June Zva Blop Hop Winners Announced!!!

We'd like to congratulate the five June Zva Blog Hop winners! Their names will be found on the following blogs:

Jana Eubank: http://www.janaeubank.com (THAT'S MY BLOG! YAY!)
Carole Maurin: http://scrapalolette.canalblog.com
Teri Anderson: http://terisplace.wordpress.com
Tara Orr: http://eachmoment-onlyonce.blogspot.com
Angelica Franssen: http://angelicascrappenings.blogspot.com/

One winner from each of the 5 blogs will receive a Zva prize package worth $30.00. Congrats winners!

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And that means I get to announce a WINNER here on my blog!!!! Woooooot!!! Woooooot!!!

The winner is . . .

CONGRATULATIONS, QuiltinDiva!!!!!

Please email your address to me at jana.eubank{at}gmail{dot}com and I will have Zva Creative send you your goodies!!! YAY!!!! :D :D :D

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I thought I would also let you know that I have a few more page kits available at A Page 4 All Seasons. You can find all of my page kits HERE.

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BLOSSOM - This one was previously offered in a monthly kit, but now is available for purchase by itself. (Kit includes a full alphabet for you to customize your title the way you would like.)

JOY * LOVE - Featuring Crate Paper Seasons collection.





And also the August Monthly Autoship kits are available for purchase!

This month I have one in the Page 4 All Seasons kit and one in the He Said kit.



HAPPY BIRTHDAY - A Page 4 All Seasons Kit
(Note: This page kit includes a full alphabet, so you can customize your title.)



(If you're wondering why the lettering looks a little THICK . . . it is because I had to edit them in Photoshop. :) When I created the page . . . all I could find were black letters . . . but I really wanted brown to match the brown in the Dear Lizzy papers. :) Soooo, the REAL picture has black letters . . . but the kit will include BROWN LETTERS. Thanks for understanding. Hehehe!)




Kit will include a FULL set of BROWN American Crafts Thickers







EXTREME - He Said Kit






Have a great day!
Jana

Memorial Day with Pink Paislee

I am convinced that the "sewing with material" gene skips generations in my family. Both my mom and my mother-in-law are expert seamstresses . . . Me? Not so much. I can sew on paper, but give me something flexible, like fabric or ribbon, and I fumble like a fish out of water.

Now, that doesn't mean I don't admire the look of homespun items, . . . infact, every year about this time I get the itch to create a quilted-looking item on my scrapbook pages. And that is one of the things I wanted to show you today. :)

First of all, here is my completed page. First, I'll show you how I did the background, and then I will show you how to create the 3-D star embellishments (they are sooo super easy! You will be shocked at how simple they are! :) )





First, I cut out a series of 3" hexagon shapes from several Pink Paislee Papers using my Cricut Expression machine and the Accent Essentials cartridge.

I arranged them on my paper in a combination that was pleasing to my eye, then I inked the edges with dark brown ClearSnap Chalk Ink and curled up the edges a bit with my fingers.



Before adhering them down, I stitched around the edges using my sewing machine. I like to stitch my elements before adhering them *just in case* I make a mistake. That way if I mess up, I can just remake one little element and not sacrifice my entire page. :)



And that's it! Now you have a colorful, summer picnic quilt look on your background. Fun, right?!!

Now, the 3-dimensional star embellishments. This week I found these rustic, barnwood stars on clearance at my local craft store. I am going to hang them in Owen's bedroom, but first, I'm using them as my inspiration piece for this page.



I cut out two 2.5" stars, one 3.5" star, and one 4.5" star for this page.

Using the Scor-It-All add a score line going from each tip of the star to the opposite indent, like this.




Continue around, scoring each of the five tips until you are finished.



Use your fingers to pinch and fold the star into shape.



Now it looks like this! :)



Stack a few foam dots together and adhere to the underside of your star. You are now ready to add it to your page.



Easy! I hope you'll try this star technique on a soon-to-be Patriotic Parade layout of your own.



Happy Scrapping!
Jana

Zva Creative DT Blog Hop!

Are you ready to be inspired?

As you may know, I am a proud design team member for Zva Creative. We 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!

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, June 29th and the 5 winners will be announced on Wednesday, June 30th on each of the winning blogs and the full list will be found on Kim Hughes' blog. 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.



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For my project today, I used the Pearl Flourish PEB-03CA-101. The left side of my photo had a little too much empty space and the pearl flourish was the perfect solution. I like the way it connect my title to the photo, as well.



Page created with the Noel Mignon Lemonade Stand kit (sorry, sold out). I also added buttons and lace trim from my stash.




Please hop on over to see:

Tara Orr

Thank you SO MUCH for joining us!

My Cute Stamps June Projects

Happy Sunday!

Ah, Summertime! My kids are a bit sore today after spending 6 hours on an inflatable waterslide at their cousin's birthday party yesterday! Thanks for such a fun day, Eubanks! Happy Birthday, S! ;) And thank you for wearing my kids out! The kids slept in until 10:45 am . . . and so did I! Ahhhhh! Felt great! :D Hehehehe!



(Cam was a bit TOO busy for me to take a picture of. LOL!)

I have a couple new pages to share with you today using the always-adorable My Cute Stamps stampsets. :)

For this first page, I used the Puppy Pals set.



Furever Friends





Patterned Papers, chipboard accents, and letters are by American Crafts.

This second page features the Spunky Nature set.



Let's Play





Patterned Papers and sticker accents are by Echo Park. Cricut Cartridges: Tree - Lite Live Simply; Grass - Plantin Schoolbook; Sun - Doodlecharms; and Title - Create a Critter.

I hope you'll join me tomorrow for another Zva Creative Blog Hop. See you then!
Jana

Imaginisce Bday Bash Collection

Birthday season is about to settle upon our household. Camryn's birthday is next week and then the rest of my kids' birthdays are in August. Party time!!!

Imaginisce has come out with the CUTEST birthday collection I have ever seen. I literally giggled when I opened up everything in the new Bday Bash Collection . . . I mean, come on! Look at those adorable candles and banner ribbons! And the COLORS!!! If you know me, you know I have to use on practically every page I make . . . I LOVE that they paired chocolate brown with Primary colors in this collection. The result is fun, but not too childlike. I really think you could scrap any age, any person's birthday with this collection.

This collection makes me WANT to tackle the stacks of birthday photos I need to scrap! Hehehe!
Here are a few pages I have made with it so far. :)


Pony Party







Make a Wish





Cake

Have a great weekend!
Jana

Color Combos Galore #148

Color Combos Galore #148 is up and you should see all the amazing creations from the design team. I really loved these colors. So pretty, yet fun and fresh at the same time.

After School Snack Attack



I used my Cricut and the Lite Lacy Labels cartridge (available at Walmart) to create the blue white label grounding my photos. Patterned Papers are by Adornit (pink floral), Crate Paper (mustard and bright pink), and KI Memories (blue).



The letter stickers are by Making Memories (lavender), K & Company (woodtone), and American Crafts (pink).



Those gorgeous pearl flourishes are from Zva Creative (PEB-02CB-101 & PE-02CB-141). I thought they would be a fun take on the wedding cake in the photo. :) The flowers are by Petaloo, and the ribbon brads are by Imaginisce.

Come check out what's happening at Color Combos Galore and play along with us! :)

Jana