Spring colours on a cold, snowy day!

Happy Friday! Long time, no see.....but I am back. My husband and I just came home from a trip to warm and sunny Mexico.......back to the cold and snow. Time to get crafty.....Here is my card for the SGD blog today. We will be making this one for Toonie Tuesday, February 11 at 2 PM. You can read about it HERE. Today I am planning to get my mixed media products out and PLAY!!

                                                         Have a great day, Anja

Let's get sketchy, C4C219

Welcome to another challenge over at the CRAZIES .

This week it is sketch time, I changed it up a little bit, putting my circle on top of the strip, I hope that's okay, lol! I had a lot of fun with this card, can you believe it all started with white paper? I got my alcohol inks out to make the strip on the left and the butterfly. I put some embossing paste over top with a stencil, the paste is white but it picked up the silver from the alcohol inks, pretty cool! Embossing folder out of my stash , inked with some Tim Holtz tumbled glass and sprayed with silver glimmer mist, nice and sparkly!! I also sprayed the circle, it is a Nestabilitie. The sentiment is from Just Rite, a cut a strip of white, used a corner punch on the end, inked and sprayed and voila, all done.

I wish you could see this card IRL, the picture doesn't show the sparkle and the details.......

Come and join us in the challenge, we would love to have you!!!

                             Till next time, Anja                                     

Hugs and Kisses!

Happy Friday! A Valentine's card today for Toonie Tuesday, January 21 at 2 PM. You can find all the details at the SGD website HERE

                                  Have a great day, Anja

C4C218, a skinny card!

 

A skinny card!! I wish I could post a picture of a skinny me....if it was only as easy and fun as making a card, it could happen, lol! This week the challenge from the Crazies is to make skinny card, size 3.5 x 5.5

I made a special envelope for it with my envelope board but it fits in a standard size. I started out with a white base and cut the front panel slighty smaller, embossed that with an embossing folder from Cuttlebug, Anna Griffins foulard folder, and then sponged on some Tim Holtz antique linen distress ink. The white oval is a die from Crafts too, the kraft oval underneath is not exactly in the middle...bummer..... The flowers are a die from Memory Box, bow from my stash and sentiment on a nestabilitie and from Stampin Up. Lastly I added some Ice white Viva pearls. The card is in the mail already for my sister, who I really miss!!!

Come on over HERE and check out what the other design team  members have created and we would love to have you join us! Till next time, Anja

Toonie Tuesday Jan. 14, romantic birthday card!

Happy Friday! Sharing my Toonie Tuesday card for Jan. 14 at 2 pm with you today! Check out all the details HERE.

It was so much fun to play with all those elements!!! Have a great day, Anja

A new challenge for the "Crazies", C4C217!

Welcome to the first challenge for 2014 with the Crazies!!! This time we have a photo for your inspiration, you can check it out HERE. I went with the colours, black, white and silver. I combined it with some hearts ( the embossed background) and flowers (Poppy die from Memory Box), great way to send some wishes for the New Year, did not wanna do snowflakes since we got a lot of snow already, lol! You see the reflection of my hand from taking the picture in the silver paper, don't know how to fix that.

Come on over and check out what the other design team members have created and join us if you like, we would love to have you!! Thanks for looking, Anja

Happy New Year from a happy stamper!

Happy New Year to all of you!!! I am so looking forward to some much needed craft time! Here is my project for the SGD  blog today, you can check it out HERE.

                                            Take care, Anja

Christmas card for Crazy4challenges, C4C 215

Hello Ladies,

Sharing my card for the Crazies with you, the challenge this week is to use something from every letter from the word NOEL, so here we go......... 

N baby Jesus from the Nativity scene

O the middle letter of Joy

E the Embossed background

L the liquid golden pearls

This image is cut out with the Silhouette, as soon as I saw this, I knew I was gonna buy it, love the simplicity and the great message it is given to us.

Check out what the other design team members have created, and join us if you like, we would love to have you! You can find the link HERE.

                        Have a great week, Anja

Simple, elegant Christmas card!

Happy Friday! Sharing my card for the SGD blog with you. With thanks to Pinterest!

You can read about it HERE.  If all goes well, I am on a little shopping trip to the States with some crafty girlfriends!!! Have a great day, Anja

Snowflake Christmas!

With all the Christmas cards I am posting, you would think that mine would be all done....not true...this was another one we did yesterday at SGD for Toonie Tuesday.....

 I used Bazzil bling paper for the big snowflake, but it's hard to see in the picture.

                                                     Thanks for stopping by, Anja

Thinking of you with the Crazies!

Happy Saturday! I have to confess......I am cheating today on my own challenge.....
It's been a crazy week....you know, where life just happens...so I am using a card I made a while back but I am actually mailing it out.

