Franken Bun Card (Kitty Bee Designs Spotlight)

Hi everyone! :o)

Today is my turn to be on the spotlight over at Kitty Bee Designs and I made this CAS (clean and simple), Franken Bun Card. :o)

I used an adorable "spooky" image 'Franken Bun' from Halloween 2014 Release . :o)

This is my second card I made using this cutie. You can find the first one here (2015). :o)

How I made my card....

I printed the bunny on a Kraft cardstock paper and left the image aside for an hour.

I colored the bunny with colored pencils, trimmed the panel on a desirable size, stamped a sentiment on the panel and glued the panel on a Kraft top folded square card base.

As a finishing touch, I added white highlights with white gel pen. :o)

Card measurements: 89 mm x 89 mm (3.5" x 3.5")

List of supplies:

• Kitty Bee Designs 'Franken Bun' from Halloween 2014 Release
• Jane's Doodles 'Winnie Halloween' stamp set (sentiment)
• Crafter's Companion Neenah Desert Storm Kraft Coloring Card
• TOZ Artist Color colored pencils:
• dark yellow
• two orange tones
• light green
• white
• Koh-i-noor aquarel colored pencils:
• Dark Green 3710/26
• Black 3710/36
• Sedtler Noris Club colored pencils
• dark grey
• black
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black) 
• Mitsuubishi Fine Liner 0.1
• Uniball Signo White (gel pen)
• UHU liquid glue
• printer
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• eraser

I hope you'll like my KBD spotlight project for this month and get inspired. For more inspiration and cute images jump over to the Kitty Bee Designs Etsy Store, Kitty Bee Designs Blog and Kitty Bee Designs FB. :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) CAS on Friday, Challenge #144 - Make a Fall or Halloween Card

2) Crafty Creations Challenges, Challenge #377 - Anything Goes
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

3) Little Miss Muffet Challenges, Challenge #200 - Anything Goes

4) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges, Halloween/Spooky
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

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

Milka

Rainbow Numerals Birthday Card III (Jane's Doodles DT Spotlight)

Hi everyone! :o)

Yesterday was my turn to be on the spotlight over at Jane's Doodles and I made this CAS (clean and simple), Rainbow Numerals Birthday Card III. :o)

I made this card for my niece Tea, who's 8th birthday is today. ♥ Happy birthday sweet little girl!! ♥

I CASEd (copy and share everything) my own card I created earlier this year (find it here). I went with CASE because I really like the design of the original and because Tea likes rainbow colors and numbers (and Math). :o)

For my card I used stamps from two Jane's Doodles stamp sets: numerals from 'ABC's' stamp set and sentiment from 'Belated Birthday' stamp set.

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How I made this card...

I arranged numeral stamps on an acrylic ruler (I don't have long acrylic block) and inked them with VersaMark Watermark Ink. Then I inked each numeral with different Distress Ink, directly over the Watermark Ink, following a Rainbow pattern. I pressed inked numerals directly on a white cardstock paper panel. After drying, I glued the panel on a white side folded card base.

Next up was a sentiment. I heat embossed the sentiment in white on a black cardstock paper stripe, placed some foam on the back of the stripe and glued the sentiment on the card. 

As a finishing touch I embellished the card with enamel dots. :o)

Card measurements: 89 mm x 133 mm (3.5" x 5.25")

List of supplies :

• Jane's Doodles 'ABC's' stamp set (numerals)
• Jane's Doodles 'Belated Birthday' stamp set (sentiment)
• white cardstock paper
• black cardstock paper
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Barn Door
• Spiced Marmalade
• Mustard Seed
• Twisted Citron
• Tumbled Glass
• Salty Ocean
• Blueprint Sketch
• Wilted Violet
• 3-D foam tape, 1 mm thick
• Create a Smile enamel dots (Beach Party, Frosty Fun, Sending Sunshine, Snow Dance)
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• ruler
• Ranger Heat It Tool
• powder bag
• crafting needle
• scissors
• dry cloth

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) Craft Stamper Magazine, Take It, Make It Challenge, August 2018: Anything Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Paru's Card Making Challenges, August 2018: Make a card or a tag for Family

This is my 4th entry to this challenge.

I made this card for my niece.

At the end of this post...

Jane has an End of Summer Sale and is offering 40% off on entire store. No code needed. The discount is calculated at the checkout. Find more details on Jane's Doodles blog. :o)

More inspiration (similar cards I made in the past):
Rainbow Numerals Birthday Card
Rainbow Numerals Birthday Card II

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

Milka

I Love Math Challenge #8

Hello everyone and welcome to a new I Love Math Challenge!

This is the eighth challenge. If you're new to my blog, you can find all about the challenge here.

A theme for this challenge is NUMBERS: use a number or numbers on your project.

Number is an arithmetical value, expressed by a word, symbol, or figure, representing a particular quantity and used in counting and making calculations.

Source: English Oxford Living Dictionaries (https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/number)

Sanskrit numerals and numbers from 0-10

Source: Veda, saṃskṛtam

Numerals, a Time Travel from India to Europe

Source: Archimedes' Laboratory

Copyright © 1992-2015, Gianni A. Sarcone, Archimedes-Lab.org. Used with the permission.

And now inspiration from the team...


Here is Kaja's take on the challenge.

Super cuteness overload!!! Beautiful design, super sweet scene, adorable images, beautiful colors an coloring... ♥ I love Kaja's card and how she incorporated the challenge theme into her birthday card: white number 4 die-cut. Jump over to Kaja's blog and find more details about her card. :o)

Here is Neha's take on the challenge.

