Joie de Vivre Box (Jane's Doodles DT Spotlight)

Hi everyone :-D

Today it's my turn to be on the spotlight over at Jane's Doodles.

Joie de Vivre Box is my project for today.

I used gorgeous Jane's Doodles Butterflies stamp set.

I altered a small Kraft hexagon cardboard box with a lid I had in my stash few years.

First I colored the box and lid inside with Tim Holtz's Distress Inks (I mixed Brushed Corduroy and Walnut Stain with water) using paintbrush. Then I distressed all outside edges with TH Distress Ink Brushed Corduroy. 

I cut out two hexagons and two rectangle stripes from scraps of Graphic 45 'French Country' Patterns and Solids, distressed edges with TH Distress Ink Brushed Corduroy and glued them on the box and lid with UHU universal glue.

Then I stamped butterflies on the box and lid using TH Distress Ink Walnut Stain and Brown Dye Ink pad. After stamping, I distressed whole surface with TH Distress Ink Brushed Corduroy using blending tool. I dried everything in between with hairdryer. At the end I splattered whole surface with water using my fingers. 

When I was satisfied with the look of the surface and color I got, I coated the box and lid, inside and outside, three times with découpage glue and varnish.

After drying (I left it dry for a day), I made small box legs from wooden beads and Long Fasteners, and simply glued them on the bottom of the box.

I also decorated the box and lid with TH Idea-ology Long Fasteners.

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Butterflies' stamp set
• Kraft cardboard hexagon box with a lid (5 cm x 3.5 cm) 
• Graphic 45 paper collection 'French Country', 6 x 6, Patterns and Solids (scraps) 
• Tim Holtz Distress Inks (Brushed Corduroy, Walnut Stain) 
• Docrafts Dye Ink Pad (brown) 
• wooden pearls (3 pieces)
• Tim Holtz Idea-ology Long Fasteners (8 pieces)
• UHU universal glue 
• Art Potch découpage glue and varnish
• ruler 
• trimmer
• scissors
• polymer stamp handle (38 mm x 38 mm) 
• Tim Holtz's blending tool 
• Marabu fine paint brush no. #10
• large sewing needle
• hairdryer 
• water

I am entering my project to following challenges:

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1) Craft Stamper, Take it Make it Challenge, September: Take a Stamp (Anything Goes)

2) Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, Love this Technique
I love to make decorations. Few of my favorite techniques are altering boxes, stamping and distressing. 

3) Through The Craft Room Door, TTCRD Challenge from September 15th to September 21st, Anything Goes

4) Whimsy Stamps Inspiration Challenges, Challenge #86 - Anything Goes (or Halloween)

Thank you for visiting and your kind feedback. Enjoy and smile! :-D


Crafty Milka

Snowman Box (Crafty Creations Challenges #287)

Hi everyone :-D 

It´s time for a new challenge at Crafty Creations Challenges.

Our theme for this fortnight is #287 - Seeing Spots (use dots)

Our sponsor for this challenge is Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps, whit a great prize for one random winner: 3 digital images of winner's choice.

Snowman Box is my project for this challenge.

I decorated a small Kraft cardboard box with a lid I had in my stash for a couple of years, using our sponsor's image 'Chester da Snowman' digital stamp, designer paper scraps and Kraft paper from my stash. Kraft paper I used on my project is recycled.

How I made my box...
I cut out two circles and two stripes from brown dotted paper scraps (Crafters Companion Bebunni Christmas Designer Paper Pad). I distressed edges with Tim Holtz's Distress Ink Antique Linen and glued them on the box and lid with universal glue. 

Then I printed Robyn's Fetish 'Chester da Snowman' digital stamp on Kraft packaging paper (thick Kraft paper) and colored him with colored pencils and universal white pencil, fussy cut and glued him on the lid.
I wanted the box to look old, so I teared stripes from Kraft paper bag and glued them on corners of the box and lid. I did this in découpage technique, using fine brush and découpage glue and varnish. After adding first layer of découpage glue and varnish, I smeared whole box with Tim Holtz's Distress Ink Brushed Corduroy. I coated whole box and lid (inside and outside) several times with découpage glue and varnish.
After the box and lid were dry, I glued three synthetic snowballs on the bottom of the box to create box legs.

List of supplies: 

• Robyn's Fetish 'Chester da Snowman' digital stamp
• Kraft cardboard box with a lid (dimensions: ØLID = 51 mm, ØBOX = 48 mm,  h = 33 mm) 
• Kraft papers (Kraft packaging paper, Kraft bag)
• Crafters Companion Bebunni Christmas 6" x 6" Designer Paper Pad (scraps) 
• 3 synthetic snowballs (Ø 10 mm)
• Koh-i-noor woodless colored pencils (Titanium White 3, Natural Sienna 11, Ivory Black 12)
• Koh-i-noor universal white pencil for writing on gloss surfaces
• Tim Holtz´s Distress Inks (Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy) 
• Pritt universal glue   
• Art Potch découpage glue and varnish
• pencil
• ruler
• printer
• scoring board 
• compass 
• trimmer  
• scissors
• MARABU fine paint brush no.10

Stop by the Crafty Creations Challenges to see beautiful dotty creations from my Design Team Mates and join us in this challenge. We are looking forward to see your projects. :-D

I am entering my project 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) Catch The Bug Weekly Challenge, Earth Day - Recycle
My recycled items: Kraft papers (Kraft paper bag and Kraft packaging paper) 

2) Country View Challenges, April - Use Kraft Card

3) Craft My Life, All Crafts Challenge April/May 
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge. 

4) Dream Valley Challenges, Challenge #104 - Let's get Krafty - Use Kraft Card

5) Through The Craft Room Door, TTCRD Challenge from April 14th to April 20th, Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Enjoy and smile! :-D

Crafty Milka

Easter Basket

Hi everyone :-D 

Today I want to share with you an Easter Basket I made last week. 

To make a basket, I used a tutorial I found here. I used a sheet of a white cardstock paper dimensioned 8 1/4" x 8 1/4". If you prefer finished templates, you can download Paper basket free printable template, or purchase a Dutch Doobadoo Dutch Box Art A4 Basket. 

I printed beautiful Gingham Prints (yellow) from Little Llama Shoppe on the white cardstock paper, cut out stripes, rectangles and triangles I needed and glued them on the basket's panels. 

Then I glued panels together in a basket shape, with a découpage glue and varnish. After drying, I glued basket's handle on the basket and coated everything several times wit the découpage glue and varnish. I think this is the best glue to use when making something with curved shapes and want it make durable.

I used super fun  From the Heart Stamps 'Chocolate Bunny Birdbrain' digital stamp, printed it on a white cardstock paper and cut out circle shape around the image. I colored the image in watercoloring technique, using Tim Holtz's Distressed Inks, brush and water (Birdbrain and Chocolate Bunnies). Beak and eyelids are colored with orange colored pencil and covered with resin gel to create glossy accents.

I wanted the image to pop up. When it was dry, I added dimensional tape behind the image and placed it on the basket.

Then I embellished the basket with punched butterflies in découpage technique.

At the end I filled the basket with chocolate eggs. 

List of supplies:

• From the Heart Stamps 'Chocolate Bunny Birdbrain'
• Gingham Prints (yellow) from Little Llama Shoppe (these were free gift in July 2014)  
• white cardstock paper 
• Kooh-i-noor woodless colored pencil (Reddish Orange 2) 
• Tim Holtz´s distress inks (Mustard Seed, Walnut Stain)
• Pritt universal glue 
• Art Potch découpage glue and varnish
• dimensional double sided adhesive tape
• gloss resin gel super-clear
• printer 
• scoring board
• trimmer  
• scissors 
• Marabu fine paint brush no. 1
• Marabu fine paint brush no. 10
• crafting needle
• butterfly paper puncher   
• water

I am entering my project to following challenges:

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1) 2 Cute Ink digital stamps Challenge Blog, Challenge #126 - Easter
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge. 

2) Bastel-traum, Challenge #27: Ostern / Easter

3) Fun with shapes and more, Challenge #179 - Ostern / Easter

4) Hiding in My Craft Room, HIMCR #194 - Think Spring!

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Enjoy and smile! :-D

Crafty Milka

Amanita Card

Hi everyone :-D

I want to share with you a mini card I made today for my friend. It´s this Amanita Card. 

To make this card, I was inspired with an Amanita Box I made and shared here on my blog recently. That little box is a gift for my friend. I thought that a similar card will be perfect with it.

How I made this card

I cut out a card base from a brown textured paper. Card dimensions are 76 mm x 101 mm (3" x 4").

I cut out a panel from red/white polka dot paper and distressed edges with Tim Holtz´s Distress Ink Brushed Corduroy. 

I stamped mushrooms from  Paper Smooches 'Forest Whimsy' stamp set on Kraft paper bag, colored them with colored pencils and universal white pencil, fussy cut them and colored edges with black permanent pen. 

I also punched out 4 1" scalloped circles from Kraft paper bag. 

I decorated corners of the panel with scalloped circles and bottom center with mushrooms (Amanitas). I did this in découpage technique, using fine brush and découpage glue and varnish. 

After the panel was dry, I glued it to the card base and added thick coat of transparent varnish on mushrooms´s dots to pop them up and to create glossy accents. 

I also glued a stripe of textured paper, punched with  MSC Edger Punch, Scallop Dot. 

  

List of supplies: 

• Paper Smooches 'Forest Whimsy'
• Kraft paper bag  
• Florence cardstock paper, Canvas Texture (brown)
  
• Crafters Companion Bebunni Christmas 6" x 6" Designer Paper Pad
  
• Koh-i-noor Mondeluz aquarell colored pencil (Red 7)
• Koh-i-noor woodless colored pencils (Titanium White 3, Pyrrole Red 170, Natural Sienna 11)
• Koh-i-noor universal white pencil for writing on gloss surfaces
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen F (fine) 0.6 mm
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen M (medium) 1.0 mm
• Tim Holtz´s Distress Ink (Brushed Corduroy) 
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)  
• Pritt universal glue   
• Art Potch découpage glue and varnish
• transparent varnish with extra gloss  
• scoring board 
• trimmer
• scissors 
• polymer stamp handle (38 mm x 35 mm)
• crafting needle 
• Tim Holtz´s blending tool
• MARABU fine paint brush no. 10 (only for découpage)
• EK Success 1" scallop circle punch 
• MSC Edger Punch, Scallop Dot 
• Nivea baby cleaning wipes  

Here is a photo of today´s Amanita card and Amanita box. Don´t they look nice together? Looking at them I feel like I´m in Fairy Tale. :-D 

I am entering my card (not the box) to following challenges:

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1) Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, B is for...

