LOVE Paper and Stamps

being mia and a card/bookmark

2011-05-28T02:14:00.005-05:00

Good morning everybody and welcome!

Did you miss me? Well, I've been missing you since we started our moving journey back in March. And oh boy, it was exhausting! But now we are here in our new home and we are already kind of settled in ... well, kind of :).

I hope that I will be back at my crafting table a lot more than I've been in the past. But I don't make promisses. My DH will be deployed by the end of June and so I don't know how things will be going here around the Hartmann ranch but I hope to do my best, okay?

Thank you for staying with me and stopping by every now and then.

For today I have a little project to share with you. You remember the International Inkers? Well, this month it was my turn to put together a kit. I have so much paper from SU that I decided to dive into it even though it is retired and lots of cards were already shown with it.... I like it and I send it out to

Karen and

The kits were loaded with some extra goodies to play with and this gorgeous little image from Whiff of Joy - couldn't resist :)

What do you think? Do you like my little project? Any suggestions for doing better? Please let me know by leaving a comment and you will be in for the drawing. The giveaway will be a card kit - the same that I sent out to the other girls :) *waving* (no pics here of the kit so it will be a surprise!)

Thank you for swinging by today

Special hugs

Tanja

cqc#76 make a wish

2011-03-16T07:32:00.002-05:00

Hi ...

and bye.... ;)

Here is my card for this week's colorQ challenge. And due to the fact that I'm in the middle of some major packing for our move I have to hurry ...... so sorry!

I try to be back tomorrow with a card a little chat :)

Hugs to you

Tanja

Introducing International Inkers

2011-03-13T03:12:00.004-05:00

Hello everybody!

Today marks he beginning of a new venture... well, kind of!

Welcome to Crafters without borders ~ otherwise know as the International Inkers! A few of us thought it would be fun to share kits internationally and a group was born. Representing Germany we have the talented Imke, Canada is ably supported by crafty Karen and the amazing Paola and the United States is provided props by our own spunky Catherine and Michelle - woohooo... last but not least I joined too ;)

Each month one of us will send identical kits across the borders to our fellow Inkers and once they are received at all the destinations, a posting date will be chosen and our creations will be up for all to see. We also have a special International Inkers incentive for each posting. When you stop at each blog and leave a comment, you will be entered into a drawing to receive the same kit that the Inkers created with. This month's kit is pictured on the right and will also include the same images in an ink of the winner's choice.

Here is the list of all "International Inkers":

Catherine

Imke

Karen

Michelle

Paola

and me ;)

Thank you for swinging by today - and now, go visit the other girls - you won't be disappointed !

Have a wonderful Sunday

Hugs Tanja

cqc#75 happy birthday

2011-03-06T06:48:00.008-06:00

Hi there,

I'm terribly late with my post for this week's colorQ challenge. We have two sick kiddos at home, hubby is preparing for his deployment (which will be in July but he already in trainings...) and I got a new job where I actually need to be in the office and not at home with the little ones ;). And on top .... our new home!!!! We will get the key on the 26th of this month - boy can you tell I am excited!!!!!! Enough rambling - and back to the reason you are here for, right?

I kept my card clean and simple again because I was in a hurry. And of course I used my beloved PTI goodies :) can't get enough of 'em.

Thank you for visiting me today - have a blessed one

Hugs Tanja

cqc #74 Fly away

2011-02-28T12:46:00.004-06:00

Hi there,

another sky theme - you may ask? YES - Arielle has chosen a great color combo for this week's colourQ challenge and I had to go with the sky. And other than that... well, my hubby will be deployed by the beginning of July and I wanted to have a head start with guy-cards I plan to send to him. So you will see the sky and the clouds and the ballons and all the kites and other stuff like that more often .... (pssst, because it's related to his work;) )

For my card today I used a set from There she goes - darn, I always forget the name but they have just one that is with ballons and scenery ... . And the blue ballon was taken from the "fly away" set by PTI. I stamped the birds in black and added just a little glittery shimmer with a Sakura pen but on the photo you see just the glitter, grrr!

The background was sponged with broken china distressed ink. It looks stunning in reality but not on the pic - so sad.

Thank you for stopping by today - take care, my friend

Hugs Tanja

Waiting Tilda - Love U

2011-02-24T07:11:00.003-06:00

Hi there,

thank you for stopping by today.

I wanna show you a Magnolia card that I created for the Friday Sketchers challenge. I got this Tilda from one of my stamping buddies from SCS.

We are doing a special swap/ challenge. The host of the month stamps 3-4 images and sends them out to the participants. Each of the ladies creates a card using the image and post it on her blog. It is so fun to see all the different cards made with the same image.. I love the paper Tilda was stamped on - so sparkly!!!! can you see it the picture in the right? It' even sparklier in reality :)

Thank you Linda for this one!!

Hugs Tanja

cqc#73 dotty hi

2011-02-21T07:06:00.003-06:00

Hi there,

it's time again for the colorQ challenge. And Arielle has chosen "my" colors for this week's challenge. LOVE all kind of blues but I seem to have trouble getting a card done with them ... So I stayed with the cas style and used 2 PTI sets "Dot Spots" and "Outlined Alphabet"".

Unfortunately I messed up the "i" while coloring in poor light ...grrr! We wanna see your creation - come and play with us!!!

Hugs Tanja

Violets bookmark and card

2011-02-20T03:21:00.002-06:00

Hi there,

I'm back with another project using my Year of flowers: violets. This week's Make it Monday at Nichole Heady's blog she is featuring the "glitter with scor-tape"-technique. Last week I played with my goodies and used glitter on a strip of score-tape. I'm kind of sad that the glitter did not turn out that bright. But it's okay. The main focus was the bookmark anyway - it's a gift for my sister who loves to read.

Despite the paper, glitter and doily I used PTI only :) LOVE THIS COMPANY :)

Thank you for visiting me today and thak you so much for your encouraging comments - thay really mean so much to me.

Special hugs Tanja

Hi there - violets

2011-02-20T03:20:00.001-06:00

Hi there,

here is my second card of the series I made last week. Another clean and simple card but I think that is just me :). And it is a PTI-only card *insert smile here*...

Thank you for popping today - gotta run.... It's great-grandmother's birthday today and the kids brought home Lice from preschool :::rolleyes:::. What an exciting life, hum? :)

Hugs Tanja

PTI Make it Monday #2

2011-02-20T03:11:00.002-06:00

Hi there!

Hope your Sunday is a good one so far.

I played with the Make it Monday chalenge over at Nichole Heady's blog. The theme is "sentiments on vellum strip".

Last year during PTI's 3rd birthday celebration I won an awesome prize - this "Year of flowers: violet" included. And ever since it hasn't seen much ink. So I pulled it out and played with it for quiet a while. As a result you can see the card above but stay tuned for the next days. I have a couple more things to share made with this combos :)

Have a good rest of the weekend

Hugs Tanja

late cqc#72 - sky is the limit

2011-02-18T03:45:00.002-06:00

Hi there,

it took me exactly 3 days to get this post to live. I think blogger and I have a very special relationship - I can say: I do not like blogger!!!

But well... Arielle had another great color combo for this week over at the colorQ-challenge blog. I would love for you to play with us. There are always so many awesome cards!

And I'm happy because this is another PTI card ..... :) Can you say I'm a little bit addicted :))

Wishing ou a wonderful weekend

Hugs Tanja

PTI challenge

2011-02-09T14:52:00.007-06:00

Hi there,

yes, a second post in one day .... I'm on the go :)

I made this card for Nichole Heady's color swatch challenge today. BTW did you follow through the birthday activities over at the PTI blog - oh boy, this company is an awesome one, I tell ya!

I chose this color combo from Melissa Philips.

Okay, my card is not that beautiful but it meets the requirements. :) And I had fun making it - it's a PTI-only card.

Thank you for staying tuned and please keep your fingers crossed for a hug prize for me to win ;), heaven knows I would LOVE it

Hugs Tanja

Friday Fairy

2011-02-09T12:03:00.002-06:00

Hi there,

I'm back with a card I made from one of the wonderful card kits I got from my Secret Sister during the last round of SS-swapping. She put together so gorgeous kits and is out of this world generous too- huge hugs!!!!

I went crazy with all this pink and bright spring colors. I colored this fairy with my Copics and tried to add a little bit of grass - I saw this "technique" on my friend Arielle's blog the other day and had to give it a try - not sure if it works for me. I used the sketch from Friday Sketchers which seamed just perfectly fitting :)

Thank you for stopping by today

Hugs Tanja

cqc #71 yeah for PTI

2011-02-08T03:15:00.002-06:00

Hi there,

are you already tired of seing PTI cards here on my blog? Well, sorry! BUt I have another PTI card for you today :)

Arielle has chosen this gorgeous colors for this week's colourQ challenge and after trying and playing with my stamps and working..... this is what came out. I love this subtle colors all in one place and my #1 favorite "tool" when it comes to work with lots of colors is making my own patterned paper. The Guide Line series from PTI is just perfect for doing this.

