Tiger Card (KBD Aloha Friday Challenge #96 Mid Inspiration)

Happy Friday! :o)

Today I'm sharing a mid-inspiration project for an ongoing Aloha Friday Challenge at Kitty Bee Designs.

The challenge for this fortnight is #96 - Congratulations.

We have two sponsors for this challenge: KaDoodle Bug Designs and Scrap N' Dipity, so there will be double prizes! :o)

 

And here's my take on the challenge: masculine, CAS (clean and simple), Tiger Card.

I used an ADORABLE Kitty Bee Designs 'Ty the Tiger' digital image.

I printed the tiger on a thick watercolor paper and left him dry through the night to prevent ink smearing while coloring.

I colored the tiger in watercolor technique using Distress Inks. After drying, I fussy cut the tiger and colored edges with black marker.

Then I heat embossed in white a sentiment 'congratulations' on a black cardstock paper. The sentiment is from Paper Smooches 'Sentiment Sampler' stamp set.

I decided to go with same design and layout as on a card I shared here on my blog yesterday, here. Super simple, CAS as much as it can be, masculine with minimum colors and elements. :o)

I glued 2 mm thick foam squares on the sentiment stripe and glued it on a top folded white card base, glued 3 mm thick foam squares on the tiger and placed him on the card. As a finishing touch, I glued two wooden stars on the card.

Card dimensions: 89 mm x 121 mm (3.5" x 4.75")

List of supplies:

• Kitty Bee Designs 'Ty the Tiger' digital image
• Paper Smooches 'Sentiment Sampler' stamp set
• white cardstock paper (card base)
• Koh-i-noor pop Aquarel Watercolor Paper, 250 gms (image)
• black cardstock paper (sentiment)
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Tea Dye
• Vintage Photo
• Ground Espresso
• Stabilo Fine Tip Pen (marker), Black 68/46
• UHU universal glue
• foam squares, 2 mm thick
• foam squares, 3 mm thick
• Create a Smile Chipboard 'Nested Stars' (tiniest stars)
• printer
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no. #0
• Ranger Heat It Craft Tool
• scissors
• paper towels 
• water
• powder bag
• dry cloth

I hope you'll like my project for the challenge and get inspired. For more inspiration, 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. :o)

I'm linking 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 a direct link to blog or challenge home page.

1) Crafting By Designs, June Anything Goes Challenge
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Simon Says Wednesday Challenge, Make It Masculine
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

3) Uniko Challenge, #41 Masculine
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

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

Milka