Flower pots in the garden

Happy CANADA DAY!!! I am very proud to be Canadian, very thankful to live in this great country! A part of me will always be Dutch, but Canada is our home now.

A new challenge over at CRAFT A SCENE, our theme this month is "in the garden" and HEARTFELT CREATIONS is our sponsor, come on over and play with us! To be honest, I don't like to garden, thankfully my dh does, but I love spending time in the garden.This year we made our deck bigger and we have lots of pots with flowers, I used this as my inspiration.

For this card I used some Penny Black stamps, from the set In the garden and stamped some flower pots, coloured them with Spectrum Noir markers and Prismacolour pencils. I also popped up some little flowers. The sky is sponged on with Tim Holtz in, tumbled glass. I added some grass from Rubbernecker, sentiment is from Hero Arts. The ribbon is from Hobby Lobby.

After I coloured the image, I got out my stickles...I have used a lot of different colours and if I didn't have the matching colour, I used diamond, will go with any colour.

Baby girl card

Another baby card with this image from Penny Black, coloured with Prisma's and gamsol. The sentiment is from SU. Nothing new, just adding this to my box in case I need a baby card. Hope you like it, thanks for stopping by, Anja

More with Tim's markers....

Happy Friday! It sure was nice to sit in a cool basement with the hot and humid weather we are having! You can read all about this card HERE. Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

For the graduate!

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A quick graduation card with a stamp from Verve, paper out of my stash, star nestabilities and twine. I also used the star borderpunch from Martha Stewart. Not much more to tell you about this card, thanks for stopping by, Anja

High hopes baby card

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There are no baby cards in my box so I decided that I need a couple of those, I don't have a lot of High Hopes stamps but this one is a favourite. I pulled out my TOMBO'S and watercoloured, hadn't done that in ages and it felt good to sit and play. After the colouring was done, I cut out the image and put it on the Cheery Lynn doily and put stickles on. Some score lines, a bow, sentiment from SU and bling, to finish the card off.

Hope you like it, have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Cut, fold and tuck!

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Good morning, here is my card for the Friday post, another week just flew by! Busy times for the kids in exams, lots of farm work and running around, love this weather! You can read all about this fun and easy card HERE. Thanks for stopping by, Anja

Relax, this is your day!

Happy Sunday! Hope you get to relax this day! I love Sundays, we go to church and usually do something fun or relaxing,visit with friends and today we have a good, old church picnic.

My card today is for CRAFT A SCENE, my second card with a beach scene, hope you will join us in the fun too! I have used Rubbernecker stamps, they are our sponsor this month by the way, from the set by Kittie , cause a scene. Lots of images to make a beach scene. My stampscapes came in handy too, for the clouds with sun, 107 E, and cloud bits, 292 C, and the water stamp, SC 231.

A variety of Tim Holtz inks (squeezed lemonade, faded jeans, scattered straw) were used and some SU colours, baja breeze and artichoke. Borderpunch from EK, a white gelpen to highlight the water, twine, sentiment from Heartfelt creations (western sentiments). The birds are from Clear Dollar stamps. Don't forget to check out the work from the other DT members!

Thanks for stopping by, Anja

You are simply the best!

For the men in your life! Read all about this card HERE. Have a great day, Anja

Another challenge....

Yesterday I had some time to sit and colour with my Prismacolour pencils, making a card for the challenge HERE, Crazy 4 Challenges blog and for the challenge here, Come and Get it . The challenge is to use a butterfly and for the second one flowers and a butterfly, my butterfly is done with a Joycraft die and popped up, I have added some stickles to the flower (from Inkadinkadoo) but kept the card clean and simple, the sentiment is from Verve. Thanks for looking and have a great day, Anja

Footprints in the sand.....

