Hot Air Balloons Card

Hi everyone! :o)

Today I'm sharing four cards with you, all in separate posts through the day. All my posts are scheduled and will go live every full odd hour, from 3 PM to 9 PM. This is my 4th and last post today. If you missed previous posts, just scroll down or follow direct links here, here and here. :o)

You all know I'm addicted to CAS design. I wanted to step a bit out of my comfort zone and made this mixed media, Hot Air Balloons Card. :o)

I love hot air balloons!! A stamp I used is from super adorable Create a Smile 'Uplifting' stamp set.

I stamped hot air balloons on a watercolor paper panel (I did some masking too) and watercolored them with Distress Inks.

I made masks for all hot air balloons, masked them and heat embossed in clear Devanāgarī Script at a background. Last year, my dear friend Neha from Periwinkle Creations sent me gorgeous Devanāgarī Script stamp. I Love it!! I never used it before. I think it looks amazing as the background on this card. :o)

I watercolored the background with Distress Inks. As it was too bluish, I smeared white acrylic paint here and there.

After drying, I glued the panel on a top folded white card base.

Next up was a sentiment. I used Create a Smile Black Alpha Stickers for word 'Hello' and glued letters directly on the card. A word 'friend' is from Jane's Doodles 'Monster Squad' stamp set. I heat embossed word 'friend' on a black cardstock paper piece, glued 1 mm thick foam tape on the back of it and placed it on the card.

I love adding white highlights to images. I highlighted hot air balloons with white gel pen and uppercase block letters as well.

Lastly, I coated balloons and sand bags with Clear Wink of Stella and my card was finished. :o)

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

List of supplies:

• Create a Smile 'Uplifting' stamp set (hot air balloon)
• Jane's Doodles 'Monster Squad' stamp set (word 'friend')
• Devanāgarī Scrip stamp (background)
• white cardstock paper (card base)
• Koh-i-noor pop Aquarell Watercolor Paper, 250 gms
• black cardstock paper scrap
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder 
• Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R
• Clear Gloss, Regular, WA01R
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Mustard Seed
• Fossilized Amber
• Twisted Citron
• Cracked Pistachio
• Tumbled Glass
• Broken China
• Mermaid Lagoon
• Walnut Stain
• Ground Espresso
• Marabu Acrylic Paint (070 White)
• Uniball Signo White
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen S (superfine) 0.4 mm
• ZIG Wink of Stella Brush (Gl. Clear 999)
• Create a Smile Alpha Stickers: Black
• UHU universal glue
• foam tape 1 mm thick
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• scissors 
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm) 
• Ranger Heat It Craft Tool
• Marabu rounded fine paintbrush no. #0
• Marabu flat fine paintbrush no. #6
• crafting needle
• powder bag
• paper towels
• water

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) Create a Smile, March Challenge: Letters

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge. (GD)
I used Devanagari script stamp in the background, word friend and black letter stickers.

2) Crafty Creations Challenges, Challenge #338 - Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

3) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog, Anything Goes
This is my 5th entry to this challenge.

4) The Daily Marker, 7th 30 Day Coloring Challenge

This is my 18th entry to this challenge.

colored: DAY 23

This would be all from me for today. Thank you for visiting and your kind feedback. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka

Gratitude, Mixed Media Decoration Card (Jane's Doodles DT Spotlight)

Welcome Autumn!!! 

Today is my turn to be on the spotlight over at Jane's Doodles and I made this Mixed Media Decoration Card, Gratitude. :o)

First I cut a rectangle cardstock base. This is a recycled item. I cut it out from a watercolor paper pad package. I rarely throw away cardstock and try to reuse it for new projects or as a crafting mat. :o)

I used Note Sheet patterned paper as a background, colored it with different mediums and when I was satisfied with the color, I glued it on the cardstock base and rounded corners.

