I'm back from vacation!!!!!

Hello ladies,

I'm back from a lifetime-vacation! We spent some days in Disney World, Olando, FL and Seaworld. It was awesome and I will post pictures here as soon as they are "prepared" ....

At first I had to send a huge "Thank you" to my friend Arielle - I was crowned by her as a colorQueen for participating in her first color challenge, woohoo, how cool is that? Hop over and check out her challenge - it is so inspiring!

For today I have 3 cards to share with you.

The first is made of a card-kit I got from my card-kit-swap-SS and I had to play with it immediately.

So, I just put together everything I got from her in the kit. What do you think?

The second and third card are made for two challenges: MOJO Monday and colorQ. I had somebody in mind who needs some uplifting "thoughts" and I love the sketch Julee from Verve had prepared and the color my friend Arielle chose for this weeks color challenge - so fall-ish!! The stamp is from Our Daily Bread Design and everything else is SU.

Kelly, one of those cards are going out to your friend ***waving***, a little late but it comes from the heart ....

Thank you for stopping by today and I will be back with picture next time!!!!

Take care

Hugs Tanja

P.S. sorry for the blurry pics - but we had not enough sunlight so I had to take 'em inside ... bleh ...

Serenity

Happy Sunday!

I know I'm late for a happy Sunday ... We had a wonderful and HOT summer day! What about you???

For today's card I threw 2 challenges together - Our Creative Corner sketch-/ and Raspberry Suite color challenge.

And I decided that this will be my card for my Secret Sister because I like how it turned out. And the Serenity Prayer is perfect for her .... can't tell you more ... it will be a secret until the 1st of August.

So, for this card I tried my new butterfly-die from SU and the specialty paper I bought months ago and haven't touched it since. I hate to use paper that I really like because I know one day it will be gone .... sounds crazy, huh?

Everything else on this card is pretty self-explaining.

Thank you for "seeing" me today - have a great start in the new week!

Toodles Tanja

Recipe:

stamps: Serenity Prayer from Our Daily Bread Design, Polka Dots background SU

ink: chocolate chip, cameo coral

paper: cameo coral, chocolate chip, very vanilla, specialty paper SU, DP Afternoon Tea SU

others: butterfly die SU, Martha Stewart border punch, dimensionals, Rhinestone stickers, groovy guava double stiched ribbon

Good morning,

today I will show you two cards I made over the past days. 

The first one is my first ever creation with a TGF stamp. I love this little Dress-up-Ian. But I couldn't figure out what to do with him. SO I added some skulls and bones and the "you rock" stamp from Inkadinkado's "RockStar" set. With a lot of imagination you could think that Ian is dreaming about being a star ... okay, you may need a lot of imagination! =) 

Sorry for the blurry photo - I took it before 10 o'clock and the sun was okay so far but suddenly the light was so bright and I had to finish this. I promise better photos in the future, okay?

The second card is my submission for our monthly Sisterhood-card-swap. Catherine aka PaperAddict is hosting the month of June and her theme is to create something to honor your country (Catherine, I hope I repeated it correctly). Well, due to the fact that I don't have any german related stamps nor did I have any idea for a german card (hey, that is really difficult when you are living here in the States and you don't have ANY german stamps) I made THIS card.
I have the impression that something is missing but I can't say what it is. So I'll leave it how it is. 

When I saw the stamp from Our Daily Bread Design (I was on their website to search for a stamp set for my Secret Sister ***) I fell in love with the "I pledge Allegiance". Our youngest boy is an american guy so I think I will use it a lot for scrapbooking. But it was also perfect for Catherine's theme. So I pulled out that sriped paper and stamped starts on it. The most difficult part for me was the sewing - I tried it the first time on paper! I'm not able to sew a straight line but I think for this "vintage" layout it is okay. 

Thanks for stopping by - wish y'all a wonderful weekend

Hugs Tanja

Deets:

Dress-up-Ian

stamps: "Dress up Ian" from The Greeting Farm, "RockStar" from Inkadinkado

paper: sahara sand, riding hood red, whisper white, DP unknown,

ink: riding hood red, basic black and Stazon JetBlack

Accessories: SU markers, black double stichted ribbon Michael's, brad from Hodgepodge Hardware set SU

Pledge

stamps: "I pledge Allegiance" ODBD, Stars from Gel-a-tin

ink: chocolate chip and Stazon Timber brown, Antique Linen distressed ink Tim Holtz

paper: riding hood red, night of navy, "Americana" Provo Craft, Vellum from Office Depot

accessories: star buttons, twine, white threat