Taylor's cupcake challenge,TECC34

If you go over to Taylor's blog, www.tayloredexpressions.blogspot.com,
you can see her beautiful work and her
awesome sketch challenges.
For TECC34 I made this card, when I was leaving her a comment that I had made a card for this I realized how I really did stick to the sketch.
The dp is from American Crafts, so saffron from SU and the red is from Hobby Lobby.
I put some stickles on the flowers in the bird, but it's hard to see in the picture, the fake stitches are done with a stamp from Close to my Heart, the bird is from Inkadinkadoo and the saying from Verve stamps.
I am happy with this colour combo, after all tomorrow fall will start.
Have a wonderful day and thanks for looking, Anja

Butterflies in teal and turqoise

I am busy preparing cards for a group of ladies who are making cards for the foodbank. They plan a night and then like to make a pile of 3 different cards, that's where I come in, I am asked to do all the prep work.
This card is not all my own idea, a card similar to this one I had made at a workshop a while ago, I changed some things and added the scalloped circle with the sentiment. I think this card is perfect for the ladies to assemble that night. Hope they like it, I am happy with it, have a good evening and thanks for stopping by, Anja

A watercoloured frog, WSC57

As you can see, I have put the flowers aside, for now anyway......

This little frog is a single stamp from Magenta and is watercoloured with Tombo markers, I am not sure how well I like my watercolouring but it's done. On the wasabi green I have used a bubble stamp from Inkadinkadoo with versamark.

The sketch is from Beate, WSC57 but I was too late to post it.

She has a really nice blog www.beate.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com

This card is for my cousin, he'll be turning 7 soon.

Now I have to make sure I mail it in time, lol!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

One more.............

Okay, one more card with a Hero flower and a home made pin.

I promise, I will move on, lol!

This one is coloured with Tombo markers and stickles on top, but you probably know that by now.

So I am not gonna say anything more, have a good day and thanks for looking, Anja

More Hero flowers, a blanc card

I cann't get enough of those Hero arts flowers, this one is also coloured with Tombo markers and has stickles on top. The layout is from a challenge from

www.jenniferssweettreatdesigns.blogspot.com

The pin I have made myself, an ordinairy sewing pin, metal glue and beads, so much fun to make and easy. For the stopper at the end I use an plastic earring thing, you know, so they don't fall out of your ear, don't know the word.

The punch is from Martha Stewart and there is no sentiment on the card, sometimes you need a card like that.

The ribbon is from Michaels, thanks for looking and have a wonderful Sunday, Anja

I should know better.....SC 193.

I have been such a bad blogger, just couldn't find the time...excuses, excuses, you would think that by now I should know that if you just don't take the time you'll
never get a change to stamp.
And I miss it so much, not even funny.
So with that said, I am gonna try to be a better blogger. Because I want to.
Last night I looked up some of the challenges and they are on my work table now, this is for SC 193.
Hot pink and olive, don't know if I ever put those colours together before but it started with some pink scraps and the flower, which I made on Monday.
The idea of the ribbon and the brads is not my own, I saw it somewhere but don't remember where. The little sentiment from Morningstar is just the perfect size for the little oval.
There is some Stickles on the flower and I used my CB dots folder, I really enjoyed making this card, it is a real "Anja" card, that's what my DH says.
Thanks for stopping by and I would love it when you leave a comment, it means a lot to me,
enjoy your day, Anja

Birthday flowers

This morning I had so much fun stamping with friends.
It looks like life is back to normal, kind of, and we had a good time stamping.
On Saturday my favourite stamp store STAMPART in London had a lovely sale,
and I got some of those Hero arts flowers. If you know me, I love flowers so I couldn't resist.
No surprises here!
So this morning I just had fun with those new stamps, watercolour paper and my Tombo markers and then of course I had to finish at least one card this afternoon.
Simple and pretty basic, I like it, hope you do too, thanks for stopping by and have a great day, Anja

Birthday card for my mom

Early this morning I made this card for my Mom's birthday tomorrow.

