11/12/2012

Back in Business

Hi! Happy Monday! I’m back from almost a week in Berlin and let me tell you – that is one amazing city. I’m in love! :) I was attending a conference that was superb and extremely hectic, so not much time for sightseeing. But I saw enough to know I have to take my boys there real soon. And the food… well, I think knödeln will grow on you over time. Maybe. But I’m not sure about the Shank. Imagine the shock when half a pig with bones and all was served… The meat inside was delicious though. Still… The beer and Döner Kebab was excellent! :)
 
Shank
 
I have more photos but that will have to wait till later this week, now I have today’s card for The Rubber Cafe to share. I got some new yummy MME papers in blue and yellow and it felt like a blue summer sky and sun and thought I’d play with that feeling in contrast to all the Seasonal cards I’ve been doing lately.
It’s a Miss you card, so any colors should do – right! :)
 
Miss you 2

The beautiful butterfly stamp is called Small Trailing Butterflies and is a favorite of mine. You’ve seen it before if you visit my blog on a regular basis. I stamped it multiple times on patterned papers and layered them for some dimension. A pearl in the centers gives the butterflies some sparkle…
 
Miss you 3

The sentiment stamp is from Fabulous Phrases.
Miss you 1
 
I used a sketch from a few weeks back from Try Stampin’ on Tuesday – I didn’t find the time to play then, but I really liked the sketch.
 
And before I go – I had +1000 posts in my reader when I got home yesterday. The internet connection was ridiculously expensive in Berlin so I couldn’t keep up. And I wont have the time to back track. A new crazy week. So I’m sorry that I’ve missed all of your activity the past week.
 
Thank you for stopping by and have a lovely new week!
 
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Supplies:
Stamps:
The Rubber Cafe' - Small Trailing Butterflies, Fabulous Phrases.
Ink:
Versa Fine – Onyx black. Distress inks – Faded Jeans.
Papers:  Kraft and blue cardstock from Bazzill Basics, Patterned paper from MME.
Decorations: Rhinestones from Kaisercraft, flower from Petaloo.
Dies: Spellbinders Paper Arts- Standard Circles Large and Lacey Circles

7 comments:

yyam said...

Oh wow! Your card looks amazing Tesa! Lovelovelove those layered butterflies. And a brilliant colour combo! :)

Glad you enjoyed Berlin!

Julie Tucker-Wolek said...

Happy you are home and that you had fun! I loveeeeeeeeeeeeee your card!! GORGEOUS colors and LOVING the butterflies!!!!!

~amy~ said...

Glad you had a great trip! Love your card...it's beautiful....

craftieodmae said...

glad you are enoying yourself and the beer LOl, love the card, the colors and paper are topps!!!

Laurel said...

Glad that you had a great trip and this is such a pretty card!

Rose said...

um, meat with bones?? no thanks!! so glad you had a great time :)
beautiful card girl and i love the butterflys :)

Audrey Pettit said...

Wowzers! This is gorgeous, Tesa! Great colors and fabulous design, and wow wow wow on those dimensional butterflies!