Love You Much Card

Good Morning!

Hope you all had a great weekend... we are still in weekend mode here in the DC area... snowed in- and more snow coming tomorrow! I wonder if my hubs will work at all this week?? Hmm... At any rate, I had lots of time to make cards over the weekend! Hee! I even played along with some challenges. The card I'm sharing this morning was inspired by Rhonda, The Stamp Scrap Diva's sketch challenge from last week:



Goodies:
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Stamps: Love You Much set; I {Heart} Hearts set
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay classic inks
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink, Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo, Whisper White cardstock; Razzleberry Lemonade DSP
Accessories: Chocolate Chip wide grosgrain ribbon, Crystal Effects, Perfect Polkadots texture folder, 1 3/8" circle punch, aqua painter, Clear embossing powder, dimensionals

I watercolored the letters and then went over them with Crystal Effects to make them shine. Everything else is pretty straight forward- it was a fun sketch to work with! Thanks Ronda, for the inspiration!

My goal for today is to create a light box of some type to take better pictures... I've been trying different areas of my house for the best natural light but they still aren't coming out how I would like them to... if you've got any tips, let me know!

Hope you have a great day and thanks for stopping by to take a peek!

-tessa

I {Heart} You

I had a little time to play this afternoon! I stamped a clean and simple card to play along with the girls over at Just Add Ink. I was a top pick in last weeks challenge :) Hee!



Their challenge this week was to create something with hearts so that is just what I did! This card is a case of one of my own cards that I did back in November with leaves instead of hearts...



Goodies:
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Stamps: I {Heart} Hearts set; A Happy Heart set
Ink: Soft Suede, Pale Plum, Perfect Plum classic inks
Paper: Kraft, Perfect Plum, Whisper White cardstock; Thoroughly Modern DSP
Accessories: Paper Piercer, White Signo gel pen, Scallop Edge punch, Crystal Effects, Dimensionals

This card was just what I needed to get back into the swing of things! My mojo has been missing lately... I kept things really simple this time and I think it really helped! Hee!

Hope you are all enjoying your day!

-tessa

Sweet Pea

A quick and cute little project for my new baby niece- Sweet Pea baby headbands! Here is Seyla modeling her new accessories:



What a sweetie! I was lucky enough to get snowed in with my sister and her family over the weekend. The kids spent the day playing together and my sister and I spent the day crafting and painting our nails. So fun!! I also got a good share of cuddling with the baby-hee!

Anyways, just a short and sweet post today... my card mojo has been kaput but there are a few challenges I want to play along with this week so hopefully they will help me through!

Enjoy the rest of your day!

-tessa

Hello Again!

Wow! Time sure flies by when you're having fun! I've been enjoying a new member to our family- baby Seyla Aubry!



My sister gave birth almost two weeks ago and she is the sweetest little girl! Mama, Daddy, and big brothers Asher and Micah are loving her like crazy and doing really well! With a new baby comes lots of visitors, too! Hee! Being so far away from our home state of Washington, we don't get too many of them each year so it's been a real treat!

Since our weekend visitors left this morning for the airport, I decided to relax and spend a little time stamping this afternoon...



Goodies:
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Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes set
Ink: Soft Suede, So Saffron, Rose Red, Bermuda Bay, Going Gray classic inks; Jet Black StazOn
Paper: Soft Suede, So Saffron, Rose Red, Bermuda Bay cardstock; watercolor paper
Accessories: Bermuda Bay polka-dot grosgrain ribbon, Aqua Painter, Scallop Edge punch, Signo White gel pen, paper piercer, Perfect Polka-dots texture plate, Dazzling Diamonds; White Embossing powder

Pretty, right? The colors were inspired by Just Add Ink's first challenge:



I changed them up a little but only because I am all out of Taken with Teal paper! Guess I'll have to order some more in my next box.

I also used a great icing technique straight out of January's Stampin' Success magazine- so cool! I'll be teaching it at my next workshop for sure!

Anyways, time for a little arts and crafts with my kiddos before I start dinner... enjoy the rest of your day and thanks for popping by!

