Summer Time Card (Fairy Tale Challenge #145)

Hi everyone! :o)

Today a new challenge started at Fairy Tale Challenge Blog.

The theme for this fortnight is #145, Mit Kirsche oben auf / With a Cherry on top. Use cherry/cherries on your project (card, ATC, 3-D project... anything). Cherry doesn't have to be on top, it can be anywhere on your project.

This time our lucky winner will win this lovely embossing folder.

For this challenge I made this CAS (clean and simple), Summer Time Card.

I used one ice cream from a  From the Heart Stamps 'Ice Cream Lineup' digital stamp set, which includes lovely images and sentiments.

This is Stamp of the Month June 2016. As I didn't play From the Heart Stamps Stamp of the Month challenge for ages, I purchased this one. FTHS SOTM is a progressive challenge. Faith, illustrator and owner, generously gives a digital stamp of the month to everyone who joined previous challenge.

I printed the image on a white watercolor paper and colored it in watercolor technique using Distress Inks.

When colors were dry, I glued the panel on a white top folded card base. I cut two paper stripes from beautiful paper included in amazing Create a Smile 'Beach Party' kit and glued them on the card. This kit is so colorful and cheery. I like it a lot! :o)
Then I stamped a sentiment, overlapping the image a bit. Sentiment is from mini stamp set from Create a Smile 'Sending Sunshine' kit.

At the end I drew white highlights on the image, embellished card with various Create a Smile enamel stickers and my card was finished. :o)

Card dimensions: 93 mm x 127 mm (3 11/16" x 5")

List of supplies:

• From the Heart Stamps 'Ice Cream Lineup' digital stamp set
• paper and enamel stickers (orange, pink) from Create a Smile 'Beach Party' kit 
• sentiment stamp and enamel sticker (yellow) from Create a Smile 'Sending Sunshine' kit 
• Create a Smile 'Fruitalicious' enamel sticker (green)
• Create a Smile 'Snow Dance' enamel sticker (red)
• white cardstock paper
• white watercolor paper
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim Holtz's Distress Inks:
• Mustard Seed
• Spiced Marmalade
• Barn Door
• Twisted Citron
• Cracked Pistachio
• Hickory Smoke
• Uniball Signo White
• UHU universal glue
• double sided adhesive tape
• printer
• polymer stamp handle (38 mm x 38 mm)
• MS scoring board
• Sigma Rotary Paper Trimmer
• Fiskars High Precission Personal Paper Trimmer
• scissors
• Marabu rounded fine brush no. #0
• crafting needle
• water
• paper towels

I hope you liked my project for this fortnight and got inspired. Stop by the Fairy Tale Challenge Blog and see gorgeous creations my Design Team Mates and our Guest Designers made for this challenge. Do join us, we can't wait to see your projects. :o)

I am entering my card to following challenges:

Note: bold text is a direct link 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 #196 - Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

2) CRAFT-alnica, Izziv/Challenge #161 - Sadje / Fruits

3) Crafting By Designs, June Anything Goes Challenge
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

4) Craft Stamper, Take It Make It Challenge: June, Let's Get Inky!

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

I used 6 different colors of Distress Inks and White Pen.

I used digital image. Sentiment is stamped.

5) From the Heart Stamps, June 2016 free Stamp of the Month - Ice Cream Lineup

6) Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge, Challenge #35 - Anything Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

7) Little Miss Muffet Challenges, Challenge #139 - Anything Goes

8) Noor! Design U.K., June Challenge #19 - Summer

9) Sweet Stamps Blog, June's Anything Goes Challenge

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

10) The Cat's Pajamas, TCP TUesday Challenge #316 - Summer

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

Crafty Milka

Blooming with Happiness Card (Crafty Creations Challenges #297)

Hi everyone :-D 

It's time for a new challenge at Crafty Creations Challenges.

Our theme for this fortnight is #297 - Out on a Limb. We want to see birds, owls, squirrels etc. on branches or similar on your projects.


Here is a card I made, Blooming with Happiness Card.

I used From the Heart Stamps 'Apple Blossom Bird' digital stamp set.

I printed the image and sentiment on a white watercoloring paper and colored it in watercoloring technique, using Stabilo pens (markers), fine brush and water. I learned that from a great video tutorial by Julia Altermann, how to watercolor using inexpensive Stabilo pens.

I was very satisfied with my coloring, so I decided to leave this card CAS. I cut out design paper panel, glued it on a card base, cut piece of panel with image away and glued it on the card.

Card dimensions are 139 mm x 107 mm (5 1/2" x 4 1/4").

