Mason Jar CAS Shaker Card (Jane's Doodles DT June Spotlight)

Happy Friday! :o)

This is my second post today. If you missed the first one, just scroll down, or follow a direct link here. I've announced my 6th Bloggoversary winner. :o)

This weekend I'll be 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.

First one today is this CAS (clean and simple), Mason Jar Shaker Card. It was my spotlight project for Jane's Doodles on Thursday, June 4th, 2020.  :o)

To make this card, I was inspired with my own card that I made in April 2018 (here).

I used stamps from two Jane's Doodles stamp sets: a mason jar from 'Life is Good' and a sentiment from 'Cactus'.

How I made my card...

I stamped the mason jar on a white cardstock paper panel and cut it out with sissors (I left a lid uncut). I traced the edges and colored the lid with a black marker. Then I glued an acetate sheet on the panel to close window.

I stamped the sentiment on the acetate window. I fixed some lines with a black fine liner. 

I stamped another jar on a white top folded card base. I ink blended it with Distress Inks. When I was satisfied with the color, I glued 3-D foam squares on the panel, filled the jar with transparent beads and glued the panel on the card base.

Then I stamped another lid on the white cardstock paper scrap and ink blended it with Distress Inks. I cut out the lid, traced edges with the black marker, glued 3-D foam squares on the lid and glued it over the black one.

To make my card sturdier, I glued another white cardstock paper panel inside the card.

As a finishing touch, I coated the lid with a Clear Wink of Stella and my card was finished. :o)

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

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Life is Good' stamp set (mason jar)
• Jane's Doodles 'Cactus' stamp set (sentiment)
• white cardstock paper
• acetate sheet
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Mustard Seed
• Fossilized Amber
• Stabilo Fibre Tip Pen (Marker), Black 68/46
• Mitsubishi Fine Liner Black 0.2
• ZIG Wink of Stella Brush (Gl. clear 999)
• transparent beads
• acrylic sheet 
• UHU liquid glue
• foam sheet, 3 mm thick
• foam sheet scraps, 1 mm thick
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• scissors
• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tools

CAS and interactive - LOVE!!! Here is a short video. :o)

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Stop by at 10 PM, when my second card for today is scheduled. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka

Bee Happy CAS Shaker Card (Jane's Doodles DT Spotlight)

Hi everyone! :o)

I hope you're all well and enjoying the weekend. :o)

This Monday, May 25th, was my turn to be on the spotlight over at Jane's Doodles Blog and I made this Bee Happy CAS Shaker Card. :o)

To make this card I used stamps from two Jane's Doodles stamp sets: a bee from 'Spring Icons' and a sentiment from discontinued stamp set 'Boris the Bunny'.

How I made my card....

First I worked on a shaker window.

I die-cut a honeycomb in two white cardstock paper panel, glued an acetate sheet over the window between two panels. I stamped the sentiment on the panel and glued the honexcomb die cut over the acetate window.

I blended Distress Inks on a white cardstock paper scrap, splattered the surface with water, dried it and repeated the process. When I was satisfied with the color, I glued  the ink blended scrap on a white top folded card base.

Then I glued 2 mm thick foam squares on the panel, filled window with transparent beads and glued the panel on the card base. I glued another white panel inside the card base to make my card sturdier.

Next up was the adorable bee. I paper pieced the image.

I stamped the bee twice on a watercolor paper and colored it in watercolor technique using Distress Inks. On one image I colored only wings and other bee's body. After drying, I fussy cut parts I needed and traced edges with black marker.

I stamped another bee on a white cardstock paper and fussy cut it, leaving thin white border around it. I colored the bee with a grey marker. I glued watercolored parts over the grey bee, first wings then body.

Lastly, I glued 1 mm thick foam squares at the back of the bee, glued it on the card and my card was finished. :o)

I really like how my card turned out. :o)

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

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Spring Icons' stamp set
• Jane's Doodles 'Boris the Bunny' stamp set (discontinued) 
• Your Next Stamp 'Honey Drip and Honeycomb Combo' die set
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Mustard Seed
• Fossilized Amber
• Ground Espresso 
• Hickory Smoke
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pen (Marker) 68/46, Black
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pen (Marker) 68/94, Light Grey
• transparent beads
• UHU liquid glue
• Saqura Quickie Glue Pen
• 3-D foam squares, 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• 3-D foam squares, 5 x 5 x 1 mm
• acrylic sheet 
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Sizzix Big Shot
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no. 3/0
• Ranger Heat It Tool (for drying)
• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tools
• scissors
• paper towels 
• water

And here is a short video. :o)

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

Milka

Gemini Birthday Shaker Card (CASology Week #366 mid-inspiration)

Hi everyone! :o)

Last Tuesday, April 14th, 2020, a new challenge started at CASology. This fortnight's cue word is Zodiac. :o)

There's still plenty of time to join the challenge, which ends on Monday, April 27th, 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.

