Rainbow Easter Baskets (Fairy Tale Challenge #190)

Hello everyone! :o)

My second post today. If you missed the first one, just scroll down or follow a direct link here. I've announced TOP 4 and a winner of I Love Math Challenge #8. :o)

On Tuesday March 27th, a new challenge started over at Fairy Tale Challenge Blog. I'm a bit late with sharing, but there is still a lot of time for you to join. :o)

Our theme for this fortnight is #190, Osterkörbchen / Easter basket.

And here is my take on the challenge: Rainbow Easter Baskets. :o)

I made this type of basket last year (find it here). This year I went with Rainbow palette and made  five of them. I'll be giving these to my friends tomorrow. :o)

Today I won't be sharing how I made my baskets, as I already shared that on my blog in the past. You can find detailed description here and here (same as today's).

List of supplies:

• Lili of the Valley 'Butterfly Kisses' 8x8 Paper Pad (green gingham)
• Lawn Fawn 'Really Rainbow' petite paper pack (yellow, light blue)
• blue cardstock paper
• red polka dots paper (have no idea where from)
• white cardstock paper
• Sizzix butterfly thinlits die 
• Tim Holtz Idea-ology Long Fasteners
• UHU universal glue
• double sided strong adhesive tape
• 3-D foam square, 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• Sizzix Big Shot
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• scissors
• Martha Stewart scalloped paper puncher
• needle
• paper clips

I hope you'll like my Easter Baskets and get inspired. For more inspiration, challenge and prize details stop by the Fairy Tale Challenge Blog. Do join us, we can't wait to see your projects. :o)

I'm linking my project 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) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Anything Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Task for Two Tuesday, #98: Osterkörbchen / Easter Baskets

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

Milka

TOP4 and Winner (I Love Math Challenge #8)

Hi everyone! :o)

Thank you all for joining I Love Math Challenge #8!

We had 15 FABULOUS entries!! Kaja, Neha and I enjoyed very much visiting your blogs and seeing your Math creations featuring number(s). WoW!!! :o) Girls, you've inspired us a lot and gave us a super hard task to pick TOP 4 favorites.

You can see all entries on main challenge post here and also on Pinterest.
Note to challenge participants: 
Entries linked from Flickr and Instagram couldn't be pinned. 
If you don't want your card pinned on Pinterest, please leave me a comment below or send me an e-mail. Thank you.
Update April 25th, 2018: all I Love Math Challenge boards on Pinterest are permanently deleted.

Here are our TOP 4 favorites 

in order of entering the challenge:

(Note: Neha is skipping leaving thoughts on TOP 4 creations today due to an important personal reason.)

1. moi #1

Kaja: 'Martina's card is so cute! I love that she used a circle card instead of a rectangle, this makes this card even more special.'

Me: WoW!! Fabulous shaker idea: a funnel!!! AWESOME!! Martina featured numbers on her card in a super creative way. LOVE it!!!

2. Rosali @ilovestamping #2

(card preview not possible as it can't be shared from Flickr; we couldn't leave you comments, as we don't have Flickr accounts)

Kaja: 'I smiled when I first saw this card. Love how Rosali incorporated the number into the card and the inlaid sentiment finishes the card perfectly.'
Me: Super cuteness overload!! Love the design, an adorable image and how Rosali incorporated the number into the card.

3. Pooja #11

Kaja: 'Pooja's card is an example of creative thinging. Not only she included one type of number, she decided to add five types! Love it!'
Me: What an awesome take on the challenge!! Math class: like I'm looking at myself. LOL :o) Love this card a lot! Is it for me? :o)

4. Anila #13

Kaja: 'What is more appropriate for a number challenge than a card base in a shape of a number? I love the creativity and the card is super cute.'
Me: Number shaped card base: how cool is that?!! Super cute scene and CAS design... Love this card so much!!

Congratulations Ladies!! Here is a TOP 4 badge for you. Feel free to download it and proudly display it on your blogs.

The winner of one Jane's Doodles stamp set from the TOP 4 Favorites, 

chosen by Random.org is

1. moi #1

Congratulations!!! :o)

Please contact me in a week to claim your prize (email: milkagubo81 (at) gmail (dot) com). If not, another TOP 4 Favorite will be randomly picked.

Thank you all for wonderful support and participation. I hope you'll be also joining our next challenge which will start on April 7th 2018.


