Jane's Doodles Release Blog Hop

Happy Monday! :o)

Welcome to a Jane's Doodles Release Blog Hop. Today we are featuring two BEAUTIFUL Love/Valentines themed stamp sets and a GORGEOUS stencil released into the store. :o) We also have 2 amazing Guest Designers joining us today. :o)

Love Is In The Air

Love You

Hearts Stencil

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

For today I prepared three cards. :o) 

On all my three cards I used the Hearts Stencil and a handmade heart mask. I made the mask from a post-it paper. I traced Jane's heart on the post-it paper and then drew large heart similar to Jane's "original" heart. I fussy cut it carefully, as I needed both masks, positive and negative. :o)

My first card for today is Sending Love CAS (clean and simple) Card.

How I made this card...

I glued the negative part of heart mask on a white cardstock paper panel and ink blended the background. Then I placed the hearts stencil over the masked part and ink blended hearts. I added some extra shades with colored pencils.

When I was satisfied with the color, I removed the stencil and the mask and drew light reflections, stars and dots with a white pigment ink pen. I love a sparkle effect that I achieved. :o)

I stamped a sentiment from Love You stamp set on the panel, glued the panel on a black top folded card base and my card was finished. :o)

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

My second card for today is Love & Thanks Monochrome Card.

How I made this card...

I glued the hart mask on a white cardstock paper panel and ink blended the entire background. Then I placed the hearts stencil on the panel and ink blended hearts. I added some extra shades with colored pencils.

When I was satisfied with the color, I removed the stencil and the mask and drew light reflections, stars and dots with the white pigment ink pen and again created the sparkle effect. Love it!!! :o)

I stamped a sentiment from Love You stamp set on the panel creating Ombré Effect. A stamping platform really helped with that. :o)

On this card I wanted to create a bit of dimension. I didn't use foam. I cut two white panels, glued them together, glued hearts panel on top of the stacked panels and glued everything on a white top folded card base. Lastly, I glued one more panel inside the card to make it a bit sturdier. :o)

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

My last card for today is Love is in the Air Mini Square Card.

How I made this card...

I glued the negative part of heart mask on a white cardstock paper panel and ink blended the background. Then I placed the hearts stencil over the masked part and ink blended hearts. I added some extra shades with colored pencils.

When I was satisfied with the color, I removed the stencil and the mask and splattered the panel with water. I dabbed the surface with a paper towel and continued to splatter until I was satisfied with the appearance. I left the panel to dry on air.

I stamped an adorable bird from the Love Is In The Air stamp set on the white cardstock paper. I also made a mask on the post-it paper. I carefully fussy cut the bird and used the negative part of the mask for this card. I glued the mask over the bird and ink blended the bird. I removed the mask and added some extra shades with colored pencils. When I was satisfied, I fussy cur the bird, leaving thin white border around it and drew white highlights with the white gel pen.

I heat embossed the sentiment from the same stamp set as the bird in white on a black cardstock paper stripe. I trimmed the sentiment stripe to a desirable size.

Lastly, I cut out three more squares, same size as the panel and a white square top folded card base.

With all parts ready, my card was ready for assembling. I glued two squares together (stacked them) and glued ink blended panel on top of them. Then I glued everything on a white square top folded card base. I glued one more square inside the card to make it sturdier. I glued 3-D foam squares behind the sentiment stripe and the bird (two different foam dimensions), glued them on the card and my card was finished. :o)

Card measurements: 92 mm x 92 mm (3 5/8" x 3 5/8")

I had so much fun creating these cards and LOVE how they turned out. :o) My baby boy Fran also likes them a lot. He was screaming of joy when I showed them to him. LOL 

At the bottom of this post you can find detailed supply lists of my today's cards. 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:

Milka (you are here)

Marion

Claudia

Katerina

Katja

Tinne

Lien

Bobbi

Kerstin (Guest Designer)

Laura (Guest Designer)

Jane's Doodles blog

Jane will announce the winner on Friday, January 21st, 2022, at Jane's Doodles Blog.

Also, Jane is having 25% off sale from Monday to Wednesday (17-19). No code needed.

Now hop over to Marion'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 'Love Is In The Air' stamp set 
• Jane's Doodles 'Love You' stamp set 
• Jane's Doodles 'Hearts' stencil
• white cardstock paper
• black cardstock paper
• post-it paper
• Ranger Archival Ink, Jet Black
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• Tim Holtz Distress Inks: 
• Salty Ocean
• Blueprint Sketch
• Mustard Seed
• Faber-Castell Polychromos Colour Pencils:
• Ultramarine 120
• Helioblue Reddish 151
• Cadmium Yellow 107
• Dark Chrome Yellow 109
• Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink Pen
• UHU universal liquid glue
• 3-D square foams, 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• 3-D square foams, 5 x 5 x 1 mm
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Ranger Heat It Tool
• Xcut self healing working mat
• Tonic Tim Holtz Stamp Platform
• scissors
• powder bag
• finger sponge dauber
• ink blending tool
• paper towel
• water
• ruler
• pencil
• eraser
• Washi tape

12 Days of Christmas - Day 9 - Two CAS Reindeer Cards

Hi everyone! :o)

Welcome to 9th Day of my 12 Days of Christmas Series.

