Gazania Flowers

Hello everyone! :o)

Today I want to share with you couple photos of GORGEOUS Gazania flowers I took with my cellphone camera during this month in our flower garden. I've already shared photos on my Instagram account, so I wanted to share them with you here too, as I know not everyone has and uses Instagram. :o)

I love these flowers because they bloom in various colors. So so pretty. And Gazanias are just one flower specie my mom planted. She planted them, I'm watering and taking care during these hot summer days. :o)

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

Milka

Update August 8th, 2019

7th (last) photo of the Gazania flower added.

Leo Card

Hi everyone! :o)

Today I want to share with you this one layer, Leo Card. :o)

I made this card for my sweetheart for his 40th birthday, which was yesterday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY HONEY!!! ♥

To make this card I used a super adorable Leo stamp from Mama Elephant 'Cosmic Stars' stamp set and a Hero Arts 'Reverse Constellation' background woodblock stamp. :o)

How I made my card...

I stamped the Leo directly on a top folded Kraft paper card base. I stamped another Leo on a post-it paper, fussy cut him and made a mask.

I masked the Leo, inked the 'Reversed Constellation' stamp with a VersaMark Watermark Ink and pressed the card base (just front) on the stamp. I removed the card base from the stamp and left it dry on air.

After drying, I colored the Leo with colored pencils. To add extra shades to the image, I used Stabilo Pens (Markers). How I do that? I add a bit of color in the darkest colored area and smear the color with my finger towards the lighter part. It's important to work fast and to add small amount of color at once. Also, it's important to have enough thick layer of colored pencils where adding a marker color, otherwise it would soak into the paper and smearing the color would not be possible.

Card measurements: 89 mm x 120 mm (3 1/2" x 4 3/4")

List of supplies:

• Mama Elephant 'Cosmic Stars' stamp set
• Hero Arts 'Reverse Constellation' background woodblock stamp
• Crafter's Companion Neenah Desert Storm Kraft Coloring Card
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• TOZ Artist colored pencils:
• light yellow
• dark yellow
• light brown
• mid brown
• dark brown
• Stabilo Pens (Markers):
• light brown 68/89
• dark brown 68/75
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Fiskars High Precission Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• post-it paper (for masking)
• scissors

I LOVE how my card turned out and my honey too. :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) bastel-traum, Challenge #79 alles ist möglich / Anything Goes

2) Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge, Week 31 - Anything Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

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

Milka

Update September 30th, 2019

I am linking my card to Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember in collaboration with Mama Elephant.

Rainbow Butterfly Shaker Card (IC #14)

Hello everyone! :o)

Today I want to share with you this Rainbow Butterfly Shaker Card. :o)

I made this Interactive (IC) WINDOW SHAKER 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)

I've made window shaker cards in the past and I find them really easy and fun to make. :o)

This is a fourteenth 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.

To make this card I CASEd (copy and share everything) my own card I created last year (here). I went with same design, layout, birthday theme, used same products and colors, there is only one difference, CASEd card is CAS, while today's card is interactive CAS card. :o)

How I made my card...

I die cut beautiful butterfly in a white cardstock paper panel, left an outline and threw away tiny little pieces. I glued an acetate sheet on the back of the panel to close the window. I stamped a sentiment on the panel and glued 3-D foam squares on the panel, making sure gluing them close together around the butterfly shape.

Then I blended Distress Inks on a white cardstock paper piece, following a rainbow pattern. I filled the shaker window with transparent beads and glued the colored piece over it to close the window.

I glued the panel on a white top folded card base and glued another white panel inside the card to make the card sturdier.

Lastly, I glued the die-cut butterfly on the shaker window and my card was finished. :o)

Card dimensions: 89 mm x 120 mm (3 1/2" x 4 3/4")

List of supplies:

• Happy Little Stampers 'Doodled Flowers' stamp set (sentiment)
• Sizzix butterfly thinlits die 
• white cardstock paper
• acetate sheet
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Barn Door
• Spiced Marmalade
• Mustard Seed
• Twisted Citron
• Salty Ocean
• Blueprint Sketch
• Wilted Violet
• transparent beads 
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D foam squares, 5 x 5 x 3 mm
• Sizzix Big Shot
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• bone folder
• crafting needle

Here is a short video. :o)

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

Milka

White Feather Card (IC #13)

Hi everyone! :o)

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

I made this Interactive (IC) ACCORDION GATEFOLD 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 thirteenth 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.

