Jane's Doodles Release Blog Hop

Happy Monday! :o)

Welcome to a Jane's Doodles Release Blog Hop. Today we are featuring two BEAUTIFUL Love/Valentines themed stamp sets and a GORGEOUS stencil released into the store. :o) We also have 2 amazing Guest Designers joining us today. :o)

Love Is In The Air

Love You

Hearts Stencil

GORGEOUS!!! Love love LOVE!!!!! :o)

For today I prepared three cards. :o) 

On all my three cards I used the Hearts Stencil and a handmade heart mask. I made the mask from a post-it paper. I traced Jane's heart on the post-it paper and then drew large heart similar to Jane's "original" heart. I fussy cut it carefully, as I needed both masks, positive and negative. :o)

My first card for today is Sending Love CAS (clean and simple) Card.

How I made this card...

I glued the negative part of heart mask on a white cardstock paper panel and ink blended the background. Then I placed the hearts stencil over the masked part and ink blended hearts. I added some extra shades with colored pencils.

When I was satisfied with the color, I removed the stencil and the mask and drew light reflections, stars and dots with a white pigment ink pen. I love a sparkle effect that I achieved. :o)

I stamped a sentiment from Love You stamp set on the panel, glued the panel on a black top folded card base and my card was finished. :o)

Card measurements: 95 mm x 140 mm (3 3/4" x 5 1/2")

My second card for today is Love & Thanks Monochrome Card.

How I made this card...

I glued the hart mask on a white cardstock paper panel and ink blended the entire background. Then I placed the hearts stencil on the panel and ink blended hearts. I added some extra shades with colored pencils.

When I was satisfied with the color, I removed the stencil and the mask and drew light reflections, stars and dots with the white pigment ink pen and again created the sparkle effect. Love it!!! :o)

I stamped a sentiment from Love You stamp set on the panel creating Ombré Effect. A stamping platform really helped with that. :o)

On this card I wanted to create a bit of dimension. I didn't use foam. I cut two white panels, glued them together, glued hearts panel on top of the stacked panels and glued everything on a white top folded card base. Lastly, I glued one more panel inside the card to make it a bit sturdier. :o)

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

My last card for today is Love is in the Air Mini Square Card.

How I made this card...

I glued the negative part of heart mask on a white cardstock paper panel and ink blended the background. Then I placed the hearts stencil over the masked part and ink blended hearts. I added some extra shades with colored pencils.

When I was satisfied with the color, I removed the stencil and the mask and splattered the panel with water. I dabbed the surface with a paper towel and continued to splatter until I was satisfied with the appearance. I left the panel to dry on air.

I stamped an adorable bird from the Love Is In The Air stamp set on the white cardstock paper. I also made a mask on the post-it paper. I carefully fussy cut the bird and used the negative part of the mask for this card. I glued the mask over the bird and ink blended the bird. I removed the mask and added some extra shades with colored pencils. When I was satisfied, I fussy cur the bird, leaving thin white border around it and drew white highlights with the white gel pen.

I heat embossed the sentiment from the same stamp set as the bird in white on a black cardstock paper stripe. I trimmed the sentiment stripe to a desirable size.

Lastly, I cut out three more squares, same size as the panel and a white square top folded card base.

With all parts ready, my card was ready for assembling. I glued two squares together (stacked them) and glued ink blended panel on top of them. Then I glued everything on a white square top folded card base. I glued one more square inside the card to make it sturdier. I glued 3-D foam squares behind the sentiment stripe and the bird (two different foam dimensions), glued them on the card and my card was finished. :o)

Card measurements: 92 mm x 92 mm (3 5/8" x 3 5/8")

I had so much fun creating these cards and LOVE how they turned out. :o) My baby boy Fran also likes them a lot. He was screaming of joy when I showed them to him. LOL 

At the bottom of this post you can find detailed supply lists of my today's cards. Link to this post will be in a right sidebar until the Blog Hop ends. :o)

And now to the Blog Hop prize...

Our generous Jane will be giving away one stamp set of winner's choice to one lucky winner. All you have to do is leave a comment on all blogs along the Hop for your chance to win.

Here is the Blog Hop order:

Milka (you are here)

Marion

Claudia

Katerina

Katja

Tinne

Lien

Bobbi

Kerstin (Guest Designer)

Laura (Guest Designer)

Jane's Doodles blog

Jane will announce the winner on Friday, January 21st, 2022, at Jane's Doodles Blog.

Also, Jane is having 25% off sale from Monday to Wednesday (17-19). No code needed.

Now hop over to Marion's blog and see what she created for today's hop.

