Penny Black flowers

A different colour combo this time, no pink and no green, LOL!
I was cleaning up again in my craft room, yes again, and I had this punch in my hand....had to make a card with it. You have to click on the picture to get a better look.
The stamp is from Penny Black, some stickels, sentiment and bling. Voila, love it when it seems to come together so easily.
Have a great day, thanks for stopping by, Anja

December birthday card and one more Dutch card...

It is sooooooooo hot and humid here that being able to stay inside is such a blessing!

Usually this time of the year you want to enjoy every bit of nice and sunny weather because before you know...winter will be here, but not now, too hot and too humid.

I have 2 cards to share today, the first one is a birthday card made with Just Rite stamps, as I worked on it and added the flowers, I think it's perfect for a special friend who has a birthday in December, those flowers remind me of pointsettas. It has to be for someone special because I have added a border of tatting, made by my friend Ingrid. She has send me some of her beautiful work, I am very careful not to waste it!!

The second card is another Dutch card, pretty basic. The border is from Martha Stewart, I coloured it watercolour crayons and stickled it up.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day, Anja

Cleaning up my work space....

You have already seen this same image, I coloured 3 at the same time, so after I made the first card, the other 2 pieces are just cluttering my desk....so here we go. I finished them, one as a birthday card and the other one as a Get well soon card, but I won't bore you with all the same pictures.
The weather is so beautiful and we are really enjoying the pool and those last days of the summer break....soon it will all be over.
Have a great day, thanks for stopping by, Anja

For the happy birthday boy!

This week our youngest son had a birthday and this is the card I made for him. I am a little bit frustrated with the picture....even with extra lights and the photo tent...it looks way better IRL.

If you click on the picture, you get a better idea. And those 2 little black spots where not there before... I took the picture after he got it.

The robot is a little stamp from Michaels, watercoloured with Tombo's. The rest is pretty basic.

I am working on cleaning up some things I started and they are laying on my desk......you know, the things that make your workspace smaller and smaller,LOL!

Hope your day is going well, thanks for stopping by, Anja

Really Dutch card

Red, white, blue and a windmill.....I don't think I can make it any "Dutcher", LOL!
A couple of years ago when this SU set was about to retire, my rep thought for sure I wanted this set, but I was, like, oh no, people in Holland don't need those cards from me in Canada......
Then my mom got a set of cards made with this set....she loved it.....apparently her Dutch immigrant friends like those cards..............so she asks me, do you have the set? No Mom, long story short, I went on Ebay and paid way tooooooooooooo much for this set but I am glad to have it, LOL! My Mom's birthday is coming up and I am making her a set of cards, I better use this set....
I am gonna clean my windows outside, we got some new ones put in and there are so many fingerprints on them, it will top off my Dutch feeling!
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Big flower card

Yesterday I got to use this stamp from a friend, I forgot the name of the company again... It's a huge, flower stamp and I coloured it with....watercolour crayons from SU.
I haven't used those in ages.....it was fun to colour with them, different and first I wasn't sure if it was gonna work. So after I was done colouring, I sprayed glimmer mist all over it and put some stickles on it, cut it out and put it on the embossed background. The sentiment says happy birthday in Dutch.
I think it turned out nice, what do you think?
Have a great day and thanks for looking, Anja

Two Just Rite cards

Here are 2 of the cards we made at the class at SGD.

In total we made 4 cards but I am pretty sure that I have showed you the other 2 already, we had a great time and I really like teaching those classes, meeting new and old friends and then stamp together! We even had some dessert! It can't get any better.

The stamps we used were from Just Rite and the little sentiment from CDS, the Just Rite stamps are wonderful and they go so well with all the Nestabilities and punches.

Sheila happened to get some of the new arrivals in last night and you know what that means.........

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Inspired by a friend.....

