Golden rose!

Happy Friday! Here my card for the SGD blog today, you can find all the details HERE

                Till next time , Anja

Fall Sympathy card.

Happy Friday! Here my card for the SGD blog today, you can find the info HERE

                                         Till next time, Anja

C4C360, fall hello!

It's Saturday, time for a challenge for the CRAZIES. This time we are asked to  make a card with your initials or with something that starts with you initials....I struggled with it, lol.

I think I found something...these flowers are Asters, my initial is an A and if that is not true, because I am really not good with the names of flowers, then the water is Aqua blue!!

There you have it!!

                                           Till next time, Anja

Quick masculine card!

Happy Friday! Here my card for the SGD blog today, you can find it HERE.

                               Till next time, Anja

C4C359, bees or bugs!

Here my card for the Crazies..... It was supposed to be posted early Saturday  morning but that did not happen

Now I am on my phone, not so handy...edit and then it posted on the date I prepared my post grrrr

www.crazy4challenges.blogspot.com

The challenge is to use bees or bugs on your card, I used dragonflies

Colorburst background.

Hope you like it,till next time, Anja

Feel better soon!

Happy Friday! Here my card today for the SGD blog, you can find it HERE.

                                     Till next time, Anja

Sketch Challenge!

It's the third Saturday of the month and that  means SKETCH CHALLENGE over at the CRAZIES.
Love using sketches! I started by rubbing my versamark pad over a stencil and adding some pan pastels, when I thought I sprayed it with a sealer I actually sprayed it with tacky stuff......

That's when I decided to sprinkle on some gold glitter, since it was sticky anyway, and placed a piece of acetate on top! Really like this! Not sure if this is a technique or not, but I will be doing this more, lol!

Then I cut the piece in 4 pieces to follow along with the sketch. The stamps are from MFT, stamped on Nestabilities. 

                                            Hope you like it, Anja

Opposite colours

It's Saturday, time for another challenge over at the CRAZIES. This time we are asked to use opposite colours of the colour wheel.....I had to look it up, lol!

My choice is yellow and purple and flowers.....what a surprise!

Haven't used any border punches forever, this one is Martha Stewart..hope you like it!

                                  Till next time, Anja

Merry Christmas!

Happy Friday! Here my card for the SGD blog today, you can find the details HERE.

                            Happy Thanksgiving, Anja

C4C356, forest scene

Happy Saturday! The challenge over at the CRAZIES today is to make a forest scene. For my card I have used a set from Altenew and a deer die from Memory Box. I stamped the trees by putting frayed burlap marker on my stamp and blend it out with a bit of water. Same for the grass and the leaves, I used peeled paint and forest moss. The blue is put down with a foam blending tool, tumbled glass is the colour. Did you see where I messed it up?? It's hard to be perfect, lol!
Today is National Card Making Day hope we all get some time to create a card today!
                                Till next time, Anja

Bamboo roses!

Happy Friday! Here my card for the SGD blog,you can find all the details HERE.

                                 Till next time, Anja

Simple Penny Black card!

Happy Friday! Here my card for the SGD blog, you can find all the info HERE.

                               Till next time, Anja

Merry Christmas!

Happy Friday! Here my card for the SGD blog today, you can find all the details HERE.

                                     Till next time, Anja

Flower Cascade!

Happy Friday! Here my card for the SGD blog, you can find all the details HERE.

                                        Till next time, Anja

C4C352, no white after Labour Day!

Happy Saturday! Challenge time over at the CRAZIES, no white after Labour Day....did not know that that was a rule, lol! This was an easy and fun card to make!  I love white on white cards, they are usually just so elegant. For this card I used mirri board for the  leaves and the diecut. Flower is from Altenew, heat embossed on vellum. The strip on the left is perfect for keeping the vellum in place.

                                        Hope you like it, Anja

Quick and easy thank you card!

Happy Friday!

Here my card for the SGD blog today, you can check it out HERE.

