Franken Bun Card II (Kitty Bee Designs Spotlight)

Hi everyone! :o)

This is my 900th blog post!!! :o)

Today is my turn to be on the spotlight over at Kitty Bee Designs and I made this CAS (clean and simple), square, Franken Bun Card II. :o)

To make this card I used an adorable "spooky" image 'Franken Bun' from Halloween 2014 Release . :o)

My card is a CASE (copy and share everything) of my own card that I made last year (here). I went with same design, layout, the image... I just changed the Franken Bun's shirt color. :o)

This is my third card I made using this cutie. You can find previous two here and here. :o)

How I made my card....

I printed the bunny on a Kraft cardstock paper and left the image aside for an hour.

I colored the bunny with colored pencils, trimmed the panel to a desirable size, stamped a sentiment on the panel and glued the panel on a slightly larger Kraft cardstock paper panel. Then I glued everything on a white square top folded card base.

As a finishing touch, I drew white highlights with a white gel pen and white pigment ink pen. :o)

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

List of supplies:

• Kitty Bee Designs 'Franken Bun' from Halloween 2014 Release
• Jane's Doodles 'Winnie Halloween' stamp set (sentiment)
• Crafter's Companion Neenah Desert Storm Kraft Coloring Card
• white cardstock paper (card base
• TOZ Artist Color colored pencils:
• light yellow
• dark yellow
• orange
• light green
• white
• Koh-i-noor aquarel colored pencil:
• Dark Green 3710/26
• Stabilo Color colored pencils:
• dark grey
• dark violet
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black) 
• Mitsuubishi Fine Liner 0.1
• Mitsuubishi Fine Liner 0.2
• Uniball Signo White (gel pen)
• Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink
• UHU liquid glue
• printer
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• eraser

I hope you'll like my KBD spotlight project for this month and get inspired. Sadly, this is also my last Design Team spotlight project for Kitty Bee Designs, as the Kitty Bee Designs is permanently closing from September 30th, 2019. 

It was amazing and super fun to create with adorable KBD images and I'm very grateful that I was part of the amazing KBD Design Team since January 2015. Thank you Ruth and Kelly for believing in me and making this amazing adventure possible.

Complete preview of my KBD DT spotlight projects can be found on my Kitty Bee Designs DT Spotlight page here on my blog. :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) CAS on Friday, Challenge #164 - Animals

2) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges, Anything Goes
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

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

Milka

Kitty Bee Designs Closing Down

Hi everyone!

Today I have some sad news to share with you...

Ruth from Kitty Bee Designs decided to permanently close Kitty Bee Designs from September 30th, 2019. Find full text over at KBD Facebook page.

I had a great pleasure to be on KBD Design Team for four and half years (since January 2015) and enjoyed A LOT to create with super cute KBD images.

Thank you for believing in me, Ruth, and for the amazing opportunity to create with your images. :o)

With the shop closing, my DT term ends immediately. I will be showcasing my last KBD DT project on Sunday, September 29th 2019, over at KBD blog, as well as here on my blog.


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


Milka

Peeking Panda Green Bookmark (Kitty Bee Designs Spotlight)

Happy Friday! :o)

Yesterday, August 29th, 2019, was my turn to be on the spotlight over at Kitty Bee Designs and I made this Peeking Panda Green Bookmark. :o)

To make this bookmark I CASEd (copy and share everything) a bookmark I made earlier this year (here). A friend of mine loved the original and she wanted the same one just in green color, which is her favorite color. :o)

For my bookmark I used a SUPER CUTE Kitty Bee Designs 'Peek A Boo Panda' digital image. Isn't he ADORABLE!!! :o) This is my third project using this image. You can find previous two here and here. :o)

I also used free Paper, Bamboo, Drawing, Visual Arts, Plant PNG image with transparent background found and available to download for free on kisspng page.

How I made this bookmark...

I made a bookmark layout on my computer in MS Word when I made the original (CASEd) bookmark. I didn't bother to edit image to get only one bookmark, as you can see below.

I printed the layout on a white cardstock paper and left it drying through the night.

Next day I fussy cut plain bookmark, leaving thin white border around it. I placed the bookmark in a laminating pouch and fussy cut the pouch slightly wider than the plain bookmark. At this point I didn't laminate the bookmark. I placed the plain bookmark in the laminating pouch to use it as a cutting guide.

Then I cut out patterned bookmark. I ink blended the bookmark with Distress Inks Twisted Citron and Cracked Pistachio, splattered the surface with water and dried the bookmark with a heat tool.  I repeated the process. Then I mixed DI Cracked Pistachio and Twisted Citron with a bit of water, splattered the surface and dried it. I repeated the same with DI Black Soot.

When I was satisfied with colors and splatters, I traced edges of the bookmark with a black marker. I highlighted some black splatters with a black fine liner.

Next up was the panda. I printed the panda on a watercolor paper and left it aside for couple hours to completely dry to prevent ink smearing. I stamped tiny circles around panda's eyes and colored its eyes with black fine liners. I colored the panda in watercolor technique using Distress Ink Hickory Smoke, just to add a bit of a shade. After drying, I fussy cut the panda and traced edges with black marker.

With all pieces ready, I glued them together. Then I drew highlights with a white pigment ink and left it dry for couple minutes. I placed the bookmark in a laminating pouch and laminated it. After couple seconds of cooling, the bookmark was finished. :o)

Measurements: 40 mm x 173 mm

List of supplies:

• Kitty Bee Designs 'Peek A Boo Panda' digital image
• Create a Smile 'Eggstraordinary Egghunt' stamp set (tiny circle; the set is discontinued)
• Paper, Bamboo, Drawing, Visual Arts, Plant PNG image with transparent background
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• SIGMA A4 laminating pouch
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Twisted Citron
• Cracked Pistachio
• Hickory Smoke
• Black Soot
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pen (marker), black 68/46
• Mitsuubishi Fine Liner 0.3
• Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink
• UHU liquid glue
• printer
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Leitz HL9 Home Laminator A4
• bone folder
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• scissors
• Ranger Heat It Tool
• paper towels
• water

I hope you'll like my KBD spotlight project for this month and get inspired. For more inspiration and cute images jump over to the Kitty Bee Designs Etsy Store, Kitty Bee Designs Blog and Kitty Bee Designs FB. :o)

I'm linking my bookmark 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) Addicted to Stamps and More, Challenge #356 - Anything Goes
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge, Week 35 - Anything Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

3) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Anything Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

4) Your Next Stamp, Fun Friday Challenge #121 - Anything But a Card

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Stop by later today, I'll be posting again. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka