Bling It On

Do you LOVE bling? So do we! This month the i {heart} papers design team and the team from Zva Creative are celebrating the love of beautiful bling! Since each of our teams have designers that are also Paper Craft Planet Super Novas, we asked the PCP team to host some special challenges throughout the week. There will be lots of beautiful, blingy inspiration!

You should have arrived from Nicole Martel's blog...if you missed the beginning, head straight to Kate's blog so you won't miss a single gorgeous project!

i {heart} papers retails the industry's best paper crafting supplies from your favorite manufacturers while offering stellar customer service and super fast and FREE US shipping with any $60 order. (We also ship internationally.) We are proud to offer our exclusive i {stick} papers redline tape, which is manufactured just for us in long-lasting 60 yard rolls, at an amazing price! We also provide a publication incentive for our three exclusive stamp lines, Mint Motif, The Petal Press and Chicken Girl. Visit our website and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and our blog for news, sales, coupons and more!

Zva Creative produces many beautiful color groupings of high quality pearls, flowers and crystal embellishments that can be used on scrapbooking, card making and mixed media projects. Visit Zva’s gallery or blog for great project ideas and to find a list of stores and online retailers that sell Zva click HERE.

Zva Creative will be selecting one lucky winner who comments along the blog hop to win a Zva prize package worth $30. All comments must be received by 11:59 pm on Wednesday, September 19th. Winners will be announced on Zva’s blog on Thursday, September 20th.

Here's my sparkly, seasonal card for the hop.  I used the Happy Harvest stamp set from IHP's The Petal Press line for my focal image.  It's colored with Copic markers in warm, seasonal shades. 

I used patterned paper strips from two different Teresa Collins paper pads for the long panels underneath the colored image, edging one with a pretty golden yellow ruffled trim for a soft touch.  Two iridescent crystal flourishes extend out from underneath the image panel.  The panel is attached to the cardfront with dimensional dots so that it would be easy to hide the ends of the flourishes, giving the design a clean look.  I stamped the "thank you" part of one of the sentiments from the Mint Motif Simply Sentiments set on a notch-ended kraft strip and attached it to the patterned paper panels to finish the card.

From here, you're visiting Tracy Schultz. Thanks for visiting, and enjoy the hop! We hope to see you and your creations this week on Paper Craft Planet!

Materials Used:
from i {heart} papers:  The Petal Press Happy Harvest stamp set, Mint Motif Simply Sentiments  stamp set, X-Press white Copic blending cardstock, Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Copic markers (YR12, YR15,YR16, YR18, YR21, YR24, Y13, Y35, Y38, R12, R14, R17, E23, E27, E33, E41, E42, E43, E99), Teresa Collins Vintage Finds and Tell Your Story 6x6 paper pads, Zva Creative iridescent crystal flourishes, Maya Road golden yellow ruffle edge trim, Sticky Thumb dimensional dots

other:  Kraft cardstock (Papertrey Ink); Sweet Mango cardstock (Gina K Designs)