You need to play with us this week - I want to see what you will come up with!

Hugs Tanja

cqc #70 - Stars

2011-01-31T03:13:00.002-06:00

Hi there,

another Tuesday and another colourQ-day! Go and check out Arielle's colors for today - to die for!!!!!

I chose this sketch from the clean-and-simple blog (LOVE all the cas ideas!!!) and went ahead with this soft combo *happy sigh*

The star is from an Elzybell bell that sat in one of the boxes for ever before I finally broke in it today :). And the sentiment is from the same set called "Stardust and Moonbeams". (guess what: no PTI on my card today ;) )

Thank you for stopping by today - have a great rest of the week

Hugs Tanja

cqc#69 - bookmark card

2011-01-24T13:40:00.002-06:00

Hi there,

how is everybody doing? It's time for another colorQ challenge! And what do you think about this week's colors? I didn't know what to do with the cajun crazy...... hm! And I made a card and sent it to a friend without taking a picture - BUMMER! Well, this is my second choice and definately not my best. But a friend of mine is a bookworm and she loves color combos like this one ....

Here is the inside with the attached bookmark - clean and simple - just the way she is :)

Have a wonderful day my friends and thank you for stopping by today

Hugs Tanja

P.S. - just wanna let you know that I have a ton of cards to show you but I'm working on 3 envelope albums for my sweet hubby who will leave for his deployment in a while. So it will take some time to get pictures taken from the cards and the albums to show you what I was working on lately. So please bear with me and stay tuned.

cqc#68 - poppies

2011-01-18T12:17:00.002-06:00

Oh boy,

we had a rough week here at the Hartmann Ranch! I was home sick and so was oldest boy. The youngest one seemed to have more energy than ever and my hubby was preparing for a 3-week-training in Poland ***phew***. But now we are doing better. I still have the feeling that I could go to bed at 7 pm :) but I really need to spend more time with my goodies and camera and blog and so on ... , right?

Back to today's colorQ-challenge. I LOVE th colors Arielle chose for this week. When I saw the inspiration photo I knew that I wanted to play with this poppy stamp set from ThereSheGoes. So I grabbed my Copics and went ahead. I really like the result but I still need to practice a lot more. The cardbase was dry embossed with one of my PTI Impressions Plate (forgot to write down the name - sorry). Everthing else is pretty self-explaining.

Thank you for stopping by today and bearing with me

Hugs Tanja

cqc#67 Stacking up on birthday cards

2011-01-10T07:12:00.004-06:00

Hi there,

long time no post ... I know!!!!!

I'll be back tomorrow with some "updates" from my neck of the wood.

Nevertheless I wanna leave you with this week's colorQ-challenge-card... Layout is from CardPositioningSystem

Brrrrummmmm, off I am

See y'all back tomorow

Hugs Tanja

cqc#62 - snappy snowflake

2010-12-06T14:17:00.001-06:00

Oh boy, what a mess!!!

Hi there,

I scheduled this post on Monday because I was out of town yesterday.... But oh well, blogger didn't do it! So sorry about that guys. At least here is my card for Arielle's colorQ challenge.

Deets need to be posted later because I'm on the run again (seems to be a great race, right ;) )

Hugs to y'all

Tanja

our new home

2010-11-29T13:19:00.002-06:00

Hi there,

finally the day is here when we get the "contract" for our NEW HOME!!! Yes, hubby and I finally broke down and decided to BUY a home instead of renting.

For all you guys in the US: in Germany the prices for a home on a small piece of land are just ridiculous expensive. But when we saw this jewel we couldn't resist and bought it right away.

Main entrance

our fireplace - gotta LOVE it

backyard with enough space for the boys to play :)

The only "negative" thing is that we have to wait until April 1st to get the keys and start moving in - when you rent a house you have to tell the landlord 3 month in advance that you gonna move out by then (insert rolleyes - Germany!) So I have to be patient but at least I can start planning now.

Thank you for letting me share my excitement with you

Special hugs to y'all

Tanja

cqc#61 - winter tag

2010-11-29T13:16:00.005-06:00

Hi there,

sorry for the lack of posts lately. Things had been crazy around here. Stay tuned I will show you the reason tomorrow :)

Today is colorQ time again. Arielle pulled out this awesome photo - love the colors! This is also my take for :

Our Creative Corner

Crazy4Challenges

Gotta go - I'm at work ;) and I have to hurry :)

Will be back later

Hugs Tanja

cqc#59- corner bookmarks

2010-11-16T01:06:00.000-06:00

Hi there,

it's colorQ-time again and this is my take for this week's combo. LOVE rich razzleberry! And I needed some bookmarks for my sister who ordered quiet a bunch so I used this weeks colors to create two corner bookmarks (you can find the tutorial here at SCS). I kept it simple - so me :)

What do you think? Have you already made bookmarks? Please leave a note and I would love to get some inspiration from you.

I'm off to get prepared for a class I'm teaching next week - still no clue what cards to make with 10 kids ..... (scratching head) - any ideas?

Hugs Tanja

cqc#58 - special

2010-11-08T14:22:00.004-06:00

Hi there,

another week flew by and now it's time again for the colourQ-challenge. This week Arielle brought to you this great color combo - so fallish-y!

I wanted to use one of my newest Lori-Boyd-digis (go and check out her new release - jaw-dropping-cute!) and I decided to play with Jen Tapler's sketch.

So, here we go. Enjoy!!!!!

Hugs and kisses

Tanja

P.S. will post the deets later as I'm running out the door ***waving***

cqc#57

2010-11-02T06:59:00.007-05:00

Hi there,

Harvey (my computer) seems to be a little stinker at the moment. Maybe he feels a little neglected ... *sigh*

But anyhow - last but not least here is my take of this week's colorQ challenge.

I thought I get a jumpstart on christmas cards this year... and I took this great color combo and designed a card with some not-so-typical christmas colors.

Since time is short here on the Hartmann Ranch I made it easy peasy and pretty much self-explaining (???).

Okay, today is hubby's birthday and we have some exciting things to do today - still a little secret here but if you stay tuned I will let you know in a couple days what's going on here and why I'm not posting that often ...

Sending huge hugs your way, my friends

Tanja

cqc#56 - comfy couch

2010-10-26T11:53:00.003-05:00

Hi there,

another week another colourQ challenge. Love the colors Arielle has chosen for this week *happy sigh*.

Go and check out the sample from the amazingly talented DT - they will blow you away.

I will be back later with some deets - kids need to be brought to bed in a second :)

Hugs Tanja

cqc55 - 2 challenges

2010-10-19T06:03:00.000-05:00

Hi friends,

have you heard it already? Arielle has posted two challenges over at the colourQ-blog for today- the first one is a wonderful fall-ish color combo and the second one is with lots of pink : it's Breat Cancer Awareness Month!!!

And if you play along with both challenges you can win a prize!!! How cool is that?

I made a card for each challenge and I kept them pretty simple.

My first one is for the pink-challenge and I was inspired by this beautiful card from Maille Belles. I just added a little bit more black for "drama" (love this word!).

This is my second card for the fall-color-combo. I stamped the leaf from "Fall Season" by Inkadinkado randomly in tango tangerine, riding hood red (still no pure poppy ink here yet) and river rock. I then added the sentiment from "Dream du Jour" by SU in black. The MS glitter was sprinkled on a strip of sookwang tape and the button was cut off an old jacket (I love to reuse :)) and popped right away onto this card. There we go!

Now it's your turn - show us your take on the color combos and with a little bit of luck you will be the winner!!!

Thank you for stopping by and leaving all this wonderful encouraging comments. They mean a lot to me.

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

card1:

stamps: sentiment and ribbon from "Believe" by Verve, frame from "Fillable frames #4" by PTI (yeah)

ink: pink pirouette, pretty in pink, Momento Tuxedo Black

paper: regal rose, PTI white, PTI black

others: black stitched ribbon PTI, Sunshine impression plate and Fillable Frame #4 die from PTI, rhinestone stickers

card2:

stamps: "Fall Season" Inkadinkado, "Dream du Jour" from SU

ink: tango tangerine, river rock, riding hood red, Momento Tuxedo Black

paper: river rock, PTI black and white

others: MS glitter, sookwang strip, old button, black organza ribbon

cqc#54 - BOO

2010-10-11T13:43:00.003-05:00

Hi there,

I'm late again. Seems to be a "new tradition" here - have to change this :)

Today is colorQ-day again and Arielle has chosen some great Halloween colors - love it. So I printed out this adorable little "Ladybug" designed and just released by Lori Boyd ( if you haven't yet you HAVE TO go and check out her digi-store - sooooooo cute).

