You Rock Card (Kitty Bee Designs Spotlight)

Hi everyone! :o)

This is my 700th blog post!! :o)

Today is my turn to be on the spotlight over at Kitty Bee Designs and I made this CAS (clean and simple), You Rock Card. :o)

For my card I used a SUPER CUTE Kitty Bee Designs 'iPod Panda' digital image. Isn't he ADORABLE!!! :o) My panda is a he on this card, as it will be a card for a boy. :o)

How I made my card....

First I made a layout on my computer. Then I printed the panda three times: one on a watercolor paper, second on a white cardstock paper scrap and third directly on a cardstock paper panel. I left images to dry over the night.

Next day, I prepared card base first. I stamped the sentiment on the panel, colored printed panda with black marker and glued the panel on a white top folded card base.

Then I fussy cut the panda printed on the cardstock scrap, colored him with black marker and traced edges with same marker.

Next up was the panda printed on the watercolor paper. I stamped tiny circles around panda's eyes and colored his eyes and muzzle with black fine liners. I colored the panda in watercolor technique using Stabilo Fibre Tip Pens (markers). These colors are so vivid and I particularly like blue tones I used to color my panda. :o)

After drying, I fussy cut the panda and traced edges with black marker. Then I drew white dots, highlights and faux stitches with white gel pen and white pigment ink. I got idea to drew stitches from an adorable tag shared over on Kitty Bee Designs blog. Find it here.

Three pandas ready to be glued together. :o)

I glued together two pandas: watercolored and black colored one. I did this to make the image thicker, as the watercolor paper I use is very thin.

Lastly, I glued 3-D foam squares on the back of the colored panda and glued him over the black panda on the card base and my card was finished. I love how I colored this panda. :o)

Card measurements: 92 mm x 127 mm (3 5/8" x 5")

List of supplies:

• Kitty Bee Designs 'iPod Panda' digital image
• Paper Smooches 'Sentiment Sampler' stamp set (sentiment)
• Create a Smile 'Eggstraordinary Egghunt' stamp set (tiny circle; the set is discontinued)
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pens (markers):
• light blue 68/41
• dark blue 68/32
• light grey 68/94
• dark grey 68/96
• black 68/46
• Mitsuubishi Fine Liner 0.1
• Mitsuubishi Fine Liner 0.2
• Mitsuubishi Fine Liner 0.3
• Uniball Signo White (gel pen)
• Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D foam squares, 2 mm thick
• printer
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Xcut self healing mat A4
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no. #0
• scissors
• kraft knife
• paper towels 
• water

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) Addicted to Stamps and More, Challenge #311 - Anything Goes
This is my 4th entry to this challenge.

2) CASology, Week 314: Boy
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

3) Happy Little Stampers, CAS Challenge, September 2018: Wild

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

4) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges, Anything Goes
This is my 4th entry to this challenge.

5) Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, Monochrome

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

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

Milka

Rainbow Unicorn Card (KBD Aloha Friday Challenge #128)

Happy Friday! :o)

My second post today. If you missed the first one just scroll down or follow a direct link here.

Today a new Aloha Friday Challenge starts at Kitty Bee Designs.

The challenge for this fortnight is #128 - Fairytale/Fantasy.

We have two sponsors for this challenge: Bugaboo Stamps and Fabrika Fantasy, so there will be double prizes! :o)

 

I'm a huge fan of Fairytales, Fantasy and Magical World, so this was a perfect challenge for me. And here's my take on the challenge: Rainbow Unicorn Card. :o)

Yes, today is all about the rainbow here on my blog (check my first today's post). And dimension. LOL :o)

For my card I used sponsor's Bugaboo Stamps 'Sweet Unicorn' digital image and a sentiment from Jane's Doodles 'Magical' stamp set.


How I made my card...

First I made a layout on my computer. I moved the unicorn up and down, here and there until I was satisfied. Then I printed the image three times: one on a watercolor paper, second on a white cardstock paper scrap and third directly on a card base. I left images to dry over the night.

Next day, I prepared cardbase first. I folded the base in half, stamped the sentiment on it and colored the image with black marker (this gives extra shade to pop up images).

Then I fussy cut the image printed on the cardstock scrap (all except butterflies), colored parts with black marker and traced edges with same marker.