Thank you for visiting. I hope you enjoyed on my stop today and got inspired. :o) 

Happy hopping and good luck to all!!! :o)

Milka

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Love Is In The Air' stamp set 
• Jane's Doodles 'Love You' stamp set 
• Jane's Doodles 'Hearts' stencil
• white cardstock paper
• black cardstock paper
• post-it paper
• Ranger Archival Ink, Jet Black
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• Tim Holtz Distress Inks: 
• Salty Ocean
• Blueprint Sketch
• Mustard Seed
• Faber-Castell Polychromos Colour Pencils:
• Ultramarine 120
• Helioblue Reddish 151
• Cadmium Yellow 107
• Dark Chrome Yellow 109
• Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink Pen
• UHU universal liquid glue
• 3-D square foams, 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• 3-D square foams, 5 x 5 x 1 mm
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Ranger Heat It Tool
• Xcut self healing working mat
• Tonic Tim Holtz Stamp Platform
• scissors
• powder bag
• finger sponge dauber
• ink blending tool
• paper towel
• water
• ruler
• pencil
• eraser
• Washi tape

Raccoon in Love Card (KBD Aloha Friday Challenge #136 Mid Inspiration)

Hi 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 #136 - Love & Valentines.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Beccy's Place.

And here's my take on the challenge: CAS (clean and simple), Raccoon in Love Card. :o)

For my card I used a SUPER CUTE Kitty Bee Designs 'Heart Strings Raccoon' digital image. Isn't he ADORABLE!!! :o)

How I made my card....

First I made a layout on my computer. Then I printed the raccoon three times: one directly on a  white cardstock paper and two on a watercolor paper (I printed one just in case if I mess something... I did). I left images to dry couple hours.

I prepared the card base first. I folded in half the white cardstock paper and got the card base. Then I colored the raccoon with black marker.

Then I colored the raccoon printed on the watercolor paper in watercolor technique using Stabilo Pens (Markers). As I managed to smear raccoon's muzzle, I colored another muzzle on the image I had printed just in case. :o)

After drying, I fussy cut all pieces, traced edges with black marker, softened pieces on a soft working mat using stylus ball and glued all pieces over the image colored in black on the card base.

For a sentiment I decided to hand letter word love. I didn't like how I connected the sentiment and a string, so I decided to cover that with another heart. I watercolored the heart, fussy cut it, traced edges, softened it and glued it over the part where I connected the sentiment and the string. :o)

As a finishing touch I punched two opposite corners of the card using a rounded corner paper puncher and drew white highlights using white pigment ink. :o)

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

List of supplies:

• Kitty Bee Designs 'Heart Strings Raccoon' digital image
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pens (markers):
• red 68/48
• dark grey 68/96
• black 68/46
• 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
• rounded corner paper puncher
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no. #0
• scissors
• stylus ball
• soft working mat
• paper towels 
• water

I hope you'll like my card for the challenge and get 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 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) Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge, Week 7 - Anything Goes

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

2) Love To Craft Challenge Blog, Challenge LTCCB #31 - Anything Goes

This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

3) Love To Scrap Challenge Blog, Challenge LTSCB #118 - Anything Goes with optional twist Monochrome

This is my 4th entry to this challenge.

4) The Corrosive Challenge Blog, Challenge #2 - Anything Goes February

This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

5) Uniko, Uniko Challenge #51 - Anything Goes, optional twist Love
This is my 7th entry to this challenge.

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

Milka

Valentine Monster Card

Hi everyone! Happy Valentine's Day!! :o)

This is my second post today. If you missed the first one, just scroll down or follow a direct link here.

Today I want to share with you this Valentine Monster Card. :o)

I made this card for my sweetheart. ♥

To make this card I used super adorable 'Monster the One and Only' freebie digital image from Goebie Design. :o)

How I made my card...

I made a layout on my computer and printed the image directly on a Kraft cardstock card base. I left it aside for an hour to let ink dry completely to prevent ink smearing while coloring.

I colored the image with various colored pencils.

Then I colored monster's eyes, teeth and toes and drew white highlights with a white pigment ink.

As a finishing touch, I rounded three corners with a rounded corner paper puncher and my card was finished. :o)

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

List of supplies :

• Goebie Design 'Valentine Hippo' digital image (freebie)
• Goebie Instagram - Goebie linktr.ee in profile
• Crafter's Companion Neenah Desert Storm Kraft Coloring Card
• TOZ Artist Color colored pencils:
• light yellow
• dark yellow
• orange
• light blue
• two dark blue tones
• Koh-i-noor aquarel colored pencil, dark green 26
• TOZ Fantasy colored pencil, light grey
• Stabilo colored pencil, dark grey 979/726
• StaedtlerNoris Club colored pencil, black 144
• Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink
• printer
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• rounded corner paper puncher

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, Game #133 - One Layer + Love

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Addicted to Stamps and More, Challenge #328 - Holiday

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

3) Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge, Week 7 - Anything Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

4) Stempelgarten Challenge, Challenge #77 - Liebe/Love

5) The Male Room, Challenge #104 - Love Your Men

6) Through The Craft Room Door, TTCRD week of February 12th, Anything Goes Challenge

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

7) Uniko, Uniko Challenge #51 - Anything Goes, optional twist Love
This is my 6th entry to this challenge.

8) Yes, Virginia, February 2019 Show and Share

I've used the digital stamp I never used before.

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

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

Milka