For this card my inspiration came from my friend Joyce, her link is in the sidebar. She made a card with this stamp and coloured it with yellow and orange, very pretty.
I have to admit , I have had this stamp for over a year and played with it but never made it into a card, I usually kept the flowers..........pink, surprise! It looks way better in yellow, such a smart friend I have, LOL!
I coloured it last night, cut it out, poured some Chrystal effect over it and this morning I finished the card, I should be cleaning up here in our house.....
The weather is so much cooler and with the humidity gone, it's nice to be outside again.
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Magnolia girl

Here is a card I made last week and forgot to post. It's a Magnolia stamp, I don't have a lot of Magnolia's but they sure are nice.

She is coloured with Prisma's and Gamsol, I started with a piece of dp, didn't work, nothing worked so I made my own. The dies are from Nellie Snellen and the flowers from Joycraft, I was very excited to find those in Novi.

Don't forget that today between 3-5 pm you can come to SGD for a FREE MAKE AND TAKE!

Hope to see you there, Anja

More flowers

For a while I didn't have any watercolour paper left so my Tombo's got a break and I kept happily colouring with my prisma's and Gamsol. Now I have a new pack, so I used my Tombo's again, I almost forgot how much I like these too......so many choices, so little time. This is really an Anja card, pink, green, flowers and pearls.
The stamp I got at the garage sale from SGD for practically nothing.
Have a great day and thanks for looking, Anja

Red, black and white...

There is not much stamping going on in my house, this is a card I made last week and it's one of those, mmm, not so sure, too busy on the left side, wrong sentiment?
The white cuttlebugged background is done on glossy paper, it gives the card some extra's.
Even though I go over my paper with the embossing buddy and a dryer sheet, I still get some white speckles, I don't like that, I also have a tiny little brush which I use before I heat set, just not perfect. Maybe a smaller sentiment would have been better, oh well, it is what it is, time to move on.
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Heartfelt Creations

First of all, this picture doesn't really show how beautiful the card is!!
I had seen the beautiful dies and stamps from Heartfelt Creations....but didn't buy them......now Sheila from SGD is carrying them, how convenient!!
This company makes stamps and Spellbinders has designed the dies for them, you read that right, exclusive for Heartfelt Creations!! It makes cutting out the flowers so easy and you can do so many beautiful things!!
You can read all about it HERE.
As you can see on the website, there are different stamps and dies, oh, the choices we have to make, LOL!!
On Thursday, August 19 from 3 - 5 PM there is a FREE MAKE AND TAKE at SCRAPPINGREATDEALS and we will use some of those new dies!!! Come on out and see what they are all about! It will be fun! I can't wait to show you all the possibilities!!
Hope to see you all there, have a great day, Anja

The same PB flowers....

This stamp was still laying around on my desk, somewhere between a lot of other stuff. So when I started cleaning up, I had to play with it again. Coloured with prisma's and Gamsol and some sponging afterwards.

This Fiskar punch has been a favourite too the last couple of days, time to clean my space and get something else out.

Have a great day and thanks for looking, Anja

Teddy bear inchies

I got this set with lots of teddy bears from Rubbernecker, I actually numbered them on the back so it's easier to find them, there is 24 in the set! They fit perfectly on the inch squares!

Since I had my alcohol inks out, I started with a strip of that, some blue and silver in there.

The bears got some sparkle with silver and diamond stickles. I want to make another one in pink, it's an easy card to make and I like how it turned out.

Hope you like it too, have a great day, Anja

Praying for you......

It is late afternoon but it feels like morning to me.....I went with my son last night on his summer night job delivering newspapers. Everything looks so different at night and it was very foggy too at some spots. We saw some animals and only a couple of other cars. Quite the experience! Now about my card....
The background of this card is made with alcohol inks on glossy paper, it was hard to get a good picture. The image is stamped with stazon and for the rest it is a pretty basic card. The ribbon needs to be there.....I had a sentiment there first but kind of messed up.
Now I am off to make supper for the family, thanks for looking, Anja

