Happy World Card Making Day

 

Hi everyone and Happy World Card Making Day! :o)

I hope you're all enjoying this weekend and you were or you'll be able to make some cards today. :o)

Today I will create some Christmas Cards, as I'm always in lack of them as Christmas approaching. Most of previous years I didn't have enough of them to send or give away.

I have chosen one of my last year's designs to create cards today, easy to recreate and great to create bunch cards in a short time (here). :o)

Earlier today, I prepared card bases and die-cuts that I'll need to create my cards. I'm returning back to my crafting table as soon as I finish this blog post. :o)

At the end of this post...

Jane is offering free shipping worldwide weekend. No code needed. For more information jump over to Jane's Doodles blog.

This weekend I'm sharing my Jane's Doodles spotlight projects that I made in June, July, August and September, but I didn't share them here on my blog yet. Three days ago I shared full list of projects that I'll be sharing (here). Today I'll be sharing my August spotlights, four spotlights in total, all in separate blog posts. My posts are scheduled and will go live every hour. First one at 7 PM.

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


Milka

Happy World Cardmaking Day + World Space Week (WSW day 2) + International Teachers' Day

Hi everyone and Happy World Card Making Day! :o)

I hope you're all enjoying this weekend and you were or you'll be able to make some cards today. :o)

I played couple minutes today and finished a card that I started making yesterday. I will return back to my crafting table later this evening, after meeting my friends.

source: https://www.worldspaceweek.org/

Yesterday a World Space Week (WSW) started, an international celebration of science and technology, and their contribution to the betterment of the human condition. The UN declared in 1999 that WSW will be held each year from October 4 – October 10. EACH year WSW has different theme to celebrate and this year's theme is "The Moon: Gateway to the Stars". Find out more about WSW on the official WSW page.

source: https://www.worldspaceweek.org/

Like previous year, I am organizing a World Space Week Blog Hop, which starts on my blog tomorrow, Sunday, October 6th, 2019, 8 PM, CEST (UTC +2). My crafty friends will be joining me in this hop to share some inspiration with you. Stop by and hop with us. :o) There will also be some amazing prizes from our fabulous sponsors. :o)

source: https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/worldteachersday

Last but not least, happy International Teachers' Day to all teachers around the World!!! :o)

Thank you for visiting. Enjoy and smile!!! :o)


Milka

Happy World Cardmaking Day + World Space Week (WSW day 3) + Reminder

Hi everyone and Happy World Card Making Day! :o)

I hope you're all enjoying this weekend and you were or you'll be able to make some cards today. :o)

I played couple hours today and will return back to my crafting table after I finish this blog post. :o)

As I'm celebrating World Space Week (WSW), I focused on space themed cards, stars, sky backgrounds, planets ... :o) Here's a peek on what I've been working today. :o)

I'm hosting World Space Week Blog Hop here on my blog. If you missed it, there's still time to hop and enter a giveaway. The hop is a part of WSW 2018 celebration and is listed as an event on an official WSW 2018 event list: event ID 19673 (here). The blog hop starts on my blog, here. :o)

source: http://www.worldspaceweek.org/

David Bovie - Starman

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Tomorrow a new I Love Math Challenge starts. Hope you will join us. :o)


At the end of this post...

Jane has a sale and is offering 15% off this weekend. Find more information on Jane's Doodles blog.

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


Milka

I'd cross an Ocean for You... Card

Hi everyone :o)

Yesterday was a World Card Making Day and I wanted to share a card with you, but due to the weather circumstances and me being very unsatisfied with photos I took, I'm sharing it today.

It's this I'd cross an Ocean for You... Card I made for my boyfriend, as our 9th anniversary will be soon. :o)

My card is a CASE of beautiful card made by Francine Vuillème of 1001 cartes. I love everything on that card!

Francine is a very talented and creative, pleasant and friendly Lady from Switzerland. I like her style a lot! Her simple design and stunning coloring blows me away every time she shares a new card. 

I already CASEd one Francine's card and you can find it here. Before I CASEd her card, I contacted her and asked if I can CASE her cards. She accepted my request immediately. Thank you Francine!!! :o)

Stop by Francine´s blog, 1001 cartes, and see her amazing work! You can find her also on YouTube, FB, Pinterest.

And now, how I made my card...