This month the challenge over at CRAFT A SCENE is beach scenes. I love going to the beach and enjoy the sun, the lake, swimming and some kayaking, especially when there are waves. We live about half an hour from the lake and we love it. Can you imagine sitting in that chair and looking at the waves? The poem is one of my favourites, I was so happy that I found a stamp, from Inkadinkadoo, with a part of the poem on it. This month our sponsor is RUBBERNECKER, and I happen to have some of their stamps. For this card I made a background using Tim Holtz distress inks, for the sky I used tumbled glass and then I stamped clouds from Stampscapes on it with the same ink. The water is done with broken china and faded jeans. The sanddunes (rubbernecker) and sand are done with antique linen. The green stuff is from Rubbernecker, cause a scene, and the seagulls from Stampscapes. The verse is stamped and embossed on acetate. The chair, (don't know who made it, it is a single stamp I had forever) is stamped and embossed on kraft paper, then cut out and popped up. Some brads and score lines to finish it off.

One more....second post today C4C138

I just had to make one more......and then I found out about this challenge, you can look it up HERE. My friend Andrea is on their design team.One layer and embellishments are allowed....this fits right in, I think. I made a mask with my oval nestabilities and sponged Tim Holtz distress inks on, I have used the following colours:

-tumbled glass, faded jeans, squeezed lemon, peeled paint, dried marigold.

Then I stamped the branches in Versafine black, they are from the set delicate branches, made by Inkadinkadoo, sentiment from Just Rite, fancy tags. The next step is spraying it with Tim Holtz gold glimmermist (with the mask still in place) The birds are from a Mc Gill punch, bling and ribbon from my stash. Some score lines were added with the scor pal.

This is an easy way to make a card, get out your inks and try it too! Thanks, Anja

Under the birch tree......

Another masculine card! You can read about it HERE. Have a great day, Anja

Thank you card

I forgot to post this one, well, it is very similar to one of the other cards I did post. Sketch from Clean and Simple, just a different sentiment. Thanks for looking and have a great day, Anja

Happy Father's day!

Can you tell I am loving the distress inks from Tim Holtz? They are so fun and easy to play with and create beautiful backgrounds. This little stamp is from Prima stamps, 7 pieces for under $3 over at SGD. I don't know who made the sentiment, punch from Martha Stewart and some embossing folders. And let's not forget the twine. I followed a sketch I found online, www.worldofcrafters.org/

You should check it out too! Thanks for stopping by, Anja

Casing myself

Today I am showing you a card, where I cased myself, LOL! Changed up the colours a little bit, still lots of pink, different borderpunch ( I got a few to choose from) and different paper.

Maybe that is the way to go, if you think it works, make more than one? Thanks for stopping by and have a great day, Anja

More clean and simple...

Ink on my fingers, ink on my desk, my oh my, Tim Holtz has taken over my craft room!! A girl can dream right, lol? I am having a blast playing with the inks and making clean and simple cards. Love it that you have so many choices with this hobby! You can do whatever and be happy, thanks for looking, Anja

Poppy window card

Happy Friday, just a quick post from me today, you can read all about this card HERE. Have a great day, Anja

Clean and simple sketch

Clean an simple posted a sketch, love this one, sketches can be such a big help. I have made a couple of cards with this one. Thanks for looking, Anja

A couple more....

So bear with me, posting this from my IPod......I need all the help I can get,lol.I made 3 more cards with the same technique. Let's hope the post will go on, thanks, Anja

P.S. Click on the first picture and you will be able to see both cards!

A different scene

While I was working and thinking about my cards for Craft a Scene this month ( the challenge is Spring flowers) I browsed and played and tried and in the end I had 2 card with Stampscapes and flowersoft, well, my DH said that wasn't good enough, they were too much alike, LOL. He even helped me and I listened....so I started to try and then came up with this, I had a "real"card, from the store and it looked somewhat like this...so no stamping at all, but a scene I made, with flowers from punch a bunch, Martha Stewart butterfly, clouds from a MFT die, the rest is free handed .

So let me know what you think and please be honest, it is different for sure. Come and play with us and check out the work of the other design team members HERE.