It's taking me much longer than I planed to share all my IC cards with you. I will give my best to share rest of two by the end of this month.

How I made this card...

To make this card I used gorgeous feather die cut I got from a dear friend crafter, Alice of Scrap & C. Thank you so much, Alice!!! ♥

For a card base I used a white cardstock paper cut to 11 1/4" x 5". I scored the paper at 1 7/8", 3 3/4", 7 1/2" and 9 3/8" on the longer side and folded paper along scored lines. I got a card base measured 3 3/4" x 5".

With the card base ready, I die cut a feather on both gate flaps. I glued an acetate piece behind each gate opening, but just on one half.

I die cut 4 more feathers from a white cardstock paper scraps and glued two together (stacking die cuts). Then I glued stacked feathers into gate openings (die cut inlay technique).

Lastly I created a super simple belt that will keep the card closed. I cut a vellum paper to a desirable size, wrapped the vellum belt around the card (not too tight), removed it and glued two endings together to form a belt. I placed the belt on the card to keep it closed and my card was finished. :o)

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

List of supplies:

• Sizzix thinlits die - Little Feather Mini
• white cardstock paper
• vellum paper
• acetate sheet
• UHU liquid glue
• Sizzix Big Shot
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• crafting needle
• post-it papers

I LOVE how my card turned out!!! :o) There is so much space to write a message. Here is a short video. :o)

Music: dR.Izzy - Angel on my shoulder...  

In this video I used music from a friend of mine and a first neighbor now, very very talented mister, dr.Izzy. I used part of a track Angel on my shoulder.... Beautiful music he creates is shared and is downloadable for free from his Soundcloud account. Thank you dr.Izzy!!! :o)

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

Milka

FareWHALE Card

Hello everyone! :o)

Today I want to share with you this FareWHALE Card. :o)

I made this card by a request from my high school classmate. She needed a card for a colleague from work who got another job and was leaving "the gang". She asked for a whale, word play, inside card text (team joke) and specific font color for two letters. I came up with this card. She loved it!! :o)

To make this card I used an adorable whale from Paper Smooches 'Surf and Turf' stamp set.

For the text I used a free font I downloaded from here: Spicy Sushi Roll by Kevin and Amanda. Love it!! :o)

Important: Read licences before downloading.

How I made this card...

I wrote the text for front and inside of the card on my computer and printed both on two white cardstock paper panels. I left an ink to dry over the night.

Next day I ink blended the front panel with Distress Inks and mini ink blending tool. I've splattered the panel with water, dried it and repeated the process. When I was satisfied with the color, I mixed same Distress Inks that I used for blending with a bit of a water and splattered the panel with them. I dried the panel with heat it tool and glued the panel on a white side folded card base.

Then I glued another panel (with the text only) inside the card.

For letters th I used magenta color (RGB: reed 226, green 0, blue 116.

Next up was the whale. I stamped the whale on a watercolor paper and colored him with a Distress Ink Hickory Smoke in watercolor technique. After drying, I fussy cut the whale, traced edges with a black marker and softened him with a stylus ball on a soft working mat. This curled the image a bit, which added a bit of an extra dimension to the image.

Then I stamped another whale on a white cardstock paper scrap, colored him with the black marker, fussy cut the whale leaving thin white border around him, and glued the watercolored whale over him. I did this because the watercolor paper I use is very thin and I needed a thicker image. I always do this. Great fussy cutting practice. LOL :o)

Lastly I glued some foam on the back of the whale, glued him on the card and my card was finished. :o)

Card measurements: 133 mm x 101 mm (5 1/4" x 4")

List of supplies:

• Paper Smooches 'Surf and Turf' stamp set
• Spicy Sushi Roll Font 
• white cardstock paper
• white watercolor paper
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks
• Salty Ocean
• Blueprint Sketch
• Hickory Smoke
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D foam squares, 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• printer
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool
• Ranger Heat It Tool
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• scissors
• bone folder
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #2
• stylus ball
• soft working mat
• 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 #351 - Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

2) Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge, Week 30 - Anything Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

3) Paper Smooches, July 2019: Anything Goes
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

4) Rainbow Card Challenge, Challenge #7 - Blue Breezes
This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

5) Yes, Virginia, July 2019 Show and Share

I used the whale image from the stamp set for the first time.

This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

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

Milka

Update September 30th, 2019

I am linking my card to Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember in collaboration with Paper Smooches.