The layout is from Iheart2 stamp by Jen del Muro - love it, definately will use it more often in the future.

Gotta run - need to prepare everything for tomorrow for work :)

Take care and hugs for y'all

Tanja

cqc#53 PTI Guide Lines II

2010-10-05T01:00:00.000-05:00

Hi there,

it's been a busy week for the Hartmann Family. I had my frist day of work on Friday and even though I just LOVE to go to work it is pretty "exhausting" to make it a new routine. We are leaving the house so early and the kids still need some more time to get adjusted to the new situation. Preparing all the little things the night before is nesseccary and still needs a little practicing :).

So, enough rambling. Today is Tuesday again and that means time for the colourQ challenge.

I Loved the colors for this week but couldn't get the pear pizzaz worked in - tell me how do you like it ....

The DP is selfmade with my Guide Lines Two set from PTI - I think it is a must have set - so versatile and cool. I listed to my friend Arielle when she told me to "play" with my stamps. I pulled out quite a bit ink pads and .... played. LOVE the results *sigh*

Thank you for stopping by and hope to see you soon :)

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

stamps: all PTI: Guide Lines Two, Fillable Frames #4, text style: places, please

ink: baja breeze, pacific blue, pumpkin pie

paper: PTI white, pear pizzaz

others: double stitched ribbon from Michael's, Fillable Frame #4 die, clear rhinestone stickers, dimensionals

cqc52 - happy birthday colorQ

2010-09-28T06:56:00.008-05:00

Hi there,

here is another colorQ card for you today. Due to the fact that colorQ celebrate it's first birthday today (HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!) Arielle challenged us to create a card based on a sketch and with our favorite past colorQ combo.

I chose cQc #22 because I just love those combo - airy and breezy *happy sigh*. And I was in a need of a bookmark/ card so I decided to combine both.

This is the inside of the card.

I borrowed this "special" perforation cutter from my SiL and I think I need one for myself. This thingy cut the perforation exactly there where it belongs - love it! And after you finished reading thecard you just rip of the bookmark and use for whatever book you are reading - GREAT!

The sentiments and images are from PTI "All booked up" set - which is just the perfect set for all this little book related gifties .

That'll be all for today. Please stop at the coloQ blog and celebrate with us - and of course don't forget to check out the cards from the DT - they rocked the challenge :)

Hugs Tanja

P:S: - will be back later with the supply-list - kids are screaming and bleeding :::rolleyes:::

Wedding-Day???

2010-09-24T10:32:00.002-05:00

Hi everybody,

no, it's not wedding day over here but I thought I share this card with you today. I created it with one of Lori Boyd's digis "bride and groom" available in her shop - love it.

The sketch is from Sweet Sunday Sketch - so perfect to combine a bunch of scrap paper (here all from Boxer by Basic Grey).

And just in case I really need to give it away for a wedding I can add the initials of the bride and groom on the hearts ... we will see!

I'm off to prepare dinner now :)

Hugs and wish y'all a wonderful weekend

Tanja

Supplies:

stamps: Bride and Groom from Design by Lori Boyd (digi image), short and sweet sentiments SU

paper: night of navy, riding hood red, PTI white, DP Boxer from Basic Grey

others: Circle and scalloped circle nesties, label and designer label punch, heart punch SU, Copic markers, clear rhinestone stickers, stardust stickles

remember to smile - by Lori Boyd digi

2010-09-22T02:48:00.004-05:00

Hi there,

what do yo think of this cutie??? I just LOVE her. I have "her" sitting on my desk colored in 3 different ways and waiting for the next matching sketch :).

This image is called "Peekaboo Baby" and can be found here. Lori Boyd is one talented designer, I tell you. She makes the most cutest images ever. When I first saw her Puddlejumpers I fell in love *happy sigh*.

For this card I didn't wanna make a typical baby card. I used the sketch from Jen del Muro and played with the challenge from Claudia and Company ( use 1 flower, 2 DP and 3 buttons - I actually figured out that it was NOT the challenge from Claudia an company - but I have no clue which one it was.... ) and made kind of an encouragement card. And since there is always somebody who can use one of those ... :)

Thank you for stopping by today - and a special thanky to all you who left this encouraging and sweet comments on my last posts. They all mean so much to me - huge hug to everybody

Tanja

Supplies:

stamp: digi image "Peekaboo Baby" from Lollipop series by Lori Design, Sentiment is from Hope and Grace by TGF

ínk: Momento tuxedo black

paper: soft suede, PTI white, perfect plum, DP Origins from Basic Grey

others: Copic markers, PTI buttons and white twine, white gel pen, MS punch for leaves, white flower from my stash, corner rounder punch, Label 8 Nesties

Blast from the past - blog hop

2010-09-21T09:53:00.003-05:00

Hi there,

and thank you for stopping by today. A warm welcome to all the hoppers who arrived here for the TE blog hop - you are on the right track :)

For today's hop I finally inked up my "You are my hero" set which was sitting on my desk for ever. And I used one of Taylor's awesome Key Ingredients set (just annot remember which one it is ...). Since I have to two and a lot of teenager around us this set is just PERFECT! So I tried to create a card that could be used for a boy or a girl. And the sketch Sankari provided was great to work with.

Unfortunately it was soo difficult to get a good pic from the card without any reflection from the foil - well, this is my best try, sorry!

The stars were stamped with black craft ink and then embossed with iridescent (???) embossing powder. In real life it looks so cool but on the photo ...:(. I added a lot of sponging with basic gray ink. The foil was cut with a circle nestie, embossed with an embossing plate from PTI and after that crumbled up. I like the look.

Gotta run, the kids need a nap (shhht, Mommy too ;))

Hugs to y'all and hope to see you back soon

Tanja

Supplies:

stamp: You are my hero - Taylored Expression

ink: Momento Tixedo Black, Basic Gray, Black Craft ink SU

paper: from one of TE's awesome Key Ingredients set (means: I'm not sure ...)

others: clear and iridescent embossing powder, sewing machine and threat, circle nesties, Embossing plate from PTI, black button PTI, red rhinestone stickers - Michael's, dimensionals, sponge

cqc#51 flowery dream

2010-09-21T05:55:00.004-05:00

Hi there,

it's colorQ challenge time again!!! Today, Arielle found another awesome inspiration picture and the Design Team girls made just stunning cards with the colors. Go and ckeck 'em out, you won't be dissapointed.

BTW - stop by Arielle's blog and leave her some love - she can use it at the moment, thank you!!!

Hope to see you soon

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

stamp: Discover your wings - Taylored Expression,

ink: Versamark, old olive, so saffron, apricot appeal, riding hood red

paper: PTI white, ridign hood red, old olive, so saffron, peach parfait

others: sponge, clear EP, Embossing plate and rick rack die from PTI, red and clear rhinestone sticker Michael's, distressing tool

Sugarbowl! Sitting Gorjuss

2010-09-19T05:42:00.002-05:00

Hello everybody ...

and a quiet Sunday to y'all!

I'm just popping with this little card for the Sugarbowl challenge. I had her sitting on my desk waiting for just the prefect sketch to be put on . :)

Thank you for popping in today - and sorry for the tiny post. Will be back tomorrow *waving*

hugs Tanja

Supplies:

stamps: Sitting (what's her name) from Gorjuss Girls by Sugarnellie, Baroque Motifs SU (background), Sentiment is from Hope and Grace by The Greeting Farm

ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Fresh Snow PTI

paper: bermuda bay, PTI white, basic black, real red, DSP is a scrap from retired SU pack

others: sewing machine, black threat, black buttons PTI, red stickles, 2 lable punches SU, red bakers twine PTI, dimensionals

some family talk ...

2010-09-15T06:11:00.005-05:00

Hi folks,

no card today. But some of you guys have asked about our "new life" in Germany. And I promised to post some pics.

I decided to start with some interesting pictures from the "BIG MOVE" from Alabama, USA to Lower Saxony in Germany.

Since we had a moving company coming to pack up A L L our stuff (I mean really everthing) it looked crazy like this:

part of the kitchen

dining room with living room

guess, what is this? yep, a small part of my stamping stuff. they packed everything pretty good but boy, I was watching them .....

the first container packed with a part of our 400 moving pieces

Mathis and Jannis pretty excited because of all the things going on (well, at least for a little while)

the first container jam-packed!!!! I mean it was FULL!

