Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #51

This card is for the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge#51, check it out at www.kgiron.blogspot.com

I think this is a wonderful sketch for all the cute little stamps you have, or at least I know I have some.

The stamps I have used are from Clear Dollar Stamps, www.cleardollarstamps.com

Yesterday my order came in, made me a happy stamper. I was waiting very patiently for them,LOL!

They are stamped on watercolour paper and coloured with Tombo's, the dp is from my scrapbin and it happened to be double sided.

I am happy with this card, it certainly didn't bug me to make it, too much fun, LOL!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

A different challenge.....

I got this stamped image, already coloured and matted in black from a friend....she said she didn't have the right colours to finish it......so she gave it to me and "told" me to finish it, LOL!
Oh, and the ribbon was wrapped around it.

So, I looked at it, didn't see anything wrong with it, went trough my stash of scrap paper, and voila, here is my card, sorry, the card!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Clearly Delightful Blog Challenge # 1

Baby, it's cold outside! Brr, I think this is weather for the polar bears and not for us. Luckily in our craft room it can be spring, thanks to Laurie over at , http://www.clearlydelightful.typepad.com/ ,

who is starting a new monthly challenge on the 5th, the challenge is open for 2 weeks. You can find all the details on her blog.

The theme is BUNNY/RABBITS, and that makes me think of spring.

I really thought I couldn't play because I don't have any rabbit/bunny stamps....till I started cleaning up and looked at my Penny Black stamps.

So, here is my card! The image is from PB and the sentiment from Close to my Heart.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Thank you cards with dp

I have been asked to make a few thank you cards for somebody, so that's what I have been doing. Trying hard to use my dp, both of them have flowers, surprise!

Today I am gonna try to organize a little more of my craft space........but maybe I will end up making cards because of all the stuff you find when you start cleaning up and organizing, LOL!
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Penny Black birthday card

Wow, I have posted a card every day so far this year!! Aren't you impressed?
I am pretty sure I won't be able to keep that up, life usually gets in the way a bit but that's okay!
I am trying to use more of my huge stack of dp, although this is a new piece for me, I see those beautiful papers and then I can't seem to corporate them in my cards so the stack is growing....
On this card I have used a square charm, not the right name probably, also one of my new things, the Penny Black image is watercoloured with Tombo's and the sentiment is from Clear Dollar Stamps. And some stickles on the flower and the hedgehog. I had to look it up in the dictionary because I didn't know the English name for this cute little animal.
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Clean and simple card

According to my very supporting DH,this card is so so, it's okay, I can handle it, he thinks you never see a car in this colour in real life. He is most likely right, but it's a card for a little boy, and the colours work together, and little boys have big imagination, he should know that, we have 4 boys!
We woke up to a couple of centimeters more snow and now everything looks fresh again, very pretty! I am glad we didn't get the freezing rain they were talking about.
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Another Just Rite thank you card

I shouldn't been stamping today after a wonderful day of shopping yesterday. Yes, I got some new goodies, some paper, some charms, some stamps and some more.
This is another Just Rite thank you card with some Mind's Eye dp, flowers and bling, I guess it is a real Anja card LOL!
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Happy Monkey!

This monkey is happily dangling on a rope, exactly how I feel today.....I have been invited to go along on a shopping trip.....o yes, I am going! Do I need anything, oh no, but I girl can never have enough stamps or paper or....LOL!
So I have to get ready, thanks for stopping by and hope you have a great day, I am planning on it, Anja

MOJO120

My card for today is for the MOJO 120 challenge, check it out here: www.mojomonday.blogspot.com
I have inked up an favourite from SU, Garden Silhouette and the sentiment is from Verve Stamps. I inked the stamp in celery and then rolled it into a artichoke inkpad.
And of course I have used my Nestabilities and CB folders, did we ever make cards before those products? LOL!
Have a great day, it's snowing here again and I have to go to town today, don't like driving in this weather but I guess it's part of Canadian life. Thanks for stopping by, Anja

Just Rite thank you card

It has finally stopped snowing, the kids are back in school today, they started with a 2hour delay so we didn't have to get up too early this morning. I wanted to show you another picture of the beautiful snow, it makes things look so nice.

My card for today is a thank you card for a friend, made with Just Rite stamps.

It took me a while and I am not completeley sure, I kept thinking something was missing....so I put it away, worked on it again and now it's done, it's in the mail and hopefully she likes it.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Snow, snow, let it snow and a babycard

It's been snowing and snowing and it doesn't seem to stop. It's pretty! So there is time to play in my craft room since we don't seem to be going anywhere......

