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