Fairy Wishes Card (KBD Aloha Friday Challenge #72 Mid Inspiration)

Happy Friday everyone! :o)

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

The challenge for this fortnight is #72 - Fairytale / Fantasy.

We have two sponsors for this challenge: A Day For Daisies and The Paper Shelter, so there will be double prizes! :o)

           

For this challenge I made a Fairy Wishes Card, using our sponsor's A Day For Daisies adorable image Painted Mushroom Top and Neil Gaiman's quote.

Neil Gaiman is one of the favorite authors in our home. Comic books, novels, children books... There are also films made based on his novels. My favorite: Stardust. It's a must see film. :o)


How I made my card...

I made a layout on my computer using MS Word, printed it out on a white watercolor paper and left it dry for an hour. I use inkjet printer and always leave image "drying" after printing to prevent ink smearing.

I colored the image and background in watercolor technique using Distress Inks. When I was satisfied, I covered the image with a paper scrap and splattered the background with water. After drying, I glued the panel on a white cardstock card base.

At the end, using white pen, I added some highlights on the image and drew white dots around it, to imitate fairy dust. :o)

Dimensions: 84 mm x 133 mm (3 3/8" x 5 1/4")

List of supplies:

• A Day For Daisies 'Painted Mushroom Top'
• white cardstock paper
• white watercolor paper
• Tim Holtz's Distress Inks:
• Mustard Seed
• Twisted Citron
• Cracke Pistachio
• Barn Door
• Tumbled Glass
• Blueprint Sketch
• Ground Espresso
• Hickory Smoke
• Unibal Signo White
• UHU universal glue
• printer
• MS scoring board
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no. #0
• Marabu flat fine paint brush no. #10
• paper towels
• water

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 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) bastel-traum, Challenge #41 - Fantasy

2) Cards und More Challenge Blog, Challenge #159 - Let's use lots of Color

3) Crafty Calendar Challenge, May Challenge: Things With Wings
This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

4) Glitter 'N' Sparkle Challenge Blog, Challenge #189- Anything Goes

5) Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge, Challenge #34 - Anything Goes

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

6) Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog, Challenge: Make a Wish

7) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog, Challenge: Anything Goes

8) Sweet Stamps Blog, May's Anything Goes Challenge
This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

9) 613 Avenue Create, Challenge #177 - Anything Goes 

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


Crafty Milka

Blue Fairy Card (Crafty Creations Challenges #292)

Hi everyone :-D 

It´s time for a new challenge at Crafty Creations Challenges.

Our theme for this fortnight is #292 - Red, White and/or Blue.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Fresh Brewed Designs who provided some cool stamps for our DT and they are giving an awesome prize to our random winner.

For this challenge I made this CAS (clean and simple), Blue Fairy Card, using our sponsor´s image Fresh Brewed Designs 'Fairy Sweet'.

Card dimensions are 101 mm x 126 mm (4" x 5").

List of supplies:

• Fresh Brewed Designs 'Fairy Sweet'
• white cardstock paper 
• white paper (160 grams) 
• Prettygrafikdesign digital paper, stars (stripe)
• digital paper 'Blue Stars' (scrap) 
• colored pencils (skin color, light and dark blue, brown)
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen F (fine) 0.6 mm
• UHU universal glue
• gloss resin super-clear
• 3-D foam self adhesive pads 
• printer
• scoring board
• trimmer 
• scissors 
• crafting needle 
• tweezers
• paper blending stump no. #1
• Johnson's baby oil with Aloe Vera 

Stop by the Crafty Creations Challenges to see beautiful dotty creations from my Design Team Mates and join us in this challenge. We are looking forward to see your projects. :-D

I am entering 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) Craft Your Passion Challenges, Challenge #267 - Always Anything Goes

2) Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge, Challenge #12 - Anything Goes 

3) Through The Craft Room Door, TTCRD Challenge from June 23rd to June 29th, Anything Goes

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

Crafty Milka

Baby Fairy Amanita with Flower Card

Happy Friday! Happy Happiness day! Happy Spring! Happy everything! :o) 
 

Spring officially started at 11:45 PM here in Cavtat. Pisces period ended and my Celebrating 30 days of Pisces 2015 celebration too. Well, almost. .
Shortly, I gave myself 4 challenges and tried to complete them in 30 days. And I did! :o) I had some technical problems at the beginning, so I decided to extend challenge no. 1 for one day, till tomorrow.


Today I made this springy, CAS (clean and simple), Baby Fairy Amanita with Flower Card. 

I used super cute Mo´s Manning digital stamp 'Amanita'. I have this little cutie for some time, but never used it before. 

I printed the image on a white paper (160 grams) and colored it with colored pencils. I added some transparent varnish on toadstool dots, dots on fairy´s wings and stamens to create glossy accents and to add just a bit of dimension to the image. 

Card dimensions are 101 mm x 145 mm (4" x 5 3/4").

List of supplies: 

• Mo´s Manning digital stamp 'Amanita'
• white cardstock paper
• white paper (160 grams) 
• colored pencils (skin color, pink, dark brown, grey)
• Koh-i-noor woodless colored pencils (Titanium White 3, Chrome Yellow 1, Reddish Orange 2, Pyrrole Red 170, Meadow Green 4, Dark Green 5, Natural Sienna 11)
• Koh-i-noor Mondeluz aquarell colored pencil (red 7)
• Pritt universal glue 
• transparent varnish with extra gloss 
• printer 
• scoring board 
• trimmer 
• eraser  
• crafting needle 

I am 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 direct link to blog or challenge home page. 

1) Bunny Zoe´s Crafts, March Challenge: Spring Colours
This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.  

2) CASology, Week #138: Blossom 
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.  

3) CRAFT-alnica, Izziv/Challenge #130 - Krila/Wings

4) Crafty Catz, Challenge #271 - No Designers Paper

5) Crafty Sentiments Designs, Bright Colors Challenge

6) Mo´s Clubhouse Challenge #1 - Mo´s Spring Images

7) Mo´s DP2 Challenge Blog, Challenge #249 - Anything MO Goes W/Optional Theme: Use Green

8) Scrap & Craft Inspiration, Challenge #5 - Flowers 

9) The Daily Marker, 30 Day Coloring Challenge

This is my 10th entry to this challenge. 

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


Crafty Milka

Amanita Card

Hi everyone :-D

I want to share with you a mini card I made today for my friend. It´s this Amanita Card. 

To make this card, I was inspired with an Amanita Box I made and shared here on my blog recently. That little box is a gift for my friend. I thought that a similar card will be perfect with it.

How I made this card

I cut out a card base from a brown textured paper. Card dimensions are 76 mm x 101 mm (3" x 4").

I cut out a panel from red/white polka dot paper and distressed edges with Tim Holtz´s Distress Ink Brushed Corduroy. 

I stamped mushrooms from  Paper Smooches 'Forest Whimsy' stamp set on Kraft paper bag, colored them with colored pencils and universal white pencil, fussy cut them and colored edges with black permanent pen. 

I also punched out 4 1" scalloped circles from Kraft paper bag. 

I decorated corners of the panel with scalloped circles and bottom center with mushrooms (Amanitas). I did this in découpage technique, using fine brush and découpage glue and varnish. 

After the panel was dry, I glued it to the card base and added thick coat of transparent varnish on mushrooms´s dots to pop them up and to create glossy accents. 

I also glued a stripe of textured paper, punched with  MSC Edger Punch, Scallop Dot. 

