Trick or Treat Ghosts

Hi there,

I created this double slider card using the new Gerda Steiner Designs Boo for you stamp set:

• create a double slider mechanism using the My Favorite Things Stitched Rounded Rectangle STAX, watercolor paper, one of the Kesi'Art Encoches and a piece of plastic
• add color with Distress Oxide Ink Wilted Violet and a Mini Ink Blending Tool
• mist the panels with Pearlized Water for extra texture and shimmer
• color the adorable little ghosts from the Gerda Steiner Designs A Boo for you set with Derwent Graphitint pencils and a damp watercolor brush
• add highlights with a white gel pen
• decorate the bottom panel with candy from the Gerda Steiner Designs Where is the Candy? set using Versamark and WOW! Black Twinkle embossing glitter
• stamp the sentiment from the same set with Delicata Black Shimmer onto the top panel
• add some stars from the Gerda Steiner Designs Alien Invasion set with that same black ink 
• Nuvo Crystal Drops in Ebony Black are the final embellishment on the front and top panel
• punch a star-shaped hole into the bottom panel and thread a piece of natural twine through it
• cover a cardbase with patterned paper from the Graphic 45 An eerie Tale 6x6 paper pad before adhering the slider panel

I hope you got inspired.

Hugs,

Dare Create Inspire

Hi there,

we are starting a new Mixed Media Challenge over on the STAMPlorations Blog and this is my creation:

• use one of your premade ATC backgrounds
• apply Texture Paste through the ARTplorations Rose Garden stencil and let it dry thoroughly
• stamp some script from the STAMPlorations Mixed Media Elements set with Archival Ink Watering Can
• grunge up the edges with watered-down black Stabilo All pencil
• color the rose with Derwent Graphitint pencils
• adhere a piece of coarse ribbon to the top of the ATC and glue down some word stickers

Thanks for stopping by today.

Hugs,

Heart Warming

Hi there,

today, I am guest designing for the March Rudolph Day Challenge. Thanks a lot for having me.

Here is a quick look at the Rudolph Days Rules:

1. Rudolph Days will start monthly on the 25th and will close on the last day of that month.
2. The theme is always Anything Goes, as long as it is Christmas.
3. One entry per person and you just need to enter one Christmas card. (You can have more than one card on your post, but your post will still only count as one entry)
4. You may combine your entry with other challenges (maximum of 10 in total).
5. Prizes will be shipped anywhere in the world.

6. The winner will be selected by random draw and announced on the first day of the following month.

• stamp Unity Stamp Company Heart Warming with Versafine (Smokey Gray) on watercolor paper
• color the image with Derwent Graphitint and a waterbrush
• add irRESISTible Pico Embellisher (Wedding Dress) to the snowflakes
• mat the watercolor panel on a piece of blue foiled cardstock
• stamp Stampendous Snowfall with Distress Ink (Broken China) on a piece of white cardstock and add the sentiment from the same stamp set with Memento Luxe (Teal Zeal)

I would like to take part in the following challenges:

Winter Wonderland Challenge - Warm Winter Wishes

retrosketches #157

Christmas Card Challenges #16 - Anything goes

613 Avenue Create Challenge #116 - Anything goes

Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge - Pastel Colors

Uniko Studio Challenge #19 - Anything goes

V's Sweet Challenge #32 - Watercolor

Have a christmassy day.

Yours,
Tanja

Joy

Hello,

today, I would like to show you a Christmas card that I just created:

• stamp the cute little Lili of the Valley Hats Off! snowman on watercolor paper and watercolor the image with Derwent Graphitint Pencils and a waterbrush
• add Glossy Accents to the berries and Wink of Stella Clear Glitter to the snowflakes
• mat the watercolor piece on Distress Cardstock (Chipped Sapphire)
• use kraft cardstock as a base and stamp a tiny snowflake from Lawn Fawn Deck the Halls with Versamark as a guide and paperpierce those snowflakes to create a unique background
• tie a piece of ribbon around the card and adhere a bow on top
• cut out three stars and the word "Joy" from sturdy white cardstock, heat-emboss the pieces with WOW! Silver Bells embossing powder, pierce the stars at the top and add a piece of wire through that hole, arrange them in the bow and glue the sentiment to the ribbon
• round the four corners with a 1'' corner rounder as a finishing touch

Here is a close-up of the snowman:

I would like to join the following challenges:

52 Christmas Card Throwdown Challenge - November Technique Challenge

Sweet Stampin' Christmas Challenge - Snow People

Completely Christmas Challenge #39 - Anything goes ... with a Twist let's see some Embossing

Time Out Challenge #19 - Embossing with the optional Twist of Sparkle

City Crafter Challenge Week 239 - Techniques (Watercoloring and Embossing)

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge - Holiday

Simon Says Stamp - Simon says anything goes

Have a joyful day.