Sponged background

So many ideas going through my head.....so many things you can do with paper, ink and stamps....good thing I had some serious cleaning to do so that I could think about a card. An old farm house that we were renting out came empty........ There is a lot of cleaning required so hopefully that will mean lots of card ideas, LOL!
If you need time to think, come on over and bring your gloves.....Just kidding!
I have used a Penny Black flower on glossy paper. The bg is inked sponged on, I did this first before I stamped. After I had stamped the flower, I sprayed some glimmermist over it and then I wiped it off with a tissue , I wasn't sure if I was gonna reck the image but it didn't.
It gave it a softer look, which I like.
Then I had to add some stickles and voila, the card was made.
Have a great day and thanks for looking, Anja

Just Rite elegant card

The Just Rite stamps are so pretty, I love them!!
I have not posted for a couple of days, but I did finish about 45 Christmas cards so that's why.
Today I had time to play with this set.....I stamped it first with a border....but by accident I cut it off, oh well, you have to be creative. Since I had already coloured this piece, I finished the card.
I really like it myself, love this style, flowers, bling, stickles, pink and green and what about that new CB folder? Like that one too.
Hope you are having a great day, thanks for stopping by, Anja

Fuzzy High Hopes baby

Yesterday I didn't have any inspiration.......sigh, it wasn't a productive day, but I cleaned up my scraparea. A little trip to Sheila at SGD did wonders for my creative juices, LOL! Honestly, I had to drop something off.........
but I also picked something up! This cute baby stamp is from High Hopes, I coloured with Prisma's and Gamsol, and I put some fuzzy, white stuff on the cloud.
One of the little hearts on the bottom is popped up. The big bling is from the Dollarstore.
Hope you can stay cool in this hot and humid weather!!!
Thanks for stopping by, Anja

Teen Soccer Boy

Today I am sharing a card with you made with a stamp I got at the garage sale. Perfect for teenage boys, I think. It's a fun and easy stamp to colour, the soccer ball is cut out, popped up and then I added crystal effects.
It's another hot and humid day here, I am so lucky I get to spend time again at the dentist..............it looks like my last appointment and everything should be done!
Oh well, it will be cool there, have a great day, Anja

Playing with some leftovers.....

Happy Holiday Monday, for us Canadians!!
We are gonna enjoy this day by going to friends who have a cottage on the lake!
The Greeting farm girl from 2 days ago and this Sarah Kay girl were coloured at the same time, can you tell. I had the same dp in mind....and the cards are not that different. All the dp is gone, and the leftovers are used. Time to start a new card.....
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

SU Happy Birthday

It's good to have friends...........especially the ones that share the stamping with you!! This stamp isn't mine either, it is from a SU set, sorry, don't know the name.
Coloured with prisma's and Gamsol. I have noticed that the main image isn't exactly in the middle, when I put the bling on the sides I found that out, oh well, it is as it is.
The little butterfly is popped up, the rest of the card is pretty basic.
Hope your day is going well, we are off to church and then a birthday party, take care, Anja

Isn't she cute?

Isn't she cute? I think she is, this Greeting Farm girl finally made it to a card....I had her coloured a while ago. Again, with prisma's and Gamsol, still didn't get my watercolour paper but I did found some more sheets, so that's good.
I really like this card myself, the little flower is made with my dies from Crealies.
I forgot where the dp is from, I ripped it out one of those little books when I started to colour and it's been a while. The stamp isn't even mine, when I get my hair done, I also get to stamp.......sometimes there is a bonus in turning grey, LOL! Angie, my hairdresser and I use each other stamps while we are waiting for the grey to disappear.
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Bright Penny Black

Here is one of my neglected Penny Black stamps, she was just laying in a drawer, didn't get inked up much..................
So I used this stamp and coloured it my Prisma's and Gamsol, did some sponging, put a sentiment on and finished the card. Oh, and don't forget the stickles.
It's not that there is no new stuff or new to me stuff waiting to get some ink on them......
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

FREE MAKE AND TAKE!

It's that time again, come on out if you like to SGD in Komoka today, check out this huge and awesome, funfilled store and do the FREE MAKE AND TAKE with me, if you like. We are making a corner bookmark this this time.
Check it out HERE.
The make and take is between 3 and 5 PM, a fun little thing to make.
It would fit with a standard size card so you could easily send it to someone.
Hope to see you there, Anja

More wedding wishes..........

Another wedding card made, I keep selling the ones I have made and we have a wedding ourselves on Saturday so I made another one. The stamps are from Inkadinkadoo, the colours are black, silver and the dp.............I think it's from CM a long time ago, not sure.
I have added another light to take a picture of my cards, but I still think you need to click on the photo to get a better look. I'll keep on trying.
Have a great day, take care, Anja

CC Design, happy birthday.

After taking a picture of this card, experiencing with some extra lights and the photo tent, I do realize that this girl is laying down on......nothing?
I should have given her at least some grass or so to lay on, she must be exhausted, lol!
Oh well, I did do some sponging, something I don't do very often because I don't want to mess up what I just coloured.
The sentiment is from Hanna stamps, dp from Basic Grey, borderpunch from MS, CB embossing border, pearls and flowers from stash.
The image is coloured with prisma's and Gamsol.
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Romantic Anniversary Card

Did anybody go to the garage sale over at SGD?
Well, you can still go tomorrow. I came back with a bag full of bargains, sooooo much fun!
This is the card I made yesterday with some Just Rite and Inkadinkadoo stamps, I have to say the picture doesn't really show how the card is. I call it an elegant, romantic card, and it's for a special couple. If you click on it, you do get a better view.
Hope your day is going great, I am gonna unpack my bag........take care, Anja

GARAGE SALE AT SGD!!

Tomorrow and Sunday there is a garage sale over at Sheila's store, SGD in Komoka!!!!
Come and visit us if you are in the neighbourhood!!! You can find really awesome deals and
for all in store customers.........drum roll please..............you also get 20 % off you store purchases of the day!!
Check out the website www.scrappingreatdeals.com, you can find all the details there. The sale starts at 10 AM!!
Hope to see you there!!! Anja

Penny Black birthday!

Love, love this new set from Penny Black!! I had seen it on line when it came out.........couldn't resist, LOL!
I have been trying some different things to improve the quality of the pictures, I do have a photo tent but I think I need more lighting around it, the cards really look nicer IRL!
This image is coloured with Prismacolour pencils and Gamsol, I have hardly any of my favourite watercolour paper left and I can't get it here so my beloved Tombo's have a little break.
The pencils with Gamsol work like a charm too, so easy and the soft look is nice.
The sentiment is from Clear Dollar stamps, paper from DCWV, ribbon from stash, EK heart punch, Nestabilities and some stickles.
Hopefully the sun will come out and dry our wheat fields, so that we can get the wheat off.
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Happy Sailing!

Smooth sailes and happy sailing, wow, did I tell you that we had a little sailboat for about 3 weeks? It's sold now, we are not the sailors my dh thought we could be.
It went really well till something went wrong.......the for sale sign was up again, and we have decided we are more the kayakers, nice and safe.
About the card, I have used the boat before in a similar layout, this time it's coloured with prismacolour pencils and Gamsol, this ek punch just need to be used on a card like this. A MS punch was used along the bottom.
Hope your day is going well, thanks for stopping by, Anja

CIC 15, Thank you card

The monthly challenge over at Clear Dollar Stamps is all about Gratitude, you can find the details HERE.

This time I choose to use some other stamps which is okay for the challenge.

THe image is from Inkadinkadoo, coloured with prisma's and Gamsol, the sentiment from CC Amyr designs. The little tag is made with a punch, the border with a Fiskars punch, dp from Basic Grey. Love it that the new CB dots folder is big enough for the whole front of the card! Some Nestabilities and some stickles and a pearl to finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day, Anja

Set of 3 babycards!

