Rainbow Snail Mail Mini Card (IC #10)

Hi everyone! :o)

Today I want to share with you this Rainbow Snail Mail Mini Card. :o)

I made this Interactive (IC) RIBBON/TWINE SLIDER CARD for my Celebrating 30 Days of Pisces 2019 personal challenge. If you want to find out more about it, just follow the link provided. :o)

This is a tenth type of IC I made for my challenge. I made 15 different types of interactive cards during Pisces period, which was my personal challenge. I completed my challenge, achieved my goals and had a lot of fun. I wrote a short review about the challenge here.

I learned how to make this type of card from Jennifer McGuire. Such a clever design. Love it!!! Here is a link to Jennifer's video tutorial: Ribbon Slider Cards. :o)

I loved Jennifer's card with a snail in the video and decided to go with same theme on my card. Thank you for the inspiration and tutorial, Jennifer!!! :o)

How I made this card...

First I made a card construction. I followed steps from Jennifer's McGuire video tutorial.

Next up was an image. I used SUPER CUTE tiny snail from Najlepši par 'Igrivi palčki' stamp set. I received the set as a happy mail present from my friend crafter Valentina of Barvito malo mesto. :o) Love the set sooooo much!!! :o)

I die cut a wonky stitched circle from a white cardstock paper and stamped the snail on the circle. I colored the snail with colored pencils and coated his house with a transparent varnish to create glossy accents. I left the image dry for couple hours.

After drying, I glued 3-D foam on the circle, glued it on the card and my card was finished. :o)

Card measurements (pocket): 76 mm x 89 mm (3" x 3.5")

List of supplies :

• Najlepši par 'Igrivi palčki' stamp set
• My Favorite Things, Die-namics Wonky Stitched Circle STAX
• white cardstock paper
• Lawn Fawn 'Really Rainbow' petite paper pack
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• TOZ Fantasy colored pencil, skin color
• Koh-i-noor woodless colored pencils:
• chrome yellow 1
• reddish orange 2
• carmine red 10
• white twine
• UHU liquid glue
• Gloss Resin Super Clear
• 3-D foam squares, 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• 3-D foam squares, 5 x 5 x 3 mm
• Sizzix Big Shot
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• bone folder
• scissors
• crafting needle
• hole puncher (medium size)
• hammer
• plank board

I LOVE how my card turned out!!! :o)

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka

Your Next Stamp Fun Friday Challenge #114

Happy Friday! :o)

Today is my fourth guest spot on the Your Next Stamp Blog and it's time for a new Fun Friday Challenge!! :o)

The challenge theme for this fortnight is #114 - School's Out for Summer (anything School or Summer related).

Challenge prize for one random winner is a Your Next Stamp gift certificate to the store. Challenge ends on May 30th, 2019, 12 AM (midnight), EST.

Also, if you leave a comment on the Your Next Stamp Blog, Instagram and Facebook, you could win a Your Next Stamp stamp set of your choice.

Check the Your Next Stamp Challenge #114 blog post for all the details about the challenge and giveaways. :o)


And here is my take on the challenge: Rainbow Science Notebook. :o)

To make this notebook I used stamps from two Your Next Stamp stamp sets: 'Perfect Chemistry' and 'Periodically Nerdy'. LOVE!!!! :o)

I made this notebook for myself. I went with Physics theme, same as did on a card that I made last year (here). :o)

I used a super funny professor, who likes just like famous Physicist Albert Einstein, and went with Physic's theme: White Light Refraction.

Image source: 

© Encyclopedia Britannica 

Refraction 

(https://www.britannica.com/)

Going through glass prism, white light refracts. A beam of white light splits into its component wavelengths, those that form the rainbow. 

If you want to find a bit more about refraction and rainbow, just follow these links:

• Encyclopedia Britannica, Refraction (https://www.britannica.com/)
• What happens to a White Light when it passes through a Prism and why?, by Chris Deziel, Sciencing (https://sciencing.com/)

How I made this notebook...

I bound a notebook, using white printing paper, white cardstock covers, rainbow selection of patterned papers, embroidery thread and needle. I used Coptic Stitch for binding. I learned the particular stitch from a great YouTube tutorial by Sea Lemon: How to Make a Sketchbook/DIY Coptic Stitch Bookbinding Tutorial. Check out her channel, she has awesome bookbinding tutorials. :o)

I selected letters from Periodic Table of Elements which form word 'Notebook', stamped them on various patterned papers, fussy cut letters, traced edges with a black marker and glued them directly on the notebook front cover. I also used element 'Mg' which stands for my initials. :o)

I stamped the professor on a watercolor paper and colored him in a watercolor technique using Distress Inks. After drying, I fussy cut him, traced edges with black marker and softened him with a stylus ball on a soft working mat.

