2/19/2010

Romantic Lyrics – it’s a FCD Blog Hop

Hi peeps! It is that time of the month – the time for a Firecracker Designs Blog Hop. This month the theme is Romantic Lyrics – to create something inspired by one of our favorite love songs. FUN! More info about the Blog Hop will follow at the end of this post.


Now over to my card for today. I knew right away what song I wanted to use. I saw Walk the line a couple of months ago (yeah, I know, but I usually get to see the movies like two years later…) and I was totally hooked on Johnny Cash. I loved him before, but now, wow… And he has this song that is soooo moving: Rose of my Heart. Aaaand I happen to have THE most magnificent Rose stamp from FCD.

Jan 8 Both the rose and the wonderful sentiment is part of the Paper Roses set. I’ve incorporated quite a few black details as a tribute to the Man in Black but kept the embellishment simple, letting the beautiful stamp get the most of the attention.

Now over to the blog hop info.


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The official start time of this Hop is Friday, at 8:00 AM (EST). If you arrived early, please be patient as all the links may not be live yet.

This is a “circular blog hop” where the only beginning is wherever you start!! You will know you are at the end of your blog hop when you’ve come back to the blog you’ve started from! (It’s not a huge circle…so it should be easy to remember where you started.)


The winner will be chosen from a mystery blog hostess that we don’t even know who it will be until the hop is over…so that’s why you’ll want to leave a comment on EVERY blog, so you don’t miss out!


**To find out if you’ve won… you will be contacted by Pamela via e-mail (so be sure to leave it with your comment.) and you can also find out on Pamela’s blog after the blog hop ends on Mon, at 8:00 PM (EST).**


Now, to continue the circle, you will need to hop on over to


~~* KARYN *~~


and keep going until you’ve come back to where you’ve started! Thanks so much for playing along with us and we hope you have a great time!


Thanks for joining us!!!


Tesa

24 comments:

Shelly Schmidt said...

Fabulous card- I love this stamp set- your coloring abilities are fantastic- The black really makes the colors pop!!! TFS

Donna Moore said...

Oh Tesa, I love your tribute to the Man in Black. Your link was the first time I have heard this song...awesome. Your card is perfect for the lyrics, you knock it out of the park!! I love this card and all you special touches!

FireCracker082 said...

LOVE that movie, and what a great idea to use the rose, and add black....LOVELY card Tesa....


side note:hmmmm wonder if you could actually COLOR that rose in black, and make it work...I have a hard time with black coloring...intriguing.....grin

Chrisd said...

Johnny Cash was quite the man and your card tribute to him is great!It is so dressy...

Unknown said...

Another beautiful card - such inspiration from this great group of designers. Love that rose and I may have to get it.
Thanks for sharing in this hop.
dj_enns@yahoo.com

PamSpradlin said...

I love Johnny Cash's music. The card is perfect for the song.

The Crazy Life of a Navy Wife said...

You're right, magnificent rose stamp!!! Great use of the stamp and sentiment!

Lori said...

I love your card Tesa! TFS! Hugs Lori Reinholz

Sonia said...

Hi Tesa:
Wonderful Card.. love the rose!
Good Job!

**Sony**
Sonia-Studio60

pehtdn said...

Love the whole card!

Juliet A said...

I love the way you've colored this rose - it has such depth!

JP Card Crazy said...

Your roses are gorgeous!!

Michelle B. AKA JustPaintingAround said...

Love your sketch and your coloring of that rose is GORGEOUS!!!!!

Vickie Kertz said...

Your rose is beautiful and makes the whole card just pop. TFS

Priscilla said...

I liked that movie too. Love the card, roses are my fav. Touch of black how appropriate. Nice.
Priscilla

Ursula said...

Oh, Tesa!! This is really beautiful!! I love the shading on your rose, and I especilly love how you layered everything together with that half circle peeping out! Johnny Cash was the Man! :o)

Anonymous said...

Very pretty card. Roses are so classy and timeless for any occasion and 'love' occasions too!

Booknplays said...

Beautifully colored and eye poppping!

Gayle said...

It was a great movie! I loved it, too. Of course, I grew up on Johnny Cash and even married a guy who loved his music even more than me. His story was an inspiration...what a rough life he led. But LOVE tamed him, huh! Your card is so beautiful. I love that rose!! Thanks so much for sharing some of your time and art with us. You are all so talented.

Gayle Taylor
gaylememories@sbcglobal.net

trisha too said...

Tesa, that is gorgeous--love that rose stamp!

:)
sandtneal at mfire dot com

kc_froglady said...

Great coloring job on the rose and adding the polka dot paper so fun!

Chrissy D said...

Tesa - I am sorry for being tardy in commenting! I thought I had been here already - and maybe I was...anyways -the color of the rose is beautiful - the polka dots are the perfect background for this card! Love the sketch and your desigN! TFS!

Stampin_melissa said...

What a lovely card, and that flower does rock!! Great coloring job!

christina d said...

Your card is beautiful. The rose is so pretty. Johnny Cash is one of my all-time favs too.