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Meet the Designer Monday: Helen Tilbury

Zva_Creative — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:00:42 +0000

Hello everyone and happy Monday to you! We are here today to introduce and welcome our newest guest designer, Helen Tilbury. Helen will be joining our blog hops in March, April and May to share her talent with you and Zva Creative. We are very happy to have her as a part of the team and hope you enjoy learning a bit more about her today!

Helen Tilbury

Hello! My name is Helen and I am a Scrapaholic!! I love this hobby & you know how you find the time to fit anything into your life that you really love? That’s me… a sleep deprived Scrap Addict {that’s the name of my blog too and you can find it here} – http://helentilbury.blogspot.com. I’m 40 something, married with 4 kids (3 of them teenagers– I know, poor me!!) I live in Durban, South Africa with the my bunch of crazies, including 3 cats.

Life in Africa has it’s challenges but it’s also good in many ways. We have a maid called Mercy, who saves me from the dreadful chore of laundry, thus providing me with scrappy time – yeah! This year I’ve returned to full-time employment but am managing to squish-squash my lovely obsession into my sleep time…yawn… Just kidding, fortunately I’m an energetic person (and my husband is a keen chef!) so I still get to indulge in my art for a bit each day as I love photography, art, melding them into one & blogging all about it.

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Thanks for joining us today to get to know our design team a little better! We hope you have a good one.

Sincerely,

Zva Creative

March Blog Hop Winners Announced

Zva_Creative — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:51:10 +0000

Good afternoon! Thank you for coming by to find out if you are one of our lucky winners from our March blog hop. (If you missed the hop, its not too late to catch all of the projects, just click HERE).

Before we announce their names, we’d like to thank all of you for spending time visiting our design team member’s blogs, looking at their work and leaving them such nice comments. We truly appreciate your participation!

We’d like to congratulate the following ladies who joined us and are listed below and won a prize!

From Zva Creative’s blog… caroleanne wright says:

wow am loving the bike and the bling, love all zva stash. And love hopping, great inspiration here. BFN x

From Lisa Somerville’s blog…Tenia Nelson said…

What a gorgeous card!!

From Irene Tan’s blog…Lucy said…

What a stunning lo! I love all of the red!

From Natasha Naranjo Aguirre’s blog… Monica said…

wow… what wonderful colors… Awesome.

From Carole Maurin’s blog… Debra Lovell,

Lovely layout of this great photo–I like the doily.

Each winner will receive a Zva prize package worth $30.00. A big congratulations ladies!!! Winners, please email our design team coordinator, Windy Robinson at windyrobinson@gmail.com to claim your prize. Have a nice day!

Sincerely,

Zva Creative

Authentique and Zva Creative Prize Winners Announced

Zva_Creative — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:59:43 +0000

Thanks for stopping by today to find out if you are the lucky winner of Zva’s prize package from our joint blog hop with Authentique. (If you missed the hop, it’s not too late to catch all of the wonderful projects created by members from both teams, just click HERE).

Ok, so our lucky winners of a Zva and Authentique prize package are…

From Zva Creative’s blog… Rea said: Beautiful creations by your DT. Thanks for sharing.

From Jennifer Snyder’s blog… Lillian Child said:

Jennifer, this bunny is SERIOUSLY lovely! And I do so appreciate your tutorial on making it, and your flowers are so stunning! This is such a beautiful project. Thanks so much for sharing it with us!!

Congratulations Rea & Lillian! Please email our design team coordinator Windy Robinson at windyrobinson@gmail.com to claim your prize.

If you are not a winner today there is still time to play along with our monthly blog hop through Tuesday, March 26th at 11:59 pm US EST, just click HERE for details!

Have a great day!

Sincerely,

Zva Creative

Zva Creative March DT Blog Hop!

Zva_Creative — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:00:56 +0000

Hello friends! Zva Creative and its design team welcome you to our March blog hop and look forward to sharing our new work with you!

Today’s Blog Hop begins here at our blog! Below 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. If you like what you see along the hop you can find a list of stores and online retailers that sell Zva HERE.

Lets start the hop today with a beautiful layout called Moments in Time by design team member Carole Maurin. It is a beauty that is reminiscent of the warm weather and beauty that Spring brings here in the US.

Moments in Time layout by Carole Maurin

Here’s our line up for the hop:

Natasha Naranjo Aguirre

Fabi Ormerod

Justina Tey

You may have noticed a new name added to our participating designers. We’d like to welcome Helen Tilbury as a guest design team member for the next three months. Helen is a scrapbooking artist from South Africa. Please be sure to stop by her blog Scrap Addict today and check out what she has created for the hop!