Then I stamped pumpkins and sentiment from Jane's Doodles 'Autumn Blessings' Stamp Set on the card. I did some masking on pumpkins. I colored pumpkins and ground below them with different mediums and added golden highlights with gold pen on pumpkins and around letters. I also drew golden dots all over the card. I'm not a fan of gold color and rarely use it, but it looked so nice in this autumnal color combination. Once I started adding highlights and dots I couldn't stop. :o)

Using stencil and structure paste I made circles. Before adding it on the card, I colored structure paste with different Distress Inks.

I used découpage glue and varnish due crafting process to fix colors and layers.

Dimensions: 75 mm x 101 mm (3" x 4")

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Autumn Blessings' stamp set
• Note Sheet pattern paper
• cardstock (recycled item: I used a back side of watercolor paper pad)
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tsukineko Dew Drop Brilliance Fast-drying Pigment Ink (BD-80 Moonlight White)
• Tsukineko Dew Drop VersaMagic Multi-surface Chalk Ink (GD-92 Cloud White)
• Tim Holtz's Distress Inks
• Mustard Seed
• Fossilized Amber
• Carved Pumpkin
• Spiced Marmalade
• Vintage Photo
• Brushed Corduroy
• Walnut Stain
• Stabilo Fine Tip Pens 68 (Markers)
•  Orange 54
• Greens: 33, 43, 36
• Brown 75
• Koh-i-noor Hardtmuth Mondeluz aquarell colored pencils 
• Orange 5
• Dark Green 25
• Koh-i-noor Woodless colored pencil, Reddish Orange 2
• Marabu Acrylic Paints 
• 070 White
• 047 Light Brown
• 045 Dark Brown
• PILOT Gold Pen
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen S (superfine) 0.4 mm
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen F (fine) 0.6 mm
• Marabu Light Structure Paste (805)
• Art Potch découpage glue and varnish
• MS scoring board
• Sigma Rotary Paper Trimmer
• Fiskars High Precission Personal Paper Trimmer
• scissors
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• rounded corner paper puncher
• Ranger Heat It Craft Tool
• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no. #0
• Marabu flat fine paint brush no. #2
• Marabu flat fine paint brush no. #10
• palette knife (spatula) no. #1
• 'Christmas Trees' ARTploarations Stencil (large and medium circles and bubbles)
• water
• paper towels
• paper scraps and washi tape (for masking)

I am entering my mixed media 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) Addicted to stamps and More, Challenge #212 - Make Your Mark
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Card Mania Challenge, CMC #84 Earth Tones

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

3) Craft Stamper Magazine, Take It Make It Challenge, Septmeber: Anything Goes

This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

4) Happy Little Stampers, September Mixed Media Challenge
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

5) Penny Black and More Challenge, September Challenge - Add a Sentiment
This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

6) Pile it on, #117 - Autumn Colors / Theme

7) 613 Avenue Create, Challenge #189 - Anything Goes with optional twist: The Colors of Fall!
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

Thank you for visiting and your kind feedback. If you have any questions about my project, feel free to contact me or just leave comment below. :o)

BE GRATEFUL! :o)


Milka

Mama volim te (Jane's Doodles DT Spotlight)

Hi everyone :o)

Today was my turn to be on the spotlight over at Jane's Doodles. My project for today is a card I made for my Mom for Mother's Day. She loves violet color and butterflies, so do I. :o) Inspired with mixed media project I made two months ago, I made this card for her.

I used gorgeous Jane's Doodles stamp set, Butterflies. I love this stamp set so much and I use it a lot! :o)

I used Note Sheet patterned paper as a background/panel, colored it with different inks and when I was satisfied with the color, I stamped butterflies on the panel colored them with different mediums and added white highlights with white pen.

Then I masked butterflies, stamped more butterflies with white chalk ink and splattered panel with white acrylic paint. White splatters were pale, so I used white pen to accent them and I drew some extra dots with it. :o)

I used découpage glue and varnish due crafting process to fix colors.

I wrote a sentiment on computer (MS Word, text box tool). It's on Croatian and says: Mom I Love You. 

After printing, I cut out sentiment in to three pieces, drew frames with white pen and glued them on the panel. I glued the panel on a white cardstock base, rounded corners and my card was finished.

