Happy Hellos!


My name is Anna and I'm a Pole living recently in Airdrie (near Calgary in Canada), hopeless in love with paper. Usually sitting in my studio between 8pm and midnight, if my energy lasts that long after another day with a toddler Jakob and a baby Lisa. I love to share my crafts with you, please be my guest!

Friday 30 April 2010

Important occasion and new challenge

Hello there!

Very important weekend is coming: our son Jakob has his 1st Birthday (May 2nd)! I just say: unbelievable how fast time flies.... Maybe you will think: Everyone is saying that, but I have to say that anyway: we can NOT imagine life without Jakob! He was meant to be OURS!

Due to this occasion let me show you a card, I prepared for him: I'm curious what he will say in few years about it, if he will like the card.....
Believe me, I was kind of nervous when I was working on this card. Of course I wanted make it most beautiful, because it's for such a important person like him and such a important occasion!


The sketch from ICS #64 helped me a lot (I confess, I flipped it a little bit).


Another challenge used for this card  Sundays with Cristy #2: Dots.Enough of them on it!

The second card is for a NEW challenge: The Shabby Tea Room. When I saw creations of the Design Team, I felt so much inspiration, that I run to my "studio" and crafted until late night yesterday (therefore I'm posting today). 
The card is supposed to show what is my Comforts of Home.  I have chosen an elegant chandelier (like in the castle) as an element for my card, because my home (to be precise: mobile home =) is for me and my hubby 800sqf castle, closed to the nature. We renovated it by ourselves, even the roof was repaired with our hands-we are very happy and proud of our "castle", despite the bad reputation of mobile homes in North America....=(
I didn't use pastel colors in this card as the picture suggested, because pastels are no my strength..... My followers know that, right?
The card was also entered for the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC64) as a vintage styled card.
Thanks for your visit,
kANNAdyjka

Monday 26 April 2010

For the 1st time....

.......Jakob is sick: bronchitis, antibiotic......Therefore excuse me for the short post today: a couple cards for few challenges:
The first card was made for these challenges:
-Caardvarks: monochromatic
-ICS #63
-Art-Piaskownica: monochromatic green




The second fits this Polish challenge:
-Art-Piaskownica: 
-And my new challenge by very talented Mona Pendleton-Play Date Cafe #27 with very cute color combo (see the picture):



Talk to you soon,
kANNAdyjka

Monday 19 April 2010

Birthday cards...again!/Znowu kartki urodzinowe...!

Hello everyone,

I'm back after the week of mourning for plain crash victims from Poland. I'm not that huge patriot (sorry...!), but in such situations, you know somehow where your roots are....

As promised you will see a lot of B'Day cards - please see the next load below:

Mhhhhhhhhhh, these dreamy Webster's Pages..........I used the ICS challenge of this week, kind of interesting...



I dared to cut the MME design papers.....I think it was worth. That's for the beginning. This card is for a very optimistic lady.

This card looks maybe a little bit autumnal, but the tree is a very important element. The person, who will receive the card is a real tree doctor and my good friend, who help me to learn English-so much FUN!!!
The last card is totally different than others. It was a order from a friend: her niece delivered a baby girl Rachel-that explains the letter R and a lot of pink=)

The picture below was my inspiration: taken during a walk in very nice spring weather and very nice company (thanks Vera!!!).

Don't forget: Candy by Lena : She celebrates her 1 year blogging. I'm so glad, I found her in the Blogland -her crafts are honey for every single pair of eyes, check this out!


Cheers,
Your kANNAdyjka


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Hallo,


wrocilam na bloga po tygodniowej zalobie za ofiary katastrofy lotniczej.... Niestety wielka patriotka na codzien (sorry...!), ale w takich sytuacjach dokladnie czlowiek wie, gdzie sa jego korzenie....

Jak obiecalam ostatnim razem, zasypie Was kartkami urodzinowymi, i oto nastepne:

Mhhhhhhhhhh, ach te marzycielskie Webstery..........Uzylam tu wyzwania ICS, w tym tygodniu bardzo interesujace...
 
Do tej kartki odwazylam sie pociac papiery My Mind's Eye.....Wydaje mi sie, ze bylo warto. To tak na pocztek, na rozgrzewke. Ta kartka jest dla bardzo optymistycznej osobki.

Kartka ponizej moze wyglada bardzo jesinnie, ale to drzewo jest bardzo waznym elementem. Osoba, ktora ja otrzyma jest prawdziwym lekarzem drzew i moim dobrym przyjacielem, ktory pomogl mi w nauce angielskiego- ale bylo zabawy przy tym!!!

Ostatnia kartka na dzisiaj jest totalnie inna niz poprzednie. Jest ona zrobiona na zamowienie dla milej sasiadki: jej sisotrzenica urodzila dziewczynke Rachel-to chyba wyjasnia wiele: literka R i duzo rozowosci=)

Zdjecie na samym dole przedstawi moja inspiracje: zrobione w czasie spacerku w przepieknej pogodzie wiosennej i swietnym towarzystwie (dzieki Vera!!!).


