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more to see there then i remember as a kid it was fun today s card is another artisan award winner here it is i am a little busy today and the computer i m borrowing doesn t seem to like me so i m going to keep this short and leave out the details for now here is the list of the artisan award winners participating in the blog hop heather van duker elizabeth price renee ballard angela timms jodie olver becky cowley andrea munro richard garay tessa wise you are here thanks for stopping by today tessa posted by tessa wise at 9 41 am 3 comments labels artisan award chic boutique thoroughly modern dsp vintage vogue thursday august 5 2010 spring birds banner hello today i thought i d share one of my 3 d items from the artisan awards i think it was my best project it turned out just as i was hoping but before i show you it i have to brag a little i m vacationing on the coast in washington state and i know a few of you will be jealous i m heading to forks tomorrow hee i know dork i m so team edward my mom and i are taking the long way home just so we can get a peak at forks high school and bella s house we are hoping to see just a few crazy fans who visit dressed up in thier vampire finest hee ok here is my banner and some closer shots of the pieces most of these supplies are retired so i m not going to list them all if you have questions just ask the idea for this came from a project i made for a crop i attended in january i made giant lollipop flowers for a display and thought wow wouldn t these make a great banner the lollipops are easy enough to create i cut various widths of 12 strips and accordion folded them at 1 2 after they were folded i glued the ends together and flattened them out i used a lot of chipboard for the embellishments i covered them with ink paper glossy accents and glitter it was a lot of fun to make anyways if you haven t been to the other artisan award winner s blogs today check them out i m sure you ll be inspired by each and every one of them heather van duker elizabeth price renee ballard angela timms jodie olver becky cowley andrea munro richard garay tessa wise you are here hope you have a great day i ll try to report back tomorrow about forks and all the vampires we see hee thanks for stopping by tessa posted by tessa wise at 9 55 am 4 comments labels artisan award circle circus fabulous flowers wednesday august 4 2010 distressed dream card good morning i m back today with another one of my artisan award entries today s card was the last piece that i made to send in it was done pretty late on the night before it was due and i just kept adding to it until it looked right i used more of my favorite stamp sets and one of my favorite color combinations too here it is goodies all products by stampin up stamps medallion en francais dreams du jour ink soft suede old olive pretty in pink pumpkin pie rose red classic inks whisper white craft ink paper crumb cake whisper white soft suede cardstock pumpkin pie textured cardstock thoroughly modern dsp accessories pretty in pink satin ribbon hemp twine pretties kit aqua painter signo white gel pen paper piercer scallop edge punch this card feels like there is a lot going on doesn t it you can t even see where i used the en francais stamp in the background but it could just be the picture i distressed the whole thing with lots of soft suede classic ink don t forget to check out the rest of the artisan award winners projects heather van duker elizabeth price renee ballard angela timms jodie olver becky cowley andrea munro richard garay tessa wise you are here hope you are enjoying our little blog hop isn t everyone s work amazing enjoy the rest of your day and thanks for stopping by my little blog tessa posted by tessa wise at 9 49 am 3 comments labels dreams du jour en francais medalion thoroughly modern dsp tuesday august 3 2010 peek a boo scrapbook page good morning today i m sharing another one of my artisan award projects it s a scrapbook page featuring my daughter oldest daughter zoey goodies all products by stampin up stamps circle circus vintage vogue ink rose red old olive soft suede classic inks paper rose red old olive soft suede very vanilla cardstock very vanilla textured cardstock the write stuff dsp accessories scallop edge punch 1 3 8 circle punch sweet pea felt flowers hemp twine paper piercer white signo gel pen on board chipboard pieces alphabets i used the faux suede technique on the letters and on the banner they all look soft and fuzzy in real life i was trying to create different textures and not make it too busy this is probably my favorite of all my projects only because it s one of my favorite memories of zoey we brought natalie home from the hospital the day before these were taken she was playing peek a boo with her nana don t forget to check out the rest of the artisan award winners projects heather van duker elizabeth price renee ballard angela timms jodie olver becky cowley andrea