Blast from the past - blog hop

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

Blast from the Past - TE blog hop

Hi there,

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

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

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

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

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

Hugs Tanja

There She Goes blog-hop!!!

Hi there,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hugs Tanja

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

PapertreyInk bloghop - buttons

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

PapertreyInk bloghop

Hi there!

It's bloghop time at PapertreyInk and today is my first time to attend, yeah!!!!

Do you remember my babbling about all the fun stuff going on at PTI a couple days/ weeks ago? Well, PTI celebrated its third anniversary and Nichole and the PTI gang whipped up lots of f

un things. And due to the hard work of their Design Team during this celebration Nichole's challenge for this bloghop is to make a Design Team Appreciation Day - means: "...go through the Design Team gallery or any of the Design Team Members' blogs and find a project that is especially inspirational to you! Then recreate the project with your own spin, making it unique!"

I love Dawn McVey's work - her style is so clean and bright! I choose this card

...and after lots of trials and errors I finally created this one. I'm still not pleased with how the stickles turned out but once it was applied .... you know!

Thank you for hopping by today - and thank you PTI DT for all the wonderful inspiration you give us each an every day!!!!

Hugs Tanja

Recipe:

stamps: In bloom, Basic Backgrounds: Tin Types, everyday bitton bits PTI

ink: old olive, choc chip, rich razzleberry

paper: vintage cream, ripe avocado, scarlett jewel, spring moss, berry sherbet

others: ripe avocado ribbon, large scallop border die, paper snips, stardust stickles, pearl sticker, dimensionals, paperpiercing tool, threat and needle

StampingBella Blog Hop!

Hi there,

and welcome to the fantabulous "Love me do" blog hop from Stampingbella. And guess ... the theme for today's hop is LOVE!!!!!

When you came from Carisa's blog you are on the right track. If you just popped in today you may want to go back and start at the Stampingbella blog.

I tried my hands on a new-for-me fold: A free-standing pop-up card. You can find a tutorial for this at SCS or at Beate John's blog. I used topiarybella for this one and matted her on wild wasabi cs and a valentines DP that I had in my stash for decades ;-). The sentiment is from SU "three little words" set and was stamped in rose red on rose red cardstock. I colored Bella with watercolor pencils and blended her with a blender pen. Threw in some stickles, dew drops, organza ribbon and a heart brad. I I think the base of the pop-up is still a little plain but I'm more of a clean and simple girl anyway *insert smile here*

Thank you for visiting me today and have lots of fun when you hop over to my friend Jeanette's blog

Have a wonderful weekend

Hugs Tanja

Recipe:

stamp: topiarybella Stampingbella, Three little words from SU

ink: rose red, basic black

paper: rose red, whisper white, wild wasabi, DP from my stash

others: white organza ribbon SU, dew drops, red stickles, heart brad, sponge, watercolor pencils, blender pen

Club Anya blog hop!

Hi there,

when you are here to hop with the Club Anya folks then you are right. If you just stumbled onto this blog you are very welcome to sneak around and just check out what this is all about.

There is a huge - I mean really HUGE - blog hop going on tonight starting at the Club Anya blog . Everybody will show you something christmas related.

Well, and there we have the first problem here. I was so excited when I signed up for the hop that I didn't read all the deets. "Christmas" - is the theme. Usually no problem for me because I have tons of christmas stamps ... but .... none of the TGF ones. :-( Ordering some? Too late! Using digis? Have non of those either and there is no Ian or Anya christmas digi stamp in store.

Hm!!!!!! I went creative and and used "My guy Ian" set and just adjusted him a little bit. Ian is now wearing a Santa hat. I decided to keep this card "cool". We have a lot of single guys here around and it is always hard to make a christmas card for them. So I stuck with the "coolness" and just added a handwritten sentiment et voilà! Here is My Christmas Guy Ian

The hat is handdrawn too. I wiped of the ink for the cap and stamped Ian without hat. Then I just draw him this hat and colored it red. It kinda worked. Some liquid appliqué and it was done.

Thank you for hopping with me today - I hope to see you soon here :-)

Hugs Tanja

Recipe:

stamp: My Guy Ian - The Greeting Farm

ink: StazOn Jet Black

paper: soft suede, whisper white, real red, Merry Moments DP SU

others: liquid appliqué white, photo corner punch, watercolor pencils, Aquapainter, journaling marker black, buttons (from my stash), little golden bell (???)

