Whale of a Birthday Card no. 2 (Jane's Doodles DT September Spotlight)

  

Hi everyone! :o)

This is my second post today. If you missed the first one, just scroll down or follow a direct link here. :o)

Last weekend I planed to share 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 (full list of projects that I planed to share here). I managed to share all except my September's JD spotlight projects. My plan was to share them on Sunday, but I spent the day outside and didn't have strength to write after I came home.

Today I'm sharing my September spotlights and my JD spotlight project from last week, three spotlights in total, all in separate blog posts. My posts are scheduled and will go live every hour.

Second card today is this Whale of a Birthday Card. It was my spotlight project for Jane's Doodles on Tuesday, September 23rd, 2020.  :o)

To make this card I used stamps from a GORGEOUS Jane's Doodles 'Whales' stamp set. Jane's whales from the set are the most beautiful and realistic whale images available as stamps and that I'm familiar with . ♥

How I made my card...

First I made a panel from a watercolor paper. For coloring the background I went with ink smooshing technique. I used blue tone Stabilo markers, a plastic pocket bag, a sprayer bottle and water. I added some color on the plastic pocket bag, sprayed it with water and smooshed color on the panel. I was adding color by color, couple of layers, drying them between with a heat tool, until I was satisfied with color.

After coloring my panel wrapped quite a lot, so I flattened it with an iron. I placed the panel between two printing papers and ironed it. Flat. :o)

Then I stamped a sentiment on the panel and glued it on a white side folded card base.

Next up was an image. I used a gorgeous Blue Whale (lat. Balaenoptera musculus). Find more about Blue Whales on National Geographic pages (here).

I stamped the whale on the watercolor paper and colored it in watercolor technique using Stabilo markers. I used two colors: light and dark grey.

How? I scribbled a color on an acrylic block, picked up the color with a damp paint brush and colored the image. With a clean wet brush I spread the color and added more color where needed.

Coloring (and watercoloring) with Stabilo markers is a technique I've learned couple years ago from a very talented crafter/cardmaker, Julia Alterman. She filmed and shared few video tutorials on how to use inexpensive Stabilo markers (find them here). Thank you Julia!!! :o)

After drying, I fussy cut the whale and traced edges with a black marker. I stamped another whale on a piece of the white cardstock paper, colored it with the grey marker, fussy cut it, leaving white thin border around it, and glued the watercolored whale over it. I did this because the watercolor paper I use is thin and I needed a thicker image. :o)

To add some dimension on my card, I glued 3-D foam squares on the back of the whale and glued it on the card. As a finishing touch, I drew white highlights on the whale with a white pigment ink pen and my card was finished. :o)

Card measurements: 120 mm x 86 mm (4 3/4" x 3 3/8")

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Whales' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pens (Markers):
• lightest blue 68/13
• light blue 68/57
• mid blue 68/41
• dark blue 68/32
• light grey 68/94
• dark grey 68/96
• black 68/46
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D foam squares, 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• round acrylic block
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Ranger Heat It Craft Tool
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. 3/0
• scissors
• water
• paper towels
• iron
• printing paper

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Stop by at 6 PM, when my third card for today is scheduled. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka

Whale of a Day Mini Circle Card (Jane's Doodles DT September Spotlight)

 

Hi everyone! :o)

Last weekend I planed to share 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 (full list of projects that I planed to share here). I managed to share all except my September's JD spotlight projects. My plan was to share them on Sunday, but I spent the day outside and didn't have strength to write after I came home.

Today I'll be sharing my September spotlights and my JD spotlight project from last week, three spotlights in total, all in separate blog posts. My posts are scheduled and will go live every hour.

First up today is this Whale of a Day Mini Circle Card. It was my spotlight project for Jane's Doodles on Tuesday, September 15th, 2020.  :o)

To make this card I used stamps from a GORGEOUS Jane's Doodles 'Whales' stamp set. Jane's whales from the set are the most beautiful and realistic whale images that I'm familiar with available as stamps. ♥

A tiny heart is from Jane's Doodles 'Monster Squad' stamp set.

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 top.

For a panel, I cut a circle form a watercolor paper, slightly smaller than the card base. I stamped a sentiment on the panel, following a circular shape of the panel. Between sentiments I stamped the tiny heart.