I have made this baby boy card with another image from Clear Dollar Stamps, watercoloured with my Tombo's. I guess this card could be again for the Clearly Inspired Challenge 4......do you think I can submit 2 cards?

Have a great day, enjoy the snow if you have any and thanks for stopping by, Anja

So not like me at all!

A girl with an ice cream from C.C. design, watercoloured with my Tombo's and some stickles.
There are so many different things you can do with stamping and it's fun to try something outside your "own box", that's what I did here, try something different.
I am not sure how much I like it....it's not really me, I don't even like icecream LOL!
Oh well, I am sure that it will be a good card for somebody, for now it will sit in my box.
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

CIC4 , The first challenge in the new year!

Happy New Year to all of you!!!
I have spent the morning making some cards, what a perfect way to start a new year!
This one is for CIC4, check it out here www.clearlyistamp.typepad.com, and the challenge is to use your brads. Now we all have lots of those LOL!
I also wanted to submit it for the MOJO challenge, www.mojomonday.blogspot.com but I just couldn't put another embellishment on the right corner, with the way this flower was stamped.
Where we used to live in Holland there were lots of greenhouses full with these flowers, for almost nothing you could buy them so fresh that after 4 weeks, even when they were not all dead, you were happy to throw them out.
Hope you have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Cool ride

Wouldn't it be nice to go for a ride in this cool car from Clear Dollar Stamps?

Maybe not in the winter but I would love to do that in the summer. I was inspired for this card by a card on the blog from Clear Dollar Stamps, another old timer was coloured in those colours and I really liked it. The colours from those cars were so different than what we are used to nowadays. I have also used some borders from Cuttlebug, hard to see in the picture.

Thanks for looking, Anja

Happy New Year

When I was typing this post I got a nice phone call.....so just the card got posted.
Anyway, I did it again, I forgot to send a Christmas card to some people........every year you think you are not gonna forget anybody.....so I made some Happy New Year cards with this cute snowman stamp. We finally got some snow here and today it looks rather nasty outside and the roads are very slippery. I think this was the first green Christmas for us here in Canada, nice for driving but it looked, let's say, interesting.
Hope you have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #50

Two posts in one day! The snow keeps coming down and I am really enjoying myself in my craft room/space.

This picture doesn't do the card justice but I can't get it any better.

The card is for a 50th wedding anniversary and for the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge,

you can check it out here http://www.kgiron.blogspot.com/

I wanted to use the pearls but also the old silver accents, this is a square card and it's busy but I like it. When using the Just Rite stamps I seem to be in an all elegant style mood, it's too bad the picture isn't the greatest, the card looks way better IRL.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas to all of you!!

More Just Rite......

Those new Just Rite stamps makes you want to try different things, I am having a lot of fun with them. Getting some punches out of the drawers and such stuff.
I especially love it that the stamps go so well with the Nestabilities. Anyway, I am back to the kitchen to prepare for tomorrow...
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #49

I was looking at other people's blog and found this sweet challenge, you can look it up here:

http://kgiron.blogspot.com/

Since I got some new Just Rite stamps I decided to play, so much fun!

Love how this card turned out, the colours are so sharp together and the Just Rite stamps........

really like them. I have no trouble liking any "new" thing for me, LOL!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Some last Christmas cards

I have to admit that I did not make all my Christmas cards this year....... I have made some, as much as I could and the rest came out of a box. Since I needed a few more , I made a couple of this kind and now I am all done, just in time! I had decided that as much as I love cardmaking, I don't need the stress! Maybe I should start earlier or make them in the summer as I used to do a few years back, oh well, Christmas isn't about the cards!

Have a great day, thanks for stopping by, Anja

More cards.....

This is the "masculine" card to go in the set for my friend, the idea for this card is not from myself. My DH got a card like this and I have used her idea to make this one (thanks Jeannette).

Pink, green, flowers and bling.....all the things I really like, hope she likes it too.

Christmas preparations are on it's way, presents are wrappes and the grocery list is being made.

I am not looking forward to go to the grocery store this week, but I shouldn't complain, I am blessed that we can do so.

Enjoy your day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Happy times!

