Karate Red Belt Spinner Card

Hello everyone! :o)

Today I want to share with you this CAS (clean and simple), Karate Red Belt Spinner Card. :o)

I made this card last month and colored images during Kathy's Racoosin 12th 30 Day Coloring Challenge. You can see all my coloring samples during the challenge here.

I made this card for my niece Tea (8), who trains Karate for five years. On December 7th 2018, she had her third Karate exam to earn a Red Belt. She earned it!! :o)

Tea on the Karate Exam for Red Belt

Photo credit: GKV

I didn't manage to make a card for her prior testing, as I was moving that month, and then there were Christmas holidays, and then I got ill... She was super happy when I gave her the card and didn't mind at all that I gave her the card nearly 3 months after she earned the belt. :o)

If you like, you can see cards I made for her when she earned previous Karate Belts (Yellow here, Orange here). :o)

How I made this card...

To make this card I used a super cute Mama Elephant 'Tiny Ninjas' stamp set. LOVE!!! :o)

I stamped adorable ninjas on a watercolor paper and watercolored them using Distress Inks. After drying, I fussy cut ninjas and traced edges with black marker. These two images are reflected images from the set. I love that, as a reflection/mirror stamping technique isn't something that ever worked for me. :o)

'Reflection. Flip. A transformation in which a geometric figure is reflected across a line, creating a mirror image. That line is called the axis of reflection.'

Source: Mathwords, Reflection (http://www.mathwords.com/r/reflection.htm)

I stamped one more ninja (one with closed eyes) on a white cardstock paper, colored ninja with black marker and fussy cut her, this time leaving white thin border around her. (As this was a card for a girl, my ninja is a girl.)

Then I glued all images together. I glued one ninja over the black one, glued white cotton thread on the back of ninja and glued the other watercolored ninja over the thread.

I die-cut a circle on a front panel of a white top folded card base and in a white cardstock paper panel. Then I stamped a sentiment on the panel.

With all parts ready, my card was ready for assembling. I glued the image on the thread on the card base, glued the panel on the card base and my card was finished. :o)

Here is a short video. :o)

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

List of supplies:

• Mama Elephant 'Tiny Ninjas' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim Holtz's Distress Inks:

• Tea Dye
• Barn Door
• Hickory Smoke
• 100% cotton crochet embroidery thread (TULIPAN no. 15, white)
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D foam squares, 5 x 5 x 3 mm
• foam sheet, 3 mm thick
• My Favorite Things, Die-namics Wonky Stitched Circle STAX
• Sizzix Big Shot
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• scissors
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no. #0
• water
• paper towels

This is my first try on a spinner card and I'm satisfied how it turned out, but not so with a thread. It got loose after couple spins and it takes too much time to spin the image to the start position. I will surely work on that and try with a different thread next time. :o)

I made this interactive card prior my personal challenge started, so I'm not counting it as a card I made for my challenge. I will surely make another interactive card of this type during the challenge, but next time with a different thread.  :o)

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

Milka

Karate Yellow Belt Shaker Card

Hello everyone! :o)

Today I want to share with you this CAS (clean and simple), Karate Yellow Belt Shaker Card. I love creating CAS interactive cards!!! My two favorite card designs: CAS and interactive card... 2 in 1. :o)

I made this card for my friend's son, Fran, who trains Karate. He earned an Yellow Karate Belt. Congratulations!!! ♥

If you would like to find out more what the Karate Belt colors mean, check out this article.

How I made this card...

To make this card I used a super cute Mama Elephant 'Tiny Ninjas' stamp set. LOVE!!! :o)

I used this stamp set to make cards for my niece Tea, who also trains Karate. She earned two belts: Yellow and Orange. If you like, you can find cards I made for her here and here... or cards labeled #karate. :o) I'm sure there will be more cards using the set, as my younger niece Nika also started her Karate education. I'm so proud of those kids!!! ♥

I stamped an adorable ninja on a watercolor paper and watercolored him using Distress Inks. After drying, I fussy cut the ninja leaving white thin border around him.

For a layout, I used a sketch from AAA Cards, CAS Game #123 - Sketch.

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

Then I blended a Distress Ink Mustard Seed directly on a white top folded card base. I splattered blended surface with a water, dried it and repeated blending the Distress Ink. When I was satisfied with a color, I glued 1 mm thick foam sheet scraps on the panel.

I really love Jennifer's McGuire Shaker Stamped Cards and I had to give it a try on this card. Thank you for the inspiration and tips, Jennifer!! ♥

I glued a clear thread on the ninja's back and glued thread on the foam inside the window. Then I glued another layer of 1 mm thick foam scraps on the panel. I hope this makes sense. I'm giving my best to explain the process... see Jennifer's video for all details... :o)

I mixed various sequins and beads to get my own mix. I filled the window with shaker mix and glued the panel on the card base. To make the card sturdier, I glued a white cardstock paper panel inside the card and my card was finished. :o)

Short video....

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

List of supplies:

• Mama Elephant 'Tiny Ninjas' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• white watercolor paper
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim Holtz's Distress Inks:

• Tea Dye
• Mustard Seed
• Hickory Smoke
• various sequins and beads
• UHU liquid glue
• foam sheet scraps, 1 mm thick
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• My Favorite Things, Die-namics Wonky Stitched Circle STAX
• Sizzix Big Shot
• bone folder
• scissors
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no. #0
• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool
• Ranger Heat It Tool (for drying)
• water
• paper towels
• water
• clear thread

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) AAA Cards, CAS Game #123 - Sketch

2) Little Miss Muffet Challenges, Challenge #197 - Anything Goes

3) Paru's Card Making Challenges, September 2018: Anything Goes

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

4) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges, Stamp On It
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

5) Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesday, August/September 2018: Favorite Stamping Technique
I like many stamping techniques. Yesterday I shared a card using one of them: masking. Today I'm sharing project made with my favorite stamping technique: stamping, coloring an image and fussy cutting. Love love love!! :o)
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

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

Milka

Update September 27th, 2018:
I'm linking my card to STAMPtember fun with Mama Elephant over at Simon Says Stamp.

Karate Orange Belt Shaker Card

Hello everyone! :o)

Today I want to share with you this CAS (clean and simple), Karate Orange Belt Shaker Card.

I made this card for my niece Tea (7), who trains Karate for four years. On June 7th 2018, she had her second Karate testing to earn an Orange Belt. She earned it!! :o) 

If you would like to find out more what the Karate Belt colors mean, check out this article.

Tea earned Orange Karate Belt

As I wanted to give her the card in person, I didn't hurry and created this card last week and gave it to her last weekend, while I was visiting my family in Bilice near Šibenik, where they are spending their vacation. She loved it!! :o)

If you like, you can see a card I made her last year here, when she earned a Yellow Belt. :o)


How I made this card...

To make this card I used a super cute Mama Elephant 'Tiny Ninjas' stamp set. LOVE!!! :o)

I stamped adorable ninja on a watercolor paper and watercolored her using Distress Inks. After drying, I fussy cut the ninja leaving white thin border around her. (As this was a card for a girl, my ninja is a girl.)

I used UNIKO 'Explosion! Additions' stamp set to create a window for my shaker card. I inked an explosion shape with VersaMark Ink and stamped it on a white cardstock paper panel. Using kraft knife, I cut out the shape and created the window. I glued an acetate sheet on the panel to close the window.

Then I blended a Distress Ink Spiced Marmalade directly on a white top folded card base. When I was satisfied with a color, I coated ink blended surface with Clear Wink of Stella.

I mixed various sequins and beads to get my own mix. I glued 3 mm thick foam sheet on the panel, filled the window with shaker mix and glued the panel on the card base. I also glued some foam on the ninja and glued her in the middle of the window (explosion shape).

Lastly, I heat embossed a sentiment in white on a black cardstock paper stripe and trimmed the stripe to get desirable size. I glued foam on the back and glued the sentiment on the card. To make the card sturdier, I glued a white cardstock paper panel inside the card and my card was finished. :o)

Short video....

Card dimensions: 102 mm x 133 mm (4" x 5 1/4")

List of supplies:

• Mama Elephant 'Tiny Ninjas' stamp set
• UNIKO 'Explosion! Additions' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• black cardstock paper
• Koh-i-noor pop Aquarel Watercolor Paper, 250 gms (image)
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• Tim Holtz's Distress Inks:

• Tea Dye
• Spiced Marmalade
• Hickory Smoke
• ZIG Wink of Stella Brush (Gl. clear 999)
• various sequins and beads
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D square foams, 2 mm thick
• foam sheet, 3 mm thick
• foam tape, 1 mm thick
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• scissors
• kraft knife
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no. #0
• Ranger Heat It Craft Tool
• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool
• water
• paper towels
• powder bag
• dry cloth

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) CRAFT-alnica, Izziv/Challenge #216: CAS

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

2) Paru's Card Making Challenges, August 2018: Make a card or a tag for Family

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

I made this card for my niece.

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

Milka

Karate Yellow Belt Card

Hi everyone! :o)

Today I want to share with you this Karate Yellow Belt Card.

I made this card for my niece Tea (6), who trains Karate three years. On May 25th 2017, she had her first Karate testing to earn a Yellow Belt. She earned it!! :o)

"Earning a yellow belt in karate signifies that you are not a novice and that you have demonstrated basic knowledge in karate. The standard belt color progression is white -- beginners, yellow, green, brown and black. Some karate schools include orange and blue belts. A yellow belt represents 50 to 75 hours of classwork and three to five months of training. Yellow-belt students are familiar with the etiquette and procedures of the dojo -- training school, and their movements are losing the awkwardness of raw beginners. In some dojos, beginners start sparring at yellow belt."

Source: How to Get a Yellow Belt in Karate (livestrong.com)

Tea earned Yellow Karate Belt

To make this card I used a super cute Mama Elephant 'Tiny Ninjas' stamp set. LOVE!!! :o)

I stamped ninjas on a watercolor paper panel and watercolored them using Distress Inks. After drying, I glued the panel on a white top folded card base.

I heat embossed a sentiment in white on a black cardstock paper stripe and trimmed the stripe to get desirable size. I glued the sentiment on a slightly larger white cardstock paper piece, added 3-D foams on the back and glued the sentiment on the card.

Dimensions of card: 89 mm x 121 mm (3 1/2" x 4 3/4")
List of supplies:

• Mama Elephant 'Tiny Ninjas' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• black cardstock paper
• watercolor paper, thin
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• Tim Holtz's Distress Inks:
• Tea Dye
• Mustard Seed
• Iced Spruce
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen S (superfine) 0.4 mm
• UHU universal glue
• 3-D square foams, 2 mm thick
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• scissors
• tweezers
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no. #0
• Ranger Heat It Craft Tool
• water
• paper towels
• powder bag
• dry cloth

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) Happy Little Stampers, Watercolour Challenge, July 2017, Anything Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Simon Says Wednesday Challenge, Anything Goes

This is my 5th entry to this challenge.

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

Milka