A while ago she gave me some corsage pins and beads from when I was a little girl,

couldn't believe she still had some and since I am always teasing her about keeping every thing.....she told me she wanted a card with a pin.

The stamp is from Rubber Stampede, I got it on our last trip for half price, I love a good deal.

I stamped it in chocolate chip and coloured the flowers with a pink stardust pen, a little bit of silver in the centre of the flowers, ribbon from Martha Stewart and a silver brad in the middle of the flower, CB dots folder and my home made pin. I hope she likes it.

Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for looking, Anja

Back to "normal"....

Wow, it's been so long.......finally we are back to our routine, that's what I like to think.

This is a very simple, sympathy card, the first card I have made in a couple of weeks.

My stamp room is pretty organized and there is a new set on my table, hope to ink it up soon.

I am in the middle of making dinner so I better go watch my stove. Hope to be back soon to share a card or 2 and I am really looking forward to do some challenges. Enjoy your day, Anja.

Number 3,6, 7, and 11

Love this colour combo, caribean and chocolate chip.
This was a hard sketch for me!

I would love to hear your thoughts about those cards!!
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Number 5

Sketch number 9 and 10.

All 12 sketches done!!!

I cann't believe it but I did finish all the 12 sketches from anni-VERVE-sary!!

Three of those you have already seen and I will try to post the rest, yep all 9 of them.

We are going on holidays on Saturday so I am pretty sure my stamping time is over for this week, well I got my fix with all those fun sketches.

Thanks for looking and I would love to hear from you, let me know what's your favourite, have a great day, Anja

P.S. Number one is not my favourite at all, but I don't have more time to make another one.

Here is sketch number 8 and 12.

The third one...........

This is the 4th sketch from 12 and I know, I didn't do number 3 yet.

Just working on them.........but is busy here.

We have to go to a wedding celebration this afternoon but I wanted to post this card before we go.

Some of the pieces are leftovers and I started playing with them, following the sketch, I am happy with the result.

The picture isn't the greatest but the card is done, 9 more to go.

Have a good day, Anja

My second Verve sketch, AVS02

My second card for the Verve anniversary sketches, there are gonna be 12 in total so I am not really keeping up.

But I am hoping that maybe in the weekend..........we will see.

Enjoy this day, and thanks for looking, Anja

Something old, something new........

It's Friday and time for another challenge from Sharon,

www.notimetostamp.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com

Today the challenge is to use an old stamp or a newer one and something else "old".

The card I made is done with a Penny Black stamp, fairly new to me,

the saying is from Verve stamps (also fairly new) and the pin is old,

very old, I had to dig for them.........and the beads........really old, didn't know I had them.

So an old pin, some beads and a drop of glue makes a pin, a very cheap one, I just love it, that must be the "Dutch touch" LOL!

Thanks for looking and have a great day, Anja

AVS01

A new day and it's working. Here is my card for the challenge.

The flower is coloured with twinkling H2O's.

The saying is from Verve stamps.Only 4 days behind on this challenge.

Thanks for looking and have a great day, Anja

Anni-Verve-sary sketch, number 1

I am trying to upload a card but it is not working well.
So I guess I am gonna try again tomorrow.
Have a nice evening, Anja

Blog candy

This morning while having my coffee I was browsing through some blogs, and found that Arianne is giving away blog candy!! Go over here www.jufluvs2scrap.blogspot.com
and you have a change to win too. Have a nice day, Anja

Finally another card..........

Finally I made a card this week........there was just no time and when I had a change last night, nothing worked. I made a mess, tried a lot of things but nothing accomplished.

Today I had more luck. I have used this colour combo and flower before but I really like it. Wasabi, cool caribbean and teal.

For the flower I used my twinkling H2O's and silver stardust pen.

For the scalloped border I used my long rectangle nestabilities.

