Getting Ready For Christmas

 Hello Everyone

Barbara here. 

Since the holiday season is upon us,
 I decided to make a few tags with added bows
to give you all some ideas for the gift giving season.

Both my tags are 4"X5" and would look great as an accompaniment 

to a gift bag or a boxed gift of some sort.

Tag #1

The bow I added is a triple loop stacked bow. 

Tag #2

The bow on this tag is a fluffy triple loop bow using a green sheer ribbon.

Here is a closer view of the bow

Here is a closer view of the bow.

Both my bows were made using the Craft-Dee BowZ tool

Do you have your CDB tool yet?? No???

This tool is smaller, easy to use, travels well and it's easy to store.

It will make bows from 1" to 4 1/2"

You can order yours by clicking on the Buy Now button here on the left sidebar.

Click here  to go to my blog for more info about my projects

Just a reminder - 

The December Craft-Dee BowZ challenge has started and runs thru December 29

The theme is Anything Goes (no bow required)

You could be the next winner,

We are looking forward to your submission.

That it for now

Stop back next Tuesday to see what Kathy has come up with

for her Inspiration Tuesday project

Take care and Stay Safe

Thank you and have a happy safe and fantastic week/holiday season

Checking the List

Hello again

Thanks for stopping in today. 

Barbara here, since it is the first Tuesday of the month

it's my turn to post  here at Craft-Dee BowZ

The December Challenge is going on all month, so, 

you have plenty of time to submit a project. 

The team would love to see what you've made.

And if you submit, you could be our next winner

Here is some Christmas card inspiration for you today

This is a 6X6 card and I thought the image was so cute I just had to share with you.

This adorable fairy is checking the leaf list for Santa. 

Checking the list of the good boys and girls. 

Checking the List is the name of the image. 

This image is from Cute As A Button

who is the sponsor for  Craft-Dee BowZ's

December Challenge

Don't forget the Craft-Dee BowZ tool is the easiest to use. 

This great tool will change you from bow making challenged to a bow making pro. 

You can order yours today, just go to the left sidebar to place your order.

Thanks for stopping in today. Next Tuesday Kathy will be up with another inspiration project. 

Hope you can stop by.

A Christmas Bag

Hi everyone
Barbara here with a great project for this time of year. 

The designers have a theme for December - Bags or Boxes, 

so I thought I'd decorate a plain bag and make it festive for the Christmas giving season.

 Our sponsor for December is:

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More

is proud to sponsor this challenge.

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More, a division of I Did It Creations, was created and is

owned by Robyn Weinrib. Robyn offers a wonderful variety of digital stamps and digital papers, designed to meet the needs of all digital paper crafting addicts for every occasion.

The December winner will receive - Robyn’s Fetish Digital Stamps And More is happy to award 3 digital stamps of the winner’s choice to the winner of this challenge.

I used a beautiful poinsettia image from Robins Fetish, called Prissy Poinsettia

Here is my bag all prettied up

Here is a closer view of the poinsettia image

I added some colored flat backed pearls to the berry spots on the image

Here is a close up of the bow.

This sheer ribbon is a dream to work with and is easy to manipulate

getting those loops exactly where you want them to lay.

The December Challenge here at Craft-Dee BowZ is in full swing and you still have time to submit your project. Remember, the theme is Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow

We will be looking for your submission and you just could be the December winner.

Stop back next Tuesday to check out Tracey's project.

Present Card with Guest Designer Dana Tatar

Hi Craft-Dee BowZ fans! Guest Designer Dana Tatar here today sharing a festive holiday card. I thought it would be fun to make a card that looked like a wrapped present and this is what I came up with.

