Monday, August 27, 2012

ZVA Creative blog Hop

 If you have arrived here from Karen's blog, you're on the right track!!
Zva Creative and our talented Design Team welcome you to join us for our August Blog Hop! We are happy to have you join us and hope you enjoy all that we have to share with you along the way!
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.  We want to make sure that they shine bright for you, so each designer was will be sharing a creation using a specific color or color combination on their blog hop project.  If you like what you see you can find a list of stores and online retailers that sell Zva HERE.

This is another mini album I am creating. The cover is finished with lovely ZVA Creative products and the inside pages will be done the same. I used FabScraps papers from the new Summer Collection to create my mini.
I used Zva's flowers and leaves to adorn the cover.
 36pc leaves #I - 1.5" -[FL-04CA-111
 3" Dual-Frosty Flowers - Soft Blue & Dusky Rose -[FL-04CA-125]




The binding technique is a little different on this mini. I will be doing a Ustream on how I created it in a couple o weeks. I used Seam Binding to tie it all together and you can find my tutorial on How to Hand Dye Vintage Seam Binding  to match anything. I used Glimmer Mist in Twilight for my ribbon here. 


Here is a view of the spine of the mini.
 The smaller flowers started out white and cream, and I just added a spritz of Glimmer Mist in Twighlight to color them . That is the beauty of the white flowers.
 mini rose  -7/8" or 23mm -White FLBK-03CB-122]
 mini rose -7/8" or 23 mm -Cream [FLBK-03CB-132]



 The beautiful bling I used on the cover is Fantasia and they come in 2in the pack. A light colored swirl and a darker blue colored swirl.


 

I used a Tim Holtz embossing folder on card stock and rubbed it with some Inka Gold to highlight the raised parts making it look like an old leather book.

 

I just love the color of this bling. I was able to get a really close match on the flowers.

Here is the back of the album. It is not yet  finished as I would like to include some kind of journaling on it. This is the darker blue swirl from the double pack called "Fantasia" 2.
And just a closeup of the beautiful rich blue color.


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!
Hidden on FIVE of the designer's blogs is a Zva Creative prize package! Winners 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 today, August 27th and runs through midnight US Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, August 28th. 
The 5 winners will be announced on Wednesday, August 29th 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.
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.
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 blog and leave a comment there to tell us that you made it there!
 The blog hop begins here at Zva Creative's blog. Your next stop is  Carole's Blog
  Enjoy!
Thank you for joining us!
P.S. Mark your calendar to join us again on September 24th for our next Zva blog hop!

50 comments:

  1. Wow! The flowers and bling add lovely texture to your super album! *smile*

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  2. Can't wait to see the tutorial. I'm a regular follower of yours and get a lot of inspiration from your lo's.

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  3. AMAZING mini album!! WOW!! The Zva products really add some GREAT texture and glamour to your album!

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  4. I really like how you tucked in the bits of bling on your mini. I look forward to seeing the rest of it on your YT video.

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  5. oh wow, what a beautiful mini! Love the colors.

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  6. The embossed look is beautiful!

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  7. What a gorgeous mini! So many techniques so much to look at I want to try one!

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  8. Wow, Lisa!!! What a stunning mini album. Love the gilded embossing and your work with these gorgeous Zva flowers and flourishes is fabulous!! Thanks for the inspiration!! ~ Blessings, Tracey

    http://gracescraps.blogspot.com/

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  9. Love the album Lisa. Can't wait for your Ustream video.

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  10. Absolutely gorgeous album, Fantasia swirl is on my "buy now" list.

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  11. I spoke to Diane, the manager at my local acmoore to ask if they could please carry ZVA creative products!

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  12. Just amazing how you tie all this together on this album and it looks fantastic.

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  13. Wow, really gorgeous mini album! You make ZVA's bling look even more gorgeous!

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  14. Wonderful blog hop and fabulous creation with gorgeous ZVA products:)
    Hugs,
    Sonia

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  15. Love the book. Gorgeous flowers and so pretty ribbon on the spine of the book!

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  16. I love the embossed binding on your album!!! Very Pretty!!

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  17. Such a beautiful mini album! I love all the embossing you did and the bling color is just perfect for your flower clusters! TFS

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  18. I made sure to share news about your blog hop with all my FB friends!
    http://www.facebook.com/nicole.doiron3

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  19. I always ask my LSS to carry as many ZVA Creative products as they can. The bling especially is a big hit among all my local fellow scrapbooker friends!

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  20. Wow, wow, wow! Stunning album! I can't wait to see your tutorial as well!

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  21. OH, very pretty creation my friend... love the embossing, and of course the Zva goodies :) ....

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  22. lisa, great color combinations with the blues and browns. really showcasing the flowers so well

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  23. Great mini, especially, love the binding.
    Hugz, Z

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  24. love all the colours the pearls come in. lovely album

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  25. beautiful album! i love the colors!

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  26. Great project! Thanks for sharing.

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  27. nice mini album.
    Barbara Bird
    MdStrwbery@aol.com
    MdStrwbery.blogspot.com

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  28. I love mini-albums!! The ribbon and Zva bling on this are beautiful!!

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  29. I just might have to make one of these for a niece who just came back from Paris-thanks for the awesome mini album idea!

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  30. Ein wunderschönes Album und der geprägte Einband verstärkt den Eindruck, ein altes Lederalbum vor sich zu haben, das ist genial!

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  31. Such a lovely mini book.
    The Zva bling looks great.

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  32. Just stunning love the precious work you have created! Also really like how you've changed your blog it's very pretty! Hope you have a wonderful week hugs Amy :)

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  33. I didn't realize the Zva made flowers too??!! I thought they only had the lovely bling! Definitely going to have to check that out. Delightful mini album!

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  34. Your mini album is amazing. Love all the wonderful details. Thanks for sharing and the chance to win.

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  35. You've done a wonderful job on this mini album. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  36. Wow wow wow - such a gorgeous mini... that embossed spine is sheer magic!
    Alison x

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Love hearing your beautiful words!!!!