Here are the boys waiting for the rest of the boxes being brought into container #2

me and the boys resting under a tree and watching what's going on ...

now, it was time for the car to be packed up - SAD moment

bye bye baby!!

And this is Hartmann Family without furniture watching the german soccer team playing during the World Championchip. The boys enjoyed the empty house for quite a while but without their toys .... :(

Okay, here I will finish part 1 of our "New Life" series. Stay tuned for more pics here on the blog

Hugs Tanja

Announcement - tadaaaa!

2010-09-15T02:08:00.005-05:00

Hi there,

have you heard the news yet? No? Do you want to know something veeeery exciting? Yes??? :)))))

Tadaaaa: Lori Boyd's new digi shop is opening and she is announcing her DT today. Ha, I thought that you might think "okay, so what?" but wait: I'm in her DESIGN TEAM, YEAH!!!!

Boy, I'm so excited. I feel so honored and I'm so looking forward to work with these talented ladies - you really should go and check out their blogs (you can find the links in the DT badge on the right side of this blog). Pure inspiration !

Thank you so much, Lori, for this opportunity!

Okay, now to my card for today.

I wanted to make one with a digi from Lori but when we plugged in our printer it made "poof", smelled like burnt eggs and .... nothing. So no printing here for me at the moment. I went back to my trusted Lucas Puddlejumper and put him on a card - here we go. The layout is from Mercy's sketch here and the card matches the Stampin' Royalty challenge too :).

And I tried my hands on some stitching again - usually a big deal for me because I'm not able to sew a straight line for 1/2 of an inch ... this time it worked pretty well and I really like how the black threat brings it all together. What do you think?

Thank oyu for stopping by today and celebrating with me!

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

stamps: Lucas Puddlejumper by Lori Boyd, sentiment from My Guy Ian- TGF

ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

paper: sahara sand, PTI white, basic gray, Apple Jack DP from Sassafras

others: Copics, Stamping Pastels, sewing maschine and black threat, Mat Stack 1 die PTI, inverted scalloped circle nesties, buttons PTI, dimensionals

cqc#50 - sunshine flowers

2010-09-14T05:58:00.006-05:00

Hi there,

it's colorQ time again - boy, where is this week gone? I think I need to slow down and enjoy the rainy weather here in Germany (since we haven't had it for at least four years :))

Miss Arielle found this wonderful inspiration photo and I have to admit that LOVE this color combo - unfortunately I don't owe any stamp pad from the new colors/in colors from SU but I think it's no big deal to change a little bit, right? And you can't see the difference on this photo anyway :)

For my card I used one of those stamp set Inkadinkado came up when the first wave of inchies rolled on. I love the images but I couldn't get a really good stamped one on paper - don't know what happened but every time I stamped one of this cuties I messed it up. So I stayed with this little image and went ahead. I really like the result - the colors just rock, what do you think? It's your turn to show us your creations at the colorQ website!

Thank you for visiting me today and stay tuned. There will be big news tomorrow and I'm already soooooo excited....

Hugs Tanja

cqc#49 - Lucas

2010-09-07T12:57:00.003-05:00

Hi there,

late again and still buried under a lot of new furnitures and still busy with organizing (it's driving me crazy!!!!!) :)

For this card I used the sketch from this challenge from the Claudia and Company challenge- blog.

And unfortunately you cannot the see in the picture but on the strip in the middle I stamped the sentiment "THOUGH GUY" randomly with Versamark - looks neat irl - sorry!

Will be back later with a all the details!!! Thank you for your patience

Hugs Tanja

lots of challenges

2010-08-31T22:19:00.000-05:00

Hi there,

I'm back with two cards. The first one (on top of this post - sorry for the blurry photo - lots of rain here lately) is the one that was made for 4 challenges - I love when things just fall in place!

The Pink Elephant - mostly white (I LOVE me some white space)

Crazy 4 challenges - lattice (haven't used this die a lot yet so I gave him some love:)

Curtain Call - pear pizzaz, kraft, white, concord crush ***happy sigh***

Card Positioning System - go an check out their sketsch - blogger doesn't show my uploaded photo in "small" size so I just skip it here!

And this card was made for two challenge 10 days ago - I haven't had the chance to post it in time but nevertheless it's worth showing, hm?

Thank you for all your nice comment - they are appreciated and I really treasure all of them.

Take care and see you soon

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

card 1

stamp: Butterfly Wishes from The Greeting Farm

ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Certainly Celery

paper: concord crush,PTI white, kraft

others: lattice die SU, Cuttlebug EF Swiss Dots, dimensionals, green rhinestone stickers, stardust stickles

card2

stamp: baby Button Bits and (???) from PTI *shoot, i forgot write it down*

ink.:Momento Tuxedo Black, kiwi kiss

paper: PTI white, tango tangerine, pacific blue, kiwi kiss

others: paper doily MS, sponge, vintage button PTI, liquid applique white, golden stickles, black fine marker

cqc#48 - mixed companies

2010-08-31T03:00:00.003-05:00

Hi there,

oh my, the weeks just fly by ... I wanted to post more often but .... well, life always comes in the way, grrr! Sorry for that!

Today's card is for the colorQ challenge from my friend Arielle - go and check out her gorgeous inspiration photos!!! Just eye-candy-yummyness!

And for this week I decided to stay away from my beloved PTI stamps - that was hard. I still haven't had the time to just sit down and play with them ***sniff***.. But I got two new sets from Claire from Waltzingmouse Stamps and I LOVE them. And Claire is the sweetest person ever, that's for sure.

Back to the card - I used a total of 4(!) different stamp sets from 3 (!!!) different companies, yeah to me! ;) And yes, I gave up and used one from PTI :) - couldn't resist. Can you say I'm addicted? NOOOOO!

The layout is from CCEE#1034 - I think I will used this one a lot in the future.

Thank you for stopping by today and stay tuned - tomorrow I have a card (actually 2) that will meet a lot of challenges ....

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

stamps: Fancy Flourishes - PTI; Love's Flower - Verve; Vintage Label 1&4 - Waltzingmouse Stamps

ink: riding hood red, sahara sand, choc chip, vintage cream PTI, Versamark

paper: vintage cream, sahara sand, bermuda bay, more mustard, tango tangerine, cherry cobbler

others: Embossing plate PTI, Label 4 Nesties, smokey rhinestone stickers

cqc#47 - Happy Day

2010-08-25T02:47:00.004-05:00

Hi there,

I'm sorry for posting so late but lately blogger seems to act up everytime I'm logging in. I lost 2 post last week - that's the reason why you haven't heard from me :(

Today I try to post my colorQ card here *keeping my fingers crossed*.

Arielle has a wonderful color combo for this week - you should go and check it out.

Thank you for popping in today!

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

stamps: Fillable Frame #5, Polka Dots Basics II, Background Basics Text style -> all PTI

ink: basic gray, fresh snow, real red (sorry, no poppy parade here)

paper: PTI white, more mustard, scrap of dp in Bermuda Bay - forgot the name

others: bermuda bay ribbon, fillable frames die #5 and designer label punch, dimensionals

cqc#46 - Fabulous Day

2010-08-17T02:12:00.003-05:00

Hi there,

look at this inspiration photo from Arielle's colorQ challenge!!!!

When I first saw it I fell in love. LOVE this soft and warm colors - reminds me of my Mom baking in the kitchen on a spring morning ... *happy sigh*.... No, I'm okay - not enough sleep, but well :)

Yeah, not enough sleep because I sat at my desk literally for hours, padding my goodies from PapertreyInk and others too and starting to play along with some stamps, flipping through some magazines for some more inspiration, even strolling the internet for some more ideas and then I sat at my desk and ..... nothing - I had a ton of ideas but nothing happened!!!! A good friend of mine told once that I should start just playing with the things and not just focussing on the result. I think I will start trying that right away, Arielle!

But now to today's card.

I dry embossed the vintage cream cardstock with one of the embossing plates - from PTI. I always can't remember their names. I think I need to go figure the out and then add them to their bags ;)..

The scallops were made with the Big Scallop Die from PTI. I stamped the flower from "Up and away" (PTI) in each scallop and added a little bit of stickles. The sentiment is from "Signature Greeting" and the little background from "School Time" stamp set (all PTI).

So, gotta go - laundry is calling my name :::rolleyes:::. Since we are back in Germany the laundry here on the Hartmann ranch has nearly doubled due to the fact that rainy days make mudd and boys LOVE mudd, got me?

