Honey Bee Circle 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 Honey Bee Circle Card. :o)

I CASEd my own card that I shared last year here on my blog. I went with same design, layout, background and color scheme, but I used different bee image. You can find my CASEd card here.

For my today's card I used a SUPER CUTE Kitty Bee Designs 'Honey Bee' digital image. This is my second card I made using this image. You can find the first one here. :o)

How I made my card....

I printed the bee three times, twice on a white cardstock paper and once on a watercolor paper. I left images dry through the night to prevent ink smearing while coloring.

I die cut a wonky stitched circle in the white cardstock paper with the bee printed on it. I cut two black circles in a black cardstock paper, glued them together and created a card base. Then I glued the white wonky stitched circle panel on the card base. I colored the bee on the panel in black with a Black Stabilo Fiber Tip Pen. I also colored the other bee printed on the white cardstock, in black, fussy cut it and traced edges with the Black Stabilo Fiber Tip Pen.

I colored the bee printed on the watercolor paper in watercolor technique using Distress Inks. After drying, I fussy cut the bee (I cut away antennas) and traced edges with the Black Stabilo Fiber Tip Pen. Then I glued images together: watercolored bee over the black one. I did this because the watercolor paper I use is thin and I needed thicker image. I glued some 3D foam on the back of the bee image and glued the bee on the card, over the another black bee. I did this to add extra shading to the image.

As a finishing touch I drew white highlights and dots with white pigment ink pen and my card was finished. :o)

Card measurements: d = 83 mm  (3.25")

List of supplies:

• Kitty Bee Designs 'Honey Bee' digital image
• white cardstock paper
• black cardstock paper
• thin white watercolor paper
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Mustard Seed
• Fossilized Amber
• Tea Dye
• Hickory Smoke
• Black Soot
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pen (Marker) 68/46, Black
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D foam squares, 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• printer
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Sizzix Big Shot
• My Favorite Things, Die-namics Wonky Stitched Circle STAX
• EK Success circle cutter
• Xcut Self Healing Cutting Mat A4
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no. #0
• scissors
• 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) Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge, Week 17 - Anything Goes

This is my 2nd 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

I Love Math Challenge #13 (announcement)

Hi everyone!!

Next I Love Math Challenge will start on May 7th, 2019, 10 PM, CEST (UTC +2).

Due to some changes I had to make, challenges will no longer last full month. Instead, challenges will last 28 days (4 weeks).

I've updated I Love Math Challenge page where you can find yearly schedule (see upcoming challenges).

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

Milka

Ninja Spinner Card (IC #7)

Hi everyone! :o)

Today I want to share with you this CAS (clean and simple), Ninja Spinner Card. :o)

I made this Interactive (IC) SPINNER CARD for my Celebrating 30 Days of Pisces 2019 personal challenge. If you want to find out more about it, just follow the link provided. :o)

This is a seventh type of IC I made for my challenge. I made 15 different types of interactive cards during Pisces period, which was my personal challenge. I completed my challenge, achieved my goals and had a lot of fun. I wrote a short review about the challenge here.

This is my second try on a spinner card. I went with same design as on a first spinner card I made (here). This time I used better thread. :o)

How I made this card...

To make this card I used a super cute Mama Elephant 'Tiny Ninjas' stamp set. LOVE!!! :o)

I stamped adorable ninjas on a watercolor paper and watercolored them using Distress Inks. After drying, I fussy cut ninjas and traced edges with black marker. These two images are reflected images from the set. I love that, as a reflection/mirror stamping technique isn't something that ever worked for me. :o)

'Reflection. Flip. A transformation in which a geometric figure is reflected across a line, creating a mirror image. That line is called the axis of reflection.'

Source: Mathwords, Reflection (http://www.mathwords.com/r/reflection.htm)

I stamped one more ninja (one with closed eyes) on a white cardstock paper, colored ninja with black marker and fussy cut him, this time leaving white thin border around him.

Then I glued all images together. I glued one ninja over the black one, glued white cotton thread on the back of ninja and glued the other watercolored ninja over the thread.

I die-cut a circle on a front panel of a white top folded card base and in a white cardstock paper panel. Then I stamped a sentiment on the panel and tiny ninja stars (Shuriken). I loosely watercolored ninja stars with a Distress Ink Hickory Smoke.

With all parts ready, I assembled the card. I glued the image on the thread on the card base, glued the panel on the card base and my card was finished. :o)

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

List of supplies:

• Mama Elephant 'Tiny Ninjas' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim Holtz's Distress Inks:

• Tea Dye
• Hickory Smoke
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pen (Marker) 68/46, Black
• white sewing thread
• UHU liquid glue
• My Favorite Things, Die-namics Wonky Stitched Circle STAX
• Sizzix Big Shot
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• scissors
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no. #0
• water
• paper towels

I love how my card turned out. Here is a short video. :o)

Music:
"Marty Gots a Plan" Kevin MacLeod   

(incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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

Milka

Ninja Swinging Card (IC #6)

Happy Friday!! :o)

Today I want to share with you this CAS (clean and simple), Ninja Swinging Card. :o)

This is a SWINGING CARD. I made this Interactive Card (IC) for my Celebrating 30 Days of Pisces 2019 personal challenge. If you want to find out more about it, just follow the link provided. :o)

This is a sixth type of IC I made for my challenge. I made 15 different types of interactive cards during Pisces period, which was my personal challenge. I completed my challenge, achieved my goals and had a lot of fun. I wrote a short review about the challenge here.

How I made this card...

To make this card I used a super cute Mama Elephant 'Tiny Ninjas' stamp set. LOVE!!! :o)

I colored a Ninja during Kathy's Racoosin 12th 30 Day Coloring Challenge. You can see all my coloring samples during the challenge here.

I stamped the adorable ninja on a watercolor paper and watercolored him using Distress Inks. After drying, I fussy cut the ninja and traced edges with black marker.

I stamped one more ninja on a white cardstock paper, colored ninja with black marker and fussy cut him, this time leaving white thin border around him.

I glued both images together, the watercolored ninja over the black one. I did this because the watercolor paper I use is very thin and I needed thicker image for my card.

Then I prepared a top folded card base and a white cardstock paper panel, both same size.

I cut two concentric semicircles on the panel using EK Success Circle Cutter. Then I cut lines using a kraft knife and a ruler.

I stamped a sentiment on the panel and glued a black thread on the back of the panel with self adhesive tape.

For a slider mechanism, I used die-cut circles in the white cardstock and plastic letter bead. I glued two die-cut circles together. Then I glued the bead on glued circles. I didn't use any special glue. I used UHU all purpose liquid glue.

With all parts ready, I assembled the card. I glued 3-D foams on the back of the panel, placed the slider mechanism on the card base and glued the panel on the card base. I glued ninja on the thread first and then on the slider mechanism.

Lastly, I trimmed excess of the thread and my card was finished. :o)

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

List of supplies:

• Mama Elephant 'Tiny Ninjas' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim Holtz's Distress Inks:

• Tea Dye
• Hickory Smoke
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pen (Marker) 68/46, Black
• 100% cotton crochet embroidery thread (TULIPAN no. 15, black)
• plastic letter bead
• UHU liquid glue
• self adhesive tape
• 3-D foam squares, 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• EK Success Circle Cutter
• Xcut Self Healing Cutting Mat A4
• Sizzix Big Shot
• circle die-cuts from Sizzix Big Shot starter kit
• bone folder
• scissors
• kraft knife
• ruler
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no. #0
• water
• paper towels

I love how my card turned out. Here is a short video. :o)

Music:
"Marty Gots a Plan" Kevin MacLeod   

(incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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

Milka