Tim Holtz flowers!

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

Tomorrow I will be teaching this class and there is still room for you!

                                         Happy crafting on this rainy day, Anja

Watercolour card class!

Happy Friday! Here my cards for the SGD blog today, you can check out my next class HERE.

                                         Happy crafting, Anja

C4C382, Let's have coffee!

Happy Saturday! Challenge time over at the CRAZIES. Yesterday was National Tea Day.....the challenge is to make something with tea or coffee.....I wanted to play more with my Tim Holtz stamps and the watercolour look with the flowers so I made the challenge work for me, lol.

I did my flowers in the pots, I don't have a stamp that says anything coffee so I put a sketch pen in my Cameo and printed my own sentiment!

                                        Hope  you like it! Till next time, Anja

C4C381, sketch challenge!

Third Saturday of the month!! Love the sketch challenge over at the CRAZIES

When I have a sketch to follow, it always helps me and the card comes together a lot quicker.

For this one, I played with the stamps that were on my desk already, the Tim Holtz flowers.

Created a background with distress paints and stamped the flowers in Versafine black, I added some 

wink of Stella for bling. On the big background I used a stencil with distress ink and the sentiment is from MFT. Some Ranger enamel dots and voila.....the card was done!

                                     Happy Easter! Till next time, Anja

Tim Holtz flower card class!

Happy Friday! Here my cards for the SGD blog today, I will be teaching those 2 cards in a class, May 6 from 12.30 till 1.30 at the Komoka Community Center.

You can find details HERE.

                               Happy Easter! Till next time, Anja

C4C380, birds!

Saturday means it is challenge time over at the CRAZIES. This week it is ZOO LOVER'S DAY.....the great time about being on this design team is, that you can stretch the challenges, lol. That is what I did.....I used chickadees on my card, pretty sure they are in the ZOO too, most likely because they are every where, lol. But I really wanted to play with this set from Local Rubber King, I stamped the birds with distress markers and brushed on a glaze, when that was dry the fun begun....

I stamped, inked,  sprayed, splattered, used inkagold, enamel embossing powder.....and so on.

It was a lot of fun!

                                                     Happy Crafting, Anja

Soft watercoloured card!

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

                                                Till next time, Anja

C4C379, rainbow challenge!

Happy Saturday! The challenge this week over at the CRAZIES it to use a rainbow or a variety of colours on your card, because April 3 is FIND A RAINBOW DAY!

I started out with a white piece of Neenah and made a rainbow with Tim Holtz distress inks, I then splattered some water spetters on it and stamped the Penny Black flower.

The placement of the sentiment is not my favourite, I did go over it with a sparkle black marker  so IRL it sparkles, lol.

                                 Hope you check out the challenge! Till next time, Anja

Lavender butterfly!

Happy Friday! A Spring card for you today......This is my card for the SGD blog and you can find all the details HERE.

                                       Till next time, Anja

Miss you Altenew card!

Another Altenew card I made the other day, coloured with Derwent Inktense pencils.

I used a stencil in the background with some shaded lilac distress ink. 

Forgot to share this card here, I hope you like it! Till next time, Anja

C4C378, birthday owl!

Oops, a day late!!! Completely forgot to post my card yesterday for the CRAZIES.

It is Frances' birthday and she adores owls so the challenge is to use owls.

I have this set from Art Impressions, coloured it with Derwent Intense pencils and cut it out, the eyes have glossy accent on them. The designer paper is out of my stash....

                                               Happy Crafting , Anja

Hibiscus birthday card

This card was made for the SGD blog and I forgot to post it....been a busy week. You can find all the details HERE 

I just love creating cards with the Altenew stamps... Hope you like it!

                          Till next time, Anja

C4C377, sketch challenge!

It is the third Saturday of the month already and that means it is  sketch challenge over at the CRAZIES. They take the guessing out of cardmaking, love a good sketch!

For this card I have used a Stampendous stamp, star lilies, and coloured it with derwent intense metallic pencils. The picture does not really show the shine but it is there. Sentiment out of my stash, I think it is stampendous too. Come on over and check out what the other design team members have created, get inspired and join us if you like!

