Thinking of You

Happy Saturday! We are having a lovely sunny morning with a wonderful sound of melting snow dripping off the roof. There is hope! There will be spring and eventually summer!

Prickley Pear has a sketch challenge up and running – open for all, no prickley products needed. So if you have a spare minute to craft this weekend – come play with us! Here is all the info! And here is the sketch:

I felt more like squares and straight lines than circles today so I went with a rectangle  panel for my card:

The panel is made out of cardstock colored with gesso, distress ink and some mist. I tied twine around it and some silver thread and then covered it all in Utee in layers. It was fun!

The stamps used are Coffee Stain and a sentiment from Clearly Beautiful Butterflies Set.

I was inspired by the paper brooches on this page for my card – I did this for the Inspiration Challenge over at SCS.

Thanks for stopping by!

Tesa

Be Good…

Hi! There is a crop going on over at ScrapGalen. Not that I have much time to play, but I did make a card for the card sketch challenge late Sunday night. LOVE the sketch!

The papers are all from Pion Design and the stamps from The Rubber Café: Paris Nights Background, Steampunk Charity Wings and Be Stylish.

 

Have to run. Thanks for stopping by! (even though I’ve been invisible lately, I hope to catch up this weekend!)

Tesa

Happy Valentine’s Day!!

Hi and happy Valentine’s Day!!! I’m popping in real quick, should be working…, to share a Lamb Love card specially made for today.

I’m using Lamb With Flowers, new red rubber from Prickley Pear.

Have a wonderful loving day!!!

Tesa

Fly Away

If you are here for my Prickley Pear Blog Hop post – you find it HERE! You have until tomorrow midnight EST to participate! There are some amazing new stamps and dies showcased and a niiiice prize for one randomly drawn winner. Just saying!

Now over to today’s card:

I stumbled upon a new (for me!) stamp manufacturer from Netherlands a week ago – Art Journey -  and I had to place an order right away. They arrived on Thursday and I’m in love! :)

They have a monthly challenge on Art Journey’s DT blog and this month the theme is to make a man’s card in rainbow colors. Well… I managed the color cirteria, but I’m not sure if my boy counts as a man… Anyway I had super fun playing with the bubble plastic stamp, coloring it up in different colors with my Tombow pens. Love how it came out. And the boy – soooo sweet!

The design is based on THIS card for today’s featured stamper challenge over at SCS.

Thank you so much for stopping by and have a fab Sunday!

Tesa

Prickley Pear New Release Blog Hop

Hi! Happy Saturday!!!

Welcome to Prickley Pear’s celebration of the release of four new Clear Stamps Set with coordinated Dies!

We are having a three day long Blog Party with loads of inspirations by the Design Team and a give away! One happy participant will win a $ 20 gift certificate to the web shop. All you have to do is leave a comment on each of the participating blogs and tell us what you think about the new release. Last day to enter is Monday 13th midnight EST. The winner will be drawn randomly at one of the participating blogs, one of the days and will be presented on the Prickley Pear Blog on Tuesday.

Today’s participating blogs are:

Melissa

Ujjwal

Tesa – that’s me!

Kristii

And here are my projects. First up is a paper bag filled with love.

I started with painting the brown paper bag, the kraft tag, clothes peg and the newspaper piece with a thin layer of gesso and then stamped away.

The set I’m working with is the Mini Birds Clear Stamps Set and the bird is cut out with the  coordinated Mini Birds Die. It’s a perfect fit!

I’m entering this in Panduro Hobby’s Shabby Chick challenge, trying to go a bit Shabby! I also used this wonderful photo as a bit inspiration!

My second card is a Mothers day card using the same set.

Isn’t the birdcage absolutely wonderful!?!

Some sparkling gold for a wonderful mom!

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to leave a comment for your chance to win! Next stop on the hop is Kristii!

Tesa

LOVE

Hi! We are back from our winter vacation and we’ve had a great time. So relaxing!!!

Two cards to share today. First this week’s card for The Rubber Café. I did it for the Inspiration Challenge over at SCS last Saturday and I was totally inspired by THIS canvas.

I pulled out my favorite background stamps: 18th Century Proclamation, Background Basics 1, Background Basics 2 and Pattern Royale and some distress inks.

The papers used are Pugnacious Signature Paper – the best there is! :)

Next card is a cutie. I totally ADORE this set from My Favorite Things!

Whee!!!

I used this super fab sketch from ICSketches!

Loads of catching up to do so I better get busy! Have a wonderful weekend!!!

Tesa