Dimensions: 88 mm x 133 mm (3 1/2 " x 5 1/4")

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Butterflies' stamp set 
• Da Font free font '1942 Report' 
• Note Sheet pattern paper
• white cardstock paper
• Tsukineko Dew Drop Brilliance Fast-drying Pigment Ink (BD-80 Moonlight White)
• Tsukineko Dew Drop VersaMagic Multi-surface Chalk Ink (GD-92 Cloud White)
• Tim Holtz's Distress Ink (Wilted Violet)
• Koh-i-noor Hardtmuth Mondeluz aquarell colored pencil (Violet 13)
• Koh-i-noor Woodless Colored Pencils
• Titanium White 3
• Lavender Violet 8
• Stabilo Pens (Markers) 68 
• Light Violet
• Dark Violet
• Black 46
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Marabu Acrylic Paint (070 White)
• Unibal Signo White
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen F (fine) 0.6 mm
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen S (superfine) 0.4 mm
• UHU universal glue
• Art Potch découpage glue and varnish
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• polymer stamp handle (38 mm x 38 mm)
• printer
• MS scoring board
• Sigma Rotary Paper Trimmer
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• scissors
• rounded corner paper puncher
• Ranger Heat It Craft Tool
• Tim Holtz's Blending Tool
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no, #0
• Marabu flat fine paint brush no. #6
• Marabu flat fine paint brush no. #10
• water
• paper towels
• post-it paper (for masking)

I am entering my card to following challenges:

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

1) Craft Stamper, Take It Make It Challenge: May, Anything Goes

2) Crafty Calendar Challenge, May Challenge: Things With Wings

3) Live & Love Crafts, Challenge #47 - Blossoms and/or Butterflies

4) Stamping Sensations, May Challenge, Anything Goes

5) Sweet Stamps Blog, May's Anything Goes Challenge

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


Crafty Milka

Happiness, Mixed Media Decoration Card (Jane's Doodles DT Spotlight)

Hi everyone :o)

On Thursday, March 24th, was my turn to be on the spotlight over at Jane's Doodles and I made this Mixed Media Decoration Card, Happiness. :o)

I cut a rectangle cardstock base. This is a recycled item. I cut it out from s watercolor paper pad package. I rarely throw away cardstock and try to reuse it for new projects or as a crafting mat. :o)

I colored the base with white acrylic paint.

I used Note Sheet patterned paper as a background, colored it with different mediums and when I was satisfied with the color, I glued it on the cardstock base and rounded corners.

I stamped two butterflies from Jane's Doodles 'Butterflies' Stamp Set on the card, colored them with different mediums and added white highlights with white pen.

Using stencils and structure paste I made white circles. After drying, I used same stencils and white pen and drew bubbles. Love bubbles!!! :o)

I stamped a sentiment from Jane's Doodles 'Doodle Flowers' Stamp Set on a scrap of white cardstock paper, drew messy black border and colored edges with black fine permanent pen, colored it and splattered with distress ink and glued it on the card.

I used découpage glue and varnish due crafting process to fix colors.

Dimensions: 75 mm x 101 mm (3" x 4")

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Butterflies' stamp set (images)
• Jane's Doodles 'Doodle Flowers' stamp set (sentiment)
• stencil from Create a Smile 'Snow Dance' kit (small circles and bubbles)
• 'Retro Circles' ARTploarations Stencil (large and medium circles and bubbles)
• Note Sheet pattern paper
• scrap of white cardstock paper
• cardstock (recycled item: I used a back side of watercolor paper pad)
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Marabu Acrylic Paint (070 White)
• Tim Holtz's Distress Ink (Mermaid Lagoon)
• Stabilo Pens 68 (Light Blue 41, Dark Blue 32, Black 46)
• Koh-i-noor Hardtmuth Mondeluz aquarell colored pencil (Light Blue 18, Dark Blue 19)
• Tsukineko Dew Drop Brilliance Fast-drying Pigment Ink (BD-80 Moonlight White)
• Tsukineko Dew Drop VersaMagic Multi-surface Chalk Ink (GD-92 Cloud White)
• Unibal Signo White
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen F (fine) 0.6 mm
• Marabu Light Structure Paste (805)
• Art Potch découpage glue and varnish
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• polymer stamp handle (38 mm x 38 mm)
• MS scoring board
• trimmer
• scissors
• rounded corner paper puncher
• Ranger Heat It Craft Tool
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no, #2
• Marabu flat fine paint brush no. #6
• Marabu flat fine paint brush no. #10
• palette knife no. #1
• sprayer bottle
• water
• paper towels
• post-it paper (for masking)