I attached a fun piece of red polka dot patterned paper to a cardstock card base and then applied green polka dot fabric tape both vertically and horizontally across the center of the card. I added a large canvas flower to the center of the card and tucked gold Starform Stickers around the flower. I backed the gold holly leaves with green paper for a pop of color. I added a stamped gift tag under the edge of the flower. I topped the flower with a large glittery triple-loop bow that I tied with my Craft-Dee BowZ Tool. I finished the card with a patterned paper tag, small flower, twine bow and some acorns.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies: Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye, Nikki Sivils; Tag: Avery; Gold Stickers: Starform; Ink: Ranger; Stamps: Paper Wings Productions; Canvas Flower: Canvas Corp; Other: Ribbon, Twine, Small Green Flower, Fabric Tape, Cardstock

A Purple Christmas

Hi! It's Amber here with a blog post. Yes, I know the next Craft-Dee BowZ DT blog post should be next Tuesday but that is Christmas Eve! So here I am with my blog post now. Also this is my last blog post for Craft-Dee BowZ but don't worry, you will still be able to catch all my work over at my blog and you can be sure I'll still be using the Craft-Dee BowZ maker on all my creations!

The ribbon Donna sent us was a very pretty purple but my camera doesn't like it so that is why it looks like it does. I paired it with the same color cardstock that I stamped sliver snowflakes on. Used a Christmas tree bling again on silver cardstock. The background I embossed with an ornament folder and then distressed the cardstock to show the purple.



Hope you have enjoyed my posts while on the team. Can't wait to see next year's teams' projects. Thank you, Donna for allowing me to be a part of Craft-Dee BowZ maker's first Design Team. It has been an exciting adventure and like I said, I'll always be using the Craft-Dee BowZ maker.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Amber

December Blog Hop

Hi Everyone,
Thanks for stopping in for the December Craft-Dee BowZ Blog Hop. Our blog hop this month celebrates Christmas and it seems that Christmas is coming fast this year. Hope you are getting your decorations up, sending out your cards to friends and family and wrapping all the gifts.

All of our designers have created beautiful projects with the Christmas theme in mind. You will be seeing our theme carried out in all of the designers projects throughout the hop. We hope that we are able to inspire you and to give you some ideas for all your upcoming projects. 

Since our Design Team is small,  just 4 designers, it will be easy and quick for you to visit each and every one of the designers' blogs to view their beautiful holiday creations. 

Just a reminder, please make sure you leave a comment on each designers blog and we ask that you leave a comment here as well to be in the running for the prize. The last stop on the hop will be back here at the Craft-Dee BowZ blog, please let us know your thoughts on the fabulous projects presented by our talented designers. 

One visitor who has left comments on all the designers blogs and here as well, will win their very own Craft-Dee BowZ tool.  The winner will be announced here on this blog on Saturday December 7. Be sure to check back here to see if you've won.

To claim your prize, you must notify us by email  (contact Barbara at bbruder@fuse.net ) by Saturday December 14. You will have exactly one week to claim your prize.

Relax for a few minutes while you visit our talented designers blogs.Let's start over at the very talented Patti's blog to view her beautiful project and please make sure to leave a comment.

Here are your talented designers 

Patti

Brenda

Amber 

Barbara 

Craft-Dee BowZ  (to leave one last comment)

Have fun!!!

The Wonder and Magic of Christmas

Hi Everyone,
It's Barbara here today. Welcome to December, the last month of the year. If you haven't finished your Christmas cards yet, I have a little inspiration for you today.

 And here is a close-up of the bow.

The bow is a three loop bow and the ribbon has a little bit of wire in the edges. I love this type of ribbon, it makes for a great bow.

To order, click the Buy Now button on the left sidebar.

Just a reminder that the last blog hop for 2013 here at Craft-Dee BowZ, starts Thursday. I sure hope you join us and leave comments. We will be awarding a Craft-Dee BowZ tool to one lucky commenter, and that could be you. Blog hop starts Thursday and the winner will be announced Saturday.

See you Thursday.

A Christmas card

I don't know about you, but I love mirrored card stock especially around the holidays.  It adds such a vibrancy and "tinsel" feeling to your card making.  Here's a really quick card that I made using the Craft-Dee BowZ.

It's a very simple card to put together using dies from Spellbinders Heirloom Ornaments and the Holly and Berries from Marianne Designs.  I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder on a false card front, made my multiple loop bow on the Craft-Dee BowZ and secured it at opposing angles on the false front.  I then secured the false front to my card front.  What this did was hide how you attached the bow to the card.  Last, I ran my ornament die thru two different embossing folders, pop dotted them on the card, attached the holly and berries and all done!  I hope you like it. Please feel free to comment.

