Goda nyheter / Good News!!!

Hi again! This is my second post today – for my Card Patterns card scroll down.

Jag har roliga nyheter!!! Jag är numera en mycket stolt medlem i Scrap-Perras Design Team! Tjohooo!!! Nya medlemmar är också Cornelia, Maritha och Helena och nu ska vi  tillsammans med de “gamla” DT:arna Mia och My inspirera med fantastiska produkter och våra olika stilar. Jag är GLAD!!!

I have great news! I’ve been seclected to participate in Scrap-Perra’s Design Team and I am so honored to be part of such a talented team!!!

I have made a card for this week’s 2Sketches4You challenge. I’ve had the sketch on my desk all week, but I got to it only earlier today. So this is a last minute entrance… LOL! I Love how this one came out!

All the papers are beautiful RIddersholm Design – Turquise Hill collection. Love this stuff!!! It’s the scraps from the layout I did today (see below). The stamps and die used are Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps – The  Birdcage  set.  Here is the sketch:

Here is the layout I did for Sketchy Thursday’s challenge this week:

Check out my BABY!!! He had the most gorgeous cheeks… LOL!!! He loved his walking chair, he drove it like car thief round and round the house. You had to watch out, it really hurt to be run over… :):):)

The patterned papers are from Riddersholm Design , the Turquoise Hill collection. The colors are amazing! And the two new lines, autumn and Christmas are just as beautiful!!! 

I used this week’s Sketchy Thursday sketch, and it looks like this:

Thanks for stopping by and letting me share my good news! Have a great remaining of this beautiful Saturday. I’ll be back tomorrow with my Super Sketchy Sunday card for 365 cards. 

Tesa

PPRS and Card Patterns

Happy Saturday folks!!! Hope you are having a great weekend so far! Today is the release of a new sketch challenge over at Card Patterns and I’m happy to announce that Prickley Pear is this week’s sponsor.

One winner will receive a $25 gift certificate in the Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps’ webshop! Yihaaa! Hope you will play along! Here is the sketch:

And here is my sample using the beautiful brand new Ornaments clear stamp set and coordinated die that was released earlier this week.

All the Card Patterns DT are using the new fall stamps on their samples so go over and check their beautiful work out HERE!!! Have a fab day! I’ll be back later with some great news and a card and layout! Hope you’ll be back then!

Tesa

Bluebirds

Hi!!!!

I have a blue card with bluebirds to share today. It’s based on this week’s Card Patterns’ sketch #80. It’s a great one!!!

I’ve used a lot of glossy accent on the bird and covered it all with some glimmer mist AND added some stickles on the roses. So this is a shimmering card and I really like how it came out. Here is what the sketch looks like:

Late last night I also finished a layout I’ve been struggling with for a while. Well. I don’t know. I love the papers and colors. I did try to go for a clean and simple look, using a few embellies. But there is something wrong. Or what do you think??? Anyway it’s my dear son three years ago playing miniature golf on our vacation. He looked so big on this photo and I remember the feelings when I saw it for the first time. My baby wasn’t a baby anymore.

Isn’t the sentiment stickers – I did it – just perfect??? It’s from SRM Stickers.This is for Sketchy Thursdays’  Guest DT challenge. Here is the sketch:

Thanks for stopping by and checking my stuff out! Have a great Wednesday!

Tesa

Prickley Pear Blog Hop – day 3!!!

Welcome to the Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps  Blog Hop!

We have 4 beautiful new autumn and winter/Christmas sets we are so pleased to announce! It’s the Cardinal, Pumpkins, Ornaments and Trees Beautiful CLEAR stamp sets!

Today’s release is the ORNAMENTS set!!!

You can win this set AND the coordinated die if you:

Become a follower and leave a comment here on my blog and on the Prickley Pear Blog . For each comment you get one ticket to the drawing!

For each release, you’ll have 2 days to participate…you’ll have until midnight the night AFTER the release day to enter comments. Please just one comment per blog.

It’s about time to see these awesome stamps in action! I’ve made a couple of cards and a layout. First up is a clean and simple Christmas card:

The ornament is cut out with the die and then stamped and clear embossed on Basic Straw cardstock. I then inked it up with Distress ink, Aged mahogany.  It’s mounted with 3d foam and I love how it came out!!!

