Can you tell I am loving the distress inks from Tim Holtz? They are so fun and easy to play with and create beautiful backgrounds. This little stamp is from Prima stamps, 7 pieces for under $3 over at SGD. I don't know who made the sentiment, punch from Martha Stewart and some embossing folders. And let's not forget the twine. I followed a sketch I found online, www.worldofcrafters.org/
You should check it out too! Thanks for stopping by, Anja
Today I am showing you a card, where I cased myself, LOL! Changed up the colours a little bit, still lots of pink, different borderpunch ( I got a few to choose from) and different paper.
Maybe that is the way to go, if you think it works, make more than one? Thanks for stopping by and have a great day, Anja
Ink on my fingers, ink on my desk, my oh my, Tim Holtz has taken over my craft room!! A girl can dream right, lol? I am having a blast playing with the inks and making clean and simple cards. Love it that you have so many choices with this hobby! You can do whatever and be happy, thanks for looking, Anja
Happy Friday, just a quick post from me today, you can read all about this card HERE. Have a great day, Anja
So bear with me, posting this from my IPod......I need all the help I can get,lol.I made 3 more cards with the same technique. Let's hope the post will go on, thanks, Anja
P.S. Click on the first picture and you will be able to see both cards!
While I was working and thinking about my cards for Craft a Scene this month ( the challenge is Spring flowers) I browsed and played and tried and in the end I had 2 card with Stampscapes and flowersoft, well, my DH said that wasn't good enough, they were too much alike, LOL. He even helped me and I listened....so I started to try and then came up with this, I had a "real"card, from the store and it looked somewhat like this...so no stamping at all, but a scene I made, with flowers from punch a bunch, Martha Stewart butterfly, clouds from a MFT die, the rest is free handed .
So let me know what you think and please be honest, it is different for sure. Come and play with us and check out the work of the other design team members HERE.
Thanks for stopping by, Anja
I have seen this technique done on several blogs and I have wanted to try it myself....it is so simple! Mask off an area, use some Tim Holtz distress inks, stamp, remove the mask and add a sentiment and a bird in those cards. Sentiments from Hero arts, tree branch is from Inkadinkadoo, bird is a Mc Gill punch, some score lines were added because I just had to add something, lol! I making a couple more and then I can give it away as a set, that's my plan, let's hope I get to finish it. Thanks for stopping by, Anja
This month I need a couple of anniversary cards and this is one I made, I like the colour combo and it didn't take too long to make. I hope you all had a great Mother's day! We did, it was a busy weekend, with lots of work and farm stuff on Saturday,family, church, good food and kayaking on Sunday , I loved every minute of it! Now the house is quiet..... and a bit of a mess, I am off to do more groceries, I can't believe the fridge is empty again,lol! Have a great day, Anja
Happy Friday! Today I am showing you on of the card for my next class on Wednesday May 30 form 10 to 12 AM, you will make 4 masculine cards! Read all about it here. Have a great day, Anja
Good morning! Here is my card for Craft a Scene challenge May, the challenge is springflowers! I love flowers and you can do so many different things with them! The purple flower is from Wild Orchids, I make my own flowers most of the time but I got some of my friend and this one was the perfect colour. Come and join us, you have a whole month and can submit up to 3 cards.
For my card I have used: 292 Cloud bits stamped in light blue, 291 D Stampscapes Little church and 2901 B maple trio in Versafine black, for the grass in the front I have used 191 A and 251 C sedge filler. I have coloured with Prismacolour pencils, the flowers and blossoms are done with Flowersoft, peony pink and lavender. Embossing folder from Crafts too, petals. Nestabilities Beaded oval and some cream Viva pearl.
Hope you are able to join us, take care and thanks for stopping by, Anja
I had 2 classed recently at SGD and it was so much fun, thank you to all the ladies who came out! There is always some pieces and stuff left so I sat down and created a card, Ican't seem to throw anything out. The rose die is from MFT, didn't have that one so I had to try it, it works great! Sentiment from Just Rite. The little flowers are from the medium hydra cluster punch from punch a bunch. Have a great day and thanks for looking, Anja
I will be there, hope to see you too!! Take care, Anja
Good morning, here is the card I posted for SGD today, you can read all about it HERE.
Trying it again, after my youngest child told me to do it this way........oh man, I am getting old, lol! When did this happen?Anyhow, here is a card I forgot to post, pink and flowers, hope you like it too, take care, Anja
Here is my second card for the challenge over at Craft a Scene. This month the theme is silhouettes. For my card, I combined the moon with a silhouette,see, all the things I have learned, lol! I started with punching out a circle for the moon, put it on a piece of white cardstock with removable tape and got out my Tim Holtz's distress inks. Here is a list of the colours I used:
antique linen, old paper, pumice stone, brushed corderoy, frayed burlap, vintage photo and walnut stain
Then, I sprayed it with water, wiped it with paper towel and added some more walnut stain, sprayed and wiped again , added some more antique linen.
