Happy New Year Card (Jane's Doodles DT Spotlight)

Hi everyone! :o)

It's been quiet here on my blog for nine days. I had super busy schedule last week and a  lot of everything was happening during the weekend and I didn't find any time to blog. Today I'll be posting two times. I'll be sharing two DT projects I had to share last week here on my blog, but as I mentioned, I didn't find the time to do it.

On Monday, January 6th, 2020, was my turn to be on the spotlight over at Jane's Doodles and I made this Happy New Year Card. :o)

To make this card I went with similar design and layout as on my own card that I shared here on my blog in November 2019 (here).

I used stamps from four adorable Jane's Doodles Christmas/Winter themed stamp sets: an ornament from 'Deck the Halls', a large background snowflake from 'Winter Icons', small background snowflakes from 'Winter Village' and a sentiment form 'Winter Words'.

How I made my card....

I colored the ornament in November 2019 during Kathy's Racoosin 14th 30 Day Coloring Challenge (preview here). I stamped the ornament on a watercolor paper and colored it in watercolor technique using only one Distress Ink: Ground Espresso. After drying, I fussy cut the ornament and traced edges with a black marker. I left the image aside for nearly two months until I finally decided how will I use it on this card. :o)

I randomly stamped snowflakes on a Kraft cardstock paper panel in watermark stamping technique using a VersaMark Watermark Ink.

I mixed a white tempera color with a bit of water and, using a paint brush, splattered the panel and left it dry on air.

After the panel was completely dry, I stamped the ornament directly on the panel and colored it with the black marker. I stamped a bow on the ornament and drew a line with a black fine liner.

Then I softened the watercolored ornament with a stylus ball on a soft working mat, which curled a bit the ornament. I did this to add a bit of dimension to the ornament.

I glued the panel on a white top folded card base and glued the watercolored ornament over the black one.

I heat embossed in white the sentiment on a black cardstock paper and cut the sentiment to stripes of desirable size. To make the sentiment pop a bit on the card, I glued 3-D foam on the back of sentiment stripes and glued them on the card.

As a finishing touch, I drew white highlights on the ornament and my card was finished. :o)

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

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Deck the Halls' stamp set
• Jane's Doodles 'Winter Icons' stamp set
• Jane's Doodles 'Winter Village' stamp set 
• Jane's Doodles 'Winter Words' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• Crafter's Companion Neenah Desert Storm Kraft Coloring Card
• watercolor paper
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Ink, Ground Espresso
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pen (Marker), black 68/46
• Mitsubishi Uni Pin 0.5
• Koh-i-noor tempera color, white
• Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D foams, 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer 
• acrylic block 102 mm x 102 mm
• bone folder
• ruler
• Ranger Heat It Tool
• scissors
• stylus ball
• soft working mat
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• 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) Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesday, December 2019: Snowflakes

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

2) STAMPlorations, Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge, January 2020

I went only with a theme: Stamps & Splatters.

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Stop by later this evening, I'll be posting one more time. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka