Be still, my fluttering heart!

This is one of my favorite pictures of my 2 oldest children. It was taken on a Fall day as we watched a parade of horses and mules. I was playing on a free photo editing program the other day and I cropped and used some fun effects and this is the result.

My prayer is that this closeness and tenderness will always be in their hearts for one another. :)

Anyway, fall is here!! What have you been up to??

We visited Gulf shores a few days ago. You can certainly check out THIS VIDEO to see the playful mammals that we saw. The children were thrilled to experience this fun cruise.

I would like to tell you that if you ever need a place in Gulf Shores you need to check out Dana Flynn's condos. They are very modern, clean and beautifully decorated. The link is for one of her condos, but she has 4 for you to choose from.   HERE is her WEBSITE.

We are also busy with so many things... too many to tell them all. I have photos to share of some projects and leaves changing but they will have to wait for another post. The children are calling my name... it's snack time!! I just wanted to check in because it has been almost 2 weeks since my last post! :)

Blessings,
Tereza

Julia's Memory Box

AS promised here is the video where I share the latest custom work I have made. This is a memory box I made for a Mom of 4 living blessings who lost a 20 week old baby girl. Although already a Mom of many, the loss of this baby created a gap in her heart. Her hope is that she will one day meet her baby again, in heaven.

This was such a sweet project and there are so many details.

I used Melissa Frances pearls, Prima roses, buttons and stamps from PapertreyInk and sparkles from WEbster's pages.

I used old Daisy D's vintage papers, Graphic 45 and digital sheets from Beatriz Jennings.

The box measures about 7"x7 and it is 4" deep.

As a gift for this Mom, I made her a journaling notebook that I added chipboard tiles that spell the word PRAY. I thought she could use it to jot down Bible verses, or her thoughts or even hearfelt prayers. My experience is that when you write down your prayers you can at a later date see how God answered them in a marvelous way.

Here is another close up and some details from the other sides.

I would love to hear your comments. :) and if you are a Mom who has lost a baby to a miscarriage or abortion and would like a memory box or a keepsake journal book, or scrapbook, I would be honored to work with you to bring your vision to life. Just email me.

Blessings,
Tereza

I have been featured!

I have been busy! Our baby is now 12 days old and growing. We are finally sleeping at night and nursing well! I have many photos to share but so little time, so I will do it another time.

In the meantime, I wanted to share with you an awesome blog. One of my cards with one of my favorite verses has been featured there, so make sure you stop by and browse all these wonderful Christian artists and their creations too.

So long for now. :)

Tereza

Head is down, engaged for landing!

ok, if you never had a baby you have no clue what the title of this post is about. LOL

I am 38 weeks pregnant and had an ultrasound today and I am so happy and thankful to Jesus that my baby has turned head down and is now engaged ready to be born. That is the best way for a baby to be born: head first! So we are ready. Now we are just waiting on God's timing, which is always perfect, so I am happy to wait for it.

In the meantime, I have made some more pretty things. I will try to list them in my Etsy shop but if I don't get to, please be patient I still got lots of nesting to do. Today we put the bassinet together, and we got a couple of rooms cleaned yesterday. I still need to tackle bathrooms and my computer room. I even cleaned my craft room but photos will have to wait. :)

For now, I want to share some of the pretties I made this past week while waiting for baby...






Can you guess what I have been eating? :)

Be blessed today and thanks for stopping by,

Tereza

Fleur de Lis got a hold of me!

I found these darling digital fleur de lis images and could not resist and made some adorable gift tags.



then they kept looking at me asking to be made into something more... so I made some cards...







They are still daring me to create something else with them, so who knows what else will come out.



I am now at 36 weeks pregnant and with very swollen feet, my hips and tail bone hurt and it is difficult to sit and make things for long. Unfortunately, this is also one of my most creative times just before delivering a baby. :)

Be blessed,

Tereza

Vintage inspired Easter and valentines Cards

Hi everyone, real quick post just to share a couple of cards I made this past week.

I have been busy with my birds (that's what I call my children sometimes)...but I did have time to create a couple of cards that were roaming around my brain for a while.

The first one is an Easter card...well not really Easter but a card to celebrate the Life of the Lamb of God really. My pastor a couple of years ago shared with us during Resurrection Sunday how the Passover lamb was a foreshadowing of the sacrifice of the One True Lamb of God: Jesus! What I thought was really interesting was that the lamb to be sacrificed was kept in the house as a pet. At the end of the week it was then slaughtered and eaten by everyone in the house.

When I found the vintage image of this little girl holding a lamb like it was her pet I could not resist but turn it into a card to celebrate the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. Of course, the red satin ribbon is to remind us of the blood that was shed for the forgiveness of our sins.

I altered the image digitally and added my text. Of course, I can customize the card with whatever text you like or Bible verse. Email me if you would like to have some of these! To see some of my other digitally altered ART and cards go HERE.

I already have a custom order for 20 of these. I think in a time where Christians get distracted with bunnies, eggs and chocolate, we need to set our eyes on Jesus.

I also created some 3x4" tags for decoration, gift giving or attaching to goody bags.



The second card is just a card that I created thinking of someone who may need a "pick me up" message. :)



Have a blessed weekend...

Tereza

PS these cards will be on my Etsy shop for sale, of course!!

Hybrid 8x8 scrapbook pages.

