Always and Forever

Hi Everyone,
Barbara here with my post this month. June usually brings brides and weddings to mind, so this is the theme we are going to be showing all month. What a wonderfully beautiful theme.

Before I share my card let me give you an update on what will be going on here at Craft-Dee BowZ this month.

Along with our talented designers posts this month in their regular time slots, we are also having a blog hop and we are carrying the wedding theme over to the hop as well. The blog hop starts June 11 at 10:00 p.m. and will run thru June 14. We would love for you to join us and when you leave a comment you will be eligible for our blog hop prize. The prize will be awarded on Monday June 15.

Also this month, we will be having a guest designer, Olga Moore. She will be visiting us on Friday June 26 with a post. Please take a few minutes and visit her blog, here and check out her beautiful creations..  Olga is definitely a talented designer, and when you view her blog I'm sure you will agree.

I think you will agree we have a busy month in store for you.

All right, let me share my card design. I started out with something totally different and switched gears, So this is what I decided upon instead.

Sentiment

The Bow 

Hearts

The designer paper is what steered me to make this card and it also helped me with the colors I chose. Celery green is the color of that swirly heart and I also used a shimmer ivory. Hand crocheted lace and that ivory satin ribbon were the perfect addition. The sentiment I chose, says it all.

Hope you have a great week

Mr. & Mrs.

So the theme this month for the DT is wedding and the colors are cream or white. What? Colors? Omg! I totally forgot about the colors because when I saw the pretty ribbon we had to work with, my mind automatically went Vintage.

But in looking at my finished card, I played by the "challenge" as I do have cream on my card. Whew! I used brown ribbon to which I laid lace over top of it and then made my triple loop bow using the Craft-Dee BowZ maker. I love how the lace stayed right on top of it during the entire process.

To make my card even more vintage looking, I sponged distress ink on all the pattern paper layers. The middle is chipboard covered in paper and then distressed. I stamped "Mr. & Mrs." in two different shades of brown ink on the oval covered chipboard. To finish off my card, I attached some "wedding" rings to the side of the covered chipboard.

Hope you enjoyed my card!
Amber

Wedding Anniversary Card with Guest Designer Dana Tatar

Hi Craft-Dee BowZ fans! Dana Tatar here with you today sharing my guest design project with you. June is the month for weddings and I'm celebrating my sister's wedding anniversary this month. I thought it would be fun to send her a card that featured one of my favorite photos from her wedding to remind her of her special day.

I added a vellum sentiment right to the photo, which is adhered to an embossed and sanded piece of whitewashed cardstock.

My card wasn't complete until I added a beautiful double loop bow created with my Craft-Dee BowZ Tool! I added a small die-cut flower and rhinstone button to the center of the bow for a touch of sparkle.

A big thanks to the Craft-Dee BowZ Team for inviting me to share my work this month! I'd also like to thank everyone who stopped by and left a comment on my blog during the hop last week! If you didn't win the Craft-Dee BowZ Tool prize, there is another chance to win this month by playing along with the June Challenge!  You can find all the details HERE.

Thanks for stopping by today!

June is for Weddings

Hi Everyone,
It's Barbara and since it's Tuesday, it's time for a post from a DT member.

June is considered the month for weddings. So I thought I'd make a card and combine a dress fit for the bride accented with a multi-loop bow. I used white cs and cream cs for a little contrast. And brides always have pearls don't they?? I added a pearl border to the label shape behind the bridal dress. Behind that is a little netting reminding me of the veil. That bow was made using the Craft-Dee BowZ tool (of course) and I used a sheer ribbon. I tried my hand at making a decorative pin. Just another little added touch to this card.

By the way, Craft-Dee BowZ is hosting their monthly challenge so you will want to click here to check it out. A Craft-Dee BowZ tool is awarded to one submitter each month. You could be the prize winner.

Stop back on Thursday, for the Craft-Dee BowZ blog hop. The theme is Butterflies and Flowers and the design team has been busy with projects that will inspire you. And we have a guest designer joining the hop this time, Dana Tatar, and she does some cool things. Hope to see you at the hop.

Well that is it for now. See you Thursday.