Thank you for stopping by today

Hugs Tanja

Supplies: (all from PTI unless otherswise noted)

stamps: Signature Greeting, School Time, Up and away

ink: baja breeze, basic black, Versamark

paper: vintage cream, cherry cobbler, wild wasabi, so saffrom (no daffodil delight here!)

others: ribbon from my stash, embossing plate (?), orange stickles, rhinestone stickers Kaiser Crafts

cqc#45 - case a card

2010-08-09T14:34:00.003-05:00

Hi there,

darn blogger!! I scheduled this post for yesterday and when I checked back today I saw that it got lost --- grrrrr!!!!

Well, so we will have another short post because I'm on the go ....

Thank you folks for all the wonderful wishes for my birthday - I wish I could have celebrated it with y'all *sniff*

Today's card (well, actually yesterday's card is for Arielle's colorQ challenge and I took the first card from Heather Nichol's blog post as an inspiration. Love the embossing resist technique ....

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

Hugs Tanja

SOTC - christmas in summer

2010-08-06T12:35:00.003-05:00

Hi there,

the kids are in bed and hubby and I want to enjoy the evening/ the quiet-time so just another short post today.

After the move and finding most of my supplies I re-started to participate in the swaps from our sisterhood - girls, you are the best friends a girl can have. Even with 4000 miles between us :))

This month theme was something like christmas in summer and this is what I came up with ...

I'm still on the lookout for some nice and pretty simple ideas for cardmaking because I'll start giving classes beginning by the end of September (boy, wish me luck - still not sure if I'm the right person for this :)). So, whenever you have created something that would fit in this category please drop me a line - it would be very much appreciated :)

Thank you for visiting today - have a great weekend y'all

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

stamps: Treetrimming Trio - PTI

ink: basic black, riding hood red, garden green, Antique Linen and Tea Dye Distress ink

paper: riding hood red, soft suede, PTI white,

others: sponge, impression plate by PTI, Oval Nesties, clear accent, Big Shot

cqc#44 - another cas card

2010-08-02T06:25:00.001-05:00

Hi there,

today I wanna share a clean and simple card with you. I made it for this week's colorQ challenge. I'm not quiet satisfied with it but well .... (couldn't find some of my embellies and cardstock :( )

Stamps are from Damask Design set from PTI.

Gotta run - appointments with hair dresser and back-to-school shopping with the kids (rolleyes)

Hugs Tanja

WOJ - so cute

2010-08-02T05:13:00.000-05:00

Hi there,

I was in a need of a birthday card for a friend here in Germany and I wanted to show her what I'm doing in my leisure time (what the heck is it???). And I wanted to ink up some more goodies :) I love the cuties from Whiff of Joy.

And I had so much fun trying to figure out how to use the Copics again. I still need to learn how to shade, right?

I even colored one of the flowers in yellow with my Copics :))

Do you know the feeling? You are sitting on your desk searching for the right paper to match your inspiration and you just can't cut into your new paper stack? Just sitting there and enjoying the paper - how silly is that? Well, that's me - exactly. So I figured I need to work on this issue. So for this card I just grabbed the "Garden Variety" from Basic Grey and used as much of it as I could ... at least tried to :)

A huge thank you to all you folks who are visiting me here and leaving comments - that is so truly appreciated.

Hugs Tanja

TPE#77 and ballons

2010-08-01T05:59:00.003-05:00

Hi there,

we ares still buried under tons of things that need to get packed away.... But well, it's kind of an early christmas - you find things you've never known you had 'em ;).

I managed to sit down and play a little bit with some goodies that I couldn't touch in the US anymore before the move. Actually I'm playing the whole week long already but still haven't found a good place to take the pics ..... (insert rolleyes here).

For this card I used the sketch from The Pink Elephant and went ahead. And I have to admit I really like the result :)) . Have I told you already that my friend Arielle was asked to join the DT over at TPE? Arielle, you rock, girlfriend. I wish I could just drive down the street and check out your creations :( soooooo sad!!!!! But you are the best!!!! HUge hugs!!!!!

Thank you for stopping by today and visiting me

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

stamps: Up up and away - PTI

ink: Momento black, tempting turquoise, riding hood red, crushed curry, Antique Linen Distress

paper: kraft, early espresso, PTI white, Fly a Kite October Afternoon

others: Mat Stack I die PTI, Up and away die PTI, Copics, red rhinestone sticker, paper piercing tool, choc chip marker SU

I'm back - CQC#43

2010-07-27T06:06:00.000-05:00

Hi everybody,

you can't belive it? Yes, I'm back in blogger-land, woohoo!!!!!!!!

Our move to Germany is finally over - there are still a couple of boxes to unpack but most of the things are done and I have my desk and my crafting stuff back. Boy, this feels sooooo good.

I hope to show you some picture of our huge adventure that we had during the last week. My husband is hooking up our "computer" where he downloads aroud 500 pictures :) and after sorting them I will show you what we experienced, okay?

But now ... my card.

This is my try on stamping after not being able to do some creative work for nearly 2 month. It still needs some practice but I think it is okay for a 30 minutes card, right?

You can hardly see it but the white cs was embossed with the dot spot embossing plate from PTI (still haven't found my daylight lamp yet :( )

Stamps are PTI Little Argyle and Outline Alphabet, ink is Bermuda Bay, Pumpkin Pie (no Peach Parfait ink here), Old Olive, choc chip and white.

Thank you for visiting me and I promise to post more often now:)

Hugs Tanja

cqc#37 - Argyle

2010-06-15T22:01:00.002-05:00

Hi folks,

sorry for another short post today. During all this work with moving and renovationg the time seams to fly by. I didn't even manage to upload some photos from our move .... so sorry!

And here is my take for this week's colorQ challenge. Love the color combo and I finally had an idea how to use my Argyle set from PTI :))

Thank you all so much for staying with me during this time without lots of posts .....

Hugs Tanja

cqc#36 - Kite

2010-06-08T07:00:00.003-05:00

Hi there,

if you wandering where I've been .... well, the movers came last week and packed up all our stuff. Means: EVERYTHING!!!! It took them 4 days to pack all that and put it in 2 huge containers to get it shipped to Germany. Man, I had a hard time seeing all my crafting stuff wrapped up ... I took a bunch of photos and as soon as I can slow down with cleaning, entertaining kids .... I try to upload acouple of them. So please, stay tuned!!! :)

Today's card is my take for Arielle's colorQ challenge. Love the colors together!

Thank you for staying with me - specially since I'm not able to post regularly at the moment.

Sending huge hugs to y'all

Tanja

Supplies:

stamps: all PTI: Tin Types, Signature Greetings, Up and away, Turning a new leaf

ink: tango tangerine, whisper white, Momento black

paper: apricot appeal, PTI white, choc chip, sage shadow,

others: range grosgrain ribon, PTI button and twine, rick rack die, white embossing powder,

cqc#35 So sweet - bold

2010-05-31T20:58:00.005-05:00

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

2010-05-25T22:21:00.004-05:00

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

2010-05-18T10:00:00.002-05:00

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

2010-05-17T18:28:00.003-05:00

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

2010-05-11T05:27:00.000-05:00

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!!!

2010-05-07T19:24:00.007-05:00

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

2010-05-06T20:16:00.002-05:00

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!!!!!

2010-05-04T15:03:00.001-05:00

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

2010-05-04T05:40:00.001-05:00

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

2010-05-03T19:50:00.003-05:00

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

There she goes - sketch

2010-04-30T07:58:00.005-05:00

THIS IS MY 2. POST FOR TODAY - SCROLL DOWN FOR MY WALTZINGMOUSE CARD!!!!!

Good morning!

Last night I had the chance to play with the "There she goes"-challenge. I just LOVE their stamp set with all these sentiments - so hilarious!

Thanks for stopping by today - I really appreciate all your wonderful comments :-)

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

stamp: Loads of fun

ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

paper: PTI white, kraft, Basic Grey June Bug collection, new leaf cs PTI

others: SU embossing plate, SU borer and corner punch, Nesties label 1, Copic markers, library clip SU, dimensionals

Waltzingmouse challenge

2010-04-30T07:56:00.003-05:00

Hello again,

are you already wondering why I post that much this week? I just having a ball - that's it. I used my "kids-in-preschool-time" very wisely and did a lot of stamping (at least for me a lot) and there we go. Some challenges I want to play in have a due date soon so I thought that it might be good to post the cards that I made as soon as possible- just in case life is coming in the way, ykwim?

ANd here is my card for the Waltzingmouse challenge - you could win a whole release!!! And Claire whipped up some amazing stamp sets for this month - go and check out her sneak peeks - you will love them!!!

