SOTC - christmas in summer

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

Sisterhood December

Hi there,

I hate it when I can't keep promise .... Sorry for not posting for a week even though I told you I would. But after my inlaws flew back home we had 2 day for cleaning and relaxing and then we went to Disney World for 2 days. I can tell you .... we were really busy ;-)

Back to business.

I wanna show you a card I made for the most wonderful group of swapping-ladies called "Sisterhood of the travelling card". We swap together every month but most of the time we share good and bad news and just support each other in everything, right ladies?

This month Miss Fay is the hostess and challenged us to create a winter scene on our card.

I had this wonderful idea but finally I'm not impressed with what I came up with .... but well - 'tis is the season where everybody is busy and I really haven't had the time to redo 6 of this cards :-( I hope somebody will like it .... (sorry for the dark photo, the light outside isn't enough during bad weather, hm?)

Thank you for stopping by and watch out for the next post pretty soon :-))

Hugs Tanja

Recipe:

stamp: Tree and sentiment is from Verve and snow man from Inkadinkado

ink: basic black

paper: whisper white, Wintergreen DP SU,

others: clear EP and heat gun, precision scissor, liquid appliqué, stardust stickles, dimensionals, paperpiercing tool, sticky tape, snow from Walmart (christmas aisle)

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