Donna

A fabulous idea for Christmas!

A good friend passed along this wonderful project on Grace's BLOG.  I have shamelessly copied it with several differences that I think you may like just as well.  Where Grace used a glass block from a home improvement store, I had to use a glass container.  The only blocks I could find were sealed completely with no opening at the top.  I have seen them elsewhere in my travels with an opening at the top, but can't pinpoint just where I saw them.  So off to the craft store where I found this container.

I stamped the trees on vellum and embossed them.  I had previously cut the vellum so that it would fit inside the glass container.  I also purchased tiny cool white bulbs for the project, nestled them in some tulle and instead of topping the container with a bow, I wrapped it completely around the container and added the bow using my Craft-Dee BowZ with a little additional bling to create interest and to keep it secure.  The entire bow assembly slips off and on very easily.  I love how it looks, don't you?

Just another wonderful thing you can do with the Craft-Dee BowZ!

Happy bow making!

Donna

A little holiday gift...

Well, now that I've posted something for Halloween, let's go on to the big Kahuna, Christmas.  Since I have a few shows coming up really fast, I needed to freshen up the look for Christmas.  So, I put a little gift basket together showing how great the Craft-Dee BowZ bow looks.

Now I know you can't tell from the picture, but this is a cute little basket (probably about 8" across and the entire package is about 11" tall.  I went the "country" route for this particular gift idea.  It's amazing how you can put a really great looking package together by shopping at Christmas Tree Shoppes.  With everything you see here, the total came to about $10 and that includes the ribbon!

Now I did something a little different this time by using two Craft-Dee BowZ back to back (if you want to try this, just add velcro to the back ends of each Craft-Dee BowZ and hitch them together) and spread the dowels to about 6" apart.  This is the result.  What a fabulous bow!  I made it a little larger so that it would be the focal point of the package.  You decide -- and please let me know what you think!  Some people are afraid to leave comments -- don't be.  I love hearing from you.

And just to keep you informed, Dee Pierce from The Crop Shop is doing the Breast Cancer Awareness crop in Dartmouth this weekend and will be showcasing this package and some great seasonal cards.  Drop on in and take a look while Dee demonstrates the Craft-Dee BowZ.

The next stop is Portland, Maine on 10/27 at the Howard Johnson Hotel -- I'll be there from about 1pm to 3pm.  Last stop is in Abington, MA at the Abington VFW on November 3rd.  The Abington show benefits Hospice and it gets around 800 people coming through -- it's a great show, so come on down and say hello and do some Christmas shopping with Craft-Dee BowZ!

Have a great bow making day!

Donna

The lonely little clothespin

Hi bowmakers!  What could I be possibly talking about clothespins for?  Well, we had a little challenge thrown at us at a new store, Kept Creations, to decorate a clothespin.  Said store will be keeping these little treasures for "voting" day and it should be a lot of fun.  I've seen some of the samples brought in and they are mind boggling where people's minds go with this stuff!

Anyway, to make a long story short, I just KNEW I had to create something using the Craft-Dee BowZ and here's my sample:

Here's my little angel!  And yes, it was done using the Craft-Dee BowZ.  Do you see how out-of-the-box this little tool can be?  For inquiring minds, I simply painted the clothespin white, then created the large white bow for the angel wings, wrapped it back to front with a single knot and brought the tails ("arms") around to the front and secured them with a glue dot.  I made another gold 1-1/4" bow for under the angel's chin leaving the tails long.  Her dress was created using tea bag folding (which I have taught online at My Creative Classroom for the past two years).  I plan on doing some new classes for the winter season at My Creative Classroom, so stay tuned!

Her face was a 1" round punch and I drew in her features and gave her rosy cheeks.  Before I adhered the face to the clothespin, I fashioned a halo from gold wire and secured it to the clothespin, then adhered the face (the hair is gold paper fringed, but you can use Flower Soft or yarn, etc.)  Here's another clothespin close-up of the back view.

So this is just some of the fun you can have with your Craft-Dee BowZ!  Tell your friends about it and show them the fun you can have using it!  Tell them they can buy one online or check with their local scrap/stamp store to see if they carry it.  If not, they should tell the store owners what they are missing out on!

Donna