Jane's Doodles Release Blog Hop

 

Happy Friday! :o)

Welcome to a Jane's Doodles Release Blog Hop. Today we are featuring three GORGEOUS Christmas/Winter themed stamp sets released into the store. :o) We also have 4 amazing super talented Guest Designers joining us today and new Design Team Member joining our team: Lien. :o)

Wild Winter

Snowflakes

Hygge Time

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

And here is what I prepared for today: Blue Merry Christmas Card. :o)

How I made this Card... 

For my card I used stamps from all three stamp sets: snowflakes from 'Snowflakes' stamp set, a sweater from 'Hygge Time' stamp set and a sentiment from 'Wild Winter' stamp set.

As my stamps didn't arrive on time, Jane sent me digital stamps to work with them and prepare something for the hop.

First I created a snowflakes patterned paper on my laptop, using Microsoft Word and Paint. I printed the paper A4 size and cut it to a desirable size panel. I saved the rest of the patterned paper for future projects.

I wrapped the patterned paper panel with a vellum paper and glued it on a white top folded card base.

Then I printed the sweater image twice, one in white and second in blue color. I fussy cut the blue sweater and added more color to it. I ink blended entire sweater with a Distress Ink Blueprint Sketch and colored details with a white gel pen and various blue fine liners.

When I was satisfied with the sweater color, I glued the colored sweater over the white one and fussy cut it, leaving white thin border around it. 

Then I worked on sentiment, but I didn't like it and change it after my stamps arrived. First version was printed in blue, but it looked weird. I heat embossed the sentiment 'Merry Christmas' in white on a black cardstock paper and cut it to a desirable stripe. 

Lastly, I assembled my card. I glued 3-D foams on the back of the image and the sentiment stripe and glued them on the card. As a finishing touch, I embellished my card with blue enamel dots.

I love creating Christmas cards in non traditional Christmas colors and LOVE how this one turned out. :o)

At the bottom of this post you can find detailed supply lists of my today's card. 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:

Lien

Marion

Milka (you are here)

Claudia

Bobbi

Tinne

Katja

Katerina

Anouk (Guest Designer)

Norine (Guest Designer)

Bibi (Guest Designer)

Laura (Guest Designer)

Jane's Doodles blog

Jane will announce the winner on Monday, November 22nd, 2021, at Jane's Doodles Blog.

Also, Jane is having 20% off sale through this weekend. No code needed.

Now hop over to Claudia'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 'Snowflakes' stamp set (digital)
• Jane's Doodles 'Hygge Time' stamp set (digital)
• Jane's Doodles 'Wild Winter' stamp set (snetiment)
• laptop (MS Word, Paint)
• printer Canon Pixma 2550S
• white cardstock paper
• black cardstock paper
• vellum paper
• Create a Smile 'Fruitalicious' enamel dots
• Create a Smile 'Frosty Fun' enamel dots
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink Blueprint Sketch
• Uniball Signo White Gel Pen
• Fine Liners (light and dark blue)
• UHU universal liquid glue
• Quickie Glue Pen
• 3-D square foams, 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• round acrylic block
• scissors
• powder bag
• dry cloth 
• finger sponge dauber

Card measurements: 102 mm x 133 mm (4" x 5 1/4")

Gnomebody Like You Mini Circle Card (Jane's Doodles DT November Spotlight)

  

Hi everyone! :o)

Today I want to share with you this Gnomebody Like You Mini Circle Card. It was my spotlight project for Jane's Doodles on Tuesday, November 19th, 2020. I didn't manage to share it here on my blog earlier, so I'm sharing it today. :o)

To make this card I was inspired with circle cards that I made and shared here on my blog lately.

For my card I used stamps from three GORGEOUS Jane's Doodles stamp sets: a gnome and a sentiment from 'Merry Gnomes', background snowflakes from 'Driving Home for Christmas' and 'Snow Globe'. ♥

How I made my card....

First I created a background panel. I randomly stamped snowflakes on a Kraft paper in watermark stamping technique using VersaMark Watermark Ink. Then I die cut a wonky stitched circle from the Kraft paper.

Then I made a card base. I cut two circles from a white cardstock paper and glued them together on the top.

I glued the Kraft panel on the circle card base.

Next up was an image. I stamped the super cute gnome on a watercolor paper and colored him in watercolor technique with Distress Inks. After drying, I fussy cut the gnome and traced edges with a black marker.