Yours,
Tanja

hello

Hi there,

today, I would like to show you this card with shiny DIY faux enamel dots:

• stamp Stampendous Bluebird Branch with Resist Chalk Edger (Attic Dust) on watercolor paper, color the image with Derwent Graphitint Pencils and a waterbrush and the background with Distress Re-Inker (Tumbled Glass)
• use kraft cardstock as a cardbase and  create a backround with patterned paper from the Pebbles Front Porch 6x6 paper pad
• stamp the sentiment from Clearly Besotted Stamps Sweet Little Sentiments with Versafine Onxy Black on a strip of wood veneer cut into a banner shape
• mat the watercolor piece on some burlap
• at this point, my card felt a little empty in the top portion and that made me search for a solution: I punched out three little circles from the same blue patterned paper and formed them into some faux enamel dots with an embossing stylus; I coverd them with Wink of Stella Clear Glitter and Glossy Accents and ready were my subtle but very pretty custom-made embellishments

I would like to link this card up to the following challenges:

Time out Challenge #17: Birds of a Feather flock together

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Simon says get crafty and use Kraft

Stempelküche-Challenge #5: Designpapier

Thanks for visiting. Maybe you will soon be making your own faux enamel dots from your patterned paper.

Yours,
Tanja

Robotastic

Hi,

this is my second card. If you would like to also see the first, click here.

• stamp the large brush stroke from The Alley Way Stamps True Colors on watercolor paper with Distress Ink (Squeezed Lemonade, Shabby Shutters, Pine Needles, Festive Berries) and lots of water from your Mini Mister
• create more interest and texture with the help of the two little squares from The Alley Way Stamps Bot Time and stamp them randomly with Versafine Vintage Sepia
• stamp the cute little robot from the same set three times, cut it out and layer the pieces on top of each other to create your own faux chipboard piece
• color the robot with Derwent Graphitint and a waterbrush and add Glossy Accents to the red bulb and to the glass shield
• before adhering the robot to the card, color the edges with a black PITT Artist Pen
• create a custom-made sentiment using three different stamp sets ("You" from The Alley Way Stamps Jibber Jabber, "are" from The Alley Way Stamps Lighter than Air and the "Robotastic" from The Alley Way Stamps Bot Time) and stamp it with Versafine Onyx Black directly to the watercolor piece
• use Distress Cardstock (Walnut Stain) as a mat and dry-emboss it with the Xcut Quilting embossing folder and the Sizzix Texture Boutique

I am going to link this card up to the following challenges:

BE Inspired Challenge #56

AAA Cards Challenge #18 - Watercolors

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Simon Says Anything Goes


Don't miss today's first card. Click here.

Thanks for stopping by.

Yours,
Tanja

You're Invited

Hi there,

I have another card for you.

 

You can find a lot of techniques on this clean and layered card: dry embossing, heat embossing, layering, paper piecing and of course stamping. 

For the background circles, I layered a piece of dry-embossed acetate on top of the heat-embossed larger circle. The little embossed dots on the top circle are colored in with Liquid Pearls and the sticky heat-embossed larger dots are covered with rub-on foil.

The sentiment is heat-embossed on a piece of vellum. 

I am going to participate in the following challenges:

retrosketches #115

Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge - Anything goes

 Little Tangles Challenge #37 - Acetate

The Card Concept Challenge #10 - Use a Coffee Theme

and

A Blog Named Hero Challenge #44: You're the (em)Boss

Here is my list of supplies:
Paper Smooches - Hot Concoctions
Paper Smooches - Good Gab
Hero Arts - Life of the Party Dots
Sizzix - Embossing Folders Dots and Flowers Set
Liquid Pearls - Onyx Pearl
Fancy Pants - What a Wonderful Day
Distress Marker (Pumice Stone)
acetate
vellum 
Rub on Metallic Foil - Silver, Pink, Turquoise and Blue
brown, grey and white cardstock
diecuts

See you again tomorrow.

Yours,
Tanja

Happy Birthday

Good Morning,

today, I would like to show you the card that I created for the Lawnscaping Challenge No. 81: Create your own Background.

