Something old, something new...

Another card out of my box with leftovers, this was a card from a class a while ago and I changed it up a little bit. The cupcake is from Just Rite and the sentiment from SU.
The icing is glittered up and to top it off, some pink bling.
I still can't see the bottom of the box....it makes you think....will I ever use all the paper??
Oh well, you never know, LOL!
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Joy Craft butterflies and more...

I am working on some thank you cards, since the end of the school year is coming up, I am gonna try to be organized this year,LOL!
The background is done with Tim Holtz distressing inks, love how easy they are to play with.
The stamps are from Technique Tuesday, the sentiment from Hannah stamps, the flowers are made with some punches and some Joy craft dies. The butterflies are from Joy Craft too, I cut them out and sprayed Goosebumps over them, it makes them nice and crisp. Well, the rest of the card is pretty basic, a CB embossing folder for the background and some Nestabilities.
And let's not forget the bling in the middle from the Dollar store.
Thanks for stopping by today, Anja

Purple flowers

I am still playing with some leftovers, so for now I think my new pink is purple, LOL!
Here I have used an old SU favourite, In full bloom, stamped the flowers twice, coloured them with Prisma's and Gamsol, I then cut them out and popped them up. The little thank you is a stamp I got years ago, no clue who made it but I like the size. For the centre of the flowers I used some Flowersoft, I do have a couple of jars, but I really don't use it a lot, don't know why....
The border punch along the side is from Martha Stewart and I used some different Nestabilities.
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Happy Father's Day!

Father's day is coming up and since I have heard rumours that Canada Post might go on strike...my card is ready to go in the mail, well, after the long weekend.
So this card is for my Dad, and he lives in Holland, so hopefully the mail will get there.
I have used kraft paper and chocolate chip, I stamped the background with Weathered from SU and then on top of that I stamped some images from the set It's about time, also from SU.
The sentiment is from Kaiser Craft and the dies are from Spellbinders, Sprightly Sprockets.
After I had this all done, I got my little bottle with Goosebumps, from Tsukineko, and I sprayed some of this on top of the whole card. I love the look of it, it almost looks like leather.
Hope you like my card too, have a great weekend, Anja

FREE MAKE AND TAKE!

Another rainy day.....so it's a perfect day to hop over to Scrappingreatdeals!
Today Andrea will be there from 1 to 3 PM with a free product talk, and she will bring sunshine to this day, LOL!!
There is also gonna be a FREE MAKE AND TAKE! This will run from 3 to 5 PM!
Come on over, no need to register, and have some fun with us, we would love to have you, Anja

One more....

One more card where I cased myself, just changed the dp and the colours.
The dies are from Holland, and the sentiment is from Just Rite.
My box of leftovers is still pretty full but my box of cards is getting fuller.
Thanks for stopping by, Anja

Thinking of you

A thinking of you card with leftovers again, and it doesn't even make a dent in that big box.....
So there is not much to tell, a MS borderpunch for the top and bottom, the green piece is a die from Cuttlebug, stamp from Just Rite and flowers....the green leaves are dies from Holland, love those.
I call this a purple/green card, but I think it is pretty close to pink...
Thanks for looking, take care, Anja

Going purple with a CAS card

A very purple card today, and a pretty quick and simple one.
The middle piece and the corners are die cuts, they were in my leftover box too, no clue where they came from.
And I can not seem to stop playing with my flower punches...soon I will have a leftover box with paper flowers, LOL!
Have a great day, Anja

Casing myself....

Since it is raining all the time, deep sigh, doesn't make my farmer happy, I am cleaning up in my craft room. I keep a lot of scraps, must be the Dutch in me, and seem to think that all the leftovers from classes need to be used....so I looked through this bin and started to play with it.

This card was not meant to be on the green base but when I stamped the inside, I messed up so in order to save the card, I had to mount it on the green. I did change a few little things, we did thsi once for a make and take, so now those leftovers are gone. Watch for more to come...

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Lots of pink and flowers!

