cqc#35 So sweet - bold

Hi everybody,

we are in the middle of moving all our stuff from here to Germany so .... I'm sorry for being absent for quite a while.

When I start uploading my picture of today's card I recognized that I totally forgeot to save in on my laptop so I tried to upload from the Internet but that didn't work .... grrrrrh!!!

I hope to get it uploaded during this afternoon. Meanwhile please go an check out the colorQ ladies' blog for more inspiration, 'k?

I'll be back as soon as I figured out how to get this picture outta there ;)

Hugs Tanja

cqc#34 - Soccer & TESC#114

Hi there,

sorry for the late post today (well, actually I was supposed to post this yesterday ....) but I totally messed up the days. We are in the middle of "moving-preparations" and even I made a ton of lists it is really hard to keep on track with all the tiny things that are important to do , grrrr! :)

But here is my card for this week's colorQ-challenge. I chose this little cutie from "Lily of the valley" stamps and colored him with Copics. The sentiment is from "All Stars" set by PTI and the paper is from SU - Pawsitively .... . I really love this grass punch from Martha Stewart. Will use pretty often as soon as our stuff will be unpacked in our new home in Germany ... ***sniff***

The ketch was borrowed from Taylor from this challenge.

I'm off to start packing up my dear paper packs, inks, .... - oh boy, that will be hard for me!!!

Have a great day and thanky ou for seeing me today here!!

Hugs Tanja

Blast from the Past - TE blog hop

Hi there,

and welcome to the "Blast From The Past" blog hop from Taylored Expression. When you come from Carol Rinear's blog then you are on the right track. If not then you might want to go back to Taylor's blog and start from the beginning.

There was just one "challenge" for this hop: use a stamp set that was released before the year 2010. EasyPeasy!!! I chose "Discover your wings" - and I used the sketch Taylor provided for this hop - love it!!!! Paper is from October Afternoon - Thrift Shop. Everything else is pretty selfexplaining.

Now hop over to my sweet friend Arielle's blog to see what she whipped up for you - I promise it will be worth a visit ;)

And just in case you get lost on your hop you can find a list of all the participants on the end of this post (I really hope the link is working ....)

Thank you for stopping by today - I hope to see you soon!

Hugs Tanja

cqc#33 - Thank you

Hi there,

sorry for this delayed post today. We are on vacation and our external server just broke down so I couldn't get my picture uploaded in time .... grrrrr!

But anyhoo ...

This is my take for this week's colorQ over at Arielle's challenge. Go and check it out and maybe give it a try. The rest of the DT have AWESOME card too :)

thank you for stopping by today and if you wanna hop with Taylored Expression - please see my 2. post for today ***happy sigh***

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

sorry, will update it later today ......

cqc#32 - subtle butterfly

Hi there,

and thank you for stopping by today. To all of you who came over for the There-She-Goes-blog-hop: Thank you so much for making it such a huge success! Man, I haven't had that many comments and feedback on my posts yet - they are so appreciated and it is always amazing to see how many of you actually take the time to visit me here on my little corner of the web - THANK YOU very much from the bottom of my heart!

Okay, stop rambling now, Tanja!

Today's card is made with the color of this week's colorQ challenge.

LOVE them. And I really like how the black layer gives the card a bit of elegance :) And please, can anybody help with this DP - I found a scrap of it in my stash and I know it is a retired SU paper but I have no clue which one ...

Hope to see you back soon

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

stamps: Fancy Flourishes PTI, Beautiful you - Verve

ink: going gray, sahara sand, kiwi kiss

paper: kraft, ww, true black , SU retired DP, Vellum

others: Beautiful Butterflies die SU, button and twine, Shimmerz

There She Goes blog-hop!!!

Hi there,

welcome to the There She Goes Mother of All Blog Hops! If you have arrived here from Joanne's blog, then you are in the right spot. If not, I recommend that you start back on the There She Goes company blog to get the introduction to our hop as well as the information you will need in order to enter to win some exciting prizes!