For this card I thought of doing something very creative and made a "paper-fighter" as my son would call it. But mommy isn't as good in paper fighter creating than daddy so you all have to live with my "strange" plane ;-)

Thank you for visiting me again today - I love to have you here!

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

stamp: Free Spirit - Walzingmouse, The places you'll go - Taylored Expressions

ink: choc chip, pacific point

paper: kraft, old olive, Welcome to the Neighborhood SU DSP, SU scraps

others: SU marker old olive, paper piercing tool, mermaid stickles, dimensionals, glue dots, PTI button, circle Nesties

High Hope challenge bookmark

2010-04-29T04:11:00.000-05:00

Hi there,

High Hope's challenge for this week is to create a bookmark. I love bookmarks and I'm always in a need of them because I have the tendency to read a couple book at a time ...

But today I made a bookmark for my oldest son. He is nearly 5 years old and wants to learn how to read (he really wants to - with all his little heart). So, at least I made him this little gift that goes along with a book I bought the other day for the 2 boys.

I have no clue what company the DP is from because I used one of my card kits I got several swaps ago.... I just added the rhinestone stickers and the kraft background. Coloring was done with Copics.

Thank you for peeking in today - I hope you have a fantastic day

Hugs Tanja

CPS and Waltzingmouse

2010-04-27T19:42:00.006-05:00

PLEASE NOTE: this is my 2. post for today - please scroll down for today's first card!

Hi there,

I wanted to play with my first Waltzingmouse stamp set since I got it a couple weeks ago and I just found the perfect sketch on Sunday at CardPositioningSystem.

I sponged the piece on aqua mist paper with broken china distress ink, the "sand" was made by a scrap of kraft cs ditressed with antique linen distress ink.

The sentiment was ... well.... a serendipity. I first stamped it in white ink and figured out that it wasn't really visible so I went back and stamped it a second time in night of navy but without using a stamp positioner. And by eyeballing it I created a kind of a shadow effect with the white ... like it :)

Take care, my friends

Hugs Tanja

Deets:

stamps: Free Spirit - Waltzingmouse, Life's a breeze- SU

ink: fresh snow PTI, SU: real red, summer sun, pumkpin pie, certainly celery, night of navy, Broken China and Antique Linen Distress ink,

paper: kraft, PTI white, summer sunrise and Aqua mist PTI

others: border punch EKsuccess, buttons and white twine PTI, distressing tool, dimensionals

Curtain Call & Sweet Sunday Sketch

2010-04-27T19:33:00.004-05:00

Hi there,

I got this little lady from my friend Kadie and I had her sitting on my desk forever!!!! When I saw the colors at the Curtain Call blog I had to use this Gorjuss lady. And the sketch from Sweet Sunday sketch was just perfect for the paper and ribbon I wanted to use - I just love it when things fall in place....

I still work on my watercoloring skills - the black hair is okay but I'm not really happy with it - any suggestions how to make it better?

Thank you for popping in today

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

stamp: Gorjuss Girl from Sugar Nellie

ink: black, assorted ink pads for watercoloring

paper: pink pirouette, melon mambo, PTI white, certainly celery, Razzleberry lemonade DP SU

others: Aquapen, pink pirouette and certainly celery ribbon, rick rack die PTI, button PTI, white gel pen, rub on from chit-chat SU, circle and blossom Nesties

cqc30 - Dimension

2010-04-27T19:23:00.004-05:00

Hi there,

I'm back as promised with my card for the colorQ challenge. I'm sorry it took me so long to get this post up, but life at our house seems to be extra-busy at the moment....

My card is based on Arielle's color choice for this week:

I loved all the circles in the picture and tried my hands on my "Dot Spot" set from PTI. Are you already getting bored with me being addicted to this company? :))

I'll be back tomorrow with TWO cards that I manage to get done, woohoo! So, please check back tomorrow and thank you for visiting me today - I love to have you here.

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

stamp: Dot Spot from PTI

ink: Versamark, sage shadow, always artichoke, cameo coral and bravo burgundy

paper: always artichoke, PTI white

others: sponge, rhinestone stickers

I'm late

2010-04-27T07:20:00.002-05:00

Good morning ladies,

just wanna let you know that my colorQ card will be up later today - crazy here.

Thank you for being patient with me.

Hugs Tanja

2010-04-25T17:17:00.001-05:00

Hello and welcome to the monthly PapertreyInk blog hop!!!

This month let's focus on tissue paper! It has become one of the hottest trends in the paper crafting
world and we want to see you take it on! Whether it is die-cutting it to make beautiful layered blooms,
the faux silk technique, creating layered backgrounds or even delicate stitched pleated borders, we want
to see you get creative! And don't forget, your new stamps arrive lovingly wrapped in tissue paper each
month, so these can prove to be "free & green" projects as well! Have fun and we look forward to
seeing all of your projects!

And this is my take! I used the tissue paper that came with my last order and stamped my brandnew argyle stamps from "A little Argyle" on it. Then I glued the tissue onto PTI white cardstock, used one of the chairs from Lisa Johnson's new "Chair-ished" set and stamped it over the pattern and cut them out.

I then took a polka dot II stamp, inked it up with soft sky, stamped it on scrap paper and stamped it again on my white cardbase. That gave just a hint of the polka dots as a background.. like a soft rug or just a floor ... (unfortunately it is nearly invisible on the photo :( )

The chairs were stamped on the polka dots and I then adhered the argyle seats onto them. I finished the card with a black stripe from "Distressed Stripes", a red twine, Aqua Mist button and a sentiment from "On my couch" stamped in real red on an aqua mist distressed stripe.

Can you say "I love clean and simple"? ;-)

Thank you for stopping by!!!

Hugs Tanja

Celebrate Verve

2010-04-22T21:55:00.002-05:00

Hi there,

here is another card that I made for the Beach Party over at the Verve Forum. You stil have time to join in the fun and maybe win some goodies :-)

Julee challenged her fellowers to create a card with the colors green, aqua and orange. Et voilà ... mine has everything. Isn't this patterned paper from PTI cute or what? Love it !

I'm on my way to bed ... kids in springbreak are just exhausting, aren't they? ;-)

Please check back on Sunday - I will participating in the PTI blog hop that starts at 7pm CST - I would love for you to be a part of it!

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

stamps: Love's Flower Verve

ink: garden green, vintage cream, Momento Black, Antique Linen Distress

paper: new leaf, aqua mist, assorted scraps, Green Boutique PTI

others: large scallop border die PTI, orange stickles, button PTI, white felt PTI, paper piercing tool, black marker, dimensionals

Thank you, Ms Lorie

2010-04-21T20:39:00.002-05:00

Hi there,

for today's card... well, let's say it just matches many things!

Ms Lorie is one of my oldest boy's teacher and when I first saw her I wasn't too excited about her (which is the nicer version of what I really thought). But when I got to know her better during the last year I figured out how wrong I've been. She is the sweetest person ever. She takes great care of all her preschoolers and even of the moms. And whenever I had a question or needed some support (concerning bi-lingual..., where to get those songs, any idea where to find good kids books for bringing to Germany, ...) she was there to help immediately. I'm so thankful to have her as Mathis' teacher. That was my first thought when I saw Taylor's new stamp set that has been released in April...... *sigh*

The second thing is: Verve is having another huge release party- BEACH PARTY!!!! And to celebrate this Julee provided 5 challenges to win a bunch of goodies. And you all know how much I love winning goodies, right? So I took one of her sketches and my April Key Ingredients set from Taylored Expressions and went to work.

Love the DP, the colors, the ribbon ... and oh, yes! Every single stitch I made with the sewing machine was preplanned :-)) (that is the reason why I do not do quilting :::rolleyes:::)

Thank you for stopping by today - I wish you a wonderful rest of the week and hope to see you soon!

Hugs Tanja

Deets:

stamps: Make the Grade & Extra Credit from Taylored Expressions

ink: Choc chip, Antique Linen Distress

paper: kraft, very vanilla, duty durango, Material Girl Cosmo Cricket,

others: Velvet ribbon Fancy Pants, button PTI (what else ;-)), SU marker, always artichoke ribbon, red threat, sewing machine

cqc#29 you make me smile

2010-04-20T05:32:00.001-05:00

Hi there,

another week another colorQ challenge - boy, times flies by ....!

For this week's card I used my beloved PTI goodies and played and tried and cased and ... et voilà.

Thank you for stopping by today and check out the DT blogs - soooo many awesome cards this week!!!

