Hoppy Birthday Card

Hi everyone! :o)

Today I want to share with you this CAS (clean and simple), one layer, Hoppy Birthday Card. :o)

To make this card I used super cute frog from Your Next Stamp 'Mini Sticky Note' mini stamp set. For a sentiment I combined words from two different stamp sets: word hoppy from Paper Smooches 'A Little Lovin' stamp set and word birthday from Your Next Stamp 'Honey Bee' stamp set.

I made this card during Kathy's Racoosin 13th 30 day coloring challenge (in July 2019), but I didn't shared a card anywhere yet, just a sneak peek in a preview post of all my coloring during the challenge (here). :o)

How I made my card....

I stamped the frog directly on a top folded Kraft paper card base. With some masking, I stamped the sentiment on the card base.

I colored the frog with various green tones colored pencils. To add some extra shade, I used green Stabilo Fiber Tip Pens (Markers).

When I was satisfied with the color, I colored a shade around the frog with a grey colored pencil. Lastly, I colored frog's eyes with a white pigment ink pen and my card was finished. :o)

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

List of supplies:

• Your Next Stamp 'Mini Sticky Note' mini stamp set
• Your Next Stamp 'Honey Bee' stamp set (word BIRTHDAY)
• Paper Smooches 'A Little Lovin' stamp set (word HOPPY)
• Crafter's Companion Neenah Desert Storm Kraft Coloring Card
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• TOZ Artist colored pencil, light green
• TOZ Hlapić colored pencil, dark green
• TOZ Fantasy colored pencil, light green
• Stabilo Colored Pencil, dark grey
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pens (Markers):
• light green 68/33
• mid green 68/43
• dark green 68/36
• Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink
• Mitsubishi Uni Pin 0.1
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• post-it papers for masking

I LOVE how my card turned out!!! :o)

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

Milka

Your Next Stamp May GDT - Share a Fave

Hi everyone! :o)

Today is my fifth guest spot on the Your Next Stamp Blog ('Share a Fave'), where blog readers can learn a bit more about me and my favorites. :o)

If you follow my blog, you already know that I love cute images. Your Next Stamp has tons of them for sure. :o) Among all the cuteness, my favorite is a cute little frog from 'Mini Sticky Note', which I used on my today’s card. I also used a part of one sentiment from 'Honey Bee' stamp set.

And here is my card: Birthday Frogs Card. :o)

Frogs are my favorite lucky animal totems. I have a lovely collection of them. Not real ones, of course, but wooden, stone, plastic.... and stamps. :o)

"Frogs are symbols of prosperity, wealth, friendship, and abundance in many cultures. In other cultures they symbolize fertility. In the Native American culture of the Southwestern United States, the frog carries a piece of wood in its mouth because the Mojave people believe frogs brought fire to humans. For the ancient Romans, the frog was believed to bring good luck to one's home. Native Aborigines of Australia believe that frogs brought the thunder and rain. Frogs are said to be effective in speeding up recovery from disease. Among the ancient Egyptians and Greeks, frogs symbolized inspiration and fertility. In ancient Egypt, Hekt, the frog goddess, protected newborn babies, hence frogs were symbols of fertility and birth. The frog is also said to attract true friends and to help find long-lasting love."

Source: 50 Good Luck Symbols From Around The World

(https://exemplore.com/legends/goodlucksigns)

How I made my card...

I randomly stamped the frog from 'Mini Sticky Note' on a watercolor paper panel several times. I colored frogs in a watercolor technique, my favorite coloring technique, using Distress Inks, my favorite coloring medium.

After coloring I left the panel to dry on air. After drying I glued the panel on a white top folded card base.

Then I masked one of the sentiments from the 'Honey Bee' stamp set and heat embossed it in white on a black cardstock paper. I cut the sentiment stripe to a desirable size, glued some 3-D foam on it, glued it on the card and my card was finished. :o)

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

List of supplies:

• Your Next Stamp 'Mini Sticky Note'
• Your Next Stamp 'Honey Bee' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• black cardstock paper
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Twisted Citron
• Cracked Pistachio
• Lucky Clover
• UHU liquid glue 
• 3-D foam squares 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Ranger Heat It Tool
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• water
• paper towels
• scissors
• powder bag
• 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) AAA Birthday, Game #1 - Anything Birthday Goes
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Addicted to Stamps and More, Challenge #342 - Make Your Mark
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

3) Craft Stamper Magazine, Take It Make It Challenge: May Anything Goes

This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

4) Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge, Week 21 - Anything Goes

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

5) Rainbow Card Challenge, Challenge #5 - Gorgeous Green
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

6) Uniko, Challenge #53 - Anything Goes
This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

At the end of this post...

Your Next Stamp runs Fun Friday Challenge where you can win an amazing prize. It's a fortnightly challenge. There's still time to join current challenge, where the theme is School's Out for Summer. Find all the details over at Your Next Stamp challenge post (direct link on a badge below). :o)

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

Milka

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

Hi everyone! :o)

On Wednesday, May 6th, was my turn to be on the spotlight over at Jane's Doodles and I shared this Hoppy Birthday Card Set. :o)

To make this card set, I used stamps from two AMAZING Jane's Doodles stamp sets: 'Garden Friends' (stamp set is discounted and is half price) and 'Geometric Patterns' (stamp set is discontinued from Jane's store). I also used two tiny circle stamps from another artist (see detailed supply list below).

I colored frogs and bubbles during the 9th 30 Day Coloring Challenge (January 15th - February 15th 2018) by Kathy Racoosin of The Daily Marker. I shared progress of coloring on my Instagram account as well as in my preview post (here).

I finished cards after the coloring challenge ended (mid February), but didn't share finished cards until now. I knew the time will come I won't have any free time to create anything and it would be good to keep project or two in "a drawer". :o)

How I made my cards...