Pretty simple and pretty basic but I feel good about this one.

Hope you are all enjoying this nice weather, thanks for looking, Anja

Simply white, ssnotime#46

Today the challenge from Sharon was to keep it simply white, check it out at

http://www.notimetostamp.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/

I found it a hard but elegant challenge and this is what I made for it.

There was no stamp time this week, just busy with farm and life we are hoping to finish straw tomorrow. There is wheat and straw in lots of places in my house too but it is nice that the boys are very helpful.

Please let me know what you think of this card since I am not sure.

Wishing you all a good weekend, and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Super quick card

This was such an easy, quick card. Perfect to make after a very busy day. Janine from www.2bkrafty.blogspot.com

used her Martha Steward punch on one of her cards recently and I completely forgot I had that one, so....here is my card.

The flower is from SU, and I put some pink twinkling H2O on it, very carefully because I had used dye ink and normal cardstock.

But I just wanted to have some shimmer on the flowers to make them pop. The ribbon looks way better IRL and the saying is from Stampendous, a little bling and some scored lines on the top and bottom.......all done.

Enjoy your day and thanks for looking, Anja

Kazan's sketch

This is the card I made for the sketch from

www.2sketches4you.blogspot.com

It took a while because my plan kept changing but I am happy with the result.

So my stamping time is over for today, hope to be back tomorrow, thanks for looking, Anja

A super quick card

Last night I made this card super quick with scraps on my table for my son who went for his G2 drive test this morning and he got it.

So I am very proud , I know now the worrying start but that's all part of it.

Maybe I'll get some stamping time today, I am thinking about Christmas cards for Sharon's challenge, check it out at www.notimetostamp.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com

Enjoy your day, Anja

Same flower, different layout

I am in need of a couple of thank you cards, can you tell, so I have used the same flower again. A little different but simple and quick.

So there isn't a whole lot new to this card.

Thanks for looking and have a good day, Anja

The rules of the award

I am back again with the "rules" for the award:
1. Only 5 people allowed

2. 4 have to be dedicated followers of your blog

3. one has to be someone new or recently new to your blog and live in another part of the world.

4. you must link back to whoever gave you the award.quite simple really it is a way of saying thankyou to those who take time out for wonderful comments to boost your day

So here we go, I am giving this award to people who have left comments on my blog, I am new to this so I hope they are dedicated followers, anyway I am a frequent visitor of their blogs so this is to say thank you to all of you:
Janine at www.2bkrafty.blogspot.com
Eva at www.stampsmore.blogspot.com
Bela at www.belascreatingplace.blogspot.com
Kazan and Laura at www.2sketches4you.blogspot.com
Anja at www.scrappietoo.blogspot.com

Thanks and have a great day, Anja

I got an award!!!

Wow, I got an award!!
I can't believe it and I am very, very flattered!!!
Tiets gave it to me, she makes beautiful cards, go check it out at
www.scrappycards.blogspot.com
I have to read how this works so I'll be back later, thanks Anja

Playing with twinkling H2O's

I had this card all done in my head, how easy is that and it actually worked out well when I started playing.The background is made from watercolour paper with twinkling H2O's, the image stamped with Stazon on acetate and put over top. You can still see the twinkling effect only not in the picture. Some dew drops, ribbon and a saying from SU underneath. The image stamp is from Crafty Individuals made by Magenta.

Hope you like it as much as I do, enjoy your day, Anja

More critters from Penny Black

Another card with critters from Penny Black, I am starting to like them.

I fall in love with almost every flower stamp I see, so I am challenging myself to try out other things......this is one of them. I have used my Tombo markers to watercolour the mice, the rest of the card is pretty simple.

The icing of the cake has some twinkling H2O on it to make it sparkle.

The dp is from SU, ribbon out of my bucket, other cardstock is SU.

Enjoy your day and thanks for looking, Anja

Mojo Monday challenge #47

This card is for the Mojo Monday sketch #47 and I have to say that I am very pleased with this one.

