A Real Friend - Zva Creative February Blog Hop

Welcome to the Zva Creative February Blog Hop!  If you arrived here from Robin's Blog, you are in the right place, if not you might want to start at Zva Creative Blog, so that you don't miss any of the designers beautiful creations!  Hidden along the hop are FIVE Zva Creative prize packages,  so it's important to leave a comment on as many blogs as you can along the way.  Winners will be randomly chosen after the hop is over.

Inspired by the lovely soft colors in the Making Memories Paper, I used this weeks Card Patterns Sketch as a starting point for my card.  The quote and dragonfly are sneak peek from the Faithful Friend set being released at Our Daily Bread Designs on March 1st.  The sentiment is stamped in Jenni Bowlin Brown Sugar ink on Vanilla, then cut with Spellbinders Oval Dies.  The dragonfly was stamped in Brown Sugar on a Sage piece of card stock, cut out and adhered to the Oval with a dimensional.  To further embellish I added a Seam Binding Bow, Zva Creative Pink Transition Mini Roses  [FLBK-03CB-113] and pieces of a White Long Pearl Long Flourish III [PEB-03CA-101].

Details:
Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs Faithful Friend
Ink - Jenni Bowlin Brown Sugar
Card Stock - Pink, Sage, Vanilla, Chocolate
Other - Making Memories Pattern Paper, Spellbinders Oval Dies, Zva Creative Pink Transition Mini Roses/White Pearl Long Flourish III, Seam Binding, Dimensionals, Big Shot, Flourish Embossing Folder, Spellbinders Edgeabilities Die

If you are looking to purchase Zva Creative products, you can find a list of stores and online retailers that sell Zva Creative products here.

The Blog Hop runs through Midnight EST on Tuesday, February 28th. Your next stop on the hop is Tara's Blog.  To increase your chances of winning a Zva Creative Prize Package:

• Leave a comment on this blog post
• Leave a comment that you posted on  Facebook or "tweeted"  about the hop (link to any of the blog hop posts)
• Leave a comment to let us know that you "liked" Zva Creative on Facebook or that you have started following Zva on Twitter
• Leave a comment 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.

Our next hop will be on Monday, March 26th!  Be sure to check the Zva Creative Blog on Wednesday February 29th, to see if you are one of the lucky Zva Creative Prize Package winners! 

Thanks for stopping by!

With Gratitude

Happy Kitchen Sink Stamps Monday, thanks for stopping by today, I hope you had a great weekend!  You might want to grab your shades for the bright Orange color on today's card! 

The new My Minds Eye On the Bright Side 2 pattern paper pack has some fab patterns that work wonderfully the Kitchen Sink Stamps Multi Step Cowboy Boots!  On this card, I used the Orange barn wood panel along with the Boots, Multi Step Bluebonnets and sentiment from the Multi Step Texas Long Horn.   I stamped the boots first in shades of Brown, masked them with Eclipse Tape, then stamped the Bluebonnets, sponged the edges and added the stamped sentiment panel.

Details:

Stamps - Kitchen Sink Stamps Multi Step Cowboy Boots, Multi Step Bluebonnets, Multi Step Texas Long Horn

Ink - Ranger Distress Ink Gathered Twigs, Stampin' Up! Chocolate Chip, Caramel, Cocoa, Brocade Blue, Ballet Blue, Old Olive, Garden Green, Pumpkin, Ranger Black Archival

Card Stock - White, Chocolate

Other - My Minds Eye On the Bright Side 2, Dimensionals, Sponge Dauber, Eclipse Tape

Color Recipe:

Boots - #3 Cocoa, #2 Caramel, #1 Caramel stamp off, #4 Chocolate, #5 Chocolate

Bluebonnets Leaves - #2 Olive, #1 Olive stamp off, #3 Garden Green

Bluebonnets Stem - #2 Garden Green, #1 Olive

Bluebonnets - #2 Brocade Blue, #1 Brocade Blue stamp off, #3 Ballet Blue stamp off, #4 Ballet Blue

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Thanks so much for stopping by, for more Kitchen Sink Stamps inspiration, be sure to visit the other Design Team Members:

 Connie • Julie • Lynn • Makiko  • Maria

Have a creative week!

Yellow Rose - CR84FN49

It's time for another wonderful color challenge at the CR84FN Blog!  Thanks so much to those who played along with our last challenge!  We are thrilled to welcome Shannon White as our Guest Designer for the next two challenges. The colors for the next 2 Week Challenge are, Yellow, Gray and Kraft. 

I just picked up the new My Minds Eye Be Amazing papers, and found the perfect pattern to go along with this weeks CR84FN colors!  No stamping on my card today!  To embellish my card,  I added a die cut Bird Cage from Gray card stock, a Kraft die cut bird,  a Rose cut from Saffron card stock using the Spellbinder Spiral Blossom One Die, some Zva Creative flourishes and May Arts Ribbon.

Here's this weeks color inspiration, we'd love for you to play along with us at CR84FN, you can find all the details here on how to enter. If you upload to any online gallery please use keyword CR84FN49 so we can find your creations!


Looking for more inspiration using this weeks challenge visit the other Designers Blogs:

Mona Pendleton* Sue Lelli * Andrea Matthews *  Stephanie Kraft * Suzanne Czosek *  Heather Jensen  *  Deborah Frings * Shannon White (Guest Designer) 

Thanks for stopping by!

Adventure is Worthwhile and a Recipe Share

The images in the new Charles & Amelia combined with the Industrial Backgrounds  from Artistic Outpost make for a wonderful collage!  For the background of my card I used the Gelli Plate along with Jenni Bowlin Acrylic Inks, pressing some punchanella into the paint for some added texture. Once dry, I added some gears from the Industrial Backgrounds plate in Spice Tin and Brown Sugar inks.

To create the collage of images, I stamped the image from the Industrial Background in Spice Tin, sponged the edges and layered on a Blue card stock panel.  The  other images are from the Charles & Amelia plate stamped in Brown Sugar and Spice Tin.  I sponged the edges, cut out the images and adhered them to the background image.

Details:
Stamps - Artistic Outpost Industrial Background, Charles & Amelia
Ink - Ranger Jenni Bowlin Spice Tin, Brown Sugar
Card Stock - Brown, Blue, White, Watercolor
Other - Sponge Dauber, Gelli Art Plate, Jenni Bowlin Acrylic Paint, Punchanella, Dimensionals

Now on to my cooking adventure....

Crock Pot Minestrone Soup
2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
1 small chopped onions 
2 small Zucchini slice thin, cut in half
1 can french Green Beans drained
1 stalk chopped Celery
3 cloves minced Garlic
3 can Beef Broth
1 (15 ounce)can Red Kidney Beans, drained
1 (15 ounce) can White Beans (Northern or Cannellini), drained
1 (14 ounce) can Diced Tomatoes
1/2 Cup diced Carrots
2 Tablespoons Parsley
1 Teaspoons dried Oregano
1/2 Teaspoon Ground Black Pepper
1/2 Teaspoon Dried Basil
1/4 Teaspoon Dried Thyme
1-1/2 Cups Water
3 Cups fresh Baby Spinach, chopped
1 Cup small Shell Pasta

Heat Olive Oil in Crock Pot, saute Onions, Zucchini, Celery and Green Beans until Onions turn translucent, add garlic.  Add Beef Broth, Water, Beans, Tomatoes, Carrots and Spices to Crock Pot, cook on Low until veggies are tender.  12 minutes before serving, add Pasta and Chopped Spinach.

Thanks for stopping by!

Bloggers Challenge - Color Challenge

Happy Bloggers Challenge Friday!  Thanks to those who played along with last weeks By the Seashore challenge, it was fun to escape to tropical places as I visited your blogs!  This weeks challenge is a Color Challenge or Red, Black and White (or Vanilla).  My card is doing double duty this week, as the Verses Rubber Stamps Challenge is Black, White and a Splash of Red.  If you have Verses Rubber Stamps, ink 'em up and play along with both challenges!  To read more about the Verses Challenge click here.

All papers are from Bo Bunny.  I used a portion of the Verses Sentiment, Love is Passionate (QQ1001-E), stamping in Black Archival on a scrap of pattern paper.  To Embellish, I added some Zva Creative Black Flourishes, Roses and Seam Binding.

If you'd like to play along with this weeks Bloggers Challenge, please link back to this post on your blog and mention you created your card for the Bloggers Challenge Color Challenge. Please add your link using the Link Tool below, your link should be a direct link to your Bloggers Challenge Post, use your name as the Title. Please do not link to cards that were created prior to the challenge date. Entries not linking properly, or backlinked will be removed.  If you have the captcha enabled on your blog, please consider turning it off, as it makes it so much easier to leave comments.

Have a great weekend!