Birthday Wishes Card (Jane's Doodles DT Spotlight)

Hi everyone! :o)

My second post today. If you missed the first one, just scroll down or follow a direct link here.

Today is my turn to be on the spotlight over at Jane's Doodles and I made this Birthday Wishes Card. :o)

My card is a CASE (copy and share everything) of my own card I made last year (find it here). I went with same design, layout, used same techniques, stamps and dies, except color scheme. On my today's card I wanted to create an Ombré Effect with hearts. I like it very much, I'll surely make more cards like this with different colors. :o)

For my card I used a sentiment stamp from a Jane's Doodles 'Birthday Wishes' stamp set and hearts die cuts form Jane's Doodles 'Stinks' dies set.


How I made my card...

On this card (like on the original) I went with a die cut inlay technique. I love puzzles and this technique is super fun to me. :o) You can find amazing video tutorials and awesome ideas on this technique on Jennifer's McGuire blog (here and here)

I die cut hearts in a white cardstock paper panel and stamped a sentiment in black on the panel. I kept white die cut hearts for some future projects.

Then I blended various blue tone Distress Ink colors on a white cardstock paper piece and die cut hearts in it.

I glued the panel on a same size white top folded card base, inserted die cut hearts into openings and my card was finished. :o)

Card measurements: 83 mm x 114 mm (3 1/4" x 4 1/2")

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Belated Birthday' stamp set (sentiment)
• Jane's Doodles 'Stinks' dies (hearts)
• white cardstock paper
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Tumbled Glass
• Broken China
• Mermaid Lagoon
• Salty Ocean
• Blueprint Sketch
• UHU liquid glue
• Sizzix Big Shot
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• bone folder
• Crystal Katana

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 #324 - Clean and Simple
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies Challenge, January 2019
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

3) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Clean and Simple
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

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

Milka

Butterflies in Mandala Circle Card

Hi everyone! :o)

Today I want to share with you this Butterflies in Mandala Card I made for my mom who's birthday is today. :o)

♥ HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!! ♥

To make this card, I used a GORGEOUS Create a Smile 'Mandala' cling stamp and Sizzix butterfly thinlits die.

I heat embossed in white the Mandala on a white watercolor paper. I colored the Mandala in watercolor technique using two Distress Inks, Tumbled Glass and Salty Ocean, and a lot of water. When I was satisfied with color, I dried the paper and cut it into a circle shape. I cut another same size circle from a white cardstock paper and two larger circles. I glued together two larger circles to create a card base.

Then I die cut butterflies in the panel and bunch of butterflies from the white cardstock paper.

With all pieces ready, I started assembling my card. First I glued the watercolored panel on the same size white cardstock circle. Then I glued butterflies. I combined die cut inlay and die cut stacking techniques. When I glued all pieces together, I glued the panel on the card base and my card was finished. :o)

Card measurements: d = 105 mm (4 1/8")

List of supplies:

• Create a Smile 'Mandala' cling stamp
• Sizzix butterfly thinlits die 
• white cardstock paper
• white watercolor paper
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Tumbled Glass
• Salty Ocean
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• UHU glue roller
• UHU liquid glue
• Sizzix Big Shot
• Fiskars High Precission Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Ranger Heat It Craft Tool
• Xcut self healing cutting mat A4
• EK Success Circle Cutters
• Crystal Katana
• crafting needle
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• paper towels
• water

I love how my card turned out and the dimension I achieved by stacking butterflies. Here is a short video of my finished card. :o)

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 Challenge, Challenge #168 - Anything Goes with an option Use a Ribbon
This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

2) Crafting By Designs, Anything Goes November Edition
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

3) Craft Stamper Magazine, Take It Make It Challenge: November Anything Goes
This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

4) Crafty Creations Challenges, Challenge #378 - Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

5) Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies Challenge, November 2018
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

6) Happy Little Stampers, Watercolour Challenge, November 2018: Anything Goes
This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

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

Milka

I Love Math Challenge #10

Hello everyone and welcome to a new I Love Math Challenge!

I'm experiencing some internet connection issues these days and was unable to finish my post neither to publish it yesterday, when our challenge should have been started. Well, now it's here. :o)


This is the tenth challenge. If you're new to my blog, you can find all about the challenge here.

A theme for this challenge is picked by our lovely Kaja: SUMMER with LINE(S) and/or STRIPES.

"A line is a straight one-dimensional figure having no thickness and extending infinitely in both directions. A line is sometimes called a straight line or, more archaically, a right line (Casey 1893)."

Source: Wolfram Math World (http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Line.html)

A stripe is "long, narrow band or stripe differing in color or texture from the surface on either side of it."

Source: English Oxford Living Dictionaries (https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/stripe)

And now inspiration from the team...


Here is Kaja's take on the challenge.

Super cuteness overload!!! Beautiful and bright full design, super cute scene... ♥ I love Kaja's challenge theme, the card she created and how she incorporated the challenge theme into her summer themed card: stripes in the background. Jump over to Kaja's blog and find more details about her card. :o)

Here is Neha's take on the challenge.

GORGEOUS!!! Beautiful design, modern look... ♥ I love Neha's card and how she incorporated the challenge theme into her CAS card: black, bold stripes and origami pigeons. Brilliant!!! And look at that GORGEOUS painting. ♥ Jump over to Neha's blog and find more details about her card. :o)

And here is my take on the challenge: Rainbow Striped Ice-Scones Card.