Thanks for stopping by, Anja

So simple

I have seen this technique done on several blogs and I have wanted to try it myself....it is so simple! Mask off an area, use some Tim Holtz distress inks, stamp, remove the mask and add a sentiment and a bird in those cards. Sentiments from Hero arts, tree branch is from Inkadinkadoo, bird is a Mc Gill punch, some score lines were added because I just had to add something, lol! I making a couple more and then I can give it away as a set, that's my plan, let's hope I get to finish it. Thanks for stopping by, Anja

One for the guys!

A masculine card today....check it out HERE. Have a great day, Anja

Happy Anniversary!

This month I need a couple of anniversary cards and this is one I made, I like the colour combo and it didn't take too long to make. I hope you all had a great Mother's day! We did, it was a busy weekend, with lots of work and farm stuff on Saturday,family, church, good food and kayaking on Sunday , I loved every minute of it! Now the house is quiet..... and a bit of a mess, I am off to do more groceries, I can't believe the fridge is empty again,lol! Have a great day, Anja

Sneak peek for masculine card class!

Happy Friday! Today I am showing you on of the card for my next class on Wednesday May 30 form 10 to 12 AM, you will make 4 masculine cards! Read all about it here. Have a great day, Anja

Spring flowers!

Good morning! Here is my card for Craft a Scene challenge May, the challenge is springflowers! I love flowers and you can do so many different things with them! The purple flower is from Wild Orchids, I make my own flowers most of the time but I got some of my friend and this one was the perfect colour. Come and join us, you have a whole month and can submit up to 3 cards.

For my card I have used: 292 Cloud bits stamped in light blue, 291 D Stampscapes Little church and 2901 B maple trio in Versafine black, for the grass in the front I have used 191 A and 251 C sedge filler. I have coloured with Prismacolour pencils, the flowers and blossoms are done with Flowersoft, peony pink and lavender. Embossing folder from Crafts too, petals. Nestabilities Beaded oval and some cream Viva pearl.

Hope you are able to join us, take care and thanks for stopping by, Anja

You've got mail!

Happy Friday, you can read all about this card HERE. Hope to see you tomorrow for National Scrapbook day at SGD! Make and takes from 10AM till 1PM, store open all day!

Have a great day, Anja

Playing with the left overs

I had 2 classed recently at SGD and it was so much fun, thank you to all the ladies who came out! There is always some pieces and stuff left so I sat down and created a card, Ican't seem to throw anything out. The rose die is from MFT, didn't have that one so I had to try it, it works great! Sentiment from Just Rite. The little flowers are from the medium hydra cluster punch from punch a bunch. Have a great day and thanks for looking, Anja

National Scrapbook Day May 5th

Saturday, May 5th is National Scrapbook Day and over at SGD we are having a party!! With free make and takes, PRIZES and RAFFLES, oh and treats! It is gonna be a pink party, we are asking you to consider to donate a toonie toward research of breast cancer! Ladies, this is for all of us! Let's try to raise a lot of toonies and help with this important research! Wear something PINK! The make and takes will run from 10AM till 1PM, store open all day!

I will be there, hope to see you too!! Take care, Anja

Thinking of you!

Good morning, here is the card I posted for SGD today, you can read all about it HERE.

Have a great day,Anja

  

Let's try again.....

Trying it again, after my youngest child told me to do it this way........oh man, I am getting old, lol! When did this happen?Anyhow, here is a card I forgot to post, pink and flowers, hope you like it too, take care, Anja

  

I can't post pictures!!!

  Oh,oh, Mr. Blogger did make some changes again....and I am not getting it!! Grr!
Hopefully the kids will be able to help me out again, what would I do without them??
So I hope to be back soon and share some pink  and flowery cards with you, take care,Anja 

Showered with love!

A cheerful card for all of you today! Read more about it HERE. Have a great weekend, Anja

Silhouette card for Craft a Scene!

Here is my second card for the challenge over at Craft a Scene. This month the theme is silhouettes. For my card, I combined the moon with a silhouette,see, all the things I have learned, lol! I started with punching out a circle for the moon, put it on a piece of white cardstock with removable tape and got out my Tim Holtz's distress inks. Here is a list of the colours I used:

antique linen, old paper, pumice stone, brushed corderoy, frayed burlap, vintage photo and walnut stain

Then, I sprayed it with water, wiped it with paper towel and added some more walnut stain, sprayed and wiped again , added some more antique linen.