Then I stamped the professor on a white cardstock paper, fussy cut him, colored with a grey marker, traced edges with the black marker and glued watercolored professor over him. I did this to make the image thicker, to pop out on the cover. I wanted to use 3-D foam for the professor, so I stamped him once again directly on the cover and colored him with the black marker. I did this to create extra shade under the image. But I didn't like it, so I glued watercolored professor over him and my notebook was finished. :o)

I love how my notebook turned out!!! :o)

Measurements (covers): 146 mm x 89 mm(5 3/4" x 3 1/2")

List of supplies:

• Your Next Stamp 'Perfect Chemistry' stamp set
• Your Next Stamp 'Periodically Nerdy' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• white printing paper A4
• various patterned papers
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Spun Sugar
• Festive Berries
• Spiced Marmalade
• Mustard Seed
• Twisted Citron
• Cracked Pistachio
• Salty Ocean
• Blueprint Sketch
• Wilted Violet
• Tea Dye
• Hickory Smoke
• Stabilo Fibre Tip Pen (Marker), Black 68/46
• Stabilo Fibre Tip Pen (Marker), Light Grey 68/94
• 100% cotton crochet embroidery thread (TULIPAN no. 15, white)
• UHU liquid glue
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. 3/0
• water
• paper towels
• scissors
• stylus ball
• soft working mat
• crafting needle (for piercing holes)
• needle (for sewing)
• ruler
• pencil
• eraser

I hope you'll like my take on the challenge and get inspired. To see other DT members' and GDT creations and for your chance to win the challenge prize, stop by Your Next Stamp blog. :o)

I'm linking my notebook to following challenges:

Note: bold text and challenge badge (if any) are direct links to the current challenge and blog badge (if any) is a direct link to blog or challenge home page.

(will be added later)

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka

Your Next Stamp May Release Blog Hop

Hi everyone! :o)

Welcome to a Your Next Stamp May Release Blog Hop! I'm so glad to be a Guest Designer this month. The new release is full of GORGEOUS products!!! I LOVE it and I'm pretty sure you will too. :o)

For today I prepared this CAS (clean and simple), Never Too Old Card. :o)

To make this card I used stamps from Your Next Stamp 'Crazy Fun Shopping Carts' stamp set.

I decided to feature this stamp set today because it's sooo fun. Adorable cute and fun images, fun sentiments and word play, which I love so much. :o) The set can be used for versatile projects: birthday cards, any occasion cards, for planner, shopping lists... LOVE it!!! :o)

How I made my card....

I stamped an image on a watercolor paper and colored it in watercolor technique using Distress Inks. After drying, I fussy cut the image and traced edges with a black marker.

I wanted to create dimension with the image and went with image layering and partly popping up. I stamped another image on a white cardstock paper, fussy cut the image and cut off parts I didn't need. I colored the image with a grey marker and traced edges with the black marker.

Then I stamped one more image directly on a white top folded card base and colored it with black and grey marker. I colored tiny drop with a Distress Ink.

Here is a photo of all parts I prepared for image layering. :o)

I glued all parts on it's place. I glued some parts directly on the card base and some I raised with 3-D foams.

Then I heat embossed in white a sentiment on a black cardstock paper and cut the stripe to a desirable size and shape. I cut another stripe from a patterned paper, glued it on the card base, glued some 3-D foam on the sentiment stripe and glued it on the card base.

As a finishing touch, I drew white highlights with a white pigment ink pen and my card was finished. :o)

Card measurements: 95 mm x 127 mm (3 3/4" x 5")

List of supplies:

• Your Next Stamp 'Crazy Fun Shopping Carts' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• black cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• Lawn Fawn 'Really Rainbow' petite paper pack
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim's Hotz Distress Inks:
• Mustard Seed
• Spiced Marmalade
• Festive Berries
• Spun Sugar
• Blueprint Sketch
• Salty Ocean
• Cracked Pistachio
• Twisted Citron
• Tea Dye
• Hickory Smoke
• Black Soot
• Stabilo Fibre Tip Pens (Markers): 
• Light Grey 68/94
• Black 68/46
• Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink
• UHU liquid glue 
• 3-D foam squares 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. 3/0
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• water
• paper towels
• scissors
• kraft knife
• Xcut self healing mat A4

I love how my card turned out. :o)

Make sure you hop to all blogs featured in the link list at the bottom of this post. You will find lots of inspiration using newly released products. :o)

And now to the Blog Hop prize...

One random winner will win a $25 gift certificate to spend in the Your Next Stamp Store. All you have to do is leave a comment on blogs participating in the hop. More you comment, more chances you have to win the prize. :o)

The blog hop starts now and ends on May 20th, 2019, 12 AM (midnight), EST.

The winner will be announced on Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019, at Your Next Stamp Blog.

The new release is available in Your Next Stamp store right now (May 16th, 2019, 11 AM, EST). Use a special online code to get a discount (20% off) on your entire purchase!!! Check the badge below for more details.

Now it's time for you to hop to the next stop. Don’t forget to leave a comment before you go for your chance to win. :o)

Thank you for visiting. I hope you enjoyed on my stop today and got inspired. :o) Happy hopping and good luck to all!!! :o) 

Milka

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