12 Days of Christmas - Day 7 - Sretni Blagdani no. 2 Card (Jane's Doodles DT Spotlight)

Hi everyone! :o)

Welcome to 7th Day of my 12 Days of Christmas Series.

Today I want to share with you this Sretni blagdani no. 2 Card. It was my spotlight project for Jane's Doodles on Wednesday, December 16th, 2020. I didn't share it here on my blog earlier because I wanted to share it in series I planned prior Christmas, but that also didn't work as I planned (I wrote about it here), so I'm sharing it in these series. :o)

To make this card, I CASEd (copied and shared everything) my own card that I shared yesterday here on my blog (here). I went with same design, layout, color scheme, used same techniques and same sentiment, I just went with different stamped images. :o)

Sretni blagdani is a Croatian sentiment and it means Happy Holidays. :o)

For my card I used stamps from several Jane's Doodles stamp sets:

• 'Sretan Božić' stamp set (a sentiment)
• Presents are from various sets:
• 'Winter Icons' stamp set
• 'Snow Globe' stamp set 
• 'Hot Cocoa' stamp set
• 'Warm and Cozy' stamp set
• 'Driving Home For Christmas' stamp set

How I made my card....

First I created a background panel. I randomly stamped presents on a Kraft paper panel in watermark stamping technique using VersaMark Watermark Ink.

Then I splattered the panel with a white tempera color mixed with a bit of water and left the panel to dry on air.

After drying, I glued the panel on a white side folded card base.

Next up was the sentiment. I heat embossed the sentiment in white on a black cardstock paper, cut the sentiment to a desirable size stripe, glued 3-D foam squares on the back of the sentiment stripe and glued it on the card and my card was finished. :o)

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

List of supplies:

• 'Sretan Božić' stamp set (sentiment)
• 'Winter Icons' stamp set
• 'Snow Globe' stamp set 
• 'Hot Cocoa' stamp set
• 'Warm and Cozy' stamp set
• 'Driving Home For Christmas' stamp set
• white cardstock paper (card base)
• black cardstock paper
• Crafter's Companion Neenah Desert Storm Kraft Coloring Card
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• Koh-i-noor tempera color, white
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D foam squares, 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• round acrylic block
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. 3/0
• powder bag
• paper towels
• dry cloth
• water

Tomorrow I'll skip sharing for my 12 Days of Christmas Series, because there will be a Jane's Doodles Release Blog Hop. Be sure to check what my Design Team mates and I created for the hop and to see SUPER CUTE new stamp sets from Jane. I'll continue sharing my series on Saturday. :o)

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

Milka

B&W Birthday Balloons Card (LMMS Challenge #165)

Hi everyone! :o)

I hope you're all great and having a great week. It's been quiet couple days here on my blog. I had to take a short break from blogging, to enjoy last week of this school year, spend some quality time with my friends and in my garden, as well to work on my DT and GDT projects. :o)

School year ended yesterday here in Croatia, as well as my Math & Physics Teacher contract for school year 2016/2017. It was a wonderful time and I hope I'll have luck to return back in September. Tomorrow my summer job starts. I hope it will be a lovely summer. :o)


Today a new challenge starts at Little Miss Muffet Stamps Challenge Blog. Like always, it's #165, Anything Goes Challenge.


For this challenge I made this monochrome, Black & White, Birthday Balloons Card. :o)

For my card I used LMM's Forgotten Scraps 'Celebrate Balloons' rubber stamp, that is now available as digital image. This is the 7th card I made using the 'Celebrate Balloons' rubber stamp, my most used and my FAVORITE rubber stamp. :o) You can find my previous cards using this stamp here, here, here, here, here and here. :o)

I went with simple design and same layout as on my previous cards using this stamp, but this time I wanted something less cute and colorful. Inspired with Tim's Burton work, Neil's Gaiman Sandman and Black & White photographs (which are my favorite photographs), I went with B&W effect on my card.

I stamped the image on a watercolor paper and colored it in watercolor technique using Distress Ink Black Soot. My first idea was to color only the image, but as I was coloring, I decided to watercolor whole background with same color. When I was satisfied with colors, I covered the image with paper towel scraps and splattered the panel with Distress Ink Black Soot. I dried the panel, glued it on a top folded white card base, highlighted highlights on balloons and highlighted stars with a white gel pen and my card was finished.

I'm very satisfied with my coloring and monochrome look I achieved using only one color. There will be more B&W colored projects from me in future, I'm sure. :o)

Card dimensions: 85 mm x 126 mm (3 3/8" x 5")

List of supplies:

• LMM's Forgotten Scraps 'Celebrate Balloons' rubber stamp (now available in digital format)
• white cardstock paper (card base)
• watercolor paper
• Tim's Holtz Distress Ink, Black Soot
• Uniball Signo White
• UHU universal glue
• 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 (for drying)
• water
• paper towels

I hope you'll like my card for today and get inspired. For more inspiration, stop by the LMMS Challenge Blog. Join us in on Challenge #165. The challenge will last for two weeks. There is also a prize for one lucky winner: $10.00 Gift Voucher to the LMMS shop. We like to select couple other projects to highlight as well. :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 #246 - Anything Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Happy Little Stampers, Watercolour Challenge, June 2017, Anything Goes with optional twist - Mask

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.
I masked the image before splattering the panel.

3) Stempeleinmaleins, SEME Challenge #81 - Lieblingsstempel / Favorite Stamp

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

Milka

Stack of Gifts Tags

Hi everyone! :o)

This weekend I'm sharing projects I made before I went on holidays, but didn't have time to share them here with you. If you want to see more of those projects, just follow this link to intro post. :o)

My third project in this Christmas/Winter series are these Stack of Gifts Tags.

Simple, very easy and fast to create.

I cut two circles from a Kraft cardstock paper and heat embossed stack of gifts from Jane's Doodles 'Mr. & Mrs. Claus' stamp set. Then I punched holes on tags, drew white dots all over the tag, tied white bands and tags were finished.

Each tag measures d = 63 mm (2 1/2").

List of supplies: 

• Jane's Doodles 'Mr. & Mrs. Claus' stamp set
• Crafter's Companion Neenah Desert Storm Kraft Coloring Card
• white band
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• Unibal Signo White
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• tweezers
• EK Success Circle Cutter
• Ranger Heat It Craft Tool
• hole puncher (medium size)
• hammer
• plank board
• printing paper

I am entering my tags to following challenges:
Note: bold text is a direct link to the current challenge and blog badge is a direct link to blog or challenge home page.

1) Addicted to Stamps Challenge, Challenge #117 - Labels / Tags

2) Craft you Passion Challenges, Challenge #294 - Always Anything Goes

3) Through The Craft Room Door, Challenge, TTCRD Challenge from January 12th to January 18th, Anything Goes

This is my last post for today. Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Crafty Milka

Happy Holidays Card (KBD Aloha Friday Challenge #62 Mid Inspiration)

Happy Friday everyone! :o)

Today I'm posting a mid-inspiration project for ongoing Aloha Friday Challenge at Kitty Bee Designs.

The challenge for this fortnight is #62 - Christmas.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Oddball Art Co, with an awesome prize for our random winner: some digital images of winner's choice.

For this challenge I made a Happy Holidays Card, using our sponsor's lovely image Kawaii Bear on Stack of Presents.

Image is paper pieced. I printed image and sentiment on a white cardstock paper. I printed 5 more images on designer papers and one on a scrap of white watercoloring paper. I fussy cut pieces I needed, colored edges with black marker/pen and glued all pieces together. After I glued panels on a card base, I colored dots and ribbons on the image with white pen and my card was finished. :o)

Card dimensions are 107 mm x 149 mm (4 1/4" x 5 7/8").

List of supplies:

• Oddball Art Stamp 'Kawaii Bear on Stack of Presents'
• Lili of the Valley 'Pastel Dreams' paper pad
• Lili of the Valley 'Butterfly Kisses' paper pad
• Lili of the Valley 'Country Meadow' paper pad
• white cardstock paper
• Koh-i-noor Watercolor paper (scrap)
• Stabilo Pen Black 68/46
• Unibal Signo White
• UHU universal glue
• Sakura Quickie Glue Pinpoint Roller
• printer
• MS scoring board
• trimmer
• scissors

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 am entering my card 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) Beccy's Place, December Challenge
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

2) Clear it Out Challenge Blog, Theme: Anything Goes, Stash: Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

3) Craft Your Passion Challenges, Challenge #291 - Always Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

4) Glitter 'N' Sparkle Challenge Blog, Challenge #166 - Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

5) Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge, Challenge #23 - Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

6) Through The Craft Room Door, TTCRD Challenge from December 8th to December to December 14th
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

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


Crafty Milka