So if you don't like pink.....this is not for you. I have been making flowers and having a lot of fun with them, for Mother's day I got that awesome tool from punch a bunch to help you use your punches......I actually bought it myself, brought it home and told my boys and DH that this was gonna be my present and that I was taking donations, LOL!

Honestly, I love the men in my life but sometimes they need a little help and clear instructions are sometimes necessary, LOL! One year I got a llama for my birthday.....see, where I am coming from?

So on to the cards, Mr. Blogger seems to be working again, so 2 cards today.

And I couldn't help myself, there is lots of pink, green, flowers and bling. Stamps from Just Rite.

Don't think that I have to explain anything more. I will try to leave the pink alone for my next card. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day, Anja

Same layout, wrong picture!

Hope you all had a great National Scrapbook Day!!!
I spend a big part of the day at SCRAPPINGREATDEALS, celebrating, so much fun!
So I didn't have a lot of time to stamp today, so I quickly made another Mother's day card, since I gave the other one away...., same layout, different colours and by the way, it really looks better in real life.
Hope you had a great day too, thanks for stopping by, Anja

National Scrapbook Day and a card

Tomorrow is NATIONAL SCRAPBOOK DAY!!!!

And at SCRAPPINGREATDEALS , there is gonna be a FREE MAKE AND TAKE, with prizes to win, so please come and stop by, check out the website here for more details. Remember to bring a 4x6 picture of yourself, we will show you how fabulous you are!!

The make and take will run from 10 AM till 2 PM, but you can shop all day and there is 20% store wide discount with a bonus, all the details are on the website.

So on to the card, I had a bit of time to play today and I made this card with Just Rite stamps, paper from Holland, and the flower is made with the Rose creations from Spellbinders.

Hope to see lots of you tomorrow, thanks for stopping by, Anja

Happy Mother's day!

As promised another Mother's day card, I had fun playing with some of the new stuff in my craft room. The picture does not do the card justice, but it's the best I could do.
I have used many different things/tools, a fiskars border punch, Rose creations for the flower from Spellbinders, paper from DCWV (right order?) ,Nestabilities, bling, Marianne die, stamp from Kaiser craft, that's it, I think.
The rose is cut out and then sprayed with Goose Bumps, a clear texture spray from Tsukineko, love that stuff! You can get it at SGD!
Today I am helping at the school for Grandparent's Day, always fun to have all the grandparents come and visit, I will miss the one at Grade school next year since our youngest is graduating soon. Our second son is leaving for Vancouver soon, for his job,they grow up so fast.....
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Penny Black birthday

This card is on it's way to my middle sister in Holland, I don't think she checks my blog so it's safe to post.
The PB image is coloured with Prisma's and Gamsol and the embossing folder is from Sizzix.
I was gonna punch out flowers and then emboss, I actually made 2 of those cards but I forgot, it looked nice too.
Have a great day, it's raining here again, deep sigh, so I have to get some sunshine in my craftroom LOL. Thanks for stopping by, Anja

Spring birthday card

The warmer weather can't seem to come and stay...after all, it is May now, hopefully soon. But the sun is shining in my craft room, I am working on a new class and making some cards that need to be mailed out.
What can I say about this card, it's done with an old favourite stampset from SU, and it's pink, green, with ribbon and bling.
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day, Anja

Three B's!

It's been a different week, some good, some bad...
The first B for bonus....my camera isn't broken, I got another Birthday, second B, and since I am "old", according to my son, who reset the settings and voila, all done, LOL! So I got some other nice presents. The third B can completeley go away now...that is the tummy bug that came to me on Easter Sunday, not so fun, but the good news is, that I didn't gain any weight this Easter and not from the birthday cake. In every situation you can find something good if you look for it, right?
Have fun watching the Royal Wedding!!
Thanks for stopping by, Anja

Happy Mother's day!

Mother's day is around the corner so I worked on my card, it is not really what I want so I might make another one. Sentiment is from Just Rite and the die is from Spellbinder, CB embossing folders and some punches, ribbon and bling.
Maybe the black is too dark, but I wanted the classy look...oh well, I will try again.
Happy Easter everyone and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Welcome Baby!