Next up was the image printed on the watercolor paper. I colored the image in watercolor technique using Distress Inks. After drying, I fussy cut all pieces, traced their edges with black marker and softened each piece on a soft working mat using stylus ball (this adds a bit of extra dimension to images).

With all my pieces ready, I started gluing everything down. I love dimension on my cards. I like to use various thick foam and other techniques to achieve different levels of dimension and to give something special to my CAS cards. :o)

I glued tiny butterflies directly on the card base and other colored pieces (unicorn and clouds) on fussy cut pieces colored in black. I glued a ladybug on the cloud directly on the cardbase. I glued 1 mm thick foam on the tiny cloud, glued 2 mm thick foam squares on the unicorn and glued them on the card.

As a finishing touch, I rounded two opposite corners of my card with a rounded paper puncher and colored all tiny dots with fine liners. :o)

I'm very satisfied with my card. Look at all different dimension levels!! LOVE!!! I might do this for a bigger, wall version. :o)

Card measurements: 95 mm x 133 mm (3 3/4" x 5 1/4")

List of supplies:

• Bugaboo Stamps 'Sweet Unicorn' digital image
• Jane's Doodles 'Magical' stamp set (sentiment)
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Barn Door
• Festive  Berries
• Spiced Marmalade
• Mustard Seed
• Twisted Citron
• Tumbled Glass
• Blueprint Sketch
• Wilted Violet
• Hickory Smoke
• Black Soot
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pen (Marker) 68/46, Black
• Stabilo Fine Liners 0.4:
• light blue 88/57
• blue 88/32
• Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D foam squares, 2 mm thick
• foam sheet scraps 1 mm thick
• printer
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• rounded corner paper puncher
• bone folder
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no. #0
• scissors
• stylus ball
• soft working mat
• paper towels
• water

I hope you'll like my card 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) AAA Cards, CAS Game #124 - Imagine

Magical world... :o)

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Addicted to Stamps and More, Challenge #311 - Anything Goes
This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

3) Happy Little Stampers, Watercolour Challenge, September 2018: Anything Goes

This is my 4th entry to this challenge.

4) Little Miss Muffet Challenges, Challenge #198 - Anything Goes

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

6) Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesday, August/September 2018: Favorite Stamping Technique
I like many stamping techniques. I shared already two cards using some of my favorite techniques. Today I'm sharing a card made with my favorite stamping techniques: stamping, coloring an image and fussy cutting. And dimension. Love love love!! :o)
This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

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

Milka

Rainbow Autumn Leaves Card (Jane's Doodles DT Spotlight)

Happy Friday! :o)

Today is my turn to be on the spotlight over at Jane's Doodles and I made this CAS (clean and simple), Rainbow Autumn Leaves Card. :o)

You might be wandering where is the Rainbow... some colors are missing. :o) I played a bit and stretched my layout through both panels, front and back. Here is the back side of the card.

To make this card I used stamps from beautiful Jane's Doodles 'Thankful' stamp set.

How I made this card...

I stamped leaves on a watercolor paper and colored them in loosely watercolor technique using Distress Inks. I used one color for each leave, except for a green one, which I colored with two Distress Inks: Twisted Citron and Cracked Pistachio. I prefer that combination for the green when watercoloring. :o)

After drying, I fussy cut leaves, traced edges on each with black marker and left them aside.

I stamped leaves directly on a white side folded card base from both sides, front and back, and I stamped a sentiment on a front panel of the card base. Then I splattered whole card base with black acrylic paint mixed with water. I covered top part of the card base with a paper to leave it white, without splatters. I left the card base dry on air.