The dinner table is full again at our house!! And I am so enjoying these times!
On top of that I had some stamping time, so much fun! This card is one of a set of 3 for a friend, she has asked me to make a couple of sets of cards and of course I said yes.
The flowers are from a set of Nestabilities, I had them for a while but didn't really use them, till I got the idea of inking them up when the die is still in, I know, the package says that you can do that..... So now you can have any colour you need, I was impressed with myself LOL!
Hope you are all enjoying this special time of the year, thanks for stopping by, Anja

Jet lag is wearing off......

The jet lag is wearing off.....it always takes me a couple of days to get back in to my routine.
This card took me forever....such a simple card but I couldn't do it. I was afraid I left my creativity in Holland.
We had a wonderful trip, way to short but we knew that. We had a great time with family and friends, enjoyed every minute and ate way too much. Now it's good to be home again.
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day, Anja

Masculine card

This is a card from last week, didn't think I made a picture but apparently I did.
The tree has flowersoft on it, and the church is stamped twice and popped up.
For me it's an okay card, oh well, it is as it is, take care, Anja

TODAY IS THE DAY!!!

Don't forget to head over to Scrapping Great Deals today, for the one year anniversary!!!
Check it out here: www.scrappingreatdeal.com
I will miss all the fun, but you can go, door prizes, make and takes, even a Cricut to win,
all day between 10AM and 5PM. Have fun, Anja

Quick Christmas card

Such a quick Christmas card, some paper from Basic Grey, Nestabilities and brads, so easy.
I like the colour combo, hope you are having a great day, Anja

DON'T MISS THE FUN!!

On Saturday it's the one year anniversary from Scrapping Great Deals in Komoka!!!!
It's gonna be such a fun day, make and takes, prizes to win, even a Cricut!!!!
A whole day of fun , and I get to miss it, make sure you don't!!!
Check it out here: www.scrappingreatdeals.com
Take care, Anja

A cased shaker card

My first shaker card, or I think it is, I bought those handy things, don't know how you call them but they make it very easy to make a shaker card. Oh and the idea of the card is not mine, I have made a few changes and I am happy with it.

Today I am getting ready to leave for our trip to Holland, I have 2 more cards to show you so I have scheduled them to appear over the next couple of days, if blogger is nice to us.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, I'll be back in a week, Anja

Simple blanc card

Cleaning up my craft room I came across some pre cut pieces and I decided to make a card with them. So the cards is done, room still messy.

It's a very simple card and it will go in my box.

Enjoy your day, Anja

More Penny Black

Another Penny Black card, it's getting boring, I know, and yes, coloured again with the

prismacolour pencils and Gamsol. I didn't really know that Gamsol was a very dangerous liquid but apparently it is.I did take a sniff, pfff!

The ribbon looks a different colour than IRL. This card will go to a friend with a meal for her and her family, she just had surgery so we need to spoil her.

The sun is out so I am gonna go for my powerwalk, take care and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Cute Penny Black

Stepping out of my box, trying to, I love the stamps from Penny Black, I have some sets, and most of them are not even inked up yet......Since I have so much fun colouring (very relaxing and keeping me out of trouble) with Tombo's and Prismacolour pencils I am drawn to those sets more and more. This card is done with the pencils. I had to put the (boring) gray on the card other wise it was too much for me LOL, and now I am quite pleased with the card. Again a few stickles, some ribbon and a couple of flowers and no sentiment.

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

Clearly Inspired Challenge 2

For the Clearly Inspired Challenge 2 , www.clearyistamp.typepad.com, I have made this card.
The stamps are from Clear Dollar Stamps, www.cleardollarstamps.com, and I have used my prismacolour pencils with Gamsol.
I am so happy with those pencils, they work like a charm! I even did some shadowing, not sure if you can see it in the picture.
The sketch was given for the challenge, I changed it to suit my image, the bow just fitted better on the left than on the right and the challenge said no stress so that's what I did LOL!
Oh and I didn't put a sentiment on the card....now I can use it for whatever occasion. And of course some stickles had to be on the flowers.
I think my creative juices are back.......a little bit of shopping just works wonders!
Thanks for stopping by, Anja

FLying by

Okay, so this card is very similar to the other airplane card, my creativity seems to be somewhere else, maybe I need some shopping time LOL! Or I should clean up my craft space but I don't feel like it.

