Bamboo Panda Card (Kitty Bee Designs Spotlight)

Hi everyone :-D 

My second post today and my 200th blog post! :-D

Today it´s my turn to be on the spotlight over at Kitty Bee Designs and I made this Bamboo Panda Card.

I used cute image 'Good Luck Bamboo Panda' from 2013 January Panda Releases . 

Details about my card...

I printed the image on a white cardstock paper. I stretched the image: I draw circles around panda's eyes and lines on a vase. Then I colored the image with colored pencils, fussy cut the image leaving white border around it and added gloss resin to panda's muzzle, on the vase and bamboo, to add dimension to the image and to create glossy accents.

Then I made a panel. I stamped sentiment 'hello' from Jane's Doodles 'Anemone' stamp set on watercoloring paper and colored the panel in Ink smooshing technique for coloring the background. I love this technique!!! :-D I used Stabilo markers, plastic pocket bag, water and bottle sprayer. I added some color on plastic pocket bag, sprayed it with water and smooshed color on the panel. I was adding color by color, couple of layers, drying them between. I don't have heat gun, so I use hairdryer for drying wet papers.

When I was satisfied with colors and pattern, I glued the panel on a white cardstock card base, glued 3-D foams behind the panda image and placed it on the card.

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

List of supplies:

• Kitty Bee Designs 'Good Luck Bamboo Panda' from 2013 January Panda Releases
• Jane's Doodles 'Anemone' stamp set 
• white cardstock paper
• white watercoloring paper 
• Koh-i-noor woodless colored pencils (Chrome Yellow 1, Meadow Green 4, Dark Green 5)
• Stabilo Pens 68, Greens: 33, 43,36
• Stabilo Point Black 88/46, fine 0.4
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen S (superfine) 0.4 mm
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black) 
• UHU universal glue 
• 3-D foam self adhesive pads  
• gloss resin super-clear 
• printer
• scoring board
• trimmer 
• scissors
• craft knife
• polymer stamp handle (38 mm x 38 mm) 
• sprayer bottle
• plastic pocket bag
• tweezers
• hairdryer 
• crafting needle
• paper towels 
• 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 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) Crafting By Designs, Monthly Challenge: Anything Goes in October

2) Craft Your Passion Challenges, Challenge #281 - Always Anything Goes
This is my 3rd entry to this challenge. 

3) Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge, Challenge #18 - Anything Goes 
This is my 3rd entry to this challenge. 

4) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges, Anything Goes

5) Through The Craft Room Door, TTCRD Challenge from September 29th to October 5th, Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

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

Crafty Milka 

Flutter My Heart Card (Crafty Creations Challenges #299)

Hi everyone :-D 

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

Our theme for this fortnight is #299 - Falling For You. Love cards, autumn/fall theme, autumn/fall colors, falling leaves... Imagination is yours! :-D

Our sponsor for this challenge is Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet, with a prize for our random winner: 3 digital images of winner's choice maximum valued 10$.

For this challenge I made a love card in autumnal oranges, using our sponsor's lovely digital image 'Flutter My Heart'. It's this Flutter My Heart Card

I played a bit with digital image on computer and created "sentiment circle" around butterfly. When I was satisfied with the image, I printed it on a white watercoloring paper and filled white spaces with black permanent marker. I left it dry for an hour to prevent any ink smearing while coloring.

I used ink smooshing technique for coloring. I love this technique and results. :-D

This time I didn't smoohed colors on the panel using transparent bag, like I did in my two previous attempts (you can see them here and here). I smeared colors on my glass working surface, sprayed them with water and smooshed the panel directly in colors. I repeated smooshing colors, drying layers in between, until I was satisfied with results. :-D

At the end I sprayed and splattered whole panel with water. For spraying I used sprayer bottle and for splattering fine paint brush. I love how Distress Inks react with water. :-D

I wanted to keep my card simple as possible, so I just glued panel on a white cardstock card base.

Card dimensions are 121 mm x 121 mm (4 3/4" x 4 3/4").