You can find the sketch here:

http://www.poeticartistry.blogspot.com/

I have used wild wasabi, taken with teal and cool caribean.

Love that colour combo.

The birds are from Inkadinkadoo, coloured with twinkling

H2O's and the saying is from Verve Visual stamps.

Hope you are enjoying this beautiful day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Purple and flowers

When I first started stamping mellow moss was my favourite colour, now there are just so many colours to choose from and my list with favourites seems to be never ending.

I have made this card for Sharon's challenge,

www.notimetostamp.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com.

She has a new challenge every Friday, I know I am late,

this one was to use flowers and purple.

And since I love flowers it wasn't difficult.

I have used my twinkling H2O's on the flower from

Stampendous, the CB dots embossing folder, ribbon and cardstock from SU, the purple paper is metallic.

The little saying is from Morningstar, just perfect for the little (scalloped ) punches.

I am hoping to be back later with another challenge, thanks for looking, Anja

You can all leave a comment now.....

Some people have told me they cann't leave a comment because of....
Well, I would love to hear from you and I have changed the settings, it took me a while, I know I am not so good with computers........but now....it should work.
Thanks and I hope to hear from you, Anja

Taylor's cupcake challenge,TECC#25

For the challenge from Taylor, http://www.tayloredexpressions.blogspot.com/, I came up with this card. NO FLOWERS!!

I don't think it's my favourite card but it's done.

I am happy with my watercolouring with Tombo markers.

And I finally made a card for a girl instead of for a boy and that's a good thing since that section of my card box is empty.Now I am gonna play with my flower stamps for Sharon's challenge, purple and flowers, sounds good to me.

Have a good day and thanks for looking, Anja

A wedding card

Today we are going to another wedding and this is the card I have made. On the inside I made a little money holder thing.
Don't know how you call that.
The dp is from Michaels, the silver paper from CM and the rest is SU. The size is 5x5.
The stamps are from Inkadinkadoo, and aren't you proud of me..........NO FlOWERS!!
That's it for today, we are off to the wedding.
Have a nice day, Anja

For our new neighbours

Yesterday my friend came over and we took some time to play, she was working with this dp.

So later that night I saw the leftovers and I came up with this card for our new neighbours down the road.

Not a lot of stamping, just dp and Nestabilities, CB embossing folder (I really like the dots folder), punches, ribbon, and

some dew drops. The saying is from Verve stamps.

Now I am off to bake them a "boterkoek" it's a Dutch recipe,

sweet and yummy. Hope they feel welcome on our road.

Hope you all stayed cool today, thanks for looking, Anja

A cased card

Do you love those free magazines as much as I do?
I am talking about " scrapbook & cards today",

love to get this magazine and I really look into it so many times to get inspired.

For this card I have CASED a card from the summer issue,

Melissa Phillips made it, you should check it out.(page 58)The ribbon doesn't look like the right shade in the picture but IRL it is fine.

The dp is from my scrap bucket, and the rest of the paper is SU. For the stars I actually pulled out my stencils......wow that is a long time ago and my new craft knife from Fiskars, it works really good, nice and easy.

The sentiment is from Verve stamps and the row of stars I don't know.

I think I am gonna save this card for my youngest son in August, have a nice evening and thanks for looking, Anja

Colour challenge

Today I have made this card for the colour challenge from Splitcoast, almost amethyst, wild wasabi and so saffron were the colours for this challenge.

Not a lot of so saffron, just a touch.

The flower stamp is Inkadinkadoo, so saffron flowers are done with a little punch and the sentiment is SU.

Ribbon is out of my box and I have used some dew drops.

Pretty basic but I am happy with the result, I like the colour combo and will use it again.