Next up was coloring of the panel. I went with ink smooshing technique. I used blue tone Stabilo markers, a plastic pocket bag, a sprayer bottle and water. I added some color on the plastic pocket bag, sprayed it with water and smooshed color on the panel. I was adding color by color, couple of layers, drying them between with a heat tool, until I was satisfied with color.

My panel wrapped quite a lot, so I flattened it with an iron. I placed the panel between two printing papers and ironed it. Flat. :o)

I love dimension on my cards, so I added a bit of dimension to the panel. I used white cardstock paper scraps for it. I cut two circles from the scrap paper, slightly smaller than the panel, glued them together and glued the panel on them. Then I glued everything on the card base.

Next up was an image. I used a gorgeous Orca (also known as Killer Whale, lat. Orcinus orca). Find more about Orcas on National Geographic pages (here).

I stamped the Orca on the watercolor paper and colored it in watercolor technique using Stabilo markers. I used two colors: black and grey for shading a white part of Orca.

How? I scribbled a color on an acrylic block, picked up the color with a damp paint brush and colored the image. With a clean wet brush I spread the color and blended where needed.

Coloring (and watercoloring) with Stabilo markers is a technique I've learned couple years ago from a very talented crafter/cardmaker, Julia Alterman. She filmed and shared few video tutorials on how to use inexpensive Stabilo markers (find them here). Thank you Julia!!! :o)

After drying, I fussy cut the Orca and traced edges with the black marker. I stamped another Orca on a piece of the white cardstock paper, colored it with the grey marker, fussy cut it, leaving white thin border around it, and glued the watercolored Orca over it. I did this because the watercolor paper I use is thin and I needed a thicker image. :o)

Lastly, I glued 3-D foam squares on the back of the Orca, glued it on the card and my card was finished. :o)

Card measurements: d = 81 mm (3 3/16")

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Whales' stamp set
• Jane's Doodles 'Monster Squad' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pens (Markers):
• lightest blue 68/13
• light blue 68/57
• mid blue 68/41
• dark blue 68/32
• light grey 68/94
• black 68/46
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D foam squares, 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• round acrylic block
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• EK Success Circle Cutter
• Xcut self healing working mat
• Ranger Heat It Craft Tool
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. 3/0
• scissors
• water
• paper towels
• iron
• printing paper

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Stop by at 5 PM, when my second card for today is scheduled. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka

Hunny Bee Card (Kitty Bee Designs Spotlight)

Hi everyone! :o)

Today is my turn to be on the spotlight over at Kitty Bee Designs and I made this Hunny Bee Card. :o)

I CASEd my own card that I shared recently here on my blog. I went with same design, layout, background and color scheme, but I used different bee image. You can find my CASEd card here.

For my today's card I used a SUPER CUTE Kitty Bee Designs 'Honey Bee' digital image.

I printed the bumblebee on a thick watercolor paper and left it dry through the night to prevent ink smearing while coloring.

I colored the bumblebee in watercolor technique using Distress Inks. After drying, I fussy cut the bumblebee leaving thin white border around it.

Next up was a background. I heat embossed in white hexagon pattern from Jane's Doodles 'Geometric Patterns' stamp set (which is discontinued) on a thin watercolor paper panel. On my CASEd card I went with watercoloring, but this time I went with ink smooshing technique to color the background. I used Distress Inks Mustard Seed ad Fossilized Amber. I added couple layers of color, drying them between, until I was satisfied.

Lastly, I assembled the card. I glued the background panel on a 2 mm thick foam sheet square and glued it on a top folded 3.5" x 3.5" (89 mm x 89 mm) white card base. I glued 2 mm foam on the bumblebee and glued it on the card. I glued a white cardstock paper panel inside the card to make it thicker and more stable (because front of the card is quite heavy) and my card was finished. :o)

Card dimensions: 89 mm x 89 mm (3.5" x 3.5")

List of supplies:

