Year 1 Blog Hop with Waffle Flower Crafts

Hi!  I'm excited to be hopping along with Waffle Flower Crafts today for their Year 1 Blog Hop!

I'm so happy to be celebrating Nina and her awesome company- they have grown so much this year!  If you are following along with the hop, I bet you came from Sabrina Alery's blog.  If not, pop over to check it out!  Her projects are amazing!

Nina had us all pick our favorite Waffle Flower Crafts product from the last year.  Oh how hard it was to just pick one!!  I love so many stamp sets and literally have a new favorite with every release!  One item that I constantly pull out to use over and over again is the Flower Circles Die Set:

It is a great basic die set with pretty stitching along the edges.  I love the mix of circles and flowers.  It is so versatile and can be used in so many ways!  I used it to make my card today:

I started with a white card base and splattered it with dark gray mist.  I added some black and white washi tapes next and then a panel of black and white patterned paper.  I wanted to create a bright pop with the largest scallop so I watercolored a panel of watercolor paper with pink and coral.  Once it was dry, I diecut it with the scallop and smallest flower.  

I diecut the largest circle out of white for my center.  I pulled out the new Doily Circle Stamp Set for the sentiment.  I stamped the Smile with a bright pink ink and the rest of the sentiment with black ink.  I layered the flower elements over the black and white patterns and popped up the layers as I went.  I added a matte black sequin to the center of the small flower and embellished it with the Tiny Twine Bow Die.  It was the perfect last detail:

Look for Waffle Flower Crafts Here:

Blog: http://waffleflower.com/blog
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/waffleflowercrafts/
Instagram: http://instagram.com/waffleflowercrafts/
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/waffleflowercrafts/
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/groups/2540006@N24/

Can't you imagine all the ways you can use these dies?  Nina is so kind, she is letting us give away So leave a comment before midnight on Wednesday, April 15th to win the Flower Circle Die Set and a copy of Waffle Flower's Year 1 Catalog!

Thanks for joining me today!  If you'd like to follow the hop, Amanda Coleman's blog is up next!  We all have giveaways so don't forget to comment as you hop!

Happy Holidays!

I've been taking a little holiday break from the blog while my girls are home on winter break.  It's been great and we've been having such a fun time!  Today we are going to spruce up their bedrooms a little bit- it's something that needs to be done and I'm bribing them with new posters for their wall!  lol!

I thought I'd pop on today and share the winner of my giveaway- Marcy, you won both of my favorite Newton's Nook Designs sets!!  Can't wait to see what you make with them!

I also thought I'd share a couple pictures- this one is what I chose for the Christmas cards this year... that I didn't send out... I gave out like 3.  Sorry!

And here is a picture of the girls and their cousins we spent Christmas with:

These kids are such sweeties!  Love that we were able to spend the holidays together!!

I'll be back tomorrow with a few cards!  Hope you enjoyed your holidays!!

-tessa

Snow One Like You Card and Giveaway!

Good Morning!  I have a cute card for you today using one of my favorite Newton's Nook Designs sets- Frozen Friends:

I paired these adorable snowmen (colored with my Prismacolor pencils) with an older Crate Paper collection I had in my stash.  I also added a panel of vellum stamped with gold hearts and snowflakes:

These little guys make me so happy! 

As a thank you to everyone who stops by my blog, I wanted to do a giveaway!  I chose two of my favorite sets by Newton's Nook Designs- Frozen Friends, and Wagon of Wishes:

If you'd like a chance to win these sets, please leave a comment on this post.  You'll have until 11:59pm EST Sunday, December 22nd to comment.  I'll choose a winner on Monday, December 23rd.  Good luck! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

-tessa

Newton's Nook Designs Launch Party: Winged Wishes

Welcome to day 3 of Newton's Nook Designs Launch Party!!

Today's release is Winged Wishes and what a great set it is!  It features two cute birds that hold the sentiments and other images between them.  It's a really fun concept and I loved creating with this set!

I started by stamping my sentiments and bird onto white cardstock and punching out a large circle around it.  I stamped the birds again onto light blue patterned paper and fussy cut them out.  I pieced one over the bird on the circle.  Next, I created a blue cardbase and decorated the bottom with the fun patterns from the Pebbles Inc. Family Ties line.  I added the twine and the circle using foam adhesive dots.  I stamped the bird one more time onto the card front and added the second patterned bird over it.

There are so many things you could do with this set!  Newton's Nook Designs will be giving it away this week- here are the details:

Would you like to win Winged Wishes? This set will be given away to Two lucky winners!

Here's how to win:

1. Comment on Newton's Nook Design blog: http://www.newtonsnookblog.com. One Winner will be randomly chosen from the comments on the launch party post.

2. Comment on the Design Team Member and Guest blogs (see list below)! One winner will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the Launch Party. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday, July 18th at 9pm Central Standard Time to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, July 19th.

But wait… there's more. We will also be giving away a gift card on Facebook this week to celebrate our launch - so be sure to pop over there to like our page and enter to win! https://www.facebook.com/newtonsnook

Make sure you check out all the blogs participating in the Launch Party below to enter:

Jennifer Ingle

Emily Leiphart

Samantha Mann

Jocelyn Olson

Tessa Wise

Heather Campbell

Jean Martin

Audrey Tokach

Chari Moss

All of the party participants cards are so fun!  I hope you get a chance to check all of them out- and remember, the more you comment the more chances you have to win this fun set!!

-tessa

Newton's Nook Designs Launch Party: Just Say Cheese

Welcome to day 2 of Newton's Nook Designs Launch Party!!

Today's release is the Just Say Cheese set!  It's another fun one and features the cutest images and sentiments all related to cheese!  This one seriously makes me laugh :) Here is a card I made:

I stamped the little grater, the mouse, and the sentiments onto a panel of white cardstock.  I colored it using water based markers and a few of my favorite copics for shadowing.

The sentiments in this set coordinate so well together!  I used two separate ones here- there are so many options with them!
After I was finished coloring, I matted my stamped panel onto orange cardstock leaving room for the twine on the right.  I matted this panel onto my pretty polka-dot card front.

Just like yesterday, Newton's Nook Designs is giving away this fun stamp set!  Here are the details:

Would you like to win Just Say Cheese? This set will be given away to Two lucky winners!

Here's how to win:

1. Comment on Newton's Nook Design blog: http://www.newtonsnookblog.com. One Winner will be randomly chosen from the comments on the launch party post.

2. Comment on the Design Team Member and Guest blogs (see list below)! One winner will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the Launch Party. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday, July 18th at 9pm Central Standard Time to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, July 19th.

But wait… there's more. We will also be giving away a gift card on Facebook this week to celebrate our launch - so be sure to pop over there to like our page and enter to win! https://www.facebook.com/newtonsnook

Make sure you check out all the blogs participating in the Launch Party below to enter:

Jennifer Ingle

Emily Leiphart

Samantha Mann

Jocelyn Olson

Tessa Wise

Heather Campbell

Jean Martin

Audrey Tokach

Chari Moss

All nine designers have made the cutest cards so make sure to check them all out!  Remember, the more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win!!

-tessa

Newton's Nook Designs Launch Party: Newton's Antics

Welcome to day 1 of the Newton's Nook Designs Launch Party!! 

Today we're sharing our cards using the 1st release- the Newton's Antics set!  We love kitties at my house so this set is dearly loved!  I was inspired by Newton himself for my card today and created a card with a cute orange kitty:

I stamped Newton onto some speckled white cardstock along with his toy mouse.  I colored them in using a mix of copics and water based markers.  I added a little shadowing with some light gray ink and a water marker.

When I was finished coloring, I trimmed the cardstock down for my card, cutting around Newton's tail at the top.  I also stamped the cute sentiment.  The patterned papers are from the 6x6 About a Boy collection by Echo Park.

This card was so fun to make!  Coloring kitties might be one of my new favorite things! lol!  You'll love it- and you can win it!  Here are the details:

Would you like to win Newton's Antics? This set will be given away to Two lucky winners!

Here's how to win:

1. Comment on Newton's Nook Design blog: http://www.newtonsnookblog.com. One Winner will be randomly chosen from the comments on the launch party post.

2. Comment on the Design Team Member and Guest blogs (see list below)! One winner will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the Launch Party. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday, July 18th at 9pm Central Standard Time to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, July 19th.

But wait… there's more. We will also be giving away a gift card on Facebook this week to celebrate our launch - so be sure to pop over there to like our page and enter to win! https://www.facebook.com/newtonsnook

Make sure you check out all the blogs participating in the Launch Party below to enter:

Jennifer Ingle

Emily Leiphart

Samantha Mann

Jocelyn Olson

Tessa Wise

Heather Campbell

Jean Martin

Audrey Tokach

Chari Moss

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you get a chance to check out what the whole team made!!

-tessa

Winner Day for the Made with Love Hop!

Hello again! I'm back with the winner of the generous prize package from SRM Stickers!

Congratulations to Emily Keaton!  I hope you enjoy your new goodies!

Thank you SRM Stickers and thank you to everyone who left comments!  I really enjoyed reading them and having you all visit my blog!

-tessa

Made With Love

Hello and happy Valentine's day!  I'm glad you stopped by because today I'm hopping along with some of my amazing card-making friends!

If you're following along with the hop then you're probably here from Laurie Willison's blog.  Doesn't she make some great cards?  Her creations always make me smile!  Laurie  is one of the twenty friends I made during last summer's Gallery Idol contest put on by Paper Crafts Magazine.   Most of us are hopping today and we each have amazing givaways thanks to a long list of sponsors!  For more information on the participants and our generous sponsors, please check out our Facebook Event page.

I've made a few little things to share with you today- all featuring one of our great sponsors, SRM Stickers!  I've paired their great We've Got Your Boarder- Valentine sheet with the American Crafts XOXO line to make some fun Valentines treats.  First up is my card:

I really loved this floral patterned paper from the XOXO line by American Crafts.  I've used it on nearly all of my Valentine's Day projects this year!  The cute 3-D heart sticker is also from the same line.  I added the sentiment sticker and then highlighted it with some fun twine by the Twinery.  Sticker sentiments seem so easy and stress free after years of stamping!  Hee!

My second project is a little clear goodie box.  It is the perfect size for one of my favorite nail polishes- wouldn't that be a fun treat to receive? :)  I've decorated it with a couple of the SRM border strips and just a little bit of twine.  Doesn't take much to make these little boxes look good!

My last treat is a glassine bag filled with cookies.  For this, I used a few hearts and a strip of First Edition DSP left over from my banner project I shared yesterday.  I simply wrapped the bag with more of that fun twine to finish the project off.

SRM Stickers has been generous enough to provide me with a givaway!  They have given me an assortment of cardmaking products including Sticker Sentiments, Fancy Sticker Sentiments, and We've Got Your Boarders to give away to one lucky reader.  Please leave a comment for your chance to win! The contest closes on February 21st at 11pm.

From here, you'll want to head over to Nina Yang's blog.  She's got another great Valentine's Day project for you as well as another giveaway!  Pretty fun if you ask me!

I'm so glad you were able to visit today! I hope you are able to check out all the participants blogs today!  These ladies are truly talented! I hear there is also a secret grand prize hidden in someone's blog so leave lots of comments for a chance to win!

-tessa

Hello Card and a Winner!

Hello there! How is your week going so far? I am recouping today after having my sweet nephews and niece come to stay with me for a week. We had so much fun but caring for 6 little ones is a lot of work! I tried to keep them busy with lots of fun activities! Here is my daughter and two of her cousins showing off the tie-dye shirts they made:

Needless to say I've only made one card over the last week! I played along with Kimber McGray's Saturday Sketch Challenge at Two Peas in a Bucket. Here is my card:

Goodies:

Stamps: Country Picnic set by Pebbles Inc.
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black by Tsunkeniko
Paper: Amy Tangerine Sketchbook by American Crafts; cardstock by Bazzill Basics
Accessories: baker's twine by Pink Paislee

Isn't it a great sketch? I couldn't help but play along! I used my AT Sketchbook patterned papers finally (I've been hoarding them!) and I love all the fun, bright colors!