Hugs Tanja

Deets:

stamps: Signature Greetings, Fancy Flourishes, Background Basics: Textstyle ->all PTI

ink: bravo burgundy, tango tangerine

paper: bravo burgundy, PTI white

others: buttons PTI, Beautiful Bloom dies #3

VLVApril x2

2010-04-18T12:02:00.003-05:00

Hi there,

today I have two crads to share with you. I made both last night for the Viva la Verve challenge over at SCS. Just for a chance to win the entire next release ;))

Sorry for the quick post today but I'm quite pooped.... kids are exhausting at the moment and I need their "quiet-time" to get a couple things done ....

Have a wonderful rest of the Sunday and see you soon

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

I will edit them tomorrow - sorry!!!!!

2010-04-16T13:38:00.002-05:00

Hi there,

it's been a while, I know. My husband is in Germany for house hunting and finally found a new and cozy place for us to live in :-) and now everbody is relieved and I'm back to the old swing ......

Today I have a manly card to share. Don't you love trying out "new" goodies? Actually mine were sitting on my desk for quite a while but last night I ended up trying a "technique" I saw on Nichole Heady's blog. I used the same stamp sets for the background but I was more in a male mood - cardmaking-wise ;-).

The sentiment and die is from PTI Fillable Frames #2 - so versatile and BEAUTIFUL to work with ***happy sigh***.

Thank you for popping in today - have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

stamps: Turning a new leaf, Background Basics Script, Fillable frames #2 all PTI,

ink: soft suede, chocolate chip, garden green, Antique Linen Distress

paper: soft suede, rustic white

others: Fillable Frames die #2, dimensionals, rhinestone stickers Michael's

cqc#28 and it's a circus ...

2010-04-13T05:00:00.001-05:00

Hi there,

welcome to this week's colorQ challenge. Arielle chose another great inspiration picture and this is my take.

Since I started using my Circle Circus from SU I fell in love with it and for this color combo I pulled it out again. And I finally inked up one of the stamps from "Frames wit a Flourish" that is sitting in my drawer for .... well, for quite a while.

I LOVE clean and simple styles and I think the white space always looks so relaxing .... yes, I think I need a little bit of sleep and a day off and I'm back to my old self ;-)

Hope you play along with us!

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

stamps: Circle Circus, Frames with a Flourish, Fundamental Phrases all SU

ink: bermuda bay, ruby red, pretty in pink, tango tangerine

paper: PTI Stamper's Select white

others: paper snipper, stickles

MTSC68 - Hey Dude

2010-04-10T20:54:00.004-05:00

Hi there,

another short post today - kids are sleeping now but don't feel very good - a stomach bug is making his round, I think .....

I played with Mercy's Tuesday Sketch and had to ink up Ethan from StampingBella right away. I colored him with my watercolor pencils and cut him out with Nesties and matted him. All the DP was in one of last year's Key Ingredients from Taylored Expression - Love that paper! Buttons are PTI and cardbase is rustic white.

Gotta hurry, someone's crying again...

Hugs Tanja

VLVApril - Love & Flower

2010-04-07T15:40:00.004-05:00

Hi there,

how are you all doing? Are you enjoying spring weather so far?

You may already know that I love to play with the Viva la Verve challenge over at SCS. And this month the inspiration for the challenges comes from living room. I wish I had one of these living rooms myself ....

Amber had a bunch of great pictures from living rooms and I chose this one to get inspired for my card. I just couldn't make the warm brown tone of the table go with my color combo :-(

Here is a close-up view of my 3-D flower and the pleaded ribbon. LOVE this technique. I saw that on one of the blogs I visited today but unfortunately I cannot remember who posted this great tutorial ... so sorry!

Thank you for popping in today and a huge thank you to all of you who left this encouraging comments lately - they are so much appreciated!

Have a wonderful day

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

stamps: Love's Flower from Verve, Baroque Motifs from SU

ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, sahara sand, pretty in pink, purely pomegranate

paper.: purely pomegranate, sahara sand, PTI white, Welcome neighborhood DSP SU

others: Beautiful Wings embossing plate SU, Copic markers, Label 3 Nesties, dimensionals, clear rhinestone sticker, ripe avocado ribbon PTI, double sided tape

colorQ #27

2010-04-06T06:00:00.000-05:00

Hi there,

it is time for another colorQ challenge and Arielle has chosen beautiful boy-colors. Hurry over and check it out!

For my card I used this little bear from Whipper Snapper for the first time ... shame on me .... he is soooo cute. And do you see the polka dots in the background? They are made with my new embossing plate from PTI that I had inked up with tempting turqoise and then embossed with PTI white cardstock. So cool.

So, what do you think about the rick rack? I used my rick rack die from PTI (can you say I'm hooked???). It cuts through the thick cs like butter ... *happy sigh* Just awesome toys, right?

Ready for more inspiration? Then hop over and check out the other DT member's blog. This ladies are so talented. Links are in my right sidebar...

Wishing you all a fantastic day and take care

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

stamps: bear from Whipper Snapper, sentiment from Verve's Love's Flower set

ink. Momento Black, tempting turquoise, whisper white craft, assorted ink pads for watercoloring

paper: night of navy, tempting turquoise, PTI white, watercolor paper Canson

others: Aquapainter, white EP, Polka Dots embossing plate PTI, rick rack die PTI, dimensionals, orange stickles, white gel pen

4 in 1 Liesel

2010-04-05T19:39:00.004-05:00

Hi there,

have you all had a good Easter holiday? We spent most of the day outside playing - the weather is gorgeous here. We even hopped into the pool today .... ;-)

My card for you today actually meets 4 (!!!!) challenges. I love the bright and sunny colors of the paper from Garden Variety by Cosmo Cricket.. And it gave me the inspiration for coloring Liesel with wheelbarrow in the same colors..... Kind of spring-y, huh?

Okay, what did we have? We had Crazy 4 challenge with kraft cs as a cardbase, KLStampinNScrappin with a 1-2-3 recipe, OCC with buttons (pfff, easy peasy for me ;-)) and we had Unscripted Sketches #49.

Without further adieu ... here come the supplies

Hugs Tanja

stamp: Liesel with wheelbarrow from Swiss Pixie by All that Scraps

ink: basic black craft, garden green, assorted ink pads for watercoloring

paper: kraft, real red, summer sun, Canson Watercolor Paper, Garden Variety by Cosmo Cricket

others: clear EP, Aquapainter, dimensionals, green and stardust stickles, white gel pen, buttons all PTI, threat, pure poppy satin ribbon PTI, paperpiercing tool and black marker, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Big Shot

Elegant in Pink

2010-03-31T17:19:00.006-05:00

Hi there,

have you checked out the color combo for the Curtain Call's color challenge on Tracy's blog?

Look at this:

This is my take:

I LOVE the combo and couldn't stop once I got started ... *happy sigh*. I pulled out my "Damask Design" from (.... right! PapertryInk - love that company :)) and stamped the image in pretty in pink. The sentment is from the same set and stampedon the kraft cardbase with fresh snow hybrid from PTI also. Black ribbon is SU, black mat is PTI and the black rhinestone stickers are fom Michael's. I think soon you will see some more cards made with the same colors ...

Take crae my friends and thank you for popping in today

Hugs Tanja

colorQ challenge and some news!

2010-03-30T05:00:00.001-05:00

Hi there,

and welcome today. Do you wanna know some news today? ***shout*** colorQ is having a Design Team**** and do you know the best part of it? Some of the most talented ladies come together and design cards for this team - and I have the honor to be a part of this team, wow! If you haven't checked it out yet don't walk... RUN over to the colorQ challenge blog and see all the cards these ladies made for their first week as a DT.

For me this week's color combo was quite challenging: certainly celery, bermuda bay, lovely lilac, lavender lace and white. But I wanted to play with my goodies from PapertreyInk. So I pulled out one of my favorite sets from PTI and started working. And this is the result ...

I hope to see you over at the colorQ - if not for playing but for getting some inspiration ... ;-)

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

stamp: On my Couch and On my Couch additions, Background Basics: Polka Dots II - PapertreyInk

ink: black, lavender lace, bermuda bay, Versamark, fresh snow hybrid PTI

paper: lovely lilac, certainly celery, PTI white

others: Aqua Mist button PTI, green rhinestone stickers Michael's, dimensionals

Washed out?

2010-03-29T13:31:00.004-05:00

Hi there,

just a quick post today - days are busy at the moment - that's why I am pretty quiet during the last weeks. But it will be better :-)

Today I wanna share a card with you that I made for a contest over at The Greeting Farm. 3 wonderful ladies and I "came together" (well, virtually) and we all made a crad for the recent contest at TGF, then we chose the "best" card and that ws our entry for this week's challenge. The theme was "retro" and I had a hard time with this. So I finally came up with this beauty.

If you search for her at TGF you won't find her because my friend Lorie made just the best card for this contest. So her card went into the race - she hasn't post it yet but I will update this post when she posts, okay?