I stamped another gnome on a white cardstock paper, colored him with a grey marker and fussy cut him, leaving white thin border around the gnome. Then I glued the watercolored gnome over the grey one.

I die cut a speech bubble form a white cardstock paper and stamped the sentiment on it.

I love dimension on my cards. I glued 3-D foam squares (2 different thickness) on the back of the gnome and the speech bubble and glued them on the card.

As a finishing touch I drew white highlights on the gnome using a white gel pen, embellished the card with two brown enamel dots and my card was finished. :o)

I love how my card turned out. :o)

Card measurements: d = 83 mm (3 1/4")

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Merry Gnomes' stamp set
• Jane's Doodles 'Driving Home for Christmas' stamp set
• Jane's Doodles 'Snow Globe' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• Crafter's Companion Neenah Desert Storm Kraft Coloring Card
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim Holtz Distress Inks:
• Tea Dye
• Ground Espresso
• Hickory Smoke
• Stabilo Fibre Tip Pen (Marker), Black 68/46
• Stabilo Fibre Tip Pen (Marker), Light Grey 68/94
• Uniball Signo White pigment ink pen
• Create a Smile 'Coffee Collection' enamel stickers
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D foam squares, 5 x 5 x 1 mm
• 3-D foam squares, 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Sizzix Big Shot
• My Favorite Things, Die-namics Wonky Stitched Circle STAX
• Create a Smile 'Speech Bubbles' cool cuts
• EK Success circle cutter
• Xcut SelfHealing Cutting Mat A4
• round acrylic block
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. 3/0
• scissors
• crafting needle
• paper towels
• water

Fun fact about Gnomes:

"Gnomes kiss by rubbing noses. They also use nose rubbing as a greeting equivalent to human handshaking."

Source: https://www.houseandhome.ie/news-events/fun-facts-10-things-you-need-know-about-garden-gnomes-1686

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Stop by in an hour, when my 2nd post for today is scheduled. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka

Whale of a Birthday Card (Jane's Doodles DT July Spotlight)

Happy Friday! :o)

This is my third post today. If you missed previous two, just scroll down, or follow direct links here (I've announced my 6th Bloggoversary winner.) and 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. Two days ago I shared full list of projects that I'll be sharing (here).

Today I'm sharing my June and July spotlights, three spotlights in total, all in separate blog posts. My posts are scheduled and will go live every hour.

Second one today is this Whale of a Birthday Card. It was my spotlight project for Jane's Doodles on Tuesday, July 14th, 2020.  :o)

To make this card I used stamps from a beautiful Jane's Doodles 'Cool' stamp set. 

How I made my card...

I stamped a whale on a watercolor paper and colored it in watercolor technique using a Distress Ink Hickory Smoke. After drying, I fussy cut the whale and traced edges with a black marker.

As the watercolor paper I use is thin and I needed a thicker image, I stamped another whale on a white cardstock paper scrap, colored it with a grey marker and fussy cut the whale, this time leaving thin white border around it. I glued the watercolored whale over it and the image was ready.

Then I ink blended a white carsdstock paper panel with Distress Inks. When I was satisfied with the color, I splattered the panel with water, dabbed splatters with a paper towel and left the panel dry on air. After drying, I drew white dots on the panel using a White Pigment Ink pen.

I stamped a sentiment on a white cardstock paper scrap and die cut a speech bubble shape on my Sizzix Big Shot.

With all parts ready I assembled my card. I glued the ink blended panel on a side folded card base,. I glued another white cardstock paper panel inside my card to make it sturdier. Then I glued 3-D foam squares on the back of the whale and the sentiment speech bubble and glued them on the card.

As a finishing touch, I drew white highlights on the whale and embellished the card with two blue enamel dots and my card was finished. :o)

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

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Under the Sea' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Tumbled Glass 
• Salty Ocean
• Blueprint Sketch
• Hickory Smoke
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pens (Markers):
• light grey 68/94
• black 68/46
• Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink pen
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D foam squares, 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• 3-D foam squares, 5 x 5 x 1 mm
• round acrylic block
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Sizzix Big Shot
• Create a Smile 'Speech Bubbles' Cool Cuts
• Create a Smile 'Frosty Fun' enamel stickers (dark blue)
• Create a Smile 'Sending Sunshine' enamel stickers (light blue)
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. 3/0
• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tools
• scissors
• water
• paper towels
• crafting needle

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Stop by at 11 PM, when my last card for today is scheduled. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka

Live life in full Card (bastel-traum challenge #92)

Hi everyone! :o)

On August 15th, 2020, a new challenge started at bastel-traum and our theme for the challenge #92 is CAS (clean and simple). :o)

I'm a bit late sharing my post here on my blog, but there is still 10 days left to join in the fun. 