                                                   Till next time, Anja

C4C351, Christmas Blessings!

An early Christmas card.....that is not like me at all, when I saw what the challenge was at the CRAZIES this week, the idea of a Christmas card came up in my head. We are asked to make a card for an upcoming holiday. Last year I bought this stamp from Penny Black, it was still unused...

Heat embossed in gold and watercoloured with some Tombo markes, the berries have crystal effects on them. I carefully sprinkled a few magenta grey powder around the image and sprayed some water on it. Cut out with a Nellie die and matted on some old designer paper.

                                    Hope you like it! Till next time, Anja

Penny Black sympathy card

Happy Friday! Sharing my card for the SGD blog today, you can find all the info HERE.

I tried out a technique described in the video of the Penny Black blog.

                        Hope you like it! Till next time, Anja

C4C350, sketch challenge!

Happy Saturday! It's the third Saturday of the month and that means it's SKETCH challenge over at the CRAZIES.

I love a SKETCH challenge, it takes the guess work out of your card making. For my card I used one of  my many embossing folders....I really found some nice ones in my box, lol. And I went through some of my designer paper....and I used some ribbon!!

The flower pot is drawn by ME.... I am pretty happy how it  turned out! The idea of this card came from the Art Impressions website, I watched a you tube and tried to copy this card. Sentiment from Just Rite.

Watercolouring with the Art Impression stamps is very easy and relaxing, on their website you can find a ton of tutorials!!

                                                Hope you like this card! Till next time, Anja

Distress markers on glossy cardstock!

Happy Friday! Here my card for SGD today, you can find it HERE.

                              Have a great day, Anja

C4C349, Back to school!

It is Saturday! Challenge time over at the CRAZIES!! This week the theme is back to school......

I don't really make back to school cards, lol, so I went to my CAMEO and cut out this frame.

The background is done with acrylic paints and an old gift card, some stars and dots were added. The circles are stamped on with acrylic paint as well. No clue who made the sentiment.....it was the only one is my big stash that was fitting!

Go on over and check out what the other design team members created, you can find it HERE.

                                    Have a great day, Anja

Cool colours!

Happy Friday!!! If you are in my part of the world.....wow, it is been a HOT HOT week!!!

So I decided to use some cool flowers on my card for SGD today, you can find all the info HERE.

                                                         Have a great day, Anja

C4C348, Olympic colours!

Happy Saturday! I missed the CRAZY challenge last Saturday, time got away on me, but today I am in!

The challenge is to use olympic colours or a sports theme, you can find it all HERE.

Normally I don't go for these colours so a challenge it was, lol, I have used a stamp set from Scrappy Cat, which I have had forever and never used before. I stamped the flowers on coloured cardstock and cut them out. The background is a dot stamp from Altenew, heat embossed in black. Sentiment is also from Altenew and popped up, silver Viva pearls in the hearts of the flowers.The leaves are done with a Martha Stewart punch, some green sequins to finish it off.

                                                   Hope you like it! Till next time, Anja

Sending hugs and happy thoughts!

Happy Friday! Sending you hugs and happy thoughts to you all with my card for the SGD blog today, you can find all the details HERE.

                                  Have a great day, Anja

Peony and water beads

Happy Friday! Here my card for the SGD blog today, you can find it HERE

                                              Till next time, Anja

Picnic basket with flowers, C4C346

Happy Saturday! Challenge time over at the CRAZIES....let me tell you, a challenge it was for me.I am pretty sure I stretched the challenge to the limits, lol

It's National Hot dog day, and we were asked to make something related to a picnic....

This is all I could come up with, a picnic basket with flowers....My excuse.....I don't like to eat outside....Next time better! Have a great day, Anja

Jumping dolphins!

Happy Friday! Here my card for the SGD blog today, you can find the info HERE.

                           Till next time, Anja

C4C 345, sketch challenge!

