Happy Muffins

My son's soccer team had a game scheduled yesterday - Mother's Day - and to make all moms feel better for freezing (30s and hail) on the sidelines of a soccer field 45 minutes away from cozy home, I baked chocolate muffins and for a hint of more hmmmmmm added an orange infused glaze.
A little paper decor and we had some happy moms out there.

thanks for looking,
tschüß,
anja

Happy Mother's Day

What else can I say but :

 We made this card yesterday during my weekly Breakfast Club. This super simple design just screams fresh look. We used the embossing folder to add raised polka dots (always a favorite), ribbon to balance the card and an image of the unfortunately retired Pocket Silhouettes, which is still one of my go-to stamp sets for any occasion.

Enjoy this beautiful Day, be celebrated and enjoy your children and/or your mom!

All materials Stampin'Up!.

be well,
thanks for looking,
tschüß,
anja

Soccer Mom

My son's soccer team has a scheduled game tomorrow, on Mother's Day, so I thought, what a nice idea to present each mom with a home backed muffin (chocolate with orange infused topping) and a hand stamped tealight.

Thank You to all you Soccer Moms!

thanks for looking
tschüß,
anja

packaging

 My dear friend Gisela is a distributor of Xango, which developed the most wonderful skin care line EVER! It's so good and natural, you can eat it! Gisela is the one to tell you more about it (email or website)
Gisela asked me to come up with gift-packaging ideas for the already beautiful box holding 3 essential oils.

 My idea was to create a sleeve and add layers of shapes which then can be stamped just like cards. Obviously, I made a matching card to go with each sleeve! So far we covered Mother's Day, Thank You and Wedding. Anything is possible, even the color combinations, I started out with Stampin'UP's Bravo Burgundy as it reflects the deep rich red of the Mangosteen Fruit, but in the end, the colors can be matched to any occasion!

With Mother's Day coming up, this is the perfect gift, don't you think? I love the sparkly rhinestones and simple image. Contact Gisela for the oils, your mom will be so happy!

Below are pictures of the Wedding and Thank You sleeves: 

And here they are: all of them. preeeeettyyyyy! 

All materials used: Stampin'UP!

Thanks for looking,

tschüß,

anja

Baby Book

 I made a baby book for my son's expecting teacher. The album is a pioneer 8x8, nicely wrapped in linen like material. It's meant to document the baby's first year, covering the birth photo and one photo for each month. I suggest that parents take one photo per month with similar clothing and the same stuffed toy each time so they can see how much their baby is growing. This book here is for a boy, so no glitter and fluff stuff! I like the color combo of sand, light dusty blue, vanilla and dark velvety red. I kept embellishments to a minimum (just some brads to hold the month tags in place), as I feel this is the style the mom to be prefers, and she loooooooved it!  Unfortunately, the photos don't do the original justice. 

 Of course, I included a matching card with "instructions" how to best take the photos to track growth. It's the first year after all!

 Each month has a dedicated page, stating the age (here: 9 or ten months) and the month (child is due in April, so in January, he will be 9 months old). All parents have to do is to pull out the page, tape their photo onto the blue mat and slide the page back into the protector. Easy! Those make great gifts and I will customize to your needs: color, theme, name, ....

thank you so much for looking!
tschüß,
anja

March Classes

I am offering different classes this month, please make sure to check the schedule. My photos are a bit lot off, as our cat knocked down my really good camera (Nikon D80) just to land on the lens and break ever so slightly that the shutter is off. If the cat was a tad less cute, and talented, as my students know, our animals are bi-lingual, she would be in serious trouble. But cuteness is indeed a survival skill and I will let that count. With a tear in my eye.
So, below you find the photos I took, they are not bragging material, but I hope you get the idea!

Inspired by Nature:
I taught this class through our Community Education Program and it was a hit. for the cards below I used organic blueberry tea to add texture and heavenly scent to the cattails, a feather (no bird was harmed by me! you can purchase feathers, you know...) adds just enough fluff to stamped images, and organic basil was used on the card that you can't see at all... again, sorry! and bad bad kitty!

Tealight Workshop:

This is my favorite class, I guess, as my students go home with a set of gifts (which I hear sometimes won't leave their house!!!!). Well. Whoever receives those items, the makers or receivers, they are fun to make and something "out of the box". With Easter coming up, what makes the perfect Easter gift? Handstamped tealights!

Sketch Class:

here, I show students what can be done with one simple sketch. If you just change the elements around (circles into butterflies, into chickens, into postage stamps, into flowers), or change your color palette or papers, or slightly alter positions, or change direction of your card, you can still be true to your sketch but have 4 totally different results. check it out:

so, if any of this inspires you to come out and meet new people, or grab your friends and come! I can't wait for playtime! Please make sure to check my classes schedule for cost date/time/cost.

thanks for looking,
tschüß,
anja

Here is a card I made based on my "inspired by nature" ideas. This one I re-used in many different designs: the cattails are punched out and I glued organic blueberry tea on them. Besides the texture, the card offers some yummy scent!

All materials Stampin'UP! except rhinestones (dollar store) and papyrus paper (Staples brand). 

thanks for looking,

tschüß,

anja