I stamped the image, Penny Black wintersky, with black Versafine, I then sprayed it all with an acrylic sealer. The black background is a die from Spellbinders, Lace Doily motifs, sentiment from Just Rite. Some scored lines to finish it off.

Come and play with us, there is a prize to win! Thanks for looking, Anja

Flying away!

Yesterday I got to spend some time in my craft room! Finally got to play with some things I got at the garage sale...This card is made with a Unity Stamp, sentiment from Clear Dollar Stamps and the dp is retired, I believe, it's from WeRMemory Makers. I got to use some twine, love it! Oh, and a button, have a jar full, just sitting there. I like how it turned out, hope you do too! Have a great day, and thanks for stopping by, Anja

It's been quiet.....

Happy Friday! It has been quiet here on my blog, I have been busy working on lots of crafty stuff, just didn't post them yet. But today I have a card to share, you can read about it HERE.

I do have more to share, after I get organized and take pictures..........

Have a great day, Anja

Easter Blessing to you!

You can read all about this card HERE.

Wishing you all a wonderful Easter, Anja

Silhouette card for Craft a Scene

A new challenge is starting over at Craft a Scene, and this time it is silhouette. Did I even spell that right? Hope so.... The design team got a set of digi stamps and made a card with them. Caroline Rawcliffe is our sponsor this month, so a big thank you for her!! You can check out her stamps here.

The stamps are beautiful and the possibilities endless! Now, I am not good at the computer, it took me some time and a lot of help from the boys but I did it!!! So if you have never tried the digi stamps, if I can do it, anybody can, LOL!!

About the card, I used the stars in a circle and the tree branch from the digi stamps. Embossing folder from Crafts too, Nestabilities, sentiment from Clear Dollar stamps, MS borderpunch and the bird is a Marianne Design die. Ribbon from my stash and some silver Viva pearls to finish it off. Check out the cards made by the design team and join us in this challenge if you like!!

Have a great day, Anja

Hello Bunny!

Isn't this the cutest bunny?? Read about it HERE. I am off to a weekend of scrapbooking, see you later, Anja

Happy Birthday with Cosmo Cricket

Some yummy, new paper from Cosmo Cricket, beautiful colours, I couldn't resist. The photo doesn't do this card justice, I think, click on the picture for a better look. Sentiment from Just Rite, different Nestabilities and a border from Cheery Lynn. Flowers and green stuff from Cheery Lynn and Marianne Design. Thanks for stopping by, Anja

Baby card!

So many new dies from Marianne Design, I needed a baby girl card so here I have used the baby carriage and the doily die from Cheery Lynn. It is hard to keep up with all the companies coming out with dies, so many choices!

Lots of pink, sentiment from Stamping Up, borderpunch from Martha Stewart, some bling and the dots embossing folder. Thanks for looking, Anja

Wishing you a beautiful day!

Happy Friday! Wishing you all a beautiful day, you can read about my card here.

Don't forget, tomorrow is GARAGE SALE at SGD!! Enjoy your day, Anja

Moonlight sympathy

Today I am sharing my second card for the Craft a Scene design team. You can find the blog here. The challenge this month is moon light, you can join us too and have a chance to win a prize! After I had trouble with the first card, I got into the moon mode...... For this card I inked up my Hero arts stamp and stamped it on my background. The background is done with mostly Tim Holtz distress inks and a few SU inks, I will list them for you. For the moon I took a scrap of paper and cut out a 1 1/4 inch circle and used it as a mask , I inked it up with SU so saffron. Then I covered the moon up and started sponging on my other colours: SU bashful blue, TH tumbled glass, TH broken china, TH faded jeans, TH weathered wook, TH black soot, TH spiced marmelade. The sentiment is from Just Rite, Just because set.

Black and barely banana cardstock, SU label punches, Dots embossing folder, some twine out of my stash and liquid pearls to finish it off.