I had one more card that fits our cue, so I'm bringing it today as mid-inspiration. I created the card last year, but I didn't share it anywhere yet.

And here is my 2nd take on the challenge: CAS (clean and simple), interactive, Gemini Birthday Shaker Card. :o)

Design defined: 

Shaker element can work well on CAS card.

How I made my card....

To make my card I used stamps from two Mama Elephant stamp sets: a Gemini image from 'Cosmic Stars' and a sentiment from 'Starry Night'.

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

I stamped another image on a white cardstock paper and fussy cut it, leaving thin white border around it. I colored the image in black.

Then I glued together two images, watercolored one and black one. I did this to make the image thicker, as the watercolor paper I use is very thin.

Next up was a shaker window.

First I die-cut a circle in a white cardstock paper panel, glued an acetate sheet over the window and stamped the sentiment on the panel.

Then I blended Distress Inks directly on a white top folded card base. I splattered the ink blended part with water and repeated process until I was satisfied with a color. I glued 3 mm thick foam squares on the panel, filled window with shaker mix and glued the panel on the card base.

Lastly, I glued some 3-D foam on the image, glued it on the card and my card was finished. :o)

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

List of supplies:

• Mama Elephant 'Cosmic Stars' stamp set
• Mama Elephant 'Starry Night' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• white watercolor paper
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim Holtz's Distress Inks:
• Tea Dye
• Mustard Seed
• Fossilized Amber
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pen (Marker) 68/46, Black
• various sequins and beads
• UHU liquid glue
• foam squares 3 mm thick
• foam squares 2 mm thick
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• scissors
• My Favorite Things, Die-namics Wonky Stitched Circle STAX
• Sizzix Big Shot
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no. #0
• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool
• water
• paper towels

And here is a short video. :o)

I hope you'll like my today's card for this challenge and get inspired. For more inspiration, check out my first card I made for this challenge (here), as well as 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

Nancy Elrick
Sandie Munro

Sue Symens
Ma-Mi (Guest Designer)

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

Milka

Celebrating 30 Days of Pisces 2019 - Wrap Up Post

Happy Friday! :o)

Today I'm bringing you a Wrap-up post of my Celebrating 30 days of Pisces 2019 personal challenge, as I finally managed to share here on my blog all cards I made during the challenge. It took me quite a while, but so many things were (and are) happening in my life on all fields, I simply didn't manage to do it earlier (for example in spring... LOL). :o)

Celebrating 30 days of Pisces is my annual personal challenge which takes time in Pisces period. Goal of the challenge is to improve my skills.

This year was the fifth time I took the challenge. It started on February 19th at 0:04 AM and ended on March 20th at 10:58 PM. (CET, UTC +1, Zagreb, Croatia).

I love interactive cards, but don't create them so often. My challenge this year was to create 15 (or more) different types of interactive cards in Pisces period.

Goals of the challenge were to learn new techniques and improve my cardmaking skills. (Find Intro post here.)

I managed to complete my challenge and created 15 types of interactive cards. :o)

I created 1 card set, with 3 same type of interactive cards. In total, I created 17 interactive cards. :o)

As you already know, CAS (clean and simple) design is my favorite cardmaking design. Combined with interactive elements, it's a perfect card for me. I managed to keep design as simple as possible on all of my interactive cards. :o)

I'm very satisfied with the challenge and the result. I learned new techniques and how to create various types of interactive cards, I improved my cardmaking skills, stretched my supplies as much as possible and had a lot of fun. :o)

All details about the challenge, links to all blog posts related to the challenge and a photo gallery will be shared on my Celebrating 30 days of Pisces 2019 page. :o)

You might already know that I love previews, so I'm bringing today also a preview of all cards I made during the challenge. :o)

