lots of challenges

Hi there,

I'm back with two cards. The first one (on top of this post - sorry for the blurry photo - lots of rain here lately) is the one that was made for 4 challenges - I love when things just fall in place!

The Pink Elephant - mostly white (I LOVE me some white space)

Crazy 4 challenges - lattice (haven't used this die a lot yet so I gave him some love:)

Curtain Call - pear pizzaz, kraft, white, concord crush ***happy sigh***

Card Positioning System - go an check out their sketsch - blogger doesn't show my uploaded photo in "small" size so I just skip it here!

And this card was made for two challenge 10 days ago - I haven't had the chance to post it in time but nevertheless it's worth showing, hm?

Thank you for all your nice comment - they are appreciated and I really treasure all of them.

Take care and see you soon

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

card 1

stamp: Butterfly Wishes from The Greeting Farm

ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Certainly Celery

paper: concord crush,PTI white, kraft

others: lattice die SU, Cuttlebug EF Swiss Dots, dimensionals, green rhinestone stickers, stardust stickles

card2

stamp: baby Button Bits and (???) from PTI *shoot, i forgot write it down*

ink.:Momento Tuxedo Black, kiwi kiss

paper: PTI white, tango tangerine, pacific blue, kiwi kiss

others: paper doily MS, sponge, vintage button PTI, liquid applique white, golden stickles, black fine marker

cqc#48 - mixed companies

Hi there,

oh my, the weeks just fly by ... I wanted to post more often but .... well, life always comes in the way, grrr! Sorry for that!

Today's card is for the colorQ challenge from my friend Arielle - go and check out her gorgeous inspiration photos!!! Just eye-candy-yummyness!

And for this week I decided to stay away from my beloved PTI stamps - that was hard. I still haven't had the time to just sit down and play with them ***sniff***.. But I got two new sets from Claire from Waltzingmouse Stamps and I LOVE them. And Claire is the sweetest person ever, that's for sure.

Back to the card - I used a total of 4(!) different stamp sets from 3 (!!!) different companies, yeah to me! ;) And yes, I gave up and used one from PTI :) - couldn't resist. Can you say I'm addicted? NOOOOO!

The layout is from CCEE#1034 - I think I will used this one a lot in the future.

Thank you for stopping by today and stay tuned - tomorrow I have a card (actually 2) that will meet a lot of challenges ....

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

stamps: Fancy Flourishes - PTI; Love's Flower - Verve; Vintage Label 1&4 - Waltzingmouse Stamps

ink: riding hood red, sahara sand, choc chip, vintage cream PTI, Versamark

paper: vintage cream, sahara sand, bermuda bay, more mustard, tango tangerine, cherry cobbler

others: Embossing plate PTI, Label 4 Nesties, smokey rhinestone stickers

cqc#47 - Happy Day

Hi there,

I'm sorry for posting so late but lately blogger seems to act up everytime I'm logging in. I lost 2 post last week - that's the reason why you haven't heard from me :(

Today I try to post my colorQ card here *keeping my fingers crossed*.

Arielle has a wonderful color combo for this week - you should go and check it out.

Thank you for popping in today!

Hugs Tanja

Supplies:

stamps: Fillable Frame #5, Polka Dots Basics II, Background Basics Text style -> all PTI

ink: basic gray, fresh snow, real red (sorry, no poppy parade here)

paper: PTI white, more mustard, scrap of dp in Bermuda Bay - forgot the name

others: bermuda bay ribbon, fillable frames die #5 and designer label punch, dimensionals

cqc#46 - Fabulous Day

Hi there,

look at this inspiration photo from Arielle's colorQ challenge!!!!

When I first saw it I fell in love. LOVE this soft and warm colors - reminds me of my Mom baking in the kitchen on a spring morning ... *happy sigh*.... No, I'm okay - not enough sleep, but well :)

Yeah, not enough sleep because I sat at my desk literally for hours, padding my goodies from PapertreyInk and others too and starting to play along with some stamps, flipping through some magazines for some more inspiration, even strolling the internet for some more ideas and then I sat at my desk and ..... nothing - I had a ton of ideas but nothing happened!!!! A good friend of mine told once that I should start just playing with the things and not just focussing on the result. I think I will start trying that right away, Arielle!

But now to today's card.

I dry embossed the vintage cream cardstock with one of the embossing plates - from PTI. I always can't remember their names. I think I need to go figure the out and then add them to their bags ;)..

The scallops were made with the Big Scallop Die from PTI. I stamped the flower from "Up and away" (PTI) in each scallop and added a little bit of stickles. The sentiment is from "Signature Greeting" and the little background from "School Time" stamp set (all PTI).

So, gotta go - laundry is calling my name :::rolleyes:::. Since we are back in Germany the laundry here on the Hartmann ranch has nearly doubled due to the fact that rainy days make mudd and boys LOVE mudd, got me?

Thank you for stopping by today

Hugs Tanja

Supplies: (all from PTI unless otherswise noted)

stamps: Signature Greeting, School Time, Up and away

ink: baja breeze, basic black, Versamark

paper: vintage cream, cherry cobbler, wild wasabi, so saffrom (no daffodil delight here!)

others: ribbon from my stash, embossing plate (?), orange stickles, rhinestone stickers Kaiser Crafts

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