cqc#45 - case a card

Hi there,

darn blogger!! I scheduled this post for yesterday and when I checked back today I saw that it got lost --- grrrrr!!!!

Well, so we will have another short post because I'm on the go ....

Thank you folks for all the wonderful wishes for my birthday - I wish I could have celebrated it with y'all *sniff*

Today's card (well, actually yesterday's card is for Arielle's colorQ challenge and I took the first card from Heather Nichol's blog post as an inspiration. Love the embossing resist technique ....

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

Hugs Tanja

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

cqc#44 - another cas card

Hi there,

today I wanna share a clean and simple card with you. I made it for this week's colorQ challenge. I'm not quiet satisfied with it but well .... (couldn't find some of my embellies and cardstock :( )

Stamps are from Damask Design set from PTI.

Gotta run - appointments with hair dresser and back-to-school shopping with the kids (rolleyes)

Hugs Tanja

WOJ - so cute

Hi there,

I was in a need of a birthday card for a friend here in Germany and I wanted to show her what I'm doing in my leisure time (what the heck is it???). And I wanted to ink up some more goodies :) I love the cuties from Whiff of Joy.

And I had so much fun trying to figure out how to use the Copics again. I still need to learn how to shade, right?

I even colored one of the flowers in yellow with my Copics :))

Do you know the feeling? You are sitting on your desk searching for the right paper to match your inspiration and you just can't cut into your new paper stack? Just sitting there and enjoying the paper - how silly is that? Well, that's me - exactly. So I figured I need to work on this issue. So for this card I just grabbed the "Garden Variety" from Basic Grey and used as much of it as I could ... at least tried to :)

A huge thank you to all you folks who are visiting me here and leaving comments - that is so truly appreciated.

Hugs Tanja

TPE#77 and ballons

Hi there,

we ares still buried under tons of things that need to get packed away.... But well, it's kind of an early christmas - you find things you've never known you had 'em ;).

I managed to sit down and play a little bit with some goodies that I couldn't touch in the US anymore before the move. Actually I'm playing the whole week long already but still haven't found a good place to take the pics ..... (insert rolleyes here).

For this card I used the sketch from The Pink Elephant and went ahead. And I have to admit I really like the result :)) . Have I told you already that my friend Arielle was asked to join the DT over at TPE? Arielle, you rock, girlfriend. I wish I could just drive down the street and check out your creations :( soooooo sad!!!!! But you are the best!!!! HUge hugs!!!!!

Thank you for stopping by today and visiting me

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

stamps: Up up and away - PTI

ink: Momento black, tempting turquoise, riding hood red, crushed curry, Antique Linen Distress

paper: kraft, early espresso, PTI white, Fly a Kite October Afternoon

others: Mat Stack I die PTI, Up and away die PTI, Copics, red rhinestone sticker, paper piercing tool, choc chip marker SU