Bidrag till Bloggparty

Min kära mor har gjort ett bidrag till min utmaning i Bloggparty. Eftersom hon inte har någon blogg (VARFÖR???) så fick jag bidraget, detta jättefina kort, via mail denna morgon.

My dear mother has made a card for my Bloggparty Challenge. She doesn't have a blog, so she mailed me this lovely card this morning.

Do YOU want to have a chance winning THIS PRIZE???

Allt du behöver göra för att ha en chans att vinna ett A4 stampelark, en Martha Stewart edge punch och lite till är att göra ett kort eller layout inspirerad av annonsen HÄR, sy lite och länka, alternativt maila ditt bidrag till mig. Min E-postadress finns i kolumnen till höger.

All you have to do is make a card or a layout inspired by the ad in THIS post and ad some stitching on it by October 4 and either link your blog post or e-mail your project to me. You can find my mail address to the right. The winner will be selected using random org. International participants are welcome.

Själv ägnar jag kvällarna åt föräldramöten, bära ved och göra inbjudningskort. Gissa vilket jag föredrar...

Yoga anybody???

I still haven’t tried it but most of my friends have. And our conversations have for a year or so been sprinkled with words like chakra, curry lines and God knows what. I’m totally immune against everything chakraesk but when I received the Yoga set from Firecracker Designs it was love at first sight and I know exactly who are going to find cards in their mailboxes in the near future.  *hint, hint*.

Recipe: Papers; Bazzill, Coordination, Water color paper. Ink; Distress ink, Versa fine. Mis; Lace, buttons, clear embossing powder, Signo pen.

I’ve kept it simple in my favorite colors, using my favorite techniques and the sketch of the week over at my  favorite sketch blog 2Sketches4You. Sending it to my favorite ski bum (and yoga freak). Good thing is she doesn’t read my blog.

Have a beautiful Thursday evening!

Tesa

Sweet Autumn/God Höst: Bloggparty #3

Har ni sett Basic Greys nya Indian Summer??? VILL HA!!! Puman har den goda smaken att använda annonsen som gör reklam för kollektionen i sin Bloggpartyutmaning. Det är inte angivet VAD man ska göra, så jag tolkade det fritt och gjorde en lite sensommar/höstpresent. Jag inspirerades av mycket i den: Indiansommar (vem vill inte ut i skogen och plocka svamp då???), färgerna brunt och orange, löven, och designen. Jag använde det jättefina höstinspirerade månadskittet från Annas Scrapbooking till det här. Lycka är att det innehåller Basic Grey papper (bland annat!!!).

Puman’s Blog party challenge is to make an item inspired by the Basic Grey Indian Summer ad. LOVE THIS CHALLENGE! Love BG, love this line, love ad challenges… I could continue… I did the challenge this early morning while not sleeping due to terrible tooth ache. (Have an appointment at 1 pm!). Paper crafting is a great pain killer (or pain distracter). I also incorporated today’s 365 cards challenge by naming the piece God Höst (which can be translated to SWEET autumn).

Recipe: Papers; Bazzill, Basic Grey. Alphabet; DCWV. Leaf; Youdo. Stamp; Kortmakaren. Mis; ribbon, signo pen. Template: PTI

Du hittar min utmaning, samt en länk till alla utmaningar som ingår i Bloggparty HÄR.

If you want to participate in my Blog party Challenge, you can find it HERE. A short English information can be found at the end of the post, and yes, international participants are welcome.

Thanks for taking the time!!!

Tesa

Bloggparty and a card

I’ve done my second challenge for the big Bloggparty going on until October 4th. This challenge is held by Alexandra, and you are supposed to lift one of her layouts. Loads of beautiful pages are to be found on her blog. But since I LOVE black backgrounds, Basic Grey papers, scalloped boarders and those little mini alphabet stickers from MM this one was an obvious choice.

Alexandra’s page:

My lift:Recipe: Papers; Bazzill, Basic Grey. Letters; Basic Grey and Making Memories. Flowers and swirl; Prima. Buttons; MME. Pearls: Kaiser Kraft. Brads; American Crafts. MS Edge Punch, Provo craft die cut.

I have no idea how to translate the title “Hur står det till med bordsskicket???”, but the content is a question about how they behave when having dinner. The photos are from a family dinner at a restaurant and the three sweeties under the table are my son and his tow cousins. Got to be proud of your children, right?!

I woke up kind of early this morning. When I first opened my eyes it was 4.45 am, 15 minutes later I gave up. It’s a good thing… I’ve had several hours this morning by my scrap table. One CAN NOT start cleaning the house while people are still asleep, right! so after this layout was done, I made a card. I started out with an idea I’ve had since I got my new stamps “Happiness” from Artistic Outpost. I masked and colored and cut them out. But then what? Went up and found the new sketch challenge released at Caardvarks. The rest was piece of cake!

The sketch (#2):I flipped it but followed it pretty close otherwise.

Recipe: Papers; Bazzill, MME, Basic Grey. Stamps: Artistic Outpost, sentiment from PTI. Flowers: Prima. Charm. Tools: QK, MS Edge Punch.

I also incorporated a little charm, a dragonfly, to fit the 365 cards challenge today.

I guess I can’t hold back the cleaning business any more. Have a lovely Saturday!

Tesa

A Holiday Card and the Prize!

On Moxiefabworld there is a Stretch Your Holiday Challenge going on (until Monday 7th) with five separate holiday style challenges. Well, I’m soooo into my Christmas Cards making so it is perfect for me. It’s not that I long for winter, but I have missed my Wassail papers and Holiday stamps immensely.