The flower is done with the Silhouette, love that machine. The center is raised and I put some glitter on it with glossy accents. Some score line to finish it of. Check out what the other design team members have created, HERE is the link for you.

                                                          Have a great day, Anja

C4C212, it is sketch time!

Another week flew by and so it is time for another challenge over at the Crazies, come and join us if you like, we would love to have you.

It is sketch time....and I almost forgot to post my card, thankfully I remember late last night, I made the card just had to post it.

My card is stamped with the background from SU, around the world. Boat stamp, frame and sentiment from Just Rite. It is hard to see the bronze Viva pearls on the half circle, but they are there.

                              Thanks for stopping by, Anja

Let's put a frame on, C4C211

While this post comes up, if Mr. Blogger works well, I am away on a scrapbook/stamping retreat!!!

At a fabulous location, with great company and amazing food.

On to the card.........Let's put a frame on, that is the challenge this week over at the Crazies.

My card is to say a big thank you to all the veterans!! Thank you for all you do and sacrifice!

                                           Have a great day, Anja

Welcome Baby!!

Happy Friday!! So sorry for the horrible picture, I could not get a better picture.

This is the card for the SGD blog today, you can check it out HERE.

We are all at the retreat this weekend at the Oakwood Inn!

You can make this card if you come out on Tuesday November 12, at 2 PM for Toonie Tuesday!

                                                  Have a great day, Anja

Best Wishes!

Oops, I posted the picture before cropping it......I am working on filling my box with cards and this is one of them. Like this colour combo, have a great day, Anja

It's not all black and white....C4C 210

Welcome to November, and to a new challenge over at the Crazies, I am your host for this month.
The first challenge is to use black and white with one other colour, you knew, I was gonna choose pink, lol!

The background is a new embossing folder from Cuttlebug, flowers a die from Spellbinders, the labels were cut with the silhouette and the sentiment is from Hero Arts, I believe.

Come and join us in this challenge, if you like, we would love to see your work! 

                                                   Till next time, Anja

Mixed Media

Happy Friday! Sharing a card made with mixed media on the blog of SGD today. You can read about it HERE. It is a lot of fun to play with inks, sprays, pastes, stencils, salt, paints.....you never know what you are making, lol! Have a great day, Anja

One more.....

My box with Stampscapes is out the drawer! Can you tell? I had to make another scenery card with the background I made at Lori's class on Friday night, Tim Holtz paints, dylusions and some distress inks....stamped with Versafine back, used some Spellbinders borders on the bottom to finish it off.

Love stampscaping! Have a great day, Anja

Stampscaping!

That is a word right, stampscaping? In my craft room it is. Love the stampscapes stamps to create some scenes. For this one I have used some glimmermists and Tim Holtz distress inks. I did not wanna go to dark and the mists give you that effect. Have a great day, Anja

Fall Sympathy card

Sharing a sympathy card with you today, I made this one a while ago. Leaves are from Impression Obsession, dp from Kaiser Kraft, I believe.

The sentiment is from Just Rite. The rest of the card is pretty simple.

                                               Have a great day, Anja

Happy Birthday card for Silke, C4C209

Happy Saturday and Happy Birthday to Silke our host over at the "Crazies."

October is her birthday month and she is asking us to make a card with your favourite stampset...well, today my favourite set is the Poppies from MFT. Who knows which one it will be tomorrow, lol!

The border is made with Spellbinders Edgebilities, some silver Viva pearls, Nestabilities and the dots embossing folder. I stamped the poppies in Tim Holtz barn red and then cut them out.

Love this set. hope you have a great day, Anja

A poppy card

Good morning! It's been a while.... But here is my card for SGD today. Love poppies! A great set from MFT.

I am posting from my ipod since our pc  is at the "docters" office for a virus, lol.

Have a great day, Anja

Crazy for Challenges, C4C207, chevrons and more!

Yippee, it is Saturday, time for another challenge over at the Crazies. Last week I missed out, life got in the way, it happens, but this week, I am in!! You can read all about the challenge HERE.

We are asked to use CHEVRONS, GREY, PINK, GREEN and YELLOW.

I love a good challenge, thinking outside the box. So I pulled out my chevron embossing folder and the Impression Obsession dies for the border. Then I turned on the Cameo, what a great addition to my stuff, lol. I cut out the flower and the shape in the middle. Sentiment from Hero arts, label punches from SU, some twine and a button and to finish it off some silver Viva pearls.

                             Hope you like it! If you are a fellow Canadian, I wish you a Happy Thanksgiving!!

                                                 Till next time, Anja

Elegant with Couture Creations!

