Hoppy Birthday Card (Kitty Bee Designs Spotlight)

Hi everyone :-D 

Today it´s my turn to be on the spotlight over at Kitty Bee Designs and I made this Hoppy Birthday Card, an interactive wobbler card.

I used super cute image 'Hip Hop Froggie' from 2013 Good Luck Froggies Release. There are six froggies in the release and I like them all. I already used three of them and will use all in my future projects. :-D

"Frogs are symbols of prosperity, wealth, friendship, and abundance in many cultures. In other cultures they symbolize fertility. In the Native American culture of the Southwestern United States, the frog carries a piece of wood in its mouth because the Mojave people believe frogs brought fire to humans. For the ancient Romans, the frog was believed to bring good luck to one's home. Native Aborigines of Australia believe that frogs brought the thunder and rain. Frogs are said to be effective in speeding up recovery from disease. Among the ancient Egyptians and Greeks, frogs symbolized inspiration and fertility. In ancient Egypt, Hekt, the frog goddess, protected newborn babies, hence frogs were symbols of fertility and birth. The frog is also said to attract true friends and to help find long-lasting love."

Source: 50 Good Luck Symbols From Around The World 

Details about my card... 

This is the first time I made wobbler card. I used photo tutorial Wackel-Karte/Wiggling Card from Stempeleinmaleins to make this fun mechanism. I don't have circle paper puncher, so I used scalloped scallop circle puncher. 

Image is paper pieced. 

I printed two froggies, one on a white cardstock paper and second on green cardstock paper. I colored parts I needed with colored pencils, blended them with my new paper blending stump, fussy cut all parts, colored edges with black permanent pen and glued all pieces together. Then I added gloss resin gel on froggie´s dots, belly and heart, to create glossy accents. 

I wrote sentiment on my computer using lovely 'Stays In The Cave' free font from Kevin&Amanda and printed it on a large polka dot panel. 

Here is a short video of my wobbler card. This is such fun!! :-D 

Card dimensions are 101 mm x 139 mm (4" x 5 1/2").

List of supplies:

• Kitty Bee Designs 'Hip Hop Froggie' from 2013 Good Luck Froggies Release 
• Prettygrafikdesign digital paper (large polka dots)
• Sizix 'Flights of Fancy', green (free for newsletter subscribers) 
• 'Stays In The Cave' free font from Kevin&Amanda 
• white cardstock paper
• green colored pencil
• Kooh-i-noor woodless colored pencils (Yellow 3, Red 7, Dark Green 5)
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen F (fine) 0.6 mm
• white water based glue
• UHU universal glue 
• gloss resin gel super-clear
• transparent low temperature glue stick 
• printer
• scoring board
• trimmer 
• scissors 
• crafting needle 
• paper blending stump no. #1
• Dremel 920 glue gun, low temperature  
• EK Success 1" scallop circle punch
• round nose pliers
• wire 2 mm  

I hope you enjoyed my spotlight project for this month. Check out more cute images at the Kitty Bee Designs Etsy Store, Kitty Bee Designs Blog and Kitty Bee Designs FB. Be prepared for super cuteness! :-D 

I am entering my card to following challenges:

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

1) 2 Cute Ink Digital Stamps Challenge Blog, Challenge #128 - Anything Goes

2) Always Playing With Paper, The Challenge #32 - Use Polka Dots on your Card or Paper Project

3) Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge, R#223 - Anything Goes

4) Crafty Calender Challenge, April Challenge - Add a Sentiment

5) Craft Your Passion Challenges, Challenge #259 - Always Anything Goes

6) SugarPea Designs, Monthly Challenge, SPD15 - Anything Goes

7) The Pink Elephant Challenge, TPE296 - Anything Goes 

8) Through The Craft Room Door, TTCRD Challenge from April 28th to May 4th, Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Enjoy and smile! :-D

Crafty Milka

Skating Fancy Sunbonnet Card (KBD Aloha Friday Challenge #46)

Hi everyone :-D 

My second post today...

Today a new Aloha Friday Challenge starts at Kitty Bee Designs.

New challenge for this fortnight is #46 - Girly Cards.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Bugaboo Digi Stamps, with an awesome prize for our random winner: 7 digital images of winner's choice.

For this challenge I made this Skating Fancy Sunbonnet Card, using our sponsor's beautiful image 'Fancy Sunbonnet Winter'.

Image on the card is paper pieced and for this one I used 7 images.

I printed 6 same images on white paper (160 grams), colored parts I needed with colored pencils, blended colors with baby oil, fussy cut pieces, colored edges with permanent pen and glued all pieces together. Here is a photo of all pieces I used.

I printed one more image on a piece of design paper and glued pieced image over it.

I distressed card base and all paper layers with Tim Holtz's Distressed Ink Brushed Corduroy. I added acrylic texture paste to the card and when it was dry, smeared it with pearl maker. I also made dots with pearl maker around the image. When all was dry, I decorated card with two paper roses, synthetic snowballs and die-cut butterflies, and also added some pearl maker to all elements, to create snowy look.

Card dimensions are 114 mm x 114 mm (4 1/2" x 4 1/2").

