Striped Birthday Card Set (Jane's Doodles DT Spotlight)

Hi everyone! :o)

Today is my turn to be on the spotlight over at Jane's Doodles and I made this CAS (clean and simple), Striped Birthday Card Set. :o)

To make this card set I used stamps from two Jane's Doodles stamp sets: Patterns and All Occasions.

How I made this card set....

First I inked a stripes stamp with VersaMark Watermark Ink. Then I inked the stamp with a Distress Ink Mustard Seed, directly over the Watermark Ink.

I pressed the inked stamp directly on a white cardstock paper panel, removed the stamp and repeated same until I stamped whole panel. I repeated same on two more panels.

I glued panels on top folded card bases (horizontal card is side folded).

I heat embossed a sentiment on a black cardstock paper three times. I didn't heat emboss sentiments perfectly, so I used black fine liner and white pigment ink to fix embossed sentiments. :o) 

After cooling, I cut sentiment stripes, glued 3-D foam on the back of each stripe and glued them on cards.

As a finishing touch, I embellished cards with black enamel stickers. :o)

I love how my cards turned out. :o)

Card measurements: 
vertical cards: 95 mm x 127 mm (3 3/4" x 5")
horizontal card: 127 mm x 95 mm (5" x 3 3/4")

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Patterns' stamp set
• Jane's Doodles 'All Occasions' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• black cardstock paper
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Ink Mustard Seed
• Mitsubishi Uni Pin 0.1
• Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink pen
• Create a Smile 'Neat & Neutral' enamel stickers
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D foam squares, 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• acrylic block
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Ranger Heat It Tool
• powder bag
• dry cloth
• crafting needle

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) Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge, Week 13 - Anything Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Anything Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

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

Milka

Rainbow Numerals Birthday Card III (Jane's Doodles DT Spotlight)

Hi everyone! :o)

Yesterday was my turn to be on the spotlight over at Jane's Doodles and I made this CAS (clean and simple), Rainbow Numerals Birthday Card III. :o)

I made this card for my niece Tea, who's 8th birthday is today. ♥ Happy birthday sweet little girl!! ♥

I CASEd (copy and share everything) my own card I created earlier this year (find it here). I went with CASE because I really like the design of the original and because Tea likes rainbow colors and numbers (and Math). :o)

For my card I used stamps from two Jane's Doodles stamp sets: numerals from 'ABC's' stamp set and sentiment from 'Belated Birthday' stamp set.

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How I made this card...

I arranged numeral stamps on an acrylic ruler (I don't have long acrylic block) and inked them with VersaMark Watermark Ink. Then I inked each numeral with different Distress Ink, directly over the Watermark Ink, following a Rainbow pattern. I pressed inked numerals directly on a white cardstock paper panel. After drying, I glued the panel on a white side folded card base.

Next up was a sentiment. I heat embossed the sentiment in white on a black cardstock paper stripe, placed some foam on the back of the stripe and glued the sentiment on the card. 

As a finishing touch I embellished the card with enamel dots. :o)

Card measurements: 89 mm x 133 mm (3.5" x 5.25")

List of supplies :

• Jane's Doodles 'ABC's' stamp set (numerals)
• Jane's Doodles 'Belated Birthday' stamp set (sentiment)
• white cardstock paper
• black cardstock paper
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Barn Door
• Spiced Marmalade
• Mustard Seed
• Twisted Citron
• Tumbled Glass
• Salty Ocean
• Blueprint Sketch
• Wilted Violet
• 3-D foam tape, 1 mm thick
• Create a Smile enamel dots (Beach Party, Frosty Fun, Sending Sunshine, Snow Dance)
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• ruler
• Ranger Heat It Tool
• powder bag
• crafting needle
• scissors
• dry cloth

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) Craft Stamper Magazine, Take It, Make It Challenge, August 2018: Anything Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Paru's Card Making Challenges, August 2018: Make a card or a tag for Family

This is my 4th entry to this challenge.

I made this card for my niece.

At the end of this post...

Jane has an End of Summer Sale and is offering 40% off on entire store. No code needed. The discount is calculated at the checkout. Find more details on Jane's Doodles blog. :o)

More inspiration (similar cards I made in the past):
Rainbow Numerals Birthday Card
Rainbow Numerals Birthday Card II

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

Milka

Birthday Monkey Card (Kitty Bee Designs Spotlight)

Hi everyone! :o)

On Sunday, July 29th, was my turn to be on the spotlight over at Kitty Bee Designs and I made this CAS (clean and simple), Birthday Monkey Card. :o)

I didn't share this earlier here on my blog, as I spent last weekend with my family in Bilice near Šibenik. I didn't want to sit by the computer while with them and didn't manage to do that before the journey, so... :o) We celebrated two birthdays: my father celebrated his 60th and my partner his 39th. It was awesome family gathering. :o)

Back to the card...

