Trick or Treat

Hello everyone

Barbara here today. As my mom would say "A day late and a dollar short." Well I am late on this post and I am truly sorry. I just noticed I was due to post on Tuesday. Boy I scrambled to get this card ready for you. (I think I lost a day this week already- bummer. Hope it was a good day. LOL)

This month the designers are focusing on the Halloween theme with our projects that we are bringing to you. So here is what I came up with in a very short time frame.

My bow is comprised of 3 single loop bows that are stacked on top of each other.

And you know the Craft-Dee BowZ tool makes this type of a bow easy to make.

The Craft-Dee BowZ challenge is underway and the theme every month is "Anything Goes."

Thanks much for stopping by and hope to see your project in our challenge this month.

October Blog Hop

Welcome to the Craft-Dee BowZ Spook-tacular Blog Hop.

Halloween is such a fun time of the year. Spooky things, costumes, candy, parties. With that in mind, all of our designers have made projects with a Halloween theme. If you send Halloween cards or make bags for the tricker-treater in your house, let us inspire you.

Craft-Dee BowZ has a small design team so it won't take you long to visit the team and leave comments. Leaving comments on the blogs of all the team members will make you eligible to win your very own Craft-Dee BowZ tool. The winner will be announced on Sat. Oct. 11.

To claim your prize you must contact us by email (bbruder@fuse.net) by Saturday Oct. 18. That will give you a week to claim your prize.

To start us off,  lets take a look at Donna's project.
It sure reminds me of a famous house.
Do you know what house I am referring to???
 Lets see what project she has scared up for you.

Oh that house is really scary.
 Look at that gauze and the bow is made using some sheer organza, a perfect fit for that gauze.

Donna's project was inspired by a trip to Chittenango, NY recently where she got to re-visit the home of Frank L. Baum, the author of the Wizard of Oz (back "in the day" when that was considered a scary movie).  His home and surrounding homes reminded her of this image and she just went with it.   The inked image was mounted onto a piece of corrugated cardboard which was smudged with black ink.   The sentiments were inked, torn  and added to the image.  She then dyed some gauze using purple ink spritzed with water and placed it behind the cardboard (once it was dry).  Next, all the other layers were added then topped with one bow using two different colors of purple and black.  Using scissors, she then cut the ribbon ends into slivers to create a spookier look.

Now it's time to check out Karen's spooky creation 

Here is the list of the designers in case you get lost. 

Donna (Here on this blog)

Karen

Vicki

Monica
Barbara

From all the designers at Craft-Dee BowZ thanks for stopping by.

Have fun everyone and don't forget to leave comments.

Spooky Halloween

Hi Everyone,

It's Barbara here. It's the first Tuesday of the month and it's time for my October post. Halloween is such a fun time of the year and it's the theme for our posts all month and for the blog hop that runs Thursday and Friday. The design team has some spook-tacular projects in store for you this month and wait til you check out the bows.They're all yummy!!!

Let me share my card with you.

Halloween wouldn't be Halloween without a pumpkin, bats and spiders.I added an embossed spider web and that spider, he's a great die cut. My pumpkin is also a die cut and I added the funny face to give him some personality.

Take a peek of the close-up of my multi-loop bow. To make this bow I actually made three separate multi-loop bows and stacked and tied them together at the center. 

 Here is a close-up of the bow that I attached to the tag, This bow is a triple loop bow.

Don't forget to stop back Thursday for the start of our blog hop. You're sure to have some spooky fun and if you leave comments on all the designers blogs you will be eligible to win your own Craft-Dee BowZ tool. The winner will be announced Saturday.

Thanks for stopping in today, hope to see you Thursday.

Trick or TREATS

 So Donna challenged us to make our Craft-Dee BowZ project a non card project but Halloween theme. Well we don't 'celebrate' Halloween at my house so I went way out in left field for my project.

I like to send in goodies with hubby for his co-workers so I decorated a "Treat" container for him to have on his desk that still looks "Halloweenie" but doesn't mention it at all.  Took some of the ribbon Donna sent us and made a triple loop bow by doubling up my ribbons.

 Instead of just laying the ends of the ribbon around the container, I decided to twist the two ribbons together. Using a spider web die, I cut out the spider web and attached it just by the corner. If you look closely you will see a small little spider (sticker) on the web. Printed out a pumpkin digi image from Paper Pretties that I colored and added in the corner.

Now what to fill the treat container with? How about Pumpkin Oreo Muddy Buddies? Oh my gosh! I didn't think I was gonna have any left to put in the mini baggies as this stuff is just that good! Tied each baggie up with some ribbon that I had (keeping with the black/orange color theme).

So there is my way out there "Halloween" project. Hope I have inspired you in some way to create your own treat container for your desk. (and who cares if you don't have co-workers... a desk is a desk! ;) )



Inky hugs,
Amber

Halloween Blog Hop

Hi Everyone,
Welcome to the October Craft-Dee BowZ Blog Hop. Our blog hop this month, celebrates Halloween!!.Are you getting ready for the fun holiday??? Decorating your home, sending out invites for your upcoming party or just sending fun cards to friends and family.All of the designers have created spectacular projects with the Halloween 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 wonderful 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 August 17. Be sure to check back here to see if you've won.

To claim your prize, you must notify us by email. You will have exactly one week to claim your prize, so don’t forget to check back on Saturday, October 12  to see if you are the winner!

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

Here are your blog hostesses 

Amber 

Brenda

Patty 

Barbara 

Craft-Dee BowZ  (to leave one last comment)