The challenge started on August 15th, 2020, at 9 AM, CEST (UTC +2) and ends on September 15th, 2020, at 8:55 AM, CEST (UTC +2). Find all the details about the challenge, rules and prizes in a challenge post (here).


And here is my take on the challenge: CAS (clean and simple), Live life in full Card. :o)

How I made my card ....

To make my card I used Distress Inks, a handmade stencil, a wooden sailboat and a sentiment stamp from Uniko 'Originally Organic Additions' stamp set.

First I created the stencil from a cardstock paper. I used a scalloped paper puncher and some washi tape to create the stencil. Using the stencil, I blended Distress Ink colors directly on a top folded white cardstock paper card base.

Then I colored the wooden sailboat with a black permanent pen (marker) and left the sailboat dry on air.

After couple hours of drying, I glued the sailboat and stamped the sentiment in black directly on the card base and my card was finished. :o)

I could speed up the process and dry the sailboat with a heat tool, but I was not in hurry so I chose drying on air. :o)

Cards measurements: 89 mm x 127 mm (3 1/2" x 5")

List of supplies: 

• sentiment from stamp set from Uniko 'Originally Organic Additions' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen M (medium) 1.0 mm
• Tim Hotlz Distress Inks:
• Tumbled Glass
• Salty Ocean
• Mermaid Lagoon
• wooden sailboat
• Sakura Quickie Glue Pen
• scissors 
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm) 
• Fiskars High Precission Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tools
• handmade scalloped stencil (cardstock paper scrap, Martha Stewart scalloped paper puncher, washi tape)

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

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

Milka

Aloe Vera Card Set (CASology Week #368 mid-inspiration)

Hi everyone! :o)

Last Tuesday, May 12th, 2020, a new challenge started at CASology. This fortnight's cue word is Plant. :o)

Due to some unexpected work situation and deadlines I had to meet, I didn't have the time to prepare my take on the challenge on time, so I'm bringing it today as mid-inspiration.There's still plenty of time to join the challenge, which ends on Monday, May 25th, 2020, 9 AM, CDT (UTC -5).

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), Aloe Vera Card Set. :o)

Design defined: 

Paper piecing works well with CAS cards.

How I made my cards....

To make this card set I CASEd (copy and share everything) my own card that I made in October 2016 (here). I went with same design, layout, color scheme, used same products, but there are some differences. :o)

For this card set I used stamps from Jane's Doodles 'Cactus' stamp set and a patterned paper from Create a Smile 'Sending Sunshine' kit. :o)

I stamped images on 2 different design papers, fussy cut them out and traced their edges with black marker. I arranged them and glued directly on white top folded card bases. I glued a stripe of a design paper on each card base, same paper I used for pots. Then I stamped a sentiment directly on card bases, partly covering pots.

Then I highlighted letters, aloe veras and stripes on the striped design paper.

As a finishing touch, I embellished cards with grey enamel dots and my card set was finished. :o) 

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

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Cactus' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• designer paper from Create a Smile 'Sending Sunshine' kit
• Create a Smile 'Neat & Neutral' enamel stickers
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Stabilo Fine Tip Pen (Marker), Black 68/46
• Unibal Signo White Pigment Ink Pen
• UHU liquid glue
• Fiskars High Precission Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• scissors
• crafting needle

I hope you'll like my card set I created 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)

Deepti Stephens

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman
Melissa Chipperfield

Milka Gubo (you are here)

Nancy Elrick
Sandie Munro

Sue Symens
Vicky (Guest Designer)

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

Milka

Hippo Birthday Card (Jane's Doodles DT March Spotlight)

Hi everyone!! :o)

This is my third and last post today. If you missed previous two just scroll down or follow direct links here and here. :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. Yesterday I shared full list of projects that I'll be sharing (here). Today I'm sharing my March spotlights.

This Hippo Birthday Card was my spotlight project for Jane's Doodles on Wednesday, March 25th, 2020.  :o)

To make this card, I was inspired with my own card that I made for Jane's Doodles February New Release Blog Hop (here).

I used stamps from Jane's Doodles 'Wild' stamp set. :o)


How I made my card....