I made this card for my friend's son Vid, who will celebrate his 4th birthday this month. :o)

For my card I used a SUPER CUTE Kitty Bee Designs 'Max the Monkey' digital image. :o)

I printed the monkey twice, one on a white cardstock paper and second on a watercolor paper. I left images dry through the night to prevent ink smearing while coloring.

I colored the monkey printed on cardstock paper with black marker and fussy cut the tiger. Then I colored the monkey printed on watercolor paper in watercolor technique using Distress Inks. After drying, I fussy cut the monkey, traced edges with black marker and glued the monkey over the "black" monkey. I did this to make the image thicker, as a watercolor paper I use is very thin and doesn't work well with 3-D foam.

Then I heat embossed in white a sentiment on a black cardstock paper. The sentiment is from Paper Smooches 'Sentiment Sampler' stamp set.

I decided to go with same design and layout as on two cards I shared here on my blog last year, here and here. Super simple, CAS as much as it can be, masculine with minimum colors and elements. :o)

Update September 22nd, 2018:
More inspiration.... Layout used also on cards made in the past, here and here. :o)

I glued 2 mm thick foam squares on the sentiment stripe and glued it on a top folded white card base, glued 3 mm thick foam scraps on the monkey and placed him on the card. As a finishing touch, I glued two brown enamel dots on the card.

Card dimensions: 89 mm x 121 mm (3.5" x 4.75")

List of supplies:

• Kitty Bee Designs 'Max the Monkey' digital image
• Paper Smooches 'Sentiment Sampler' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• black cardstock paper
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Mustard Seed
• Tea Dye
• Vintage Photo
• Ground Espresso
• Stabilo Fine Tip Pen (marker), Black 68/46
• UHU liquid glue
• foam squares, 2 mm thick
• foam scraps, 3 mm thick
• Create a Smile Enamel Stickers 'Coffee Collection'
• printer
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no. #0
• Ranger Heat It Craft Tool
• scissors
• paper towels 
• water
• powder bag
• dry cloth
• crafting needle

I hope you'll like my today's KBD spotlight project and get inspired. For more inspiration and cute images jump over to the Kitty Bee Designs Etsy Store, Kitty Bee Designs Blog and Kitty Bee Designs FB. :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) CRAFT-alnica, Izziv/Challenge #216: CAS

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday, July 2018: Watercolor
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

3) Sweet Stampin' Challenge, CAS

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

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

Milka

Christmas Candy Elf Card (KBD Aloha Friday Challenge #112)

Happy Friday! :o)

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

Today a new Aloha Friday Challenge starts at Kitty Bee Designs.

The challenge for this fortnight is #122 - Christmas in July. 

We have two sponsors for this challenge: A Day For Daisies and  The Paper Nest Dolls, so there will be double prizes! :o)

  

And here's my take on the challenge: Christmas Candy Elf Card. :o)

For my card I used a GORGEOUS A Day For Daisies 'Candy Elf C' digital image.

I went with a same layout as on my card I shared in December 2016 (find it here).


How I made my card...

I printed the elf on a watercolor paper and left it aside for a day. I colored the elf in watercolor technique using Distress Inks. After drying, I fussy cut the elf, traced edges with black marker and softened the elf with stylus ball.

I printed another elf directly on a card base. After printing, I folded card base and colored the elf with black marker. Then I glued the colored elf over the "black one". This is kind of paper piecing and adds some dimension to the image. :o)

Next up was a sentiment. I used a font I downloaded from dafont, Impact Label Font. Love it!! :o)

Important: Read licences before downloading.

I printed the sentiment on a white cardstock paper, cut it out, colored edges with black marker and got lovely label, as if I had label maker. I glued 3-D foam on the label and placed it on the card.

As a finishing touch I embellished the card with sequins. :o)

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

List of supplies:

• A Day For Daisies 'Candy Elf C' digital image
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Tea Dye
• Salty Ocean
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pen (Marker) 68/46, Black
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D foam tape, 1 mm thick
• gloss resin super clear
• Pretty Pink Posh sequins, exclusive mix for Create a Smile 'Beach Party' kit
• printer
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no. #0
• water
• paper towels
• stylus ball
• soft working mat
• crafting needle

I hope you'll like my card for the challenge and get inspired. For more inspiration, stop by the Kitty Bee Designs blog and check out lovely projects my Design Team mates created. And don't forget to join us in this challenge. We are looking forward to see your projects. :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 and More, Challenge #299 - Clean and Simple
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Card Mania Challenges, Challenge #106, Anything Goes

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

3) Happy Little Stampers, Christmas Challenges, July 2018, Anything Goes
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

4) Happy Little Stampers, Watercolour Challenge, July 2018, Anything Goes

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

5) Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, Red, White and/or Blue

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

6) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Red, White and/or Blue

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

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

Milka