Zva Creative June Design Team Blog Hop

Zva Creative and my fellow Design Team members welcome you to our 
June blog hop! 
We are excited about it and look forward to be 
sharing our new work with you!

Today's Blog Hop begins at Zva Creative's blog! Be sure head on over to check it out! You will also find a complete list of all the participating blogs there (in case there is a glitch along the way).

As you know, Zva offers many beautiful color groupings for pearls, flowers and crystals.  If you like what you see along the hop you can find a list of stores and online retailers that sell Zva HERE.

I really had fun creating this card.
I was totally inspired by this week's assignment
over at The Twinery, which was to create
something using red, white & blue.

I bought the 6x6 pad 'Pride' by Authentique
on my last trip to Archivers & knew what I
wanted to start with.  I laid down my
'wallpaper' and went from there.

The focal point bling is the beautiful red
flourish from Zva Creative.  Even though
bling tends to be on the more 'sophisticated'
side, it totally works with this Americana
look, don't you think?

The burlap star is from Little Yellow Bicycle
and the sentiments are from Paper Smooches.

If you would like to play along with our design team, just follow along the blog path.  I am linking to one of the Zva designers and that designer is linking to the next and so on. Be prepared to be inspired along the way!

The Blog Hop starts today, June 24^th and runs through midnight US Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, June 25^th.

***Prizes*** 
Hidden on FIVE of the designer's blogs is a Zva Creative prize package! Winners will be randomly chosen after the hop is over. All you need to do is leave a comment on this Blog Hop post... you do not need to leave a comment on each and every designer's blog post to qualify. However, the more times you comment along the blog hop path, the more chances you will have to win. 

The 5 winners will be announced on Wednesday, June 26^th on Zva Creative's blog. We will do our best to notify each winner, but it's best if you can pop in to Zva's blog on Wednesday to see if you are a winner! 

The blog hop begins here at Zva Creative's blog.

Your next stop is

Jolanda Meurs blog

Enjoy!

Thank you for joining us! 

P.S. Mark your calendar to join us again 

on July 29^th for our next Zva blog hop! 

And don't forget to leave a comment for your chance

to win one of those great prize packages!


Project Recipe:

Patterned Paper: Pride by Authentique

Stamps: Sentiment Sampler from Paper Smooches

Embellishments: Red Flourish {CR-06CA-107} from Zva Creative

baker's twine Silver Metallic from The Twinery

Burlap Star sticker from Little Yellow Bicycle

Tools: Banner die by Sizzix, Big Shot

 

A Floral Spring

Hello . . . so great to have you stop by today !

It's blog hop day with the designers of

If you are hopping with us, then you should have come from

Jessica Fick's blog

If you just happened by, then get yourself over to

The Craft's Meow blog

Someone is going to win a stamp set of their choice

simply by visiting all 13 blogs & leaving a little love.

Deadline to be eligible for prize is

11:59 EST, Thursday May 9th

Winner will be announced Friday, May 10th

There are some pretty fabby things coming up at TCM

and you won't want to miss anything!

This month's theme is:  FLOWERS

I pulled out a design I created about a year ago when the set

'Beautiful Spring' was introduced.  I love how simple it is

and couldn't help but use it again.

Here is the original design created for Mother's Day 2012.

This time, I paired it with the sentiment from the 'Rejoice' set.

I used the Sizzix 'Wreath' embossing folder for my base.

I simply stamped the flower image on three different paper from

Prima and cut them out in layers.  I added a beautiful gem flourish

and pearls from Zva Creative to complete the look.

I thought this was a great color combo for this week's challenge over at

The next stop on the hop is my friend & TCM Illustrator

Karen Baker's blog

Don't forget to say hello before you go!

Our designers await your visit!

ENJOY!

