Thankful for you

Hi folks!

Today I have a project up on the Prickley Pear blog  using several of my favorite stamps and dies. I'm back to work this week, and it really feels like fall is upon us. Hence the theme of my project.

Here is a sneak peak. 

All the best!

Tesa

Happy Birthday!

This is for a birthday next week. Used some new Prickley Pear stamps and dies and som stickle - sparkles for a sparkling girl. :)

Back to work. Summer is too short!

Tesa

Hi There!

A quick card from this morning. Woke up at 4.30! Even for me, that is kind of early. BUT - early birds... :) Made a card, and I'm almost done with work for today. :)

The stamps and dies are from Build an Umbrella set and Gnome Homes from Prickley Pear.

Thanks for stopping by!

Tesa

Hello!

I've made another card with the new release stamps from Prickley Pear. This is my favorite set, soooooo cute. :) I had serious fun with my distress inks and am really happy about how this turned out. 

I used the new sketch from Sketch Saturday, but flipped it upside down.

 I'm also linking it up with Let's Color Linky Party 11. 

Off to play pool with my boy. Have a fab weekend!

Tesa

Prickley Pear New Release

Hello folks!

Happy days! Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps is under new ownership and has released NEW stamps! :) You all know how much I love PPRS so it's happy days for sure. :) Here is a clean and simple  card with the Build an Ice Cream Set.

 Love the cherries, sooo sweet. :) And perfect fit with the coordinating dies. 

I had fun, and I have another card that was a hoot to make. It includes a gnome. I'll share it tomorrow, now it's time to start the day, trying to wake my teenager. Wish me luck!

Thanks for stopping by and have a GREAT day!

Tesa

Heartfelt Creations May Alumni Blog Hop

Hi folks!

I'm happy to participate in this month's alumni blog hop with Heartfelt Creations. As always, you will have the chance to win a $25 gift certificate to shop at Heartfelt Creations. All you have to do is hop along and leave comments. The winner will be picked from one of the participating blogs.  The hop starts 8 am EST on Tuesday May 31st and closes Friday June 3rd at midnight. The winner will be announced on the blogs on Saturday 4th and will have 72 hours to claim her prize.

And here is my card. A friend is leaving for vacation in a couple of weeks. Wanted to wish her a happy journey.

Heartfelt Creations products used: HCDP1-229 Countryside Evening Paper Collection,  HCPC3527 High Seas Cling Stamp Set, Posy patch flowers, Posy patch dies - discontinued.

These are the participating blogs:

Vicki Dutcher

Emilia van den Heuvel

Alissa Wells

Gloria Stengel

Archana Joshi

Loretta Lock

Therese Broman - you are here.

Emily Niehaus

Kathy Clement

Regina M. Hamilton

Sarah Miller

Lisa Allen

Have a fab day and thanks for stopping by!
Tesa

Thinking of you

Happy Saturday, folks! It's a cloudy day (again), so I've been clearing out some of my scrap supply. I will get my new apartment next week, and I simply can't clutter it with all of my stuff. Soooo, I'm selling some of my old stamps on Facebook. Even though I haven't used them for YEARS, it's been kind of hard to let them go. Like this set from Pink Paislee... I had to make a last card before sending it away. :)

I was inspired by this week's challenge over at CAS(E) this sketch.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Tesa

Sharing together is our special tea

Hi! I found a new (for me) challenge blog the other day - The Card Concept. As a former challenge junkie I can't believe I've missed it for years. Anyway, it looks like so much fun and got me into a mojo state of mind so I whipped up this card with some oldies (but goldies) from Heartfelt Creations.

The challenge is A: to be inspired by this photo, and B: choose one of the listed styles. I had a try with the Shabby Chic style. (At least I tried. :) )

Thanks for stopping by!

Tesa

Just wanted to say HI!

Today I have a card up on the Reprint blog. I tend to make a card every other 6 or 7 month... Anyway, it was fun. :)

I was inspired by this week's Mojo Monday sketch.

Thanks for stopping by!

Tesa

Hi!

Almost a year since I last posted here. Feels like longer. Since it's October and breast cancer awareness month, I'd like to share my story. 

I went to Princeton and Washington in October last year, came home and found not one but two urgent letters from the breast cancer center at the local hospital. Right before leaving I had done the breast cancer screening offered to women over 40 and I am so happy I did. They had found a huge tumor in my left breast. It turned out that it had also spread to the lymph nodes. 

I'm alive because of the screening program and I will forever be grateful for it. And I smack myself for not checking my breasts myself - I could feel it, once I knew! If it had been found earlier so much would have been easier. So I urge all of you to please check your breasts! :) 

The past year has included operation, chemo, radiation and now medication. Not a trip in the park, but I'm alive and kicking. :) I've done well, the hair is coming back, the support has been amazing and it's about time to start anew. A proof of my recovery is the recent urge to craft!

I was on the Reprint DT when I was diagnosed. And this amazing company has been nothing but supportive while I've been occupied with other stuff. I'm really happy to finally be able to contribute to their blog!

This was such a fun card to make, I was inspired by Jennifer McGuire's youtube video Stamping with water and had to try this technique. Love how the background came out, and also love to be learning something new.

The card was inspired by the lovely sketch over at Sketch Saturday.

Thank you for stopping by and letting me share. :) Take care, and I hope to see you soon! :)

TesaB

Heartfelt Creations October Alumni Blog Hop

Hi! I’m happy to participate in this month’s Heartfelt Creations Alumni Blog Hop. As always, the hop is filled with awesome flowers and creativity so be sure to play along. One winner who will receive a Heartfelt Creations $25 gift certificate will be chosen from the comments from one of the blogs. Be sure to comment! :)

I’ve made a matchbox inspired card with lots of dimension.

HC Products used: Burst of Splendor Paper Collection, Post Card PreCut Set, Open Leaf PreCut Set, Classic Leaf Die, Tattered Blossoms PreCut Set, Beautiful You PreCut Set, Decorative Flower Pot Die.

The next stop of the hop is Sarah Miller. Here is the full list of the blogs participating:

Giovana Smith - Vicki Dutcher - Glenda Brooks - Caroline Duncan - Amarilys Doria - Alissa Wells - Emilia van den Heuvel - Selma Stevenson - Tesa Broman (you are here) - Sarah Miller - Lisa Gregory - Alissa Wells

 

The winner will be announced here on Saturday.

Happy hopping!

Tesa

Happy Birthday

A friend of mine turned 60 last week. She spent her birthday in New York visiting Jazz clubs. There sure are worse ways to celebrate… :) Here is the card I made her.

The flowers (Posy patch flowers PreCut Set) from Heartfelt Creations) are masked and colored with copics. Need to practice more on that coloring technique. But I think they turned out ok, and I’m really happy about this card.

I’m playing along with CAS(E) this Sketch #96.

I have a second card to share, a Halloween card. They are so much fun to make but we don’t celebrate Halloween. But after seeing Audrey’s Haunted House Tour, I sure wish we did!

This week’s colors over at Poppy sketches called for something spooky, so I pulled out an old favorite from The Rubber Café.

More masking on this one.

The rain is pouring. It won’t stop until late afternoon. I’m so happy we are playing golf today… NOT! :)

Have a lovely Sunday and thanks for stopping by!

Tesa

Birthday card

My ex mother in law turned 82 the other day and I decided to make her a card. Spring flowers and butterflies might not be the most obvious theme for a fall birthday card – but hey, they are pretty, right! Being born late September I know everything about no strawberry cake and tulips for my birthday. :) I say no more. :)

I really like how this card turned out. Simple but the papers are absolutely wonderful. Everything is from Reprint, and this card with product information is up on the Reprint Blog today.

I used last week’s sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches, really liked that one. Too late to play, though.

I’m going to Princeton in November. Sooo looking forward to go the the US again! Never traveled beyond the city lines of New York last time, this time it’s New Jersey. It will take me some time to cover the continent… Anyway, any scrappy shopping possibilities in the Princeton area??? Give me a shout out if you have any tips!

Thank you for stopping by!!!

Tesa

Miss You a Latte

Hello! Hope you all have had a great weekend. I took some time and made a couple of cards but spent even more time browsing the web and lost myself in all the amazing inspiration out there. It’s been a good day! :)

I bought a few MFT sets a while back and now I finally inked one of them up.

I’m playing with My Favorite Things Get Sketchy Challenge this week.

 

Now it’s time for an episode of Game of Thrones with my boy. Thanks for stopping by!