List of supplies: 

• Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet 'Flutter My Heart' digital stamp by Floppy Latte Designs
• white cardstock paper 
• white watercoloring paper
• Tim Holtz's Distress Inks
• Mustard Seed
• Spiced Marmalade
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen S (superfine) 0.4 mm
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen F (fine) 0.6 mm
• strong double sided adhesive tape
• printer
• scoring board 
• trimmer
• scissors
• tweezers
• sprayer bottle
• Marabu fine paint brush no. #10
• hairdryer 
• paper towels 
• water

Stop by the Crafty Creations Challenges to see gorgeous creations from my Design Team Mates and join us in this challenge. We are looking forward to see your projects. :-D

I am linking 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 #281 - Always Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge. 

2) Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge, Challenge #18 - Anything Goes 
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge. 

3) Papertake Weekly Challenge, Take your pick challenge

Color theme: Autumn in yellow, orange

Product theme: Distress Inks

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

4) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges, No Designer Paper
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

5) Through The Craft Room Door, TTCRD Challenge from September 29th to October 5th, Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Stop by later today I have another card to share with you. Enjoy and smile! :-D

Crafty Milka

Always Coffee... Card

Hi everyone :-D 

Today I am joining in the super fun event Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop, hosted by very talented and friendly Lady, Amy Tsuruta of Tsuruta Designs.

Once again, Amy organized super fun blog hop with a lot of super sponsors. For more information hop over to Fall Coffee Lovers Blog hop.


I thought I won't join in this season because I'm in the middle of moving. So many things done and still a lot of to do, but I had to sit down and relax. Result is this Always Coffee... Card. :-D

I used 'But First Coffee' Digital Cut File from 17 Turtles by Juliana Michaels. Juliana is generously sharing this one for free on blog (links provided). Thank you Juliana! :-D

I printed .png files she shared on two different Kraft papers, cut them out and glued pieces together. I stamped acorns and leaves on cup, glued a piece of thread on it and Coffee bean. I added 3-D foam behind cup to pop it up on card.

Stamps I used are from Jane's Doodles 'Autumn Blessings' stamp set. Looove this one! I was so happy when I received it from Jane. :-D

For stamping I used Dye Ink and Distress Inks (see full list below).

'Always' was a perfect sentiment for this card. I got this wooden chip as a blog hop prize from Simon Says Stamp. :-D

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

List of supplies: 

• 17 Turtles by Juliana Michaels 'But First Coffee' Digital Cut File
• Jane's Doodles 'Autumn Blessings' stamp set
• Crafter's Companion Neenah Desert Storm Kraft Coloring Card
• Kraft paper (packing paper)
• Corrugated Cardboard
• wooden chip 'Always'
• brown thread
• Coffee bean
• Tim Holtz's Distress Inks
• Vintage Photo 
• Brushed Corduroy
• Tea Dye
• Docrafts Dye Ink Pad (brown)
• UHU universal glue
• double sided strong adhesive tape
• double sided strong adhesive 3-D foam tape 
• printer
• scoring board
• trimmer
• scissors
• polymer stamp handle (38 mm x 38 mm) 
• Marabu fine paint brush no. #1
• water

I am linking my card to the Fall Coffee Lovers Bloghop.

I am also linking 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) Papertake Weekly Challenge, Take your pick challenge

Color theme: Autumn in browns

Product theme: Distress Inks

2) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges, No Designer Paper

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

Crafty Milka

Trick or Treat 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), Trick or Treat Card.

I used adorable Jane's Doodles 'Winnie Halloween' stamp set.

I stamped images on a white cardstock paper scrap. I did this in masking technique.

I colored stamped image in watercoloring technique, using Distress Inks, water and fine brush.

After drying, I fussy cut the image and colored edges with black marker. I covered spider and pumpkins's tops with gloss resin to pop up that parts and to create glossy accents.