Hanna Fans Blog HOP

Welcome everybody to the first Hanna Fans blog hop!!!!

So, if you want to join in on the hop start at Frances blog. If you are joining me from Miss-Awesome-Watercoloring Lorie's blog then you are on the right track. Your next stop will be Laurie's blog.

And if you get lost or find a broken link the entire hop list is located in the Hanna Stamps forum.

But now let's talk about cards. I had a bunch of ideas for this hop but with every idea I've had I ended up grapping a Riley or Sophie stamp .... :-) - just LOVE this cuties.

Here comes my Surprise-Sophie!!!

I have to admit that this was the first time she saw ink :-( . And I had so much fun coloring her. Isn't she a Sparkle-girl? I bought this yummy paper "Nana's kitchen" from DCWV at JoAnn's the other day and thought it will be perfect for Sophie. I add some stickles to the tiny cupcake and some crystal effects to the scale. The scallop circle just look like some ice scoops or cookies, don't you think? Well, if you are on a diet you may see some weird things ... (***grin***).

Thank you for joining the blog-hop today - with your help it will be a huge success!!!

Have a good night

Hugs Tanja

Recipe:

stamp: Diet Sophie from Hanna stamps

ink: Momento Tuxedo black, tempting turquoise

paper: soft suede, pretty in pink, pink pirouette, whisper white -SU, Nana's kitchen - DCWV

others: watercolor pencils and Aquapainter, dimensionals, ribbon Michael's, scalloped circle punches Marvy Uchida, border punch from EK success, charm from Hanna stamps, pearl stickers Michael's, rub-on American Crafts, sponge, red stickles, crystal effects SU

Verve blog-hop

Hello everybody!

Welcome to the first ever official Anni-VERVE-sary Blog Hop. Verve turns two today and we’re celebrating with a hop, hop, hop! The party kicked off over on the Verve blog, so if you’ve just happened along, be sure to hop on over there to start from the beginning! And to make this party a real shindig, there’s a mystery jackpot hidden at one of the stops along the hop. One lucky commenter on that blog will win Verve’s entire August release! But of course, it wouldn’t be a mystery if you knew which blog, would it? So if you’re feeling the love, give a little shout out to the bloggers in the hop and you just might have a reason to jump for joy!

This is my entry for the blog-hop. You could think I made a Father's-Day-card but this one is so perfect for my husband. I'm so blessed to have such a supportive and loving man on my side that I would "fly" with him to the end of the world. And he is my hero because he kills every single spider in our house for me even at 3 o'clock in the morning (and because of a million other reasons). You probably don't wanna know all this - so I will stop babbling now.

Thanks for stopping by! Now it’s time to hop on over to Beth’s blog, for a little more Verve-y goodness.

Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Tanja

Deets:

stamps: Up and away - Verve (sentiment is from Father knows best - Papertreyink - pssst!)

ink: basic black

paper: soft suede textured, mellow moss, very vanilla, Basic Grey "Archaic"

others: border punch MS, Paperpercing tools SU, Twill ribbon, button brads from Michael's, Dew Drops Robin's Nest

Blog-hop TGF

Hi there,

I know, today is not the day of the HUGE blog-hop from The Greeting Farm - it is TOMORROW!!! But - I usually wanted to participate in this hop and it would have been my fist blog-hop ever but for a strange reason that I even cannot remember I signed up for the Verve blog-hop that will be tomorrow, too. Don't misunderstand me - I LOVE my Verve stamps but I guess I was so excited to be a part of a blog-hop that I mixed up the companies. Does this makes sense for you??? Anyway ...

I created this card as my entry for the TGF blog-hop. The card-sketch was from a challenge I cannot remember (since we are back from vacation I need a while to be back on my road again ;-)) And this Miss Anya saw ink for the first time in our relationship - she was so fun to color.

I hope y'all will have a lot of fun tomorrow when you hop with all this amazing and talented ladies out there from one blog to another - I will enjoy it!

Check back tomorrow - a Verve-card will be waiting for you!

Hugs Tanja

Deets:

stamps. Miss Anya from TGF

ink: basic black

paper: Canson watercolor paper, creamy caramel, chocolate chip, pink pirouette, berry bliss DP all by SU

others: rub-on SU, flower dies from cuttlebug, SU markers, dimensionals, stickles fruitpunch, huge rhinestone (got is as a present from a sweet friend of mine) - for the small card I used Label 1 nesties too