Wedding Card no. #2

Hi everyone and happy Sunday! :o)

Today I want to share with you a Wedding (Anniversary) Card I made by request from friend. The card will be a gift for her friends, a couple who celebrate their 1st wedding anniversary today. Congratulations!!! :o)

I used BEAUTIFUL Stamping Bella 'uptown couple BRETT and BRENDA get married' rubber stamp. This is my second take on this stamp and also a CASE of the first card I made using the stamp (here). I went with same design, but I rotated a layout and went with completely different color scheme. My friend told me how couple was dressed on their wedding day, so I went with that.

I also used one of my favorite font I downloaded from dafont: Impact Label Font. Love it!! :o)
Important: Read licences before downloading.

I stamped the image on a watercolor paper, left it dry for couple minutes and colored the image in watercolor technique using Distress Inks.

I glued a note sheet paper stripe directly on a white top folded card base, trimmed the watercolor paper to preferable size, glued it on a 2 mm thick foam sheet rectangle and glued it on the card base.

I printed couple's names and wedding day date on a white cardstock paper (I used two different font sizes), cut them out, traced edges with black marker and got lovely labels, as if I had label maker. I added foam tape on the back of "labels" and glued them on the card.

As a finishing touch, I embellished the card with enamel dots, matching colors with colors used on the image. :o)

I'm very satisfied with my coloring and the whole appearance of the card. My friend loves it!! I hope the couple will like it also. :o)

Card dimensions: 101 mm x 165 mm (4" x 6.5")

List of supplies:

• Stamping Bella 'uptown couple BRETT and BRENDA get married' rubber stamp
• Impact Label Font (freebie)
• white cardstock paper (card base, sentiment)
• thin white watercolor paper (panel)
• note sheet paper
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• printer
• Koh-i-noor Hardtmuth Mondeluz aquarel colored pencils 3710
• light green 25
• dark green 26
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Mustard Seed 
• Spiced Marmalade
• Festive Berries
• Tumbled Glass
• Blueprint Sketch
• Tea Dye
• Vintage Photo
• Walnut Stain
• Ground Espresso
• Hickory Smoke
• Stabilo Fine Tip Pen (marker), Black 68/46
• Create a Smile 'Sending Sunshine' enamel stickers (yellow, light blue)
• Create a Smile 'Beach Party' enamel stickers (orange, pink)
• Create a Smile 'Fruitalicious' enamel sticker (dark blue)
• UHU universal glue
• foam squares 2 mm thick
• foam sheet 2 mm thick
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• scissors
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm) 
• Marabu rounded fine paintbrush no. #0
• crafting needle
• paper towels
• water

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) Happy Little Stampers, Watercolour Challenge, July 2017, Anything Goes

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

2) Stamping Bella, Bellarific Friday, Free Form (contribution for July 7th post)

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

Milka

Wedding Card no. #1

Hi everyone! :o)

Today I want to share with you a Wedding Card I made by request for a couple that's getting married today. I personally don't know them, but I do want to wish them all the best in their common life, a lot of love and understanding, and their marriage to be beautiful as music. :o)

I used BEAUTIFUL Stamping Bella 'uptown couple BRETT and BRENDA get married' rubber stamp. This is my first stamp from Stamping Bella and the only one I have for now. :o)

I also used one of my favorite font I downloaded from dafont: Impact Label Font. Love it!! :o)
Important: Read licences before downloading.

I stamped the image on a watercolor paper, left it dry for couple minutes and colored the image in watercolor technique using Distress Inks. I'm so satisfied with my coloring of this couple. :o)

After coloring I had no idea what to do with the image. I stared at the image couple days and decided to go with CAS design. No surprise. LOL :o)

I glued a note sheet paper stripe directly on a white top folded card base, trimmed the watercolor paper to preferable size, glued it on a 2 mm thick foam sheet rectangle and glued it on the card base.

I printed couple's names and wedding day date on a white cardstock paper (I used two different font sizes), cut them out, traced edges with black marker and got lovely labels, as if I had label maker. I added foam tape on the back of "labels", glued them on the card and my card was finished. :o)

Card dimensions: 101 mm x 165 mm (4" x 6.5")

List of supplies:

• Stamping Bella 'uptown couple BRETT and BRENDA get married' rubber stamp
• Impact Label Font (freebie)
• white cardstock paper (card base, sentiment)
• thin white watercolor paper (panel)
• note sheet paper
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• printer
• Koh-i-noor Hardtmuth Mondeluz aquarel colored pencils 3710
• light green 25
• dark green 26
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Spun Sugar
• Blueprint Sketch
• Tea Dye
• Vintage Photo
• Walnut Stain
• Hickory Smoke
• Black Soot
• Stabilo Fine Tip Pen (marker), Black 68/46
• UHU universal glue
• foam tape 1 mm thick
• foam sheet 2 mm thick
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• scissors
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm) 
• Marabu rounded fine paintbrush no. #0
• paper towels
• water

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) Happy Little Stampers, Watercolour Challenge, May 2017, Anything Goes

This is my 4th entry to this challenge.

2) Stamping Bella, Bellarific Friday, Free Form (contribution for June 2nd post)

Thank you for stopping by 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

Butterfly Birthday Card (Jane's Doodles DT Spotlight)

Happy Friday! :o)

Today was my turn to be on the spotlight over at Jane's Doodles and I made this Butterfly Birthday Card.

I made this CAS (clean and simple) birthday card for my sister-in-law. I used my favorite Jane's Doodles stamp set, 'Butterflies' and favorite butterfly from the set. :o)


How I made this card...

I stamped the butterfly on a white cardstock paper and colored it in watercolor technique with Wilted Violet Distress Ink. After drying, I fussy cut the butterfly leaving white border around it. White highlights and the image was finished.

On a white cardstock panel, smaller than a card base, I typed a sentiment on my typewriter. It's on Croatian and it says: Happy birthday. Then I cut out circle window on the panel and glued 3-D foams on the back of the panel.

I glued a note sheet paper on the card base. I colored the note sheet paper with different white mediums, because the paper is yellowish and I didn't like it in this combination. Then I glued the panel on the card base.

Lastly, I glued 3-D foams on the back of the butterfly and glued him in the card window.

Card dimensions: 101 mm x 133 mm (4" x 5 1/4")

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Butterflies' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• Note Sheet pattern 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)
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim Holtz's Distress Ink, Wilted Violet
• Marabu Acrylic Paint (070 White)
• Unibal Signo White
• double sided strong adhesive tape
• 3-D foams
• UNIS tbm de Luxe Typewriter
• Fiskars High Precission Personal Paper Trimmer
• EK Success Circle Cutter
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• water
• paper towels

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 a direct link to blog or challenge home page.

1) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog, Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

2) Simon Says Stamp, Work It Wednesday August 2016, Use STAMPS

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

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