My first idea was to make only one card, but my first attempt didn't go well. :o)

I stamped a frog on a Kraft cardstock paper panel and colored it with colored pencils and white gel pen. I shaded the frog with Stabilo Fine Liners.

Next day I continued with stamping and coloring, but somehow managed to smear the frog and ruin everything. I started all over. Just in case, I stamped and colored the frog on three Kraft panels. :o)

Next up were bubbles. I love bubbles!!! :o) I stamped various size circles all over the panel, colored circles, added white highlights and traced the circles.

First panel survived. :o) I continued with other two. I stamped a sentiment 'Hoppy Birthday' in the center of each panel, stamped various sized circles here and there, colored circles, added some shades with fine liners, added white highlights and traced bubbles. :o)

I left my colored panels aside for a while. I focused on coloring during the challenge, not on finishing cards/projects. I still have some colored images from the challenge that are waiting to be placed on some project. :o)

After Kathy's challenge ended, I finished my cards.

I trimmed panels to a desirable size, glued them on white top folded card bases, fixed some white lines with white gel pen and my (not planed) card set was finished. :o)

Card dimensions: 89 mm x 120 mm (3.5" x 4.75")

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Garden Friends' stamp set (frog and sentiment)
• Jane's Doodles 'Geometric Patterns' stamp set (large circle; set is discontinued from Jane's Doodles store)
• Create a Smile 'Eggstraordinary Egghunt' stamp set (mid circle)
• Create a Smile 'Perfect Tune' stamp set (small circle)
• Crafter's Companion Neenah Desert Storm Kraft Coloring Card
• white cardstock paper (card base)
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• TOZ Artist Color colored pencils
• light green
• dark green
• Stabilo Fine Liners, fine 0.4:
• light green 88*43
• dark green 88/36
• Mittsubishi Pencil, Black Fine Liner 01 (for fixing black lines)
• Uniball Signo White 
• double sided adhesive tape
• foam sheet, 2 mm thick
• eraser
• pencil sharpener
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• scissors
• bone folder
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• paper stump no. #4

"Frogs are symbols of prosperity, wealth, friendship, and abundance in many cultures. In other cultures they symbolize fertility. In the Native American culture of the Southwestern United States, the frog carries a piece of wood in its mouth because the Mojave people believe frogs brought fire to humans. For the ancient Romans, the frog was believed to bring good luck to one's home. Native Aborigines of Australia believe that frogs brought the thunder and rain. Frogs are said to be effective in speeding up recovery from disease. Among the ancient Egyptians and Greeks, frogs symbolized inspiration and fertility. In ancient Egypt, Hekt, the frog goddess, protected newborn babies, hence frogs were symbols of fertility and birth. The frog is also said to attract true friends and to help find long-lasting love."

Source: 50 Good Luck Symbols From Around The World 

At the end of this post...

Jane is offering 20% off this weekend. No code needed. The discount is calculated at the checkout. For more information, jump over to Jane's Doodles Blog.

A 10th 30 Day Coloring Challenge by Kathy Racoosin of The Daily Marker started on June 1st. I didn't have time to join until now. I have some cute images here on my desk smiling and waiting to be colored. :o)

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

Milka

Froggy Birthday Card (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 masculine, CAS (clean and simple), Froggy Birthday Card.

To make this card, I used two Jane's Doodles stamp sets. Super cute frog is from 'Smile' stamp set and sentiment from 'Plants' stamp set. 'Smile' set is an oldie, but brand new in my stamps collection. LOVE!!! :o)

I stamped the frog on a watercolor paper and watercolored it with Distress Inks. After drying, I fussy cut the frog. leaving white border around it.

Then I heat embossed in white the sentiment on a black cardstock paper stripe.

I glued 2 mm thick foam squares on the sentiment stripe and glued it on a top folded white card base. I wanted the frog to pop up even more, so I glued 3 mm thick foam squares on the frog and placed it on the card. As a finishing touch, I glued two green enamel stickers below the sentiment.

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

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Smile' stamp set
• Jane's Doodles 'Plants' stamp set (sentiment)
• white cardstock paper (card base)
• Koh-i-noor pop Aquarel Watercolor Paper, 250 gms (image)
• black carstock paper (sentiment)
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks
• Twisted Citron
• Hickory Smoke
• foam squares, 2 mm thick

• foam squares, 3 mm thick
• Create a Smile 'Fruitalicious' enamel stickers
• 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 Tool
• scissors
• crafting needle
• water
• paper towels
• powder bag
• dry cloth

"Frogs are symbols of prosperity, wealth, friendship, and abundance in many cultures. In other cultures they symbolize fertility. In the Native American culture of the Southwestern United States, the frog carries a piece of wood in its mouth because the Mojave people believe frogs brought fire to humans. For the ancient Romans, the frog was believed to bring good luck to one's home. Native Aborigines of Australia believe that frogs brought the thunder and rain. Frogs are said to be effective in speeding up recovery from disease. Among the ancient Egyptians and Greeks, frogs symbolized inspiration and fertility. In ancient Egypt, Hekt, the frog goddess, protected newborn babies, hence frogs were symbols of fertility and birth. The frog is also said to attract true friends and to help find long-lasting love."

Source: 50 Good Luck Symbols From Around The World 

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 #91 - The 3rd Big Birthday Bash

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

Happy Birthday!!! :o)

2) Craft Stamper Magazine, Take It Make It Challenge: June, An Anything Goes Stamping Challenge
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

3) Simon Says Wednesday Challenge, Make It Masculine
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

4) Stempelgarten Challenge, Challenge #62 - CAS

5) Uniko Challenge, #41 Masculine
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

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

Milka