A Z Becky Brown Blog Hop

Hello Everyone!

Welcome to the CardMaker and Z Becky Brown Blog Hop!

You should have arrived her from Sabrina's blog ; if you did not, you may want to start from the beginning, at the CardMaker blog.
Some of you may remember the Z Becky Brown purse from several years back.  Well, they are back and more in style than ever!  The Z Becky Brown purse makes a great vehicle to showcase all of your favorite, trendy crafting products and techniques.  I love being able to create a purse insert, specific to my needs.  Never be without a purse to match an outfit again! 
I have used die cuts, stamps and embossing cream on my Z Becky Brown purse insert~

 

 
I started with the Die-Namites Winter Sunflower Die along with a Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Majestic Monarch Butterfly image and matching die.  I grounded these dies with a portion of a Sizzix Thinlit Morrocan Card Front Die.  The background was done using a  Prima template and Viva Decor Modeling Cream.  The modeling cream, while subtle, gives a wonderful pearlescent sheen and texture to the background without being too bulky. 

Your next stop on the hop is Kelli Hull.

Be sure to stop and comment on all of the blogs in the hop for your chance to win our best selling handbag 003- Black lid, Black solid handle and nickel hardware, with one package of Ziva papers.

Thanks so much for hopping along with us!
 Have a blessed week!

Lee Ann  :)

Supplies used-
Stamps-Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Majestic Monarchs
Paper-Stampin' Up Blushing Bride, Old  Olive, Calypso Coral, Retired dsp
Ink-Old Olive, Versafine black
Other-Viva Decor Embossing Cream, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Monarch Dies, Die-Namites Winter Sunflower Die, Sizzix Morracan Card Front Thinlit, Prima template 

CAS and Velcroed

Hi Everyone!

I have a quick post today of my latest Z Becky Brown purse insert~

I started with a Neenah kraft purse insert.  I wanted a heart theme, but not so traditionally red and white that it looked valentine-ish.  I Die cut the heart and floral shape in white using my Die~Namites Love Arrangement die.  The hearts were cut out again in Pink Pirouette. I cut a gray heart using my Stampin' Up Heart Framelits.  The floral die cut and hearts were glued to the large gray heart. The completed heart embellishment was adhered to the kraft liner with velcro so that embellies can be switched out. 
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog is asking us to use kraft paper and/or ink this week. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a blessed week!

Lee Ann  :)

Officially the Christmas Season!

Hello Everyone! 

I am still pleasantly stuffed from my Thanksgiving meal! I hope all of my U.S. friends had a wonderful and filling Thanksgiving as well!  It is easy to forget in the busyness of life to stop and be thankful for all of the little blessings we experience each and every day; God has blessed us with so much and I love that we have a day set aside specifically to thank Him for the blessings he has bestowed upon us. 

So now that we have entered the Official Christmas Season, it is time to think about gift giving!  Have you planned your Christmas gift list yet?  Maybe you are braving the stores and the lines on Black Friday;  I am all ready for Christmas shopping with my Z Becky Brown purse and original purse insert.

I love that I can personalize my purses for each season, celebration, holiday, even wardrobe outfit!
This purse liner went together very quickly.  I used multiple images to create my collage Christmas scene and my inspiration came from Pinterest.
 

  Once I saw this image on Pinterest, I knew exactly what I was going to do!  I love when that happens!  I used a woodgrain image (Stampin' Up) on the panel background and then masked off a line along the bottom of the purse liner.  I stamped images from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps (deer, reindeer, single tree, star, and postmark), Impression Obsession (grouping of trees), Stampin' Up (flourish) and Heartfelt Creations (round sentiments, holly flourish), using Cherry Cobbler ink for all of them.  Using a Cherry Cobbler marker, I drew a line along the edge of the masked off area.  Lastly, I used my color spritzer to spritz Cherry Cobbler and Sahara Sand ink.  This was sooo simple!
Not interested in making your own liner?  Z Becky Brown carries an extensive line of inserts; all you have to do is pop them in your purse! 
A Z Becky Brown purse would make a fabulous Christmas gift for any purse-loving woman on your Christmas list (and what woman doesn't love purses?)!  You can check them out here.

I will leave you with a few photos of my afternoon at the Missouri Botanical Gardens.  I am so very grateful to live so close to such a beautiful place~

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a blessed week!  Happy shopping! 

Lee Ann  :)

Going PINK with Z Becky Brown

Hello Everyone!
I have another Z Becky Brown purse liner to share with you today, and this one is in support of Breast Cancer Awareness month.  Can you guess what color the purse is?!

This purse liner is all about sponging!  I was running low on MOJO, so headed over to Pinterest, and this is what I found~

I free handed a stencil for the mountains and started sponging.  I did not have quite the right color for the sky, so had to settle on a combination of Pumpkin Pie, Blushing Bride and Calypso Coral.  The mountains are Razzleberry and the foggy look was done by sponging Whisper White Craft Ink over the mountains and sky. 
Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Have a blessed week!

Lee Ann  :)

Supplies Used-
Stamps- Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Tree Background and Serene Silhouettes
Paper-Neenah white
Ink- Calypso Coral, Pumpkin Pie, Blushing Bride, Razzleberry, Versafine Black, Whisper White

Z Becky Brown Debute

Hello Friends!
I have exciting news to share with you today; I am a proud member of the Z Becky Brown Design Team!  Z Becky Brown makes a fun and unique style purse that you can customize yourself, using your favorite crafting supplies, be it stamps, mixed media or fabric.
My first purse was made with a wonderful background stamp from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps that I stamped multiple times over my entire purse insert.  I used several different mediums to color the poppies.

I started with watercoloring the poppies with Stampin' Up's Poppy Parade reinker and an aquabrush.  Then I wanted to go back in and hightlight areas with Prismacolor Pencils.  I ended up using the pencils a lot more than I had planned!

 To make the flower centers, I used a blender pen to add a mixed media black ink then added black ep and heat embossed.  I used a gold pen to outline the veins. 

That is it for me today; stop by Wednesday when I will have another Z Becky Brown custom inert posted!  In the meantime, check out the Design Team Gallery on the Z Becky Brown site. 

Have a blessed week!

Lee Ann  :)

Products used-
Stamps-Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps- Poppy Background Stamp
paper- Stampin' Up white cs
Ink-Stazon Black. Poppy Parade, black Mixed Media ink
Other- Prismacolor Pencils, black ep, Gold pen