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

Jane's Doodles Release Blog Hop

Happy Friday! :o)

Welcome to a Jane's Doodles Release Blog Hop. Today we are featuring two new stamp sets released into the store. :o)

Wild

Wild Flowers

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


And here is what I prepared for today: CAS (clean and simple), Birthday Hippo Card using stamps from the '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 thin and I needed thicker image.

Then I worked on a frame. I glued together three frames, each in different paper color. I made these using a Polaroid frame die cut and a paper trimmer. First I die cut three Polaroid frames and then cut the bottom part of each to get a nice rectangle frame. :o)

I glued together frames, forming an interesting shape, and then glued the frame on a white top folded card base. I masked the area around the frame and stamped leaves inside the frame, directly on the card base.

Then I die cut a speech bubble from a black cardstock paper and heat embossed a sentiment in white on it.

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 and my card was finished. :o)

I love how my card turned out. :o)

At the bottom of this post you can find card measurements and detailed supply lists for 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:

Neha
Milka (you are here)
Kaja
Marion
Galina
Linda

Jane's Doodles

Jane will announce the winner on Monday, February 10th, 2020, at Jane's Doodles Blog.

Also, Jane is having 30% off sale through this weekend.

Now hop over to Kaja'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 'Wild' stamp set
• watercolor paper
• white cardstock paper
• black cardstock paper
• dark grey cardstock paper
• Lawn Fawn patterned paper
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Ink Hickory Smoke
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• Uniball Signo White pigment ink pen
• Sakura Quickie Glue Pen
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D foam squares (5 x 5 x 2 mm)
• Sizzix Big Shot
• Polaroid frame from Paper Smooches 'Polaroid Dies'
• speech bubble from Create a Smile 'Speech Bubbles' cool cuts
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• acrylic block
• soft working mat
• stylus ball
• Ranger Heat It Tool
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. 3/0
• paper towels
• water
• scissors
• powder bag
• post-it paper (for masking)

Card measurements: 95 mm x 133 mm (3 3/4" x 5 1/4)

Birthday Hippo Card

Hi everyone! :o)

Today I want to share with you this Birthday Hippo Card. :o)

I made this card for my friend Mirela who's birthday was yesterday. :o)

To make this card I used super adorable 'Valentine Hippo' freebie digital image from Goebie Design and a 'Happy Birthday' sentiment stamp from Lawn Fawn which I got for my last birthday from Lawn Fawn. :o)

How I made this card...

I made a layout on my computer and printed the image on a white cardstock paper panel.

Then I printed out 2 more images on a white carsdstock paper and 2 on a watercolor paper.

After couple hours of drying I colored pieces I needed in watercolor technique and other pieces with black marker. After drying, I fussy cut all pieces, except the one printed on the panel, traced edges with black marker and softened watercolored pieces on a soft working mat using stylus ball. I did this to add some dimension to my image.

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

With all pieces ready, I glued together pieces. I used liquid glue and 3-D foam to add even more dimension.

I stamped the sentiment on the panel, glued a patterned paper stripe on a white top folded card base and then the panel with the image.

As a finishing touch, I drew white highlights with a white pigment ink and my card was finished. :o)

Card measurements: 95 mm x 140 mm (3 3/4" x 5 1/2")

List of supplies :

• Goebie Design 'Valentine Hippo' digital image (freebie)
• Goebie Instagram - Goebie linktr.ee in profile
• Lawn Fawn 'Happy Birthday' sentiment stamp (2018 birthday gift from Lawn Fawn)
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• Lawn Fawn 'Really Rainbow' petite paper pack
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Spun Sugar
• Festive Berries
• Hickory Smoke
• Black Soot
• Koh-i-noor watercolor colored pencil, dark green 26
• Mitshubishi Fine Liner 0.2
• Stabilo Black fibre-tip pen 68/46
• Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink
• pencil
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D foam squares 2 mm thick
• printer
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Xcut self healing mat A4
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• scissors
• kraft knife
• paper towels
• water

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 6 - Anything Goes

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

2) Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge, February 2019 - Friends
I made this card for my friend.
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

3) Love To Craft Challenge Blog, Challenge LTCCB #31 - Anything Goes

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

4) Love To Scrap Challenge Blog, Challenge LTSCB #118 - Anything Goes with optional twist Monochrome

This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

5) The Corrosive Challenge Blog, Challenge #2 - Anything Goes February

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

6) Through The Craft Room Door, TTCRD week of February 12th, Anything Goes Challenge

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

7) Uniko, Uniko Challenge #51 - Anything Goes, optional twist Love
This is my 5th entry to this challenge.

8) Uniko, 7th Birthday Linky Party

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

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

Milka

Happypotamus Tea

Hi everyone :-D

My second post today...

I want to share with you a crochet Happypotamus Tea.

I started making this one on  February 5th and finished it yesterday, March 20th, before spring started. This is the 3rd crochet Happypotamus I made and I made it for my niece Tea, who is 4.5 years old. 

This beautiful pattern is a design from Heidi Bears. I fell in love in this super cute Happypotamus when I saw it! 

Measurements: 

• 10 cm high  
• 9.5 cm width 
• 21 cm long 
• Weight: 254 grams

List of supplies:

• Happypotamus The Happy Hippo Crochet Pattern by Heidi Bears
• 100% cotton crochet embroidery thread (TULIPAN no. 15, white) 
• 100% cotton crochet embroidery thread (lavender) 
• polyester non-allergic stuffing for toys and pillows 
• black safety eyes Ø 9 mm (2 pieces) 
• fine steel crochet hook 1.00 mm
• fine steel crochet hook 0.65 mm
• large hand sewing needle 
• scissors

As a member of Ravelry community, I kept notes about my project in my Ravelry Notebook, here. 


I am entering my project to the challenge:

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

Craft my Life, All Crafts Challenge February/March

More photos... Tea and L´Oranž

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


Crafty Milka