munro richard garay tessa wise you are here ok hope you enjoy the rest of your day i ll be back again tomorrow with another project tessa posted by tessa wise at 9 50 am 5 comments labels artisan award circle circus the write stuff dsp vintage vogue monday august 2 2010 artisan award winning projects good morning i m off enjoying the beach this week but thought i d prepost my artisan award projects for those of you who weren t able to see them at convention all of the artisan award winners will be posting projects this week as well gotta love a blog hop so when i was putting these projects together i automatically went to one of my favorite stamp sets first can you guess which set i used hee season of friendship of course here is my card goodies all products by stampin up stamps season of friendship teeny tiny wishes ink crushed curry soft suede bermuda bay old olive paper soft suede whisper white crushed curry bermuda bay cardstock the write stuff dsp thoroughly modern dsp accessories scallop edge punch soft suede polka dot grosgrain ribbon scallop edge punch dazzling diamonds glitter 1 3 8 circle punch paper piercer dimensionals this was one of the first projects i did for the artisan awards and it is also one of my favorites i did this one before the mad rush to the end and i think i put a little more thought into it i added lots of little details to this card to make it extra special dazzling diamonds to the centers of all the hand cut flowers dsp peaking out from underneath the focal point cutting out the tree leaves so it looks like they re hanging over i don t have very good pictures of my projects i wasn t able to take pictures of my projects before i sent them in and i haven t been on my own computer to use the editing tools i m used to so you get snapshots from convention sorry now that you ve seen one of my projects go and check out the rest of the artisan award winners heather van duker elizabeth price renee ballard angela timms jodie olver becky cowley andrea munro richard garay tessa wise you are here sarah sergent is the only one among us who doesn t have a blog bummer right her work is really great so hopefully she ll be able to upload them somewhere for everyone to see thanks for stopping by today tessa posted by tessa wise at 9 50 am 7 comments labels artisan award season of friendship teeny tiny wishes sunday august 1 2010 artisans swap hi i m still on vacation only a week left and then i m heading home to virginia we ve had such a great time visiting our friends and family in washington but i ve been missing my home too hee i can t wait to sleep in my own bed again today i m sharing a swap card i made for convention this one was for the other artisan award winners along with shelli brent and two other concept artists that went to dinner with us all so obviously they had to be perfect i worked on putting them together before we left va and cut out all the intricate little leaves on our drive across country here it is goodies all products by stampin up ok i ll add these later i am still on vacation ha ha i had to use the autumn splendor set because i was so happy it had made its way into the big catty such a pretty one right instead of adding the clear top to my build a brad i used crystal effects to cover them i also added a little bit of dazzling diamonds glitter to each to give it a nice glittery look i had a great time at convention too it was a little weird going by myself not knowing anyone but i think i did ok i ended up tagging along with all sorts of people i met and had a great time doing it i made some great friends too if you are afraid to go because you ll be all alone don t worry you won t be there were 3 000 other people excited to talk about the same things you like hee i m so glad i decided to go ok we are off to the pacific ocean today enjoy your day and be sure to stop by tomorrow for my artisan award winning projects we are having another blog hop tessa posted by tessa wise at 1 39 pm 2 comments labels artisan award autumn splendor wednesday july 21 2010 wow well i m here wandering around the convention center i picked up a bag full of goodies and strolled the display area so many cute things i thought i would share a quick picture of my artisan awards project display i till can t believe that i am among the winners wow all of the projects are so creative and well done ok better go i just walked in to memento mall tessa posted by tessa wise at 2 27 pm 5 comments little bird card hello today i m finally on my way to the stampin up annual convention hee i m so excited to experience it first hand i m one of those people who lurk online during convention time in hopes that someone will post about all the fun they re having and the exciting announcements being made i can t wait to be there in person this year i created some swaps to share with some of the people i meet this week i guess swapping is quite the thing but since i ve been travelling i ve only been able to make about 30 swap cards all