Happiness, Mixed Media Decoration Card (Jane's Doodles DT Spotlight)

Hi everyone :o)

On Thursday, March 24th, was my turn to be on the spotlight over at Jane's Doodles and I made this Mixed Media Decoration Card, Happiness. :o)

I cut a rectangle cardstock base. This is a recycled item. I cut it out from s watercolor paper pad package. I rarely throw away cardstock and try to reuse it for new projects or as a crafting mat. :o)

I colored the base with white acrylic paint.

I used Note Sheet patterned paper as a background, colored it with different mediums and when I was satisfied with the color, I glued it on the cardstock base and rounded corners.

I stamped two butterflies from Jane's Doodles 'Butterflies' Stamp Set on the card, colored them with different mediums and added white highlights with white pen.

Using stencils and structure paste I made white circles. After drying, I used same stencils and white pen and drew bubbles. Love bubbles!!! :o)

I stamped a sentiment from Jane's Doodles 'Doodle Flowers' Stamp Set on a scrap of white cardstock paper, drew messy black border and colored edges with black fine permanent pen, colored it and splattered with distress ink and glued it on the card.

I used découpage glue and varnish due crafting process to fix colors.

Dimensions: 75 mm x 101 mm (3" x 4")

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Butterflies' stamp set (images)
• Jane's Doodles 'Doodle Flowers' stamp set (sentiment)
• stencil from Create a Smile 'Snow Dance' kit (small circles and bubbles)
• 'Retro Circles' ARTploarations Stencil (large and medium circles and bubbles)
• Note Sheet pattern paper
• scrap of white cardstock paper
• cardstock (recycled item: I used a back side of watercolor paper pad)
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Marabu Acrylic Paint (070 White)
• Tim Holtz's Distress Ink (Mermaid Lagoon)
• Stabilo Pens 68 (Light Blue 41, Dark Blue 32, Black 46)
• Koh-i-noor Hardtmuth Mondeluz aquarell colored pencil (Light Blue 18, Dark Blue 19)
• Tsukineko Dew Drop Brilliance Fast-drying Pigment Ink (BD-80 Moonlight White)
• Tsukineko Dew Drop VersaMagic Multi-surface Chalk Ink (GD-92 Cloud White)
• Unibal Signo White
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen F (fine) 0.6 mm
• Marabu Light Structure Paste (805)
• Art Potch découpage glue and varnish
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• polymer stamp handle (38 mm x 38 mm)
• MS scoring board
• trimmer
• scissors
• rounded corner paper puncher
• Ranger Heat It Craft Tool
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no, #2
• Marabu flat fine paint brush no. #6
• Marabu flat fine paint brush no. #10
• palette knife no. #1
• sprayer bottle
• water
• paper towels
• post-it paper (for masking)

I am entering my mixed media 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) Addicted to stamps and More, Challenge #186 - Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

2) Live & Love Crafts' Inspiration and Challenge Blog, Challenge #45 - Signs of Spring

Thank you for visiting and your kind feedback. If you have any questions about my project, feel free to contact me or just leave comment below. :o)

BE HAPPY! :o)


Crafty Milka


Update April 14th, 2016
I am linking my project to ARTplorations Flash Stencil Project Linky Party.
I used two stencils: 'Retro Circles' ARTploarations Stencil (large and medium circles and bubbles) and stencil from Create a Smile 'Snow Dance' kit (small circles and bubbles).