There she goes - sketch

THIS IS MY 2. POST FOR TODAY - SCROLL DOWN FOR MY WALTZINGMOUSE CARD!!!!!

Good morning!

Last night I had the chance to play with the "There she goes"-challenge. I just LOVE their stamp set with all these sentiments - so hilarious!

Thanks for stopping by today - I really appreciate all your wonderful comments :-)

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

stamp: Loads of fun

ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

paper: PTI white, kraft, Basic Grey June Bug collection, new leaf cs PTI

others: SU embossing plate, SU borer and corner punch, Nesties label 1, Copic markers, library clip SU, dimensionals

Waltzingmouse challenge

Hello again,

are you already wondering why I post that much this week? I just having a ball - that's it. I used my "kids-in-preschool-time" very wisely and did a lot of stamping (at least for me a lot) and there we go. Some challenges I want to play in have a due date soon so I thought that it might be good to post the cards that I made as soon as possible- just in case life is coming in the way, ykwim?

ANd here is my card for the Waltzingmouse challenge - you could win a whole release!!! And Claire whipped up some amazing stamp sets for this month - go and check out her sneak peeks - you will love them!!!

For this card I thought of doing something very creative and made a "paper-fighter" as my son would call it. But mommy isn't as good in paper fighter creating than daddy so you all have to live with my "strange" plane ;-)

Thank you for visiting me again today - I love to have you here!

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

stamp: Free Spirit - Walzingmouse, The places you'll go - Taylored Expressions

ink: choc chip, pacific point

paper: kraft, old olive, Welcome to the Neighborhood SU DSP, SU scraps

others: SU marker old olive, paper piercing tool, mermaid stickles, dimensionals, glue dots, PTI button, circle Nesties

High Hope challenge bookmark

Hi there,

High Hope's challenge for this week is to create a bookmark. I love bookmarks and I'm always in a need of them because I have the tendency to read a couple book at a time ...

But today I made a bookmark for my oldest son. He is nearly 5 years old and wants to learn how to read (he really wants to - with all his little heart). So, at least I made him this little gift that goes along with a book I bought the other day for the 2 boys.

I have no clue what company the DP is from because I used one of my card kits I got several swaps ago.... I just added the rhinestone stickers and the kraft background. Coloring was done with Copics.

Thank you for peeking in today - I hope you have a fantastic day

Hugs Tanja

CPS and Waltzingmouse

PLEASE NOTE: this is my 2. post for today - please scroll down for today's first card!

Hi there,

I wanted to play with my first Waltzingmouse stamp set since I got it a couple weeks ago and I just found the perfect sketch on Sunday at CardPositioningSystem.

I sponged the piece on aqua mist paper with broken china distress ink, the "sand" was made by a scrap of kraft cs ditressed with antique linen distress ink.

The sentiment was ... well.... a serendipity. I first stamped it in white ink and figured out that it wasn't really visible so I went back and stamped it a second time in night of navy but without using a stamp positioner. And by eyeballing it I created a kind of a shadow effect with the white ... like it :)

Take care, my friends

Hugs Tanja

Deets:

stamps: Free Spirit - Waltzingmouse, Life's a breeze- SU

ink: fresh snow PTI, SU: real red, summer sun, pumkpin pie, certainly celery, night of navy, Broken China and Antique Linen Distress ink,

paper: kraft, PTI white, summer sunrise and Aqua mist PTI

others: border punch EKsuccess, buttons and white twine PTI, distressing tool, dimensionals

Curtain Call & Sweet Sunday Sketch

Hi there,

I got this little lady from my friend Kadie and I had her sitting on my desk forever!!!! When I saw the colors at the Curtain Call blog I had to use this Gorjuss lady. And the sketch from Sweet Sunday sketch was just perfect for the paper and ribbon I wanted to use - I just love it when things fall in place....

I still work on my watercoloring skills - the black hair is okay but I'm not really happy with it - any suggestions how to make it better?

Thank you for popping in today

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

stamp: Gorjuss Girl from Sugar Nellie

ink: black, assorted ink pads for watercoloring

paper: pink pirouette, melon mambo, PTI white, certainly celery, Razzleberry lemonade DP SU

others: Aquapen, pink pirouette and certainly celery ribbon, rick rack die PTI, button PTI, white gel pen, rub on from chit-chat SU, circle and blossom Nesties

cqc30 - Dimension

Hi there,

I'm back as promised with my card for the colorQ challenge. I'm sorry it took me so long to get this post up, but life at our house seems to be extra-busy at the moment....