The first challenge I’m entering is the fifth (yeah I know, it’s really confusing… lol) and the challenge – to STAMP - and all the entries can be found HERE.

Finally I’ve taken a decent photo of the prize for my Bloggparty Challenge! I’ve gathered some of my favorite products.

A full plate (A4) of Baby related red rubber stamps from Doodle Factory. They are unmounted.

1. Martha Stewart Edge Punch
2. Blackboard minialbum from Cosmo Cricket
3. Some flowers

I hope you want to participate!!! HERE is the challenge (which in short is about getting inspired by the ad and create something (layout, card, alter) and include some sort of stitching (hand, faux, machine) and finally link your project to the challenge post.

Have a lovely evening. I’m off to work in an hour. I’m having a night lecture. Instead of scrapbooking… Well, one can not scrap all the time, people says…

Hugs Tesa

The last couple of weeks…

…I’ve played with the most AMAZING butterfly themed mixed media (canvas and lutradur!!!) kit from 1WorldScrap. I made 6 projects (3 layouts, 2 cards and 1 altered item) with it and STILL have plenty left. The kit will be available soon at the web shop with full instructions and photos of all the projects. Here is a sneak peek.

I got the last part of my Bloggparty prize today. It’s beautiful and I wouldn’t mind keeping it… heehehee… But did I get the photos needed???? Noooo…. But I sure will tomorrow! You are welcome to play along!

I have made my first entrance for Bloggparty. It’s a must use challenge held by FruNina. You should use

• Three different patterned papers
• A minimum of six flowers
• Paint
• Something made out of wood
• Bling
• Something punched out…

This is a page made out of the August kit from Annas Scrapbooking. It’s a lovely autumn themed kit that worked perfectly with the sweet photo of my parents. I used velvet whisper (from Youdo) with bling for the first time (included in the kit) and wow, what an awesome effect! I put it on the flowers and got a beautiful shimmery soft look. I punched out the border and the heart. The buttons are solid wood, crackle paint symbolizing a Swedish proverb “Gammal kärlek rostar aldrig” Old love never grow rusty (or something like that). The flowers ar blingy, and there is a bling heart. The blue punched paper is a patterned blue paper from Pink Paislee

Tonight I’m watching the second episode of True Blood!!!

Bloggparty 31/9 – 4/10

Äntligen är BLOGGPARTY igång!!! Från och med idag och dryga månaden framåt finns mängder av härliga, roliga, inspirerande utmaningar på bloggar runt om i Sverige. Alla bloggar är listade i slutet av detta inlägg, och alla utmaningar har deadline 4/10. Så nu tutar och kör vi!!!

Jag har valt att ha en annonsutmaning med twist. Först annonsen:

Det finns mycket att gilla i den här bilden (tagen av fantastiska Tim Walker)! Det är fri tolkning som gäller, men jag vill att du berättar vad du inspirerats av i ditt bidrag – som kan vara en layout, kort eller alter. Du bestämmer!!!

Så var det en liten twist… Sy något på ditt projekt. Lite eller mycket. För hand, med maskin, eller doodlat. Upp till dig!

Här är min tolkning, en layout till mina föräldrar som firade Rubinbröllop så sent som igår. GRATTIS mamma och pappa!!!

Det finns självklart ett pris!

Det består av:

1. Stämplar från Doodle Factory med Graviditet/Baby/Föräldrar som tema. A4, omonterade
2. Edge Punch från Martha Stewart (och skulle du ha preeecis den här kan jag nog ordna så jag får byta)
3. Blackboard album från Cosmo Cricket
4. En liten bukett rosenknoppar (bara för att de är så himla sööööta!).

Vinnaren kommer att lottas fram.

Länka ditt bidrag i en kommentar nedan (eller MAILA mig på tesabroman@yahoo.com om du inte har en blogg) och LYCKA TILL!!!

Och här har du resten av utmaningarna:
Malwa
Alien Bling
Tette
CillaT
Mahlin78
LillBlomman
Essmo
Carola
aviga ellen
Lilo
TesaB – Det är jag det! :-)
elsamaja58
Lunfixa
Cath
Cattis
bitte71
alexandra-lindgren
wildärtan
Puman78
eyovine
fruninaa
annblo
Anki
sofia85
khaggbom
pysselpetra
kristina
Lejonberg
leamon72
cia31
Maria S

Hoppas att du blir riktigt inspirerad och deltar i många av utmaningarna!

And short in English: This is a challenge open for everyone. If you want to participate and have a chance to win the prize *pointing upwards* you should make a project (layout, card, alter) with inspiration from the ad above. The twist is stitching - by hand, machine or faux - lot's of only one stitch - it's up to you. Make your project, publish it on your blog by 10/4 and link that post here. International participants are welcome. If you want more information, please say so, and I'll fill in the blanks!

Tesa

Bloggparty! Wohoo!!!

Nu drar snart Bloggparty igång. Hela september kommer att vara fullt av härliga, roliga och varierande utmaningar öppna för alla som vill! Några ivriga bloggpartydeltagare har säkert redan tjuvstartat… Men inte jag och det beror helt och hållet på att jag just nu befinner mig hos mina kära föräldrar och firar något så fantastiskt som en 40-årig bröllopsdag!!! Så jag nöjer mig med en liten tjuvkik på vad som komma skall på måndag.

It’s time for a Blog Party, hosted by the members of Allt om Scrap, a Swedish Forum. This is a little sneak peak of the challenge which I will launch on Monday. Right now, I’m with my parents celebrating their 40 year wedding anniversary. That’s HUGE!

Ha en underbart trevlig helg! Vi ses på måndag! Hoppas jag!

Wish you all a beautiful weekend! And I hope to see you on Monday!