I also have a winner to announce from the Shaping Up Blog Hop:

Karenladd said...
Oh my goodness, this is so darn cute! First of all, I love S'mores, and secondly...well, this is such a fun shaped card! I can almost taste that pillowy sweetness! Ha ha! Thanks for your giveaway! I'm already a follower of your blog!
Tuesday, July 24, 2012 10:41:00 PM EDT

Congratulations Karen!! I'll email you today for your shipping information!

And thank you all for such nice comments on my S'mores card!

Hope you all have a great day!

-tessa

Hey Big Winner!

I used a random number generator online on Friday night to pick a number from the comments on Mondays post and the winner is...

RoseOhio!

RoseOhio said...

I really like the Matchbox Die and the Scallop Tag set to go with it. What great blog candy!

Rose

Way to go Rose! I'll email you for your address and get these goodies to you this week!

I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend! I've been busy... had a class and attended a crop yesterday but only got one card done! I'll post it tomorrow and leave you today with a silly picture of my sweet Natalie! She is always getting into things when ever we turn our back...



Thank you all for participating in the blog candy!

-tessa

Back to Blogging!

I had such a great week last week! My cousin Shirlie flew in from Washington state to spend part of her spring break with us. We had fun but, I really slacked on the old blog, didn't I! To make up for it, I'll share two cards today and give a little blog candy away!! First, the cards... I made them last week before I knew Shirlie was coming.

This one was made for Dawn McVey's latest Raspberry Suite color challenge:



Goodies:
All products by Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Always set, Together Forever set
Ink: Basic Brown, Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink, Cameo Coral classic inks; Versamark
Paper: Very Vanilla, Cameo Coral, Riding Hood Red, Kraft cardstock; watercolor paper; Candy Lane DSP
Accessories: Very Vanilla wide grosgrain ribbon, Top Not Die, Aqua Painter, Scallop Edge punch

I watercolored the main image and then popped it up, matting it in different colors for a layered effect.

This next card is just a simple one I created for any occasion:



Goodies:
All products by Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Best Wishes and More
Ink: Regal Rose, Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Basic Black classic inks
Paper: Regal Rose, Whisper White, Basic Black, Baja Breeze card stock; Patterned paper by Bo Bunny
Accessories: White Signo Gel pen, Paper Piercer, ribbon by American Crafts, buttons and thread- craft supply

The hearts are just stamped and cut out then popped on to the card front using dimensionals. I love the sentiment on this card because it really could be used for just about any happy occasion.

And, like I promised, some blog candy! I am loving the new stuff in the Occasions Mini Catty so I'll be giving away the Great Friend set:

the Walk in the Park DSP pack:

and a package of the Printed Window Sheets:


Just leave a comment on this post telling me what your favorite thing in the new mini is by 5:00pm (eastern) on Friday, April 17th and I'll randomly pick a winner! Good luck!

Trick or Treat!! Blog Candy!!

Happy Halloween out there! We started our day by picking a treat out of the candy bowl... I know, we'll be eating candy all day, right! My girls' sugar highs are pretty serious so the earlier we start, the earlier they should end! Hee! I'll try to post some cute pictures of them in their costumes a little later...

Anyways, I've been wanting to post a little blog candy for all you trick or treaters out there! Last week I reached 10,000 hits and that seems reason to celebrate to me! Thank you to everyone who checks out cards and ramblings. I really do appreciate all your kind comments!

Here is what I'll be sending the lucky recipient:



Live Like You Mean It set (Hostess)
A sampling of ribbons I have...
A pack of Button Bouquet Buttons


If you would like to receive these goodies, please leave me a comment on this post telling me your favorite candy! I'll randomly pick one winner on Monday. Sound good?

I hope you have a fun time dressing up and eating candy today!

Thanks again for checking out the blog,

-tessa