Brr, it's cold, baby! Spring just can't seem to come and stay so no worries about spending time inside and do some stamping.
I am slowly working on getting my box full again. This image is from Penny Black and the sentiment from Verve. I have used Prismacolour pencils and gamsol and later added some stickles.
Different colour combo, but I like it, I also coloured the bear with a pink and a blue shirt but those cards are not done yet.
Have a great day and thanks for looking, Anja

Interesting colour combo!

My camera is still not working properly, I was hoping it would be all fixed after new batteries.....it's not happening, but I can still take pictures, although they are off center. If you click on the picture, you can take a better look.
I was going through my little paperbooks from Holland, I really needed more paper LOL, and I decided to use this one, like the colour combo.
Then I used my new die, and punched out little flowers to put on the raised oval, the sentiment is from Just Rite, some stickles, ribbon, MS punch and bling to finish it off.
The die is from Marianne design or Joy craft, I had to take everything out of the package to save some weight in my suitcase, that's how bad it was, now most of the Dutch candies are gone, and I can start working on gettting that weight off, LOL!
Have a great day, and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Happy Birthday, Job!

Yesterday I was blogsurfing and I came upon this card HERE.

Since I needed a boy birthday card, I was really inspired and this card is the result.

I am happy with the result, the dp is again from a pack of Action ( a store in Holland) and some scraps out of my box.

It is snowing here a little bit, isn't that sad.....oh well, I am off to my stamproom to play.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Masculine Thank you card

I needed a masculine thank you card and I didn't have a lot of time...my box is as good as empty and I don't like that all, it's always nice to have some cards in stock, as much as I enjoy cardmaking, if you need a card now and you don't have one then it can be a bit of a struggle. You think there is too much to choose from in my craft room,LOL! But I got this one done, so easy with the Just Rite stamps and they stamp beautifully with Versafine, nice and crisp. My new Nestabilities were used, a MS punch, some bling and dp that I brought from Holland, voila! Hope you like the card too, have a great day, Anja

Let's celebrate!

Sorry, for the horrible picture, my little camera broke, deep sigh, but I have a birthday coming up... Anyway, this card is for a cute, young couple in Holland, who are having a celebration for their engagement, things are done different than here. I had this ribbon and it just came together, the heart is a button, MS punch, Nestabilities, Just Rite stamps and pewter liquid pearls. Have a great day and thanks for looking, Anja

Back with a card!

After a wonderful trip to Holland and Paris, I am back!! It was good to see family and friends and Paris with my sister was a great time, a beautiful city, very special! The weather was great, everything was blooming, the magnolia trees were beautiful.....but it looks like we are gonna get nice weather and warmer temperatures here too. Yesterday I finally got some time back into my stamp space, I sure did miss playing with ink,LOL! So on to my card, this one is made with Hero stamps, paper from my box full with paper...... MS punch, ribbon, stickles, bling, flower and label lunch (Mc Gill). I did some shopping in Holland too, got me some Joy craft and Marianne dies, can't wait to try those out and my Spellbinders came and on top of that it was the garage sale at SGD this weekend but I honestly behaved myself there, it was lots of fun to help them out and see what good deals everybody got. I am off to do some stuff in the house and we are getting friends over for lunch so probably no stamping for me today but hopefully soon. Thanks for stopping by, Anja

Off to Paris....

Today I should be in Paris. honestly no April fools joke!! Hope I don't fall from the Eiffel tower,lol!
The card I am sharing with you is done with Penny Black stamps, coloured with Prisma's and Gamsol and the sentiment is frmom Hero arts. This is my last pre set post , I hope to be back in Canada early next week. Thanks for looking, Anja

From the scraps...

This post is pre set as I should be in Holland spending time with my family! The card is made from the scraps on my desk, okay, let's call it what it is, from the mess on my desk, LOL!
Love the Just Rite stamps, but you know that already, have a great day and thanks for looking, Anja

Heartfelt wishes

Just playing with a flower stamp from the dollar bin, sentiment from Hero arts. Today I am leaving to go to Holland and Paris and the weather seems to be lovely there!!! At least no snow and no minus zero temperatures. I am leaving everybody else at home with lots of homemade casseroles in the freezer and I do have another post pre set for sometime next week, hopefully Mr. Blogger will cooperate.
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

JRC_51, an act of kindness.

The challenge over at the blog from Just Rite is to make a card of a project for an act of kindness and since I needed one, I decided to play and submit my card.
You can read all the details HERE.
I stamped the heartfelt thanks and the frame with chocolate chip craft ink and used some of the papers from DCWV, the stamps are from the new sets Fancy Tags and Elegant Frames. Did I tell you already how much I love those stamps!! I used some of the new Just Rite spellbinders tags and added some brads, the ribbon is from my stash and attached with the stapler from Tim Holtz. The cream paper has a pearl finish but still beautiful to stamp on. I decided to add a little bling on the corners, hard to see, but if you click on the picture you can take a better look.
Hope you like it, have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

High Hopes baby

A High Hopes baby stamp, coloured with Prisma's and gamsol. I really like this cute stamp, the sentiment is from Verve. The little hearts on the bottom are punched out and popped up. The dp is from.....my collection, let's put it that way, LOL!
Of course I had to add some stickles, ribbon and bling.
Hope you get to enjoy some of the lovely spring like weather, I am going for a walk, thanks for stopping by, Anja

Keeping it elegant....

By now you will know that I am in a Just Rite mood....don't have a lot of time to stamp these days but when there is some time, the Just Rite's are inked up!
For this card I have used a different colour combo, I went with the dp from the Paper studio.
It's hard to get a good picture, even with a phototent and OTT light. More ideas are going through my head so I better do some cleaning up first and then....hopefully I can stamp for a little while. Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Best wishes with Just Rite

Just Rite stamps are so one of my favourites!!! Can't you tell, LOL!
Yesterday I did the happy dance as some of the new sets arrived at my doorstep, they are gonna be inked up today.
This is one of the cards I made on Saturday, border/corner punches from Martha Stewart, the frame stamp is from Michaels, the sentiment from Just Rite, ribbon out of my stash.
The weather is getting more spring like here and I saw 2 robins yesterday!
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Put your sunglasses on......

Put your sunglasses on and crook your head a little bit, now you can take a look at this bright card. The rose is from Heartfelt creations, stamped in 3 different sizes, coloured with prisma's and Gamsol and then cut out and popped up. I also put some stickles on them.
The rest of the card is pretty basic, the background is one of the newer Sizzix embossing backgrounds. The sentiment is from Stampendous.
Have a great day, Anja

Hoppy Birthday!

Welcome to my blog on this beautiful day! The sun is shining so bright, I had to close the blinds to work on the pc. but soon they will be open again, sunshine please come in!! The sheets for our bed are in the washer and I am planning to hang them outside to dry, such a nice smell when you climb in bed at night, I just have to figure out how to get to the clothesline since all the slush snow now is rock hard, LOL!
Today I am sharing a Penny Black card with you for a boy, pretty simple, the ribbon across the bottom is stapled on with the new Tim Holtz fastener, such a cute stapler!
Off to the clothesline..... if I get there, have a great day! Thanks for stopping by, Anja

Just Rite Easel card

A birthday card for a friend.... a crafty friend, Angie, so the pressure to make a card was on,LOL! I started making something cute....., coloured, ripped it up, started over, deep sigh.....then I decided, she is gonna get an Anja card,LOL!

So out came the Just Rite stamps and my favourite Nesties.........

We had a great time colouring, stamping and partying and chatting with friends at Angie's house!

Everbody just did their thing and I worked on some Just Rite stuff.....so I have a couple of things to finish up at home and then I can share them with you.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Welcome Baby!

A baby boy card, with retired SU paper, a sentiment from Verve and the image, no clue...lost the package.
We are welcoming lots of babies here at home too.......it's lambing season, and the babies are cute, baby lambs. So there are baby bottles on my counter, nights are broken.......LOL!
All so worth it!
If you are here for the blog hop, please read the post below and leave a comment, the winner of the candy will be announced tomorrow on the store's blog.
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

WELCOME TO SGD'S BLOGHOP!!

Good morning Ladies, welcome to my blog! If you are a regular visitor, you might think, what is going on.....well, today we are having a BLOGHOP!! Starting at the blog from the wonderful store from Sheila, SCRAPPINGREATDEALS!! Start here and learn all about Sheila and you are at the start of the bloghop.

If you are on your way of this bloghop, you should have come from Andrea's blog. I am sure you had a wonderful time there, she is such a talented lady and sooooooo much fun to be around!

Please, make sure you start HERE and leave a comment at each blog in order to have a change to win some CANDY!!

Your next stop should be Carol's blog, go visit her, leave a comment and check out her creativity!

If you click HERE, you will arrive there!

Why we do a blog hop, we (Sheila's Diva's) would like to (re-) introduce ourselves with either a layout or card about ourselves. I do love to scrapbook, but stamping has pushed scrapbooking to a second place, so I made a card and I am posting a picture of myself and my husband.

An Anja card, as I like to call it, flowers, bling and ribbon, love the elegant cards.

A few things about myself.......I love to stamp, spending time with my family, shop, create.

I immigrated to Canada in 1999, we have 4 boys, I live on a farm.

I am absolutely thrilled to be a diva for SGD.

I don't like to be in a picture, I usually am the one who takes them.

I talk way toooooooooo much............

So there you have it, have fun BLOGHOPPING, your next stop should be Carol's blog!

Good luck on winning the CANDY and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Elegant Happy Anniversary!

I have been going through my stamp collection.....finding lots of good things, LOL!
Things I completely forgot about, do you ever have that happen?
This stamp set is from Impression Obsession, love how elegant the flowers are!
The sentiment is from Hero Arts, pearls and ribbon from Michaels, some Nestabilities and a Martha Stewart border punch, the dp is from Paperloft, I have also added some liquid pearls.
Hope you are having a great day, thanks for stopping by, Anja

An Award!

I got an award from Gloria ! Thank you so much, Gloria!

So with the award I am supposed to do a few things, how fun:

1 Thank the person who gave this award to me and link it back to their blog

2 Share 8 things about myself

3 Pass this award to 8 other people that I have (recently) discovered

4 Leave a comment on their blogs so that they can pass along the recognition!





Here are 8 things about myself:



1 I am married to my best friend for 22 years and we have 4 boys

2 I live on a farm with chickens, lama's, sheep, horses, 2 cows, a dog and some cats

3 We immigrated to Canada in 1999 and became Canadian in 2007

4 I love to spend time with my family, stamp, scrapbook, read

5 I am a designer for Scrappingreatdeals

6 I am the youngest of 3 girls, and both of my sisters live in Holland

7 I love to shop for craft supplies, but hate to shop for clothes

8 I talk too much...



Here are the 8 people I am giving this award to, please go visit their blogs!

1 JOYCE

2 ANKIE

3 MARISKA

4 ANDREA

5 ANGIE

6 ELLY

7 COLIEN

8 JANNETTE



If you click on the names, you should get to their blog, have fun!

Thanks again, Gloria, this was fun, Anja

Think spring and one happy mom!

A Spring card from one happy Mom!!! All 4 of my boys are home, the last time we were all together was Christmas time 2009! So life is good!

About the card....I have inked up an old SU favourite, just cause I like you. Pretty simple layout, I like how it turned out.

Don't know if there will be much stamping time,but I will certainly be back on Saturday, please come and check!

Now I am off to make a good home cooked meal, time to enjoy my boys, Anja

Happy Birthday, Maarten!

Our third son is a leap year baby! So since there is no 29th of February this year, we celebrated his 15th birthday yesterday. This is the card I made for him. All stamps are from Clear Dollar stamps, flying by and birthday wishes.

And I did some sewing on the top, with embroidery floss, the border along the bottom is from Martha Stewart.

I like how this card turned out, hope you like it too, have a great day, Anja

On your special day...

This card didn't turn out as I had planned....it happens. But I wanted to finish it and this is the result. There is some crystal effects on the flowers of the frame, hard to see. The sentiment is from Heartfelt Creations. I kept thinking that I should fill up the "white space" but nothing worked, so I left it. When I took a picture this morning, I decided to post it and try again,LOL!
The dp is from Serendipity. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day, Anja

Something old, something new...

