First Communion Boy Easel Card (Fairy Tale Challenge #123)

Happy Friday everyone :-D

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

The theme for this fortnight is #123, Jungs + Männer / Boys + Men.

This time our lucky winner will win a fab little prize again. It's a set of flower buttons to embellish your projects. 

For this challenge I made this First Communion Boy Easel Card, for my cousin's Marko First Communion.

I used lovely Mo's Manning digital stamp 'First Communion Boy s' digital image. I printed the image on a white paper (160 grams), colored it with colored pencils and  blended colors with baby oil.

Then I made an easel card base and decorated it with blue origami paper, blue gingham paper, gauze, acrylic paste, banner sticker, butterflies and roses.

White butterflies are made using butterfly stencil, structure paste and palette knife. I made the stencil from cardstock scraps and butterfly paper puncher.

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

List of supplies: 

• Mo's Manning digital stamp 'First Communion Boy s'
• Gingham Prints Blue from Little Llama Shoppe (these were free digi gift in July 2014)
• white cardstock paper
• white paper (160 grams) 
• blue origami paper 
• banner sticker 
• colored pencils (skin color, pink, light and dark brow, blue, light grey) 
• roses
• gauze 
• Pritt universal glue 
• double sided strong adhesive tape 
• transparent low temperature glue stick 
• Marabu Light Structure Paste (805)
• Marabu acrylic paste fine sand 
• Pearl Maker (Pastel White) 
• printer 
• scoring board 
• trimmer 
• scissors 
• ruler  
• crafting needle 
• palette knife no. 1 
• Dremel 920 glue gun, low temperature
• butterfly paper puncher 
• 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) Craft Your Passion Challenges, Challenge #272 - Always Anything Goes

2) Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge, Challenge #14 - Anything Goes 
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge. 

3) Mo´s DP2 Challenge Blog, Challenge #253 - Anything Goes with MO image

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

5) Through The Craft Room Door, TTCRD Challenge from July 28th to August 3rd, Anything Goes

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

Crafty Milka


Update (August 1st, 2015)

Blending methods using baby oil: 

• My first try
• Colored pencil Blending Methods by Dina Kowal 
• Blending colored pencil with baby oil by Mrs. Crosby 

Happy Birthday Card (Jane's Doodles DT Spotlight)

Hi everyone :-D 

Today it's my turn to be on the spotlight over at Jane's Doodles.

I made CAS (clean and simple) card, Happy Birthday.

I used two gorgeous Jane's Doodles stamp sets, Butterflies and Anemone.

First I stamped sentiment on a white cardstock panel, masked it with post-it paper and splattered whole panel with Black Soot Distressed Ink using fine paint brush.

I glued a stripe of black cardstock paper on a card base, added 3-D foams behind white splattered panel and glued it on the card base.

I stamped a butterfly on a white cardsock paper and colored it in watercoloring technique using Mustard Seed Distressed Ink, water and fine brush. After drying, I fussy cut the butterfly, added 3-D foams behind it and placed it on a card.

To add more color to my card, I glued yellow enamel stickers on the card.

Card dimensions are 105 mm x 139 mm (4 1/8" x 5 1/2").

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Butterflies' stamp set
• Jane's Doodles 'Anemone' stamp set 
• white cardstock paper
• black cardstock paper 
• post-it papers 
• Create a Smile, 'Sending Sunshine' Enamel Stickers 
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Distressed Inks (Mustard Seed, Black Soot) 
• UHU universal glue 
• 3-D foam self adhesive pads
• scoring board 
• trimmer
• scissors
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm) 
• polymer stamp handle (38 mm x 38 mm) 
• Marabu fine paint brush no. #1
• tweezers
• water

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) CASology, Week 157: Wings

2) Noor! Design U.K., Challenge #8 - Something Old, Something New

Old items: Distressed Inks

New items: Jane Doodle's stamp sets, Enamel Stickers 

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

4) The Cat's Pajamas, TCPTUES295: Anything Goes

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


Crafty Milka

Hoppy Birthday Tag (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 Tag. 

I used super cute image 'Cool Froggie' from 2013 Good Luck Froggies Release. This is the sixth and the last one from the release. I used all froggies from the release and you can see all my projects here. 

"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 tag... 

Few weeks ago I ran into a great tutorial by Julia Altermann, about how to watercolor using inexpensive Stabilo pens. Of course I had to try that! :-D 

I printed an image on a white watercoloring paper and colored it in watercoloring technique, using Stabilo pens, fine brush and water. I smeared froggie's eyes, so I printed one more image on a piece of watercoloring paper, fussy cut eyes, colored edges with black permanent pen and glued them over smeared eyes. 

I was thinking some time what to do with the image and decided to cut it on half and make a peeking frog. 

I printed one more image on a blue cardstock paper and cut out a tag shape. I fussy cut the colored image, colored edges with black permanent pen and glued it over the image printed on tag. 

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

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 added 3-D foams behind the banner and placed it on the tag. 

At the end I added some enamel dots, ribbon and twine to my tag.

