Jane's Doodles Release Blog Hop

Happy Monday! :o)

Welcome to a Jane's Doodles Release Blog Hop. Today we are featuring two BEAUTIFUL Love/Valentines themed stamp sets and a GORGEOUS stencil released into the store. :o) We also have 2 amazing Guest Designers joining us today. :o)

Love Is In The Air

Love You

Hearts Stencil

GORGEOUS!!! Love love LOVE!!!!! :o)

For today I prepared three cards. :o) 

On all my three cards I used the Hearts Stencil and a handmade heart mask. I made the mask from a post-it paper. I traced Jane's heart on the post-it paper and then drew large heart similar to Jane's "original" heart. I fussy cut it carefully, as I needed both masks, positive and negative. :o)

My first card for today is Sending Love CAS (clean and simple) Card.

How I made this card...

I glued the negative part of heart mask on a white cardstock paper panel and ink blended the background. Then I placed the hearts stencil over the masked part and ink blended hearts. I added some extra shades with colored pencils.

When I was satisfied with the color, I removed the stencil and the mask and drew light reflections, stars and dots with a white pigment ink pen. I love a sparkle effect that I achieved. :o)

I stamped a sentiment from Love You stamp set on the panel, glued the panel on a black top folded card base and my card was finished. :o)

Card measurements: 95 mm x 140 mm (3 3/4" x 5 1/2")

My second card for today is Love & Thanks Monochrome Card.

How I made this card...

I glued the hart mask on a white cardstock paper panel and ink blended the entire background. Then I placed the hearts stencil on the panel and ink blended hearts. I added some extra shades with colored pencils.

When I was satisfied with the color, I removed the stencil and the mask and drew light reflections, stars and dots with the white pigment ink pen and again created the sparkle effect. Love it!!! :o)

I stamped a sentiment from Love You stamp set on the panel creating Ombré Effect. A stamping platform really helped with that. :o)

On this card I wanted to create a bit of dimension. I didn't use foam. I cut two white panels, glued them together, glued hearts panel on top of the stacked panels and glued everything on a white top folded card base. Lastly, I glued one more panel inside the card to make it a bit sturdier. :o)

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

My last card for today is Love is in the Air Mini Square Card.

How I made this card...

I glued the negative part of heart mask on a white cardstock paper panel and ink blended the background. Then I placed the hearts stencil over the masked part and ink blended hearts. I added some extra shades with colored pencils.

When I was satisfied with the color, I removed the stencil and the mask and splattered the panel with water. I dabbed the surface with a paper towel and continued to splatter until I was satisfied with the appearance. I left the panel to dry on air.

I stamped an adorable bird from the Love Is In The Air stamp set on the white cardstock paper. I also made a mask on the post-it paper. I carefully fussy cut the bird and used the negative part of the mask for this card. I glued the mask over the bird and ink blended the bird. I removed the mask and added some extra shades with colored pencils. When I was satisfied, I fussy cur the bird, leaving thin white border around it and drew white highlights with the white gel pen.

I heat embossed the sentiment from the same stamp set as the bird in white on a black cardstock paper stripe. I trimmed the sentiment stripe to a desirable size.

Lastly, I cut out three more squares, same size as the panel and a white square top folded card base.

With all parts ready, my card was ready for assembling. I glued two squares together (stacked them) and glued ink blended panel on top of them. Then I glued everything on a white square top folded card base. I glued one more square inside the card to make it sturdier. I glued 3-D foam squares behind the sentiment stripe and the bird (two different foam dimensions), glued them on the card and my card was finished. :o)

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

I had so much fun creating these cards and LOVE how they turned out. :o) My baby boy Fran also likes them a lot. He was screaming of joy when I showed them to him. LOL 

At the bottom of this post you can find detailed supply lists of my today's cards. Link to this post will be in a right sidebar until the Blog Hop ends. :o)

And now to the Blog Hop prize...

Our generous Jane will be giving away one stamp set of winner's choice to one lucky winner. All you have to do is leave a comment on all blogs along the Hop for your chance to win.