List of supplies: 

• From the Heart Stamps 'Apple Blossom Birds' digital stamp set (SOTM May 2015; I got this one for free for playing SOTM challenge in April) 
• Lili of the Valley 'Country Meadow' paper pad
• white cardstock paper 
• white watercoloring paper
• Stabilo Pens 68 
• Orange 54
• Pinks: 26, 56
• Reds: 48, 50, 19
• Greens:  33, 43, 36
• Brown 75
• Grey 94
• UHU universal glue 
• printer
• scoring board 
• trimmer
• Marabu fine paint brush no. #1
• hairdryer 
• paper towels 
• water

Stop by the Crafty Creations Challenges to see gorgeous creations from my Design Team Mates and join us in this challenge. We are looking forward to see your projects. :-D We also have a great prize for one lucky winner. Our sponsor for this fortnight´s challenge is Jaime from our DT and she is going to give the lucky winner a gift to her Close to My Heart Shop.

I am entering my card to following challenges:

Note: bold text and challenge badge (if any) are direct links to the current challenge and blog badge is direct link to blog or challenge home page.

1) Clear it Out Challenge Blog, Challenge: Anything Goes, Stash: Anything Goes 

2) Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge, wk 35 - In the Pink

3) Polkadoodles Crafting Challenge, wk 35 - Things with Wings

4) Shopping Our Stash, SOS #217 - Put A Bird On It

5) Through The Craft Room Door, TTCRD Challenge from September 1st to September 7th 2015

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Enjoy and smile! :-D

Crafty Milka

Hello Card

Hi everyone :-D  

I hope you are enjoying your weekend. :-D

Today I want to share with you this Hello Card I made this morning. 

My card is a CASE of beautiful card made by Imke Ludvig of Imke's Creations. I used the same sketch, used the same image and color scheme as she did on her card.

Imke is a very talented and creative, pleasant and friendly lady from Germany. I like her style a lot! She is a designer of most sketches for I {heart} sketches challenges, which I like a lot and use them often.

Stop by Imke's blog, Imke's Creations, and see her beautiful work! :-D 

Details about my card...

For my card layout I used a sketch105 with a twist from I {heart} sketches by Imke Ludvig.

Card dimensions are 98 mm x 143 mm (3 7/8" x 5 5/8").

I used  From the Heart Stamp 'Hamlet PigWit Being Shy' digital stamp set, which includes cute image and five sentiments. 

This is Stamp of the Month April 2015 and I got mine for playing March From the Heart Stamps Stamp of the Month challenge. FTHS SOTM is a progressive challenge. Faith, illustrator and owner, generously gives a digital stamp of the month to everyone who joined previous challenge.

Image is paper pieced. 

I printed four images on pink paper, shaded and colored parts I needed, fussy cut all parts and colored edges with black permanent pen. I printed one more image on white cardstock paper, fussy cut it and glued all pieces together. 

Here is a photo of all pieces I used for paper piecing. 

I added 3-D foams behind image and sentiment and placed them on the card.

List of supplies:

• From the Heart Stamps 'Hamlet PigWit Being Shy'
• Florence cardstock paper, Canvas Texture (light grey)  
• white cardstock paper
• white textured cardstock paper
• white paper (160 grams) 
• pink paper (120 grams) 
• colored pencils (light and dark pink, dark grey) 
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen M (medium) 1.0 mm
• Pritt universal glue 
• white water based glue 
• 3-D foam self-adhesive pads 
• printer
• scoring board
• trimmer
• scissors

I am entering my card to following challenges:

Note: bold text and challenge badge (if any) are direct links to the current challenge and blog badge is a direct link to blog or challenge home page.

1) Creative Card Crew, Challenge #85 - Sentiment

2) Di's Digi Designs Challenge Blog, Include an Animal Challenge

3) From the Heart Stamps I {heart} card sketches w/a tWiSt #no.105

 

4) From the Heart Stamps, April free Stamp of the Month - Hamlet PigWit Being Shy

5) Hiding in My Craft Room, Challenge #196 - Freestyle (Anything Goes)

6) Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge, Challenge #8 - Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Enjoy and smile! :-D

Crafty Milka

Easter Basket

Hi everyone :-D 

Today I want to share with you an Easter Basket I made last week. 

To make a basket, I used a tutorial I found here. I used a sheet of a white cardstock paper dimensioned 8 1/4" x 8 1/4". If you prefer finished templates, you can download Paper basket free printable template, or purchase a Dutch Doobadoo Dutch Box Art A4 Basket. 

I printed beautiful Gingham Prints (yellow) from Little Llama Shoppe on the white cardstock paper, cut out stripes, rectangles and triangles I needed and glued them on the basket's panels. 

