Moose with GLASSES

Hi there,

it is good to see you today - welcome back here in my little corner of the web.

For today's card I choose the challenge from Peachy Keen and tried out a different size - not quite sure if I like it!

The inspiration came from my oldest son you asked me a couple days ago I I could make him and his little brother one of Mommy's lovely cards (tell me, who could resist a 4-year-old boy who asked in is most precious voice?). So, I went with Teacher Riley because my oldest has blue glasses - that why Riley has always blue glasses in our home ;-)

I popped them up a "little" bit. Then threw in some coloring and MS glitter, nice paper from my stash and ribbon (totally forgot about what will happen to this card after been given to the boys - glitter all over the house, phew!) - and I was done.

Thank you for stopping by today - I wish you a wonderful Sunday and YEAH for school starting next week ;-))

Hugs Tanja

Build a house

Hi there,

I'm back with another card today - I wanted to participate in the challenge every Thursday over at the OCC blog. But last week's sketch gave me a real hard time. Plus I thought I could manage to combine it with the challenge at Peachy Keen where you are supposed to use just their faces.

Finally I came up with an idea but after I was finished I realized that me card pretty much look like the sample they posted on the site .... Well, at least it was a try .... :-)

I draw the shingles per hand with SU markers and the curtains are cut out by hand after eyeballing ... And I hide two faces from Peachy Keen's set "You are my sunshine". Can you find them? Yeah, right! In the upper windows - kinda behind the curtains.

The snowflakes were punched out and I then ran them through the Xyron. After that I dipped them with the sticky side in glitter. Easy, huh? I just like it!

That's it for today. Thank you for joining my and I wish y'all a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving.

Hugs Tanja

Recipe:

stamps: You are my sunshine - Peachy Keen stamps

ink: choc chip, Brilliance Moonlight white

paper: old olive, kraft, bravo burgundy, whisper white, Dp is from my scrap stash

others: Polka Dot EF, Big Shot, exactor knife, white gel pen, rhinestone stockers, scissor, SU markers, MS leave and snowflake punches, MS glitter, dimensionals

In the mood for cuddling ....

Hi there!!

Both of my boys have a little Doudou (that's french and means little blanket for cuddling purposes ;-)) And those little blankets are the most important things in their life ... well, just behind Mommy and Daddy and chocolate ....

And when I saw this cute little bear at Peachy Keen stamps I had to have him. He is perfect for any kind of cards and I love him for scrapbooking too. So I incorporated him in my card for this week's challenge at Peachy Keens's blog .

Thank you for stopping by today - have a wonderful rest of the day and don't forget to hug your loved ones today.

Hugs Tanja

Recipe:

stamp: Peachy Keen (CAn't find the name of the friend at the moment, sorry)

ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, creamy caramel

paper: sift suede textured, ww, unknown DP

others: soft suede ribbon, circle and scalloped circle nesties, watercolor pencils and Aquapainter, startdust stickles, crystal effects, dimensionals, sponge, sticker, dewdrops

Another Tilda card

Good morning ladies,

I hope, you all had a terrific weekend? The weather here in AL was wonderful fall-ish. Cold and crisp air - we missed it since April :-).

I have another Magnolia to show you today. I'm not sure when I got this little angel but this weekend was the frist time I inked her up (wow, I said that pretty often lately...). I wanted to participate in the Peachy Keen challenge and for this I had to use brown and pink, some ribbon ... and I cannot remember the other thing .... Coloring her was easy - with my watercolor pencils, Aquapainter and some ink pads. But everyting else didn't want to come together.

My intention was to let her sit in the middle of this huge flower and "fishing" for some love - but I think she is more an angel in heaven sending some love to her loved ones on earth. And before it makes me more teary I decided to send it to a wonderful friend I found over at SCS - her mother passed away last year and with the holidays coming up maybe this card will let her think about her mother sitting in heaven and sending bunches of love while watching over her.

Darn, we are getting sentimental here, huh?

Thank you for stopping by today - I wish you all a wonderful Monday and a short week!

Take care my friends and give your loved ones a special hug today

Hugs to you Tanja

Recipe:

stamp: Tilda from Magnolia (but which one?)

ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, pretty in pink, Antique Linen Distress , Brilliance Moonlight white

paper: purely pomegranate, whisper white, berry bliss DP su, heart paper unknown

others: regal rose grosgrain ribbon, silver brads, watercolor pencils, Aquapainter, sponge, dimensionals, stardust stickles, white gel pen, heart punch SU, scalloped circle and blossom Nestis, Big Shot, flowers and brads from a card kit, Elegant Bouquet (???) Embossing Folder

You are my sunshine ....

Good morning,

this will be just a short post as I'm on my way out of the door ...

