Peeking Panda Bookmark (Kitty Bee Designs Spotlight)

Hi everyone! :o)

This is my 800th blog post!! :o)

Today is my turn to be on the spotlight over at Kitty Bee Designs and I made this Peeking Panda Bookmark. :o)

I made this bookmark for my sweetheart. He loves it. :o)

For my bookmark I used a SUPER CUTE Kitty Bee Designs 'Peek A Boo Panda' digital image. Isn't he ADORABLE!!! :o) This is my second project using this image. You can find first one here. :o)

I also used free Paper, Bamboo, Drawing, Visual Arts, Plant PNG image with transparent background found and available to download for free on kisspng page.

How I made this bookmark...

I had printed panda on a watercolor paper for a while in my stash. Most time when I print digital images I print more then one image, just in case if I mess up or to simply have it by hand for another project.

I stamped tiny circles around panda's eyes and colored his eyes with black fine liners. I colored the panda in watercolor technique using Distress Ink Hickory Smoke, just to add a bit of a shade. After drying, I fussy cut the panda and traced edges with black marker. Then I drew highlights with white pigment ink and left the panda aside.

I made a bookmark layout on my computer in MS Word. I didn't bother to edit image to get only one bookmark, as you can see below.

I printed the layout on a white cardstock paper. I fussy cut plain bookmark, leaving thin white border around it. I placed the bookmark in a laminating pouch and fussy cut the pouch slightly wider than the plain bookmark. (Update, April 1st, 2019) At this point I didn't laminate the bookmark. I placed the plain bookmark in the laminating pouch to use it as a cutting guide.

Then I cut out patterned bookmark and left it aside for two hours to let color dry completely to prevent ink smearing in next steps. I ink blended the bookmark with Distress Ink Hickory Smoke, splattered the surface with water and dried the bookmark with a heat tool. I mixed DI Hickory Smoke with a bit of water, splattered the surface and dried it. I repeated the same with DI Black Soot.

When I was satisfied with colors and splatters, I traced edges of the bookmark with the black marker and drew white highlights on bamboos.

Here is a photo of all pieces I used to create this bookmark.

I glued all pieces together, placed the bookmark in a laminating pouch and laminated it. After couple seconds of cooling, the bookmark was finished. :o)

Measurements: 40 mm x 173 mm

List of supplies:

• Kitty Bee Designs 'Peek A Boo Panda' digital image
• Create a Smile 'Eggstraordinary Egghunt' stamp set (tiny circle; the set is discontinued)
• Paper, Bamboo, Drawing, Visual Arts, Plant PNG image with transparent background
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• SIGMA A4 laminating pouch
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Hickory Smoke
• Black Soot
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pen (marker), black 68/46
• Mitsuubishi Fine Liner 0.1
• Mitsuubishi Fine Liner 0.2
• Mitsuubishi Fine Liner 0.3
• Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink
• UHU liquid glue
• printer
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Leitz HL9 Home Laminator A4
• bone folder
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• scissors
• Ranger Heat It Tool
• 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 bookmark 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) Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge, Week 13 - Anything Goes

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

2) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Anything Goes

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

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

Milka

Striped Birthday Card Set (Jane's Doodles DT Spotlight)

Hi everyone! :o)

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

To make this card set I used stamps from two Jane's Doodles stamp sets: Patterns and All Occasions.

How I made this card set....

First I inked a stripes stamp with VersaMark Watermark Ink. Then I inked the stamp with a Distress Ink Mustard Seed, directly over the Watermark Ink.

I pressed the inked stamp directly on a white cardstock paper panel, removed the stamp and repeated same until I stamped whole panel. I repeated same on two more panels.

I glued panels on top folded card bases (horizontal card is side folded).

I heat embossed a sentiment on a black cardstock paper three times. I didn't heat emboss sentiments perfectly, so I used black fine liner and white pigment ink to fix embossed sentiments. :o) 

After cooling, I cut sentiment stripes, glued 3-D foam on the back of each stripe and glued them on cards.

As a finishing touch, I embellished cards with black enamel stickers. :o)

I love how my cards turned out. :o)

Card measurements: 
vertical cards: 95 mm x 127 mm (3 3/4" x 5")
horizontal card: 127 mm x 95 mm (5" x 3 3/4")

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Patterns' stamp set
• Jane's Doodles 'All Occasions' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• black cardstock paper
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Ink Mustard Seed
• Mitsubishi Uni Pin 0.1
• Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink pen
• Create a Smile 'Neat & Neutral' enamel stickers
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D foam squares, 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• acrylic block
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Ranger Heat It Tool
• powder bag
• dry cloth
• crafting needle

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) Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge, Week 13 - Anything Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Anything Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

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

Milka