 Nie zapomnijcie: Candy u Leny, obchodzi 1 blogowa rocznice: ciesze sie, ze ja znalazlam w Bloglandii-jest na co patrzy, ona poprostu robi cuda, a zreszta zobacz sam/a!



Wasza kANNAdyjka

Saturday 3 April 2010

Bunch of Birthdays/Urodziny za urodzinami

Hi again,
The months April and May are crazy for me regarding Birthdays and Names-days (very Polish), at least dozen of them! So don't be surprised, if you see bunch of cards in the next posts. For example in this one, I will show you four of them. I can't tell, who will get them, because there is no surprise for them anymore, but I will mention, why this person is so important to me. I know, they are also reading my blog ;)

The first card goes to someone,  I love to spend time with. 
The card is meant for three following challenges:
-ICS #60
-Simon Says Stamp (distressing)
-Think INK #17 (a book cover for inspiration): I have chosen "Lost memories of Jane Austen". When I bought this book, I wanted make a card matching the cover and give it to someone for B'Day.


Maybe you can see on the big picture the special effect: crackle accent on the roses. I have seen that on my blogs and as a vintage style fan I had to do it on my projects.I love it! Please see below the close up. Isn't it funky?


The next card for today will be entered for two challenges and the lucky person, who will get it, is a great listener!
-2 Sketches 4 You (to the sketch)
-Flourishes (Photo inspiration)
The design papers come from My Mind's Eye and until now I couldn't cut them, because they are soooo gorgeous! Don't you think?
The same challenges are used by making card no. 3. This Birthday card will land in hands of a person, I have worked with long time: I learned a lot from this person and my work was always appreciated!
I admire your patience for reading this long post! This is the last card for today: for a new challenge I found on Internet- Mojo Monday #132. This card will arrive in the mail box of a person, I had a lot of fun in my childhood with. When I think adventure, I have to think about him (I can say "him", because the card is very masculine as you can see):
Probably you recognize my favorite design papers Graphic45. A propos: Lena, I have something for you, guest what? Hahahaha!
Thanks for your visit and I appreciate your time,
kANNAdyjka

Friday 2 April 2010

Two important men in my life/Dwoch waznych mezczyzn w moim zyciu

Hello there,

Eleanor Roosevelt said: "The future belongs to those, who believe in the beauty of their dreams". I have such a dreamer at home-my hubby.
Maik always had a dream  to fly. As a child he built a glider, during his studies he tried to fly the real gliders and now he is almost done with his private pilot license. I decided to make a scrapbook page about his dream:


I'm using this for follwoing challenges:
-Color Throwdown # 86: Yellow, Green, Brown
-Pencil Lines #180 (to the sketch)

Another LO is about other important men in my life-Jakob. A lot of people in our families love these two pictures (me too!), so I decided to frame them in proper way. The Sketchy Colors challenge #17: white, brown, turquoise and orange helped me with the choice of design papers-Cosmo Cricket. Please take a look at Mister Funny:


Jakob's "twitter": he tries to stand on his legs, pulling himself and holding on furniture. He still looks very wobbly! At first he is very excited, but then you can see on his face, he realizes, that he has no concept what's next.... Thanks to his diaper, the landing on his bum is soft ;)

Happy Easter and enjoy your days off,
kANNAdyjka
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Czesc Wam,
Eleanor Roosevelt powiedziala: "Przyszlosc nalezy do tych, ktorzy wierza w piekno swoich marzen". Ja mam takiego marzyciela at home-moj Mezus.
Maik mial marzenia juz od zawsze aby latac. Jako dziecko zbudowal szybowiec, w czasie swoich studiow probowal latac na tych prawdziwych i teraz prawie konczy licencje pilota. Zdecydowalam zrobic LO na temat jego marzenia:



Uzylam tego LO do nastepujacych wyzwan:
-Color Throwdown # 86: zolty, zielony i brazowy.
-Pencil Lines #180 (do mapki)

Inne LO, ktore zrobilam w ostanich dniach jest o innym waznych mezczyznie w moim zyciu-Kubusiu. Wiele osob z naszeych rodzin uwielbia te zdjecia (ja tez!), dlatego tez zdecydowalam je oprawic jak trzeba.  Kolory z wyzwanie #17  Sketchy Colors: bialy, brazowy, turkusowy i pomaranczowy pomogly mi w wyborze papierow-Cosmo Cricket. Prosze rzuccie okiem na Mister Funny:


Kubus aktualnie: probuje stanac na nogach, wspinajac sie po meblach. Stajac trzesie sie jak galaretka! jak juz zdola stanac, jest bardzo zaaferowany swoim osiagnieciem, ale zaraz potem widac na jego twarzy, ze nie ma konceptu, co teraz, jak wrocic do punktu wyjscia.... Dzieki jego pieluszce, ladowanie na pupie jest miekkie ;)

Wesolych Swiat Wielkanocnych i delektujcie sie wolnymi dniami,
Wasza kANNAdyjka

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