Daily Archives: June 28, 2010

Whoot for Summer

Summer vacation is finally here. As usual, with a large family we’re mostly planning on staying at the cottage or taking small day trips. That’s ok though as I have lots planned and we’ll definitely be enjoying the journey. I think beach days, splash pad visits, picnics, tubing, bonfires and bbq’s, sleeping in, lazy days, kids’ crafts, bike rides, camping in the backyard, building sand castles, play dates, sleepovers and water balloon fights sounds like a lot of fun.Whew!

I don’t often have time for too many challenges but I always find creating for fun recharges the creative “batteries”. This card was created for the Moxie Fab World I Want to Ride My Bicycle Challenge.  Fun challenge! I’m not quite sure whether this card is Moxie Fab or not but as with all creative challenges, it’s having fun that counts! I just squeaked in under the wire on this one but I’m so glad I managed it today. I had so much fun I can’t wait until the next challenge!

Looking for the Zva Creative Blog hop? Keep scrolling! It’s just below this post. 🙂

Enjoy the Journey

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This darling chipboard bicycle is from the Dear Lizzy collection by American Crafts. I’ve paired it up with some fun prints from Lily Bee Design. Does this design drive you dotty? 🙂 Lots of dots and circle elements to have fun with.

The embellishments are pretty simple because of all the fun prints. Do you recognize the Zva Creative felt flowers? I’ve stitched them into little blossoms and placed them into the bicycle basket. I think I need to dust off my bike, check the tires and go for a spin. What do you think? Would a basket full of flowers to match this card be overkill?

Supplies: patterned paper and rub-ons by Lily Bee Design, twine, Tiny Attacher by Advantus, felt flowers by Zva Creative, pinking shears,  Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink by Ranger, Dear Lizzy chipboard by American Crafts

Need a little cooling down?

I thought it would be fun to share a few photos from a 50th wedding anniversary/family reunion on the weekend. A couple of my boys and their cousins managed to get into the splash pad fully clothed WITH shoes BEFORE family pictures.  They had a blast! lol I’m wondering what the official photos look like though!


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So. What do you have planned for your summer?

Hope it’s a blast!

Zva Creative DT Blog Hop!

Are you ready to be inspired?

As you may know, I am a proud design team member for Zva Creative.  We are joining together today to share a project that we have created using some of our favorite Zva Creative  products. I am hoping that
you will take some time to join us for a little bit of fun!

The Blog Hop begins at Kim Hughes’ blog. She will have the complete list of all blogs that are participating in case there is a glitch along the way.  If you would like to play along, I am linking to one of the Zva designers and that designer is linking to the next and so on. There are 19 design team members, so be prepared to be inspired along the way.  Hidden on 5 of the blogs is a Zva Creative prize package …YAY!  Those blogs will be randomly chosen after the hop is over, so it’s important to leave a comment on as many blogs as you can along the way.

This Blog Hop runs through midnight US Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, June 29th and the 5 winners will be announced on Wednesday, June 30th on each of the winning blogs and the full list will be found on Kim Hughes‘s blog (linked above). We will do our best to notify each winner, but it’s best if you can pop in to all of the blogs once again on Wednesday…plus, you never know what kind of inspirational creation that you may find there.  All you need to do is leave a comment on this Zva Blog Hop post…you do not need to leave a comment on each and every designer’s blog post to qualify. The more times you leave a comment along the blog hop path though, the more chances you will have to be one of the lucky winners.

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I’ve used some of my favorite  Zva products on this card…crystals, felt flowers and corduroy brads. I love bling and I love texture.

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Supplies:

pink felt flowers Fl01CB117, pink brad BR01CB104 , pink crystal flourish CRS02CB 103 PNK by Zva Creative, twine, button by Melissa Frances, kraft cardstock, Paper Girl paper by The Girls’ Paperie, rub-on by American Crafts, vintage image by Crafty Secrets

And here’s my very favorite project from the past couple months. I’ve shared it before so you can find the entire tutorial here.

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Please hop on over to see:

Kim Moreno

Thank you SO MUCH for joining us…