Sketch challenge over at the CRAZIES. It makes it easier to design a card, just follow the sketch.

One of my many crafting plans is to use my designer paper, lol, I have a whole bunch of the mini pads.....such nice papers....but hardly use them. I don't think I ever have enough time to use it all up...

But I did for the sketch, the flower is Penny black,  coloured with pencils and I put some crystal effect on top, sentiment from Just Rite.

                                           Hope you like it! Till next time, Anja

Day 11, another flower!

For the colour challenge, another Altenew flower with watercolours and a die

         Hope you like it! Happy crafting, Anja

Tulip Birthday Card!

Happy Friday! Here my card for the SGD blog today, you can find the details HERE

                   Hope you like it! Till next time, Anja

Day 10 for the challenge!

Day 10....I am falling a bit behind on the colouring challenge, no big deal, good thing there are no rules, lol. You can find the challenge HERE

I heat embossed the flowers and used some watercolours on them.

                                    Hope  you like it! Till next time, Anja

Just some colouring, no card for Day 8

Day 8, I did colour this Rosewood rose again with my Derwent colorsoft pencils, no time to make it into a card, hopefully soon....You can find the challenge HERE

The mess in my craft room is so big, I might have to clean up first before I can even find anything....

                                         Thanks for looking, Anja

Day 7, a little bit of colouring....

Day 7 of the 30 day color challenge, you can find it HERE.

I missed yesterday...and had plans to post early today, well, that did not happen but I did colour a little bit. The flower is part of a Magnolia stamp, coloured with pencils, and cut out. The background is watercolour paper with some yellow brusho's. When it was still a bit wet, I stamped the Altenew leaves with forest moss distress ink, and because the paper was still wet, you get a bit of the watercolour look. The sentiment was cut with the Silhouette.

                                       Hope you like it! Till next time, Anja

Day 5, pencils on black cardstock....

Happy Saturday! Some simple colouring today for the COLOR CHALLENGE, I have used pencils on black cardstock with some crystal effects on top. The derwent coloursoft pencils go on very easy on the black but the picture is not showing that all so well....

If you are looking for the CRAZIES card.....I posted that here on my blog a couple days ago as I used it for this challenge... I am trying to stay on top on all the things I want to do, lol, but sometimes Real Life messes that up, you can all probably relate to that! Oh well, such is life!

                                    Hope you get some crafty time! Till next time, Anja

Day 4, botanical garden!

Happy Friday! Here my card for the SGD blog and Day 4 of the colouring challenge, you can find the challenge HERE. As you can tell, I love flowers!!

                                        Hope to be back tomorrow! Have a great day, Anja

Day 3, For you!

Day 3 of the colour challenge....you can find the info HERE.

I used my Derwent colour soft pencils again to colour this rose from Rosewood, such a beautiful stampstamp, embossing folder from Anna Griffith, sentiment from Just Rite, die from Nellie Snellen.

I added some stickles to the rose, have to  have some sparkle, lol.

Hope you like it, till next time, Anja

Color burst and brusho background for Day 2!

Day 2 of the colour challenge, you can find it HERE, I had fun playing with color burst and brusho powders. The flower is a Impression Obsession stamp and the sentiment from Stampendous, and see I messed up my black Viva dots....

I used the Misti to stamp the flower and versafine black, so nice that you can ink up different times till you like it and always in the same spot!!

The frame is from Nellie Snellen. Hope you like it! 

                                       Till next time, Anja

Off to a good start...

Day 1 of the colouring challenge and I even finished the card, so I am off to a good start. I have a whole pile of stamped images ready to be coloured so that I can stay on track!

This stamp is from Penny Black, I coloured it with Derwent coloursoft pencils in the colours as they show on the package, sentiment from My Favorite Things, die from Nellie Snellen. I added some stickles and Viva pearl dots.

You can find the challenge HERE

                         Hope you like it! Till next time, Anja

Joining the colouring fun!