If you would like to play along with our design team, just follow along the blog path. We are 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!

The Blog Hop starts today, March 25^th and runs through midnight US Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, March 26^th.

***Prizes***

Hidden on FIVE of the designer’s blogs is a Zva Creative prize package! Winners will be randomly chosen after the hop is over. 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.

The 5 winners will be announced on Wednesday, March 27^th 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 to see if you are a winner!

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 facebook page and “like” our page or leave a comment there to tell us that you stopped by if you already like follow us there!

The blog hop begins here at Zva Creative’s blog. Your next stop is Helen Tilbury‘s blog. Enjoy!

Thank you for joining us!

P.S. Next month’s hop will be on April 29^th! Please mark you calendars as we’d love to have you join us again.

Products used on layout:

Pink Rosy Crystal Flourish (Item # CRB-05CB-118)

Tahitian Pearl Dots (Item # CRW-04CB-144)

Sincerely,

Zva Creative

Authentique Paper and Zva Creative Celebrate Spring… Day 3

Zva_Creative — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:00:01 +0000

Welcome to day 3 of our spring celebration!

Today is the final day that we will be teaming up with Authentique Paper to bring you a little dose of Spring by showing you projects created with Zva’s blings and Authentique’s new Hope collection which is a beautiful collection for Easter or Spring projects.

Our final three projects are brought to you from design team members Natasha Naranjo Aguirre, Julie Ranae and Lisa Somerville. Please be sure to hop on over to their blogs to check out their projects in their entirety. We promise that you won’t be disappointed!

Natasha Naranjo Aguirre

Julie Ranae

Lisa Somerville

And don’t forget to hop on over to Authentique’s blog too to see an additional project made just for you!

Authentique’s Blog

Here’s a little sneak peak of what you will find along the way today…

Plus you can check our the projects by our other participating designers from day 1 and day 2 in case you missed them.

***Prizes!!!***

Zva Creative will be selecting two lucky winners who comment along the three day blog hop to win a Zva prize package worth $30 and Authentique’s Hope collection. All comments must be received by 11:59pm on Monday, March 25th EST. The winner will be announced on Zva’s blog on Tuesday, March 26th.

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Authentique Paper is the hottest new brand in the paper craft industry, best known their our signature heavy weight textured paper. Their style is vintage with a modern twist and their products are always made with the crafter of all levels in mind.

Authentique’s mission is to promote the belief being genuine is the only way to live! Their products reinforce this message through quotes, saying and the names of our Collections. They are designed to enhance the authentic side in each of us, hence Authentique Paper.

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. You can visit Zva’s gallery or blog for many great project ideas and find a list of stores and online retailers that sell Zva HERE.

Thanks for visiting us! We hope you enjoyed the final day of our spring celebration! Have a wonderful weekend!

Sincerely,

Zva Creative

Authentique Paper and Zva Creative Celebrate Spring… Day 2

Zva_Creative — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:04:55 +0000

Welcome to day 2 of our spring celebration!

Over the next two days we will be teaming up with Authentique Paper to bring you a little dose of Spring by showing you projects created with Zva’s blings and Authentique’s new Hope collection which is a beautiful collection for Easter or Spring projects.

Our next two projects are brought to you today from design team members Nicole Martel and Windy Robinson. Please be sure to hop on over to their blogs to check out their projects in their entirety. We promise that you won’t be disappointed!

Nicole Martel

Windy Robinson

And don’t forget to hop on over to Authentique’s blog too to see an additional project made just for you!

Authentique’s Blog

Here’s a little sneak peak of what you will find along the way today…

Be sure to come back and tell us who created this beautiful project and we may just have a prize for you!

Plus you can check our the projects by Andrea Ewen and Jennifer Snyder from day 1 in case you missed them.

Andrea Ewen

Jennifer Snyder

***Prizes!!!***

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Thanks for visiting us! We hope you enjoyed the second day of our spring celebration! Please visit us again tomorrow!

Sincerely,

Zva Creative

Authentique Paper and Zva Creative Celebrate Spring… Day 1

Zva_Creative — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:00:45 +0000

Hello friends!

Over the next three days we will be teaming up with Authentique Paper to bring you a little dose of Spring by showing you projects created with Zva’s blings and Authentique’s new Hope collection which is a beautiful collection for Easter or Spring projects.