Happy Friday! Sharing my card for the SGD blog today, read all about it HERE.

Wonderful product from Couture Creations, matching  stamps, dies and embossing folder.

I am getting ready for Thanksgiving. Lots to be thankful for!!

A Dutch apple pie is baking in the oven......not good for my waist line....

                             Happy Thanksgiving, Anja

Best Wishes!

I saw this layout on Pinterest and I really liked it....so I made a little sketch and then forgot about it, lol.

A while later, I find it again and made the card. Flowers are cut with the Silhouette, butterfly from Cheery Lynn, the stamp is one of my garage sale finds. Of course some liquid Viva pearls were added, can't make a card without them. Have a great day, Anja

Happy WIshes!

Playing with some stuff in my craft room, coloured this High Hopes sunflower with derwents inktense pencils.

Just sending some happy wishes to someone! Paired it up with the Cheery Lynn doily, some twine and craft paper. Hope you like it, Anja

National Cardmaking Day!!!

If you would like to make 3 cards for FREE .......then please join us at Scrappingreatdeals this Saturday, October 5 from 10 AM till 2 PM!!

We are celebrating National Scrapbooking Day!!!You can find all the details HERE.
Lori, Laura and myself are helping you make a card and Kim will teach you how to make your own envelopes, did I mention DOOR PRIZES, and RAFFLE tickets......

Please come on out and help us celebrate!!! This is a FREE EVENT but we are asking a donation for ovarian cancer research, read all the details on the website, Sheila and Mike will match the amount of donated money, how awesome is that!!

Hope to see you, Anja

Fall birthday card

It is a beautiful day! How I like fall, just not all the bees and wasps, lol. For my card I have used some Kaiser Kraft paper, IO leaf dies and an unknown sentiment. 

Have a great day and thanks for stopping   by, Anga

It is sketch time, C4C204

It is the third Saturday of the month and that means it is sketch time over at the Crazies.

Sketches are a great way to get you started on your card. My card is very similar to the one I posted yesterday, but I really like this wheat die from Impression Obsession........and the paper was still on my desk and I needed a get well card.....

Check out what the other design team members have done with this sketch. 

                                                         Have a great day, Anja

Another masculine card with IO die!

Happy Friday! This new die from IO is a must have.......I made this card for the SGD blog, check out the details HERE.

                                                            Have a great day, Anja

Fall Thank you!

I see people using burlap on cards , really like that. Since I needed a thank you card, I thought the burlap goes very nice with the leaves (Impression Obsession dies). Sentiment  is from Papersmooches. Some raffia out of my drawer and voila, another card done.

                                   Have a great day, Anja

Just playing

Just playing with some punches, a stamp and a cut out from the silhouette. I am getting frustrated with how to take my pictures, this one is done without the photo tent and I still don't like it, but oh well, who has time to figure it all out, I rather be crafting, lol.

                                Have a great day, Anja

White on white, C4C 203

The challenge this week over at the Crazies is white on white, love that look. I did cheat a little bit, see the layer of silver I added? And oh boy, it was hard to take a good picture.

I used a big borderpunch from Martha Stewart, an CB embossing folder, sentiment from Paper Smooches, some flower punches and the frame is from the Silhouette.

Check out what the other design team members have come up with and play with us if you can, so much fun!

                                                 Till next time, Anja

Masculine card with some new IO dies!

 Happy Friday!

Here is my card today for SGD, you can find all the details HERE. Did you see the new dies from IO??

It never stops.......Enjoy the weekend, Anja

Flowers and pearls, C4C 202

Another challenge over at the Crazies, this time it is right up my alley, flowers and pearls. Two things I love to use, so it was not hard at all. The flowers are the MFT mini rolled roses, they are one of my favourites.

Check out what the other design team members have done, so inspiring.

                                            Have a great day, Anja

Paper Smooches and Inktense pencils

Another dark picture, sorry, I am trying to do better , this one is done with a photo tent and lights but I am not sure. 

I stamped the Paper Smooches animal on watercolour paper and coloured him with Inktense Pencils, sentiment and dp unknown ( have had it forever) the clouds are from Impression Obsession. Borderpunch from Martha Stewart. 

                              Hope you like it, Anja

Happy 16th birthday!

Three times is a charm, trying to post this card, but Blogger doesn't seem to like it.

It's the card I made for our youngest son, who turned 16 last week.

I used the colours from the country where he was born and cut the shapes with the Silhouette.

Have a great day, Anja

For the lovebirds!

Friends of us had a 25th anniversary and we were invited to party along with them!