After drying, I colored leaves stamped on the card base with black marker. At this point my card base was ready for finishing part: to glue down watercolored leaves. And just like that, I managed to smear my card. Black marker smear on top of the card. I tried to save my card and trimmed away that smeared part... it looked terrible!!! Without any thinking, I threw away the card base and made a new one. Second attempt was successful... no black where it shouldn't be. :o)

At the end, I glued watercolored leaves on the card in Rainbow color order. I didn't glue them completely to the card base, but left top parts of each leave unglued, to create some dimension on my card. I like it!! Leaves look like they're falling. :o)

Card measurements: 
Closed: 133 mm x 95 mm (5 1/4" x 3 3/4")
Open (back + front): 266 mm x 95 mm (10 1/2" x 3 3/4")

List of supplies :

• Jane's Doodles 'Thankful' stamp set 
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Barn Door
• Spiced Marmalade
• Mustard Seed
• Twisted Citron
• Cracked Pistachio
• Tumbled Glass
• Blueprint Sketch
• Wilted Violet
• black acrylic paint
• Stabilo Black fibre-tip pen 68/46
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Xcut self healing mat A4
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #2
• scissors
• paper towels
• water

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) Addicted to Stamps and More, Challenge #311 - Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

2) Crafty Creations Challenges, Challenge #375 - Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

3) Happy Little Stampers, Watercolour Challenge, September 2018: Anything Goes

This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

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

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Stop by later today, I'll be sharing one more card with you. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka

Birthday Zebra Card

Hi everyone! :o)

Today I want to share with you this CAS (clean and simple), monochrome, Birthday Zebra Card. :o)

I made this card for my friend Josip who's birthday is in next month.

To make this card I used stamps from two super cute Paper Smooches stamp sets and one stamp from Jane's Doodles. :o)

For my card layout I decided to go with one of my favorite CAS layouts. I've used it several times on my cards (here, here, here, here and here).

How I made this card...

I stamped a zebra from Paper Smooches 'Zoo Crew' stamp set on a watercolor paper and colored the zebra in watercolor technique using Distress Ink Hickory Smoke (maybe it would be better to call it watercolor shading...). After drying, I fussy cut the zebra and traced edges with black marker. Then I added tiny white dots into the zebra's eyes. I made a mistake and totally messed up zebra's "back" eye. It was unrecognizable. LOL

I didn't want to threw away whole image, instead, I cut away the messed eye, stamped the zebra again and colored only one eye, fussy cut it, traced edges... Problem solved. :o)

Then I stamped the zebra again on a white cardstock paper, colored the zebra with black marker and fussy cut the zebra leaving thin white border around the zebra. I softened watercolored parts on a soft working mat using stylus ball and glued parts over the "black" zebra. This adds a bit dimension to images.

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

Before I glued the image and the sentiment stripe on a card base, I arranged elements to see how everything will look together (I always do that). The zebra was standing "in the air". Something was missing and I didn't like it. I needed an insert, black and white. As I don't have any matching patterned paper (I rarely buy patterned paper), I decided to make my own. I used a lines pattern stamp from Jane's Doodles 'Patterns' stamp set. I stamped stripes on a scrap of a white cardstock paper and cut out a stripe. I arranged elements again... better. :o)

I love dimension on my cards and I think it's a great solution for CAS cards. I glued two stripes together, glued 2 mm thick foam squares on the back of the stripe and glued it on a top folded white card base, glued 3 mm thick foam scraps on the zebra and placed her on the card.

As a finishing touch, I glued two black enamel dots on the card.

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

List of supplies:

• Paper Smooches 'Zoo Crew' stamp set
• Paper Smooches 'Sentiment Sampler' stamp set
• Jane's Doodles 'Patterns' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• black cardstock paper
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Ink, Hickory Smoke
• Stabilo Fine Tip Pen (marker), Black 68/46
• Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink
• Mitsubishi Fine Liner 0.3
• UHU liquid glue
• foam squares, 2 mm thick
• foam scraps, 3 mm thick
• Create a Smile Enamel Stickers 'Neat & Neutral'
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• Xcut self healing mat A4
• soft working mat
• bone folder
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no. #0
• Ranger Heat It Craft Tool
• scissors
• kraft knife
• stylus ball
• crafting needle
• powder bag
• paper towels 
• dry cloth
• water

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) Addicted to Stamps and More, Challenge #311 - Anything Goes
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Crafty Creations Challenges, Challenge #375 - Anything Goes
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

3) Happy Little Stampers, CAS Challenge, September 2018: Wild

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

4) Happy Little Stampers, Watercolour Challenge, September 2018: Anything Goes

The zebra is colored (shaded) in watercolor technique.
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

5) Paper Smooches, September 2018: CAS Challenge
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

6) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges, Anything Goes
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

7) Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, Monochrome

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

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

Milka