Here is the Blog Hop order:

Milka (you are here)

Marion

Claudia

Katerina

Katja

Tinne

Lien

Bobbi

Kerstin (Guest Designer)

Laura (Guest Designer)

Jane's Doodles blog

Jane will announce the winner on Friday, January 21st, 2022, at Jane's Doodles Blog.

Also, Jane is having 25% off sale from Monday to Wednesday (17-19). No code needed.

Now hop over to Marion's blog and see what she created for today's hop.

Thank you for visiting. I hope you enjoyed on my stop today and got inspired. :o) 

Happy hopping and good luck to all!!! :o)

Milka

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Love Is In The Air' stamp set 
• Jane's Doodles 'Love You' stamp set 
• Jane's Doodles 'Hearts' stencil
• white cardstock paper
• black cardstock paper
• post-it paper
• Ranger Archival Ink, Jet Black
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• Tim Holtz Distress Inks: 
• Salty Ocean
• Blueprint Sketch
• Mustard Seed
• Faber-Castell Polychromos Colour Pencils:
• Ultramarine 120
• Helioblue Reddish 151
• Cadmium Yellow 107
• Dark Chrome Yellow 109
• Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink Pen
• UHU universal liquid glue
• 3-D square foams, 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• 3-D square foams, 5 x 5 x 1 mm
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Ranger Heat It Tool
• Xcut self healing working mat
• Tonic Tim Holtz Stamp Platform
• scissors
• powder bag
• finger sponge dauber
• ink blending tool
• paper towel
• water
• ruler
• pencil
• eraser
• Washi tape

Toucan Card (Jane's Doodles DT August Spotlight)

 

Hi everyone! :o)

This is my second post today. If you missed the first one, just scroll down or follow a direct link here. :o)

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 four cards, my August spotlights. I'll share them all in separate blog posts, which are scheduled and will go live every hour.

First one today is this CAS (clean and simple), Toucan Card. It was my spotlight project for Jane's Doodles on Monday, August 3rd, 2020.  :o)

To make my card I used stamps from a gorgeous Jane's Doodles 'Tropical Birds' stamp set.

How I made my card...

I stamped a toucan and flowers on a white cardstock paper, creating a "scene": toucan sitting on a flowery branch. :o) I colored them with a grey marker and fussy cut the image, leaving a thin white border around it.

Then I stamped the toucan and 7 flowers individually on a watercolor paper. I watercolored all images in watercolor technique using Distress Inks. I colored toucan's beak with a black fine liner.

To color the toucan, I looked for inspiration on the Internet. I found out that there are around 40 toucan species in the World (source: https://www.beautyofbirds.com/toucanspecies.html). I've decided to color my toucan as Toco Toucan (lat. Ramphastos toco), the largest toucan species in the toucan family.

After drying, I fussy cut watercolored images and traced their edges with a black marker. I glued all images over the grey image stamped on the cardstock paper. I did this because the watercolor paper I use is thin and I needed thicker images.

Then I stamped the sentiment on a white cardstock paper panel.

I wanted to add dimension to my card, but I didn't want to use 3-D foam squares to add dimension to the panel. Instead, I used white cardstock paper scraps and cut two rectangles out of them, just a slightly smaller than the panel with the stamped sentiment. I glued all panels together and glued them on a white top folded cardstock paper card base. Just to make my card a bit sturdier and possible to stand, as the front of the card was quite heavy, I glued another white cardstock paper panel inside the card base.

Lastly, I glued 3-D foam squares on the back the image and glued it on the card. As a finishing touch, I drew white highlights on the toucan and flowers with a white pigment ink pen and my card was finished. :o)

Card measurements: 89 mm x 140 mm (3 1/2" x 5 1/2")

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Tropical Birds' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Mustard Seed
• Fossilized Amber
• Spiced Marmalade
• Salty Ocean
• Walnut Stain
• Ground Espresso
• Black Soot
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pens (Markers):
• light grey 68/94
• black 68/46
• Mitsubishi Fine Liner Black 0.2
• Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink pen
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D foam squares, 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• round acrylic block
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. 3/0
• scissors
• water
• paper towels

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Stop by at 8 PM, when my second card for today is scheduled. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka

Rainbow Birds Card (Jane's Doodles DT April Spotlight)

Hi everyone!! :o)

This weekend I'm sharing my Jane's Doodles spotlight projects that I made in March, April and May, but I didn't share them here on my blog yet. On Thursday I shared full list of projects that I'll be sharing (here). Today I'll be sharing three cards, my April spotlights. :o)

First one today is CAS (clean and simple), one layer, Rainbow Birds Card. It was my spotlight project for Jane's Doodles on Wednesday, April 8th, 2020.  :o)

To make this card, I used a lovely bird/chick image from 'Spring Icons' stamp set and a sentiment from 'Funny Bunny' stamp set.


How I made my card...

I drew a line with a pencil directly on a white side folded card base and stamped birds on top of the line. I stamped the sentiment on the card base, traced the line with a black fine liner and erased pencil marks.  

I stamped another birdie on a post-it paper and fussy cut the bird. I used this as a mask/stencil. I ink blended each bird with different Distress Ink. To add more interest, I colored birds' beaks with matching colored pencils.

As a finishing touch, I coated birds with a Clear Wink of Stella and my card was finished. :o)

Card measurements: 146 mm x 95 mm (5 3/4" x 3 3/4")

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Spring Icons' stamp set (image)
• Jane's Doodles 'Funny Bunny' stamp set (sentiment)
• white cardstock paper
• post-it paper (for masking)
• Ranger Archival Ink, Jet Black
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Wilted Violet
• Salty Ocean
• Twisted Citron
• Cracked Pistachio
• Mustard Seed
• Spiced Marmalade
• Festive Berries
• Caran D'Ache Prismalo Aquarelle colored pencils
• Mitsubishi Uni Pin black fine liner, 0.4
• ZIG Wink of Stella Brush (Gl. clear 999)
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• scissors
• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tools
• pencil
• eraser

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Stop by later today, I'll be sharing two cards more. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka

Toucan Card (CASology Week #358)

Hi everyone! :o)

This Tuesday, December 17th, 2019, a new challenge started at CASology. This fortnight's cue word is Branch. :o)

I didn't have time to write blog post on time, but there's still time to join the challenge, which ends on Monday, January 6th, 2020, 9 AM, CST (UTC -6). 

We also have a sponsor for this challenge: STAMPlorations. Find all details about the prize over at CASology blog.

And here is my take on the challenge: CAS (clean and simple), one layer, Toucan Card. :o)

Design defined: 

One layer card is great in CAS design.

How I made my card....

To make this card I used super cute toucan from Craftin Desert Divas 'Flew By' 2 x 3 stamp set. Sadly, the shop is closed and the set is not available anymore.

I made this card during Kathy's Racoosin 13th 30 day coloring challenge (in July 2019), but I didn't shared a card anywhere yet, just a sneak peek in a preview post of all my coloring during the challenge (here). At that time I received an invitation to join the CASology Design Team and I worked in advance for our's current challenge theme. :o)

I stamped the toucan and a sentiment directly on a top folded Kraft paper card base.

I colored the toucan with various colored pencils. To add some extra shade, I used Stabilo Fiber Tip Pens (Markers).

When I was satisfied with the color, I colored a shade around the toucan with a grey colored pencil. Lastly, I colored a toucan's eye with a white pigment ink pen and my card was finished. :o)

Card measurements: 89 mm x 121 mm (3 1/2" x 4 3/4")

List of supplies:

• Craftin Desert Divas 'Flew By' 2 x 3 stamp set (the shop is closed)
• Crafter's Companion Neenah Desert Storm Kraft Coloring Card
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• TOZ Artist colored pencils:
• light yellow
• dark yellow
• light orange
• dark orange
• light red
• dark blue
• light green
• light brown
• dark brown
• TOZ Hlapić colored pencils:
• dark green
• black
• TOZ Fantasy colored pencil, light green
• Stabilo colored pencils:
• dark grey
• black 
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pens (Markers):
• yellow 68/44
• orange 68/54
• mid red 68/48
• mid blue 68/41
• mid green 68/43
• dark green 68/36
• brown 68/75
• black 68/46
• Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink
• Mitsubishi Uni Pin 0.1
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder

I hope you'll like my card for this challenge and get inspired. For more inspiration, check out  cards my Design Teammates and our Guest Designer created. Do join us in this challenge, we are looking forward to see your CAS creations. :o)

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas

Janet Ribet

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman
Melissa Chipperfield

Milka Gubo (you are here)

Nancy Elrick

Sue Symens

Deepti S. (Guest Designer)

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

Milka

Bird singing in Snow Card

Hi everyone! :o)

Today I want to share with you this CAS (clean and simple), one layer, Bird singing in Snow Card. :o)

To make this card I used stamps from a super cute Jane's Doodles 'St. Nick' stamp set. :o)

How I made this card...