Project Recipe:

 Patterned Paper: Romance Novel by Prima

Stamps: Beautiful Spring & Rejoice by The Craft's Meow
Tools: Wreath EF by Sizzix, Big Shot
Embellishments: pink gem flourish {CR-06CA-120}

white pearls {PEW-03CA-104} from Zva Creative

 

Happy Easter with The Craft's Meow

I'm so happy you stopped by today because it's time

for a little inspiration for Spring.

It's our TCM March Blog Hop!

If you've already been hopping with us, then you

should be swinging by from my dear friend & teammate

Jessica Fick's blog

If not, I'd love for you to start over at

The Craft's Meow blog

and hop along with us.

Each designer has worked hard to bring you a

fabulous creation for Easter Encouragement.

Ever since TCM released the 'Easter Blessings' set

I've been in love.  The little critters in this set are so sweet.

I grabbed this Sizzix circle frame EF & embellished it with

a little ink & Liquid Pearls.

The paper is from Authentique.

The lacey flower was cut from a 6x6 pad by My Mind's Eye.

I cut it out & embellished it with a fun button & baker's twine from The Twinery.

A few tiny pearls and done.

Here is the adorable stamp set I used...

 

The next stop on the hop today is the very creative

Lin Brandyberry's blog

Thanks so much for stopping by.

I'd love to hear from you !

Project Recipe:

 Patterned Paper: Faith by Authentique

& Love Me by My Mind's Eye
Stamps: Easter Blessings by The Craft's Meow
Tools: Circle Frame EF by Sizzix, Big Shot
Embellishments: baker's twine in Strawberry by The Twinery

Liquid Pearls in Buttercup by Ranger

pearls by Recollections

 

It's the Little Things with SRM Stickers

Hello . . . Hello . . . HELLO ! ! !

It's so great to have you swing by The Open Window today

because there's a brand new challenge over at

and I've got a fun card to share featuring this week's sponsor

Our design team received an aMAZing package of goodies from

SRM Stickers and we ALL had a great time creating with them !

Just wait till you see what my teammates made !

I used this fun paper from Prima's 'Doodle Deux' stack

to match up the color from the challenge.

Then I took the 'doodles' & sentiments from SRM

to create borders & greetings for the card.

OH  . . . the glassine bag is also from SRM.

I placed the sentiments over washi tape

which I think is always a fun touch.

I love how the paper shows through and gives the card

another dimension of color.

I made a simple bookmark to fit inside the bag and

of course, I grabbed my favorite baker's twine from The Twinery

to finish it off.

 

The small dimensional flowers are die cuts I made using

Sizzix dies by Stephanie Barnard.

I sure hope you can play along with us this week because

 

is giving away a terrific prize package to our

'Cup of the Week'

Thanks oh so much for stopping by today.

I hope you'll leave a quick note to let me know you

came by.  If you have a blog, you know how fun it is to

get just a quick note from your readers.

If you are like me, it's so easy to swing by, take a quick

peek and move on.  That's because there are 1,000's of

terrific blogs out there.

I'm so aware of how many there are .... it's part of my

business as a social media coordinator, so I want you to

know that I really do appreciate the time it takes & for

making my blog one of your many choices.

Project Recipe:

Patterned Paper: Doodle Deux by Prima

Embellishments: We've Got Your Border stickers & glassine bag by SRM Stickers

baker's twine in Strawberry, Seaweed & Cantaloupe from The Twinery

mini brads from Zva Creative, washi tape by Recollections

Tools: Banners #2 Framelets by Sizzix, Big Shot

 

Zva Creative February Blog Hop

Happy Monday to you! Zva Creative and our talented Design Team welcome you to our February blog hop! We are very excited about month's hop and are excited to share our new work with you!

Today's Blog Hop begins at Zva Creative's blog! Be sure head on over to check it out! Since many of us live in different time zones around the world, you will find a complete list of all the participating blogs there (in case there is a glitch along the way).