Whenever my inspiration is nowhere to be found, I go back to a real
"Anja" card, pink, green, flowers and bling, no surprises here, LOL!
I had a package of doilies on my desk and I think they work great on an elegant card.
The stampset is an old favourite from Stamping Up, the Art of Life.
The sentiment is from Clear Dollar Stamps.
Nothing really more to say about this card, hope you have a great day, Anja

Long time, not much stamping....

Since I don't seem to have any inspiration, deep sigh, I am showing you a card we are gonna make in the class on Wednesday at SGD.

Today I sat in my room, wasted a lot of paper and couldn't come up with anything, grrrrrrrr.

I do have to say that I am completeley ready for the class, and have 3 clean bathrooms!

See, there is always something positive!

I need a masculine card for this week so I "borrowed"this one for the class.

The sentiment is from Just Rite and the other stamps are Stampscapes.

Hope you all get to enjoy Family Day!

If you find my inspiration, please send it back quickly,LOL!

Thanks for stopping by, Anja

Masculine again.....

Another masculine card...that will be it for a while. I have used a new to me embossing folder from Sizzix and various stamps from my collection.
There isn't much else to say about this card. This card is not my favourite but well, that happens sometimes....
Have a great day, Anja

More distressed backgrounds..

This picture doesn't do this card justice, just saying, it looks way better IRL.

It's a masculine get well card, as we all know masculine cards are not that easy to make.

Background is made again with Tim Holtz distress inks and the flowers and sentiment stamped in versafine brown. Nothing too complicated just another card for my box.

Thanks for stopping by, Anja

Baby boy card with charm

Walking through some aisles at Michaels the other day while the boys were in a store next door, I really didn't need anything, I found those cute baby charms. Immediateley I was making a card in my head, LOL!

So here is the "hard copy"!

Some stickles on the little feet and a sentiment from Verve, all done.

Hope you are having a great day, thanks for looking, Anja

Distress inks...

So here I am, haven't posted a card in almost a week and now I am showing you a card very similar to the one from 2 posts before.

Anyhow.....I sold that card and I needed a masculine birthday card yesterday and since we are going scrapbooking this weekend, I didn't have much time.

I have had some distress inks from Tim Holtz for a while but really didn't do anything with them, then I looked it up....and fell in love with those inks. They are so easy to play with, making backgrounds with the blending tool, love it!

Hope you have some time to craft today, thanks for stopping by, Anja

Happy 50th Birthday!

I am getting ahead of myself, posting a card for my sister who hasn't had her birthday yet, but I don't think she is checking my blog so keep your fingers crossed.
The stamps I have used are from Clear Dollar Stamps and the numbers from Just Rite, dp from my stash and of course ribbon, bling, stickles and Nestabilities. Did you see all the new Spellbinders coming out?? Way to dangerous, LOL!
Love the Spring feeling of this card, in the real world, it is still winter, cold and snow.
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Brayered background

I have never felt like I have mastered the art of brayering....but today after I had talked to a friend about the wonderful things you can do with a brayer...I did ink mine up. Especially the Stampscapes stamps look wonderful on a brayered background, I think. So I guess this one isn't perfect either but I do like the card, it was hard to take a good picture of it, in the phototent the flash kept going off so I took it to the window. We survived another snowstorm today, we got lots of the white stuff again and another snowday for the kids.
It wasn't as bad here as they said it was gonna be, hopefully Spring is around the corner, let's hope the groundhog Willy thinks so too. Happy Ground Hog's Day! Take care, Anja

Going with the ribbon...

For this card I went with the ribbon, love this colour combo and since there were some scraps on my desk.....As much as I like to colour with Tombo's or prismacolour pencils, I do enjoy making cards that don't require colouring.
I guess it all depends on the mood you are in....
Nothing more to say about this card, I am also getting ready for another scrapbooking weekend so I have lots of organizing to do.
Thanks for stopping by, Anja