I wanted to use up some scrap paper that I am hording and hording and .... well, this DP sat on my desk after my little ones decided to grap some of Mommy's paper for cutting and other creating purposes ......... Huh, that's another story! But I wanted to use it with this bright and funny sun from Peachy Keens. Believe it or not - every item on this card is "scrap" and I love when it comes together and I can even use a nice sketch for it - like this MOJO Monday one- !

And due to the length of the cardstock I made a 4 1/4x 4 1/4''. Has anybody an idea where I could find a template for a selfmade envie for this size????? Help would very much appreciated :-)

Have a wonderful day

Hugs Tanja

What's in:

stamp: You are my sunshine - PKS

ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

paper: baja breeze, pretty in pink, canson watercolor paper, retired SU DP - don't know which one

others: pink pirouette grosgarin ribbon, dew drops, dimensionals, curly label punch, SU markers, Spica Glitter Pen

More Christmas cards

Hello friends!

A couple weeks ago I started making my christmas cards. And during this time my friend Barbara aka barbaralynn over at SCS started a swap called "The BIG guy in the red .." I signed u for a spot and made this card. (Well, I actually haven't had a single Santa stamp... needless to say I had to have one, huh?)

And for the next card I was just playing around with some scrap paper and my Top Note Die. I figured out that I love the bermuda bay paper from SU - at first I wasn't excited about all of the new in colors, but the more I try to use them the more I really like them. I just wish they would have kept the riding hood red .... sniff***

So, this card will be another one I will send to friends and family in Germany this year :-)

Thank you for stopping by today and taking time to visit my little corner of the web.

Have a great rest of the day and see you soon

Hugs Tanja

Ingredients:

Santa card:

paper: barvo burgundy, very vanilla, choc chip, SU DP (sorry, couldn't figure out anymore which one it is..)

ink: versamark and choc chip classic, Antique Linen Distress

stamp: "Santa Collage" from Rubber Stampede (Michael's)

others: designer label punch SU, choc chip striped ribbon SU, rhinestone brads, Deteil EP clear, distressing tool, sponge, decorative scissor, dimensionals

Snowman card:

stamps: "What's so funny snowman" PKS, Polka Dots background SU

ink: StazOn Jet Black, Versamark, tempting turquoise

paper: bermuda bay textured, whisper white, DP unknown

others: MS snowflake punch, red rhinestone Kaiser Crafts, riding hood red ribbon, watercolor pencils, Aquapainter, white liquid appliqué, sponge, Top Note die and Big Shot, chit chat rub-ons SU

A new post and another PKS challenge

Hi there,

I know, it has been a long time since my last post! Sorry about that. We were busy with organizing a German Oktoberfest here and last weekend we took a time-out and went to the beaches. In between there were a lot of appointments and other stuff going on like stomach-bug, flu, .....

But now I'm back and I have to show you lots of stuff I was working on during the last weeks.

Peachy Keen Stamps have a HUGE blog-candy and you can still win it until October 23th!!! Go get it!!!!!

And they have a new challenge going on this week. What about hop over to there blog and play. You should make an ornament and you have to add something gold and a hanging device - and a stamped image!

I ended up using a circle chipboard that I covered with Ski Slope DP. I punched out all the snowflakes with my Martha Stewart snowflakes punch, added them to the chipborad and placed a rhinestone in each center. The old olive scallop circle was punched out too and golden stickles were added. My dear "What's so funny snowman" came to good use again. I colored him in with just a little bit of my watercolor pencils and added red stickles and white liquid appliqué. Finally I'm not really satisfied with the result ... something is missing, hm? But anyway!

I had Gretel from C.C. Design sitting on my desk for a long time and wanted to give her a great sketch but I couldn't get it right. Until I found a sketch over at The Pink Elephant. And I adore this SU Cottage Wall DP - both together made a nice card for a girlfriend. I have to admire that it looks like I didn't level it out correctly but I meassure everything...

I hope you enjoyed it. Thank you for stopping by today - I will post more often - I promise ;-)

Hugs Tanja

Deets:

Ornament:

circle chipboard, Ski Slope DP, MS snowflake punch, rhinestone Kaiser Carfts, Scallop circle and oval punch SU, red and gold stickles, white liquid appliqué, riding hood red ribbon, "What's so funny snowman" PKS; watercolor pencils, dimensionals

Gretel:

stamp: "Gretel" Swiss Pixies, C.C. Design

ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

paper: Canson Watercolor paper, cottage wall DP, whisper white, old olive, rich razzleberry textured

others: chit-chat rub-ons SU, SU markers, old olive grosgrain ribbon, Nesties Label 1 and 3, Big Shot, Dew Drops, Stardust Stickles

PKS challenge

Hello everybody!!!

Here is my entry for this week's challenge at Pechy Keen Stamps!