 

As you know, Zva offers many beautiful color groupings for pearls, flowers and crystals.  If you like what you see along the hop you can find a list of stores and online retailers that sell Zva HERE.

If you would like to play along with our design team, just follow along the blog path.  I am linking to one of the Zva designers and that designer is linking to the next and so on. Be prepared to be inspired along the way!

The Blog Hop starts today, February 25th and runs through midnight US Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, February 26th.

***Prizes***

Hidden on FIVE of the designer's blogs 

is a Zva Creative prize package! 

Winners will be randomly chosen after the hop is over. All you need to do is leave a comment on this Blog Hop post... you do not need to leave a comment on each and every designer's blog post to qualify. 

However, the more times you comment along the blog hop path, 

the more chances you will have to win.

The 5 winners will be announced on Wednesday, February 27th on Zva Creative's blog. We will do our best to notify each winner, but it's best if you can pop in to Zva's blog on Wednesday to see if you are a winner!

We also thought it would be more fun to add even more chances to win our blog hop prize!  To increase your chances of winning:

* Comment to let us know that you posted on your Facebook page about our hop (link to any of the blog hop posts)

* Comment to let us know that you "tweeted" about our hop (link to any of the blog hop posts)

* Comment to let us know that you asked your local store to carry Zva creative products.  If they already do, that's fantastic, maybe you can suggest other products that they don't carry.

*Hop over to Zva's facebook page and "like" our page or leave a comment there to tell us that you stopped by.

Your next stop is Natasha

Enjoy!

Thank you for joining us!

P.S. Mark your calendar to join us again

March 25^th for our next Zva blog hop!

Project Recipe:

Cardstock: Bazzill
Stamps: Word Phrases by Stephanie Barnard for Sizzix

Tools: Word Phrase frames by Sizzix, Big Shot

Embellishments: 

crystal flourish v {CRS-05CA-112} 

pearl brads {BRBK-02CA-103}

scarlet rose {FL-04CA-134}

all from Zva Creative

It's a Beautiful 'Blingy' Day with Zva Creative

Happy Monday and welcome to The Open Window.

It's one of my favorite times *shiniest* times of each month

as it's our team blog hop over at

Happy New Year to you! Zva Creative and our talented 2013 Design Team 
welcome you to our January blog hop! 
We are very excited about month's hop and are excited to share our new work with you!

The Blog Hop begins at Zva Creative's blog!
*Be sure head on over to check it out! Leave a comment there for a chance
  to win an extra prize package just for visiting the blog and telling us
  that you stopped by!  You will also find a complete list of all the
  participating blogs there (in case there is a glitch along the way).

As you know, Zva offers many beautiful color groupings for pearls, flowers
and crystals. If you like what you see along the hop you can find a list
  of stores and online retailers that sell Zva HERE

One of the things I love about creating with the beautiful
bling from Zva is it takes me 'off the page' to create cards with
lots of dimension.  I love doing that anyway, but the bling designs
really inspire me.
I used a combination of purple pearl flourishes, a gem flower flourish
and tiny taupe pearls all from Zva.
The card was created using papers from My Mind's Eye and a
stamped sentiment from Avery Elle.
The leafy die cut was made using a Sizzix Branch w/Leaves
and the border was punched using one of my fave Martha borders.

Here's a close-up of the dimension . . .

If you would like to play along with our design team, just follow along the blog path.  I am linking to one of the Zva designers and that designer is linking to the next and so on. Be prepared to be inspired along the way!

The Blog Hop starts today, January 28th and runs through midnight US Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, January 29th.

Prizes

Hidden on FIVE of the designer's blogs is a Zva Creative prize package! Winners will be randomly chosen after the hop is over. All you need to do is leave a comment on this Blog Hop post... you do not need to leave a comment on each and every designer's blog post to qualify. However, the more times you comment along the blog hop path, the more chances you will have to win.

The 5 winners will be announced on Wednesday, January 30th on Zva Creative's blog. We will do our best to notify each winner, but it's best if you can pop in to Zva's blog on Wednesday to see if you are a winner!