Our first two projects are brought to you today from design team members Andrea Ewen and Jennifer Snyder. Please be sure to hop on over to their blogs to check out their projects in their entirety. We promise that you won’t be disappointed!

Andrea Ewen

Jennifer Snyder

And don’t forget to hop on over to Authentique’s blog too to see an additional project made just for you!

Authentique Blog

Here’s a little sneak peak of what you will find along the way today…

Be sure to come back and tell us who created this beautiful project and we may just have a prize for you!

***Prizes!!!***

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Thanks for visiting us! We hope you enjoyed the first day of our spring celebration! Please visit us again tomorrow!

Sincerely,

Zva Creative

Meet the Designer Monday: Marilia Lopes

Zva_Creative — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:20:38 +0000

Marilia Lopes

I’m Marilia, mother of Gabriel and Marina, married to Peter. I am an extremely passionate about life and people, I love life stories. I’m electric, anxious to the extreme and I talk too much!

I live in a town called Paraisópolis, which is in the south of Minas, where the fresh air and nature are present in my day to day. I am a woman who likes things simple!

I love dogs, a full house and to be around people who make me happy.

I’ve been crafty since childhood … and can do a little of everything!

I found scrapbooking a couple of years and it was love at first sight! The wealth of materials associated with our memories and our stories made scrapbooking my favorite hobby.

I already made mini albums, I’m crazy about recycling! The idea of turning what would go to waste on something different and beautiful … fascinates me.

I have seen my layouts evolve and they may still have a long way to go, but I think this magic right there.

I live a different life, I live in a city with my son and my husband and my daughter in another.

Every week we have people who stays and who goes!

The comment is a way to relax that became a passion.

Only brought good things … wonderful friends!

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Please visit Marilia on her blog http://mariliallopes.blogspot.com/. You will not be disappointed.

Sincerely,

Zva Creative

February Blog Hop Winners Announced

Zva_Creative — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:09:24 +0000

Good afternoon! Thank you for coming by to find out if you were one of our lucky winners from our February blog hop. (If you missed the hop, its not too late to catch all of the projects, just click HERE).

We’d like to congratulate the following ladies who joined us and are listed below and won a prize!

From Natasha Naranjo Aguirre’s blog Tracy said…

So gorgeous!

From Windy Robinson’s blog ‪Debbie said…

WOW, so stunning!!!

From Andrea Ewen’s blog Kathleen White said…

Lovely cards.

From Justina Tey’s blog Diana Fernandez said…

Super cute!!! I love the banners!

From Marilia Lopes’ blog ‪Julie Tucker-Wolek said…

This is GORGEOUS!! I loveeeeeeeeeee the flowers and love love love love the way you framed the photo!!

Bonus prize!! From our blog congratulations to Kathy Jo who said:

Your layout is too beautiful and so happy!

Sincerely,

Zva Creative

Zva Creative February Blog Hop!

Zva_Creative — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:00:29 +0000

Happy Monday to you! Zva Creative and our talented Design Team welcome you to our February blog hop! We are very excited about month’s hop and look forward to sharing our work with you!

As you know, Zva offers many beautiful color groupings for pearls, flowers and crystals. If you like what you see along the hop you can find a list of stores and online retailers that sell Zva HERE.

Please note: Originally we had hoped to share some of our new products from CHA with you today, but to make sure that all of our designers had enough time to create beautiful projects for you, we have decided to hold off until March for our new product showcase. So if you are stopping by for a preview, please hold tight, that will be coming soon & you won’y be disappointed. In the meantime, please enjoy the hop with all of our products that are currently in your local scrapbook stores!

Today’s Blog Hop begins here at Zva Creative’s blog! Let’s kick it off with a beautiful layout called “Playing in the Snow” by design team member, Jennifer Snyder.

Playing in the Snow layout by Jennifer Snyder

Since many of us live in different time zones around the world, here is a complete list of all the participating blogs (in case there is a glitch along the way):

Evgenia Petzer

Christin Grønnslett

Jolanda Meurs

Marley van der Heijden

Natasha Naranjo Aguirre

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!

The Blog Hop starts today, February 25th and runs through midnight US Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, February 26th.

***Prizes***

The 5 winners will be announced on Wednesday, February 27th 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 to see if you are a winner!

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 facebook page and “like” our page or leave a comment there to tell us that you stopped by.

The blog hop begins here at Zva Creative’s blog. Your next stop is the very talented Evgenia Petzer . Enjoy!

Thank you for joining us!

P.S. Mark your calendar to join us again on March 25^thfor our next Zva blog hop!