Today I want to share with you these two CAS (clean and simple) Reindeer Cards.

 

To make these cards, I CASEd (copied and shared everything) my own card that I shared here on my blog in November 2020 (here). I went with same design, color scheme, used same techniques and products, I just worked directly on card bases on today's cards. :o)

How I made the card...

I ink blended Distress Inks directly on a white cardstock paper card base. When I was satisfied with the color, I splattered the card base with a water, dabbed the surface with a paper towel and left the card to dry on air.

Then I mixed a white tempera color with a bit of water, splattered the card base and again left it dry on air.

Then I die cut three reindeer in the white cardstock paper and glued them together (stacked them). I glued stacked reindeer on the card and my card was finished. :o)

I repeated same for the second card, I just rotated the layout. :o) I really like this color combination and card design. :o)

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

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

List of supplies:

• Wiler Creativity Cutting Dies, reindeer die cut (gift from a dear friend Alice of Scrap & C... THANK YOU ALICE!!! ♥)
• Sizzix Big Shot
• white cardstock paper
• Tim Holtz Distress Inks:
• Broken China
• Peacock Feathers
• UHU liquid glue
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tools
• Koh-i-noor tempera color, white
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. 3/0
• water
• paper towels

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

Milka

Reindeer Card (CASology Week #378 mid-inspiration)

 

Hi everyone! :o)

Last Tuesday, November 10th, 2020, a new challenge started at CASology. This fortnight's cue word is Stag. :o)

Due to some unexpected situation, I didn't manage to prepare my blog post on time, so I'm bringing it today as mid-inspiration. There's still plenty of time to join the challenge, which ends on Monday, November 23rd, 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.

And here is my take on the challenge: CAS (clean and simple), Reindeer Card. :o)

Design defined: 

Ink blending & splattering on a background with stacked die-cuts works well on a CAS card.

How I made the card...

To make my card I was inspired with a card design from last year (here).

I ink blended Distress Inks directly on a white cardstock paper panel. When I was satisfied with the color, I splattered the panel with a water, dabbed the surface with a paper towel and left the card to dry on air.

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

I wanted to create some dimension on my card, but I didn't want to use 3-D foams to do that. Instead, I used white carstock paper scraps and cut two rectangles, a bit smaller than the panel. Then I glued two rectangles together, glued them on the back of the panel and glued all together on a white side folded card base. I cut another white panel and glued it inside of the card, just to make my card sturdier.

Then I die cut three reindeer in the white cardstock paper and glued them together (stacked them). I glued stacked reindeer on the card and my card was finished. :o)

I really like this color combination and card design. :o)

Card measurements: 140 mm x 102 mm (5 1/2" x 4")

List of supplies:

• Wiler Creativity Cutting Dies, reindeer die cut (gift from a dear friend Alice of Scrap & C... THANK YOU ALICE!!! ♥)
• Sizzix Big Shot
• white cardstock paper
• Tim Holtz Distress Inks:
• Broken China
• Peacock Feathers
• UHU liquid glue
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tools
• Koh-i-noor tempera color, white
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. 3/0
• water
• paper towels

I hope you'll like my today's card and get inspired. For more inspiration, check out GORGEOUS 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

Jacquie Southas

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman

Milka Gubo

Nancy Elrick
Sandie Munro

Sue Symens
Chrissie (Guest Designer)

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

Milka

Whale of a Birthday Card (Jane's Doodles DT July Spotlight)

Happy Friday! :o)

This is my third post today. If you missed previous two, just scroll down, or follow direct links here (I've announced my 6th Bloggoversary winner.) and here. :o)

This weekend I'm 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.

Second one today is this Whale of a Birthday Card. It was my spotlight project for Jane's Doodles on Tuesday, July 14th, 2020.  :o)

To make this card I used stamps from a beautiful Jane's Doodles 'Cool' stamp set. 

How I made my card...

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

As the watercolor paper I use is thin and I needed a thicker image, I stamped another whale on a white cardstock paper scrap, colored it with a grey marker and fussy cut the whale, this time leaving thin white border around it. I glued the watercolored whale over it and the image was ready.

Then I ink blended a white carsdstock paper panel with Distress Inks. When I was satisfied with the color, I splattered the panel with water, dabbed splatters with a paper towel and left the panel dry on air. After drying, I drew white dots on the panel using a White Pigment Ink pen.

I stamped a sentiment on a white cardstock paper scrap and die cut a speech bubble shape on my Sizzix Big Shot.

With all parts ready I assembled my card. I glued the ink blended panel on a side folded card base,. I glued another white cardstock paper panel inside my card to make it sturdier. Then I glued 3-D foam squares on the back of the whale and the sentiment speech bubble and glued them on the card.

