I’m LATE!!!

Wednesday already!?! Well, that means I’m a day late with this – like so many times before. Anyway, I did this card for CASE studies and it’s a lift of this card by  amazing Nina Bracket.  I loved her resist background with a die cut on top, so that is what I lifted.

All stamps are from Prickley Pear. The background, Harlequin Cube, is clear embossed and then I went over it with some distress ink. The bird and sentiment is from the Build a Bird set.

The design is based on CPS sketch #164. I loved this week's challenge - to choose ones personal favorite sketch from the past year. So many great sketches, but I finally ended up witht his one, which I flipped.

Back to work. Have a lovely day!
Tesa

I’m BACK!

At least for a week… (I will not go into details, but let’s just say I’m not very happy about my internet company…) I hope you all had a lovely Christmas!!! I know I did, it was super fun and super busy. And my 10 year old was spoiled rotten.

I missed yesterday’s Super Sketchy Sunday Post, and I didn’t even manage to mail my card off to Pam, even though it’s been travelling all around Sweden this weekend. Well, it’s a looooong story, and I will do my best to simply forget all about that. Anyway, Pam have a super fun sketch this week over at 365 cards 

And here is the card, after a remake due to a rough travel:

You HAVE to go check the DT samples out, the girls totally outdid themselves this week!

Mondays are my day blogging over at Scrap-Perra. And this week I made a Canvas of my niece.

Wonderful Pink Paislee stuff!!! Love the summery feel of the colors and flowers. Perfect for this photo from our Midsummer festivities this year. The layout came to be thanks to Li-bee ti who challenged me to make a page with warm colors, summer theme and flowers.I really liked that!!!!

Thanks for visiting and have a lovely Monday!!!

Tesa

Happy Birthday!!!

Merry Christmas to all of you!

We will start our Christmas after lunch, first we have a 10 year old to celebrate. I can't believe it's been ten years already. My little man!

I'll be back on the net after the Holidays (so says the internet company...). Take care, have a wonderful Christmas!
Tesa

My nephew...

...is totally cute! Isn't he!?!?

I used this fun sketch made by Becky Fleck, Pag Maps' blog.

I'm blogging from work, so I'd better get back to business. My internet home is down, so keep your fingers crossed I get it fixed REAL SOON!!!

Tesa

Can’t stop making them…

I loooove making Christmas Cards. I’ll miss them and my seasonal rubber when it’s all over. I think this might be my very last one. I did it for today’s challengepost over at Svensk Scrapbooking with the theme  BOWS.

I used Card Pattern’s sketch # 95

And I was also inspired by today’s 365 Cards´s  ad inspired challenge. Isn’t this ad a beauty!?!

I was inspired by the candles (of course), using a fab stamp from the Christmas Tidings set by The Rubber Café, but also the mirror and glass elements. I used a transparency to get a see through effect on my card. Love how that came out!

Have a lovely day!!!
Tesa

Super Sketchy Sunday

Hi folks!  I hope you have some spare time to play with us over at 365 Cards despite all the craziness of the season. Pam has a great sketch for us this week. AND a super fun sponsor – Some Odd Girl!!! 

All the 365 Card’s DT members got to choose a favorite image to work with this week, and If you play along, you have the chance of winning some adorable digis yourself! Here is the sketch:

And this is my take on it:

I choose the Penguin Friends image, cause I simply fell in love with these little  fellows!!! Totally CUTE!!! And, it’s perfect for a Christmas card for Jonathan’s three cousins.

Have a lovely Sunday!

Tesa

A quick one!

Hi!!!
I'm taking a small break from work, having a hot cup of tea and blog some. I'm reading essays and boy is my head spinning...

Here is one of my last Christmas cards.

The papers are wonderful vintage looking from Riddersholm Design and the stamps are from Prickley Pear's Cardinal set. I used Card Patterns lovely sketch #94.

Better get back to work. Still got 15 essays to read and grade befor this afternoon's seminar. Take care!