There were no cards for babies on my rack but not anymore....
I made this set of 3 last night. Clean and simple cards, with some bling and ribbon.
I did some paper piercing, very easy to do with the new ruler from Tim Holtz, I used a new to me Fiskar punch, the one I needed to have and didn't even use yet...an ek punch and a MS punch, the big dot cb folder, spellbinders tags,ribbon, SU punches, bling, SU stamps, Amyr stamps.......
Writing down all the stuff I have used, I am not sure if I should still call the cards CAS,LOL!!!
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Happy Wedding!

Happy Wedding, happy stamping, happy me! It feels so good to be in my craft room and play with my stamps! Going on vacation is wonderful but nothing beats being home!!
Tomorrow we are going to a wedding, really looking forward to it, especially to the dance in the evening, I love to dance with my husband.
But now about the card, I have kept the layout pretty similar to the Christmas card from 2 days ago, eggplant, white and silver are the colours. Sentiment from Inkadinkadoo and the main image is from Just Rite.
Have a great evening and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Just Rite Christmas

Last year I made a promise to myself that I would start early on my Christmas cards. I didn't like not having time to get them all done. So here I am, posting my second Christmas card and I have already made 10 in total!!!
This stamp is from Just Rite and I have used the image as a snowflake, the sentiment is from Clear Dollar Stamps. The rest is pretty simple, I love this clean and elegant look.
Hope your day is going well, take care, Anja

Christmas in July

We are back from 2 camping trips, lots of fun, laughter, family time. sleeping in, beach time, reading, kayaking, and way too much junk food.
Slowly we are settling in a new sort of routine, laundry is done, things are back in place, and my fridge is full with healthy stuff.
Today I sat down in my stamp space and made a Christmas card. It feels so good to stamp again!! I guess this picture isn't the best, you probably have to zoom in.
We have a wedding this Saturday so I better get going on making a card for that.
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Going camping........

No card to share today, I am packing the trailer...........including my painkillers and antibiotics.......
and hopefully that dental thing will leave me alone, LOL!
We are going "after school camping" , yippee, lots of moms plus kids, a few men, coffee, beach time, happy hour,reading, camp fire, sleeping in...................... See you later, Anja

Simple stamping

I was looking at splitcoast and saw this nice colour combo so I had to try it.
See, sometimes it takes a lot of people to make a card, you see this and that and come up with something with a little bit of every body.
The stamps are from SU and the sentiment from Inkadinkadoo.
I am off to the dentist again, things are not going as well as I hoped, it's very red and swollen,
like the red in my card, LOL!
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Graduation, triathlon and a card...

It's been a busy couple of days....graduation was very nice, the triathlon was hard work, no I didn't do that, but my son did and it was only 185 km from home,

I had a little bit of stamping time after another long dentist appointment.

Apparently I am spending my time and money at the dentist this week(again). It's amazing how many things they can put in your mouth....and at that time you don't feel it and thankfully there are painkillers at home, LOL!

So about the stamping..........a simple card is all I could come up with. The stamps are from Clear Dollar stamps and the sentiment from Inkadinkadoo. I do like how it turned out but it's something I have done before.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day, Anja

Graduation cards

Nothing like waiting till the last moment to make the cards you need.............graduation is around the corner and I didn't have the cards ready.
Today our oldest son is graduating, but since he is travelling/working in the States, I can't even send him a card, but I am very proud of him!!!
Tomorrow our 3rd son is graduation from grade school, and he will get the first card.
I am ready for this and on Friday night we are hosting a party for his whole class here at the farm, all very exciting!
The second card is for a girl who is also graduating. I used this colour combo again and I have to say that this one turned out much better. Hope you like it as much as I do.
Have a great evening and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Bright happy birthday

Happy Tuesday! A bright card today, very bright, I think, LOL!
The picture isn't the greatest, it does look better IRL, I have tried a couple of times, inside, outside, in the photo tent, out the phototent and then I gave up.
The sentiment is from Clear Dollar Stamps, from the set birthday celebration and the flower from SU, both way blossoms.
Hope you day is as bright as this card, take care, Anja