Tesa

Winner of Heartfelt Creations September Alumni Blog Hop

Happy Card Making Day everyone!  

 I am so happy to announce that the winner of the Heartfelt Creations Alumni September  Blog Hop was chosen from my blog. Congratulations to Christine Kosmak.  You have won a $25 gift certificate from Heartfelt Creations.  Please email EmmaLou@heartfeltcreations.us with subject line "Winner of September Alumni Hop".  Again, Congratulations Christine and thanks to everyone that hopped.  Be sure to join us for the next at the end of October!

 Tesa

Heartfelt Creations September Alumni Hop

I’m so happy to be able to participate in this month’s Heartfelt Creations Alumni blog hop. The hop is chocking full of gorgeousness so be sure to hop along. One winner will be chosen from on of the comments on one of the blogs and she (or he if he chooses to participate :) ) will receive a $25 gift certificate from Heartfelt Creations.

Heartfelt Creations products: HCDP1 234 Daphne Paper Collection (Discontinued), HCPC 3500 Open Vintage Floret PreCut Set, HCD 727 Vintage Floret Die, HCPC 3363 Inspire Me Sentiments PreCut Set, HCD 728 Timeless Amour Die, HCD 740 Sweet Juliet Die.

Here are the participating blogs:

Vicki Dutcher  

Giovana Smith 

Glenda Brooks

Cibele Glazer 

Selma Stevenson 

Amarilys Doria 

Candy Slabaugh  

Alissa Wells 

Lisa Gregory 

Debbie Seyer  

Sarah Miller

Mary Faus 

Tesa Broman – that’s me

Lisa Allen  

The hop is open until October 3rd and the winner will be announced here on Saturday.

Have fun! 

Tesa

Believe

Happy Monday!

I have a quick card to share today. I am working from home and treated myself with an hour lunch break spent by my craft table. I love my work! :)

It’s another Christmas card, I’m playing along with Jingle Belles again this week.

The challenge prompt is We Three Kings – to use at least three patterned papers. I used some fab Christmas Song papers from Riddersholm Design. The stamps and die are from Heartfelt Creations.

I used this week’s sketch from Mojo Monday. Love it! :)

And I’m entering it in Simon Says Wednesday Challenge – anything goes.

Back to work for another hour or so. Have a great new week!

Tesa

Together

Happy Wednesday! I’m up on the Reprint blog today with a card made of a paper I totally adore. Love, love, love the soft text pattern and the rose buds along the edges. I knew I’d use it at once I saw retrosketches #133.

The sentiment and butterflies are embossed with copper. Kept the design clean to let the paper and embossed stamps shine.

Here is the fab sketch:

I have a second card to share. I’ve been playing with my Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps. It was a long time ago and I’ve missed them. I teamed up a few of my favorite sets and had some fun.

I used this great sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches:

I’m also entering the card in Creatalicious Challenge – flowers. I meant to use a lot more flowers, but the clean gene hit me. On the other side, the one flower is the center. :)

Thank you for stopping by! Have a fab day!

Tesa

Happy Holidays

Hello everyone! Happy Friday!

I’ve started on my Christmas cards. Love making them, they are my favorite themed card. It was pure joy to bring out the holiday stash. I found this beautiful MME paper which I’ve hoarded for I don’t know how long.Three years or. Time to use it! :)

I’ve used Amy’s fab sketch from Jingle Belles.

It’s a great one – perfect for clean and simple and quick cards (this one took like 15 minutes). Most of the card is done once the paper is glued down to the card base. I added a stamp and some lace and twine. Done.

My second card is this week’s Reprint project. I used the cutest little bear stamp and Reprint Basic Collection Pastel 6x6.

 

A close up. :) I stamped the bear twice, colored it with distress ink and layered them to get some action.

Have a fab day!

Tesa

To a beautiful you

Happy Thursday everyone! The week is halfway done and it feels good. Busy week for sure! But since my mojo is back, I’ve been sure to save up some time to make a few cards. Here is one of them. I had totally fun bringing out my mists and stencils. :)

The medallion is a clear stamp and one of the first I ever bought 6 or 7 years ago. It is still a favorite and I’ve used it over and over again. The sentiment is from Heartfelt Creations. Totally love it!

I’m playing with Poppy Sketch #13. Great colors, great sketch! Have to play!

And now I have to work!

Have a great day!

Tesa