I stamped the image, Penny Black wintersky, with black Versafine, I then sprayed it all with an acrylic sealer. The black background is a die from Spellbinders, Lace Doily motifs, sentiment from Just Rite. Some scored lines to finish it off.
Come and play with us, there is a prize to win! Thanks for looking, Anja
Yesterday I got to spend some time in my craft room! Finally got to play with some things I got at the garage sale...This card is made with a Unity Stamp, sentiment from Clear Dollar Stamps and the dp is retired, I believe, it's from WeRMemory Makers. I got to use some twine, love it! Oh, and a button, have a jar full, just sitting there. I like how it turned out, hope you do too! Have a great day, and thanks for stopping by, Anja
Happy Friday! It has been quiet here on my blog, I have been busy working on lots of crafty stuff, just didn't post them yet. But today I have a card to share, you can read about it HERE.
I do have more to share, after I get organized and take pictures..........
Have a great day, Anja
A new challenge is starting over at Craft a Scene, and this time it is silhouette. Did I even spell that right? Hope so.... The design team got a set of digi stamps and made a card with them. Caroline Rawcliffe is our sponsor this month, so a big thank you for her!! You can check out her stamps here.
The stamps are beautiful and the possibilities endless! Now, I am not good at the computer, it took me some time and a lot of help from the boys but I did it!!! So if you have never tried the digi stamps, if I can do it, anybody can, LOL!!
About the card, I used the stars in a circle and the tree branch from the digi stamps. Embossing folder from Crafts too, Nestabilities, sentiment from Clear Dollar stamps, MS borderpunch and the bird is a Marianne Design die. Ribbon from my stash and some silver Viva pearls to finish it off. Check out the cards made by the design team and join us in this challenge if you like!!
Have a great day, Anja
Isn't this the cutest bunny?? Read about it HERE. I am off to a weekend of scrapbooking, see you later, Anja
Some yummy, new paper from Cosmo Cricket, beautiful colours, I couldn't resist. The photo doesn't do this card justice, I think, click on the picture for a better look. Sentiment from Just Rite, different Nestabilities and a border from Cheery Lynn. Flowers and green stuff from Cheery Lynn and Marianne Design. Thanks for stopping by, Anja
So many new dies from Marianne Design, I needed a baby girl card so here I have used the baby carriage and the doily die from Cheery Lynn. It is hard to keep up with all the companies coming out with dies, so many choices!
Lots of pink, sentiment from Stamping Up, borderpunch from Martha Stewart, some bling and the dots embossing folder. Thanks for looking, Anja
Today I am sharing my second card for the Craft a Scene design team. You can find the blog here. The challenge this month is moon light, you can join us too and have a chance to win a prize! After I had trouble with the first card, I got into the moon mode...... For this card I inked up my Hero arts stamp and stamped it on my background. The background is done with mostly Tim Holtz distress inks and a few SU inks, I will list them for you. For the moon I took a scrap of paper and cut out a 1 1/4 inch circle and used it as a mask , I inked it up with SU so saffron. Then I covered the moon up and started sponging on my other colours: SU bashful blue, TH tumbled glass, TH broken china, TH faded jeans, TH weathered wook, TH black soot, TH spiced marmelade. The sentiment is from Just Rite, Just because set.
Black and barely banana cardstock, SU label punches, Dots embossing folder, some twine out of my stash and liquid pearls to finish it off.
Check out the blogs of the design team members! Thanks for stopping by, Anja
Love the owl punch from SU! So much fun and easy to make cards with. A scrap of dp. a cloud die from MFT, MS borderpunch, embossing folders,star punch, SU label punch and some twine, voila!
Hope you like it too, till next time, Anja
Happy Friday! A masculine card to share with you today! You can read about it here.
Enjoy this beautiful day!
Last week a friend and I went shopping in the States, a fun day, and we both really behaved, lol! The lady at the border thought so too, so life is good. I have a basket in my craft room where I put the new things in, I wanna use them before I put them away, you never know what will happen then....
One of the things I got is the Cricut cardtridge Elegant edges, soooooo many possibilities. The sentiment is from Stampabilities and the labels cut with the Cricut, Darice embossing folder, Marianne Dies for the flower and the bird, MS punch and Viva pearls. Ribbon from my stash.
Hope you like it, have a great day, Anja
It seems like our internet is up an running...grr, I don't know much about computers but I do know how much they can frustrate you!