Hopefully it will be back soon, I am gonna try to make a card for the Clearly Inspired Challenge,

so maybe I am back soon, take care, Anja

Masculine cards

Masculine cards is what I need at the moment. I had a great plan to make about 6 cards for a man who is going through some very serious illness and treatment. From a bookstudy I am learning that it's great to have good intentions but with no action it means nothing. All the things we need to hear sometimes! So I have 3 done, the first one is sent out, sorry no picture, and this is the second one. I hope and pray that things will go well.

Also all the men in my life seem to have birthdays around this time!

One of my sons had one last week, he got the airplane card and another one has a birthday next week. So I am trying.......

This is also a busy time in our household since my DH and I are going on a short trip to see family in Holland and all the usual stuff......I am sure you don't want to hear about this.....we all have busy lives.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day, Anja

One more elegant card

Here is another elegant card, and there is no stamping on it at all.
Love those border punches!
The ribbon has a bit of golden shine to it.
Really quick and simple, thanks for looking, Anja

Elegant card

I was in the mood to make an elegant card, with a clean and simple look.
It didn't take me long to make and I think it would be nice in many other colours.
Once in a while it's nice that one card doesn't take forever.
Have a great day, Anja

Friendship card

The picture is a little dark, sorry, it's still dark in the house when I am taking it's hard to make a good one.

This card is for one of our friends from Friendship who is moving away to be closer to her family and we are gonna miss her!

She is such a sweet girl. So last night we said goodbye, gave her this card, had cake and special music, a wonderful night.

I am very thankful for the Friendship program in our lives!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

FREE MAKE AND TAKE!

Today is the day for another FREE MAKE AND TAKE at Sheila's store in Komoka, check it out at www.scrappingreatdeals.com. There is also a lot of items on sale every day!

If you have some time today between 3 and 5 pm come on over and make this cute accordian tag, or I think that's how you call it.

There is ribbon, bling, embossed little panels, snowflake brad......it will be fun,

and the good news, it's FREE no need to registar just come and play.

We would love to have you!

Hope to see you there, Anja

Gift card holder

This gift card holder has a lot of layers....I did this one at the last class I did for SGD.
I love this green with the bright red, it's a single pocket card which I kind of adapted a little bit.
Today I got a lot of Christmas cards done, it's too dark to take pictures but I will do that tomorrow.
Have a great day and thanks for looking, Anja

"Give me 5"

There has been a change in the weekly colour challenge over at Clear Dollar Stamps!

It is a biweekly challenge and you can find all the details here: http://www.clearlyistamp.typepad.com/

If you don't own any of those really nice stamps, you can still play, and check out the website

http://www.cleardollarstamp.com/

I don't think you can resist!! I couldn't, no surprise there, LOL!

The quality and service is awesome, the selection huge, prices are great....do I have to keep going?

So now about my card, it has 5 airplanes, 2 are almost hidden under the ribbon but they are there. The picture is horrible, the pink looks white, the card is in the mail already so I can't redo it, and the stamps are from.....CDS.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

High Hopes baby card

A High Hopes baby card, I am not sure if I have showed this card already but I don't think so.

It's one of the cards we made at the class at SGD.

The giraffe is watercoloured with Tombo's and the sentiment is from Verve stamps.

Have a great day, Anja

CAS, cased Christmas card

I saw this card on Splitcoast several times, different colours and ribbon but the same concept and I really like it. Such a clean and simple card and so easy to make. I didn't even add stickles though I was tempted, LOL!

My plan this year is to make some Christmas cards, and really enjoy it, and the rest will come out of a box, nothing wrong with that, right?

That's what I keep telling myself, we'll see what happens.

Have a great day, and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Heidi among the flowers!

Here is Heidi, among the flowers! Isn't she cute?
I have coloured this image with Prismacolour pencils and added lots of bling because it's for somebody who deserves lots of bling!
I am pretty sure she is not sitting between flowers today but I certainly hope she has a great day!
The background is done with the CB dots embossing folder and then I sanded it very carefully so that the dots show white.
Hope you all have a great day, thanks for stopping by, Anja

Sympathy card

It's been a week since I have posted.....not that I haven't stamped just haven't gotten around to post some cards. This is a simple sympathy card, one of the cards we have used to put in a package for the foodbank. Once a year I help out at a local church were we make card packages for the foodbank. Very nice idea, I think.

Today I am hoping to make some Christmas cards...............it looks like it's gonna snow, but I certainly hope that I am completeley wrong. I really don't need that to get in the mood for Christmas cards! I have more cards to share but I can't show them yet.... they are for people who come and visit here.

Have a great day, Anja