Tesa

Super Sketchy Sunday

Hi!!!! Sunday means a new fun sketch from Pam over at 365 cards!!!

We have a new fun sponsor this week, Michelle’s Scrapbooking & more who has both digis and rubber stamps!!!

And now – THE SKETCH!

Isn’t it FUN!?! I loved working with it. I pulled out my beloved Clearly Hibiscus stamps from Prickley Pear and made a Thank You card for my MIL who was here visiting the past week. While I and my hubby were at work, she and my parents cleaned the house AND did my freezer, AND filled it with cookies. She deserves a thank you (as do my parents – Thank you mom an dad!!! Love you!).

I hope you will play with us this week! Have a lovely Sunday!

Tesa

New shop!!!

Riddersholm Design has opened a new web shop wher you can buy decorations like Swarovski Elements crystals, ribbon and jewellery. So much FUN! Here is a combined gift holder and door hanger I made using Riddersholm's fall papers and a Cameo jewellery.

Happy Friday!!!

Tesa

Thank You

Here is a Thank You card I did for my Scrap-Perra post yesterday. Loooove the colors of this one. 

I used Card Patterns’ sketch #93.

I’m hosting the today’s December challenge over at the Svensk Scrapbooking blog. The team is sponsored with beautiful match boxes from Sverigealmanackan. Here is my take on it.

Have a lovely day, and thank you so much for visiting and leaving me some love. It’s very much appreciated!!! :):):)
Tesa

Hello Sunshine

Today’s card is really simple and was a real quick fix, but I love how it came out. It’s much thanks to a) fabbie papers (looooove the Parisian Anthology line) and b) the CASE Study Challenge that each and every week provides an astonishing card to lift. So a lift it is – of THIS card by Nina Bracket.

This is one of the cards for my weekly blog post over at Scrap-Perra. More info (in Swedish) can be found there. I’m off for work and I wish you all a lovely Monday!

Tesa

Super Sketchy Sunday

Hi folks! I’m still around, and I’ve decided to forget everything about the horrible last week and start anew! And what better way than to start with the sketch challenge over at 365 cards!?! :):):)

We have a super fun new sponsor this week: E.A.D. Designs!!!

E.A.D. Designs provided the Design Team with some fabbie stickers to play with. 

Here is my card, which I tried to do in Tsuruta style in tribute to the lovely Amy Tsuruta who is moving on to new adventures in paper craft land, leaving the team of 365 cards. (*sniff*)  She will be soooo missed. But we’ll see her around, I’m sure! :):):)

Ok, I know I crashed and burned, but it was fun trying!!!

There are also some fantabulous news – we are welcoming a new Design Team memeber: Manoli Navarro!!!  She do the most amazing work, go check her blog out if you are not a follower already! Welcome, Manoli!!!

I thought I’d share the card I did for last week’s sketch. It was the last thing I did before the misery begun. Super quick, super easy, but I think it turned out ok.

Happy Sunday! Hope you play with us!

Tesa

Card Patterns #92

Hi! Popping in real quick to share a card.  Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps is this week’s sponsor of Card Patterns and here is my card for the challenge.

  The stamp is the 50s lady from Prickley Pear. I think she is loooovely!!!  And here is the sketch. A great one it is, many possibilities. I flipped it, I don’t know why, but I like tall cards!

Have a nice Saturday night!

Tesa

Hi!

First of all – Happy Thanksgiving to all my US and Canadian friends! Hope you all have a wonderful day with family and lots of delish turkey!!!

And behold, I have both a card and a layout to share! It’s awfully quiet around here nowadays, but I’m still around. Just busy. :)

First up is a card I did yesterday. Still have quite a few Christmas cards to make so I’d better keep up the pace!

All stamps used are from Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps. I used the beautiful snowflakes stamps from last year and my favorite Polka dot circle. So versatile!!!  The sentiment is from the Cardinal set.

I used this fabbie sketch from Card Patterns:

I made a layout for my Monday blog post over at Scrap-Perra, but never came round to blog it here. So, here it is:

It’s lovely Bo Bunny paper – the DT got a fun challenge this week. To use the same two papers on our designs. FUN!!! All info about the page and the rest of the DT projects blogged so far can be found HERE.

Have a great day! And thanks for stopping by!

Ohhhh, and there is STILL TIME to participate in our fun Vintage Love Week over at 365 cards!!!

Tesa

365 Cards Vintage Love Blog Hop

Hi folks and welcome to 365 Cards For the love of Vintage Blog Hop! We are celebrating Vintage all week long with cards, challenges and fantastic prizes!!! You should have arrived here from Sophia! And if you didn’t you might want to start from the beginning at 365 Cards blog where you also will find full info!

This hop has come to be thanks to our amazing Gloria Stengel who has showered the DT with Vintage goodies and also donated 3 PRIZES!!! (And lets say they are GENEROUS)! So a special thank you to GLORIA!!! Sooo, how can you win, you might ask. There are three prize and hence three ways to win!

First you can win by simply playing along this week as usual! Second - Each member of the design team will be revealing an item/technique/or the like which makes up a 'recipe' for an ultimate card which will be the challenge on Saturday. If you manage that card – you can win a prize.   Finally- there is ALSO another prize for a random draw on all the people that comment on all of the DT's 365 Cards Blog posts – so start commenting!!!

Now over to the sketch and card!

Can you guess what my item is??? It’s Die Cuts!!!  I love die cuts! And I love all the stuff Gloria sent me. All is from her but the cardstock!

Now, to continue the hop, you should head over to Rose’s happy place. But don’t forget to leave a comment first! Have a fun hop this week!!!

Tesa

Tomorrow

…is the first day of a week long 365 cards Vintage Love Blog Hop! YIHAAAA!!! I promise - you  do not want to miss this!!!

Gloria Stengel, fellow 365 cards DT member and Graphic 45 designer is the hostess, she’s sprinkled the team with vintage goodies and she will also provide not ONE, but THREE vintage prizes!!! All details will be posted tomorrow along with my try on making a vintage card. Keep your eyes open!!!

I do have a card for today too! I have combined fabbie Riddersholm Design autumn papers and lovely Prickley Pear rubber.

I was inspired by Kazan’s sketch #66 over at 2Sketches4You.

 

I hope to see you tomorrow in wonderful Vintage land!

Tesa

Hostess gift

I was supposed to spend next weekend with some of my best girlfriends, out in the woods in a cabin with good food and some sparkling wine (and possibly a single malt later on). But it got cancelled as late as yesterday. We’ll find a new weekend, and when it’s time, my gift for the hostess is all done! I might have to buy some new chocolate though… Here is the bag and card I did for her:

I blogged this on Scrap-Perra’s blog earlier this week and you can find product info etc. (in Swedish) in THIS post.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a lovely evening!

Tesa

Going East

Hi! I’m on my way out on a road trip (by train) today, visiting Uppsala and Stockholm to get my verdict regarding my thesis. I can’t believe it’s five years since I got it all started. And I can’t believe I’m supposed to be done… Oh well, Time Flies!

Here is my take on this week’s CASE study. It’s an AMAZING card to lift – as always. So go check it out, that blog is soooo full of inspiration! 

Stamps used are all fabbie Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps. Love this stuff! Isn’t the autumish flourish totally fantastic??? It’s 5.01 am and it’s about time to get out of the house to catch a bus to take me to the train. It’s going to be a long day. Wish me luck!

Tesa

Super Sketchy Sunday

Hope you are having a lovely weekend. Mine is soon over and I’m really pleased with how it turned out. I have a clean house and some DT projects done + I’ve spent some really nice time with my son. He is the best (but not in bowling :):):)).

Today it’s time for a new sketch by Pam over at 365 cards. It’s a fabbie tag sketch! Look:

Aaaaaand we have a super fun sponsor this week – *Wink *Wink ink!!!

And here is my take:

I hope you will play with us this week!

Tesa