  

List of supplies: 

• Paper Smooches 'Forest Whimsy'
• Kraft paper bag  
• Florence cardstock paper, Canvas Texture (brown)
  
• Crafters Companion Bebunni Christmas 6" x 6" Designer Paper Pad
  
• Koh-i-noor Mondeluz aquarell colored pencil (Red 7)
• Koh-i-noor woodless colored pencils (Titanium White 3, Pyrrole Red 170, Natural Sienna 11)
• Koh-i-noor universal white pencil for writing on gloss surfaces
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen F (fine) 0.6 mm
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen M (medium) 1.0 mm
• Tim Holtz´s Distress Ink (Brushed Corduroy) 
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)  
• Pritt universal glue   
• Art Potch découpage glue and varnish
• transparent varnish with extra gloss  
• scoring board 
• trimmer
• scissors 
• polymer stamp handle (38 mm x 35 mm)
• crafting needle 
• Tim Holtz´s blending tool
• MARABU fine paint brush no. 10 (only for découpage)
• EK Success 1" scallop circle punch 
• MSC Edger Punch, Scallop Dot 
• Nivea baby cleaning wipes  

Here is a photo of today´s Amanita card and Amanita box. Don´t they look nice together? Looking at them I feel like I´m in Fairy Tale. :-D 

I am entering my card (not the box) to following challenges:

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

1) Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, B is for...

• inspired with a box I made
• this cards is a birthday card for my friend
• brown color
• Brushed Corduroy
• brown textured paper
• bag (brown Kraft paper) 
• brown colored pencil (Natural Sienna 11) 
• black (ink and permanent pen) 
• Bebunni designer paper 
• building a scene with stamps
• blending with colored pencils 
• brush for découpage 
• blending tool 

And on my native language, Croatian:

• bojice (colored pencils) 
• bijela boja (white color)
• bezbojni lak (transparent varnish) 
• bajka (Fairy Tale) 

2) The Daily Marker, 30 Day Coloring Challenge

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge. 

And for the end, happy news to share with you.

I was Paper Smooches SPARKS Featured Player (March AG (wk1) challenge).
 

My Welcome Baby Card was honorable mentioned at CASology.

I am invited to be a Guest Designer in April at Crafting By Designs!

I am very honored and happy! :-D

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

Crafty Milka

Amanitas Mini Card

Hi everyone :-D

My second post today. If you missed the first one, just scroll down or go direct to the post here. :-D

I have another CAS (clean and simple), one layer, mini card to share with you. It´s this Amanitas Mini Card. 

 
This was a quick and easy to make card.

I cut out a card base from a white cardstock paper and rounded two opposite corners with round corner paper puncher. Card dimensions are 76 mm x 101 mm (3" x 4"). 

I used four stamps from  Paper Smooches 'Forest Whimsy' stamp set.  

I stamped directly to the card base: sentiment in the middle of the card base and mushrooms in the left corner. I stamped mushrooms in masking technique. After the ink was dry, I fixed few lines with permanent black pen. Then I colored mushrooms with colored pencils and added thick coat of transparent varnish on Amanitas´s dots to pop them up and to create glossy accents. 

At the end, I embellished card with homemade red faux enamel dots. I learned how to make faux enamel dots from video tutorial by ScrapTips on YouTube. First I made glue dots with a glue gun on a backing paper and colored them with Marabu glass Vermilion color. I left them dry one day. After drying, I glued them on card with Pritt universal glue.

List of supplies: 

• Paper Smooches 'Forest Whimsy'
• white cardstock paper 
• colored pencil (skin color)
• Koh-i-noor Mondeluz aquarell colored pencil (Red 7)
• Koh-i-noor Woodless pencils (Titanium White 3, Pyrrole Red 170, Natural Sienna 11) 
• Koh-i-noor universal white pencil for writing on gloss surfaces 
• Marabu glass color (Vermilion 436)
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen F (fine) 0.6 mm
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black) 
• Pritt universal glue  
• transparent low temperature glue stick  
• transparent varnish with extra gloss   
• scoring board 
• trimmer 
• ruler 
• eraser 
• pencil
• polymer stamp handle (38 mm x 35 mm)
• crafting needle 
• round corner paper puncher 
• Dremel 920 glue gun, low temperature  
• baking paper  
• toothpicks
• Nivea baby cleaning wipes 

I am entering my card 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 Blog, Challenge #134 - CAS (clean and simple)

2) Challenge Up Your Life, Challenge #9: One Layer

3) Crafting By Designs, March Anything Goes Challenge

4) Fairytale Stampers, Challenge #52 - Anything Goes

 Happy 3rd Birthday!!! :-D

5) Paper Smooches SPARKS, March 1-7 Anything Goes (wk1) challenge

This would be all from me for today. Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Enjoy and smile! :-D 

Crafty Milka

Amanita Box (Fairy Tale Challenge #112)

Happy Friday everyone :-D

It´s time for a new challenge at Fairy Tale Challenge Blog.