Then I stamped spider with Vintage Photo Distress Ink on a brown textured paper stripe. I glued the stamped stripe on a card base, added 3-D foams behind white panel and glued it on the card base, cut out two banners, stamped sentiment on one banner and glued both on the white panel. Then I added 3-D foams behind pumpkins image, placed the image on the card and glued three Skittles on the card.

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

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Winnie Halloween' stamp set 
• white cardstock paper
• Florence cardstock paper - Canvas Texture (brown)
• scrap of Sizix Spring digital papers, orange stripey (free for newsletter subscribers)
• Iridescent flat backed Pearls / Skittles 
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim Holtz's Distress Inks 
• Spiced Marmalade
• Vintage Photo
• Brushed Corduroy
• Walnut Stain
• Black Soot) 
• Stabilo Pen 68/46 Black 
• UHU universal glue 
• 3-D foam self adhesive pads (5 mm x 5 mm x 1 mm) 
• gloss resin super clear
• scoring board 
• trimmer
• scissors
• tweezers 
• polymer stamp handle (38 mm x 38 mm) 
• Marabu fine paint brush no. #1
• Marabu fine paint brush no. #2
• crafting needle 
• hair dryer
• water
• post-it paper (for masking) 
• Washi tape (for masking)

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 #281 - Always Anything Goes

2) Hiding in My Craft Room, HIMCR #218 - Any Holiday

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


Crafty Milka

Reindeer Card (Fairy Tale Challenge #127)

Hi everyone :o)

Yesterday a new challenge started over at Fairy Tale Challenge Blog. I'm late posting this one, because we had a storm here two days ago and I don't have Internet access at home. Well that's good, I stamp and color much more. :o)

So, onto our challenge. The theme for this fortnight is #127, Ticket. 
As always, you can create whatever you want. You can show a ticket on your creation or create a packaging for a ticket you want to give somebody as a gift. Imagination is yours! We can't wait to see what you'll create. :o)

Of course we have a prize for one lucky winner. It's this lovely stamp. :o)

For this challenge I made this Reindeer Card. I'm so satisfied how this one turned out. :o)

Details about my card...

I used Drawn With Character 'Gingerbread Reindeer' free digital stamp. I printed the image on a white watercoloring paper and colored it in watercoloring technique using Distress Inks, water and fine brush and shaded it with grey Stabilo Marker.

After drying, I covered white piece on reindeer's nose and birds beaks with gloss resin to create glossy accents. I also covered snow clusters on reindeer's antlers with acrylic paste. It looks like real snow. :o)

I left paste drying over night.

I printed tickets on a Kraft paper. These tickets are 'Warm Winter Wishes' Christmas Digi Ticket Stamp by Kimberly M. Landmesse, The Beary Scrap, and are free.

Then I glued design paper panel and image panel on a card base. I used Crafter's Companion Neenah Desert Storm Kraft Coloring Card for card base, as well as for tickets.

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

List of supplies: 

• Drawn With Character 'Gingerbread Reindeer' digital stamp (Friday Freebie)
• 'Warm Winter Wishes' Christmas Digi Ticket Stamp by Kimberly M. Landmesser, The Beary Scrap (Freebie)
• Crafter's Companion Bebunni Christmas 6" x 6" Designer Paper Pad
• Craftter's Companion Neenah Desert Storm Kraft Coloring Card
• white watercooring paper
• Tim Holtz's Distress Inks
• Spiced Marmalade 
• Barn Door
• Broken China
• Faded Jeans
• Brushed Corduroy
• Walnut Stain
• Vintage Photo
• Stabilo Pen Black 68/46
• Stabilo Pen Grey 68/94 (for shading) 
• Marabu acrylic paste fine sand
• UHU universal glue
• gloss resin super clear
• scoring board
• trimmer
• scissors
• printer
• crafting needle 
• Marabu fine paint brush no. #1
• water 
• paper towels

I hope you'll like my today's card. Hop over to the Fairy Tale Challenge Blog and see gorgeous projects my Design Team Mates made for this challenge. Do join us, we can´t wait to see your projects. :o)

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) Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge Blog, Challenge #163 - Addicted to Holidays

2) CRAFT-alnica, Izziv #143 - Živali (Animals)

3) Craft Your Passion Challenges, Challenge #280 - Always Anything Goes

4) Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge, Challenge #18 - Anything Goes 

5) Through The Craft Room Door, TTCRD Challenge from September 22nd to September 28th, Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

6) Whimsy Stamps Inspiration Challenges, Challenge #86 - Anything Goes (or Halloween)
This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

At the end of this post.... I'm having a little giveaway here on my blog, to celebrate my 1st Blogoversary. There are only two simple rules you have to follow to be eligible for the prize. Here is a link to the giveaway. 

