Little Corner of Ania

Well, I totally am soon :)

Right – I like these air balloon-cards. So little effort, such a fun card!

Just make sure to use patterned papers that’s two sided :)

Hum well, I think I am a bit fed up of creating cards like this. More on that later.

Cards for men are the most difficult ones methinks. Sigh. I need to buy more male-ish stuff & embellishments, no?

Well actually, it’s just one card…

but lately it seems like it’s pretty much all I do, whenever I get to sit by the scrapping table. Create cards.

Who would have known, eh? I used to think that I could not do cards at all. Not saying that I can now, just saying I do quite enjoy making cards these days..

Especially when I get to play with little bits and pins and trinkets from Maya Road :)

These always enhance any project :)

And that’s pretty much all I get time to do these days, with 2013 being full of part time studies and lots of exciting and fun projects and stuff to do at work..

I did manage to sneak in quite a few simpler, smaller tag/gift wrapping projects for Christmas…but I grew tired of photographing them, they all were on the simple side..although this one was a tad more elaborate…

Right. Here’s to the new year… I wish for continued exciting projects and to get to explore more amazing stories at work… for more time to do the things I find fun, interesting and meaningful… and for a little more creative me-time in between as well.. :)

Oy, don’t miss out on the Maya Road & Stampendous Blog Swap going on atm – plenty of creative inspiration and oh, there’s a giveaway involved, you see!

Here’s my card for the swap..

And here’s my fave embellishment on the card – the Maya Road glass vial w/golden glitter from Stampendous :D

If you wanna know how I made the letters and other details, feel free to check out the MR blogpost.

And if you want a chance on this giveaway, pictured below, head over to this post :D

Played around with the Prima August BAP sketch shortly before I left for vacation earlier this month, for this wedding CD-card :)

I enjoy doing cards more and more – I gotta admit that. Although more often than not my cards maybe aren’t that traditional sort of….?

Nevertheless..here’s a card I made a while ago, using ColorConspiracy papers & a piece of Maya Road journaling spot.

Speaking of Maya Road, it’s reveal time over at the Maya Road Company Blog, and with that – prizes and such to win…

Some of my faves so far are these metal thingies:

These wooden hearts:

These lightbulb transparencies..

And these tu tu tulle flowers in new, soft pastel colors:

Love tradeshow & reveal time – I keep pinning my faves here if you’re interested :)

Don’t you think life seem to keep accelerating the older you grow?

Hum.
Time to share some more scrappy inspiration, eh? :)

Here’s a little brown bag filled with surprises for a co-worker of mine who needed a little cheer-me-up.

The stamps are from Craft Origine, adore these! Am also testing out new dew-shaped ink from Tsukineko (called Dew Drop I think..?) – got a few boxes with a number of these – and am very impressed by the performance of the ink & the colors.

I also tried to stretch my style & try a little bit of artjournalish stuff for a tag. Fun, but it’s like, just add random stuff… mist and gesso and then dry in between and add rubons and stamps and more gesso and more drying and ink and stuff… fun though!

Pretty much everything on this card is from Maya Road but the patterned papers.

Sort of feeling like that.

Today I figured I’d share a box, a card, and a layout with ya…

Let’s do the layout first, shall we…

This one’s for Maya Road, as you might have guessed from all the Maya Road-ish embellishments used here…. the backgroundpaper’s from ColorConspiracy….they have so many patterns that’s perfect as backgroundpaper – one-ish color yet interesting..sort of…:)

One – love the doily clear stamps – yields such gorg, crisp (im?)prints every single time. Two – kraft butterfly? Yesthankyouplease. Three – see the “bed” of ribbon/fabric that the cluster is attached to? That’s the organza tea garden trim which’s discontinued methinks, so if you see it – grab it.

Added a lil paperribbonthingie from American Crafts (Dear Lizzie).

I’m not one for huge flowers, but that yellow flower (Satin Scallop Edge)? Lovesit.

Right. Over to the card..

Love the elegance transparencies automatically gives (borrows?) to cards when used like this, as an extra folder…The transparency & paper here’s from ColorConspiracy-

Twine and dangling embellishments from Maya Road..

Cluster put together from random bits & pieces from Pink Paislee, Hambly, Maya Road, Heidi Swapp (red chipboard heart!! loved those!) and Prima.

Yeap. Really like the feel the transparency lends to the card. I tried to dot the piece of tulle by the way, didn’t turn entirely the way I wanted, but ahwell…

Gold glitter ftw!

And finally….a chocolate box. Papers and die cuts from ColorConspiracy, kraft butterfly from Maya Road.

It’s a simple box. Just a thinking-of-you-get-well-chocolate-box for a coworker of mine.

It was quickly put together, and well appreciated.

Right.

Almost caught up.

Work’s been keeping me busy as usual, and right now I’m engaged in a project building up & readying the paper I work for, for a new system coming this Fall. Then I’m off to another weeklong course - my 2nd of this years four courses. Then, when I’m back, I should be back to my regular, writing work-self (been away from my regular work for half a week now and it’s I’m so, so itching to do some real writing…eeks….). Not that anybody cares, but ah well… :)

Look at me, I can stamp!

Sort of.

:) Just sharing a couple cards made w/Craft Origine-stamps…love the wood mounted stamps – yields such gorg, crisp impressions! (oh and notice – I’m finally getting rid of my box of Heidi Swapp ghost stars! :D)

This stamp was also used on the 1st card btw – just inked & cut out the 1st banner sort of :)

Babyphotocards must have this onesie transparency cut out from Hambly! Also, hidden behind that is a gem studded heart trinket from Prima.

Btw, ColorConspiracy is soon coming out with a new release – Texturize 2.0. Loved the first one, love this one as well :)

Alright, just dropping by to post my CD card for Nathalie + Magne (with their wedding photos, natch).

It’s a CD envelope created from one sheet of 12x12 paper, as shown here.

Papers and embellishments from Pink Paislee, Prima, Maya ROad, Elle’s Studio, Making Memories and Crate Paper.

The colors are inspired by this one:

Isn’t such a fresh, fun color palette?

I dare say I’ve managed to hit all the colors here =)

It’s one of my favorite challenges around these days…Prima product picks…I think it’s quite fun to create stuff based on a color palette :)

here’s my January & February PPP :)

Cheers y’all :)

Playing with different styles…this one’s for the inspiration challenge over at ColorConspiracy, which can be seen here.

Love that graphic papers seem so perfect for cards for youths and stuff…

Which brings me to this: Happy birthday to my oldest nephew! :)

Seems like yesterday this little kid was so eager to show me the signs he had learned in kindergarten…awww! Later he and his little brother thought I looked like the Asian girl in Power Rangers….kick ass!