List of supplies:

• Bugaboo Digi 'Fancy Sunbonnet Winter'
• DCWV Performance paper stack (30,5 cm x 30,5 cm / 12" x 12")
• brown cardstock paper 
• white paper (160 grams) 
• colored pencils (violet,light grey)
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen M (medium) 1.0 mm 
• Tim Holtz Distressed Ink (Brushed Corduroy)  
• two paper roses
• 4 synthetic snowballs (Ø 10 mm)
• white die-cut 'Flutter Tree' (I cut off butterflies) 
• Pritt universal glue 
• white water based glue 
• transparent low temperature glue stick  
• Marabu acrylic paste fine sand   
• Pearl Maker (Pastel-White)  
• printer
• scoring board 
• trimmer
• scissors 
• crafting needle 
• stylus ball 
• Dremel 920 glue gun, low temperature 
• Tim Holtz's blending tool 
• Johnson's baby oil with Aloe Vera
• cotton buds

Stop by the Kitty Bee Designs blog and check out lovely projects my Design Team mates created. And don´t forget to join us in this challenge. We are looking forward to see your projects. :-D

I am entering my card to following challenges:

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

1) Addicted to Stamps and More, Challenge #141 - Anything Goes

2) Catch The Bug Weekly Challenge, April Bingo Challenge
My Bingo combination: Bugaboo Image, Texture, 3 Layers

3) Craft Your Passion Challenges, Challenge #258 - Always Anything Goes

4) Hiding in My Craft Room, Challenge #196 - Freestyle (Anything Goes)
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge. 

5) Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge, Challenge #8 - Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.  

6) Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog, Challenge ##148 - Add Flowers

7) Through The Craft Room Door, TTCRD Challenge from April 21st to April 27th, Anything Goes

Thank you so much for stopping by and your kind feedback. Enjoy and smile! :-D

Crafty Milka

Girl With Roses Easel Card (Fairy Tale Challenge #116)

Happy Friday everyone :-D

It´s time for a new challenge at Fairy Tale Challenge Blog.

The theme for this fortnight is #116, Ein selten oder noch nie benutzter Stempel / Rarely or Never Used Stamp.

This time our lucky winner will win this gorgeous Vintage paper pack. 

 
For this challenge I made this Girl With Roses Easel Card, a Confirmation card for my niece Vanesa.

 

I used my new gorgeous Mo's Manning digital stamp 'Alisa with Roses'. I printed the image on a white paper (160 grams), colored it with colored pencils and  blended colors with baby oil. I cut out an oval shape around the image, leaving part of a dress outside the shape (idea for this is from here).

Then I made an easel card base. I used bracket shape templates I made using Joy! crafts Die-Cut Designpaper 'Elegance'. I don't have die-cut machine, so I make my own cardstock templates.

I decorated card base with Joy! crafts Die-Cut Designpaper 'Elegance'.

I added acrylic paste on the card, smearing it through gauze. After paste was dry, I glued image and note panel on the card and decorated it with butterflies and roses. 

I distressed paper roses with Tim Holtz's Distress Ink Brushed Corduroy. 
 
White butterflies are made using butterfly stencil, structure paste and palette knife. I made the stencil from cardstock scraps and butterfly paper puncher. 

Brown butterflies are made using digital butterfly template. I printed them in various sizes, fussy cut them, distressed with Tim Holtz's Distress Ink Brushed Corduroy, glued on the card and coated with découpage glue and varnish. 

Card dimensions are 152 mm x 127 mm (6" x 5").

 
List of supplies: 

• Mo's Manning digital stamp 'Alisa With Roses'
• Joy! crafts Die-Cut Designpaper 'Elegance'
• white cardstock paper
• brown cardstock paper
• white paper (160 grams)
• colored pencils (skin color, pink, green, violets, light browns, grey)
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen S (superfine) 0.4 mm
• Tim Holtz's Distressed Ink (Brushed Corduroy)  
• pencil 
• eraser 
• paper roses
• Pritt universal glue 
• double sided strong adhesive tape 
• transparent low temperature glue stick 
• Art Potch découpage glue and varnish
• Marabu Light Structure Paste (805)
• Marabu acrylic paste fine sand  
• printer 
• scoring board 
• trimmer 
• scissors 
• ruler  
• Tim Holtz's blending tool 
• crafting needle 
• palette knife no. 1 
• Dremel 920 glue gun, low temperature
• butterfly paper puncher 
• digital butterfly template 
• oval templates
• bracket shape templates
• MARABU fine paint brush no.10 
• gauze
• Johnson's baby oil with Aloe Vera
• cotton buds

Stop by the Fairy Tale Challenge Blog and see gorgeous projects my Design Team Mates and our Guest Designers made for this challenge. Do join us in this challenge, we can´t wait to see your projects. :-D

I am entering my card to following challenges:

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

1) House of Cards, April Challenge: Add a Butterfly and/or Color Inspiration

I only added butterflies. 

2) Live & Love Crafts' Inspiration and Challenge Blog, Challenge #34 - Signs of Spring

3) Mo´s DP2 Challenge Blog, Challenge #250 - Anything MO Goes W/Optional Theme: Spring

4) Noor! Design U.K., Challenge #5 - Anything Goes

5) Simon Says Stamp Blog, Work it Wednesday March 2015, What you're stamping right now (show your favorite new stamp, oldie but goodie, or whatever is inspiring you to do some crafting now)

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge. 
I used my new Mo's Manning digital stamp 'Alisa With Roses'. Mo's images are my favorite digital stamps at the moment. This is the second image from Mo's I bought this month. :-D

6) Stempeleinmaleins, SEME Challenge #62 - Frühling / Spring 

7) Stempelgarten Challenge, Challenge #36 - Schmetterlinge und/oder Libellen / Butterflies and/or Dragonflies 

8) Whimsy Stamps Inspiration Challenges, Challenge 82 - Colour an image
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge. 

Thank you so much for stopping by and your kind feedback. Stop by later today, I´ll be posting again. Enjoy and smile! :-D 

Crafty Milka

Design Team Call at Kitty Bee Designs

Hi everyone :-D 

We are looking for 2 new DT members at Kitty Bee Designs. The term starts in June 2015. Everyone is welcome to apply.

Here is a direct link to Design Team Call. 

Thank you for stopping by. Have a beautiful day. :-D

Crafty Milka

Happy Earth Day!

Crafty Milka