I decided to go with stripes and used gorgeous rainbow striped patterned paper form Lawn Fawn 'Really Rainbow' petite paper pack.

I went with a die cut inlay technique. I love puzzles and this technique is super fun to me. :o)

Also, I finally used a gorgeous ice-scone die cut from Create a Smile 'Sending Sunshine' kit. Not bad for a first time use. :o)

  

I die cut the ice-scone several times from a white cardstock paper. Then I die cut ice-scones in a rainbow striped patterned paper panel.

I glued the panel on a white top folded card base and glued die cuts into openings.

As a finishing touch, I coated ice-scones with Clear Wink of Stella. :o)

Card dimensions: 102 mm x 146 mm  (4" x 5 3/4")

List of supplies :

• ice-scone die cut from Create a Smile 'Sending Sunshine' kit
• Lawn Fawn 'Really Rainbow' petite paper pack
• white cardstock paper
• ZIG Wink of Stella (Gl. Clear 999)
• UHU liquid glue
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• Sizzix Big Shot
• bone folder
• scissors
• Xcut self healing working mat (grid)
• Crystal Katana
• clean white print paper

I'm linking my card to following challenges:

1) Create a Smile July 2018 FB Challenge: Summer
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Happy Little Stampers, Anything Goes with Dies Challenge, July 2018
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

Now it's your turn...

Add line(s) and/or stripes to your summer themed project. Project must be handmade and have line(s) and/or stripes in a focal point. Any design is welcome.

Curves (curvy lines) are allowed, but lines and/or stripes must be in a focal point.

More details about the challenge...

Challenge Starts: July 14th 2018, 10:00 PM CEST (UTC +2)

Challenge Ends: August 15th 2018, 9:55 PM CEST (UTC +2)

Challenge rules:

1. Math: line(s) and/or stripes
2. Theme: summer
3. Line(s) and/or stripe(s) must be in a focal point on your project.
4. The challenge is opened Worldwide (+18), except for minors.
5. You don't have to be a Math Lover to join this challenge.
6. Your creation must be new. Please do not link creation that has been posted prior to the day of the challenge.
7. Projects must be handmade!
8. Any stamp company/artist is welcome.
9. Any design is welcome.
10. You must be my blog follower through Blogger.
11. Mention the challenge in your blog post and link back to the challenge.
12. Display Challenge badge in your blog post.
13. Link up as many projects as you want.
14. You are welcome to combine your project to as many challenges as you want.
15. No blog hop and direct selling links are allowed here.
16. Link your direct blog post and not your entire blog, so we could locate your creation.
17. Please turn off word verification.
18. Prior you enter the challenge and add your link to Inlinkz, please read these Challenge Rules and Privacy Notice (shared at the bottom of this post below Inlinkz).
19. Have fun!

I reserve the right to remove links that do not comply with challenge rules.

Prize: 

One Jane's Doodles stamp set of winners choice. Kaja, Neha and I will select four favorite projects (TOP 4), which will be featured here on my blog on August 31st 2018.
Among TOP 4, there will be a random draw (using Random.org) for one lucky winner who will then receive the prize. :o)
Winner has to confirm the prize in a week. Unconfirmed prize will be redrawn and given to another TOP 4.
If we have 4 or less entries to the challenge, all projects will be considered as TOP projects.


I hope you'll like the new challenge theme, get inspired and join us with your Math creations. Kaja, Neha and I can't wait to see your creations. :o)

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me. Just leave me a comment on this blog post or send me an e-mail. 

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

Milka

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Shimmery Rainbow Butterfly Card (RCC #10)

Happy Friday! :o)

Today I want to share with you this Shimmery Rainbow Butterfly Card.

This Rainbow Color Card (RCC) is the tenth card I made for a Celebrating 30 Days of Pisces 2018 personal challenge. If you want to find out more about it, just follow the link provided. :o)

How I made my card...

On this card I went with a die cut inlay technique. As I mentioned in my yesterday's blog post, I love puzzles and this technique is super fun to me. :o)

  

I die cut a beautiful butterfly in a white cardstock paper panel. I kept the butterfly outline for this project and threw away tiny white parts.

Then I blended Distress Inks on a white cardstock paper piece, following a rainbow pattern and die cut another butterfly in it. I kept tiny pieces for this project and threw away butterfly outline (I didn't like it).

I glued the panel on a square white top folded card base and inserted white butterfly outline into opening and then small colored pieces into wings' openings.

As a finishing touch, I coated colored parts with Clear Wink of Stella. :o)

Card dimensions: 95 mm x 95 mm (3 3/4" x 3 3/4")

List of supplies:

• Sizzix butterfly thinlits die 
• white cardstock paper
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Barn Door
• Spiced Marmalade
• Mustard Seed
• Twisted Citron
• Salty Ocean
• Blueprint Sketch
• Wilted Violet
• UHU liquid glue
• ZIG Wink of Stella Brush (Gl. clear 999)
• Sizzix Big Shot
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool
• bone folder
• crafting needle
• Crystal Katana

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 #284 - Clean and Simple
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies Challenge, March 2018
This is my 5th entry to this challenge.

3) Paru's Card Making Challenges, March 2018 Challenge

This is my 9th entry to this challenge.

4) STAMPlorations, March Challenge: All About Spring and Faith
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

5) Stempelküche Challenge, #90 Schmetterlinge / Butterfly

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

Milka