Zva Creative July DT Blog Hop!

The Zva Designers 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 again this month!

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, July 20th and the 5 winners will be announced on Wednesday, July, 21st 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.

Today I'd like to share with you a project I created with my dd and my dh. I must confess she is a true daddy's girl. I adore this photo of the two of them - such a size difference - she looks so delicate in his arms.

I love the fact that ZVA offers bling in unique colours. The soft browns complimented the photo wonderfully yet still stood out against the patterned papers.


I used papers from Graphic 45's Le Romantique Collection. Adore this line - very soft palette and so easy to work with - fussy cutting options galore!

For my title I've used Tim Holtz's Grungeboard alphas. I love this little minis as I always seem to be out of the letters I need for the perfect titles! No more 'e' or 's' or 'h'... GRRR What do you do with all your leftover alphas!? Anyhow, these are great as you can ink/mist/ paint/alter any way you like - to match your project. For mine, I ended up using some distress crackle paint in Vintage Rose.

ZVA Creative Products Used:
Self Adhesive Pearl: PE-02CB-130
Self Adhesive Pearl: PE-02CB-147

Please hop on over to see Kim Moreno.

Thank you SO MUCH for joining us!!

7 Gypsies Book

Hi all! Sorry, another lapse in posting - busy, busy, little bee I've been!

Scrapbook Star is hosting their online crop for July this weekend! The theme this month is "Inspiration is Everywhere". If you're needing a scrappy boost this weekend, head on over to the forum to check out all the fabulous projects created by our Design Team and for a chance to win some yummy prizes.

My inspiration challenge was to create a project using new or unique products. Normally my inspiration will come from the hundreds of photos I take of my kids. There will be that one special photo that just 'speaks to me'. Occasionally, there will be a certain piece of paper or a unique wooden piece that I NEED to work with. I love to mix things up every now and again - to take a break from scrapping 12x12 layouts is refreshing for me and gives me the time away from my routine that gets my mojo back on track.

Scrapbook Star's July kit includes the coolest book covers by 7 Gypsies and I was totally inspired by them.

Hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend. DH is taking the wee ones to the park in the morning so mommy can do some scrapping and then off to my peeps for dins and to celebrate my dad's birthday! Thanks for stopping by!

Special Moments

Hi - sorry, a day late I know... Our window guys were suppose to show up on Monday and now they aren't coming until tomorrow... pooh. Been rushing around trying to pack up kids and take all the drapes/blinds down, tidy the house and put anything away that I don't want broken/dusty and it wasn't even necessary.

Anyhow, here's another layout I created with the July Kit from Scrapbook Star. Such beautiful, soft colours and really romantic papers from Prima's Strawberry Kisses line.

The border of the die cut was made by punching circles from the patterned paper and applying all the way around. Yep - took awhile...

Sorry, just a short post for today. ZVA Creative is having another blog hop on July 19th and I need to finish up my project for that - hope that you'll pop by!