My card is based on Arielle's color choice for this week:

I loved all the circles in the picture and tried my hands on my "Dot Spot" set from PTI. Are you already getting bored with me being addicted to this company? :))

I'll be back tomorrow with TWO cards that I manage to get done, woohoo! So, please check back tomorrow and thank you for visiting me today - I love to have you here.

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

stamp: Dot Spot from PTI

ink: Versamark, sage shadow, always artichoke, cameo coral and bravo burgundy

paper: always artichoke, PTI white

others: sponge, rhinestone stickers

I'm late

Good morning ladies,

just wanna let you know that my colorQ card will be up later today - crazy here.

Thank you for being patient with me.

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

Celebrate Verve

Hi there,

here is another card that I made for the Beach Party over at the Verve Forum. You stil have time to join in the fun and maybe win some goodies :-)

Julee challenged her fellowers to create a card with the colors green, aqua and orange. Et voilà ... mine has everything. Isn't this patterned paper from PTI cute or what? Love it !

I'm on my way to bed ... kids in springbreak are just exhausting, aren't they? ;-)

Please check back on Sunday - I will participating in the PTI blog hop that starts at 7pm CST - I would love for you to be a part of it!

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

stamps: Love's Flower Verve

ink: garden green, vintage cream, Momento Black, Antique Linen Distress

paper: new leaf, aqua mist, assorted scraps, Green Boutique PTI

others: large scallop border die PTI, orange stickles, button PTI, white felt PTI, paper piercing tool, black marker, dimensionals

Thank you, Ms Lorie

Hi there,

for today's card... well, let's say it just matches many things!

Ms Lorie is one of my oldest boy's teacher and when I first saw her I wasn't too excited about her (which is the nicer version of what I really thought). But when I got to know her better during the last year I figured out how wrong I've been. She is the sweetest person ever. She takes great care of all her preschoolers and even of the moms. And whenever I had a question or needed some support (concerning bi-lingual..., where to get those songs, any idea where to find good kids books for bringing to Germany, ...) she was there to help immediately. I'm so thankful to have her as Mathis' teacher. That was my first thought when I saw Taylor's new stamp set that has been released in April...... *sigh*

The second thing is: Verve is having another huge release party- BEACH PARTY!!!! And to celebrate this Julee provided 5 challenges to win a bunch of goodies. And you all know how much I love winning goodies, right? So I took one of her sketches and my April Key Ingredients set from Taylored Expressions and went to work.

Love the DP, the colors, the ribbon ... and oh, yes! Every single stitch I made with the sewing machine was preplanned :-)) (that is the reason why I do not do quilting :::rolleyes:::)

Thank you for stopping by today - I wish you a wonderful rest of the week and hope to see you soon!

Hugs Tanja

Deets:

stamps: Make the Grade & Extra Credit from Taylored Expressions

ink: Choc chip, Antique Linen Distress

paper: kraft, very vanilla, duty durango, Material Girl Cosmo Cricket,

others: Velvet ribbon Fancy Pants, button PTI (what else ;-)), SU marker, always artichoke ribbon, red threat, sewing machine

cqc#29 you make me smile

Hi there,

another week another colorQ challenge - boy, times flies by ....!

For this week's card I used my beloved PTI goodies and played and tried and cased and ... et voilà.

Thank you for stopping by today and check out the DT blogs - soooo many awesome cards this week!!!

Hugs Tanja

Deets:

stamps: Signature Greetings, Fancy Flourishes, Background Basics: Textstyle ->all PTI

ink: bravo burgundy, tango tangerine

paper: bravo burgundy, PTI white

others: buttons PTI, Beautiful Bloom dies #3

VLVApril x2

Hi there,

today I have two crads to share with you. I made both last night for the Viva la Verve challenge over at SCS. Just for a chance to win the entire next release ;))

Sorry for the quick post today but I'm quite pooped.... kids are exhausting at the moment and I need their "quiet-time" to get a couple things done ....

Have a wonderful rest of the Sunday and see you soon

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

I will edit them tomorrow - sorry!!!!!

Hi there,

it's been a while, I know. My husband is in Germany for house hunting and finally found a new and cozy place for us to live in :-) and now everbody is relieved and I'm back to the old swing ......

Today I have a manly card to share. Don't you love trying out "new" goodies? Actually mine were sitting on my desk for quite a while but last night I ended up trying a "technique" I saw on Nichole Heady's blog. I used the same stamp sets for the background but I was more in a male mood - cardmaking-wise ;-).