Interactive Cards (IC) Series

IC #1 Paper Plane Fun Card Set

IC #2 Flying by to say hi Card

IC #3 Pisces Gatefold Card

IC #4 Rainbow Circles Birthday Shaker Card II

IC #5 Ninja Circle Slider Spinner Card

IC #6 Ninja Swinging Card

IC #7 Ninja Spinner Card

IC #8 Ninja Pull-Tab Slider Card

IC #9 Rainbow Unicorn Confetti Launching Card

IC #10 Rainbow Snail Mail Mini Card

IC #11 Rainbow Butterfly Gatefold Window Card

IC #12 Rainbow Unicorn Card

IC #13 White Feather Card

IC #14 Rainbow Butterfly Shaker Card

IC #15 Camel Slider Card

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

Milka

Camel Slider Card (IC #15)

Hi everyone! :o)

Today I want to share with you this CAS (clean and simple), Camel Slider Card. :o)

I made this Interactive (IC) SLIDER CARD for my Celebrating 30 Days of Pisces 2019 personal challenge. If you want to find out more about it, just follow the link provided. :o)

This is a FIFTEENTH and last type of IC I made for my challenge. I made 15 different types of interactive cards during Pisces period, which was my personal challenge. I completed my challenge, achieved my goals and had a lot of fun. I wrote a short review about the challenge here.

How I made this card...

To make this card I used stamps from two adorable Paper Smooches stamp sets: a camel from 'Zoo Crew' and a sentiment form 'Sentiment Sampler'. I also used a tiny dots stamp from Create a Smile 'Beach Party' stamp set (part of a kit).

I stamped the camel on a watercolor paper and watercolored her using Distress Inks. After drying, I fussy cut the camel and traced edges with a black marker. I stamped another camel on a white cardstock paper, colored her with black marker, fussy cut her, traced edges with black marker and glued watercolored camel over the black one. I did this because the watercolor paper I used is very thin and I needed a thicker image.

Then I prepared a white side folded card base and a white cardstock paper panel, both same size.

As I don't have slider die-cuts, I used tools I have to create slider opening. I die cut two tiny circles on the panel. Then I cut two parallel lines, using a kraft knife and a ruler, from one to another circle and got slider opening.

Next up was a background scene. I was inspired with two cards I made in the past, both CASEd from a super talented Francine Vuillème of 1001 cartes. You can find my cards here and here (Francine's originals here and here).

For the Sun, I used a circle stencil that I made couple years ago from an acetate sheet leftovers, using a circle cutter. I blended Distress Inks through the stencil on the panel.

For the sand, I masked bottom part of the panel with post-it papers and blended a Distress Ink Tea Dye on the panel. Then I stamped tiny dots over the sand to make it more realistic. Lastly, I stamped the sentiment on the panel.

For a slider mechanism, I used a square piece of a cardstock paper and a plastic letter bead. I glued the bead on the cardstock square and left it dry for an hour. I didn't use any special glue. I used UHU all purpose liquid glue.

With all parts ready, I assembled the card. I glued a 3-D foam on the back of the panel, placed the slider mechanism on the card base and glued the panel on the card base, making sure the bead was peeking through the slider opening on the panel. Prior I continued, I tested the mechanism. Lastly, I glued the camel on the bead and my card was finished. :o)

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

List of supplies:

• Paper Smooches 'Zoo Crew' stamp set
• Paper Smooches 'Sentiment Sampler' stamp set
• Create a Smile 'Beach Party' kit (tiny dots stamp)
• handmade circle stencil
• white cardstock paper
• thick watercolor paper
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim Holtz's Distress Inks:
• Mustard Seed
• Spiced Marmalade
• Antique Linen
• Tea Dye 
• Walnut Stain
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pen (Marker) 68/46, Black
• plastic letter bead
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D foam sheet, 3 mm thick
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• Xcut Self Healing Cutting Mat A4
• Sizzix Big Shot
• tiniest circle die-cut from Sizzix Big Shot starter kit
• bone folder
• scissors
• kraft knife
• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tools
• ruler
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no. #0
• water
• paper towels
• post-it papers

I love how my card turned out!! Desert scene, interactive card, yet still CAS. Here is a short video... :o)

Music:
"Marty Gots a Plan" Kevin MacLeod   

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It's took me much longer than I planed to share all my IC cards with you, but I finally managed. :o) I'll share a complete preview and wrap up post sometimes next week. :o)

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

Milka