You are Unique 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 CAS (clean and simple), You are Unique Card. 

I used super cute image 'Froggie Cutie' from 2013 Good Luck Froggies Release. 

"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... 

I made background in MS Word. I added 6 recolored (light grey) images and one b&w image in MS Word document. I printed out document on a white cardstock paper. 

Then I colored the image with colored pencils and blended colors with paper blending stump and baby oil. I smeared froggie's eyes, so I printed one more image on a piece of cardstock paper, fussy cut eyes, colored edges with black permanent pen and glued them over smeared eyes. 

I added gloss resin on froggie's belly, dots and heart to create glossy accents and to add some dimension to the image. 

I added 3-D foams behind the colored panel and glued it on a card base. 

I wrote the sentiment on my computer, using Stays In The Cave' free font from Kevin&Amanda. I  wrote it in a text box. I printed the sentiment on a piece of white cardsotck paper, cut it and covered whole banner with gloss resin. After drying, I added 3-D foams behind the banner and placed it on a card. 

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

List of supplies:

• Kitty Bee Designs 'Froggie Cutie' from 2013 Good Luck Froggies Release 
• 'Stays In The Cave' free font from Kevin&Amanda 
• white cardstock paper
• Koh-i-noor woodless colored pencils (Chrome Yellow 1, Reddish Orange 2, Meadow Green 4, Dark Green 5)
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen F (fine) 0.6 mm
• UHU universal glue 
• 3-D foam self adhesive pads 
• gloss resin super-clear 
• MS Word 
• printer
• scoring board
• trimmer 
• scissors 
• paper blending stump no. #1
• Johnson's baby oil with Aloe Vera 

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) Craft Your Passion Challenges, Challenge 268 - Always Anything Goes

2) Glitter n Sparkle Challenge Blog, Challenge 143 - Sentimental 

3) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Anything Goes
This is my 4th entry to this challenge. 

4) The Daily Marker, 2nd 30 Day Coloring Challenge

This is my 4th entry to this challenge. 

5) The Pink Elephant, TPE305 - Anything Goes 

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

Crafty Milka 

Sailing Card

Hi everyone :-D  

Last week, two of my co-workers had a birthday and I made for both of them nautical themed cards. Yesterday I shared the first card I made and you can see it here. Today I want to share with you the second one. It's this CAS (clean and simple), Sailing Card. 

I used adorable Whiff Of Joy digital stamp 'Henry with Skiff'. 

I printed the image on a white paper (160 grams), colored it with colored pencils and blended colors using paper stumps and baby oil. 

I glued the panel on a white cardstock paper card base and embellished it with two banner stickers and wood arrow. 

Card dimensions are 101 mm x 133 mm (4" x 5 1/4").

List of supplies:

• Whiff Of Joy digital stamp 'Henry with Skiff'
• white cardstock paper
• white paper (160 grams) 
• banner stickers 
• wood arrow 
• colored pencils (skin color, pink, orange, light and dark blue, light and dark grey, 3 shades of brown)
• UHU universal glue 
• Sakura Quickie Glue Pen 
• printer
• scoring board
• trimmer
• scissors
• paper blending stump no. #1
• paper blending stump no. #2
• paper blending stump no. #3
• Johnson's baby oil with Aloe Vera 

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 (if any) is direct link to blog or challenge home page.

1) Bunny Zoe's Crafts, June Challenge - Furry Friends 
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge. 

2) CASology, Week 152: Nautical 

3) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Anything Goes
This is my 3rd entry to this challenge. 

4) The Daily Marker, 2nd 30 Day Coloring Challenge

This is my 3rd entry to this challenge. 

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


Crafty Milka 

Maritime Card

Hi everyone :-D  

I hope you are enjoying your weekend. :-D

Last week, two of my co-workers had a birthday. I made for both of them nautical themed cards, since we work at shipping company. They liked them! :-D

Today I want to share with you first one I made, it's this Maritime Card. I'll share the second card tomorrow.

I used adorable Whiff Of Joy digital stamp 'Henry with Seagull'. 

I printed the image on a white paper (160 grams), colored it with colored pencils and blended colors using paper stumps and baby oil. 

