Wishes & Kisses

I had a color chock yesterday (you might recall an orange, blue and purple card that was somewhat bright and screamy...) so I thought I'd go easy on the colors today to even things up a bit. =P

The 365 cards challenge - day 11 already, can you imagine!?! - is to make a landscape background out of patterned papers. I layered some beautiful prima scraps and I hope you see the hint of the green grass and the pink and blue sunset sky behind the adorable couple.

I got a lovely sheet of vintage cut out images this weekend, so that's what i've used here. No stamps at all (chock!). The design is based on the beautiful sketch from CardPatterns.

Now back to work. I have an important meeting tomorrow which I have to prepare. Wish me luck!

Tesa

Wacky colors???

Yeah, for SURE! I think this is a new record from Pam at 365 cards. Blue, Purple and Orange… Do you feel it??? The scent of Pam’s special coffee??? Well I simply had to try that combination, if only to see if it would really work - and I didn’t even cheat. Only some black for the stamps, all the rest is blue, purple and orange!

Papers: Bazzill, Kaiserkraft, Dream Street Papers

Digis: Firecracker Designs by Pamela – Seahorse and sentiment

Decos: Stickles, ribbon, MS edge punch, Fancy Tags from Spellbinders.

What do you think? I think I like it. Love this seahorse… thehee. I soooo know that feeling. Really! =P

I've used the fab sketch over at Papertake Weekly - go check it out, it's really great!

And here is the second layout I did this weekend. The challenge was to use ONLY white, grey and black, the photo was allowed to be colored though. Isn’t he adorable??? This photo was taken 1,5 years ago, and I’ve been saving it for something, don’t know what. I’m glad I finally used it. The curly cut out stamps are from the set I won with the first layout. LOVE them!!!

Have a sunny wonderful day!

Tesa

What a wonderful world!

The challenge at 365 cards today is a wonderful song inspired one. It brightened my day up for sure! I love this song, it’s so full of hope and summer. Bring on the summer!!! Here is my take on it, using the fab sketch from Mojo Monday.

Papers: Bazzill Kraft, Cosmo Cricket

Stamps: Firecracker Designs by Pamela – Butter/Dragon Fly, The artful Stamper – the Rose, Papertrey Ink – Sentiment.

Ink: Versa Fine, Distress ink, Color box chalk

Decos: Ribbon, embossing folder, glossy accent.

I also thought I’d share the first layout from this past weekend’s crop. The challenge was to use embossing, ribbon, metal and flowers.  The page is about this freaking winter we are having. Love these Bo Bunny papers!!! I was happy to win this one, and I got a goodie bag filled with yummy stamps, bling and a Pro Marker holder bag. Oh joy! There wont be any photos from the crop though… I’m one lousy photographer and even worse scrapbooker. On day one, I simply forgot to use my camera. I was totally absorbed by everything going on. When I got home I found out I had taken four photos… yep. Well. I did have bigger ambitions for day 2. What did I do? I forgot my memory card in the computer…

Have a great day folks!

Tesa

I’m so happy today…

….to bring you my first ever Super Sketchy Sunday Card for the 365 cards challenge blog as a DT member. Woot Woot!!!

And a fab  and challenging sketch it is! Even though I think Pam is taking it somewhat easy with us, the newbies, on our first week…

It’s also a special week, since we are having Stretch N’ Bubbles sponsoring with some cute and whimsical digis for you to win. More info will come on 365 cards.  I loved the image I got to play with. Too cute, and I wanted to make it really colorful, thought it would suite the fun image,  so I paper pieced it with some of my favorite patterned paper scraps.

Papers: Bazzill Basics, Heidi Swapp, Basic Grey, Kaiserkraft

Stamps: Stretch N’ Bubbles, Prima

Ink: Versa Fine

Decos: Pompom from Fancy Pants, Stars are QK and some glossy accent

I also popped the space ship on dimensional foam to get a more spacey feeling and added glossy accents on the stars.

 

And now I can’t wait to see what you all creates with this sketch!!!

Some sweet gals (and I really mean SWEET, sweet as could be) have been asking where I’ve been lately. Well I’ll tell ya’ll! I’ve been working. On Friday I delivered 200+ pages of my dissertation to the reader who will comment on it on my last ever seminar before I go up. I’m a wreck I can tell. And once delivered Friday afternoon, my parents picked me up at work since my dear husband took the bus home and never gave me the car keys… So I spent Friday night with getting the key, having dad drive me back to get the car, grocery shop, make dinner, entertain my guests, do the dishes, aaaand by 9.30 PM start making my name tag and pack up my stuff for a 2 day crop. The packing went so and so… fortunately the crop was also accompanied by loads of shopping opportunities… Let’s say I managed… Teheee. Yesterday was a fantastic day, I met so many friends and had so many laughs. I scrapbooked some too…

My mom is also participating on the crop, she is a newbie, and mainly a card maker. But yesterday she did her second ever layout for a challenge with a pic of her and her new grandson Sixten. And you know what???? She ended up first runner up with that one!!!! WOHOOO!!! I’ll share that and more photos tomorrow, but here is a sneek peak on one of the challenge layouts.