                                      Till next time, Anja

Bamboo roses

Happy Friday! Oh,how I love Altenew stamps...all of them and they keep coming out with more....

This card is made with the Bamboo Roses , coloured with Derwent Inktense pencils. I fussy cut them out and also some extra leaves, used a clear wink of stella pen to add some shine. The background is done with peeled paint distress ink and a stencil, sentiment from a thank you set from Altenew.

This card is already in the mail to Holland, where we spend a lovely week with family and friends.

                                           Till next time, Anja

C4C376, flowers and butterflies!

Here my card for the CRAZIES ! Doing this from my phone, so short and sweet, check out the challenge ! Thanks, Anja

C4C375, World Book Day!

Happy Saturday! Hope Mr. Blogger do as he says he does, lol, I am away on a trip to Holland to visit family. This week was World Book Day and we are asked to use something from a book on your card over at the CRAZIES. I had coloured the flowers earlier, they are from the Hello Sunshine set from Altenew and decided to use a bible verse. This verse is such a great reminder for me.

Flowers were coloured with Derwent inktense pencils and have a layer of shiny medium over them.

                                         Hope you like it! Till next time, Anja

C4C374, use your words!

Use your words! Make your sentiment the focal point of your card, that is the challenge today over at the CRAZIES. Recently I bought some YUPO paper, for this card I used some alcohol inks on it, what a game changer! After it dried, the flowers were stamped along the bottom, they are from Altenew, hello sunshine. The sentiment is from the same set, stamped in black, matted on silver, as a final touch, I added different colours of Nuvo drops. 

                                  Hope you like it! Till next time, Anja

Bright and white!

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

                      Till next time, Anja               

C4C373, sketch challenge!

   

Happy Saturday! Third Saturday of the Month means it is sketch challenge over at the CRAZIES.

I went a little crazy with my Nuvo drops......Flower is from Altenew, coloured with derwent inktense pencils and cut out. designer paper out of my never ending stash, sentiment from MFT.

After I coloured the flowers, I put a layer of medium gloss varnish on, it gives them a nice shine.

Hop on over and check out what the other design team members have created, and join us or get insprired!  Thanks for stopping by, Anja

                                          

Purple Altenew flower!

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

                                   Till next time, Anja

C4C372, cupcake birhday!

Challenge time over at the CRAZIES today, with Valentine's day around the corner the challenge today is to use food/dining  related theme  on your card and the colour red.

I had to think hard what to use, since you can not really eat flowers, lol. In one of my drawers I found this cupcake stamp, I think it was from the $1 bin at Michaels , I stamped it, coloured it with Prismacolour pencils, cut it  out and glittered it up. Some different shapes of Nestabilities, stars and a sentiment from Penny Black. Come and join us at the challenge or get inspired by the design team members! Hope you like it, Anja 

Fluttering by!

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

                   Till next time, Anja

C4C370, squirrel card!

It's Saturday and that means challenge time over at the CRAZIES!

This week we are asked to make a card with squirrels on it....my Cameo helped me out with those cute animals. Treestamp is from Inkadinkadoo stamped with markers and then blended out with some water. Paper out of my BIG stash.

                                     Hope you like it, Anja

Sketch challenge C4C369

Third week of the month means Sketch challenge over at the CRAZIES. You can find the details HERE. It is hard to see the wave border behind the rectangle panel, the circles are cut with the Silhouette, sentiment from MSE and paper......out of my stash....

I was going for the circle look, lol, Till next time, Anja

C4C368, welcome to the neighbourhood!

Welcome to this challenge of the CRAZIES! Create something for a NEW HOME, anything for in the house or for a new house or  with something that makes you think of a new home.

I used an old stamp from Clear Dollar stamsp and watercoloured the house and cut a circle diecut, the trees are from Inkadinkado. I stamped with distress inks and  blended it out with a wet brush.

Not sure about the spelling on the card...must be American?  Who knows, English is my second language so I could be so wrong.

                                             Hope you like it, till next time, Anja

Altenew Thank you card!

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

                                                  Till next time, Anja

C4C367, let's rock this!