I stamped a hippo on a watercolor paper and colored him in watercolor technique, using a Distress Ink Hickory Smoke. After coloring and drying, I fussy cut the hippo, traced edges with a black marker and softened the hippo using a stylus ball on a soft working mat. This curled the image a bit.

I stamped another hippo on a white cardstock paper scrap, fussy cut him, leaving a thin white border around him, colored him with a grey marker and glued the watercolored hippo over him. I did this because watercolor paper I use is thick and I needed thicker image, but also to create extra dimension on my card. :o)

Then I worked on a frame. I cut three frames from the white cardstock paper and one from a patterned paper. I glued frames together (stacked them).

I die cut a speech bubble from the patterned paper and stamped a sentiment on it.

With all parts ready, I assembled the card. I stamped leaves in grey directly on a white side folded card base and glued the frame on the card base. I glued 3-D foam squares on the image and speech bubble and glued them on the card.

As a finishing touch I drew white highlights on the hippo using a white pigment ink pen, embellished the card with grey enamel dots my card was finished. :o)

Card measurements: 117 mm x 95 mm (4 5/8" x 3 3/4")

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Wild' stamp set
• watercolor paper
• white cardstock paper
• Lawn Fawn patterned paper
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Ink Hickory Smoke
• Uniball Signo White pigment ink pen
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pens (Markers):
• black 68/46
• dark grey 68/96
• Create a Smile 'Neat and Neutral' enamel dots
• UHU liquid glue
• Sakura Quickie Glue Pen
• 3-D foam squares (5 x 5 x 2 mm)
• Sizzix Big Shot
• speech bubble from Create a Smile 'Speech Bubbles' cool cuts
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• soft working mat
• stylus ball
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. 3/0
• paper towels
• water
• scissors
• crafting needle

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

Milka

You're Magical Card (CASology Week #367)

Hi everyone! :o)

Yesterday, April 28th, a new challenge started at CASology. This fortnight's cue word is Magical. :o)

I had some unexpected situation and couldn't publish this post on time, so I'm bringing it today. The challenge ends on Monday, May 11th, 2020, 9 AM, CDT (UTC -5).

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

And here is my take on the challenge: CAS (clean and simple), You're Magical Card. :o)

Design defined: 

Plenty of white space, a small amount of color and adding dimension gives a CAS card special interest.

How I made my card....

To make my card I CASEd (copy and share everything) my own card that I made two years ago (here). I went with same design, layout, used same products, only went with a different color scheme. :o)

I used stamps from My Favorite Things 'BB Magical Dragons' stamp set.

I colored an adorable tiny dragon during Kathy's Racoosin 9th 30 Day Coloring Challenge, in February 2018, but didn't use it until now. I still have some images colored during past 30 Day Coloring Challenges that I didn't use on any project, but will surely use them for something. :o)

I stamped the tiny dragon on a watercolor paper and colored it in watercolor technique using Distress Inks. After drying, I fussy cut the dragon and colored the edges with a black marker. And then it waited in a drawer for two years to be used. :o)

I stamped another dragon on a white cardstock paper and colored it in black. I fussy cut it, leaving a thin white border around the dragon. Then I softened the watercolored dragon with a stylus ball and glued it over the black dragon.

Then I heat embossed in white a sentiment on a black cardstock paper, cut out a banner, glued some 3-D foam on it and glued the sentiment on a white top folded card base. I glued 3-D foam on the dragon and placed it to sit on the banner.

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

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

List of supplies:

• My Favorite Things 'BB Magical Dragons' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• black cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• Ranger Archival Ink, Jet Black
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks.
• Festive Berries
• Hickory Smoke
• Stabilo Fibre Tip Pen (Markers), Black 68/46
• UHU universal glue
• 3-D foam squares, 1 mm thick
• 3-D foam squares, 2 mm thick
• Create a Smile enamel stickers ('Beach Party', 'Pretty Cool')
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• Ranger Heat It Craft Tool
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• bone folder
• scissors
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no.#0
• stylus ball
• soft working mat
• crafting needle
• water
• paper towels
• powder bag

I hope you'll like my card for this challenge and get inspired. For more inspiration, check out beautiful 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)

Deepti Stephens

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Melissa Chipperfield

Milka Gubo (you are here)

Nancy Elrick
Sandie Munro

Sue Symens
Hannelie (Guest Designer)

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) AAA Cards, CAS Game #164 - One Image

2) Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge, Week 17 - Anything Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

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

Milka