Before you read any further: I just wanted to apologize for the pretty bad photos today. Whatever I tried the pic were either blurry or they had too much light. That is the reason why I couldn't show you a photo from the lid! Grrrrr, so sorry! I will definately work on a solution for those days .... :-(

For this blog hop the participants were supposed to choose one of the existing stamp sets from There She Goes (that means you will see each set from TSG in a project on the hop :) ) and use it fror a project.

I chose "Life's a beach". It fits perfect to our summer weather here in south AL.

And I had this tin sitting on my desk since the kids emptied it a couple weeks ago - it was filled with cookies from the Pepperridge Farm and I swear the kids ate them all ;-). I love to reuse regular household item so I thought it would be great idea to transform it in a "Paradise Fund" tin. Putting a little money away while it doesn't hurt too much is always a good idea. And since we love to travel .... well, extra money is always appreciated, right?

I painted it all in white with acrylic paint and after it was try I decorated it. Coloring was done with Copics and Stamping Pastels. Everything else is self-explanatory (???).

I just had to made this little 4x4 card - the paper is in my stash for ever and I wanted to use it so badly - and today is the day, tadaaaa! The paper is so sparkly and yummy. Copic were used here too. And to make the drinks shiny I added a little crystal effect to them.

Now it's time to send you on to Tiffany's blog. I hope you have as much fun blog-hopping as I had putting this all together. Hope to see you soon and thank you so much for taking the time and visiting me here.

Hugs Tanja

TSG #53 color challenge

Hi there,

I finally took a pic of my take for this week's challenge over at There She Goes. ANd guess who is in the trendsetting spotlight at their blog? YEAH, it's ME! Can you take a guess how excited I was when Holly shot me an email asking if they could feature me? HELLO? I feel so honored!!!!

Thank you sweetie!!!!!

Okay, back to the card. The image from "Welcome Home" set was colored with Copics. Everything else is from SU (except the buttons :) ) but I have no clue what DP it is ... I just used scraps...

Do you see the ribbon? I saw Michelle Wooderson coloring her ribbon with Copics and since I had no matching ribbon for this card I just gave it a try and I really like the outcome (is this a real word?)

Thank you for popping in today - I like having you here!!

Hugs Tanja

WoJ blog-candy alert!!!!!

Ladies,

hurry over to Katharina's blog!!! She has a huge blog candy to give away by May 16th!!!!

And who else doesn't wanna miss an opportunity to win free Whiff of Joy stamps???

Hugs Tanja

ColorQ#31 - or PTI only - TESC111

Hi there,

it is Tuesday and that means it is time for another colorQ challenge from Arielle! BTW - sketch is from Taylored Expression!

I'm not that happy with my card today ... just couldn't get it work the way I imagined it ...... But it is for my oldest son and he loves it. So I think at least this is okay, right?

Thank you for popping today - take care

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

stamps: all PTI -> Polka Dots Basics II, Distressed stripes, All Star Team

ink: fresh snow PTI, SU-> tempting turquoise, crushed curry, certainly celery

paper: PTI white, tempting turquoise, brilliant blue, crushed curry

others: certainly celery ribbon, Fillable Frames #3 die PTI, scallop border punch SU, sponge, buttons PTI

Hi there,

I celebrated World-Scrapbook-Day and created 2 layouts ***woohoo, I know*** ;-) . One of them is based on this sketch from Unscripted Sketches.

BTW: the translation of the title is nearly impossible because there is no matching word in english (well, at least I couldn't find it). It means something like little mouth or so ... SORRY!

Did I tell you lately that I ADORE my Copics? I saw this "technique" (coloring the letters) a while back on Debbie Olson's blog and have it used very often since then. My next project will be a bunch of bookmarks for Mathis' preschool class ... we will see!

What do you think about the color combo? Please let me know! I think I have the tendence to use bright and cheery colors lately ....

Thank you for visiting me today - have a good night

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

stamps: outlines alphabet - PTI

ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

paper: stampers select white, new leaf, enchanted evening, green boutique DP all PTI; pacific point - SU

others: Copics, butons PTI, designer brads SU, night of navy ribbon SU, white gel pen