Here is the card I made for them, it was hard to get a good picture. I like the white with the silver, the birds are made with the SU punch. Sentiment from Just Rite. Hope you like it, Anja

Buttons and bows, C4C 201

Buttons and bows, for the challenge over at the Crazies this week. What a great challenge, I am loving it!

Last week I did a baby card and since I need another one, I came up with this. The onesie is a cut out from the silhouette, some flowers from a punch, border punch from Fiskars, and an embossed background. Ribbon from my stash. Hope you like it and maybe you wanna join us this week.

Check out all the details HERE.

                                                    Enjoy your weekend, Anja

Masculine card with Memory Box!

Happy Labour Day weekend!!! The last weekend before school starts.....A masculine card with Memory Box, those products make it easy to make this card, check out the SGD blog for more info how you can make this card on Tuesday, September 3rd at 2 PM. Have a great weekend, Anja

Playing with dylusions and stencils!

                   

What do you do when you don't know what to make.....well, I pulled out some Dylusions ink and stencils. And some glimmermists and papertowel, I was so smart to play in the kitchen...A little while later, I had some nice backgrounds. This one I turned into a card, love the effect. Have a great day, Anja

Love the animals with the Crazy 4 Challenges team!

The Crazy 4 Challenges challenge this week  is to put an animal on your card, not hard at all for me! I love animals and we have a variety here at our farm, chickens, sheep, horses, lama's, a cow, rabbits, dog and a few cats and I am sure some mice. And we have a donkey, Miss Daisy, she is so cute and friendly, we are patiently waiting for her to deliver a baby! I needed a baby card so I decided to combine it with this challenge, the dp is from my basket, who knows who made it, and the cute rabbits are cut with the cameo.

                             Hope you can join us this week, enjoy your weekend, Anja

Sketch from Crazy 4 Challenges, C4C199

           
Way to late, but I finally had a chance to make this card, this week over at the Crazies, it's a sketch challenge, and I love sketches, I just ran out of time last week. You can find the details HERE. 

I went with my 6x6 paperpack from Cosmo Cricket and a train die from Cheery Lynn, sentiment unknown. Hope you like it, have a great day, Anja

One for the guys!

               

A quick masculine card, that's what I needed yesterday and nothing suitable in my box, grrr.

So thankfully the cameo came to the rescue....oh that wonderful machine....Anyhow, I cut the frame and added the scenery with Tim Holtz and Memento inks. Trees and birds are from Stampscapes.

This moring the card already made it to the person I made it for,pff, just in time!

                        Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Back to school with the Crazies, C4C198!

  The "Crazies" are thinking about going back to school, now, isn't that crazy??? I refuse to think about it, lol, we have 3 more weeks and I am enjoying it!!!

Complete denial for me!!

Anyhow, I did make a card, only to realize, I really had no stamps for this theme........but the Cameo came to the rescue...I cut out some letters, stars, borders, and an arrow, the background stamp was a garagesale find. I stamped it in Versamark and embossed it Tim Holtz embossing powder.

The punch is from SU, and that's how this project became a card, lol! Have a great day, Anja

New Spellbinders borders!!

Happy Friday! The last couple of weeks I have only posted on Friday and Saturdays.....the joys of the summer, not too many obligations, I do get to craft a bit more often and I have lots I could show you......

Anyhow, today it's my day to post for SGD and here is my card. You can find all the details HERE.

                              Have a great day! Till next time, Anja

Paperpiercing with the Crazies, C4C197

      

Hello Ladies, ready for a new challenge over at the Crazies? Find all the details HERE. This week we are paperpiecing!! I love this challenge, most likely because it means you have to colour less and the paper will do the work, lol!! Not that I don't love to colour, I do, but I am not so good at it.

The image is from Mo Manning, and it could be one of my boys! Sentiment from Hero Arts, background from Tim Holtz, dp out of my collection, some Bo Bunny and some.......

Come and play with us, we would love to have you! Have a great weekend, Anja

Clean and simple!

     Happy Friday! Here is my card for SGD today! It's clean , simpe and a bit cased, hope you like it! Have a great day, Anja

Let's do a picnic! C4C196

               Late, so late, way to late posting this card here.....I didn't go on a picnic but I did go out with my hubby today and forgot to post. Anyhow, before I roll into bed, here is my card for the Crazies. You can find it HERE. I had no clue what to make for this challenge......Hope you like it, Anja

Things are looking sketchy!!! C4C 195

Time for another challenge from the "Crazies". This week Andrea has a fun sketch for us to try.

You can find all the details HERE. I went a little crazy for sure, lol, my plan was to make a simple card, well, this one wasn't hard to make but while I was layering , I kept on going.... I do like how it turned out, really my style. Hope you like it too, have a great day, and join us if you can, we would love to see your creations!

                                                            Have a great weekend, Anja