-tessa

My Sweetheart Birdie

Good Morning!

I'm off to a great week so far! Had a quiet day yesterday and today I'm busy preparing for a fun couple of days with my nephews while their mama (my sister) and daddy are at the hospital. We should be welcoming my new niece tomorrow sometime! Hee! I can hardly wait- though I'm sure I'll be busy enough with my two girls and her two boys!

Over the weekend I made a fun card- a valentine for my honey:



Goodies:
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Stamps: Cheep Talk set, I {Heart} Hearts set
Ink: Rose Red, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Baja Breeze, Basic Black classic inks
Paper: Whisper White, Old Olive, Kraft, Soft Suede cardstock; Sweet Pea DSP; Thoroughly Modern DSP
Accessories: Two-step Bird punch, Scallop Edge punch, paper piercer, dimensionals

While peeking at all the fun creations at Two Peas in a Bucket last week, one design in particular caught my eye and I couldn't wait to try it out! Here is the original design I cased by Tanis: Lets Party Card I loved the simplicity of the paper strips and the dotted edges. So cute! Thanks Tanis for the inspiration! She's got more clean and simple cards and some great scrapbook designs on her blog: Card Confessions.

I am so glad I went through my stamps last week! The Cheep Talk set was another one I unearthed from underneath all of my new goodies. Doesn't the little bird make a cute little valentine? I love it!

Hope you enjoy your day and hopefully the next time I post, I can share cute pictures of my tiny new niece!!! :)

Thanks for stopping by today!

-tessa

Vintage Kraftiness

With the new year comes inspiration to organize my craft area and purge out the older stuff I don't use any more. It also unearths old favorites, like the Chic Boutique set that I haven't used in ages! I also found a lonely little Sizzix flower die that hasn't gotten to play in awhile- poor guy! I think I only used it once! I paired these up with some pretty polka-dotted DSP and lots of Kraft cardstock to make this:



Goodies:
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Stamps: Chic Boutique set, Sprinkles set
Ink: Versamark; Soft Suede, Going Gray, Basic Black classic inks
Paper: Kraft, Soft Suede, Rose Red, Crushed Curry, Old Olive cardstock; The Write Stuff DSP; Thoroughly Modern DSP
Accessories: Scallop Edge punch, Paper Piercing Tool, White Signo gel pen, Circle Rhinestone Brad (Pretties Kit), Sponges, SU! Floral Fusion die, Sweet Pea Stitched Felt, dimensionals

I wanted to create a soft, vintage feel with some bright colors and I love how it turned out! I used the flower stamp from the Sprinkles to create a soft background and used my favorite Soft Suede ink to sponge around the edges. I think the textures of the felt and the torn edges also help with the vintage feel.

OK! I hope you are enjoying your day and if you have time, check out your old stash and pull out some of those favorites that haven't been used in a while!

Thanks for stopping by!

-tessa

Tote-ally Tess Stamp Art

Good morning!

I've had a heck of a week trying to get back into the swing of our normal routine! Funny how that goes, isn't it? Hopefully by next week we'll be waking up on time and getting everything checked off the list each day...

I've been spending a little more time in my craft room lately making fun things like this:



Goodies:
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Stamps: Tote-ally Tess set
Ink: Basic Black, Soft Suede classic inks, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Copic Markers
Paper: Not Quite Navy, Crushed Curry, Certainly Celery, Kraft, Whisper White cardstock; The Write Stuff DSP
Accessories: Scallop Edge punch, paper piercer, aqua painter; ribbon by May Arts


I was quite excited when I saw this set in the new mini catty... hello! Her name is Tess! Hee! I had to have her... my mom bought one, too, just because her name was Tess... I made this little frame for my craft room- I also want to create a little framed piece with the Stampin' Up! statement of the heart on it to go along side this. Hopefully it will help me to be more business minded with my Stampin' Up! stuff this year.

Hope you are all enjoing the week! I am going to try to play along with some of my favorite color challenges this week. Thanks for stopping by for a little peek!

-tessa