Check out the blogs of the design team members! Thanks for stopping by, Anja

Owl birthday

Love the owl punch from SU! So much fun and easy to make cards with. A scrap of dp. a cloud die from MFT, MS borderpunch, embossing folders,star punch, SU label punch and some twine, voila!

Hope you like it too, till next time, Anja

Masculine birthday!

Happy Friday! A masculine card to share with you today! You can read about it here.

Enjoy this beautiful day!

Some new goodies....

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Last week a friend and I went shopping in the States, a fun day, and we both really behaved, lol! The lady at the border thought so too, so life is good. I have a basket in my craft room where I put the new things in, I wanna use them before I put them away, you never know what will happen then....

One of the things I got is the Cricut cardtridge Elegant edges, soooooo many possibilities. The sentiment is from Stampabilities and the labels cut with the Cricut, Darice embossing folder, Marianne Dies for the flower and the bird, MS punch and Viva pearls. Ribbon from my stash.

Hope you like it, have a great day, Anja

Sympathy card

It seems like our internet is up an running...grr, I don't know much about computers but I do know how much they can frustrate you!

On the bright side, you have more time in the day if you don't go on.....so I made a few cards.

I needed another sympathy card, going through my stuff...used a Marianne Die for the frame, MS borderpunch, Nestabilities and stamps from Clear Dollar stamps, Hero and Cornish Heritage. Black Viva pearls drops to finish it off. Oh and the butterfly is a Joy craft die.

Thanks for stopping by, Anja

Just for you

Finally I get a chance to post a card, keep your fingers crossed, the internet is been out most of the weekend, the wireless still doesn't work, not sure what is going on.

This card is done with Stampabilities stamps , MS border, Nesties, Fiskars border punch and the labels have been cut with the Cricut, Elegant edges. I use my Cricut mostly for scrapbooking, that's a shame with so many possibilities.....

The good thing is, when the computer is not working, you get a lot more time to play, LOL!

Thanks for stopping by, Anja

Hugs to you!

Not the best picture but a quick card, you can find all the details here.

We are off to the Farm show today, happy Friday, Anja

Moon light card

Some times it takes a lot of things to make a card............the challenge this month at Craft a Scene is moonlight.......and boy oh boy did I struggle with this one. My wastebasket is over flowing and my fingers have all kinds of distress inks on them. To be honest, I don't think I have ever made a card with the shining moon in it, I have drooled over other peoples creations.
So I searched and checked out blogs and galleries.....did some shopping....and then I came across this stamp from Stampendous, and I knew I had to buy it. The sample I saw at the store was done without a moon, and with Tim Holtz inkers, and those I don't have so.....I worked with what I do have , and believe me I am not short of anything, LOL. So I played with different colours distress inks and sponges, here is a list of the colours that made it for my final project:

spiced marmelade, tumbled glass, peeled paint oh and I started with SU so saffron.

I tried hard to bring in some light and darker colour tones and to show the moon light shining in the water. Glitter came out too but I quickly discovered that that was not gonna work for me. After I was happy with the image, I cut it out, matted it on a scalloped rectangle, used a Crafts Concepts embossing folder,fiskars border punch, some twine, black Viva pearls and a sentiment from Stampendous. So that is all about this card, a little bit of me and a whole lot of another unknown, talented crafter. My next card will be all me, I promise, but sometimes we all need a little help.

Hop on over to the blog and I hope you will be able to join us this month, looking forward to see all your creations!!

Have a great day, Anja

You are special!!

Happy Friday! Here is a card for all of you!! You can read about itHERE.

Thanks for stopping by, Anja

Happy Birthday to our leap year boy!

Yesterday we celebrated Maarten's 4 th birthday, while he turned 16! An unexpected day off school due to freezing rain, gave us the change to go out for lunch with the boys.

Here is the card I made for him, I have used some new stamps/dies from Hero/Sizzix, stamping up punches and some WeRmemory keepers dp. Sentiment from Stampendous.

Thanks for stopping by, Anja