Simple get well soon

Hope your day is going well, I had an early dentist appointment for a root canal..............So little fun for so much money, LOL! And I missed the soccer game for the World cup, Holland against Denmark, the dentist kept me updated, that was funny and Holland won!!
I have a simple card to share today, the punched rectangle is made with punches from MS, the stamps are from Clear Dollar Stamps and the sentiment, have no clue from who it is.
When I cut out my rectangle with the Nesties, I kept it in the die when I stamped, because I like the white border around it.
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by, Anja

SC284, belated birthday

This is for a friend.........and I forgot her birthday! I don't even have an excuse.........so I made her this card and I hope she'll forgive me.
I have followed the sketch at Splitcoast SC 284. The border across the bottom is made by a friend from Holland, she is very good at tatting and she was so kind to send me some samples.
I run it through my stickermaker to get it on the card. The stamps are all from Clear Dollar Stamps, Bitty Botanicals and Birthday Celebrations.
Did you notice...no stickles on this card!! Can't believe I didn't use them, LOL!
A border punch from MS was used on the top, a CB embossing border for the white one, Nestabilities, some silver embellishments from my collection, and a tag punch.
We are going to Ilderton, our town, to celebrate the successes from Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue, you know, those awesome, Olympic gold, skaters from Ilderton!! And world champions!!
Have a great day, thanks for looking, Anja

Clear Dollar Stamps Cards

Today I have 2 cards to share with you, both made with stamps from Clear Dollar Stamps, you know how much I love them! They are having a Design team call, and I am really excited to try out. There is a sketch to follow, asking to show them your bright side and to use one type of embellishment. Check for details on their blog.

The first card is made with the set Loving Ladybugs, watercoloured with Tombo's and matched up with dp from DCWV citrus stack. The heart punch from Martha Stewart was used for the border. Nesties cut out and the bottom layer is embossed with the big dots from CB. After I had used the ribbon I was really tempted to put some rhinestones on there.....but that's another embellishment........so I stamped little hearts, from a set called Sassy Scallops and put some Stickles on there, BLING!

The second card is made with the sets Every Encouragements, Corvette 1968, and the background on the green is first stamped with a stamp from the set Cookie Creations. The dp is again from DCWV citrus stack. The cool corvette is cut out and popped up, border punches from Martha Stewart and EK.

Hope you like my bright side!! Have a great day, Anja

Pure elegance

When I saw Vicki's card I had to case her, go see her blog, she does beautiful work! Click on HERE.
I did change some little things, I love how elegant this card is. It's for a bridal shower and on the inside I made a little envelope for the gift card.
From Spellbinders I have used the Renaissance hearts, Kaleidoscoop, Pinking circles and scalloped hearts. For the background I used the new bigger dots from Cuttlebug, the size is 5x7 and it's already a favourite for me.
The little heart and the next layer are popped up.
Have a great night and thanks for stopping by, Anja

Sponged sympathy with Hero arts

Another sympathy card, this time I have used this grass background stamps from Hero arts. I stamped it on glossy card stock and sponged on some light and darker green. The sentiment is from Clear Dollar stamps and again a border punch from MS.
This is a really simple card to make and I like how it turned out.
Let's hope I won't need it anytime soon, have a great day, Anja

Sympathy card

No sympathy cards left in my box, so I decided to make a few.
Actually my cards are not in a box anymore, I was so lucky to get a spinner rack on wheels from a store that was closing. So now my cards are in plastic covers on a "professional" rack.
Now about the card. The stamps are from a set from Clear Dollar stamps, it's called Easter blessings. I have stamped the flowers on barely banana and have coloured them with prismacolour pencils, then I put it through the CB. The borderpunch is from EK, ribbon and dots from my stash. On the inside is a nice sentiment also from CDS but I didn't make a picture of that.
Hope your day is going well, take care, Anja