Then I glued panels together in a basket shape, with a découpage glue and varnish. After drying, I glued basket's handle on the basket and coated everything several times wit the découpage glue and varnish. I think this is the best glue to use when making something with curved shapes and want it make durable.

I used super fun  From the Heart Stamps 'Chocolate Bunny Birdbrain' digital stamp, printed it on a white cardstock paper and cut out circle shape around the image. I colored the image in watercoloring technique, using Tim Holtz's Distressed Inks, brush and water (Birdbrain and Chocolate Bunnies). Beak and eyelids are colored with orange colored pencil and covered with resin gel to create glossy accents.

I wanted the image to pop up. When it was dry, I added dimensional tape behind the image and placed it on the basket.

Then I embellished the basket with punched butterflies in découpage technique.

At the end I filled the basket with chocolate eggs. 

List of supplies:

• From the Heart Stamps 'Chocolate Bunny Birdbrain'
• Gingham Prints (yellow) from Little Llama Shoppe (these were free gift in July 2014)  
• white cardstock paper 
• Kooh-i-noor woodless colored pencil (Reddish Orange 2) 
• Tim Holtz´s distress inks (Mustard Seed, Walnut Stain)
• Pritt universal glue 
• Art Potch découpage glue and varnish
• dimensional double sided adhesive tape
• gloss resin gel super-clear
• printer 
• scoring board
• trimmer  
• scissors 
• Marabu fine paint brush no. 1
• Marabu fine paint brush no. 10
• crafting needle
• butterfly paper puncher   
• water

I am entering my project to following challenges:

Note: bold text is a direct link to the current challenge and blog badge is direct link to blog or challenge home page.

1) 2 Cute Ink digital stamps Challenge Blog, Challenge #126 - Easter
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge. 

2) Bastel-traum, Challenge #27: Ostern / Easter

3) Fun with shapes and more, Challenge #179 - Ostern / Easter

4) Hiding in My Craft Room, HIMCR #194 - Think Spring!

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Enjoy and smile! :-D

Crafty Milka

Easter Goodie Bags

Hi everyone :-D 

My third post today. If you missed previous posts just scroll down, or follow direct links here and here. :-D 

I want to share with you two Easter Goodie Bags I made for my nieces, Tea and Nika. 

I made two paper bags from scrapbooking paper and embellished their top with Scallop Dot stripe. 

I used super fun  From the Heart Stamps 'Chocolate Bunny Birdbrain' digital stamp, printed it twice on a white cardstock paper and cut out circle shape around images. I colored both images in watercoloring technique, using Tim Holtz's Distressed Inks, brush and water (Birdbrain and Chocolate Bunnies). Beak and eyelids are colored with orange colored pencil and covered with resin gel to create glossy accents.

When images were dry, I glued 3-D foams behind images and placed them on bags to pop-up them.

Then I embellished both bags with rubber flowers and punched butterflies.

At the end I filled goodie bags with all kind of chocolate sweets (bunnies, chicks, eggs) and closed them with clothespins.

List of supplies:

• From the Heart Stamps 'Chocolate Bunny Birdbrain'
• Hobby & Crafting Fun 12" x 12" scrapbooking paper (120 grams)
• white cardstock paper 
• yellow cardstock scraps
• yellow gingham cardstock scraps 
• Kooh-i-noor woodless colored pencil (Reddish Orange 2) 
• Tim Holtz´s distress inks (Mustard Seed, Brushed Corduroy, Walnut Stain)
• clothespins 
• rubber flowers 
• Pritt universal glue 
• double sided strong adhesive tape 
• 3-D foam self-adhesive pads  
• transparent low temperature glue stick 
• gloss resin gel super-clear
• printer 
• scoring board
• trimmer  
• scissors 
• Marabu fine paint brush no. 1
• Dremel 920 glue gun, low temperature 
• crafting needle
• MSC Edger Punch, Scallop Dot 
• butterfly paper puncher   
• water

I am entering my projects to following challenges:

Note: bold text and challenge badge (if any) are direct links to the current challenge and blog badge is direct link to blog or challenge home page.

1) 2 Cute Ink digital stamps Challenge Blog, Challenge #126 - Easter

2) Challenge up your life, Challenge #11: Easter

3) Deep Ocean Challenge Blog, Challenge #100 - Easter / Spring 

4) Emerald Faeries Challenges Blog, Challenge #66 - Spring Flowers / Easter

5) Hiding in My Craft Room, HIMCR #193 - Any Holiday!

6) Meljen's Designs Design Team and Challenge Blog, Challenge #253 - Easter 

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Enjoy and smile! :-D

Crafty Milka