I cut a piece of blue Origami paper and glued it on a card base, as well as panel with colored image. I embellished card with two banner stickers, wood arrows, gauze and starfish. 

Card dimensions are 101 mm x 133 mm (4" x 5 1/4").

List of supplies:

• Whiff Of Joy digital stamp 'Henry with Seagull'
• white cardstock paper
• white paper (160 grams) 
• blue Origami paper 
• banner stickers 
• Rayher's polyresin decoration starfish 
• wood arrows 
• gauze 
• colored pencils (skin color, pink, orange, light and dark blue, light and dark grey, 3 shades of brown)
• UHU universal glue 
• Sakura Quickie Glue Pen 
• transparent low temperature glue stick 
• printer
• scoring board
• trimmer
• scissors
• Dremel 920 glue gun, low temperature 
• paper blending stump no. #1
• paper blending stump no. #2
• paper blending stump no. #3
• Johnson's baby oil with Aloe Vera 

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 (if any) is direct link to blog or challenge home page.

1) Always Playing With Paper, The Challenge #40 - Nautical

2) Bunny Zoe's Crafts, June Challenge - Furry Friends 

3) Craft Your Passion Challenges, Challenge #267 - Always Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge. 

4) Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge, Challenge #12 - Anything Goes 
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge. 

5) Little Miss Muffet Challenges, Challenge #114 - Anything Goes

6) Noor! Design U.K., Challenge #7 - Here Comes Summer 

7) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge. 

8) The Daily Marker, 2nd 30 Day Coloring Challenge

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge. 

9) Through The Craft Room Door, TTCRD Challenge from June 23rd to June 29th, Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge. 

10) Uniko Studio, Challenge #22 - Anything goes with the optional twist of a masculine card 

At the end of this post, happy news to share with you...

I was Top Tip Tuesday's Top Tipper with Summer Card and won a Guest Designer spot. I am very honored! :-D

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


Crafty Milka 

Hedgehog Card (Hanna and Friends #225)

Hi everyone :-D

Today I am posting my sixth and last project as a Guest Designer at Hanna and Friends.

These past three months were really a great fun. I am very happy I had an opportunity to work with very talented and nice ladies. And, oh WOW, we really had great themes! You can see all my Hanna and Friends GDT projects here. :-D

There is currently a new Guest Designer Call at Hanna and Friends . Everyone is invited to apply. Here is a direct link.

Now to the current challenge. Theme for this fortnight is #225 - Inchies. Use at least one inchie on your project.

A prize for one lucky winner are 5 digital stamps of winner's choice, sponsored by My Besties.

For this challenge, I made this Hedgehog Card.

I used scraps of white cardstock paper and cut 4 inchies (squares 1" x 1"). Then I stamped cute hedgehog from  Paper Smooches 'Forest Whimsy' stamp set in each inchie. I colored images in watercoloring technique using Tim Holtz´s Distressed Inks, paint brush and water. 

After drying, I distressed edges of inchies and glued them to a larger squares. I made these from scraps of textured cardstock paper. 

I glued 3-D foam pads on each square, to pop up inchies, and added clear resin on hedgehog's muzzle and eyelid (on each image) to create glossy accents.

I used Kraft paper bag for layers. 

Sentiment is from the same stamp set as image,  Paper Smooches 'Forest Whimsy'.

At the end I decided to add gloss resin dots on Kraft paper layer, to add more interest to the whole card. 

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

List of supplies:

• Paper Smooches 'Forest Whimsy'
• white cardstock paper 
• Kraft paper bag (100% recycled) 
• Florence cardstock paper, Canvas Texture (brown) 
• Tim Holtz´s Distressed Inks (Tea Dye, Vintage Photo, Brushed Corduroy)
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• UHU universal glue  
• gloss resin super-clear 
• 3-D foam self adhesive pads
• polymer stamp handle (38 mm x 35 mm)
• scoring board
• trimmer
• scissors 
• Marabu fine paint brush no. 1
• Tim Holtz's blending tool 
• crafting needle 
• water

I hope you'll like my card. :-D  Need more inspiration... Stop by the Hanna and Friends and check out lovely projects Design Team and other Guest Designers created for this challenge. Do 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 (if any) is direct link to blog or challenge home page. 