I am entering my mixed media 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) Addicted to stamps and More, Challenge #186 - Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

2) Live & Love Crafts' Inspiration and Challenge Blog, Challenge #45 - Signs of Spring

Thank you for visiting and your kind feedback. If you have any questions about my project, feel free to contact me or just leave comment below. :o)

BE HAPPY! :o)


Crafty Milka


Update April 14th, 2016
I am linking my project to ARTplorations Flash Stencil Project Linky Party.
I used two stencils: 'Retro Circles' ARTploarations Stencil (large and medium circles and bubbles) and stencil from Create a Smile 'Snow Dance' kit (small circles and bubbles).

 

Joie de Vivre Box (Jane's Doodles DT Spotlight)

Hi everyone :-D

Today it's my turn to be on the spotlight over at Jane's Doodles.

Joie de Vivre Box is my project for today.

I used gorgeous Jane's Doodles Butterflies stamp set.

I altered a small Kraft hexagon cardboard box with a lid I had in my stash few years.

First I colored the box and lid inside with Tim Holtz's Distress Inks (I mixed Brushed Corduroy and Walnut Stain with water) using paintbrush. Then I distressed all outside edges with TH Distress Ink Brushed Corduroy. 

I cut out two hexagons and two rectangle stripes from scraps of Graphic 45 'French Country' Patterns and Solids, distressed edges with TH Distress Ink Brushed Corduroy and glued them on the box and lid with UHU universal glue.

Then I stamped butterflies on the box and lid using TH Distress Ink Walnut Stain and Brown Dye Ink pad. After stamping, I distressed whole surface with TH Distress Ink Brushed Corduroy using blending tool. I dried everything in between with hairdryer. At the end I splattered whole surface with water using my fingers. 

When I was satisfied with the look of the surface and color I got, I coated the box and lid, inside and outside, three times with découpage glue and varnish.

After drying (I left it dry for a day), I made small box legs from wooden beads and Long Fasteners, and simply glued them on the bottom of the box.

I also decorated the box and lid with TH Idea-ology Long Fasteners.

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Butterflies' stamp set
• Kraft cardboard hexagon box with a lid (5 cm x 3.5 cm) 
• Graphic 45 paper collection 'French Country', 6 x 6, Patterns and Solids (scraps) 
• Tim Holtz Distress Inks (Brushed Corduroy, Walnut Stain) 
• Docrafts Dye Ink Pad (brown) 
• wooden pearls (3 pieces)
• Tim Holtz Idea-ology Long Fasteners (8 pieces)
• UHU universal glue 
• Art Potch découpage glue and varnish
• ruler 
• trimmer
• scissors
• polymer stamp handle (38 mm x 38 mm) 
• Tim Holtz's blending tool 
• Marabu fine paint brush no. #10
• large sewing needle
• hairdryer 
• water

I am entering my project 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) Craft Stamper, Take it Make it Challenge, September: Take a Stamp (Anything Goes)

2) Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, Love this Technique
I love to make decorations. Few of my favorite techniques are altering boxes, stamping and distressing. 

3) Through The Craft Room Door, TTCRD Challenge from September 15th to September 21st, Anything Goes

4) Whimsy Stamps Inspiration Challenges, Challenge #86 - Anything Goes (or Halloween)

Thank you for visiting and your kind feedback. Enjoy and smile! :-D


Crafty Milka