• Kitty Bee Designs 'Honey Bee' digital image
• Jane's Doodles 'Geometric Patterns' stamp set; stamp set is discontinued
• white cardstock paper (card base, inside panel)
• thin white watercolor paper (background)
• Koh-i-noor pop Aquarel Watercolor Paper, 250 gms (image)
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Mustard Seed
• Fossilized Amber
• Tea Dye
• Hickory Smoke
• Black Soot
• UHU universal glue
• foam sheet and scraps, 2 mm thick
• printer
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• acrylic block (large)
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no. #0
• Ranger Heat It Craft Tool
• scissors
• sprayer bottle
• paper towels 
• water

I hope you'll like my KBD spotlight card for this month and get inspired. Check out more cute images at the Kitty Bee Designs Etsy Store, Kitty Bee Designs Blog and Kitty Bee Designs FB. :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) Crafty Creations Challenges, #342 - Anything Goes
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Happy Little Stampers, Watercolour Challenge, May 2017, Anything Goes

This is my 6th entry to this challenge.

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

Milka

Hand Lettering #1: Magnet, Block Letters Style

Happy Friday!!! :o)

Today I'm sharing with you my hand lettering progress and two finished projects that I made for my personal challenge, Celebrating 30 Days of Pisces 2017. This is my second post today. If you missed the first one, just scroll down or follow a direct link here.

I love magnets and I collect them, so I decided to make bunch of them during the challenge. Here is the first one. I quoted Patrick Rothfuss. Very motivational, don't you think. :o)

How I made the magnet...

I cut a 3" x 3" base from a Canson XL Mixed Media Paper.

I hand lettered quotation in block letter handwriting style and drew line frame. I used dip pen nib and black drawing ink. I left it dry for a day, because the ink I used is drying slowly and I didn't want to speed up process with Heat It Tool.

For coloring, I decided to go with ink smooshing and splattering techniques. I pressed Distress Inks Mustard Seed on an acrylic block, mixed it with water and pressed the hand lettered sample directly on it. I dried it with Heat It Tool and repeated the process until I was satisfied with the color. Then I mixed Distress Ink Fossilized Amber with water, added splotches here and there, splattered the sample and dried it.

A friend gave me bunch of magnet sheets last year to make my own magnets. What an awesome gift for a magnet collector!! :o) I cut a magnet square, a bit smaller than the colored sample and glued them together with universal UHU glue, my favorite and most used glue.

Lastly, I pressed the magnet with a 32 cm x 32 cm, 1 cm thick glass plate and left it pressed for an hour. When I glue together two different surfaces, like in this case, paper and magnet, I always press my projects. I even do it to my cards, especially after watercolor, because they always curve a bit.

The glass plate is my working surface. I make most of my projects on it. My father cut it for me couple years ago. It's so handy and super easy to clean. It's heavy enough to use it as a press. Love it! And love glass!! :o) So many love in this post. :o)

Dimensions: 77 mm x 77 mm (3" x 3")

List of supplies:

• Canson XL Mixed Media Paper, 300 g
• TOZ Leonhardy black drawing ink
• dip pen nib (mounted on a paint brush)
• Tim Holtz's Distress Inks
• Mustard Seed
• Fossilized Amber
• magnet sheet
• UHU universal glue
• acrylic block 
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• scissors
• Ranger Heat It Tool
• 32 cm x 32 cm x 1 cm glass plate
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• water

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Stop by later this evening, I'll be sharing one more finished hand lettered project with you. Enjoy and smile! :o)


Milka

Whale You Be Mine? Mini Circle Card (Fairy Tale Challenge #136)

Hi everyone! :o)

Today a new challenge started at Fairy Tale Challenge Blog.

The theme for this fortnight is #136, Valentins Tag / Valentines Day. 

This time our lucky winner will win this lovely Quilling Kit.

For this challenge I made this Whale You Be Mine? Mini Circle Card. Tiny card for my honey. :o)

For this card, I used my brand new Lawn Fawn 'Whale You Be Mine' Stamp Set. This is my first stamp set from Lawn Fawn. :o)

First I made a background panel. I heat embossed sentiment on a white watercoloring paper and colored the panel in Ink smooshing technique. I used Stabilo markers, plastic pocket bag, sprayer bottle and water. I added some color on plastic pocket bag, sprayed it with water and smooshed color on the panel. I was adding color by color, couple of layers, drying them between.