Thank you for stopping by today!

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

stamps: image by TGF - I think Hope&Grace line (sorry), Sentiment from There she goes " Loads of fun"

ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

paper: sage shadow, very vanilla, soft suede, Basic Grey Archaic Collection, Vellum

others: MS glitter, scor pal sticky strip, fancy tags Spellbinder, twine PTI, dimensionals

PapertreyInk bloghop - buttons

2010-03-25T16:50:00.000-05:00

Hi there and welcome to the monthly PapertreyInk-bloghop!!!!!

For this month Nichole chose the theme: buttons *gasp*. "Hello. My name is Tanja and I'm addicted to buttons" - that would fit perfectly.

So, a couple days ago I grapped a bunch of scrap paper from my stash and sat down and created some cards. Two of them can you see here:

And since I am the new owner of a "Studio Style" stamp set (thank you PapertreyInk - I LOVE MY PRESENT!!!) designed by Dawn McVey I tried nearly every single stamp from this set :-)) . The sentiments couldn't fit better, don't you agree? ;-)

All supplies are PTI except the ink and the DS - that was from my stash.

Thank you for hopping with me today - I hope to see you soon!

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

card1

stamp: Studio Style, Background Basics: Tin Types

ink: pretty in pin, Momento Tuxedo Black

paper: PTI white, SU pretty in pink and sahara sand, DP unknown

others: Copic markers, buttons PTI, large scallop border die, dimensionals

card2

stamp: Studio Style

ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Versamark

paper: kraft, PTI white, DP unknown

others: aqua mist ribbon, black satin ribbon, aqua mist buttons, Copic markers, twine, dimensionals

WoJ #2 - still DT call!

2010-03-22T15:12:00.004-05:00

Hello ***waving***!

In addition to the last post I made another card with a Whiff of Joy image. How cute is Charlotte laying on the floor and writing a letter? I really enjoy this image. I colored her with my Copics and due to the fact that I just started with this markers I had to color her sweater in plum - no pink or red or yellow here, yet! ;-)

I paired her up with a plum ribbon and some buttons.

Do you see the script-paper-circle-kind-of? Well, I wanted to use a patterned paper that I had in my stash but it didn't seem to find very well. Anything else wasn't good enough either (talk about having an idea in mind) so I pulled out a background basic set from PapertreyInk and made my own background script. What do you think? I know, it doesn't matches the deets over at Katharina's blog very well but it fits, right? :-)

Thank you for visiting me today and a special thank for all your wonderful and kind comments on my last cards - you all are really the best.

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

stamps: Charlotte from Feb 2010-release - Whiff of Joy, Background basics Text Types II by PapertreyInk

ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Choc chip SU

paper: kraft, perfect plum, vintage cream, Stampers Select white, Bitty Box Basics 2008 lavender moon, In bloom patterned paper ripe avocado - all PTI

others: Copic markers, Label 4 Nesties, Stampin' Pastels, perfect plum buttons PTI, perfect plum double stitched ribbon PTI, paperpiercing tool, black marker, dimensionals

WoJ - Guest Designer Call

2010-03-18T13:16:00.002-05:00

Hi there,

isn't she darling? Since I got my goodies from Whiff of Joy I have so much fun playing around with them and my Copics. I know, there is still a lot to learn but I love the images from Whiff of Joy to play with ... :-)

BTW - Whiff of Joy is calling all Designers to apply for a Guest Designer Spot for 2 month. Hurry over to Katharina's blog to see all the deets.

I used Shopping Willow for today's card. She was released last month and I totally fell in love with her. All these bags with goodies .... *happy sigh*. I paperpieced the bags and added tissue paper to create a "natural" look of the bags and to give them a little more dimension. The black cardstock and ribbon gives her a dramatic look - .... spent too much money???? Hm, who knows ....

I chose to make an easel card so she can be in the run for this challenge too.

Thank you for stopping by today, take care.

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

stamp: Shopping Willow by Whiff of joy

ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

paper: true black cs PTI, Neenah Solar White ultra smooth, Basic Grey Origins

others: Copic Markers, paper piercing tool, black marker, lace, black ribbon SU, yellow buttons PTI and black twine, Stamping Pastels, dimensionals, tissue paper, MS border punch

SOTCFB3 - Scrapbook March

2010-03-15T03:36:00.001-05:00

Hi there,

and welcome back! It's already the 15th again - that means some ladies of the Sisterhood are showing a scrapbook laout they made based on a given theme.

This month the hostess was : ME!!!! Yeah, so exciting!

And for the theme I picked the following bible verse:

"Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your

people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I wi

ll be buried."
Ruth 1:16-17 (New International Version)

The challenge, Ladies, is to create a FaithBook page (or several) with a travel theme, but the twist is to use photos or a photo where you can see at least 2 of your loved ones on a trip. Yourself included in the picture would most definitely be welcomed too, of course!

I chose two photos that were taken on a wonderful day last April when we all made a trip to the Beaver Lake (which is just in Ft. Rucker but at least it was a trip, right?)

Here is comes:

Have a wonderful start of the week

Hugs Tanja

P.S. sorry for the terrible photo but sunlight wasn't here the whole day long .... :-(

for Arielle - baby cards

2010-03-13T22:10:00.005-06:00

Hi there,

yes, I promised to show you a card I made with the "Baby Button Bits" from PapertreyInk - which I borrowed from my dear friend Arielle the other day. To be honest I wasn't in the mood for chatting and blogging .... do you know that feeling too? ...

But anyway... Arielle reminded me in her last blogpost to keep my promise :-) And here are not one, not two ....no, all three of the card I made that night. Enjoy!!!!

Thank you for visiting me today - will post the "ingredients" of this cards later .... :-)

Hugs Tanja

Love sponging

2010-03-09T15:20:00.005-06:00

Hello and happy Tuesday!

What do you think of this stamp????? Isn't it gorgeous? Since I saw it for the first time - I think on Tosha Leyendekker's blog - I had to have it. And when we went to Atlanta my dear husband found exactly this stamp and pointed out "Honey, I think you will make awesome things with this one, huh?". He is just the sweetest!!!!! But awesome things ..... well!

On Beate John's blog (I'm not sure maybe it was somewhere else..., sorry!) I saw that she sponged used this stamp, embossed it and just stamped the edges. And this is exactly what I did - love the colors..... like sundown .....

Thank you for visiting me today.

Hugs Tanja

Recipe:

stamps: Dandelion Frame HeroArt, Sentiment from Beautiful You by Verve

ink: basic black craft, Momento Tuxedo Black, all yellows from SU

paper: very vanilla

others: clear EP, sponges

In love with Copics ...

2010-03-05T09:27:00.003-06:00

Hi there,

here is another "In bloom" card I made the other day. Coloring was done with my Copics - boy, I really like them. Even coloring on kraft cs is easy and the colors are still rich and popping ( is that a word???).

Thank you for visiting me today! This is just a short post - we are in the middle of laundry and packing for a "hideout-weekend" somewhere ... ;-)

Hope to see you back on Monday

Hugs Tanja

Recipe:

stamp: In Bloom , sentiment from Everyday button bits - PapertreyInk

ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

paper: kraft cs, Vellum

others: white gel pen, Copic markers, clear rhinestone stickers, stardust stickles

ouch x 3

2010-03-03T10:24:00.007-06:00

Hi there,

I'm back with a card I made last night and that is in the run for 3 (!!!) challenges, yeah!!!

I played with my friend Arielle's colorQ challenge, the layout is from KL Stampin N Scrappin

and for Crazy 4 challenges I added texture.

I actually added texture three times: textured background paper, bubble embossing folder from Cuttlebug with white ink and my 2 band aid ... they are eligable for texture too, right? ;-)

I rotated Kelly's sketch and instead of the 3 embellies in the upper left corner I used the 2 band aids ... sorry but 3 would have been too much!

And I just loved the colors from Arielle's challenge: certainly celery, night of navy, baja breeze, sahara sand and white!!!!! The image is watercolored with those colors and they were just perfect for little dragon - poor baby.

Gotta go - we have fabulous spring weather and the boys don't wanna stay inside ...

Hugs Tanja

Recipe:

stamp: digital image by Dustin Pike "ouch dragon", sentiment from "Rain or Shine" set by MFT

ink: certainly celery, night of navy, baja breeze, sahara sand, going and basic gray, fresh snow PTI

paper: sahara sand, PTI white, night of navy, certainly celery, Parisian Breeze

others: Spellbinder Pierceabilities, circle and inverted circle Nesties, Big Shot, band aid, dimensionals, Aquapainter, white gel pen, spongeR