Hope you all had a nice day, thanks for looking, Anja

Bright coloured card

While I was cleaning up my worktable I came across this set from Magenta, unopened and never been inked........
So I sat down and made another card, forget the cleaning.
The sketch is from Taylor, you can find it here
http://www.tayloredexpressions.blogspot.com/
The saying is from SU.
Now I have to run to get some things done here at home.
Have a great day and thanks for looking, Anja

The inside of the sympathy card

As promised here is the inside of the sympathy card.

Simple sympathy

This was a really quick and easy card to make.

Since I had no sympathy cards in my box anymore I made 2 of those, you never know when you need them.

I will also post a picture from the inside of the card, it is a nice verse.

That's it for now, have a great weekend, Anja

A girly card with my new stamps

Last week I found out that one of the stores I shop changed owners.......oops and I still had a good size giftcertificate........I went there and I could still spent it, I was so happy. So I got some new stamps, one set from doodlebug design which I have used with this card.
The saying is from Verve Visual and the sketch from www.sketchesbytamara.blogspot.com
No flowers, bright colours and my second post for today.......my DH took all the boys fishing so I have some time to myself, I am really enjoying it!!
Hope you have a good day too, thanks for looking, Anja

A simple thank you

Another challenge and more scraps used in this card.

I love it when I can use those scraps, the colours are all really boyish, can you tell?

The card came together really quick, like that too.

The challenge can be found at www.ssnotimetostamp.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com

Check it out, it is really cool!!

Another boy card

This is another try for the sketch from
www.2sketches4you.blogspot.com
I really like this site, and I think you should check it out too!
My son has a birthday party to go to from his friend who is turning 11, so he can give this card.
Hope you are all enjoying this nice weather, have a good day, Anja

Same flower, different card

This card took forever to make, I started it 2 days ago by watercolouring the flowers, then yesterday I thought I was gonna use this piece for the sketch from
www.2sketches4you.blogspot.com
This is a lovely site and wonderful sketches.
Anyway I had something in mind, it didn't work at all so late last night I put it aside. Tonight I finished it, it didn't work with this sketch, what was I thinking?
This is supposed to be fun....so I made a creative detour.
I will try to make another card with the sketch, who knows, maybe tonight.
Thanks for looking, Anja

An elegant card

Another flower card but that shouldn't be a surprise anymore.LOL
I think this card has an elegant style, the soft colours with the pearls.
It is for an older lady and I hope she will like it.
It is so hot outside and humid, it is nice to sit in a cool house.
Have a good day and thanks for looking, Anja

Birthday boy card

This morning I had stamping time with friends, so nice.
I made this card for a boy's birthday, the idea came from the gallery from Verve Visual, I changed some things and this is the result.
The dp comes out my scrapbucket, the stars are from an unknown set and the saying from Verve Visual.
Thanks for looking, Anja

SC183, a masculine card

For SC183 I came up with this masculine card. I have used my Stampscapes stamps, coloured them with Tombo markers and stamped on glossy cardstock. I also sponged on some colour.
The one piece of paper is vellum(on the left) but it doesn't really show as vellum. All in all I am statisfied with the result. Masculine cards are always hard for me.
We have enjoyed the sunshine this afternoon, playing in the pool and having my parents over, hope you all had a good day too, thanks for looking, Anja

A favourite layout

When I don't know what I am doing this layout always seems to work for me.
I had stamped the flowers on watercolour paper and coloured them with tombo markers the other day and the piece was just laying on my work table, tonight I picked it up and finished the card.
Nothing new but I thought it worked.
Thanks for looking and have a good night, Anja

Back from holidays

Camping was a lot of fun but it is also good to be home...........
Just before we left I got the stamps from Verve Visual in the mail, they are so nice.
Between doing laundry I did go downstairs and made this card.
It took me a while but that's what happens sometimes.
The bird stamp is from Inkadinkadoo and the saying from Verve Visual.
I really like how it turned out, the card is for my friend Jeanette, so if you are peeking, just wait till I put it in the mail.
Thanks for looking, back to laundry and all sorts of other stuff.
Anja