International Day of Happiness

Happy International Day of Happiness!!

“True happiness comes from having a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved by cultivating altruism, love and compassion, and by eliminating anger, selfishness and greed.”

His Holiness the Dalai Lama

❤

Find out more about International Day of Happiness on UN official web pages and official International Happiness Day organization pages.

Enjoy, smile, make others happy and be happy. :o)


Milka

Welcome Spring

Friedrich Bedřich Smetana - Vltava (The Moldau)

Album:  Má vlast (My Country)

Spring Equinox

Yellow Ombré Roses Birthday Card (Jane's Doodles DT Spotlight + BIRC #2)

Hi everyone! :o)

I hope you're all well and healthy, as well as your loved ones.

On Thursday, March 5th, 2020, was my turn to be on the spotlight over at Jane's Doodles and I made this Yellow Ombré Roses Birthday Card. I didn't find time to share my card before, so I'm bringing it today. :o)

This Birthday Card (BIRC) is a second card I made for a Celebrating 30 Days of Pisces 2020 personal challenge. If you want to find out more about it, just follow the link provided. :o)

To make this card I CASEd (copy and share everything) a card that I created last year in January (here). On my today's card I went with different color scheme.

For my card I used stamps from two gorgeous Jane's Doodles stamp sets: 'Bloom' and 'All Occasions'.

How I made my card...

With some masking, I heat embossed in white roses on a watercolor paper panel. Then I ink blended the whole panel with two yellowish Distress Inks to create Ombré Effect. I splattered the panel with water, dried it and repeated the process until I achieved the color I liked. :o)

After drying, I glued the panel on a white top folded card base and coated whole panel twice with a clear Wink of Stella.

Then I Heat embossed in white a sentiment on a black cardstock paper and cut out a stripe of desirable size. Lastly, I glued some foam on the sentiment stripe, glued it on the card and my card was finished. :o)

Card measurements: 108 mm x 139 mm (4 1/4" x 5 1/2")

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Bloom' stamp set
• Jane's Doodles 'All Occasions' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• black cardstock paper
• SK thick watercolor paper
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Mustard Sees
• Fossilized Amber
• ZIG Wink of Stella Brush (Gl. clear 999)
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D foam squares, 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool
• Ranger Heat It Tool
• powder bag
• post-it paper (for masks)
• scissors
• water
• paper towels

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. I'm sending you all good thoughts and prayers to stay safe during this time. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka

Happy International Women's Day

Source: https://www.un.org/en/observances/womens-day