Mother of the Bride Scrapbook Album

I just wanted to share another sneak peek of the beautiful gift one of my clients is giving to her Mom. She is getting married and she is presenting her Mom with a beautiful keepsake filled with photos, letters and other memorable little things from their lives together.



I am almost done. :)

have a great week.

Tereza

On your Wedding Day Card

Once a bride now a friend's bride, a former customer asked me to customize and personalize a special card for her friend that is getting married. This is what we came up with together.





I think she loves red. I made her Bridesmaids' cards in red, now this card for her friend in red also. :)

I got more to share later on this week. I am running out of time. My parents arrive next week from Brazil and I am so very busy with lots of custom orders and getting the house ready for them.

Thanks for stopping by. :)

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

Red and turquoise wedding, Pink and green and more Bridesmaids' Cards

May was definitely a busy month and in a funny way it seems it is not over yet! :) Here are some of the Custom Bridesmaids' Cards I made this past month. Among the usual Bridesmaids and Maid or Matron of honor cards I had Flower Girls and a thank you card for the Mother of the Bride.












I have been working on a new Custom order that I like to call the "Ultimate Bridesmaid Card." The bride is having a wedding at Disney so of course, we went all out. I will share more later this weekend. :)

I am also working on new Hybrid projects. I am hoping to help out those ladies that like to scrap but simply don't have the time. More to come on this subject next week.

And to finish this post with a big Ta-Da! I would like to announce that I am revamping my Scrap room or Studio. Take a peek at my other blog to see where I have been working all this time. :)

thanks for stopping by. :)

Tereza

Custom Made Wedding Gift for the Mother of the Bride

Hi everyone, I hope you are having a great weekend. We are certainly enjoying the summer weather and the pool. :)

Let me show you what I have been working on.





This is a custom order for a very special lady. She is getting married and is giving this album as a memorable gift to her Mom. There is also a Dad album coming soon. :)

this altered album is massive. It stands at 8" tall and 14" long. It's not made of chipboard but MDF. It's heavy and sturdy and just gorgeous. This particular one, because my customer had so many photos, has 7 pages for a total of 14 pages.

I am again using the Graphic 45 papers - Baby to Bride collection and they just have a nostalgic vintage feel. Very pretty. :)

Of course, what you are seeing here is just the first layer of this album. I will now add photo mats, embellishments, stamps, flowers, lace, ribbon, pearls, words, texts and more. So please come back to see the final result.

I will also share later this week the Bridesmaids cards I have finished this past week. :)

Thanks for stopping by, and as always feel free to contact me for custom orders. :)

Tereza

Vintage 8x8 Chipboard Album

I am renovating my computer room, so everything is a mess in here...kind of difficult to post much but I will try. :) I just finished a chipboard that was just wonderful to make. I got to play with the Graphic 45 papers. Oh, my!! they are so delicious...and because I couldn't decide which collection to use, I used a bit of everything. If you are familiar with these papers you will certainly recognize all of them. :)

Please come back in a few days and stop by my other blog to see some techniques and tips that I will share. :) Now, on to some more photos...enjoy. :)

Cards for Heroes Blog Hopping!

****Memorial Day Update - some people on the comments asked how did I know that the RED CARD in the soldier's hands was mine. Earlier on there was a bigger photo on CFH blog and I was really able to see it closely and it is mine. Below is a bigger picture of one of the cards I sent. And like I describe below on my original post I cut up pieces of a Christmas fabric and machine stitched to a red cardstock and hand stamped Merry Christmas on the inside. there were many different images on the fabric: Snow man, Christmas tree, bells, angels and with them the Christmas wishes for Joy, Peace, Love etc. I was so happy to see the fruits of my labor and it really motivated me to keep making more cards to send to them. It really takes very little to make someone's day.***********



If you follow my blog or have been here before you might have noticed my little banner of Cards for Heroes. Cards for Heroes is an organization that donates cards to our soldiers abroad so they can send hand written notes to their loved ones here back home. They also provide encouraging cards to our wounded heroes helping out another organization that provides quilts and other needed personal items to the soldiers that are wounded and have to be transported to a hospital.

I have become involved with this organization and have sent some cards to them a couple of times. My daughter and I got busy and made a bunch of them, as well as Christmas cards last year. If you would like to see some of them and the tips I shared please click HERE.



so I am participating on a Blog Hop to help promote this organization and get more people involved. Please check out their website for more information.

You don't need to be an expert card maker to join, or send dozens of cards. Just do a little or as much as you can. There are so many creative ways you can help. If you don't want to make cards, you can donate supplies, send a few dollars to help out with shipping, sign AnyHero cards...there is so much to do.

I have recently started collecting the cards that don't sell in my shop and I am sending them over.

Also do you see that red card in the hands of that hero on the first photo on this post? It's my card!! That is a Christmas card that I made using some donated red cardstock. I cut up some Christmas fabric that had cute pictures on them with sayings like Peace, Joy, etc and I machine stitched them to the cardstock. Them my daughter and I hand stamped MErry Christmas on the inside of them and they were ready. We sent over 50 cards. They were simple, cute and it was a great opportunity to do some bonding with my little one.

Have I convinced you yet? :)

Be sure to hop over to Pamela's website. Pamela is also participating on this blog hop. Pamela designs stamps and has some wonderful unique designs and scenery stamps, as well as beautiful cards and useful techniques and tips.

As you browse around the blogs make sure you leave traces that you were there. :) Would love to hear your comments.

Have a beautiful weekend and let's celebrate the heroes of this country! :)

Tereza