a birthday wish

How's your day going today!!!

Barbara here with a card for a birthday celebration. I used mainly scraps for this card and I have way too many scraps. I seem to save lots of bits of papers/card stock so I have a lot of different designs and colors to choose from. LOL  So if you fall into that category, then this card might be right up your alley.

I saw a card on Pinterest that is similar to this design, so it was my inspiration.

Also, the only stamping on this card is the sentiment. I wanted to keep this card kind of simple.

I left a bit of extra room at the bottom of the card for my bow to be placed.

Let me share my card with you.

I have additional information on my blog pertaining to my card. Hope you will stop over.

My bow - it's an easy stacked bow. 2 single loop bows stacked on top of each other.

Here is a closer view.

I used a pretty pink sheer ribbon. Sheer ribbon is my favorite ribbon to use. Easy to work with and you will get really tight knots. 

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Its small, easy to use, lightweight and portable.

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This is the last inspiration card for May. 

The June challenge will be starting Friday, June 1.

Our challenges are monthly 

The theme is always - Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow.

Stop back Friday for the June inspiration projects using digi's from our June sponsor.

Spring Helper

It's my Tuesday to post at Craft-Dee BowZ and I got a new die that I just had to use. It made for a rather large sized card, but I had fun making this very girly card!  I used an image from Elisabeth Bell called Honey Little Spring Helper.

I used my new die cuts, pretty flowers, tag, punches and gorgeous ribbon! I love the color theme turquoise and purple, too. I colored my image with my Copics.

I made a triple looped bow and added this pretty button in the center.  I used my bow tool to make this bow and it came out with perfect, uniformed sized loops. Making bows is so easy with my bow tool!

Have you had a chance to follow Craft-Dee BowZ and see the pretty creations from the team members posted each Tuesday?  If you have a chance, please stop by here and take a look! The winner of this month's challenge will receive 3 images e-mailed directly from Patricia of Kinda' Cute. I hope you'll join us for our ANYTHING GOES AND INCLUDE A HANDMADE BOW challenge!

                                                               Thanks for stopping by!
                                                    Gail

Beautiful you gift bag and cards

Hi
It is Tracey here with my inspiration project  for this month . This project was a challenge for me as i am not a huge fan of red and i struggle with clean and simple designs as usually i love to embellish my projects with a ton of flowers ,gems, ribbons etc.
The cards are 6x6 inch so a i had to make a really large tote for them to fit into. This makes a fabulous gift for someone who likes to send handmade cards .
I have used the Stampin up stamp set called Beautiful You for the cards and the sentiments also come in the set  .. I colored the images with promarkers and added a simple piece of spotted designer paper as a border down one side.

The flowers on the bag are Stampin up flower shop stamps and i used the coordinating punch to cut them out .
The cute little red bows and the pretty single looped  ombre bow have been created using my Craft-Dee Bowz bow maker tool  ...

I hope you like my project and that it inspires you to create and join us in this months challenge where Anything goes with a handmade bow.
Happy crafting
Tracey x

My Heart Belongs to You

Hello and Kathy here, it's my Tuesday to post for some inspiration.  

I bring to you today this cute little rubber stamp from La-La Land Crafts.  It is titled My Heart Belongs to You.

After stamping her onto my Neenah Solar White 80# card stock, I colored her with my Copic markers in various shades of purples, pinks and my usual skin tones.

Then I created one of the best 3 loop bows I've ever created.  Of course it was a lot easier using my Craft-Dee BowZ tool from Craft-Dee BowZ.

I hope I have inspired you and we really hope you will come along and play with us during this month's Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow Challenge.  We look forward in seeing your creations.

Remember if you have not picked up your Craft-Dee BowZ tool, do so.  You won't regret it.

Hugs,

Kathy

May Challenge

Hi Everyone,

Welcome back and it's time for our 

 May Challenge

here at Craft-Dee BowZ

Last month's challenge was great with all your creative submissions.

Thanks so much for joining in the fun.

First, let's take a look at our winners for April

Remember, the Winner, the Top 3 and the Honorable Mentions are all chosen on their merits,

 so make sure to get your creative juices flowing and send in your best creations.

Here is the winning submission

for the April Challenge

Emma R (Submission # 22)

Congratulations Emma!!!!

Please email Barbara .....(bbruder@fuse.net) for your prize

Please include CDB April Winner in the subject line

You have 7 days (May 8) to claim your prize

If unclaimed - prize will go to one of the top 3

Please grab the "winners badge" on the sidebar 

and we'd love it if you'd post it on your blog

April's TOP 3 WINNERS

1. Julie P (Submission #21)

2. Sew Paper Paint (Submission #36)

3. Sandi's Card Garden (Submission #41)

April  HONORABLE MENTION

Red Obsession Cards (Submission #50

Please grab the badges on the sidebar here and 

post them on your blog.

We'd love it if you'd link back to our site here.

Thank you to everyone who participated in our April Challenge!!!

To view the prior challenges, just click on the Monthly Challenge tab at the top of the page.

A big thanks to our sponsor for the 

May CHALLENGE

The Prize for the May top winner will be 

3 digital images

The Kinda Cute by Patricia digital images are available here,

so check out what they have to offer.

The Craft-Dee BowZ Challenge Theme is Always:

Anything Goes and include a HANDMADE BOW.

For those who have no blog but use Splitcoast Stampers or Flicker,

this months code to use is CDB56

OK now let's check out the inspiration from our great designers

for our......

May Challenge

Gail

Kathy

Tracey

Barbara

The designers have made super creative projects for you,

Hope you have enjoyed them.

Now we are looking forward to seeing your projects

The link to the guidelines for playing is on the top tab.

If you have any questions, please email me at (bbruder@fuse.net)

We are looking forward to seeing your creative project here.

Our  May challenge closes on May 30 at midnight.

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