Happy Saturday! Our first challenge of 2017 over at the CRAZIES. Unofficially today is

"Old Rock Day" so we are asked to create something with a rock!! Anything you can think off!!

I have a good collection of Stampscapes....and I have used some on this card. The cabin on the lake, the rocks on the front, the reeds, clouds and birds. I started making a background with "te gekke krijtjes", wax based crayons from Holland, and then stamped the images and added some white gel pen accents. Sentiment (unknown) on a circle, some added paper and score lines to complete this card.

                                          Hope you can join us! Till next time, Anja

Simple Sympathy card

It's Friday, time to post my card for the SGD blog, you can find all the info HERE

                                       Till next time, Anja

Masculine card on the lake!

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

                                            Happy New Year!! Till next time, Anja

Masculine birthday!

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

                       Wishing you all a MERRY CHRISTMAS!! Till next time, Anja

C4C366, a sketch from 2016

The last challenge of 2016 from the CRAZIES

Pick any sketch from the past year and go with it, I used C4C341, turned it sideways.

Panel on the left has a few score lines, hard to see, stamp in the right bottom corner is Stampscapes and the scene is a stamp from Marianne Design, background done with the Dutch "te gekke krijtjes"

Love those crayons, they are wax based and very easy to use.

                                                 Hope you like it, Anja

Moments in time!

Here my card for the SGD blog today, you can find all the info HERE.

                                    Till next time, Anja

C4C365, following the star

Welcome to another challenge from the CRAZIES.

STAR – Stars decorate our Christmas Trees and also helped show where Jesus was laying in his Manger all those many years ago. So for our challenge this week we are using the word ‘STAR’ – incorporate something starting with each of the letters in the word

So here we go, I used S the silver background and silver embossing powder

                                    T teal bow and colorburst background

                                     A card made by ANJA, lol

                                    R the flower is a rose

Hope you get a change to check out what the other Design team members have created and play along if you can, Happy crafting, Anja

New colourburst..... and Ranger enamel dots!

My card today for the SGD blog ! Colorful and easy! You can find the details here,

                Till next time, Anja

C4C364, it's CAKE DAY!!

Did you know that today it is NATIONAL CAKE DAY!!! I did not know that there was such a thing but I am for sure liking it!! For the challenge today over at the CRAZIES, we are asked to put cake on our projects. 

For my card I cut the cake with the Silhouette and used some designer papers that I saved.....really trying to use what I have. Along the bottom I used the Martha Stewart heart punch, some twine, lots of Viva glitter and Viva pearl pens and a sentiment from Penny Black.

                                               Hope you like it! Enjoy Cake Day! Anja

Simple Altenew thank you

Happy Friday! This card is cased from the Altenew blog!! I love the simple layout and the single flower on the bottom, mine is coloured with prismacolour pencils. The flower is from this set HERE. Sentiment from Penny Black some bling out of my stash. The dots were added with a fine tip black marker....I could not resist, lol. In the new year when our new adventure starts, I ll be teaching a 4 card class with this Altenew set, it will be on the website soon , but I can tell you the date: January 18 at 1 PM, so stay tuned for more details

                                           Hope you get some crafting time too, Anja

C4C363, sketch challenge!

Welcome to another challenge from Crazy 4 Challenges!

Since this is the third Saturday in the month, we have a sketch for you to follow along.

A baby card for me this time.....I realized that there is no stamping on it this time, lol. I used the star and a mini star embossing folder. nestabilities and the welcome baby is from the Cameo.

Some silver accents and stars, and voila the card was made.

Hope you'll have a change to play along! Till next time, Anja

Deer in the forest!

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

                                Till next time, Anja

C4C362,stitch or thread

Happy Saturday! Challenge time over at the CRAZIES.

We are asked to use stitches/thread on a card, in your stamps, dies, embellishments...anything....

I messed my stitches stamp , along the bottom, up when I was almost done...grr...so I covered it up with golden Viva dots, lol. The wreath is from the Cameo, background with brusho, sentiment from Just Rite. The cut out circle also has stitching around it, dies from Nellie Snellen.

                    Hope you like it, till next time, Anja

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

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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