Big hugs to all!! Stop by later today. I'll be posting again. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka

Easter Egg Bunny Card (Kitty Bee Designs Spotlight)

Hi everyone! :o)

Today is my turn to be on the spotlight over at Kitty Bee Designs and I made this Easter Egg Bunny Card. :o)

To make this card I was inspired with a card I made last year (find it here). I went with same image, same background and same techniques, but there are several differences: card shape, color scheme, this card has no sentiment and embellishments.

I used an ADORABLE Kitty Bee Designs 'Easter Egg Bunny' digital image. This is the 5th card I made using this bunny. Find previous four here, here and here and here. :o)

How I made my card...

I have a pile of unfinished projects and printed digital images. Today's bunny was in the pile, printed on a watercolor paper and partly colored in watercolor technique. I finished coloring the bunny in watercolor technique using Distress Inks. After drying, I fussy cut the bunny, traced edges with black marker and softened the bunny with a stylus ball on a soft working mat.

The watercolor paper I use is too thin, so I printed one more bunny on a white cardstock paper, colored the bunny with black marker, fussy cut it leaving white border around the bunny and glued colored bunny over the black one (paper piecing). Thicker. :o)

For a background I used Ester eggs stamps from a Jane's Doodles 'Suzi's Easter' stamp set and dots stamp from a Create a Smile 'Eggstraordinary Egghunt' stamp set. I randomly stamped eggs and dots on the white watercolor paper panel with Distress Ink Iced Spruce.

With all pieces ready, I assembled the card. I glued the panel on a foam square and glued it on a square white top folded card base. I glued another white cardstock paper panel inside the card. I glued 3-D foam squares on the bunny and glued it on the card. And then a nightmare of every crafter happened. I pressed the bunny on the card and some liquid glue between two bunny images leaked out and smeared bunny's ears. I didn't want to start all over again, instead I tried to repair the damage.

I left the glue dry and then I removed the glue with an eraser. I pressed gently on the surface and moved eraser in circle motion over the leaked glue. Eraser has to be extra clean! I fixed the smear  with Clear Wink of Stella and coated whole image with it.

Shinny and successful repair. :o)

Card dimensions: 95 mm x 95 mm (3 3/4" x 3 3/4")

List of supplies:

• Kitty Bee Designs 'Easter Egg Bunny' digital image
• Jane's Doodles 'Suzi's Easter' stamp set (background eggs)
• Create a Smile 'Eggstraordinary Egghunt' stamp set (background dots)
• white cardstock paper
• white watercolor paper
• Ranger Archival Ink, Jet Black
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Twisted Citron
• Salty Ocean
• Hickory Smoke
• Iced Spruce
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pen (Marker) 68/46, Black
• ZIG Wink of Stella Brush (Gl. Clear 999)
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D foam squares 2 mm thick
• foam sheet square, 3 mm thick
• printer
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• 2 acrylic blocks (80 mm x 80 mm)
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no. #0
• Ranger Heat It Craft Tool
• scissors
• paper towels 
• water
• stylus ball
• soft working mat
• eraser

I hope you'll like my KBD spotlight project for this month and get inspired. For more inspiration and cute images jump over to the Kitty Bee Designs Etsy Store, Kitty Bee Designs Blog and Kitty Bee Designs FB. :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) Creative With Stamps, CWS Challenge, #24: Bunny

2) Fusion Card Challenge, Easter Bunny
Inspiration photo challenge.
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

3) Paru's Card Making Challenges, March 2018 Challenge

This is my 15th entry to this challenge.

4) Sweet Stampers Challenge Blog, Challenge #18 - Spring or Easter
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

5) Uniko, Challenge #46: Colours, optional twist: Easter
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.
I used only 2 colors from your pretty color palette.

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

Milka

Sparkly Rainbow Unicorn Card (Jane's Doodles DT Spotlight + RCC #13)

Hello everyone! :o)

This is my second post today. If you missed the first one, just scroll down or follow a direct link here.

Today is my turn to be on the spotlight over at Jane's Doodles and I made this Sparkly Rainbow Unicorn Card.

For my card I used stamps from an ADORABLE Jane's Doodles 'Unicorn' stamp set.

How I made my card...

I stamped an Unicorn on a watercolor paper and colored him in watercolor technique using Distress Inks. After drying, I fussy cut the Unicorn, traced edges with black marker and softened him with a stylus ball on a soft working mat.