 

On July 5th there is a new challenge starting, all about taking some time to colour every day.....no stress, nothing that needs to be done, just taking some time for yourself ,  even if it's only 5 minutes a day. Sounds good, right? I think it's a great idea and I am planning to do this!

You can check it out and join too! You can find all the info HERE

There really are no rules, all about enjoying to colour with whatever medium you like!

Hope to be able to post something every day for the next month......now that might be the real challenge, lol!

                                                     Till next time, Anja

C4C343, lighthouses!

Happy Saturday! It's challlenge time over at the CRAZIES, this time you are asked to use a light house, you can find all the details HERE

It took me a while to colour this card, with derwent colorsoft pencils, the stamp is from Flourishes, but I made the scenery bigger by adding some hills and the rocks (stampscape) on the front, I also added some lines to make more water. At last I added the reeds and the seagull on the pole.

Sentiment is from Impression . A friend retired this week, so I gave the card to him.

                                             Hope you like it, Anja

Clean and simple Hello card

Happy Canada Day! My card today for the SGD blog, not using any red and white but keeping it very simple. You can check it out HERE.

                                                               Till next time, Anja

Buttefly challenge, C4C342

Happy Saturday! Challenge time over at the Crazies, use a butterfly as your main focus!

Love butterflies! I used my Cameo to cut the circle and the butterfly, some punches for the greenery. Background is watercoloured.Script stamped over butterfly and some crystal effects.

Our home pc is soooo slow.....doing this from my phone.... Here is the link to the challenge:

www.crazy4challenges.blogspot.com

       Till next time, Anja

From butterfly to flower!

Happy Friday! It was so much fun to create this card....I am sharing it today on the SGD blog.

You can find the details HERE , it's a butterfly stamp......and you'll see a flower!

                                     Till next time, Anja

Masculine sunset!

Happy Friday! Here is my card for the SGD blog today, you can find the details HERE

                                  Till next time, Anja.

Colourburst and a stencil...

Since I have been looking for some lost things in my craft room( still can't find what I am looking for) I came across some stencils I cut with the Silhouette...

My colour bursts were on my desk too so I started to play with them together and this is the result.

Love the effect! Turned the panel into this quick card, sentiment from Just Rite, border die from Joy Craft.

                                      Hope you like it, till next time, Anja

C4C340, 0ne for the men!

Time to make a card for the men in your life, the challenge over at the CRAZIES is masculine!

With Father's Day around the corner, it is perfect timing. I found this cut out at the Silhouette, coloured the sun and the boat with markers and made a background with distress inks. Sentiment from Just Rite.

Matted it on navy and voila, all done! Check out what the other design team members have created, get inspired and join us if you like! Have fun!

                                    Till next time, Anja

Elegance in motion!

Happy Friday! Here is my card for the SGD blog today, you can find all the details HERE.

                                        Till next time, Anja

c4C339, put a flower on!

Happy Saturday! Time for another challenge over at the CRAZIES. Love this one, put a flower on!!

I love flowers, and I got this beautiful peony from Altenew, coloured with watercolours. Fussy cut and paired up with some blue and purple. Sentiment from my stash.

The leaves are done with a variety of punches and dies (Marianne Design).

                        Hope you join us! Have a great day, Anja

Cosmo flowers

Happy Friday! Here is my card for the SGD blog, you can find all the details HERE.

                                      Have a great day, Anja

Thank you card for C4C338.

It's Saturday,  a very hot day here in Ontario!! Today the challenge over at the CRAZIES is to make a (teacher) thank you card. Our kids are now all adults, I can't believe it myself while I am writing this, so I made a "normal" thank you card. For the background I used the Kuretake watercolours and I cut out the oval with a nestabilitie. The poppy is from Impression Obsession, heat embossed in this red colour.

Part of the flowers are cut out to fit over the oval. Love those watercolours, they are sooo rich in colour!

                                         Till next time, Anja