I stamped a bird and music notes directly on a top folded Kraft paper card base. I also drew a treble clef with a fine liner. I colored the bird with colored pencils.

When I was satisfied, I masked the bird and splattered an area around the bird with a white tempera color mixed with water and colored snow under the bird with it. After drying, I didn't like it at all. It was weird.

I  masked the bird again and spattered whole front panel. Then I blended whole surface with Distress Ink Picket Fence. Better. :o)

As a finishing touch, I rounded two opposite corners of the card with a rounded paper puncher, drew white highlights and black details with white pigment ink and black fine liner, and my card was finished. :o)

Card measurements: 92 mm x 121 mm (3 5/8" x 4 3/4" )

List of supplies :

• Jane's Doodles 'St. Nick' stamp set
• Crafter's Companion Neenah Desert Storm Kraft Coloring Card
• Ranger Archival Ink, Jet Black
• Tim's Holtz Distress Ink Picket Fence
• TOZ Artist Color colored pencils:
• light and dark yellow
• light and dark orange
• red
• light and dark blue
• light green
• TOZ Fantasy colored pencil (dark violet)
• Koh-i-noor Mondeluz aquarell colored pencil (dark green)
• Mitshubishi Fine Liners: 0.2, 0.3
• AERO tempera color (white 070)
• Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink
• Uniball Signo White Gel Pen
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• scissors
• bone folder
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool
• rounded corner paper puncher
• pencil
• eraser
• post-it papers (for masking)
• 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 #319 - Clean and Simple
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) As You Like It Challenge, Do you prefer Rubber or Digis?
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.
I use and like them both, rubber and digis, as they both have their own benefits, but like rubber (and clear acetate) stamps just a bit more. This is for a reason I really enjoy having a stamp in my hands and actually stamp. Also, I spend less time creating a layout for my card with physical stamps than with digis, I can stamp wherever I want and I find it way easier to go with masking technique when using rubber stamps (or clear acetate stamps).

3) Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge, November 2018: Anything Goes with optional twist: CAS
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

4) Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog, Challenge: Let It Snow
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

5) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog, Challenge: Baby It's Cold Outside
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

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

Milka

Watercolor Confirmation Card

Hi everyone! :o)

Today I want to share with you this Watercolor Confirmation Card.

I made this one for my ex neighbors' son.

This was super easy and fast to create. The design is similar to CAS Christening Cards I shared here on my blog last week, I just went with different coloring techniques. You can find them here.

For a card base I used Canson XL Mixed Media Paper. I watercolored front panel of the card with a Distress Ink Blueprint Sketch. After adding couple layers of color, drying them between with Heat It Tool, I splattered the card with water and dried the card. I again splattered the card with white acrylic paint mixed with water and left the card dry on air. Acrylic splatters dried with Heat It Tool do not look as good as splatters dried on air.

After drying, I glued two die-cut birds directly on the card and my card was finished. :o)

I got die-cut birds I used and many many more from friend Valentina of Barvito malo mesto. Thank you Valentina!! :o)

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

List of supplies:

• Canson XL Mixed Media Paper, 300 g
• birds die-cuts (got this and many more from friend Valentina)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Ink, Blueprint Sketch
• Marabu Acrylic Paint (070 White)
• UHU universal glue
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Ranger Heat It Tool
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #2
• water
• paper towels

I'm linking my cards 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) Happy Little Stampers, Anything Goes with Dies Challenge, May 2017

This is my 4th entry to this challenge.

2) Happy Little Stampers, Watercolour Challenge, May 2017, Anything Goes

This is my 5th entry to this challenge.

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

Milka