Scraps Vol. III

Hi there,

I'm back with 2 cards I made from the huge stash of scraps I had in my desk ...

I like this one - it was my first christmas card for this year and so I decided to take it as a swap card for a christmas swap over at SCS (darn, I forgot for which it was .... sorry!)

The paper is a retired SU from last year's holiday catalog and everything else ist pretty much self-explaining.

This bookworm-bella image was received in an image swap and isn't colored too well - you should not do coloring, answering the telephone and jotting down some ideas ...(rolleyes) but nevertheless I wanted to use it and I try to lead the view away from the colored image to the bright colors of the DP. Kinda worked, huh?

I have to run - I'm nearly out of the door - kids wanna play outside and the pool is waiting too - self-taught swimming lessons for my oldest (rolleyes again)!

Thanks for stopping by 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

Scraps Vol. II

Good morning!

I'm back with another "scrap"-card - as promised....

I had these balloon images stamped on DP sitting on my desk starring at me. So I decided it is time to use them. And because it's challenge time here ;-) I decided to create a scene which I rarely do (I'm always scared when I see what great cards people can make by creating a scene ...).

It wasn't a big deal. A little bit of masking and sponging (the sky should have been lighter but for one reason I grabbed brilliant blue and sponged it without trying it before ...) a lot of paperpiecing .. et voilà - here is my ballon scene!

I just love this stamp set "up and away" from Verve. Usually I see their stamps and think "oh, how nice" but I have no idea what to do with them. When I saw this one I a bunch of ideas popped in my mind and just HAD to buy it ... You will probably see some more cards made with those cuties :-)

Have a wonderful day and thanks for popping in today.

Hugs Tanja

Recipe:

stamp: "Up and away" from Verve

ink: basic black, kiwi kiss, bashful blue, brilliant blue,

paper: brilliant blue, natural white, basic black, garden green, Basic Grey "Archaic"

others: SU "chit-chat" rub-ons, dimensionals, sponge, post-it note

Scraps and a selfmade challenge

Happy new week!!!!

Wow, it's Monday again. And just 10 more month and we will be on our way back to Germany ***sniff***. But anyway.....

While I was sorting a bunch of images I got from several swaps I found lot of stamped images I had started to work on and had quit. So I created my own challenge of used all that images plus using the scrap paper that still layed on my desk from recent projects. And those two cards are what I came up with Sunday morning. It took me not more then 45 minutes to do those two and another one that I will share with you later.

Deets: paper: soft suede, purely pomegranate, whisper white, DP K&Company ; stamp: sanded background stamp SU, clock stamp unknown; ink: chocolate chip and creamy caramael; others: SU markers, buttons and twine, brad, ribbon American Crafts

I absolutely love this warm and cozy look. And like I said in a recent post ,one of my sisters is having a tough time at the moment and I think this image is perfect for her.

Deets: paper: sage shadow, natural white, Cansosn watercolor paper, DP K&Company "Archaic", bordering blue; stamps: Tilda from Magnolia and short and sweet SU; others: Label 3 nesties, SU markers, label punches, pearl stickers, dimensionals, Doily ribbons HobbyLobby

What do you think about my coloring? I figured out that I can color her pretty good when I first stamp the image on watercolor paper and then use my SU markers (no, I don't owe copics ... yet). Usually the sage shadow isn't my favorite color at all ... but it was a challenge and so I tried my very best ;-).

Thank you for spending a couple of minutes in my little corner of the web today.

Have a wonderful Monday

Hugs Tanja

WS and PB swap

Good morning ladies!!!

This will be a short post because I'm nearly out of the door (like I said - back to routine ;-)).

I participated in a swap hosted by my dear friend Barbara over at SCS for Penny Black and Whipper Snapper cards (Barb is lucky enough to live VERY close to the WS store!!!!)

So, this first card is the WS one - I used their cappuccino stamp on whisper white cs, paperpierced it with a scrap of my stash, sponged all the edged and put it on some nesties-circle (inverted and scalloped). Add a some dimensionals, spica pen and liquid applique, sticker pearls and orange gingham and throw in some razzleberry lemonade paper and dusty durango mats.

That's it!

The second one is the Penny Black - this little hedgehog is jumping into a bunch of hearts underneath a huge flower!!! Kinda that ;-).

I used my new embossing folder that I received as a gift from my wonderful SS Lorie (hey Lorie, love it ***waving***) and rub a little bit of chalk over it. The hearts were punched out with the punch from SU and I added crystal effects and a dew drop to the little guy's heart! And that is all it took!

Thank your for stopping by today and let my share my creations with you. All your comments are very appreciated and thank you so much for your support!!!!

Hope to see you back soon!!!

Hugs Tanja