• inspired with a box I made
• this cards is a birthday card for my friend
• brown color
• Brushed Corduroy
• brown textured paper
• bag (brown Kraft paper) 
• brown colored pencil (Natural Sienna 11) 
• black (ink and permanent pen) 
• Bebunni designer paper 
• building a scene with stamps
• blending with colored pencils 
• brush for découpage 
• blending tool 

And on my native language, Croatian:

• bojice (colored pencils) 
• bijela boja (white color)
• bezbojni lak (transparent varnish) 
• bajka (Fairy Tale) 

2) The Daily Marker, 30 Day Coloring Challenge

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge. 

And for the end, happy news to share with you.

I was Paper Smooches SPARKS Featured Player (March AG (wk1) challenge).
 

My Welcome Baby Card was honorable mentioned at CASology.

I am invited to be a Guest Designer in April at Crafting By Designs!

I am very honored and happy! :-D

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Enjoy and smile! :-D

Crafty Milka

Amanita Box (Fairy Tale Challenge #112)

Happy Friday everyone :-D

It´s time for a new challenge at Fairy Tale Challenge Blog.

Theme for this fortnight is #112 Kraft Paper.

This time our lucky winner will win a Fab Foil for making a metallic shimmer on crafting projects, from our dear sponsor WOW Embossing Powders. 

Amanita Box is my project for this challenge.

I decorated a small Kraft cardboard box with a lid I had in my stash for a couple of years. 

I cut out rectangles and stripes from red/white polka dot scraps (Crafters Companion Bebunni Christmas Designer Paper Pad). I distressed edges with Tim Holtz´s Distress Ink Brushed Corduroy and glued them on the box and lid with universal glue. 
Then I made decorations from Kraft paper bag.
I stamped mushrooms from  Paper Smooches 'Forest Whimsy' stamp set on Kraft paper bag, colored them with colored pencils and universal white pencil, fussy cut them and colored edges with black permanent pen. Amanita mushrooms were finished! :-D
I also punched out 12 1" scalloped circles from Kraft paper bag. 

I decorated corners of the box and lid with scalloped circles, and sides with Amanitas. I did this in découpage technique, using fine brush and découpage glue and varnish. After drying, I coated whole box and lid (inside and outside) three times with découpage glue and varnish.

After the box and lid were dry, I added transparent thick coat of varnish on Amanitas´s dots to pop them up and to create glossy accents. 

List of supplies: 

• Paper Smooches 'Forest Whimsy'
• Kraft cardboard box with a lid (dimensions: a = 50 mm, b = 50 mm, c = 42 mm, d = 27 mm, e = 45 mm, f = 45 mm)
• Kraft paper bag 
• Crafters Companion Bebunni Christmas 6" x 6" Designer Paper Pad (scraps)
  
• Koh-i-noor Mondeluz aquarell colored pencil (Red 7)
• Koh-i-noor woodless colored pencils (Titanium White 3, Pyrrole Red 170, Natural Sienna 11)
• Koh-i-noor universal white pencil for writing on gloss surfaces
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen S (superfine) 0.4 mm
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen M (medium) 1.0 mm
• Tim Holtz´s Distress Ink (Brushed Corduroy) 
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)  
• Pritt universal glue   
• Art Potch découpage glue and varnish
• transparent varnish with extra gloss  
• scoring board 
• trimmer
• scissors 
• polymer stamp handle (38 mm x 35 mm)
• crafting needle 
• Tim Holtz´s blending tool
• MARABU fine paint brush no.10 (only for découpage)
• EK Success 1" scallop circle punch 
• Nivea baby cleaning wipes  

This is my first project using Kraft paper for stamping and coloring, and fourth project in découpage technique. I must say that I am very satisfied. :-D 

Stop at Fairy Tale Challenge Blog and see fabulous projects the rest of a Design Team made for this challenge and do join us, we can´t wait to see your projects. :-D

I am entering my project into following challenges:

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1) Crafting for all Seasons Challenge Blog, Challenge #96 - Dies and/or Punches 
I used only puncher (scalloped circle). 

2) Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge, Week 8 - Anything Goes 

3) Meljen´s Designs Design Team and Challenge Blog, Challenge #249 - Seeing Spots

4) Polkadoodles Challenge, Week 7 - All things Kraft 

5) Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, No Rules (Anything Goes)

6) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Anything Goes
My 2nd entry to this challenge. 

Thank you so much for stopping by and your kind feedback. Stop by later today, I´ll be posting again. Enjoy and smile! :-D

Crafty Milka