December Blog Hop Winner

Hi Everyone,

Welcome back!!!  

Time to announce the winner of the December  Blog Hop here at Craft-Dee BowZ.

Thanks to everyone who visited and commented on the posts throughout the blog hop. We are so glad to be able to give you some inspiration, ideas, tips, etc for Christmas. We hope you found the cards and projects really creative!! Hope you were able to gleen some ideas from the design team.

 Next, I want to thank our talented design team on their fabulous and ever so creative projects.
They always do a fabulous job. We are very lucky to have them here on the Craft-Dee BowZ team.

Our next blog hop is scheduled for February 5 @ 10:00 p.m. et and the theme will be Valentine

So mark your calendars and save that date and plan on joining us for our first blog hop for 2015

OK, OK!!!! Let me announce who the winner is:

2amscrapper

Congratulations  on being our winner

Please contact Barbara at the email below by December 13 (one week) to claim your prize. 

bbruder@fuse.net

Thanks so much for hopping with us and we look forward to seeing you again
 at our next hop scheduled February 5.

Just a reminder, stop back for our weekly posts (each Tuesday) hosted by our super talented design team members.   Vicki will be posting on Tuesday. Please stop in to see her project and Sunday Barbara will be posting a picture tutorial on how to make the bow she used on her card in the blog hop.

See you soon.

Craft-Dee BowZ Christmas Holiday Blog Hop

Welcome to the Craft-Dee BowZ Christmas Holiday Blog Hop.

Oh, Christmas is such a special time of year. The colors, the images, the gifts, and.........well everything about Christmas is special. It's fun decorating and just getting everything ready for that special day.

The elves (also known as the design team members) have been hard at work getting projects ready to inspire you. So if you are still looking for that perfect thing, you know, a card, or some decoration, check out what we have to share with you.

Craft-Dee BowZ has a small design team so it won't take you long to visit all the team members 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. Dec. 6. To claim your prize you must contact us by email (bbruder@fuse.net) by Saturday Dec. 13. That will give you a week to claim your prize.

Sit down for a quick breather and enjoy our blog hop.

Today we are going to start off  with a gorgeous creation from Donna, the owner of Craft-Dee BowZ.

Here is what Donna has to say about her very creative card.

The Birch Tree Scene

Hello bow makers!  This is your first stop for the blog hop and I have a card that shows my (other) obsession with Impression Obsession dies.  Don't forget to leave a comment to have your name in the drawing for a Craft-Dee BowZ tool for completing the blog hop.  You MUST have entered a comment with each designer to qualify.

I fell in love with Impression Obsession dies last year and my heart did a special flutter when I saw the new birch trees and cardinals.  This card can be used for  many different occasions both for male or female.  I adhered the birch trees and cardinals on blue card stock first.  I then cut an oval out of white card stock using my Spellbinders oval die and imposed a fancy die over the opening.  I then attached the birch trees in back of the white opening.  The addition of a perky checkered bow made on my Craft-Dee BowZ tool and some pine trees by Impression Obsession completed the look.  This was all mounted on a red card base.



Thank you one and all for your support and for playing along in 2014 with our Challenges and Blog Hops.  And good luck to one lucky winner!

Next you will want to hop over to Dana's blog to see what she has created just for you. 

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

Donna (Here on this blog)

Dana

Vicki

Monica

Barbara

From all the designers here at Craft-Dee BowZ, thanks for stopping by.
We all want to wish you a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa and a Happy New Year.

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

Merry Christmas

Hi Everyone,

Well, today is the 1st Tuesday of the month and that means it's my turn to post here at Craft-Dee BowZ. This month's theme is Christmas/Holidays.

Here is the card I made for this month's theme.

My Santa stamp is so old, but he's my favorite Santa stamp ever. I added stickers for the ornaments, the sentiment and the pine bough. For the background panel I used a sheet of designer paper that depicts images of Santa. Each of those images are about the size of a postage stamp. I used vellum to tone that paper down since I wanted my stamped Santa to be the focal point.