First I made a background panel on a watercoloring paper in Ink smooshing technique. I used Stabilo markers, plastic pocket bag, sprayer bottle and water. I added some color on plastic pocket bag, sprayed it with water and smooshed color on the panel. I was adding color by color, couple of layers, drying them between. I don't have heat gun, so I use hairdryer for drying wet papers.

When I was satisfied with colors and pattern, I glued the panel on a same size white cardstock paper.

Then I stamped two submarine images from Create a Smile 'Underwater Love' stamp set. One on a piece of the white cardstock paper and one on the watercoloring paper.

Using Stabilo markers, I colored image stamped on the watercoloring paper in watercoloring technique. I learned that from a great video tutorial by Julia Altermann, how to watercolor using inexpensive Stabilo pens.

I fussy cut image after drying, colored edges with black pen and glued it over image stamped on the white cardstock paper. Then I fussy cut image, leaving white border around it.

Reasons I glued the watercoloring paper on the cardstock paper (both, image and panel) are:

• watercoloring paper I use is very thin,
• Stabilo markers give best results when used on the watercoloring paper,
• I needed thicker panel and image to complete my card.

Like Francine, I used vellum paper for a sentiment. First I teared a stripe of vellum paper and stamped the sentiment using Tsukineko Versa Magic Multi-surface Chalk Ink Cloud White. I left it dry for an hour.

After the stamped sentiment was dry, I assembled all pieces together. I placed the vellum on the panel and glued it behind, added 3-D foams on the backside of the panel and glued it to a white card base. I added 3-D foams behind the submarine, glued it on the card and embellished the card with enamel stickers. 

Card dimensions are 139 mm x 107 mm (5 1/2 x 4 1/4").

List of supplies: 

• Create a Smile 'Underwater Love' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• white watercoloring paper
• vellum paper
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tsukineko Versa Magic Multi-surface Chalk Ink (Cloud White)
• Stabilo Pens (Markers) 68:
• Yellow 44
• Orange 54
• Blues: 13, 57, 41, 32
• Grey 96
• Black 46
• Create a Smile 'Sending Sunshine' Enamel Stickers
• Sakura Quickie Glue Pinpoint Roller
• strong double sided adhesive tape
• 3-D foam self adhesive pads
• scoring board
• trimmer 
• scissors 
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm) 
• polymer stamp handle (38 mm x 38 mm)
• sprayer bottle
• plastic pocket bag
• tweezers 
• Marabu fine paintbrush no. #1
• hairdryer 
• water 

I am entering my card to following challenges:

Note: bold text and challenge badge (if any) are direct links to the current challenge and blog badge is direct link to blog or challenge home page.

1) Addicted to Stamps and More, Challenge #164 - Clean and Simple 

2) Create a Smile October projects 

3) Simon Says Stamp, World Cardmaking Day Contest

4) Simon Says Stamp, Work it Wednesday September 2015: Use a STAMP

5) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge. 

6) Sugar Pea Designs, World Card Making Day 2015

7) Sweet Stamps Blog, Monthly Challenge: October Anything Goes

8) The Daily Marker, 3rd 30 Day Coloring Challenge
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

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

Crafty Milka 

Happy WCMD + Reminder

Hi everyone and Happy World Card Making Day! :o)

I made a card I wanted to share with you today, but unfortunately it got so cloudy here and I'm very unhappy with photos I took. I'm also in the middle of moving to another place and I have a ton things to do, so I'll wait until tomorrow to share a card with you. :o)


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


Crafty Milka

WCMD and Autumn Card

Hello everyone :-D 

Celebration of the World Card Making Day at my home through whole weekend. If you missed my first celebration post, scroll down to previous post, or just click here to read more about it. 

I had so much fun this weekend. I made two cards, colored several images, made bunch of embellishments, blog hopped, cleaned my crafting desk (LOL), made some videos and photos of finished projects that were waiting for a photo-session some time... Fun, fun, fun!

My intention was to share cards with you this weekend as they were finished. I managed to that with the first card, but not with my second one I made yesterday. It was too late and a very bad light when my card was completely dry, so I decided to do that today.

Autumn Card is the second card I made this celebratory weekend.

For this one I was inspired by a current challenge on Meljen´s Designs - Friends Forever. With this lovely Meljen's Designs 'Autumn Candy Apple', Melissa is generously sharing with everyone for free this weekend, I made this Autumn Card for my best friend. She loves nature, autumn colors... I look at this card and I see her. :-D 

You still have time to join current challenge on Meljen´s Designs Design Team and Challenge Blog. There are no image requirements, but if you use Meljen´s image you get an extra entry. Also, join us in Meljen´s Designs Club on Facebook and play weekend mini challenges with new free image every weekend.