We also thought it would be more fun to add even more chances to win our blog hop prize!   

To increase your chances of winning:

* Comment to let us know that you posted on your Facebook page about our hop (link to any of the blog hop posts)

* Comment to let us know that you "tweeted" about our hop (link to any of the blog hop posts)

* Comment to let us know that you asked your local store to carry Zva creative products.  If they already do, that's fantastic, maybe you can suggest other products that they don't carry.

*Hop over to Zva's facebook page and "like" our page or leave a comment there to tell us that you stopped by.

Your next stop is Evgenia Petzer

Thanks so much for coming by ...

I always appreciate your visits!

OH !  one more thing  . . .

Mark your calendar to join us again on February 25th^th for our next Zva blog hop! It will be a very special one where our team will be debuting all of Zva's new CHA releases that will be hitting stores soon!

Project Recipe:

Patterned Paper: So Sophie
Stamps: Lots of Love by Avery Elle

Embellishments: 

taupe pearls {CRW-04CB-139}

flower gem flourish{CRB-04CA-112}

gem/pearl flourish {CRS-05CA-108} 

all from Zva Creative

Tools: branch w/leaves die by Sizzix

heart border punch by Martha Stewart

  

Heartfelt Thanks with The Craft's Meow

The day has finally arrived !

It's The Craft's Meow January Release

Team Blog Hop

I hope you stopped by from my friend

Jessica Fick's Blog

If not, I would love for you to join us from the start at

The Craft's Meow Blog

because someone is going to win the

entire collection of new releases and it could be you !

I created today's card using

'Happy as a Lark' and 'Many Thanks'

I laid down my 'wallpaper' base using paper from Lily Bee Design.

I wrapped the seam with binding & baker's twine from The Twinery.

I stamped the lark on the top half.

 

On a separate piece of cardstock, I stamped another lark, cut it out

and shaded it with color.  I adhered it just off-center from the one

on the base card so it would bring a little dimension.

I die cut the vine and gave it some dimension with Stickles.

I stamped the sentiment on a Spellbinder's die cut frame

and embellished it with black gems & Liquid Pearls.

Don't forget . . .

'Lark Additions' is this month's FREE GIFT w/$50 purchase.

It's the PERFECT compliment to the set I featured today.

The sentiments are simply beautiful.

To have the BEST CHANCE TO WIN the entire collection of new releases,

pay a visit to our designer's blogs,

leave a comment where you can and cross your fingers

all by 9pm PST, Wednesday January 23rd.

One random winner will be chosen from one of the blogs

on the hop.  

Speaking of the hop, it's time to send you on to

Karen Baker's Blog

She is the illustrator behind the beautiful lark designs

and I know she will have beautiful inspiration for you !

Thanks so much for coming by . . . I look forward to hearing from you !

Project Recipe:

Patterned Paper: Lily Bee Designs

Stamps: Happy as a Lark & Many Thanks 
by The Craft's Meow

Tools: Grommet Tags by Spellbinders, 
Season's Greetings Phrase by Sizzix, Big Shot
Embellishments:  baker's twine in Ocean & Platinum Shimmer
by The Twinery
seam binding from Sugar Lump Studios Etsy Shop
gems by Recollections
Stickles & Liquid Pearls by Ranger

 

Celebrate Today with Zva Creative & The Play Date Cafe

Hello and welcome back to The Open Window.

I must admit, I haven't had a lot of time to spend on my

blog since the New Year began, but that is about to change I will be sharing

over the next 5+ days here, so buckle up !

We've had a very special 'guest'

staying with us since New Year's Eve . . .

My son Alex is staying with us after being away for

an extended period of time and it's been really great

having him here.

I've been spending a lot of time with him and

enjoying each minute of it!

His oldest nephew CJ had a great first day with him

{as you can see}

Now on to the challenge from

This week's colors are . . .

Plum . . . Mustard . . . Rose

I created this card using beautiful gems, pearls & that gorgeous rose,

all from Zva Creative.  

I love being a part of the Zva team!

The 'mustard' on this project came out a bit more peach in the photo.

To create this card, I embossed the panel using Sizzix's

'Leaves & Swirls' embossing folder.

From there, I layed out my design until I was happy with it,

then attached each flourish.  The rose center is one big

beautiful pearl !

The stamps are from The Craft's Meow.

I really hope you can play along with us this week.

The colors are marvelous and I'm looking forward to

some beautiful creations in our gallery.

Come check out what our design team created.

Have I mentioned lately just how talented these ladies are ? !

I'll see you back here Thursday morning for some

pretty fabulous previews from The Craft's Meow

January release !

Project Recipe:

Cardstock: GinaK Designs
Stamps: Good Times by The Craft's Meow

Embellishments: gems & pearl flourish & silk flower

from **Zva Creative

Tools: Leaves & Swirls EF from Sizzix

** Zva product codes:

White Pearl Flourish CRB-04CB-108

Purple Gem Flourish CRB-05CA-107

Pink Pearl CRW-05CA-116

Silk Rose FL-04CA-136

 

The Best Day Ever

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It's the final day of our New Release Previews from

We have two final fabulous sets to share with you today
one of which is our FREE GIFT w/$50 purchase.


The first set was designed by Kaitlyn Ord
and I decided to go total *spooky* with it . . .

The banners & sentiment come from this fabulous set called 'Good Times'
The paper, tag & brads collection is brand new from My Mind's Eye called
'Lost and Found Halloween'.  I love this BIG spider punch from EK Success!
It was the perfect fit for the spider web.

Now for something completely different . . .

The beautiful new set designed by Karen Baker
'Golden Days'

This is our September Gift w/$50 purchase.

I love the sentiments that Karen designs and this set
contains a variety that will be perfect for your autumn cards.
I created the wreath using a Sizzix EF and simply adorned it with
pearl flourishes from Want2Scrap and topped it off with
a sweet pumpkin from yesterday's featured set 'Fall Blessings'.

Make sure you pop by

 The Craft's Meow Blog

and check out the fabulous-ness

from all of the designers.

TCM is giving away each new release

each day, so make sure you leave a comment

on the blog for a chance to win!

Project Recipe:

Cardstock: Gina K Designs & Bazzill
Patterned Paper: Lost & Found Halloween by My Mind's Eye
from StopandScrap.com 
Stamps: Good Times & Golden Days
both by The Craft's Meow 

Embellishments: tags & brads from My Mind's Eye
pearl flourish by Want2Scrap
Tools: spider punch from EK Success, Big Shot
Wreath EF by Sizzix

Cheers to Skipping Stones Design!

It's another very b.u.s.y. day here at The Open Window
and I'm thrilled you stopped by !

I have had so much fun being a Guest Designer over at

and today is their New Release Blog Hop.

If you came by way of
Megan Aaron's Blog 
Thought's of Scrapbooking
you are in the perfect spot !

If not, I hope you will join along and start back at the
Skipping Stones Design Blog
so you don't miss out on a thing !

Here is the sketch for this week from the
very creative Kim Kesti

and here is my interpretation

Can you tell how fun this set is going to be as a part of your collection ?
It's called 'Cheers to You' and has so many possibilities.
I thought it would be fun to use the border as the main focus.
I made a frame using dies from Sizzix and simply colored in
the glasses using a few Copic markers.

It's time to get you on your way to my creative friend
Rochelle's Blog 
Two Tears in my Bucket

Thanks for popping by !

Project Recipe:

Cardstock: Pure Luxury by Gina K Designs

Stamps: Cheers to You by Skipping Stones Design

Tools: frame & accents dies from Sizzix, Copic Markers