together and 14 of those are for the artisan award winners swap i ll post that one after our dinner goodies all products by stampin up stamps artistic etchings fifth avenue floral hope happens ink crumb cake so saffron early esspresso classic inks versamark paper crumb cake rose red confetti white cardstock pumpkin pie textured cardstock greenhouse gala dsp newsprint dsp accessories pretty in pink satin ribbon two step bird punch curly label punch champagne shimmer paint scallop edge punch i tried to keep this one simple but add lots of different textures at the same time i added shimmer paint to the center dots of the flowers with a tiny paint brush for a little bit of glitz and also distressed all of the edges with a little crumb cake ink and a sponge dauber they were fun to put together especially since i ve been having withdrawls from my craft room hee ok hope you are enjoying your day i can t wait to see what stampin up has in store for us this year tessa posted by tessa wise at 6 44 am 2 comments labels artistic etchings fifth avenue floral greenhouse gala hope happens newsprint swaps tuesday july 20 2010 more from our cross country trip we ve been enjoying our trip so much we arrived in washington state a few weeks ago and have been spending our time camping and visiting friends and relatives all over the state i love it hee here are a few pictures from our trip farmland in the skagit valley wa desert landscape in wyoming mount rushmore my family at the badlands national park in south dakota zoey by the prairie lands in south dakota isn t it amazing how beautiful america is i don t think i truely appreciated our country until this trip i really loved seeing the rolling praries mountains and farmland between the coasts and the people we ve met so many nice people along the way telling us what to do and see visiting with us like we were old friends it really has been great up next is my first stampin up convention yahoo i ll post my swap cards in the next couple of days and hopefully i can take some pictures of my artisan award projects to share with you too all of the winners are planning a little blog hop when we get back from convention so don t worry if you aren t going we should have plenty to share hee hope you all are enjoying the summer as much as i am it truely is one to remember tessa posted by tessa wise at 11 36 am no comments labels the girls wednesday june 30 2010 hoppin with the artisan award winners hello i am so excited and honored to be part of the 2010 artisan award winners with convention still so far away we thought it would be fun to do a hop now so you can get to know some of the winners beforehand a couple of the ladies aren t bloggers but most of us are hee everyone is super talented and i m sure you will find inspiration on each stop along the way heather van duker is our hop hostess this time thanks heather we all stuck with a patriotic theme this time around and since i m camping this weekend that is what i used as my inspiration to make a quick card goodies all products by stampin up stamps under the stars ink cherry cobbler not quite navy marina mist crumb cake early espresso soft suede versamark paper confetti white crumb cake marina mist cherry cobbler cardstock not quite navy textured cardstock accessories hemp twine aqua painter signo white gel pen i m very happy that this little set made it into the new catalog i ve only used it twice hee now i have a whole year to get my money s worth out of it i thought it was so fun and different from other stamp sets i have but i think it s a little hard to pair with sentiments any suggestions maybe i ll try something with the mosquito next time incase you are popping in mid point in our blog hop here are the other stops along the way heather van duker andrea munro elizabeth price jodie olver renee ballard richard garay tessa wise you are here angela timms be sure to check out everyone s blog if you are hopping in order you ve got one more stop to go angela s blog is next thanks for stopping by today i am usually a pretty regular poster but right now i m trekking across the country with my family i ll be back with my regular postings after convention have a great day tessa posted by tessa wise at 7 03 am 16 comments labels artisan award under the stars sunday june 27 2010 hello from sioux falls sd just a little update from our summer vacation we left wednesday morning on our cross country road trip and we ve been enjoying every minute of it so far we ve made four stops already camped in thunderstorms for 3 nights and hit a hotel for 2 nights it s fun to camp but i m loving the free wi fi at the hotel tonight hee our favorite memories so far watching our girls learn the ropes of camping ha ha my hubby and i had to relearn them too i bet it s been 10 years since our last camping trip eating at fun new restaurants along the way mmmm who knew cheese curds tasted so good hot sunny days cool rainy loud nights i ve never slept outside during such horre...