I stamped the mushrooms from the Critters in the Forest set on sand cardstock and colored them in with Derwent Graphitint and Distress Paint to create my background for this shaker-card. The mushrooms looked so cute. For this reason, I didn't want to cover them with the shaker - I wanted them to have the chance to peek through. To achieve this, my shaker has acetate on the back, too. As shaking elements I didn't use sequins but stamped leaves from the same set. In the sentiment I replaced the "A" in "Happy" with the cute little party hat - just to make it extra special. Making this card took quite a while ... but it was worth it - don't you think?

Here is my list of supplies:
Lawn Fawn - Critters in the Forest
Lawn Fawn - Year Two
Distress Paint (Picket Fence)
sand cardstock
Distress Ink (Vintage Photo)
acetate
twine

And since there is an owl among the congratulators, I am also going to link up this card to the Creative Friday Challenge #102: Eulen/Owls.

See you again soon.

Yours,
Tanja

Sending Love your Way

Hi,

here is the card that I created using the sketch from the retrosketches #112 Challenge.

And since it is supposed to be this year's Mother's Day card, I am also going to link it up to the Addicted to Stamps Challenge #93 - Holiday.

And finalley I am going to upload it to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Simon says anything goes.

I covered the wood veneer dots with Glossy Accents to give them that extra dimension.

Here is my list of supplies:

Lawn Fawn - You've got Mail

Simple Stories - Vintage Bliss 6x6 paper pad

Wycinanka - Liebesbrief

wood veneer sheet

circle punches

white cardstock

I hope you like the card.

Thanks for stopping by.

Yours,
Tanja

You're a Gem!

Hi there,

here is another card that I created today. I tried one of my new stamps from Sugar Pea Designs. You should check out their homepage - they have got some pretty cute images ...

Here is my list of supplies:
Sugar Pea Designs - Gopher-it
My Mind's Eye - Cut & Paste Adorbs Loved Stamp Set
Hero Arts Shadow Ink (Silver)
Stickles Glitter Glue - Aqua
black cardstock
glitter cardstock

I am going to link this card up to the following three challenges:

Freshly made Sketches Challenge #133

Keep it Simple! Challenge #38 - Bright Spark

Sugar Pea Designs 04 - CAS Challenge

Thanks for visiting.

Yours,
Tanja

Go to your Happy Place

Hi,

I'm back. Yesterday, I spent the whole day on the playground with my two children.

Here is the card that I created being inspired by the retrosketches #111 Challenge.

Since I used a Papersmooches stamp set, I am also going to link this card up the the

Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge - Anything goes

and to the Moving along with the Times Challenge - Transportation.

Here is my list of supplies:
Paper Smooches  - Get outta Town
Simple Stories - Urban Traveler
Distress Ink (Iced Spruce, Frayed Burlap, Antique Linen, Stormy Sky, Bundled Sage)
vanilla cardstock
star brad

When I use Distress Ink with clear stamps, I always use Versamark underneath - that helps prevent pooling and leads to better stamping results.

Until next time.

Yours,
Tanja

I ♥ you

Hi,

I was really looking forward to the new Lawnscaping Challenge but at that time I didn't know how hard it would be ... it was so hard to decide which new technique to try. I made a list first:

• lift distress or dylusions ink with wet stencil
• distress ink splatter stamping
• embossing powder over embossing paste
• megaflakes on a colored background

I decided to go with the embossing powder over embossing paste but that does not mean that I won't try the others on my list some time soon.

 

 

I took a picture at an angle as well, in order to make the texture visible.

First, I used embossing paste on watercolor paper and sprinkled the embossing enamel on top. Since I am quite impatient, I used my heat tool right away, already knowing that this will lead the embossing paste to create even more texture. The tag was just a little too white for me at that time. For this reason, I put some distress ink on. I looked for some matching patterned paper to create my shadow tag. I decided on a tone on tone kraft background and a white embossed sentiment. For the sentiment I used another technique that I wanted to try: masking to create an individual sentiment. I used the first part from the Into the Woods set and the "you" from the Let's roll set.

I hope you like the card as much as I do.