Update
Weekend mini challenge at Meljen´s Designs Club and weekend giveaway at Meljen´s Designs extended till October 7th, noon PST. 

I printed 3 same images of 'Autumn Candy Apple' on white card stock paper, colored and cut out elements I needed and paper pieced this image. An apple is colored with glass color to create glossy effect. After it was dry, I colored sugar crystals with my pearl maker and added thick coat of transparent glossy varnish over the apple´s topper. I am very satisfied with this extra glossiness. :-D 

Little dots around the image are made with paper puncher, paper scraps and transparent extra glossy varnish. I´ll make short photo tutorial this week and share it with you here on blog.

I found this very cool leaves template and DIY project on Broadway paper, printed it on Graphic 45 papers, cut out leaves, distressed theirs edges and decorated card with them. I am sure I will be using this lovely template again. 

 

 

Card dimensions are 127 mm x 127 mm (5" x 5").

Here is a list of materials and tools I used to make this card: 

• Meljen's Designs 'Autumn Candy Apple'
• Graphic 45 paper collection 'French Country' 6" x 6" (Patterns and Solids) 
• 2 different brown card stock papers 
• leaves template from Broadway paper 
• colored pencils (light and dark yellow, orange, red, dark green, brown, black)
• white pencil 
• fine liners 0.5 (yellow, black)
• glass color (496 emerald) 
• pearl maker (pastel-white)
• Tim Holtz´s distress ink, Vintage Photo 
• Raffia 
• Eucalyptus bark (Eucalyptus, don´t know the specie, Lokrum island, Croatia) 
• two European beech nuts (Fagus sylvatica L., Fagaceae, Žutica forest, Ivanic-Grad, Croatia) 
• transparent varnish with extra gloss
• universal glue
• white water based glue  
• printer 
• scoring board
• trimmer
• scissors  
• MSC Edger Punch, Scallop Dot
• office paper puncher 
• crafting needle 
• rounded corner paper puncher (update 26.12.2014.) 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Note: bold text is direct link to current challenge and blog badge is direct link to blog home page. 

1) Meljen´s Designs Club on FB, Weekend mini challenge for group members, 10.3.2014., Autumn Candy Apple 

2) Meljen's Designs Design Team and Challenge Blog, Challenge #230 – Friendship Forever

3) Kitty Bee Designs, Aloha Friday Challenge #33 - Fall Colors 

Thank you for stopping by, I really appreciate your kind  feedback. :-D 

Crafty Milka

WCMD and Chocolate Friend Card

Hello everyone and happy World Card Making Day :-D

This is my first experience with celebration of  World Card Making Day. I decided to make cards all weekend and share them with you as they are finished. :-D 

I am also participating special Paper Craft WCMD Blog Tour. So many fun and talented people are participating, beautiful projects are shared... :-D 

This is the first card I made today and called it Chocolate Friend Card. 

I was inspired by this week´s challenge at CASology, Chocolate, and I decided to make clean and simple card, with a lot of white space. Lovely projects from Design Team. 

Image and sentiment are From the Heart Stamp 'Chocolate Box Birdbrain' digital stamp set. It includes image and 3 funny sentiments.

I love chocolate. I love to give and get chocolate. This card will be such cute gift with Chocolate Milka, for a very good friend of mine. 

My plan was to make one layered image, but while I was coloring, I managed to smear stamp. I was satisfied with my coloring, so I paper pieced the image. It has two layers, both printed on white card stock paper. I colored image with my colored pencils and added some varnish on a bow, eyelids and beak to create glossy effect.

 

Card dimensions are 105 mm x 148 mm (4 1/8" x 5 7/8").

Here is a list of supplies I used to make this card: 

• From the Heart Stamps 'Chocolate Box Birdbrain'
• white card stock paper
• colored pencils (yellow, orange, violet)
• white pencil 
• black fine liner 0.5
• universal glue
• white water based glue 
• transparent varnish with extra gloss
• printer 
• scoring board
• trimmer
• scissors
• needle 

I would like to submit this card into the following: 

1) CASology, Week 115: Chocolate

2) WCMD Newton´s Nook Designs challenge 

Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy & smile :-D 

Crafty Milka