Rainbow Easter Baskets (Fairy Tale Challenge #190)

Hello everyone! :o)

My second post today. If you missed the first one, just scroll down or follow a direct link here. I've announced TOP 4 and a winner of I Love Math Challenge #8. :o)

On Tuesday March 27th, a new challenge started over at Fairy Tale Challenge Blog. I'm a bit late with sharing, but there is still a lot of time for you to join. :o)

Our theme for this fortnight is #190, Osterkörbchen / Easter basket.

And here is my take on the challenge: Rainbow Easter Baskets. :o)

I made this type of basket last year (find it here). This year I went with Rainbow palette and made  five of them. I'll be giving these to my friends tomorrow. :o)

Today I won't be sharing how I made my baskets, as I already shared that on my blog in the past. You can find detailed description here and here (same as today's).

List of supplies:

• Lili of the Valley 'Butterfly Kisses' 8x8 Paper Pad (green gingham)
• Lawn Fawn 'Really Rainbow' petite paper pack (yellow, light blue)
• blue cardstock paper
• red polka dots paper (have no idea where from)
• white cardstock paper
• Sizzix butterfly thinlits die 
• Tim Holtz Idea-ology Long Fasteners
• UHU universal glue
• double sided strong adhesive tape
• 3-D foam square, 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• Sizzix Big Shot
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• scissors
• Martha Stewart scalloped paper puncher
• needle
• paper clips

I hope you'll like my Easter Baskets and get inspired. For more inspiration, challenge and prize details stop by the Fairy Tale Challenge Blog. Do join us, we can't wait to see your projects. :o)

I'm linking my project 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) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Anything Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Task for Two Tuesday, #98: Osterkörbchen / Easter Baskets

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

Milka

Easter Decorations (LMMS Inspiration)

Hi everyone! :o)

It's Little Miss Muffet Stamps Inspiration Week and I made these Easter Decorations: Sheep Magnet and Easter Basket. :o)

I love my last week's card I made for LMMS challenge #160 and a color scheme, so I decided to make Easter Decorations using same image and in same color scheme.

For the magnet I used an adorable LMM's Forgotten Scraps 'Claribella' digital stamp. I printed the image on a watercolor paper and left it dry couple days to prevent ink smearing. It's enough to leave printed image drying couple hours or through the night. I didn't have time to color it, so it was drying couple days. :o)

I colored the image in watercolor technique using Distress Inks and aquarel colored pencils. After drying, I fussy cut the image, leaving thin white border around it. I traced the image on a magnet sheet, cut it out a bit smaller than the colored image and glued together the magnet and the image. I pressed the magnet with a 32 cm x 32 cm, 1 cm thick glass plate and left it pressed for an hour. As a finishing touch, I added white highlights to the image.

Approximate Magnet dimensions: 85 mm x 110 mm

List of supplies magnet:

• LMM's Forgotten Scraps 'Claribella' digital stamp
• Koh-i-noor pop Aquarel Watercolor Paper, 250 gms
• Tim Holtz's Distress Inks
• Hickory Smoke
• Black Soot
• Koh-i-noor Hardtmuth Mondeluz aquarel colored pencils 3710
• Light Green 25
• Dark Green 26
• Uniball Signo White
• magnet sheet
• UHU universal glue
• scissors
• printer
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• eraser
• water
• paper towels
• 32 cm x 32 cm x 1 cm glass plate

For the basket I used lovely gingham paper from Lili of the Valley 'Butterfly Kisses' Paper Pad and a white cardstock paper. You can find more details on how to make basket in my old post, here. This one is smaller. I made it from 126 mm x 126 mm square gingham paper.

After I assembled the basket, I attached a handle to it, using brads, so the handle can move. :o)

I decorated the basket with a scalloped border punched stripe, filled the basket with an artificial grass and my basket was finished. It's large enough for a chicken egg. :o)

Lovely crochet hearts in the basket are made by Jane Beljo of Plain Jane. Love them!!! :o)

List of supplies basket:

• Lili of the Valley 'Butterfly Kisses' 8x8 Paper Pad (green gingham)
• white cardstock paper
• Tim Holtz Idea-ology Long Fastener
• UHU universal glue
• double sided adhesive tape 
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• scissors
• Martha Stewart scalloped paper puncher
• crafting needle

I hope you liked my today's project and got inspired. For more inspiration, stop by the LMMS Challenge Blog. There's still time to join us in our current Challenge #160 - Anything Goes. There is a prize for one lucky winner: $10.00 Gift Voucher to the LMMS shop. We like to select couple other projects to highlight as well. :o)

I'm entering my project 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 #237 - Make Your Mark

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Crafty Creations Challenges, Challenge #339 - Anything Goes
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

3) Happy Little Stampers, Watercolour Challenge, April 2017, Anything Goes

This is my 4th entry to this challenge.

4) Simon Says Stamp, Work it Wednesday March 2017, Spring has Sprung! (flowers, bunnies, Easter themed....)
This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

5) Sweet Stampers Challenge Blog, Challenge #6 - Animals
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

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

Milka

Easter Blessings Card (LMMS Challenge #160)

Hi everyone! :o)

It's time for a new challenge at Little Miss Muffet Stamps Challenge Blog. It's #160, Anything Goes Challenge.

For this challenge I made this CAS (clean and simple), Easter Blessings Card. :o)

For my card I used an adorable LMM's Forgotten Scraps 'Claribella' digital stamp. This image and couple of other images will be released to the LMM's store today. :o)

I printed the image on a watercolor paper and left it dry through the night to prevent ink smearing. Next day, I colored the image in watercolor technique using Distress Inks and aquarel colored pencils. After drying, I fussy cut the image, leaving thin white border around it and added white highlights.

I stamped a sentiment from Jane's Doodles 'Suzi's Easter' stamp set on a piece of gingham paper and glued it on a top folded white card base. I cut a white cardstock paper panel and glued it on the card base.

I glued 1 mm thick foam on the back of the image and placed it on the card.

Lastly, I embellished the card with enamel dots.

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

List of supplies:

• LMM's Forgotten Scraps 'Claribella' digital stamp
• Jane's Doodle's 'Suzi's Easter' stamp set (sentiment)
• white cardstock paper (card base)
• Koh-i-noor pop Aquarel Watercolor Paper, 250 gms
• Lili of the Valley 'Butterfly Kisses' 8x8 Paper Pad (green gingham)
• Ranger Archival Ink, Jet Black
• Tim Holtz's Distress Inks
• Hickory Smoke
• Black Soot
• Koh-i-noor Hardtmuth Mondeluz aquarel colored pencils 3710
• Light Green 25
• Dark Green 26
• Stabilo Fine Liner (fine 0.4), Black 88/46
• Uniball Signo White
• Create a Smile 'Holly & Berry' enamel stickers
• Create a Smile 'Frosty Fun' enamel stickers
• UHU universal glue
• foam sheet scraps, 1 mm thick
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• scissors
• printer
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. 3/0
• acrylic block
• crafting needle
• pencil sharpener
• eraser
• water
• paper towels

I hope you liked my card for today and got inspired. For more inspiration, stop by the LMMS Challenge Blog. Join us in on Challenge #160. The challenge will last for two weeks. There is also a prize for one lucky winner: $10.00 Gift Voucher to the LMMS shop. We like to select couple other projects to highlight as well. :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 #236 - Anything Goes

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

2) CRAFT-alnica, Izziv/Challenge #183: Voščilnica z angleškim napisom / Card with a sentiment in English
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

3) Happy Little Stampers, Watercolour Challenge, April 2017, Anything Goes

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

4) Simon Says Stamp, Work it Wednesday March 2017, Spring has Sprung! (flowers, bunnies, Easter themed....)
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

5) Sweet Stampers Challenge Blog, Challenge #5 - Easter / Spring
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

At the end of this post...

LMMS Stamps is sponsoring Passionate Paper Creations and Friends this week. Use coupon code PPCFriends to receive $5 off any purchase of $15. There is also a special freebie for this week available in LMMS store. These both offers end on April 8th, 2017.

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

Milka

Two Polka Dot Bunny Cards (Celebrating 30 Days of Pisces 2016, #26, #27)

Hi everyone! :o)

I hope you're all doing fine.

Today I'll share two more cards I made for Celebrating 30 Days of Pisces 2016 personal challenge. There are three more left and I hope I'll manage to finish sharing this series of CAS cards this month. LOL :o)

If you like, visit my Celebrating 30 Days of Pisces 2016 page, where you can find more about my challenge, photo gallery and links to each card. :o)


And now to my cards...

I CASEd my Gingham Bunny Cards and made these Two Polka Dot Bunny Cards. These simple cards are perfect to make when you want to send out a lot of cards in short time, like I did. :o)

CAS, one layer cards, super easy and quick to create. I love dimension on my cards, so I paper pieced bunnies.

I stamped a bunny and sentiment in the center of card bases. The bunny is from Clearly Besotted 'Mini Woodland Pals' stamp set and sentiment from Create a Smile 'Eggstraordinary Egghunt' stamp set. I stamped more bunnies, on designer paper and white cardstock paper scrap. I fussy cut parts I needed, colored their edges with black marker and glued pieces together.

At the end I punched corners of both cards with rounded corner paper puncher and my cards were finished. :o)

Both cards measures 96 mm x 127 mm (3 3/4" x 5").

List of supplies:

• Clearly Besotted 'Mini Woodland Pals' Stamp Set 
• Create a Smile 'Eggstraordinary Egghunt' Stamp Set
• Lili of the Valley 'Pastel Dreams' 8x8 Paper Pad (pink gingham)
• white cardstock paper
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Stabilo Pen (Marker), Black 68/46
• Sakura Quickie Glue Pinpoint Roller
• MS scoring board
• trimmer
• scissors
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm) 
• rounded corner paper puncher

I am entering my cards 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) Card Mania Challenge, CMC #78 Polka Dots and/or Stripes
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Challenges, Challenge #92 - Spring Colours or Easter
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

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

Crafty Milka

Two Gingham Bunny Cards (Celebrating 30 Days of Pisces 2016, #19, #20)

Welcome Spring! :o)

My Celebrating 30 Days of Pisces 2016 personal challenge is finished. I did it!!! I made 30 CAS cards in 30 days period. I'm so happy and very satisfied with the challenge and cards I made. :o)

For now I shared 18 cards. Today I'll be sharing the rest of cards I made for the challenge, ie. 12 more cards. I hope I'll manage to do it today, if not, I'll do it tomorrow next week. I'll write wrap up post sometimes next week.

If you like, visit my Celebrating 30 Days of Pisces 2016 page, where you can find more about my challenge, photo gallery and links to each card. :o)

Also, I announced winner of my giveaway. Find out here who is it. :o)


And now my cards...

First up today are these Two Gingham Bunnies Cards.

CAS, one layer cards, super easy and quick to create. I love dimension on my cards, so I paper pieced bunnies.

I stamped a bunny and sentiment in the center of card bases. The bunny is from Clearly Besotted 'Mini Woodland Pals' stamp set and sentiment from Create a Smile 'Eggstraordinary Egghunt' stamp set. I stamped more bunnies, on designer paper and white cardstock paper scrap. I fussy cut parts I needed, colored their edges with black marker and glued pieces together.

At the end I punched corners of both cards with rounded corner paper puncher and my cards were finished. :o)

Both cards measures 96 mm x 127 mm (3 3/4" x 5").

List of supplies:

• Clearly Besotted 'Mini Woodland Pals' Stamp Set (I think the set is retired.)
• Create a Smile 'Eggstraordinary Egghunt' Stamp Set
• Lili of the Valley 'Country Meadow' 8x8 Paper Pad (pink gingham)
• Lili of the Valley 'Butterfly Kisses' 8x8 Paper Pad (green gingham)
• white cardstock paper
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Stabilo Pen (Marker), Black 68/46
• Sakura Quickie Glue Pinpoint Roller
• MS scoring board
• trimmer
• scissors
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm) 
• rounded corner paper puncher

I am entering my cards to following challenge:

Note: bold text is a direct link to the current challenge and blog badge is direct link to blog or challenge home page.

Simon Says Stamp, Wednesday Challenge Blog, Challenge: Cute and Cuddly
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

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

Crafty Milka

Easter Egg Bunny Card (Kitty Bee Designs Spotlight + Celebrating 30 Days of Pisces 2016, #8)

Hi everyone! :o)

Yesterday was my turn to be on the spotlight over at Kitty Bee Designs and I made this Easter Egg Bunny Card.

I used an ADORABLE 'Easter Egg Bunny' digital stamp. I'm not a fan of pink color and I use it rarely, but this bunny screamed for pink. :o)

I printed the image on a white watercolor paper paper and colored it in watercoloring technique using Stabilo Markers. I learned that from a great video tutorial by Julia Altermann, how to watercolor using inexpensive Stabilo pens. I used only two colors for coloring (pink and grey). 

At this point I changed my mind about the design. The water color paper I use is very thin. It's great for coloring with different mediums, for blending etc. but not good at all for popping-up the image. It's way too thin. So I fussy cut the image and colored it's edges with black pen. Then I printed one more image on a white cardstock paper and fussy cut that image too, but leaving white border. I glued colored image over it. Now the image was thicker and ready for 3D foamies. :o)

I cut a design paper panel slightly smaller than a card base, heat embossed a sentiment from Create a Smile 'Eggstraordinary Egghunt' Stamp Set and glued the panel on the card base. I glued 3D foams on the back of the bunny and placed her on the card, added few highlight with a white pen and my CAS card was finished. :o)

Card dimensions are 101 mm x 130 mm (4" x 5 1/8").

List of supplies:

• Kitty Bee Designs 'Easter Egg Bunny'
• Create a Smile 'Eggstraordinary Egghunt' Stamp Set
• white cardstock paper
• white watercolor paper
• Lily of the Valley 'Country Meadow' paper pad
• Stabilo Pens (Markers) 68:
• Pink 56
• Grey 94
• Black 46
• Unibal Signo White
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• UHU universal glue
• 3-D foams
• printer
• MS scoring board
• trimmer 
• scissors
• tweezers
• polymer stamp handle (38 mm x 38mm)
• Ranger Heat It Craft Tool
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no. #0
• paper towels 
• water 

I hope you enjoyed my today's spotlight project. Check out more cute images at the Kitty Bee Designs Etsy Store, Kitty Bee Designs Blog and Kitty Bee Designs FB. :o)


This CAS (clean and simple) card is eighth card I made for a Celebrating 30 Days of Pisces 2016 personal challenge. If you want to find out more about it, just follow the link provided. :o)

I am entering my card to following challenges:

1) Crafting By Designs, March Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

2) djkardkreations, NBUS #6 - Anything Goes
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.
NBUS: 
Kitty Bee Designs 'Easter Egg Bunny' digital stamp
Create a Smile 'Eggstraordinary Egghunt' Stamp Set (The sentiment is from the set. This is my brand new set and it was the first time I used anything from it.)

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Stay around, new post in couple minutes. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Crafty Milka