On the bright side, you have more time in the day if you don't go on.....so I made a few cards.
I needed another sympathy card, going through my stuff...used a Marianne Die for the frame, MS borderpunch, Nestabilities and stamps from Clear Dollar stamps, Hero and Cornish Heritage. Black Viva pearls drops to finish it off. Oh and the butterfly is a Joy craft die.
Thanks for stopping by, Anja
Finally I get a chance to post a card, keep your fingers crossed, the internet is been out most of the weekend, the wireless still doesn't work, not sure what is going on.
This card is done with Stampabilities stamps , MS border, Nesties, Fiskars border punch and the labels have been cut with the Cricut, Elegant edges. I use my Cricut mostly for scrapbooking, that's a shame with so many possibilities.....
The good thing is, when the computer is not working, you get a lot more time to play, LOL!
Thanks for stopping by, Anja
Not the best picture but a quick card, you can find all the details here.
We are off to the Farm show today, happy Friday, Anja
Some times it takes a lot of things to make a card............the challenge this month at Craft a Scene is moonlight.......and boy oh boy did I struggle with this one. My wastebasket is over flowing and my fingers have all kinds of distress inks on them. To be honest, I don't think I have ever made a card with the shining moon in it, I have drooled over other peoples creations.
So I searched and checked out blogs and galleries.....did some shopping....and then I came across this stamp from Stampendous, and I knew I had to buy it. The sample I saw at the store was done without a moon, and with Tim Holtz inkers, and those I don't have so.....I worked with what I do have , and believe me I am not short of anything, LOL. So I played with different colours distress inks and sponges, here is a list of the colours that made it for my final project:
spiced marmelade, tumbled glass, peeled paint oh and I started with SU so saffron.
I tried hard to bring in some light and darker colour tones and to show the moon light shining in the water. Glitter came out too but I quickly discovered that that was not gonna work for me. After I was happy with the image, I cut it out, matted it on a scalloped rectangle, used a Crafts Concepts embossing folder,fiskars border punch, some twine, black Viva pearls and a sentiment from Stampendous. So that is all about this card, a little bit of me and a whole lot of another unknown, talented crafter. My next card will be all me, I promise, but sometimes we all need a little help.
Hop on over to the blog and I hope you will be able to join us this month, looking forward to see all your creations!!
Have a great day, Anja
Happy Friday! Here is a card for all of you!! You can read about itHERE.
Thanks for stopping by, Anja
Yesterday we celebrated Maarten's 4 th birthday, while he turned 16! An unexpected day off school due to freezing rain, gave us the change to go out for lunch with the boys.
Here is the card I made for him, I have used some new stamps/dies from Hero/Sizzix, stamping up punches and some WeRmemory keepers dp. Sentiment from Stampendous.
Thanks for stopping by, Anja
This is what has kept me busy and driving the past couple of weeks...my son's basket ball team!
(And some design team stuff and a card class) Last Friday they won silver and now their season is over, I have loved it but boy it was busy, but so worth it. Mine is number 4, the captain of the team.
Tomorrow is his 4 th birthday and he is turning 16, so I am off to my room to make him a card!
Oh, I do have a card to share.....
Finally another post from me...a Bo Bunny card I made for the store, you can find the details here.
Thanks for stopping by, Anja
Here is my card today for the Craft a Scene challenge from this month, read about it on the blog here.
A lot of beautiful cards have been submitted already and there is still lots of time to play!
For this scene I created the sky with a cloud stamp from Impression Obsession, stamped with bashful blue. I made the tree line with stampscapes tree duo large and Rubbernecker trees from Cause a Scene. The birds and deer are Stampscapes. I sponged some blue on the bottom for snow and sprinkled some white fun flock and diamond dust on. Some pearls with a Viva pearl pen, border from MS, Spellbinders and sentiment from Clear Dollar stamps.
Looking forward to see your winter scene! Have a great day, Anja
Just showing you some more Valentine's cards I made, for the bottom one I cased myself, did this one in different colours before. The top one is a mix of some other cards. I make them, use the ones I need and leave them on a shelf......to notice that some are gone, LOL! See, that is what happens when little boys grow up! I love it!
Have a great day, Anja
Wishing you all a Happy Valentine's Day!! Hope you can do something fun! Take care, Anja
I coloured this image a long time ago, got me a piece of leftover dp from a friend, sorry, don't know the company as it was a scrap. So I finally made it into a card.
No clue why I didn't do this before since it really wasn't that hard, LOL!
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja
Yesterday I didn't have time to post my Friday card here for the blog from SGD, you can read all about it here.
Welcome to another challenge for Craft a Scene! This month we are asking you to create a winter scene.
A cute card from me, that doesn't happen very often, LOL!