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving Day. I am still in Thanksgiving mode. I am so blessed. God has been so good to us. :)

Awhile back I shared how I fell head over heels in love with digital scrapbooking. Because I love all the 3D embellishments, and layering, inking and distressing in the traditional scrapbooking, hybrid is a natural thing to me. Are you asking what is hybrid? ok, real quick. Hybrid is a mix of digital and traditional scrapbooking. You might use a digital image or graphics and then use it in traditional scrapbooking (gluing, cutting, inking, distressing with your hands scrapbooking).

anyway... the layouts above were created using graphics from kaymillerdesigns.com. I thought it would be fun to offer some of my customer 8x8 hybrid pages. I have build them to be a 3D scrapbook page using kay miller graphics. Take a look and see how easy scrapbooking can be.





These can be easily customized too. Email me if I got you thinking of all the possibilities!! LOL

I am working on 2 custom made albums and will be posting pictures this coming week. In the meantime, you can find some of my newly listed items in my Etsy shop.

Enjoy your family! :)

Tereza

The Ultimate Bridesmaid's Card and a Dad Album

This week I am having to put the MOM album on hold. I am almost finished but my black Staz On ink pad is dry and I am having to wait on some to arrive, so in the meantime I am working on 3 other different projects at the same time. :)

I am finishing what I like to call the Ultimate Bridesmaids' Card. The Bride is already married. Let me explain: they are renewing their vows at Disney. My client is a lovely African American lady and she challenged me to create an "all out" card. This is what we came up with.







She wanted colors and bling. She also went all out to personalize the text on the inside of the card. I even upgraded her card size and I created a 5"x7" card.

The other project is a DAD album. On the same lines of the MOM album I talked about a couple of posts ago, this one is turning gorgeous too. I am using papers from the WEbster's line... the one with the froggies. :) Take a peek.



And the third project is some wonderful hybrid layouts and cards. I found a designer that does marvelous, colorful things and I just could not resist. I will share more another day with photos, links and all. I am using them personally but I will also make them available for those of you that like the digital colors and graphics but just don't have the time to create your own, or you don't master a photo editing program.

Anyway, hope you are having a great week. Thanks for stopping by. :)

Tereza

Hybrid Scrapbooking - Vintage Paris Journal Part II

As promised I wanted to share another great source that I used on my Vintage Paris Journal.





The pretty digital collaged Tag on the right is from Bluebirdlane

She has a lovely shop and she loves Paris and vintage. She makes the most exquisite tags. Her first tags were very simple, basically scanned images printed on cardstock. Recently, she is getting more and more sophisticated and is creating some gorgeous artwork. Be sure to take a peek at all her goodies. :)

Enjoy!!

Tereza

Hybrid Scrapbooking: Vintage Paris Journal - Part 1

I will share in this post and the next ones the Vintage Paris inspired Journal I made for a dear friend.

This was a new project for me and I had a blast creating it. For the first time ever, I had a hard time parting with a treasured creation. Don't worry, Marina, your journal was shipped today! :)

So anyway, here is the first photo of it.



The book was created with Brushes (digital stamps). In my Photoshop CS3 I created the front and back covers. I chose the colors and using the stamps I created the paper you see stamping the background and the images in red.

Here is the back cover.


Make sure you click on the images to enlarge them and see the details.

I used the same set of Photoshop brushes to create the journal pages on the inside.






YOu can find these Brushes for sale HERE. They were created by The Graphic Mime and I was so inspired by her work as many other digital artists that Digital Scrapbooking has definitely arrested my heart. :)

Come back tomorrow and I will share more details about the front cover and all those pretty images showcased there.

Would love to hear your comments. How has been your digital experience?

TFL!!

Tereza

Vintage PAris Hybrid Scrapbooking Project

Marina asked me to create her a Journal. She loves vintage and the Paris theme also. So I used a mix of Digital stamps and created a very cool journal. Here is a sneak peek.



I have come to realize that I am a Hybrid Scrapbooker. Come back later this week to see the whole project and I will share some of the resources I used to make this journal.

If you are a hybrid scrapbooker or card maker, what have you been making lately? Or if you are an experienced one, what was your very first project?

Love to hear from you,

Tereza :)

I am hooked!!

I was at Scrapbook News and Review Website yesterday briefly and I voted on their Poll on what type of Scrapbooking are you. The options were Traditional, Hybrid, Digital and All the above. Well, I voted "all the above".

I found out that it is only second place to traditional. That means that more and more people are finding out about the digital world but not willing to let go of the traditional. So, we end up doing all 3!!

I can say I am completely hooked. I can also say that I am addicted to challenges, so I jump from one to the next. About a year and half ago I didn't own ONE single stamp. Not one rubber stamp or acrylic one. Now, not only do I owe dozens of acrylic and rubber stamps, I just found out digital stamps!!!! They are called Brushes and they are way too coooool!! :)

Take a look at some of the things I created today just playing around!!!







So the first one is a 8x8 digital layout. The second picture is actually a pattern paper that I made using the brushes and then I punched some scalloped tags out of it. And the last one is one of my card turn tag or bookmark that I sell in my Etsy shop. They are 5.5 x 3.3" and are blank on the back. So you can use as a card and write your message and send it. The recipient can use it as a bookmark instead of throwing it away.

Here are a few more digital collages that I made this past week.






I know I have been using this acqua satin ribbon everywhere, but I am hooked on it too!! LOL

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!!

Tereza