The photo is from last year’s tree decoration.  EVERY year I try to get a decent photo of this moment, but it’s like a curse. I never ever succeed. But it doesn’t matter that the photo is out of focus, the feeling is there! I used the die and one of the ornament stamps to make a banner, and I used one of the circles to make my own patterned paper.

I used the beautiful Stuck?! Sketches Bonus sketch #1 for this page.

And for my final card, I decided to go with more bright and clear colors – using some lovely Bo Bunny papers from last year.

The sentiment is beautiful!!!!

I used Mojo Monday sketch 155 for this one. At once I saw the sketch I saw the use of the ornament and sentiment on my card. It came together in no time yesterday. To make it more fun, I layered some colorful ribbon, pompoms and lace. Here is the great sketch:

I hope you have enjoyed my samples and want to take your chance of winning! And if you haven’t been visiting the Prickley Pear Blog and looked at Nicole’s samples yet, be sure to do so!!!   Thank you so much for stopping by and playing along!!!

Tesa

New Stamps – and some oldies!!!

Hi folks! This week Prickley Pear releases four new fab clear stamp sets with coordinating dies. I’ll show you “my” set and samples tomorrow. Today you have the chance of winning the gorgeous Cardinal set and die over at the Prickley Pear Blog. While waiting for my turn, I had to play with some of my other PPRS stamps. Like my new Hot Air Balloon set.

Aren’t the stamp simply gorgeous!?!  This is a “free” interpretation of this week’s CPS sketch.

The set has a beautiful airplane too. I made a super clean and simple card and I loooove how it came out. It’s only stamps and cardstock, but sometimes it’s enough!

But I must confess, when I had that one done yesterday night, I had an itching feeling in my fingers. It was the layering addiction. Sooooo I made another card for Svensk Scrapbooking’s embossing challenge. Lot’s of dry and heat embossing on this one. I love how the background stamp turned out. I clear embossed an old music paper (Mozart, sorry!!!) with the background stamp and then ironed it so that the embossing sort of disappeared. All the six stamps used are from Prickley Pear.

I hope you check back tomorrow for the release of a new fun and versatile clear stamp set and die.

Take care and thanks for stopping by!

Tesa

Hello, Friend!

Happy Sunday folks! It’s a Super Sketchy Sunday with 365 cards!

We have a great sketch and a new fun sponsor this week -  *wink* wink ink!!!

Here is the sketch and my take on it:

I got the lovely Hello, Friend sentiment to use at my card. and I LOVE it! Soooo fun and cute! I used it with a Webster pages’ 6x6 paper and my favorite flower stamps – the Hibiscus.

I hope you will play with us this week and take the chance of winning some CUTE and FUN *wink* wink ink digis!!!

Tesa

Happy Saturday!!!

I’m so glad it’s finally Saturday. I’ve had one busy week with the University starting for a new year. I have my last lecture today, so I’m not all done with course introductions just yet. It will be so great by lunch time. Soooo this week has been most work, a little scrapbooking and a minimum of blogging. I’m far behind on visiting my friends… Sorry for that! I’ll be visiting shortly. Like after lunch! LOL!

I wanted to share two projects done during the week. First up is a card. I received a RAK Tuesday from a swapping friend – Lisa.  It warmed my heart and I totally love the old handmade beautiful lace and cute buttons!!! So I made her a thank you card.

It’s based on this weeks CPS sketch. I couldn’t keep it as clean and simple… LOL! The beautiful flourish stamp is from Prickley Pear rubber stamps, and the gorgeous paper is front and back from an old October Afternoon I’ve been hoarding for like two years or maybe more. LOVE it!!!

Next up is a layout made for Scrap-Perra’s September challenge . It’s a fun recipe challenge where one is to use: 1 cardstock, 2 photos, 3 ribbons or lace, 4 different text types, 5 brads, 6 patterned papers, 7 flowers, 8 leaves, 9 buttons and 10 pearls or rhinestones. I managed, but it took quite a bit of thinking!!!

And I made it even more difficult for me choosing winter pics. I don’t often use flowers with these… lol. But I think the snow and the cold could use some bling and some flowers. The AMAZING red flower is one I got a while back as a RAK from a mysterious secret sender. I finally could move on and use it. I’ve had it on my desk for quite some time, just looking at it. It’s soooo beautiful!

Have a great day all and thanks for stopping by!!!

Tesa