I am going to link it up to the following challenges:

Lawnscaping Challenge No. 79: Try A New Technique

keep it simple! #37: Stencil

Virginia's View Challenge # 2: Stencil

Here is my list of supplies:

Lawn Fawn - Into the Woods

Lawn Fawn - Birthday Tags 

Lawn Fawn - Let's roll

Lawn Fawn - Teeny Tiny Backdrops

Distress Ink (Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick)

The Crafter's Workshop - Mini Harlequin 

Sakura - Gelly Roll Stardust Clear

Stampendous - Embossing Enamel Aged Rose

Lawn Fawn - Hello Sunshine petite paper pack

Adirondack Dye Ink - Latte

Tim Holtz - Jute String

Distress Marker (Gathered Twigs)

See you again soon.

Yours,

Tanja

Important Crew Member

Good Morning,

today I would like to show you the card that I created for the Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge - Designer Drafts.

 

 

It is a fun card for a kid's birthday.

Here is my list of supplies:
Paper Smooches - Space Cadet
Pebbles - Special Delivery Boy 6x6 paper pad
diecut
white cardstock
Sternenstaub Embossing Powder - Eisblau Glitzer
Sternenstaub Embossing Powder - Ägyptisch Gold
Distress Ink (Chipped Sapphire, Stormy Sky, Tumbled Glass, Faded Jeans)

See you soon.
Yours,
Tanja 

Life is too fragile

Hi there,

here is a new Mixed Media piece that I created for the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: D is for Distress.

These words come straight from my heart and I had to learn it the hard way. Last year my grandma and my dad passed away. They are represented by the two butterflies ...

Here is my list of supplies:
Hero Arts - Thank you Definition
Hero Arts - Dots
IndigoBlu - Ledger Background
Kaisercraft - Tigerlilly
Lawn Fawn - Sally's ABCs 
The Crafters Workshop - (Mini Halftone Borders, Mini Chickenwire Reversed)
Distress Stains (Shaded Lilac, Picked Raspberry, Tumbled Glass, Spun Sugar, Broken China, Salty Ocean)
Distress Ink (Dusty Concord)
Memento Luxe (Gray Flannel)
Brilliance (Moonlight White)
Archival (French Ultramarine, Aquamarine, Manganese Blue)
Distress Glitter (Clear Rock Candy)
Distress Paint (Brushed Pewter, Spun Sugar, Tumbled Glass, Shaded Lilac)
Heidi Swapp Color Shine - Tinsel
Distress Marker (Pumice Stone)
Wendy Vecchi - White Embossing Paste
corrugated cardboard

See you soon.

Yours,
Tanja

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Cozy Quilt

Hi,

here is the card that I created for the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Cozy Quilt

Finishing this card was a little more time consuming than I expected, so I hope you like it.

Yours,
Tanja

Supplies:
Mama Elephant - Basic Borders
Whimsy Stamps - Mailed with Love
Melissa Frances - C'est la Vie 6x6 Paper Pad
craft cardstock
Distress Marker (Pumice Stone)
diecuts

BE Inspired Challenge #48

Hi,

here is my card for the BE Inspired Challenge #48:

I used the grey and the pink and I also incorporated the pinwheel.
The card tells the story of a little dragon who is so happy to have a pinwheel ... it doesn't come to his mind that fire is probably not a too good idea ...and oops ... the pinwheel is gone.


I hope you like the outcome.

Yours,
Tanja

Supplies:
The Alleyway Stamps - Enchanted
Impression Obsession - Cover-a-Card Stars
Lawn Fawn - Jessie's ABCs
pink and grey cardstock
star brad
diecuts
Distress Marker (Pumice Stone)
toothpick

Keep it Simple! #33: Tropical

Hi,

I designed this card for the Keep it Simple #33: Tropical-Challenge. It was fun to create a little story and I hope you like it, too.

Stamps:

The Alley Way Stamps - Sea Mates; Lawn Fawn - Yeti, Set, Go; Lawn Fawn - A Birdie told me; Lawn Fawn - Into the Woods; Paper Smooches - Get outta Town

Inks:

Versafine Onxy Black, Distress Ink (Mowed Lawn, Brushed Corduroy, Picked Raspberry)

Papers: 

Canson Montval; craft cardstock; vellum; white cardstock; Crate Paper - The Pier

Coloration: 

Derwent - Inktense; Derwent Graphitint

Additional Supplies: 
Faber-Castell - Gelatos (Snow Cone, Cotton Candy, Boysenberry); Tonic Studios - Tim Holtz Craft Scissors; Faber-Castell - Deluxe Waterbrush; Martha Stewart - Paper Trimmer; Martha Stewart - Scoring  Board; ZIG - Wink of Stella Brush clear; Faber-Castell - Pitt Artist Pen black S; Googly Eyes

Thanks for stopping by.

Yours,

Tanja