When I was satisfied with colors and pattern, I glued the panel on a white card base.

Then I stamped whale image on a piece of the thicker watercolor paper. I drew eyelashes on the whale so its a female whale. I did it with superfine permanent black pen. I colored her in watercoloring technique with Distress Ink Hickory Smoke.

After drying, I fussy cut the whale, colored edges with black pen, added 3D dots on the back and placed the whale on the card. I added three enamel stickers and my card was finished. :o)

Card dimensions: d = 63 mm (2 1/2").

List of supplies: 

• Lawn Fawn 'Whale You Be Mine' Stamp Set
• white cardstock paper
• Koh-i-noor watercolor paper (250 gms)
• white watercoloring paper
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Primary Ebony, Regular, WH00R)
• Tim Holtz's Distress Ink (Hickory Smoke)
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen S (superfine) 0.4 mm
• Stabilo Pens (Markers) 68:
• Blues: 13, 57, 41, 32
• Black 46
• white enamel stickers from Create a Smile 'Snow Dance' Kit
• strong double sided adhesive tape
• EK Success 3D dots
• EK Success Circle Cutter 
• MS scoring board
• scissors 
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm) 
• polymer stamp handle (38 mm x 38 mm)
• sprayer bottle
• plastic pocket bag
• tweezers
• Ranger Heat It Craft Tool
• Marabu rounded fine paintbrush no. #0
• printing paper
• paper towels
• water 

I hope you liked my today's project. Hop over to the Fairy Tale Challenge Blog and see gorgeous projects 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 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) Addicted to Stamps and More, Challenge #178 - Holiday
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

2) Lawnscaping Challenge, #123 - Sending Love

3) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Anything Goes
This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

4) Simon Says Stamp, Work it Wednesday January 2016: Something New
New item: Lawn Fawn 'Whale You Be Mine' Stamp Set
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

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

Crafty Milka 

Chinese New Year Panda Card (Kitty Bee Designs Spotlight)

Hi everyone :o)

Today it´s my turn to be on the spotlight over at Kitty Bee Designs and I made this Chinese New Year Panda Card.

I used super cute image 'Chinese New Year Panda' from 2013 January Panda Releases . The sentiment are Chinese symbols and say: Live Laugh Love.

Details about my card...

I printed the image on a white cardstock paper. I draw circles around panda's eyes, colored the image with colored pencils, fussy cut the image leaving white border around it and added gloss resin to panda's muzzle and lampion, to add dimension to the image and to create glossy accents.

While the image was drying, I made a panel and a stripe with symbols (sentiment).

For the strip I used Bugaboo Stamps 'Chinese Live Love Laugh Symbols'. I removed circles and translation of symbols, inserted them into a MS Word document and printed on a stripe of watercoloring paper. 

Then I made a panel. I colored the panel in Ink smooshing technique. I love this technique!!! :o) I used Stabilo markers, plastic pocket bag, water and bottle sprayer. I added some color on plastic pocket bag, sprayed it with water and smooshed color on the panel. I was adding color by color, couple of layers, drying them between.

When I was satisfied with colors and pattern, I glued the stripe and ink smooshed panel on a white cardstock card base, glued 3-D foams behind the panda image and placed it on the card.

Card dimensions are 100 mm x 132 mm (4" x 5 1/4").

List of supplies:

• Kitty Bee Designs 'Chinese New Year Panda' from 2013 January Panda Releases
• Bugaboo Stamps 'Chinese Live Love Laugh Symbols'
• white cardstock paper
• Koh-i-noor Watercolor paper (250 gms)
• white watercoloring paper 
• colored pencils (3 shades of red)
• Stabilo Pens 68
• Yellow 44
• Orange 54 
• Red 48
• Black 46
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen S (superfine) 0.4 mm
• UHU universal glue 
• 3-D foam self adhesive pads  
• gloss resin super-clear 
• printer
• scoring board
• trimmer 
• scissors
• tweezers
• sprayer bottle
• plastic pocket bag
• tweezers
• Ranger Heat It Craft Tool
• crafting needle
• paper towels 
• water 

I hope you enjoyed my spotlight project for this month, also last for this year. Check out more cute images at the Kitty Bee Designs Etsy Store, Kitty Bee Designs Blog and Kitty Bee Designs FB. Be prepared for super cuteness! :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) Addicted to Stamps and More, Challenge #172 - Make Your Mark

2) Craft Your Passion Challenges, Challenge #290 - Always Anything Goes

3) Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge, Challenge #22 - Anything Goes 

4) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Stop by later today, I'll be sharing another card with you. Have a lovely day, enjoy and smile! :o)

Crafty Milka 

Mr. Bitty Halloween Card (Kitty Bee Designs Spotlight)

Happy Halloween :o)

Today it´s my turn to be on the spotlight over at Kitty Bee Designs and I made this Mr. Bitty Halloween Card.

I used an adorable image 'Mr. Bitty'. He is so fun! :o)

Details about my card... so many techniques, so much fun :o) ...

I printed the image twice, one on a white watercoloring paper and second on a cardstock paper.

I colored one image (on the watercoloring paper) in watercoloring technique, using Distress Inks (Dusty Concord and Black Soot), fine paint brush and water. Before I started coloring, I covered Mr. Bitty's eyes, cheeks and fangs with gloss resin, to create glossy accents and to prevent these parts from smearing during the coloring.

After the image was dry, I fussy cut it, colored edges with black pen and glued it over the second image printed on cardstock paper. I did this because I needed my image to be thick and watercoloring paper I use is very thin. I fussy cut image again, leaving white border around it this time.

Then I made a panel.

I cut out a circle on the white cardstock paper panel. I colored the panel by blending Distress Inks (Dusty Concord and Black Soot) with Blending Tool. When I was satisfied with color, I splattered water with my fingers over the panel and dried it.

The Moon is made in ink smooshing technique. I mixed Black Soot Distress Ink with a loot of water to get light grey color, took a piece of the watercoloring paper and smooshed colors on it. I did this in layers, drying them in between. When I was satisfied with the color of the Moon, I glued it behind the colored panel.

I used sentiment from Jane's Doodles 'Winnie Halloween' stamp set and heat embossed it directly on the panel. I wasn't satisfied, because lines were too bold and word 'happy' was unrecognizable. I didn't wan't to threw away whole panel, so I fixed it. I heat embossed same sentiment on a piece of black cardstock paper, fussy cut it and glued over the sentiment I didn't like.

At the end I put all elements together. I glued colored panel on a card base, added 3D dots behind Mr. Bitty and placed him on a card.

Card dimensions are 101 mm x 133 mm (4" x 5 1/4").

List of supplies:

• Kitty Bee Designs 'Mr. Bitty'
• Jane's Doodles 'Winnie Halloween' stamp set 
• white cardstock paper
• white watercoloring paper
• black cardstock paper
• Tim Holtz's Distress Inks
• Dusty Concord
• Black Soot
• Stabilo Pen Black 68/46
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• double sided strong adhesive tape
• Sakura Quickie Glue Pinpoint Roller
• gloss resin super-clear
• EK Success 3D dots
• printer
• scoring board
• trimmer
• scissors
• tweezers
• Tim Holtz's Blending Tool
• Ranger Heat It Craft Tool
• EK Success Circle Cutter
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Marabu fine round paint brush no. #0
• Marabu fine flat paint brush no. #10
• crafting needle
• paper towels 
• water 

I hope you enjoyed my spotlight project for this month. Check out more cute images at the Kitty Bee Designs Etsy Store, Kitty Bee Designs Blog and Kitty Bee Designs FB. Be prepared for super cuteness! :o)

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) AAA Cards, Game #51: Halloween All Styles

2) Addicted to Stamps and More, Challenge #168 - Holiday

This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

3) Art Impressions Blog, Challenge 171: Use Water-Based Inks

4) Cards und More Challenge Blog, Challenge #144 - Halloween

5) Craft Your Passion Challenges, Challenge #285 - Always Anything Goes

This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

6) Deep Ocean Challenge Blog, Challenge #115 - Halloween

7) Inkspirational Challenges, Challenge #94 - Cute Halooween

8) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog, Anything Goes

This is my 4th entry to this challenge.

9) The Daily Marker, 3rd 30 Day Coloring Challenge
This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

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

Crafty Milka