Welcome Spring

Eric Ewazen - Ballade, Pastorale and Dance: II. Pastorale

Album: Music for the Soloists of the American Brass Quintet and Friends (1999)

Spring Equinox

International Day of Happiness

Happy International Day of Happiness!!

'The purpose of our lives is to be happy.'

Dalai Lama

❤

Find out more about International Day of Happiness on UN official web pages and official International Happiness Day organization pages.

Enjoy the day every day, love your life, make others happy and be happy. :o)


Milka

Kindness Circle Card (Jane's Doodles DT Spotlight)

Hi everyone! :o)

Today is my turn to be on the spotlight over at Jane's Doodles and I made this Kindness Circle Card. :o)

To make this card I was inspired with my own card I made for our release blog hop (here).

I used stamps from two gorgeous Jane's Doodles stamp sets: Plumeria and Kind.

 

How I made my card....

I ink blended clouds through a cloud stencil I made by myself (how, I described here) on a white cardstock paper A5 size. After drying, I die cut a circle in the stenciled paper. I left rest of it for another project. :o)

For a card base, I die cut two more circles in the white cardstock paper and glued them together on top.

I stamped a sentiment on the cloud background circle panel and glued it on the card base.

I stamped images on a watercolor paper and loosely watercolored them using Distress Inks. After drying, I fussy cut images and traced their edges with black marker. I softened images with a stylus ball on a soft working mat and glued them on the panel.

With images ready, I glued them on the card using 2 different thickness of square foams.

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

I love how my card turned out. :o)

Card measurements: d = 99 mm (3 7/8")

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Plumeria' stamp set
• Jane's Doodles 'Kind' stamp set
• handmade cloud stencil
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper (images)
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Spun Sugar
• Festive Berries
• Twisted Citron
• Cracked Pistachio
• Lucky Clover
• Vintage Photo 
• Walnut Stain
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pen (Marker) 68/46, Black
• Mitsubishi Uni Pin 0.3
• Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink pen
• UHU liquid glue
• acrylic block
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• Sizzix Big Shot
• My Favorite Things, Die-namics Wonky Stitched Circle STAX
• soft working mat
• bone folder
• stylus ball
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no. #0
• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool
• paper towels
• water
• scissors

I'm linking my card 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.

1) Addicted to Stamps and More, Challenge #332 - Make Your Mark
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Craft Stamper Magazine, Take It Make It Challenge, March: Anything Goes

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

3) Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge, Week 11 - Anything Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

4) Happy Little Stampers, Watercolor Challenge, March 2019, Anything Goes
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

5) Love To Craft Challenge Blog, Challenge LTCCB #32 - Anything Goes

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

6) Love To Scrap Challenge Blog, Challenge LTSCB #119 - Anything Goes

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

At the end of this post...
I have a birthday giveaway here on my blog and I'm giving away one Jane's Doodles stamp set of winner's choice to one lucky winner. There's still time to enter the giveaway. Find all the details here. :o)

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

Milka

Birthday Giveaway

Hi everyone!! :o)

Today is my birthday and I'm having a giveaway for all my Blog Followers. I'm giving away a Jane's Doodles stamp set of winner's choice to one lucky winner.

To be able to win this prize, all you have to do is (both are required):

1. You have to be or become a follower of my blog.

2. Leave a comment on this blog post telling me what's your favorite Jane's Doodles stamp set.

This giveaway is opened international (+18) and it will be open for a week, until March 23rd, 2019, 11:59 PM CET (UTC +1). I'll draw one random winner using Random.org and post winner's name here on my blog on March 24th, 2019 during the day. Link to this post will be added in a right sidebar (Featured Post), until the giveaway closes.


Please read giveaway terms, rules & privacy notice below prior you enter the giveaway. 

GIVEAWAY TERMS, RULES & PRIVACY NOTICE

By entering this giveaway you are confirming that you have read these terms, rules and privacy notice and you accept the same.

• These terms, rules and privacy notice are given in line with my Data Protection and Privacy Policy Statement.

• This giveaway is opened Worldwide (+18), except for minors.

• To enter the giveaway, you have to be or become my blog follower through blogger and leave a comment on this blog post.
• All other following options, such as following via e-mail etc., are permanently shut down on this blog.
• In your comment write me what is your favorite Jane's Doodles stamp set.
• Only one comment per person, please.

• Entering a giveaway each person do so in the knowledge that their name, link to their profile or blog, as well as comments they leave are visible to all those who visit this blog and thereby consent to the use of that personal information for that specific purpose.

• If you entered the giveaway by leaving me a comment and changed your mind, you can delete your comment, as the Blogger provides that option. If any technical difficulty occurs you should contact me and I'll delete your comment through my blogger account or contact Blogger or Google by yourself.
• You are free to delete your comment left on this blog post (or anywhere on my blog) any time you want.

• All parties joining the giveaway (blog followers and commentators) are covered by my Data Protection and Privacy Policy Statement.
• All commentators on this blog are also covered by Google Privacy Policy.
• No data will be used in any other way than to run this giveaway.

• Giveaway opens March 16th, 2019, when this post is published.
• Giveaway closes March 23rd, 2019, 11:59 PM CET (UTC +1).

• 1 prize will be given away to 1 winner.
• Prize is one Jane's Doodles stamp set of winner's choice and can't be exchanged for another prize (such as stamp set from another company, money etc.)
• Prize is sponsored by me (it's not sponsored by any third person or company).
• Prize can't be exchanged for money.

• Winner will be randomly picked using Random.org from all comments left on this blog post.
• Winner's name (he or she provided) will be announced in winner's post here on my blog on March 24th, 2019, during the day.
• Winner has to confirm prize by the end of the month, March 31st, 2019, 11:59 PM CEST (UTC +1).
• If unconfirmed, prize will be redrawn and new winner's name announced on my blog on April 2nd, 2019 during the day.
• Prize will be redrawn until it's given away.

• After winner's name announced here on my blog, winner has to contact me via e-mail to arrange prize delivery details.
• Winner's name will be permanently deleted from winner's post on this blog as soon as the prize confirmed (or redrawn), as well as correspondence with the winner, latest one month after the giveaway is closed. 
• Winner's post will not be deleted from my blog.
• No data will be kept neither shared with any other party.

Link to this post will be in a right sidebar until this giveaway closes.

Good luck everyone! Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka