Butterfly in Red Mandala Circle Card

Hi everyone! :o)

My 2nd post today. If you missed the first one just scroll down or follow a direct link here. :o)

My second project today is this Butterfly in Red Mandala Circle Card. I made this card for my mom who's birthday was a week ago. :o)

♥ I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST MOM!!! ♥

To make this card I CASEd a card I made for my mom's birthday last year (here). I went with same design and used same products, just went with different color scheme and only one butterfly on this card.

I used a GORGEOUS Create a Smile 'Mandala' cling stamp and Sizzix butterfly thinlits die.


How I made this card...

I heat embossed the Mandala in white on a watercolor paper. I colored the Mandala in watercolor technique using two Distress Inks, Spun Sugar and Festive Berries, and a lot of water. When I was satisfied with color, I dried the paper and cut the Mandala into a circle shape.

I cut another same size circle from a white cardstock paper and two larger circles. I glued two larger circles together on top and created a circle shaped card base.

Then I die cut the butterfly in the watercolored circle panel and four 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:
• Spun Sugar
• Festive Berries
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• 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, the texture and dimension I achieved by stacking butterflies. My mom also loved it. :o) 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 #179 - Anything Goes
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes With Dies Challenge, November 2019

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

3) Happy Little Stampers Watercolor Challenge, November 2019, Anything Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Stop by later today, I'll be posting two more times. Next post is up at 6 PM, CET (UTC +1). Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka

Snowflakes Card (bastel-traum challenge #83)

Happy Friday! :o)

Today a new challenge starts at bastel-traum and I'm very happy to finally share with you that I'm the newest Design Team Member at bastel-traum. :o)

Bastel-traum challenges are monthly challenges and our theme for the challenge #83 is Winter/Christmas.

The challenge started today, November 15th, 2019, at 9 AM, CET or MET (UTC +1) and ends on December 15th, 2019, at 8:55 AM, CET or MET (UTC +1). Find all the details about the challenge, rules and prizes in a challenge post (here).


And here is my take on the challenge: Snowflakes Card. :o)

How I made my card....

I went with die-cut inlay technique on my card. :o)

To make my card I used a GORGEOUS Create a Smile Cool Cuts 'Negative Snowflake' die cut. I used only inner part of the die cut. I had some of these die-cut circles and snowflakes in my stash that I didn't need when I was making Christmas cards last year (or even two years ago). I die cut the rest of them from a Kraft cardstock and a white cardstock paper scraps . I used a piece of paper large enough to cover the inner part of the die cut.

First I glued circles on a white cardstock paper panel. Then I glued snowflakes inside each circle (die-cut inlay). When I was finished, I glued the panel on a white side folded card base and glued another white panel inside the card to make it sturdier.

Then I wrote a sentiment 'Fröhliche Weihnachten' on my computer using Impact Label Font, printed it out on the white cardstock paper, cut it out, colored edges with a black marker and got a lovely label, as if I had label maker. :o)

Fröhliche Weihnachten means Merry Christmas on German. :o)

Lastly, I glued 3-D foam squares on the back of the label, glued it on the card and my card was finished. :o)

Card measurements: 137 mm x 105 mm (5 3/8" x 4 1/8")

List of supplies:

• Create a Smile Cool Cuts 'Negative Snowflake' die-cut (find it also in bastel-traum shop, here)
• Sizzix Big Shot
• Impact Label Font (Important: Read licences before downloading.)
• Crafter's Companion Neenah Desert Storm Kraft Coloring Card
• white cardstock paper
• Stabilo Fine Tip Pen 68/46 black
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D foam squares (2 mm x 2 mm x 2 mm)
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• printer
• bone folder
• sciccors
• crafting needle

I hope you'll like my card for this challenge and get inspired. For more inspiration, check out cards my super talented Design Teammates created for the challenge. Do join us in this challenge, we are looking forward to see your Winter/Christmas creations. :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) We Dare You To Create a Smile Challenge, Mood Board Challenge

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes With Dies Challenge, November 2019

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

3) Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge, November 2019, Anything Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

4) The Cat's Pajamas, TCP Tuesday Challenge #363 - Holiday

This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

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

Milka

White Feather Card (IC #13)

Hi everyone! :o)

Today I want to share with you this CAS (clean and simple), White Feather Card. :o)

I made this Interactive (IC) ACCORDION GATEFOLD CARD for my Celebrating 30 Days of Pisces 2019 personal challenge. If you want to find out more about it, just follow the link provided. :o)

This is a thirteenth type of IC I made for my challenge. I made 15 different types of interactive cards during Pisces period, which was my personal challenge. I completed my challenge, achieved my goals and had a lot of fun. I wrote a short review about the challenge here.

It's taking me much longer than I planed to share all my IC cards with you. I will give my best to share rest of two by the end of this month.

How I made this card...

To make this card I used gorgeous feather die cut I got from a dear friend crafter, Alice of Scrap & C. Thank you so much, Alice!!! ♥

For a card base I used a white cardstock paper cut to 11 1/4" x 5". I scored the paper at 1 7/8", 3 3/4", 7 1/2" and 9 3/8" on the longer side and folded paper along scored lines. I got a card base measured 3 3/4" x 5".

With the card base ready, I die cut a feather on both gate flaps. I glued an acetate piece behind each gate opening, but just on one half.

I die cut 4 more feathers from a white cardstock paper scraps and glued two together (stacking die cuts). Then I glued stacked feathers into gate openings (die cut inlay technique).

Lastly I created a super simple belt that will keep the card closed. I cut a vellum paper to a desirable size, wrapped the vellum belt around the card (not too tight), removed it and glued two endings together to form a belt. I placed the belt on the card to keep it closed and my card was finished. :o)

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

List of supplies:

• Sizzix thinlits die - Little Feather Mini
• white cardstock paper
• vellum paper
• acetate sheet
• UHU liquid glue
• Sizzix Big Shot
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• crafting needle
• post-it papers

I LOVE how my card turned out!!! :o) There is so much space to write a message. Here is a short video. :o)

Music: dR.Izzy - Angel on my shoulder...  

In this video I used music from a friend of mine and a first neighbor now, very very talented mister, dr.Izzy. I used part of a track Angel on my shoulder.... Beautiful music he creates is shared and is downloadable for free from his Soundcloud account. Thank you dr.Izzy!!! :o)

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

Milka