Autumn Blessings Card (Jane's Doodles DT Spotlight)

Hi everyone! :o)

Today is my turn to be on the spotlight over at Jane's Doodles and I made this Autumn Blessings Card. :o)

To make this card I was inspired with a card I made in January this year (here). I love the monochrome look and how my card turned out, so I kind of recreated it (is this a CASE??). I went with same design, layout and color scheme, but went with different theme, images and made some differences. :o)

I used stamps from two beautiful brand new Jane's Doodles stamp sets: images from 'Pumpkin Spice' stamp set and a sentiment from 'Hello Fall' stamp set.

  

How I made this card...

I stamped images randomly on a panel, for which I used Canson XL Mixed Media Paper. I colored images in watercolor technique using only one Distress Ink Color: Ground Espresso.

After drying, I stamped a sentiment in black on the panel and glued the panel on a Kraft top folded card base.

As a finishing touch, I highlighted all images and sentiment using white pigment ink pen. :o)

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

List of supplies :

• Jane's Doodles 'Pumpkin Spice' stamp set 
• Jane's Doodles 'Hello Fall' stamp set
• Canson XL Mixed Media Paper, 300 g
• Crafter's Companion Neenah Desert Storm Kraft Coloring Card (stripes)
• Ranger Archival Ink, Jet Black
• Tim's Holtz Distress Ink Ground Espresso
• Mitshubishi Fine Liner 0.2
• Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink
• UHU liquid glue
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• paper towels
• water 
• eraser

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) Addicted to Stamps Challenge, Challenge #168 - Anything Goes with an option Use a Ribbon
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) bastel-traum, Challenge #70 - Herbst/Halloween

3) Cards und More Shop Blog, Challenge no. 29 - Anything Goes: Autumn

4) Craft Stamper Magazine, Take It Make It Challenge: November Anything Goes
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

5) Crafty Creations Challenges, Challenge #377 - Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

6) Cupcake Inspirations, Challenge CIC457 - Color Challenge
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

7) Happy Little Stampers, Watercolour Challenge, November 2018: Anything Goes
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

8) Little Miss Muffet Challenges, Challenge #201 - Anything Goes

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

Milka

Rainbow Autumn Leaves Card (Jane's Doodles DT Spotlight)

Happy Friday! :o)

Today is my turn to be on the spotlight over at Jane's Doodles and I made this CAS (clean and simple), Rainbow Autumn Leaves Card. :o)

You might be wandering where is the Rainbow... some colors are missing. :o) I played a bit and stretched my layout through both panels, front and back. Here is the back side of the card.

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

How I made this card...

I stamped leaves on a watercolor paper and colored them in loosely watercolor technique using Distress Inks. I used one color for each leave, except for a green one, which I colored with two Distress Inks: Twisted Citron and Cracked Pistachio. I prefer that combination for the green when watercoloring. :o)

After drying, I fussy cut leaves, traced edges on each with black marker and left them aside.

I stamped leaves directly on a white side folded card base from both sides, front and back, and I stamped a sentiment on a front panel of the card base. Then I splattered whole card base with black acrylic paint mixed with water. I covered top part of the card base with a paper to leave it white, without splatters. I left the card base dry on air.

After drying, I colored leaves stamped on the card base with black marker. At this point my card base was ready for finishing part: to glue down watercolored leaves. And just like that, I managed to smear my card. Black marker smear on top of the card. I tried to save my card and trimmed away that smeared part... it looked terrible!!! Without any thinking, I threw away the card base and made a new one. Second attempt was successful... no black where it shouldn't be. :o)

At the end, I glued watercolored leaves on the card in Rainbow color order. I didn't glue them completely to the card base, but left top parts of each leave unglued, to create some dimension on my card. I like it!! Leaves look like they're falling. :o)

Card measurements: 
Closed: 133 mm x 95 mm (5 1/4" x 3 3/4")
Open (back + front): 266 mm x 95 mm (10 1/2" x 3 3/4")

List of supplies :

• Jane's Doodles 'Thankful' stamp set 
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Barn Door
• Spiced Marmalade
• Mustard Seed
• Twisted Citron
• Cracked Pistachio
• Tumbled Glass
• Blueprint Sketch
• Wilted Violet
• black acrylic paint
• Stabilo Black fibre-tip pen 68/46
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Xcut self healing mat A4
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #2
• scissors
• paper towels
• water

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) Addicted to Stamps and More, Challenge #311 - Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

2) Crafty Creations Challenges, Challenge #375 - Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

3) Happy Little Stampers, Watercolour Challenge, September 2018: Anything Goes

This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

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

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

Milka

Autumn Squirrel Card (KBD Aloha Friday Challenge #84 Mid Inspiration)

Happy Friday everyone! :o)

Today I'm sharing a mid-inspiration project for an ongoing Aloha Friday Challenge at Kitty Bee Designs.

The challenge for this fortnight is #84 - Fall (Autumn) Colors.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Bugaboo Digi Stamps, with an awesome prize for our random winner: digital images of winner's choice. :o)

For this challenge I made this CAS (clean and simple), one layer, Autumn Squirrel Card, using our sponsor's ADORABLE image 'Autumn Squirrel' Digital Stamp.

How I made this card...

I made a layout on my computer and printed it out directly on a card base, for which I used Canson XL Mixed Media 300 g Paper. Perfect paper for one layer cards, which I LOVE to make, and it loves all kind of media. Love it! :o)

After an hour of drying (to prevent ink smearing), I watercolored the image with Distress Inks and dried it with Heat It Tool.

Then I stamped sentiment 'grateful' partly over the image. The sentiment is from Jane's Doodles 'Thankful' stamp set.

Lastly, I highlighted the image and sentiment with white pen and my card was finished. :o)

Dimensions: 92 mm x 128 mm (3 5/8" x 5")

List of supplies:

• Bugaboo 'Autumn Squirrel' digital stamp
• Jane's Doodles 'Thankful' stamp set (sentiment)
• Canson XL Mixed Media Paper, 300 g
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim Holtz's Distress Inks:
• Mustard Seed
• Fosilized Amber
• Spiced Marmalade
• Candied Apple
• Lucky Clover
• Brushed Corduroy
• Vintage Photo
• Walnut Stain
• Ground Espresso
• Uniball Signo White
• printer
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no. 5/0
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no. #0
• Ranger Heat It Tool
• paper towels
• water

I hope you liked my project for today and got inspired. For more inspiration, stop by the Kitty Bee Designs blog and check out lovely projects my Design Team mates created. And don't forget to join us in this challenge. We are looking forward to see your projects. :o)

I'm entering 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) Addicted to Stamps and More, Challenge #219 - CAS (clean and simple)
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge

2) Crafty Calendar Challenge, November Challenge: Autumn Colours
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

3) Digi Designs Challenge Blog, Hand Colored Image Challenge
This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

4) Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge, LPOCF #45 - Anything Goes
This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

5) 613 Avenue Create, Challenge #191 - Anything Goes

This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

6) The Daily Marker, 6th 30 Day Coloring Challenge
This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.
colored: DAY 4

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


Milka

Always Coffee... Card

Hi everyone :-D 

Today I am joining in the super fun event Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop, hosted by very talented and friendly Lady, Amy Tsuruta of Tsuruta Designs.

Once again, Amy organized super fun blog hop with a lot of super sponsors. For more information hop over to Fall Coffee Lovers Blog hop.


I thought I won't join in this season because I'm in the middle of moving. So many things done and still a lot of to do, but I had to sit down and relax. Result is this Always Coffee... Card. :-D

I used 'But First Coffee' Digital Cut File from 17 Turtles by Juliana Michaels. Juliana is generously sharing this one for free on blog (links provided). Thank you Juliana! :-D

I printed .png files she shared on two different Kraft papers, cut them out and glued pieces together. I stamped acorns and leaves on cup, glued a piece of thread on it and Coffee bean. I added 3-D foam behind cup to pop it up on card.

Stamps I used are from Jane's Doodles 'Autumn Blessings' stamp set. Looove this one! I was so happy when I received it from Jane. :-D

For stamping I used Dye Ink and Distress Inks (see full list below).

'Always' was a perfect sentiment for this card. I got this wooden chip as a blog hop prize from Simon Says Stamp. :-D

Card dimensions are 107 mm x 139 mm (4 1/4" x 5 1/2"). 

List of supplies: 

• 17 Turtles by Juliana Michaels 'But First Coffee' Digital Cut File
• Jane's Doodles 'Autumn Blessings' stamp set
• Crafter's Companion Neenah Desert Storm Kraft Coloring Card
• Kraft paper (packing paper)
• Corrugated Cardboard
• wooden chip 'Always'
• brown thread
• Coffee bean
• Tim Holtz's Distress Inks
• Vintage Photo 
• Brushed Corduroy
• Tea Dye
• Docrafts Dye Ink Pad (brown)
• UHU universal glue
• double sided strong adhesive tape
• double sided strong adhesive 3-D foam tape 
• printer
• scoring board
• trimmer
• scissors
• polymer stamp handle (38 mm x 38 mm) 
• Marabu fine paint brush no. #1
• water

I am linking my card to the Fall Coffee Lovers Bloghop.

I am also linking my card to following challenges:
Note: bold text is a direct link to the current challenge and blog badge is a direct link to blog or challenge home page. 

1) Papertake Weekly Challenge, Take your pick challenge

Color theme: Autumn in browns

Product theme: Distress Inks

2) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges, No Designer Paper

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Happy hopping! Enjoy and smile! :-D 

Crafty Milka

To Autumn With Gratitude Curvy Box

Happy Autumn! :o)

This is my second post today. If you missed first one just scroll down or follow this link. 


Autumn officially started now (10:20 AM) here in Cavtat. Hot summer days are behind us and our mother Nature is going to treat us with all kind of goodies and gorgeous colors.

As a welcome to Autumn, I made a To Autumn With Gratitude Curvy Box, using my newest Jane's Doodles 'Autumn Blessings' stamp set I received from Jane this week. Thank you Jane! :o)

Idea for the shape of this box came when I saw Dutch Doobadoo Dutch Box Art A4 Pumpkin. This product is not available in Croatia and I already spent "allowed" amount of money on craft tools and supplies this month, so I made my own template for this type of box.

I drawn template on a piece of grid paper in several dimensions and cut them out. Drawing these templates was a good practice of technical drawing, which I haven't done since I was a teacher of Technical culture in elementary school. :o)

After I made templates, I traced the largest on a piece of brown cardstock paper and smaller on Kraft paper (this is recycled item; Jane wrapped stamps in it) and cut them out.

Then I randomly stamped leaves and acorns from Jane's Doodles 'Autumn Blessings' stamp set on the Kraft paper. I used Docraft Brown Dye Ink Pad and Tim Holtz's Distress Inks (Vintage Photo, Tea Dye, Brushed Corduroy and Walnut Stain).

I glued stamped Kraft paper shape on brown cardstock shape, cut slots and punched holes and closed the box.

I made small tag from same papers I used for the box, stamped sentiment from Jane's Doodles 'Autumn Blessings' stamp set with Tim Holtz's Distress Ink Vintage Photo and punched hole on it. I tied two brown ribbons and tag together with brown string, and tied all together through punched hole on the box.

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Autumn Blessings' stamp set
• Kraft paper
• dark brown cardstock paper 
• Tim Holtz Distress Inks:
• Vintage Photo
• Tea Dye
• Brushed Corduroy
• Walnut Stain
• Docrafts Dye Ink Pad (brown)
• Docrafts 'Home for Christmas' Brown String 
• two brown ribbons 
• UHU universal glue
• scissors 
• polymer stamp handle (38 mm x 38 mm)
• crafting needle
• hole puncher (large and medium size)
• hammer 
• plank board
• pencil 
• eraser
• self made curvy box template
• idea: Dutch Doobadoo Dutch Box Art A4 Pumpkin 
• grid paper 
• pencil
• scissors

I am entering my project 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) Cards und More, Challenge #141 - Kein Designpapier / No Design Paper

2) City Crafter Challenge Blog, Challenge #280 - Fall has arrived

3) Craft Stamper, Take it Make it Challenge, September: Take a Stamp (Anything Goes)
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

4) Creative Card Crew, Challenge #96 - Fall

5) Deep Ocean Challenge Blog, Challenge #113 - Autumn

6) Fairytale Stampers, Challenge #58 - Alles Geht / Anything Goes

7) Hiding in My Craft Room, HIMCR #217 - Freestyle

8) Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, Use A Stamp Challenge
I used Jane's Doodles clear stamp set 'Autumn Blessings'.

9) Through The Craft Room Door, TTCRD Challenge from September 22nd to September 28th, Anything Goes

10) Whimsy Stamps Inspiration Challenges, Challenge #86 - Anything Goes (or Halloween)
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

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


Crafty Milka