I can't help but I LOVE this sun! It is so bright and shine and everytime I have a look at it it makes me smile. So, even though I used it for last week's sketch too I had to pull it out again!

I bought this DP a couple weeks ago and when the package arrived I was disappointed because online the colors looked different. I just stored it away and while I was searching for a matching paper for this card the pack fell in my hand and I knew why I bought it - LOVE the color combination with yellow and kinda pumpkin pie and this green!!!

What do you think? Comments are much appreciated - that's the way we learn, right?

Hugs Tanja

Recipe:

stamps: You are my sunshine -PKS; Heard from the heart - SU, Damask Design - PTI;

ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, versamark

paper: kraft cs, canson watercolor paper, basic grey Junebug, kiwiw kiss ribbon, pearl sticker, dimensionals, SU markers

Scraps Vol. IV

Hi friends,

are you already bored with my new series of scraps? I know, at least I am bored. I have a bunch of wonderful DP sitting in a bag that wanted to be used and I will do my very best during he next weeks .... :-)

But that has to wait - today is another scrap-day. I got these beautiful stamp from my sweet friend Lorie (I know!!!) for participating in the weekly challenge over at Peachy Keen Stamps. And I was itching to ink it up. And because I have to make nearly 70 christmas cards for this holiday season I better get started ....

And in addition I put together a little "giveaway" card for little presents or .... .

I used sage shadow cardstock with whisper white and baja breeze textured and a little bit of basic black. Dp is a scrap from a retired winter DP but I don't know the name anymore (gone with the paper). The snowman is from Peachy Keen stamps and is called "What's so funny snowman" medium size - colored with my trusty Faber-Castell watercolor pencils and an Aquapainter. I then added just a bit of white liquid applique, some MS snowflake punch-outs, embossed the white paper with my Cuttlebug snowflake folder. Some ribbon and buttons and dew drops and that's all - oh wait, I gave the snowflakes a dust of sage shadow pastel ...!

For the 3x3 card I stamped snowflakes from the "Serene nowflakes" set, pulled out these thinking of you" stamped (no clue which company), heat-embossed it with clear ep, added a sage shadow ribbon and a black button-brad and the little "giveaway"-card was ready, too!!!!

I hope you enjoyed it - thank you for visiting me today

Hugs Tanja

Peachy Keen Challenge #10

Hi there,

hope y'all have a wonderful Thursday - tomorrow is weekend!!!!!!

This cutest sunshine face is a stamp from Peachy Keen stamps and was given to me by my Secret Sister and wonderful friend Lorie Souther - btw, go to her blog and check out the card she made for this challenge - STUNNING!!!!! I had to try it for this week's challenge.

So I made a 5x5 card with light and friendly colors. And even though they are pretty girl-ish I had to think of my sunshine-boy who had a blast yesterday playing while the sprinklers were going :-)

This is a close-up look of the sun - I painted it with silver bells shimmerz and it has this amazing sparkle that perfectly matches the cute face.

So, that has to be all for today - gotta hurry because time flies by way too fast and here a re so many things to do before the kids will come home ....

Thanks for visiting me today

Hugs Tanja

Deets:

stamp: you are my sunshine from Peachy Keen stamps

ink: basic black

paper: rich razzleberry textured, whisper white, pretty in pink, Canson watercolor paper, DP "Wild Raspberry" K&Company

others: SU markers, satin rbbon, shimmerz, flourishes rhinestone, dimensionals, tag punch, scallop circle punch

A real challenge

Good morning!!!

I wanted to participate in this week's challenge over at Peachy Keens .... but the real challenge was to take this pictures. I did not know how hard it is to take a quite good pic of an acrylic sheet .... So, please excuse the quality I try to describe it a little bit.

Like I said, this card is my entry for the weekly challenge at Peachy Keen challenge blog. I saw a project in a paper crafting magazine wher they used an acrylic sheet and I had the idea for this card.

I painted the acryl with black acrylic paint to give it the dirty/ spooky look. Took my litle mummy (yeah, my first purchase at Peachy Keen + a little Teddy Bear and some sentiments :-) - thank you Lorie!), stamped it on whisper white an colored it with my SU ink pads and an Aquapainter.

The spiders on the elegant eggplant piece are from "Best Friends" set from SU. Some matting, some dimensionals and lots of wiggly eyes adhered with crystal effect and this card was done.

The challenge was to use a cirlce (well, is the mummy round or what?), a square (matting) and a star. Wow, that was really a challenge. So I just wrote the sentiment, cut them out and after I put a mat underneath I adhered them in kinda star-shape ..... Hope, that will match the requirements ;-)

This is a close up look of the mummy - whatever I tried I couldn't get the right angle to show her perfectly on the card picture.

I gotta go - my little one is running a fever and my oldest has to get ready for preschool! We are back into the routine !!!!

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs Tanja