1) Fairytale Stampers, Challenge #57 - Anything Goes

2) Paper Smooches SPARKS, June Anything Goes (wk3) challenge

3) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Anything Goes

4) The Daily Marker, 2nd 30 Day Coloring Challenge

This is my 1st entry to this challenge. 

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


Crafty Milka

Blue Fairy Card (Crafty Creations Challenges #292)

Hi everyone :-D 

It´s time for a new challenge at Crafty Creations Challenges.

Our theme for this fortnight is #292 - Red, White and/or Blue.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Fresh Brewed Designs who provided some cool stamps for our DT and they are giving an awesome prize to our random winner.

For this challenge I made this CAS (clean and simple), Blue Fairy Card, using our sponsor´s image Fresh Brewed Designs 'Fairy Sweet'.

Card dimensions are 101 mm x 126 mm (4" x 5").

List of supplies:

• Fresh Brewed Designs 'Fairy Sweet'
• white cardstock paper 
• white paper (160 grams) 
• Prettygrafikdesign digital paper, stars (stripe)
• digital paper 'Blue Stars' (scrap) 
• colored pencils (skin color, light and dark blue, brown)
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen F (fine) 0.6 mm
• UHU universal glue
• gloss resin super-clear
• 3-D foam self adhesive pads 
• printer
• scoring board
• trimmer 
• scissors 
• crafting needle 
• tweezers
• paper blending stump no. #1
• Johnson's baby oil with Aloe Vera 

Stop by the Crafty Creations Challenges to see beautiful dotty creations from my Design Team Mates and 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 is a direct link to the current challenge and blog badge is a direct link to blog or challenge home page.

1) Craft Your Passion Challenges, Challenge #267 - Always Anything Goes

2) Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge, Challenge #12 - Anything Goes 

3) Through The Craft Room Door, TTCRD Challenge from June 23rd to June 29th, Anything Goes

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

Crafty Milka

Monster Party Card (KBD Aloha Friday Challenge #50)

Hi everyone :-D 

My second post today...

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

New challenge for this fortnight is #50 - Birthday.

Our sponsor for this challenge is A Random Fan, with an awesome prize for our random winner: 3 digital images of winner's choice.

For this challenge I made this Monster Party Card, using our sponsor's super cute image 'Party Animal'.

Image is paper pieced. I used two same images for this card.
I printed the image on a white paper (160 grams), colored it with colored pencils and blended colors with paper stumps and baby oil. After drying, I fussy cut the image and colored edges with black permanent marker.
I printed one more image on a white cardstock paper (white panel) and glued colored image over it.

I covered balloon with gloss resin to create glossy accents. I also added pearl maker on costume's teeth and claws.

I used scraps from various papers, glued them and white panel with image on the card base.

Card dimensions are 101 mm x 125 mm (4" x 5").

List of supplies: 

• A Random Fan 'Party Animal' digital stamp 
• white cardstock paper
• white paper (160 grams) 
• Graphic 45 paper collection 'French Country', 6 x 6, Patterns and Solids (scrap)
• Prettygrafikdesign digital paper, polka dots (scrap)
• digital paper 'Blue Stars'
• colored pencils (skin color, pink, light and dark yellow, orange, blue, browns) 
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen M (fmedium) 1.0 mm
• gloss resin super-clear
• UHU universal glue
• white water based glue 
• Pearl Maker (Pastel White) 
• printer
• scoring board
• trimmer
• scissors
• crafting needle 
• paper blending stump no. #1
• paper blending stump no. #2
• paper blending stump no. #3
• Johnson's baby oil with Aloe Vera 

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) Craft Your Passion Challenges, Challenge #266 - Always Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge. 

2) Hiding in My Craft Room, Challenge #203 - Super Scraps Saturday!

3) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Use Your Favorite Technique and/or Product 

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge. 

Favorite Technique: Coloring, Fussy Cutting, Paper Piecing 

Favorite Products: Colored Pencils, Graphic 45 papers, Gloss Resin 

4) That Craft Place Challenge, Anything Goes

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge. 

5) The Cat's Pajamas Challenge, TCPTUES292 - Color Challenge 

6) Through The Craft Room Door, TTCRD Challenge from June 16th to June 22nd, Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge. 

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

Crafty Milka