Have a great day, we are going camping so it will be quiet for a little bit unless I get some pre posting done...you never know, have a great day, Anja
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Saturday, June 25, 2011
Old favourite
Have a great day, we are going camping so it will be quiet for a little bit unless I get some pre posting done...you never know, have a great day, Anja
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Get well soon, Ingrid!
Not very personal but well meant! Good thing that the phone company is not on strike, LOL!
The stamps are from Heartfelt Creations and Just Rite, dp from Basic Grey, some punches and a tag from Grommet Tags. The border punch is from Martha Stewart. The idea with the greenery around the flower is not from myself, saw that at other peoples blogs, fun effect and easy to do.
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day, Anja
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Much better.....
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
What a struggle!
I have made a card today and I am posting it, LOL! No matter what.....it was a struggle to make this card, deep sigh, 3 times I had to make the main panel, I managed to get orange ink on the first try, second try I messed up the birds, yes, that tiny little stamp!
I can't say I am happy with this card but I wanted to post something, so I did, LOL!
My mojo seems to have left me, hopefully it comes back soon, I sit in my craft room, surrounded by a lot of nice stuff and I can't come up with a card, grrr. Oh well, tomorrow is another day and after all, it is just a card. Have a great evening, Anja
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Wedding card
So thankfully it is a late wedding so we still have time to make it. We can have fun at the wedding and be glad that everything is planted.
On to the card...this picture doesn't do this card justice, it gets a little better if you click on it.
I have used paper with a pearl finish and embossed it, I wanted to keep the card elegant and in the colours of the wedding. Sentiment is from Inkadinkadoo. Nestabilities and some Marianne design dies.
Have a great day and thanks for looking, Anja
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Penny Black birthday
The dp is from Stella Rose, My Mind's eye, sentiment from Clear Dollar Stamps, Nestabilities, grass border punch from MS, SU label punch, ribbon and bling from stash. The little flower is a silk one, I put a few layers together and added the brad. The colour was just perfect.
My middle sister with her youngest son are gonna be visiting from Holland for a week, looking forward to spend time with them, I am hoping to get some posts pre set.
Thanks for stopping by, Anja
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Something old, something new...
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
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Joy Craft butterflies and more...
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
Monday, May 23, 2011
Purple flowers
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
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Happy Father's Day!
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
Thursday, May 19, 2011
FREE MAKE AND TAKE!
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....
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Thinking of you
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
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Going purple with a CAS card
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
Monday, May 16, 2011
Casing myself....
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Lots of pink and flowers!
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Same layout, wrong picture!
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
Friday, May 6, 2011
National Scrapbook Day and a card
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Happy Mother's day!
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
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Penny Black birthday
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
Monday, May 2, 2011
Spring birthday card
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
Friday, April 29, 2011
Three B's!
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
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Happy Mother's day!
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
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Welcome Baby!
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
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Interesting colour combo!
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
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Happy Birthday, Job!
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Masculine Thank you card
Friday, April 15, 2011
Let's celebrate!
Monday, April 11, 2011
Back with a card!
Friday, April 1, 2011
Off to Paris....
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
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
From the scraps...
Friday, March 25, 2011
Heartfelt wishes
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja
Monday, March 21, 2011
JRC_51, an act of kindness.
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
Sunday, March 20, 2011
High Hopes baby
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
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Keeping it elegant....
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
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Best wishes with Just Rite
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
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Put your sunglasses on......
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
Monday, March 14, 2011
Hoppy Birthday!
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
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Just Rite Easel card
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
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
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
Sunday, March 6, 2011
WELCOME TO SGD'S BLOGHOP!!

Friday, March 4, 2011
Elegant Happy Anniversary!
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
Thursday, March 3, 2011
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
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
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
Monday, February 28, 2011
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.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
On your special day...
The dp is from Serendipity. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day, Anja
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Something old, something new...
"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