cqc#57

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#28 and it's a circus ...

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

Bermuda CAS

Hi there,

when I saw the CAS challenge for this week at SCS I just had to play. A teal color, white and an additional color -> all together on a card. And since I discovered my love for bermuda bay lately I whipped up this two cards. Simple but I like the turn out ....

The stamps set I used is "Butterfly Wishes" from The Greeting Farm. The butterfly punch is Martha Stewart, the rhinestone and pearl stickers are from Michael's. I added rich razzleberry ribbon and on the second card a white border punch with the new SU border punch (sorry, forgot the name for it!!)

That should be all for today. I'm in the middle of some major drawer cleaning ... blehhhh! ;-)

Have a wonderful day and thank you for popping in today.

Hugs Tanja

"back to basics"

Hi there,

this will be a pretty long post..... sorry for that! So sit back, sip a cup of coffee/ tea and enjoy it ;-)

I made some cards for a couple of challenges and wanted to schedule the posts (LOVE that possibility) but.... well, I could say life came in the way! I just was too lazy. We had a wonderful and calm weekend and enjoyed ourselves so much that we have been so lazy with "work". But I think this is wonderful to do if it is just once in a while, right?

So I have to show you all the cards I made for the challenges today because they are all due tomorrow :-))

The first one is for ColorDare #51: use the colors garden green, barely banana and melon mambo. Wow, that was hard for me. So I remembered the first time stamping and went with an easy and clean layout. I addeds some Dazzling Diamond to the background but it is hard to see on the photo .... Stamp is from PTI "Everyday button bits" and everything else from my stash.

The next card is for the Colorthrowdown #75. Another difficult color combo for me: garden green, rich razzleberry and mellow moss. Phew! I'm not too happy with this card but at least I gave it a try, right? I used the SU set Great Friend and a Martha Stewart butterfly punch. Like I said: kind of back to basics, huh?

Okay, I think I have a new favorite stamp set!!!! Boy, when I bought my first PTI stamp set a couple weeks ago I loved all the samples I saw on blogs and on SCS but couldn't find my way to use it. But when my friend Arielle told me about this color combo from Stampin' Royalty I knew exactly what I wanted to do. And I LOVE the result - may I say that about my own card? I have to admit that I was inspired by countless cards I saw on countless blogs that were made in the same way - so this is not my own idea :-( I wish I would be that creative ....

But anyhow ... I pulled out Damask Design from PTI designed by my idol Dawn McVey and went to work. I really like the colors together and how you can make your own designer paper ;) Kind of back to the basics in another way ...

Ribbon is from SU and rhinestone stickers are from Michael's.

And while I was stamping I thought of making an elegant card with the same set in black and white. Throw in some gray and you have met the challenge from Diva Coffeebreak #160. The border punch is from Martha Stewart. I added stickles to the middle of of each elemt but it is hard to see on the photo - sorry!

Here are both of my "treasures" together. I think at least one of them will be on the way to a new home very soon. A friend of mine send me an envie stuffed with wonderful images - just because ... ;-) I so appreaciate you, Carol!!!!!

Thank you everybody for taking the time to visit me and even leave a comment. This means very much to me and I appreciate all of you. I'm glad that I found a hobby where you meet the best folks ever :-)

Hugs to y'all and have a wonderful day

Tanja

Medallion

Hi there,

today I have a SU only card and I just figured that I usually don't create them anymore ... don't know why!

Well, I created this card for my dear friend Arielle's colorQ challenge. She challenged us to use going gray (I substituted sahara sand), barely banana, certainly celery, pumpkin pie and white. And that is what I came up with.

When I first saw the Medallion stamp from SU I fell in love. But unfortunately I haven't used it as much as I wish I had. So I pulled it out and paired it with the Circle Circus set from SU to. Same here. I saw it in the catty and couldn't wait to order it. Now it is sitting here and waiting patiently to be used.....

The third set is Heard from the Heart from SU too. Love the sentiment and the handwriting font here. Then I threw in some rhinestone stickers, a pumpkin pie corduroy button and some dimensionals. That's it. Clean and simple - exactly my style ;-)

Thank you for stopping by today. I got so many commets during the past day and I just wanted to let you know that I appreciate each of them. Thank you so much for supporting me and my cardmaking that becomes more and more an addiction.

Bless you my friends

Hugs Tanja

little birdie

Hi there,

I have just a short post for you today - we have kind of winter weather here and the kids love to play outside even though they are so not used to the temperatures ..... ;-)

I played with two challenges today: Unscripted Sketches and ColorQ

I used the bird from SU's the More The Merrier set , the sentiment is from TGF Dress up Ian, DP is SU's Cottage Wall. The swirl as a Sizzix die, dazzling Diamonds on the hearts (these are from my stash), button is also from my stash, liquid pearls around the birdie and some stickles on the bird's heart. Sorry for the fast notes, but I gotta go - boys are screaming ...

