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The Zva Designers are joining together again 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 again this month!

The Blog Hop begins at Kim Hughes’ blog. She will have the complete list of all blogs that are participating incase 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. 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.

The Blog Hop starts now and runs through midnight US Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, September 28th and the 5 winners will be announced on Wednesday, September 29th on each of the five winning blogs. The full list will be found on Kim Hughes‘s blog as well (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.

Simply Delightful

One of my absolute favorite Zva Creative products is these big & beautiful crystal brackets CRB02CB109. I love how trendy but timeless they are and how well they tie a layout design together. When the bling is this pretty, I like keeping the rest of the design simple to make it the focus. I do have one other Zva product on the page though…that pretty brown corduroy brad BR01CB105 in the flower center works with the brown accents in the patterned paper.

During the summer we took a mini vacation with a family that we are close friends with. I couldn’t resist taking this shot of my friend’s daughter sitting on the pier with the sun shining through her hair. I like to make layouts for special people and this one is for her.

The gorgeous patterned paper is from the Wishful line by Fancy Pants Designs. I’ve cut it up in strips and stitched it for a clean and sweet layout. My flowers are hand made using the Tattered Florals Die. One is die cut from the Fancy Pants paper and the other from some canvas I had on hand from the fabric store. The fabric on is spritzed with Viva Pink Glimmer Mist.

The blog hop begins here: Kim Hughes

Your next stop is here: Veronica Goh

Thank you SO MUCH for joining us ,

It’s funny how you can become such good friends with someone before you even meet them. These days of technology make it possible to meet people that you never would have met before.

I first “met” Becky while working for a stamp company and we immediately became good friends. The kind that talk often on the phone and support each other, encourage each other through burnout and changes, the kind who give their honest opinion even when it’s hard to say and share in your excitement when something good comes your way.

After a couple years of friendship, I was ecstatic to finally meet Becky Olsen in person last May in Buffalo. I was so excited and we had the best 24 hours of fun. We had to hit Starbucks a couple times while we were there and here’s one of the photos I took. I’ve been meaning to get it scrapped for some time and found this fun Fancy Pants Designs paper worked perfectly. Don’t you love the vibrant colors of these papers?

The layout for this page was inspired by another Creative Scrappers Sketch, sketch #122. I hope you’ll join us for some more inspiration and play create along with the sketch challenge here. This is my last layout for Creative Scrappers. What a fun, inspiring and wonderful team to be on. The sketches are fabulous and inspired me to try out new things. I would have loved to have applied for another term but want to focus more time on my creative goals. I hope to find lots of time this fall to keep up with the sketches and continue to play along as I can. Thanks so much Kristine for the wonderful opportunity. I wish you and your site the best and congrats to the fabulous new design team.

Quick Tip:  Sand paper over cardboard. This sanded textured happened by accident. I decided to sand some of my black patterned paper to add dimension and interest. I just happened to have a piece of corrugated cardboard underneath as a work-surface and ended up with this very fun sanded texture.

Supplies:  About a Girl paper line by Fancy Pants Design, felt flowers, Black Flourish CRB03CA114 and individual rhinestones by Zva Creative, embroidery thread, felt die cut frame, flowers & joy canvas button by Prima, ric rak, Tiny Attacher by Advantus, Round Tag Punch by Stampin Up, White Opaque Pen by Ranger, Binding Edge Punch by EK Success, Thickers by American Crafts

Happy creating and have a wonderful week!