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Sweet Christmas with Anja

Posted by Anja Bytyqi | Dec 19, 2021 | Uncategorized

Happy Sunday everyone, Anja here and today I’m sharing a holiday card made with the adorable gingerbread people from the Sweet Christmas set. First, I started off with an A2 landscape card base. What I love about the versatile Gallery Frame Dies is that you can combine them with each other. I die cut the outside stitched frame from the Gallery Frame #1 set from striped patterned paper. Next, I die cut the inside grid included in the Gallery Frame #3 set from pink cardstock. I adhered a piece of dotted paper behind the window openings. I stamped the...

Snow Globe Builder with Anja

Posted by Anja Bytyqi | Nov 13, 2021 | Uncategorized

Hello everyone, Anja here with you today sharing a holiday card on which I combined the Snow Globe Builder Die with the Gnome For The Holidays Stamps. I started off with an A2 top folding card base made from pink cardstock. Next, I stamped the Handmade Plaid Background in a light aqua Dye Ink color onto a piece of white heavyweight cardstock. I trimmed it down to be 1/4″ smaller at each side than the card base to which I adhered it using liquid glue. The snow globe is the focal point of my card and at first I...

Tree Neighbors with Anja

Posted by Anja Bytyqi | Oct 18, 2021 | Uncategorized

Happy Monday everyone, Anja here and today I’m sharing a fall-themed card made with the adorable Tree Neighbors stamps. It’s so much fun to add these cute woodland creatures to the large tree. First, I created a background by ink blending Distress Oxide Inks (Scattered Straw, Dried Marigold, Worn Lipstick, Kitsch Flamingo, Picked Raspberry and Seedless Preserves) onto a Bristol smooth cardstock panel. I splattered on diluted ink as well as some moonlight gold paint to add interest. Next, I die cut a grass border using one of the Grassy Knoll dies and inked it with green Distress Oxides...

Boo Crew with Anja

Posted by Anja Bytyqi | Sep 30, 2021 | Uncategorized

Hi everyone, Anja here with you today sharing a spooky cute Halloween card made with the Boo Crew stamps. The kids in their little costumes and the puppy are just adorable! I started off with a white A2 card base and cut down another piece of Neenah Smooth Solar White 110lb cardstock to the same size. I did some ink blending with Distress Oxides covering about the half of the panel and letting it fade into white. I used Milled Lavender, Wilted Violet and a bit of Black Soot applying it slightly at an angle. I let it dry...

You Make Me Happy with Anja

Posted by Anja Bytyqi | Jul 13, 2021 | Uncategorized

Hi everyone, Anja here today sharing a colorful card made with the Word Buddies Jungle cuties and a custom sentiment using three different dies. First, I created an A2 card base from white heavyweight cardstock. I trimmed the dotty patterned paper to be smaller and matted it with a navy blue cardstock panel. Next, I stamped the jungle animals, balloon and heart in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored them with Copics. I cut them out with their coordinating dies. The large ‘YOU’ is part of the Make Me Smile Words Die and I cut it from patterned paper...