And wooot woot! I won the challenge I participated in!!! I’ll share tomorrow! With photos from the crop too – can you imagine, I had so much to do, I forgot to take photos!

You’ll have a wonderful day!

Tesa

What a week!

I’m having this deadline on Friday and it feels like I’m working day and night. Since I left dear son in the loving care of my parents on Sunday, it feels like I haven’t moved from the computer. Except for trying to make a card or two (pure therapy!). Here is today’s try to make a card, but this one was hard. Couldn’t get ANYTHING to match, so I finally decided to go monochromatic white, and actually do this card for ME, dreaming of summer, new hope, new life with butterflies and vacation with NO DEADLINES!

Paper: Bazzill Basics

Stamp: Papertrey Ink

Ink: Versa Fine

Decos: Butterfly from Heidi Swapp, pearls from Kaiserkraft, brads – American Crafts,

The design is based on the beautiful sketch of the week over at 2sketches4you, and I also tried my best with Pam’s challenging challenge String art over at 365 cards. (Gloria and Rose – do you think she’s on that coffee again???)

See you!

Tesa

2 cards and a reward

Hi again. This is the second post today (you can find my toot from earlier HERE). I’m still excited… tehee. We have another snow storm going on, so I took the car and drove home by lunch to be sure to GET home. I so hate this. March is supposed to be first spring month, but nobody seems to have told it to whom ever it concerns. Gahhhh!

Anyhow, here are my take on the color challenge of Day 1 over at 365 cards. Pam started out this new year with a difficult one, but I really love how the colors came out.

Papers: Bazzill, Webster’s Pages

Stamps: hÄnglar och stÄnglar

Ink: Versa fine, Distress ink

Decos etc: Ticket – Ranger, Bling – Zva, Flower – Panduro, Lace – Kort og Godt, Letters - Adornit

I based the design on the Mojo Monday sketch of this week. It’s a fab one so go check it out HERE.

And here is my take on day 365 – Super Sketchy Sunday. The last challenge of the first year. Kept it simple.

Paper: Bazzill

Stamps: A little bird told me set - Firecracker Designs by Pamela

Ink: Memento

Decos etc: Ribbon, Rub Ons – Basic Grey, Copic Markers, Embossing powder

I got a reward yesterday from sweet Janice! Thanks!!! And now I’m supposed to pass it along to six people.

That’s hard, I’d love you all to have it. But… Here are six lovely persons that makes me smile and feel the sunshine on a weekly basis by their blogs and sweet comments on my blog.

Ulrika

Anna

Li-bee-ti

Jamie

Pia

Michelle

Ok. I’m done. I promise, no more posts today. Have a great new week and thanks for stopping by!

Tesa

Oh, Happy Day!!!

I have the best of news to share today and since I’m no good at keeping secrets and this has struggled hard to come out I will simply spill it. In the best of manners I know…

WAHOOOO!

I MADE THE 365 CARDS TEAM!!!

I’m overly excited, I can tell you that!

If you follow my blog, you know that 365 Cards is my number one source of inspiration. And to team up with all the überly talented ladies and Pam’s intriguing challenges over there is such an honor! I’m happy! Very happy. Wihiii!

Yesterday, while sitting on this, we visited this guy and the rest of his family.He was not in the best of moods…

And we also left this handsome young man in the care of his grandparents.

He’ll spend the holiday there since we are working. He will be spoiled rotten after a few days. Oh the plans they have – going to the movies, playing bowling, going to the Fun Factory… I miss him, but he wont have time to miss me. *sniff*

Talking about my mom… She won my blog candy the other day as you might recall. Do you think she was grateful??? Oh, noooo…. it turned out that she didn’t even know she was entering anything. She blames it on the fact that she doesn’t see very well (ok, she doesn’t…) and that she doesn’t read English very well (ok, she doesn’t), BUT!!! Tehee, but she loved it once she understood…

If I get home in time for some daylight, I might be able to post my take on yesterday’s Super Sketchy Sunday card, otherwise, see you tomorrow and THANKS for letting me share my good news!

Tesa