List of supplies:

• Kitty Bee Designs 'Cool Froggie' from 2013 Good Luck Froggies Release 
• 'Stays In The Cave' free font from Kevin&Amanda 
• blue cardstock paper
• white watercoloring paper
• white cardstock paper 
• Stabilo pen 68 (Yellow 68/44, Orange 68/54, Green 68/43) 
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen M (medium) 1.0 mm
• black ribbon 
• twine 
• Create a Smile, Sending Sunshine Enamel stickers 
• white water based glue
• 3-D foam self adhesive pads  
• gloss resin super-clear 
• MS Word 
• printer
• scoring board
• trimmer 
• office paper puncher 
• scissors 
• tweezers
• Marabu fine paint brush no. #1
• water 

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 tag to following challenges:

Note: bold text is a direct link to the current challenge and blog badge is direct link to blog or challenge home page.

1) Craft my life: All Crafts Challenge June/July
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge. 

2) Papertake Weekly Challenge, Take Your Pick 
Colour theme: Blue and Green
Technique theme: Tag

3) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Anything Goes

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

Crafty Milka 

Jane's Doodles Release Blog Hop

Hi everyone :-D 

Today I'm taking part in Jane's Doodles Release Blog Hop. Two new sets have been released into the store. I made two CAS (clean and simple) cards using these two new stamp sets. Love all the images! So cute, don't you think. :-D

Dogs

Cats

First up is a Paw-sitively perfect Card using the Dog stamp set. 

I stamped a dog on a white cardstock paper and colored him in watercoloring technique using Distressed Inks, water and fine brush. After drying, I fussy cut him colored the edges with black permanent pen, added 3-D foams behind him and placed him on a card.
Card dimensions are 127 mm x 101 mm (5" x 4").

Next card is Cat's Dreams Card using the Cats stamp set and one stamp (small paw) from Dogs stamp set. 

First I made a blue starry panel on a white 160 grams paper. I stamped small stamps and colored them with black permanent pen. Then I colored whole panel with Stormy Sky Distressed Ink, using blending tool and splattered the panel with white tempera color mixed with water, using paintbrush. I stamped fish, mouse, twine and sleeping cat on the white cardstock paper, colored them in watercoloring technique using Distressed Inks, water and fine paint brush. After drying, I fussy cut all images and colored their edges with black permanent pen. I glued mouse, fish and twine images directly on the blue panel over previously stamped and black shaded images. I glued blue panel on a white card base and stamped sentiment on the card base. I stamped only a part of the sentiment. At the end, I added 3-D foams behind the cat and placed her on the card. 
Card dimensions are 139 mm x 107 mm (5 1/2" x 4 1/4").

I hope you'll like my cards. Below you can find a detailed supply list. :-D 

Now to the blog hop prize... 
Jane is generously giving a $50 Gift Certificate to the Jane's Doodles store to one lucky winner. All you have to do is leave a comment on all the blogs along the hop for your chance to win. 

Here is the Blog Hop order:

Jane

Marion

Ange 

Me

Carisa 

Laura (guest designer) 

Jane's Doodles 

Jane is also having a 20% off sale in the shop. 

Thank you all for visiting and your kind feedback. Happy hopping and good luck to all! :-D


Crafty Milka 

List of supplies 'Paw-sitively perfect Card:

• Jane's Doodles 'Dogs' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• Kraft paper
• Florence cardstock paper - Canvas Texture (brown)
• corrugated cardboard
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Distressed Inks (Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain)
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen M (medium) 1.0 mm
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen F (fine) 0.6 mm 
• sewing thread (light and dark brown) 
• buttons 
• UHU universal glue 
• transparent low temperature glue stick 
• 3-D foam self adhesive pads
• gloss resin super-clear
• scoring board 
• trimmer
• scissors
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm) 
• Marabu fine paint brush no. #1
• tweezers
• Dremel 920 glue gun, low temperature 
• water

List of supplies 'Cat's Dreams Card':

• Jane's Doodles 'Cats' stamp set 
• Jane's Doodles 'Dogs' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• white paper (160 grams) 
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Distressed Inks (Mustard Seed, Stormy Sky, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo, Black Soot) 
• Koh-i-noor Tempera Color (Titanium White) 
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen M (medium) 1.0 mm
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen F (fine) 0.6 mm
• UHU universal glue 
• white water based glue 
• 3-D foam self adhesive pads
• scoring board 
• trimmer
• scissors
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm) 
• polymer stamp handle (38 mm x 38 mm) 
• Tim Holtz's blending tool 
• Marabu fine paint brush no. #1
• tweezers
• water

Happy News

Hi everyone :-D 

Happy news to share with you... 

I am a new Design Team Member at Jane's Doodles! I am so happy! :-D

Have a lovely day. :-D 

Crafty Milka

Garden Gnome Card

Hi everyone :-D

Today I want to share a card I made this week. A colleague from work asked me if I can make a card for her mother's birthday. She loves and collects garden gnomes, so a card with a gnome was a perfect choice. Both, my colleague and her mother, loved it! :-D

Here it is, a Garden Gnome Card.

