly...you can find Zva Crystals here - zva...

so pretty...i love this line from My Minds eye...i have to say i am disappointed at their new lines as i have loved the last ones so much...

psssst...can you tell i have my new camera..and now i can make pictures really big!!! yippeeee! without distorting the image!!! yes i am in love with my new camera!!!!

Thanks for popping by and see you later.

Adore

A few months ago...i found this metal frame at a shop here in the UK called Dunelm...it was only £3.99, it had a paper picture of a chicken on it, but i just loved the frame...the gorgeous scrolls at the top.
It has taken me this long to think of what to do with it...it has sat on my desk...haunting me...but i couldnt think of anything...last nite...bang...the idea came to me...so here we go ( i forgot to take a picture of it without decoration on it..sorry)

Okay so i started with a square of Basic Grey basics paper...cornered the edges and adhered...

I then added a strip of brown spotty paper across the top...

I have acquired a new punch ( it is used for the Papermaze classes) and it is one that i have wanted for ages...so i used this and cut out a strip...using white card.

and added it so it just poked out the bottom of the brown strip....

I then added a big Jenni Bowlin card...with a butterfly clip, clipped on the top of it...
Here are the butterflies that i used on this project.

To add the bingo card i added lots of dimensional tape on the back as the clip lifted it up fairly high...i also added a strip of the same punch across the bottom.

Here is the frame so far...

I then added some photos of me!!!! and a green pattern paper butterfly, the pattern paper for this was Echo Park.

I then added another butterfly on top of this one and the word me...

I then added a ghost flower and a brown circle...

I then added some sequins...ohhhh i am loving sequins at the moment!!! across the bottom of the card...

and the frame is done!

 Click on the image to get a better picture...

And now some close ups...

it is a bit embarrassing to have my picture with adore on it...lol but it was the only bingo card i had!!! lol...

In with the old...and onto the new...

Did you ever buy these???

 i have had these in my collection for years... there has been time when i have wanted to throw them away...when they really have nearly gone in the bin...but yesterday i happened upon them and they reminded me of the Tim H ones that came out a few months ago...but for half the price!!!

So i challenged myself to use them...so that is how i started this layout...with these and no other idea in my mind...that is how i put most things together. I cannot just sit down and just start something without a thing or an idea of what i want to base the whole page around...

Okay... first i added some colour to them...i did it like this...choose my pattern paper that i wanted to use, in this case some Cosmo Cricket...and then cut out some small squares or strips...

i then added a small layer of wet glue around the bottom of the plastic discs...and adhered them on...

I then cut around the outside...i did this for all of them...and ended up with this!

Now tell me..how pretty do they look!!!! soooo cute it makes me smile!

So then after far to many hours of moving stuff around and taking stuff off...i came up with this page...

Can i ask a question? does the image look really blurry to you? i am having serious problems with uploading my pictures to blogger and them coming out blurry...thanks!

And some close ups...

hmmm...guess i will have to find something to challenge me know huh...
I feel like i have lifted my favourite scrapper on this page....check her out..she is a fellow dt member for the Nook and American Crafts and also designs for Bo Bunny and Jelly Bean Soup...that is an amazing list to design for huh!!!...you can check her blog out here... Becky.. and she is having a give away at the moment as well so go and leave a comment....come back on wednesday as i have another frame for you...see you then x