I stamped another Unicorn on a white cardstock paper, fussy cut him out, leaving white border around him, and glued colored Unicorn over him.

I drew sparkles on the Unicorn with a white pigment ink pen. To do so, I was inspired with AMAZING coloring by Marika Gewalli of Craftybit Creations (find it here). Thank you for the inspiration, Marika!!  ♥

Next up was a background. I placed a starry stencil on a white cardstock paper panel and spread a white structure paste through the stencil directly on the panel. I left the structure paste dry on air. As the stencil is smaller than the panel, I repeated the process until I achieved enough starry background. :o)

After the panel dried completely, I glued it on a white top folded card base and glued another white panel inside the card. I heat embossed a sentiment in white on a black cardstock paper, cut a stripe, glued foam tape on the back of it and placed the sentiment on the card.

I love dimension on my cards, so I glued some foam on the Unicorn too, placed him on the card and my card was finished. :o)

Card dimensions: 95 mm x 127 mm (3 3/4" x 5")

List of supplies :

• Jane's Doodles 'Unicorn' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• black cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Hickory Smoke
• Barn Door
• Spiced Marmalade
• Mustard Seed
• Twisted Citron
• Salty Ocean
• Blueprint Sketch
• Wilted Violet
• Stabilo Fibre Tip Pen (Marker), Black 68/46
• Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink
• Marabu Light Structure Paste (805)
• 3-D foam tape, 1 mm thick
• 3-D foam scraps, 2 mm thick
• double sided strong adhesive tape
• UHU liquid glue
• 'Oh My Stars! Mini' ARTplorations stencil
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• scissors
• bone folder
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• palette knife (spatula) no. #1
• water
• powder bag
• dry cloth

This Rainbow Color Card (RCC) is the thirteenth card I made for a Celebrating 30 Days of Pisces 2018 personal challenge. If you want to find out more about it, just follow the link provided. :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) Card Mania Challenges, CMC #102 - Embossing
Heat embossed the sentiment.

2) Inkspirational Challenges, Challenge #157 Designer's Choice - Mythical
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

3) Paru's Card Making Challenges, March 2018 Challenge

This is my 14th entry to this challenge.

4) Penny Black and More Challenge, March Challenge - Feature a Creature

At the end of this post...

Jane has Easter sale and is offering 30% off in her store. Sale ends on March 30th April 1st 2018.

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

Milka

Speedy Recovery Card (CASology Week #293 GDT)

Hi everyone! :o)

I was delighted to be asked to be a Guest Designer at CASology for Week 293, after I won in their Week 287 challenge. :o)

This week's cue word is Cross.

I made this CAS (clean and simple), Speedy Recovery Card.

Design defined: 

One main image with a little dimension, simple color scheme and a lot of a white space works great on CAS designs.

How I made the card...

For my card I used stamps from Create a Smile 'Whimsical Wheels' stamp set.

I stamped an ambulance vehicle on a watercolor paper and colored it in watercolor technique using Distress Inks. After drying, I fussy cut the vehicle and traced edges with black marker.

Watercolor paper I use is very thin. To make the image thicker, I stamped the vehicle one more time on a white cardstock paper, fussy cut it, traced edges with black marker and glued together both vehicles: white and colored one.

Then I stamped a sentiment directly on a top folded white card base and glued some colored paper stripes on the card base to ground the image. I glued some foam on the back of the ambulance vehicle, place it on the card and my card was finished. :o)

Card dimensions: 89 mm x 121 mm (3 1/2" x 4 3/4")

List of supplies:

• Create a Smile 'Whimsical Wheels' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• black cardstock paper
• red patterned paper from Create a Smile 'Snow Dance' kit
• grey patterned paper from a Create a Smile enamel stickers package
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Barn Door
• Hickory Smoke
• Black Soot
• Stabilo Pen (Marker), Black 68/46
• UHU liquid glue
• double sided strong adhesive tape
• foam tape, 1 mm thick
• foam sheet scraps, 2 mm thick
• Fiskars High Precission Personal Paper Trimmer
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• scissors
• water
• paper towels

I hope you'll like my CAS card and got inspired. Stop by the CASology  and see amazing cards from the Design Team made for this challenge. Do join us, we can't wait to see your CAS creations. :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) Paru's Card Making Challenges, March 2018 Challenge

This is my 13th entry to this challenge.

2) The Corrosive Challenge Blog, Challenge #3: March - Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Stop by later today, I'll be posting again. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka