You are Magical Card II (LMMS Challenge #171)

Happy Friday! :o)

A new challenge has started at Little Miss Muffet Stamps Challenge Blog. It's #171, Anything Goes Challenge.


For this challenge I made this CAS (clean and simple), You are Magical Card II.

I made this card for my niece Nika who started new Kindergarten year on Monday. ♥

I used a super cute C.C. Designs 'Butterfly Twila' stamp, available in LMM's shop.

I stamped the image on a watercolor paper. I colored the image in watercolor technique using Distress Inks. Inspired with two cards I created this summer (find them here and here), I went with blue color scheme again. Love it!! :o)

After drying, I fussy cut the image, traced edges with a black fibre-tip pen and worked on the image with stylus ball, which softened the paper and curved the image a bit. This is such an easy technique to add a dimension to your images. :o)

Then I stamped another image on a white top folded card base and a sentiment form Jane's Doodles 'Magical' stamp set. I colored the image with the black fibre-tip pen and glued the colored image over it. I didn't glued down wings, which gave an extra dimension to the image.

As a finishing touch, I drew highlights and dots with a white gel pen and my card was finished. :o)

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

List of supplies:

• C.C. Designs 'Butterfly Twila' stamp, available in LMM's shop
• Jane's Doodles 'Magical' stamp set (sentiment)
• white cardstock paper (card base)
• white watercolor paper (image)
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Spun Sugar
• Tumbled Glass
• Mermaid Lagoon
• Tea Dye
• Stabilo Black fibre-tip pen 68/46
• Uniball Signo White
• UHU universal glue
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm) 
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no. #0
• scissors
• stylus ball
• soft working mat
• water
• paper towels

I hope you'll like my card for today and get inspired. For more inspiration, stop by the LMMS Challenge Blog. Join us in on Challenge #171. 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 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) bastel-traum, #56 Alles Erlaubt / Anything Goes

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

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

3) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog, STAMPtember Stamp It
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

4) The Daily Marker, 8th 30 Day Coloring Challenge

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

colored: DAY 3

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

Milka

LMMS news

Hi everyone! :o)

It's Little Miss Muffet Stamps Inspiration Week. I don't have a finished project to share with you today. Instead, here are some LMM's shop news.

It's Moving Sale Extravaganza over at LMM's shop. 20% off and 50% off rubber stamps until September 15th. Little Miss Muffet brand rubber stamps are 50% off and all non LMMS products are 20% off.

Discounts are automatically applied at checkout and no coupon code is required. :o)

For those who are looking for a digital deal, you'll find 'School Elf Pencil' as the newest digital freebie. :o)

Would you like to win some LMMS store credit? 

There's still time to join us in our current Challenge #170 - 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)

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

Milka

LMMS news

Hi everyone! :o)

It's Little Miss Muffet Stamps Inspiration Week. I don't have a finished project to share with you today. Instead, here are some LMM's shop news.

New images have been released to the store last week.

Two super adorable rubber stamps, Sunbonnet Strawberry Wagon and Sunbonnet Strawberry Watering Can, and two adorable PDP images, Polka Dot Pals Gada and Polka Dot Pals Alina.

Looking for summer themed stamps?? Check out summery Polka Dot Pals 'Wikoli' and 'Wendi' from the previous release. LOVE!!!! :o)

Would you like to win some LMMS store credit? 

There's still time to join us in our current Challenge #168 - 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)


At the end of this post....
I'll be offline until Monday, August 7th. In couple hours I'm traveling to Šibenik to spend a weekend with my parents, my brother and his family. :o)

I wish you all a wonderful weekend. Thank you for stopping by. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka

LMMS news

Hi everyone! :o)

It's Little Miss Muffet Stamps Inspiration Week. I don't have a finished project to share with you today. Instead, here are some LMM's shop news.

Normal shipping times have resumed. Barbara is back in town and preparing a fun release for next week. In the mean time, from now until Saturday, July 22, use coupon code SUMMER for 20 bonus Reward Points added to your order. Reward Points accumulate with each purchase and you can redeem them when you visit the My Account section of the store.

Looking for summer themed stamps?? Check out summery Polka Dot Pals 'Wikoli' and 'Wendi' from the previous release. LOVE!!!! :o)

Would you like to win some LMMS store credit? 

There's still time to join us in our current Challenge #167 - 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)

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

Milka

LMMS news

Happy Friday! :o)

It's Little Miss Muffet Stamps Inspiration Week. I don't have a finished project to share with you today. Instead, here are some LMM's shop news.


New images have been released to the store yesterday.

Gorgeous mermaid warriors, Polka Dot Pals Gelsey and Polka Dot Pals Fialka, great for underwater and girl power cards.

Also in this release, Polka Dot Pals Ian, showing an ASL (American Sign Language) sign for 'Thank You'.

Would you like to win some LMMS store credit? 

There's still time to join us in our current Challenge #163 - 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)

Also, LMMS is one of the sponsors of the blog hop I organized: To Bee Or Not To Bee, and is giving away $10.00 Gift Voucher to the LMMS shop. There's still time to enter the giveaway. Find all the details here.

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

Milka

Guest Designer at Little Miss Muffet Challenge Blog 2nd Term

Hi everyone!

Today, I have exciting news to share with you.

Last year Kathy asked me to join the Little Miss Muffet Stamps (LMMS) team as a Guest Designer from October 2016 until the end of March 2017. My 6 month commitment ended couple days ago. You can find all projects I created during my GD term on my LMMS GDT project page.

Girls from the team invited me to stay another 6 months with them, from April 2017 until the end of September 2017, as a Guest Designer. Wohooo!! I'm so happy!!!! :o)

You'll see my LMMS creations weekly on Thursdays here on my blog, fortnightly on Little Miss Muffet Challenge Blog and other days on other social medias (Pinterest, Facebook). :o)

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


Milka

Surprise Robot Birthday Card (LMMS Challenge #156)

Hi everyone! :o)

It's time for a new challenge at Little Miss Muffet Stamps Challenge Blog. It's #156, Anything Goes Challenge.

For this challenge I made this Surprise Robot Birthday Card.

I made this card for my brother Goran who's birthday is today. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRO!!!  ♥

I love CAS (clean and simple) and interactive cards. I combined both and made my first ever pop-up card. :o)

For my card I used a super cute C. C. Designs 'Rusty' rubber stamp available in LMMS shop here.

First I made pop-up construction. I stamped robot's legs inside a card base and cut around stamped image with craft knife. I cut two more lines with trimmer and folded pop-up element, as shown on the photo below.

I stamped a sentiment using Create a Smile 'Mini Birthday' stamp set, colored robot's legs and traced edges with black marker, stamped another robot on a white cardstock paper, fussy cut him out, colored him and traced edges with black marker also and glued it over robot's legs (upper part is not glued). I layered the image to make it more sturdy.

Then I glued a white cardstock panel on the back of the card base and glued everything together inside another card base. This way I hid that cut part and made card sturdy, so it can easily stand when open. :o)

Next up was coloring. I decided to go with same colors as on a Robot Birthday Card I made for our previous challenge two weeks ago. I stamped the robot twice on a thick white watercolor paper. I colored one image whole and other only a head in watercolor technique using Distress Inks. I added extra shades with colored pencils, fussy cut both images and traced edges with black marker.

I glued the colored robot inside the card over the robot colored in black and inside of the card was finished.

Then I glued colored robot's head on the front card panel as he is peeking from the corner, cut away the excess, stamped questionnaire mark from Create a Smile 'Whimsical Wheels' stamp set above robot's antenna and my card was finished. :o)

Here is a short video... 

Music:
"Marty Gots a Plan" Kevin MacLeod   

(incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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

List of supplies:

• C. C. Designs 'Rusty' rubber stamp
• Create a Smile 'Mini Birthday' stamp set (sentiment)
• Create a Smile 'Whimsical Wheels' stamp set (questionnaire mark)
• white cardstock paper
• white watercolor paper
• Ranger Archival Ink, Jet Black
• Tim Holtz's Distress Inks
• Tumbled Glass
• Hickory Smoke
• TOZ Artist Color colored pencil (light blue)
• Stabilo colored pencil (dark grey 979/726)
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pen (Marker) 68/46, Black
• UHU universal glue
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• ruler
• sciccors
• craft knife
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• paper towels
• water

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

2) Happy Little Stampers, CAS Challenge, February 2017, Blue

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

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

This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

4) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog, Cute
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

5) Wednesday Creative Inspirations Challenge, Challenge #268 - Anything Goes

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

Milka

Robot Birthday Card (LMMS Challenge #155)

Hi everyone! :o)

It's time for a new challenge at Little Miss Muffet Stamps Challenge Blog. It's #155, Anything Goes Challenge.

For this challenge I made this CAS (clean and simple), Robot Birthday Card.

I made this card for my nephew Patrik, my cousins son, who celebrated his 9th birthday this week. HAPPY BIRTHDAY PATRIK!!!  ♥

For my card I used a super cute C. C. Designs 'Rusty' rubber stamp available in LMMS shop here.

I stamped the robot on a thick white watercolor paper, colored him in watercolor technique using Distress Inks and fussy cut him out, leaving thin border around the robot. Then I glued the robot on a 2 mm thick foam sheet and fussy cut him out again.

Then I stamped a sentiment on a white top folded card base, for which I used Create a Smile 'Mini Birthday' stamp set.

I drew a line frame with black fine liner to make my CAS card more interesting. To do so, I was inspired with robot's eyebrows and AMAZING work by Faye Wynn-Jones of Stampin Fluffnstuff. Be sure to visit her blog, her coloring skills and stunning CAS designs will blow you away. Thank you for the inspiration Faye!! :o)

Lastly, I glued the robot on the card, embellished the card with enamel arrow stickers and my card was finished. :o)

Card dimensions: 139 mm x 89 mm (5 1/2" x 3 1/2")

List of supplies:

• C. C. Designs 'Rusty' rubber stamp
• Create a Smile 'Mini Birthday' mini stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• white watercolor paper
• Ranger Archival Ink, Jet Black
• Tim Holtz's Distress Inks
• Tumbled Glass
• Hickory Smoke
• Stabilo Fine Liner (fine 0.4), Black 88/46
• Create a Smile 'Pretty Cool' enamel stickers (small arrows)
• foam sheet, 2 mm thick
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. 3/0
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• sciccors
• crafting needle
• 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 #155. 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 #226 - Anything Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) djkardkreations, NBUS challenge #9

My NBUS: C. C. Designs 'Rusty' rubber stamp

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

3) Penny Black And More Challenge, January - Anything Goes
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

4) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog, Anything Goes
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

5) Seize the Birthday, Dashes and/or Doodling
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

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

Milka

Xmas Hamster Card (LMMS Challenge #148)

Hi everyone! :o)

Today a new challenge started at Little Miss Muffet Stamps Challenge Blog. It's #148, Anything Goes Challenge.

This is my first project as a Guest Designer over at LMMS and I made this CAS (clean and simple), Xmas Hamster Card.

For this card I used super cute 'Xmas Hamster' rubber stamp from Wee Stamps. I love an expression on his face and all little bubbles around him. You can find the stamp in LMMS shop here.

My first idea was to create totally different card, but as I was coloring this cutie, I was changing my mind as the crazy weather changes here in autumn: wind, no wind, rain, sun, cold, too hot... Crazy!! Well, now I have some ideas (which I put on paper this time) on what to do with this cutie. :o)
TIP: Get a sketchbook, notebook or something similar to scribble and write down your creative ideas. This might be very helpful, especially when in lack of an inspiration.

I stamped the image on a watercolor paper and colored it with Distress Inks in watercolor technique.
TIP: Use fine paint brushes for watercolor, with soft hair. Rough doesn't work good, especially when coloring tiny parts and details. 

The watercolor paper I use is great for coloring, but is a bit yellowish. I didn't like the yellowish background for my image, so I decided to go with paper piecing.
TIP: If you don't like a background of your colored images, or you made a mistake while coloring, or you smeared part of your card... save your image and go with paper piecing. This way you'll save the image, as well as paper and other materials, and you'll also add some dimension to your card.

I fussy cut the image and colored edges with black marker.
TIP: When fussy cutting, first cut away large pieces of paper and then cut on the lines. Rotate paper, it will be much easier to cut around tiny details. Color edges of fussy cut image with black pen or marker. This way you'll hide white edges and any white space you didn't cut off and your paper pieced image will look much better.

Then I stamped one more image on a white cardstock paper square panel. I colored bubbles with Distress inks and hamster and ornament with black marker.
TIP: When paper piecing, simple with two layers like I did here, or more complex with a lot of pieces, color parts you'll be covering with black or dark grey marker to add extra shade and/or to hide any white space.

To add more interest, I softened the image with stylus ball on a soft working mat. The image curled a bit, and that's what I wanted to achieve. :o) I glued the colored image over the image on the panel, making sure not to press to hard in the middle of the image, because I didn't want it flat.
TIP: When paper piecing, use white waterbased glue. If you don't have it, use any waterbased glue. If your glue leaks or smears anywhere, you can simply rub it off with your fingers when it's still wet. Make sure your fingers are clean and dry. :o)

I love adding details on my CAS cards. Here I went with white structure paste circles. When circles were dry, I glued the panel on a slightly larger top folded white card base. I added some white highlights on the image and my card was finished. :o)

I didn't put any sentiment on my card, because it would be too busy. :o)

Card dimensions: 104 mm x 104 mm (4 1/8" x 4 1/8")

List of supplies:

• Wee Stamps 'Xmas Hamster' rubber stamp
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim Holtz's Distress Inks
• Spun Sugar
• Blueprint Sketch
• Tea Dye
• Vintage Photo
• Walnut Stain
• Hickory Smoke
• Stabilo Fibre Tip Pen (Markers), Black 68/46
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen S (superfine) 0.4 mm
• Unibal Signo White
• double sided strong adhesive tape
• Marabu Light Structure Paste (805)
• Fiskars High Precission Personal Paper Trimmer
• Sigma Rotary Paper Trimmer
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. 3/0
• scissors
• stylus ball
• soft working mat
• palette knife (spatula) no. #1
• 'Christmas Trees' ARTploarations Stencil (structure paste circles)
• water
• paper towels

I hope you liked my card for today and got inspired. Do join me in a week here on my blog, for more LMMS inspiration.

Stop by the LMMS Challenge Blog and join us in on Challenge #148. 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 #214 - Clean and Simple

2) Catch The Bug Challenge, Saturday Weekly Challenge: October Anything Goes Challenge

3) Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge, Challenge #82 - Ornament

4) Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, Weekly Saturday Challenge, Challenge #351 - Pick a Holiday, any Holiday!

5) Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, Wonderful Wednesday Challenge, Anything Goes

6) Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge, LPOCF #43 - Anything Goes

7) 613 Avenue Create, Challenge #190 - Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

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

Milka