Theme for this fortnight is #112 Kraft Paper.

This time our lucky winner will win a Fab Foil for making a metallic shimmer on crafting projects, from our dear sponsor WOW Embossing Powders. 

Amanita Box is my project for this challenge.

I decorated a small Kraft cardboard box with a lid I had in my stash for a couple of years. 

I cut out rectangles and stripes from red/white polka dot scraps (Crafters Companion Bebunni Christmas Designer Paper Pad). I distressed edges with Tim Holtz´s Distress Ink Brushed Corduroy and glued them on the box and lid with universal glue. 
Then I made decorations from Kraft paper bag.
I stamped mushrooms from  Paper Smooches 'Forest Whimsy' stamp set on Kraft paper bag, colored them with colored pencils and universal white pencil, fussy cut them and colored edges with black permanent pen. Amanita mushrooms were finished! :-D
I also punched out 12 1" scalloped circles from Kraft paper bag. 

I decorated corners of the box and lid with scalloped circles, and sides with Amanitas. I did this in découpage technique, using fine brush and découpage glue and varnish. After drying, I coated whole box and lid (inside and outside) three times with découpage glue and varnish.

After the box and lid were dry, I added transparent thick coat of varnish on Amanitas´s dots to pop them up and to create glossy accents. 

List of supplies: 

• Paper Smooches 'Forest Whimsy'
• Kraft cardboard box with a lid (dimensions: a = 50 mm, b = 50 mm, c = 42 mm, d = 27 mm, e = 45 mm, f = 45 mm)
• Kraft paper bag 
• Crafters Companion Bebunni Christmas 6" x 6" Designer Paper Pad (scraps)
  
• Koh-i-noor Mondeluz aquarell colored pencil (Red 7)
• Koh-i-noor woodless colored pencils (Titanium White 3, Pyrrole Red 170, Natural Sienna 11)
• Koh-i-noor universal white pencil for writing on gloss surfaces
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen S (superfine) 0.4 mm
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen M (medium) 1.0 mm
• Tim Holtz´s Distress Ink (Brushed Corduroy) 
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)  
• Pritt universal glue   
• Art Potch découpage glue and varnish
• transparent varnish with extra gloss  
• scoring board 
• trimmer
• scissors 
• polymer stamp handle (38 mm x 35 mm)
• crafting needle 
• Tim Holtz´s blending tool
• MARABU fine paint brush no.10 (only for découpage)
• EK Success 1" scallop circle punch 
• Nivea baby cleaning wipes  

This is my first project using Kraft paper for stamping and coloring, and fourth project in découpage technique. I must say that I am very satisfied. :-D 

Stop at Fairy Tale Challenge Blog and see fabulous projects the rest of a Design Team made for this challenge and do join us, we can´t wait to see your projects. :-D

I am entering my project into following challenges:

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

1) Crafting for all Seasons Challenge Blog, Challenge #96 - Dies and/or Punches 
I used only puncher (scalloped circle). 

2) Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge, Week 8 - Anything Goes 

3) Meljen´s Designs Design Team and Challenge Blog, Challenge #249 - Seeing Spots

4) Polkadoodles Challenge, Week 7 - All things Kraft 

5) Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, No Rules (Anything Goes)

6) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Anything Goes
My 2nd entry to this challenge. 

Thank you so much for stopping by and your kind feedback. Stop by later today, I´ll be posting again. Enjoy and smile! :-D

Crafty Milka