Have a good weekend and a blessed Sunday

Hugs Tanja

Vive la France

Bonjour mes amies!

Yes, I know, we are in the States so we talk english (that's what my little one told me yesterday ;)).

I participated in the challenge at Sweet 'n Sassy and combined it with the color dare. And while I was sorting stamps the other day I hold this set in my hands and a lot of wonderful memories came in my mind. Before we came to the States we have lived in the south of France for 3 years. And the building on this stamp looked so familiar ... hmmmmmm !!! But anyway... I decided to ink it up an try to color it a little bit. And this is the result:

I'm not quite statisfied because something is missing but I couldn't figure out what it is ....

I gotta run - dinner isn't read yet but Basketball training for the boys is over !!!! Have a good weekend and stay warm and safe!!!

Hugs Tanja

Recipe:

stamp: Provence, En Francais SU

ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Antique Linen and Frayed Burlap Distress ink

paper: ruby red, creamy caramel, bermuda bay, Thoroughly Modern DP SU, very vanilla

others: sponge, watercolor pencils and Aquapainter, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Big Shot, very vanilla satin ribbon, bermuda bay ribbon, button and twine, paper piercing tool, decorative scissor, dew drops, dimensionals

stuffed stockings

Hi there,

today is christmas party in preschool and usually the day for exchanging gift. And this year I found the template for this cute stockings on this blog . Because I decided to give each teacher a gift card from Barnes & Nobles I created this stockings and sneaked the card inside. They were made so easily - it took me just 45 minutes to finish all 4. How cool!!!

And due to the fact that I went a little overboard with stocking up on new paper I decided to use some treasures from SU last year's collection. I think I will make myself some of those stocking too just to hang them on our fireplace ;-)

Paper is Frosty Days or Ski Slope (forgot which one), ribbon is old olive SU, stamp "You light up my life" from Sweet and Sassy, and I used choc chip marker for tracing and writing. That's all!!

Thanks for popping in today - Wish y'all a wonderful Thursday - just one more day until the weekend ..... :-))

Hugs Tanja

MOJO110 and ColorQ4

Good evening!!!!

Finally I finished my card for this 2 challenges - though I have to admit that I'm not too excited about it. Something is missing .....

The colors Arielle chose for her color challenge this week are just beautiful. But without any fall stamps .. well, I haven't had a lot of ideas. So I pulled out this gorgeous stamp set from SU and colored it up with markers. That is so easy and I like the effect. Everything else is self-explaining ... :-)

I'm on the go again - like I said ... crazy week here. Tomorrow we will go to a pumpkin atch with the boy's preschool to pick some pumpkins and carve them later on. Hope to show you some pics of Jack-O-Lantern next week. And we had the first "case" of swine-flu in preschool ... Please keep your fingers crossed for us!!!!!!

Short note for Arielle: I haven't forgotten you - will call you tomorrow night! I promise ***hugs****

I wish you all a wonderful weekend and for those who are dealing with the weather please stay safe and warm!

Hugs Tanja

Recipe:

stamp: Thoughts and Prayers - SU

ink: taken witeal, real rust, old olive - as markers

paper: bravo burgundy, real rust, taken with teal, very vanilla, Autumn Meadows DP - SU

others: Big Shot, circle and scalloped circle nesties, curly label punch, Doodle rub-ons - DCWV, vanilla organza ribbon, button - Playground SU, dimensionals

Butterfly Serentipidy

Hi there!

This will be a super-quick post as if I'm nearly running out of the door (crazy week here :rolleyes:).

After all this girly cards I made in the past days I was so glad to find the CAS challenge today (clean and simple cards). It want you to make a simple card with brads or eyelets. I haven't used eyelets in decades so I gave it a try. And while I was playing with this sweet butterfly stamp from SU I try to stamp of the ink and I really like how "this try" turned out. Kinda looks like the butterfly is flying away .... well ...

Thanks for visiting me today! Take care

Hugs Tanja

Recipe:

stamp: Great Friends - SU

ink: Melon Mambo

paper: kraft, PTI white

others: eyelets from my stash, Sakura Glitter pen, Dimensionals

A new challenge in town!!!!

Hello everybody!

How are you doing today? Have you heard about the new color challenge in town? If not go and check out Arielle's blog! She is starting a color challenge every week and this one is her first:

You have to combine melon mambo, pretty in pink, old olive and basic gray!

And this is what I came up with:

I colored the stamp from "Pocket Silhouettes" with SU markers and stamped it on whisper white cs. The dew drop are Robin's Nest everything else is SU - oh wait, I used inverted scallops Nesties from Spellbinder :-)

And the sketch I used for this card is MOJO Monday .... love it!!!!

Thank you for stopping by today - take care

Hugs Tanja

Sketch-/ and color challenge

Hello everybody!

Just a pretty quick post today - our bag which was missed after we came back from Germany arrived this morning and I'm on my way to unpack all the goodies we brought with us .... ;-)

I participatd in the SCS Sketch-challenge and used the colors from the Colorthrowdown-challenge. I have to admit that I love the colors I worked with but there is still something missing - like a little "drama"-effect ... but well!

I absolutely like this stamp set from SU but everytime I use it I have to think of condolence (???)-cards. It's terrible - even though when I use bright or light colors.... I think I will use this card for the same thing because somebody in our neighborhodd passed away - !

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you enjoy your day and see you soon!

Hugs Tanja

Deets:

stamps: Dream du Jour ; Essence of Love all SU

ink: bordering blue and regal rose

paper: bordering blue, pink pirouette, whisper white; Wild Raspberry DP from K&Company

other: pearl stickers from Micheal's

I'm back!!!!

Good morning!!!!!!!!

Yes, finally we are back home and we LOVE it! Please, don't misunderstand me... I love my family and I love "vacation" in Germany but home is home, right?

We had 3 wonderful weeks over there. And our flight back was okay - but we are still missing one piece of our baggage (one of the important ones) and we are still busy doing laundry and grocery shopping and so on. But there is no better place to spent the "southern" summer than in the pool, huh? ;-)

Enough babbling ...

I wanna share a card with you I made the day before we left. I saw this flowers on Dawn McVey's blog and I wanted to try them. I like how they turned out. And I really love this stamp set from SU ... Sorry for the blurry picture - every time you need the sun she is gone (rolleyes).

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope to post more often now but as long as the kids are at home and not in preschool it might be not too often .... But I will work on it :-)

Have a wonderful day and see you soon

Hugs Tanja

Deets:

stamp: Three Little Words from SU

ink: night of navy, soft sky

paper: whisper white, night of navy, SU patterned paper pack II, brocade blue, baja breeze

others: SU markers, white latte button and twine, brad filigree, rhinestone brad, dimensionals, dew drops "water" , Mega Curved Rectangle nesties, SU ribbon bashful blue

Embossing

Good morning!!!

Since there are just a couple days left and we have to prepare for our trip to Germany I haven't had time to do some "special" cards. But I found this Fresh-Cut-Note-Crads in my stash and wanted to use them.

So I stamped the "Fresh Cut" image from SU in Versamark and embossed it with clear EP (for the green card) and sponged some ink over it (is the embossing resist technique, isn't it?).

For the red one I just stamped the images with Versamark and used my StampinPastels for coloring.

The red flower in the middle is from the same set stamped with riding hood red and cut out.

Et voilà, that's it. I will take them with me to Germany - you never know when you may need a little card ....

Thanks for stopping by - have a wonderful day with lots of sunshine

Hugs Tanja

Recipe:

stamp: Fresh Cut from SU

ink: Versamark, kiwi kiss, summer sun, tango tangerine

paper: Fresh Cut notes from SU, Haiku DP, Rose Red DSP

others: Stampin Pastels, sponge, Rhinestone, yellow button and twine, brad with bling

Yummy icecream

Hi folks,

just a quick post today - my husband is still on his Canyon-trip and the boys are having quiet-time at the moment. I have to take this time to do some necessary work around the house and sneak at my desk just for a little bit .... :-)

I wanted to share a crad today that I made for a monthly card-swap. You get the image and the DP from the hostess of the month and create a 6 car

ds that you send to each member of the group. And for this month we got these wonderful icecream-cone.

I picked the colors of the DP for my iceream and colored it with my SU markers. I still have to learn a lot about shading and how to .... But I really like the colors together.

Wish y'all a good Wednesday and take care

Hugs Tanja

Recipe:

main stamp, DP and ink is unknown

stamps: sentmient from SU "Life's a breeze" set

Paper: creamy caramel and whisper white

acc.: red ribbon from Michael's, dimensionals, Label 1 Nesties, blue dew drops from Robin's Nest

long time no see...

Hello everybody,

sorry for being Mia for so long. We had a pretty busy weekend.

But I really got to finish two of my swaps. This is one of the cards I made. Roxane aka 2CuteCats is hosting a Cuttlebug swap over at Splitcoaststampers and I made that card for the swap. I really like how it turned out.

I wanted to use my new Textured Impressions Die from SU. But I had no idea what to do. I saw wonderful cards which had the flowers embossed on white cs. Pretty but way too clean - even for me. So I looked at my new Stampin' Pastels and just played around. I applied the chalk with my finger tip after I patted the versamark on my "cuttlebuged" image. Easy and wow! What do you think?

As I said we were quite busy ...

On Friday we were visiting a Strawberry patch with the boys' preschool - and we had a BLAST! They could pick Strawberries and eat homemade icecream. Guess what was more important? Sure - the icecream!!! =) You can see it on the

photos ...

Thank you for stopping by and see you soon!

Hugs Tanja