I glittered the ornaments and colored the pine bough with an alcohol marker.

The bow is a multi loop green sheer organza ribbon. I love working with that type of ribbon.

Here is a close up of the bow.

Reminder - We would love it if you could set aside a few minutes to join us in our blog hop. The hop starts tomorrow nite at 10:00 p.m. ET and ends Saturday at noon.Some wonderful Christmas cards are ready to inspire you and don't forget the awesome bows too..

During the blog hop, leaving a comment at the Craft-Dee BowZ blog and on the design team members individual posts will make you eligible to win the prize of the Craft-Dee BowZ tool.

Hope to see you at the hop.

November Giveaway - Winner

Welcome back everyone.

During the month of November we ran a contest centered around the Diemond Dies posts. Commenter's were eligible to win the die set pictured below.

Everyone leaving a comment on the Diemond Die posts throughout the month became eligible for the drawing.

We had a fabulous number of commenters. Thank you all for leaving comments!!

I put each name on a slip of paper and drew one slip

And the winner is 

SAMMI

Congratulations, Sammi!!!

Sammi, please email me (Barbara) at bbruder@fuse.net

You have til 12-08-14 to claim your prize. If not claimed I will draw again at midnight on 12-09-14

Thank you to all who participated in our giveaway. 

Just a reminder - We have a blog hop that starts at 10:00 p.m. ET on Wed. Dec. 3 and there will be a prize given away. The prize is a Craft-Dee BowZ tool. Leave comments here on the Craft-Dee BowZ blog hop post and the designers posts to be eligible. 

Hope you can stop back for our Christmas/Holiday themed blog hop.

 It is packed with lots of great inspiration.

I am looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday.

December Challenge

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to the December Challenge

 here at Craft-Dee BowZ, 

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

  The submissions were fabulous and I love to see the incredible creativity that you talented people submit -- they are so amazing.  I think everyone is a winner; however, I could only choose a Top 3, an Honorable Mention and the Winner for the month.  Let me tell you, this task is daunting each month with all the talent out there.  

(Yes, I know I say this each month, but it’s true!)

Just to let you all know that the Winner, the Top 3 and any Honorable Mentions are all chosen on their merits, so make sure to get your creative juices flowing and send in your best submissions.

Who won the Grand Prize for the November Challenge??  

Well, without further ado the winner is:

BethieJ (Submission # 109)

Congratulations to BethieJ

You will have until December 8 (that's 1 week) 

to claim your prize

Monthly Prize

One Reel (25 yards) of Ribbon

To arrange for your prize to be sent and to receive a winners badge to display on your blog  please email me at bbruder@fuse.net by December 8th. 

Please put Craft-Dee BowZ Challenge Winner in the subject of your email.

TOP 3 WINNERS

(in no particular order)

1. Mervi (Submission #55)

2.Kitten Kraftz (Submission #76)

3. Cec(Submission  #116)

Please grab the "top 3 badge" on the sidebar here and 

post it on your blog .

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

This month we have an 

HONORABLE MENTION 

going to none other than:

Kellie (aged 10) (Submission #60)

You will always be able to access the current challenge or 

view prior challenges by clicking on the Monthly 

Challenge tab at the top of the page.

The December Challenge Theme:

Anything Goes and include a HANDMADE BOW

This months code to use is CDB20

Here is some inspiration for you for our 

December Challenge

Vicki Robertson

Monica Edwards

Barbara Bruder

Donna Maligno 

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

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

We are looking forward to seeing your creation here.

Don't forget, the prize is one spool (25 yards) of ribbon

The December challenge closes on December 31 at 8:00 p.m. EST

PLEASE READ:

Effective immediately, due to the rising costs of mailing  prizes outside of the US, CDB can no longer bear that cost.   In order to give our overseas submitters the opportunity to be considered to be in the running for our prizes, we are offering the option for you to pay the shipping. 

Therefore, if you are a non-US submitter and are willing to pay the shipping costs if you are the grand prize winner, please place a dollar sign ($) after your submission name.

Thank you for understanding.

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