The sentiment and die is from PTI Fillable Frames #2 - so versatile and BEAUTIFUL to work with ***happy sigh***.

Thank you for popping in today - have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

stamps: Turning a new leaf, Background Basics Script, Fillable frames #2 all PTI,

ink: soft suede, chocolate chip, garden green, Antique Linen Distress

paper: soft suede, rustic white

others: Fillable Frames die #2, dimensionals, rhinestone stickers Michael's

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

MTSC68 - Hey Dude

Hi there,

another short post today - kids are sleeping now but don't feel very good - a stomach bug is making his round, I think .....

I played with Mercy's Tuesday Sketch and had to ink up Ethan from StampingBella right away. I colored him with my watercolor pencils and cut him out with Nesties and matted him. All the DP was in one of last year's Key Ingredients from Taylored Expression - Love that paper! Buttons are PTI and cardbase is rustic white.

Gotta hurry, someone's crying again...

Hugs Tanja

VLVApril - Love & Flower

Hi there,

how are you all doing? Are you enjoying spring weather so far?

You may already know that I love to play with the Viva la Verve challenge over at SCS. And this month the inspiration for the challenges comes from living room. I wish I had one of these living rooms myself ....

Amber had a bunch of great pictures from living rooms and I chose this one to get inspired for my card. I just couldn't make the warm brown tone of the table go with my color combo :-(

Here is a close-up view of my 3-D flower and the pleaded ribbon. LOVE this technique. I saw that on one of the blogs I visited today but unfortunately I cannot remember who posted this great tutorial ... so sorry!

Thank you for popping in today and a huge thank you to all of you who left this encouraging comments lately - they are so much appreciated!

Have a wonderful day

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

stamps: Love's Flower from Verve, Baroque Motifs from SU

ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, sahara sand, pretty in pink, purely pomegranate

paper.: purely pomegranate, sahara sand, PTI white, Welcome neighborhood DSP SU

others: Beautiful Wings embossing plate SU, Copic markers, Label 3 Nesties, dimensionals, clear rhinestone sticker, ripe avocado ribbon PTI, double sided tape

colorQ #27

Hi there,

it is time for another colorQ challenge and Arielle has chosen beautiful boy-colors. Hurry over and check it out!

For my card I used this little bear from Whipper Snapper for the first time ... shame on me .... he is soooo cute. And do you see the polka dots in the background? They are made with my new embossing plate from PTI that I had inked up with tempting turqoise and then embossed with PTI white cardstock. So cool.

So, what do you think about the rick rack? I used my rick rack die from PTI (can you say I'm hooked???). It cuts through the thick cs like butter ... *happy sigh* Just awesome toys, right?

Ready for more inspiration? Then hop over and check out the other DT member's blog. This ladies are so talented. Links are in my right sidebar...

Wishing you all a fantastic day and take care

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

stamps: bear from Whipper Snapper, sentiment from Verve's Love's Flower set

ink. Momento Black, tempting turquoise, whisper white craft, assorted ink pads for watercoloring

paper: night of navy, tempting turquoise, PTI white, watercolor paper Canson

others: Aquapainter, white EP, Polka Dots embossing plate PTI, rick rack die PTI, dimensionals, orange stickles, white gel pen

4 in 1 Liesel

Hi there,

have you all had a good Easter holiday? We spent most of the day outside playing - the weather is gorgeous here. We even hopped into the pool today .... ;-)

My card for you today actually meets 4 (!!!!) challenges. I love the bright and sunny colors of the paper from Garden Variety by Cosmo Cricket.. And it gave me the inspiration for coloring Liesel with wheelbarrow in the same colors..... Kind of spring-y, huh?

Okay, what did we have? We had Crazy 4 challenge with kraft cs as a cardbase, KLStampinNScrappin with a 1-2-3 recipe, OCC with buttons (pfff, easy peasy for me ;-)) and we had Unscripted Sketches #49.

Without further adieu ... here come the supplies

Hugs Tanja

stamp: Liesel with wheelbarrow from Swiss Pixie by All that Scraps

ink: basic black craft, garden green, assorted ink pads for watercoloring

paper: kraft, real red, summer sun, Canson Watercolor Paper, Garden Variety by Cosmo Cricket

others: clear EP, Aquapainter, dimensionals, green and stardust stickles, white gel pen, buttons all PTI, threat, pure poppy satin ribbon PTI, paperpiercing tool and black marker, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Big Shot