As a finishing touch, I drew white highlights on the whale and embellished the card with two blue enamel dots and my card was finished. :o)

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

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Under the Sea' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Tumbled Glass 
• Salty Ocean
• Blueprint Sketch
• Hickory Smoke
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pens (Markers):
• light grey 68/94
• black 68/46
• Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink pen
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D foam squares, 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• 3-D foam squares, 5 x 5 x 1 mm
• round acrylic block
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Sizzix Big Shot
• Create a Smile 'Speech Bubbles' Cool Cuts
• Create a Smile 'Frosty Fun' enamel stickers (dark blue)
• Create a Smile 'Sending Sunshine' enamel stickers (light blue)
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. 3/0
• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tools
• scissors
• water
• paper towels
• crafting needle

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Stop by at 11 PM, when my last card for today is scheduled. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka

Bee Happy Circle Card (Jane's Doodles DT May Spotlight)

Hi everyone! :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. On Thursday I shared full list of projects that I'll be sharing (here). Today I'm sharing two cards, my May spotlights. :o)

First one today is this Bee Happy Circle Card. It was my spotlight project for Jane's Doodles on Tuesday, May 5th, 2020.  :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 made a card base. I cut two circles from a white cardstock paper and glued them together on the top.

Then I ink blended a piece of white cardstock paper with Distress Inks Mustard Seed and Fossilized Amber. I splattered the surface with water, dried it and ink blended the surface again. I repeated the process one more time. When I was satisfied with the color, I die cut a wonky stitched circle from the ink blended cardstock piece.

I stamped the bee on the circle panel and colored the bee in black with a black marker. I drew a flying path with a pencil, traced the line with a black fine liner and erased pencil marks. I glued the circle panel on the card base.

Then I stamped another bee on  a watercolor paper and colored the bee in watercolor technique using Distress Inks. After drying, I fussy cut the bee, traced edges with the black marker and glued the bee on the panel over the black bee. I left wings unglued to add extra dimension to my card. I coated 

I heat embossed in white the sentiment on a black cardstock paper piece, cut it to a desirable shape, added some foam on the back and glued it on the card.

As a finishing touch, I drew white dots on bee's wings and on the ink blended panel using a white pigment ink pen and my card was finished. :o)

Card measurements: d = 83 mm  (3.25")

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Spring Icons' stamp set
• Jane's Doodles 'Boris the Bunny' stamp set (discontinued) 
• white cardstock paper
• black cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Primary Ebony, Regular, WH00R)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Mustard Seed
• Fossilized Amber
• Ground Espresso 
• Hickory Smoke
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pen (Marker) 68/46, Black
• Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink Pen
• ZIG Wink of Stella Brush (Gl. clear 999)
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D foam squares, 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Sizzix Big Shot
• My Favorite Things, Die-namics Wonky Stitched Circle STAX
• EK Success circle cutter
• Xcut Self Healing Cutting Mat A4
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no. 3/0
• Ranger Heat It Tool
• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tools
• scissors
• paper towels 
• water
• powder bag
• dry cloth

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Stop by a bit later, I'll be sharing one more card with you. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka

Snowflakes Falling Card Set (bastel-traum challenge #84)

Hi everyone! :o)

Today a new challenge starts at bastel-traum and our theme for the challenge #84 is Sky. :o)

The challenge starts today, December 15th, 2019, at 9 AM, CET or MET (UTC +1) and ends on January 15th, 2020, at 8:55 AM, CET or MET (UTC +1). Find all the details about the challenge, rules and prizes in a challenge post (here).


And here is my take on the challenge: Snowflakes Falling Card Set. :o)

How I made my card set....

My first intention was to make just one card, but I liked it so much that I made three more. :o)

I ink blended Distress Inks directly on a white top folded card base. When I was satisfied with the color, I splattered the front card panel with a water, dabbed the surface with a paper towel and left the card to dry on air.

After drying, I die cut snowflakes in the white cardstock paper and glued them on the card.

Then I mixed a white tempera color with a bit of water, splattered the front panel and left it dry on air. :o)

I repeated the same on other cards. :o)

I love how my cards turned out!! :o)

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

List of supplies:

• Create a Smile Cool Cuts 'Negative Snowflake' die-cut (find it also in bastel-traum shop, here)
• Wiler Creativity Cutting Dies, small snowflake (gift from a dear friend Alice of Scrap & C... THANK YOU ALICE!!! ♥)
• Sizzix Big Shot
• white cardstock paper
• Tim Holtz Distress Inks:
• Broken China
• Peacock Feathers
• UHU liquid glue
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tools
• Koh-i-noor tempera color, white
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• water
• paper towels

I hope you'll like my project for this challenge and get inspired. For more inspiration, check out cards my super talented Design Teammates created for the challenge. Do join us in this challenge, we are looking forward to see your creations. :o)

I'm linking my card set 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) Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes With Dies Challenge, December 2019

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge, December 2019, Frozen

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

3) Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge, December 2019, Anything Goes

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

4) Uniko, Challenge #56 - Christmas 
This is my 6th entry to this challenge.

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

Milka