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

Crafty Milka

To Autumn With Gratitude Curvy Box

Happy Autumn! :o)

This is my second post today. If you missed first one just scroll down or follow this link. 


Autumn officially started now (10:20 AM) here in Cavtat. Hot summer days are behind us and our mother Nature is going to treat us with all kind of goodies and gorgeous colors.

As a welcome to Autumn, I made a To Autumn With Gratitude Curvy Box, using my newest Jane's Doodles 'Autumn Blessings' stamp set I received from Jane this week. Thank you Jane! :o)

Idea for the shape of this box came when I saw Dutch Doobadoo Dutch Box Art A4 Pumpkin. This product is not available in Croatia and I already spent "allowed" amount of money on craft tools and supplies this month, so I made my own template for this type of box.

I drawn template on a piece of grid paper in several dimensions and cut them out. Drawing these templates was a good practice of technical drawing, which I haven't done since I was a teacher of Technical culture in elementary school. :o)

After I made templates, I traced the largest on a piece of brown cardstock paper and smaller on Kraft paper (this is recycled item; Jane wrapped stamps in it) and cut them out.

Then I randomly stamped leaves and acorns from Jane's Doodles 'Autumn Blessings' stamp set on the Kraft paper. I used Docraft Brown Dye Ink Pad and Tim Holtz's Distress Inks (Vintage Photo, Tea Dye, Brushed Corduroy and Walnut Stain).

I glued stamped Kraft paper shape on brown cardstock shape, cut slots and punched holes and closed the box.

I made small tag from same papers I used for the box, stamped sentiment from Jane's Doodles 'Autumn Blessings' stamp set with Tim Holtz's Distress Ink Vintage Photo and punched hole on it. I tied two brown ribbons and tag together with brown string, and tied all together through punched hole on the box.

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Autumn Blessings' stamp set
• Kraft paper
• dark brown cardstock paper 
• Tim Holtz Distress Inks:
• Vintage Photo
• Tea Dye
• Brushed Corduroy
• Walnut Stain
• Docrafts Dye Ink Pad (brown)
• Docrafts 'Home for Christmas' Brown String 
• two brown ribbons 
• UHU universal glue
• scissors 
• polymer stamp handle (38 mm x 38 mm)
• crafting needle
• hole puncher (large and medium size)
• hammer 
• plank board
• pencil 
• eraser
• self made curvy box template
• idea: Dutch Doobadoo Dutch Box Art A4 Pumpkin 
• grid paper 
• pencil
• scissors

I am entering my project 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) Cards und More, Challenge #141 - Kein Designpapier / No Design Paper

2) City Crafter Challenge Blog, Challenge #280 - Fall has arrived

3) Craft Stamper, Take it Make it Challenge, September: Take a Stamp (Anything Goes)
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

4) Creative Card Crew, Challenge #96 - Fall

5) Deep Ocean Challenge Blog, Challenge #113 - Autumn

6) Fairytale Stampers, Challenge #58 - Alles Geht / Anything Goes

7) Hiding in My Craft Room, HIMCR #217 - Freestyle

8) Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, Use A Stamp Challenge
I used Jane's Doodles clear stamp set 'Autumn Blessings'.

9) Through The Craft Room Door, TTCRD Challenge from September 22nd to September 28th, Anything Goes

10) Whimsy Stamps Inspiration Challenges, Challenge #86 - Anything Goes (or Halloween)
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

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


Crafty Milka