Making this card, I was inspired with stunning work by Alice Wertz of Alice's Little Wonderland. 

Alice is very talented and creative lady. I like her style a lot! I love her CAS designs, layouts, coloring, usage of scraps, design papers, Washi tapes and embellishments! Couple of weeks ago I contacted her and asked if I can CASE her cards. She accepted my request immediately, so there will be some CASE-ing of her work in the future. Thank you Alice!! :-D 

Stop by Alice's blog, Alice's Little Wonderland, and see her AMAZING work! Candies for eyes and heart! :-D 

Details about my card...

First I stamped cute gnome from Paper Smooches 'Forest Whimsy' stamp set on a white cardstock paper, colored him with colored pencils and blended colors using paper stumps and baby oil. After drying, I fussy cut him and colored edges with black pen. I added dimensional foam behind gnome and placed him on a white cardstock panel. 

I glued a stripe of designer paper on a white card base, added dimensional foams behind the white panel and glued it also on the card base. At the end I decorated card with Washi tapes and Enamel Stickers, all from Create a Smile.

Card dimensions are 107 mm x 139 mm (4 1/4" x 5 1/2").

List of supplies:

• Paper Smooches 'Forest Whimsy'
• white cardstock paper 
• Create a Smile, Sending Sunshine Paper Pack 
• Create a Smile, Coral Arrows Washi Tape 
• Create a Smile, Yellow Ovals Washi Tape 
• Create a Smile, Mint Drops Washi Tape 
• Create a Smile, Sending Sunshine Enamel stickers 

   

• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black) 
• colored pencils (skin color, ping, yellow, orange, red, dark blue, brown, light grey) 
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen M (medium) 1.0 mm
• UHU universal glue
• dimensional double sided adhesive foam  
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm) 
• scoring board
• trimmer 
• scissors
• tweezers 
• paper stump no. #1
• paper stump no. #2
• paper stump no. #3 
• paper stump no. #4
• 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) Create a Smile July projects 
This is my 2nd entry to this month. I used paper, Washi tapes and Enamel stickers. 

2) Paper Smooches SPARKS, July 19-25 Anything Goes (wk3) challenge

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

Crafty Milka

Blue Dragonfly CAS Card (Crafty Creations Challenges #294)

Hi everyone :-D 

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

Our theme for this fortnight is #294 - Four.

Our sponsor for this challenge is SLS Lines, whit a great prize for one random winner.

I used 4 different colors of cardstock paper (white and 3 shades of blue), 4 shades of blue colored pencils, 4 enamel dots, 4 enamel arrows and our sponsor's lovely image 'Dragonfly', and made this Blue Dragonfly CAS (Clean and Simple) Card.

I was inspired with a photo of blue dragonfly, I took 2 years ago when I was visiting Trsteno Arboretum near Dubrovnik.

Image is paper pieced and I used 6 images for this card.

I printed 2 images on a white cardstock paper, 2 on light blue cardstock paper, 1 on medium blue and 1 on dark blue cardstock paper. I colored and shaded pieces I needed with 4 shades of blue colored pencils, fussy cut all pieces, colored edges and 'hidden' parts with black permanent pens and glued all pieces together.

Here is a photo of all pieces I used.

I glued Washi tape on a card base. Love this! :-D

I wanted to add just a little bit of dimension to my card, so I added 3-D foams behind the white panel with image and glued it on the card base.

At the end, I embellished my card with 4 enamel dots and 4 enamel arrows.

Card dimensions are 107 mm x 138 mm (4 1/4" x 5 1/2").

List of supplies: 

• SLS Lines 'Dragonfly' digital stamp
• white cardstock paper
• 3 shades of blue cardstock paper 
• Create a Smile, Dark Aqua Chevrons Washi tape
• Create a Smile, Sending Sunshine Enamel stickers
• 2 shades of blue colored pencils
• Koh-i-noor woodless colored pencils (Cobalt Blue 6, Sapphire Blue 7)
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen M (medium) 1.0 mm
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen F (fine) 0.6 mm
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen S (superfine) 0.4 mm
• white water based glue 
• 3-D foam self-adhesive pads(5 mm x 5 mm x 1 mm)
• printer
• scoring board
• trimmer
• scissors
• tweezers 

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 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 CAS, Challenge #68: Chevron 

2) Addicted to Stamps and More, Challenge #154: CAS

3) Artistic Inspirations, Challenge 136: Anything Goes

4) CASology, Week 156: Line

5) Craft Your Passion Challenges, Challenge #271: Always Anything Goes

6) Crafty Sentiments Designs, Anything Goes Challenge

7) Digi Designs Challenge Blog, Hand Colored Image Challenge 

8) Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge, Challenge #14: Anything Goes 

9) Little Miss Muffet Challenges, Challenge #116: Anything Goes

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

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Have a beautiful day, enjoy and smile! :-D

Crafty Milka