Amazing card!! Fun, modern look, beautiful colors, elements combined together nicely... ♥ I love Neha's card and how she incorporated the challenge theme into her card: used number 8 as a road and made a card for passing a driving test. Brilliant!!! I might use this in future. :o) Jump over to Neha's blog and find more details about her card. :o)

And here is my take on the challenge: CAS (clean and simple), Rainbow Numerals Birthday Card II.

To make this card I was inspired with a card I created last year (find it here).

For my card I used Jane's Doodles stamps (see detailed list of supplies below).

I arranged numeral stamps on an acrylic ruler (I don't have long acrylic block) and inked them with VersaMark Watermark Ink. Then I inked each numeral with different Distress Ink, directly over the Watermark Ink, following a Rainbow pattern. I pressed inked numerals directly on a white side folded card base. 

I heat embossed a sentiment in white on a black cardstock paper stripe, placed some foam on the back of the stripe and glued the sentiment on the card. 

As a finishing touch I embellished the card with enamel dots. :o)

Card dimensions: 140 mm x 89 mm  (5.5" x 3.5")

List of supplies :

• Jane's Doodles 'ABC's' stamp set (numerals)
• Jane's Doodles 'Belated Birthday' stamp set (sentiment)
• white cardstock paper
• black cardstock paper
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Barn Door
• Festive Berries
• Spiced Marmalade
• Mustard Seed
• Twisted Citron
• Tumbled Glass
• Salty Ocean
• Blueprint Sketch
• Wilted Violet
• 3-D foam scraps, 1 mm thick
• Create a Smile enamel dots (Beach Party, Frosty Fun, Sending Sunshine, Snow Dance)
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• ruler
• Ranger Heat It Tool
• powder bag
• crafting needle
• scissors
• dry cloth

Now it's your turn...

Use number(s) on your project. Create any kind of project, whatever you like, but your project must be handmade and have visible number(s). Any design is welcome.

If you use numbers as numerals that are not modern numerals (1, 2, 3, 4...), please give a short description of what numerals you used (Roman, Japanese, Chinese, Sanskrit...) and which number you used on your project.

Numbers as words are not acceptable for this challenge, for example eight, osam, osem, acht...


More details about the challenge...

Challenge Starts: February 7th 2018, 10:00 PM CET (UTC +1)

Challenge Ends: March 7th 2018, 09:55 PM CET (UTC +1)

Challenge rules:

1. Theme: Numbers
2. Numbers as words are not acceptable for this challenge.
3. You don't have to be a Math Lover to join this challenge.
4. Your creation must be new. Please do not link creation that has been posted prior to the day of the challenge.
5. Projects must be handmade!
6. Any stamp company/artist is welcome.
7. If you make a card, it doesn't have to be CAS (clean and simple). Any design is welcome.
8. You must be a blog follower.
9. Mention the challenge in your blog post and link back to the challenge.
10. Display Challenge badge in your blog post.
11. Link up as many projects as you want.
12. You are welcome to combine your project to as many challenges as you want.
13. No blog hop and direct selling links are allowed here.
14. Link your direct blog post and not your entire blog, so we could locate your creation.
15. Please turn off word verification.
16. Have fun!

I reserve the right to remove links that do not comply with challenge rules.

Prize: 

One Jane's Doodles stamp set of winners choice. Kaja, Neha and I will select four favorite projects (TOP 4), which will be featured here on my blog on March 31st 2018. Among TOP 4, there will be a random draw (using Random.org) for one lucky winner who will then receive the prize. :o)
If we have 4 or less entries to the challenge, all projects will be considered as TOP projects.


I hope you'll like the new challenge theme, get inspired and join us with your Math creations. Kaja, Neha and I can't wait to see your creations. :o)

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me. Just leave me a comment on this blog post or send me an e-mail. 

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

Milka

An InLinkz Link-up

Striped 40th Birthday Card (Fairy Tale Challenge #174)

Hi everyone! :o)

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

Our theme for this fortnight is #174, Zahlen / Numbers. Use numbers on your handmade projects.

This time our lucky winner will win this lovely embossing folder.

And here is my take on the challenge: CAS (clean and simple), Striped 40th Birthday Card.

I made this card for my partner's brother who's 40th birthday was yesterday.

To make this card I tried an awesome Jennifer's McGuire Masked Stripe Inlay technique. What an awesome technique and a great way to use paper scraps. I love the result!! :o)

To make striped panel, I used 4 various blue colored cardstock paper scraps, cut them to various size stripes and glued them as shown and described on Jennifer's blog. Check her blog post and video for more details and how to make striped panel. :o)

When I glued all stripes, I trimmed the panel and heat embossed in white number 40 on it. I used numbers form Happy Little Stampers 'Big Bold Numbers' stamp set.

Lastly, I glued the panel on a white top folded square card base and my card was finished.

Card dimensions: 102 mm x 102 mm (4" x 4")

List of supplies:

• Happy Little Stampers 'Big Bold Numbers' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• blue cardstock paper scraps (4 colors)
• sticker paper sheet
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• UHU universal glue
• Uniball Signo White
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Fiskars High Precission Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Ranger Heat It Tool
• powder bag
• scissors

I hope you'll like my project for this fortnight and get inspired. Stop by the Fairy Tale Challenge Blog and see gorgeous creations my Design Team Mates made for this challenge. Do join us, we can't wait to see your projects. :o)

I'm linking my card to following challenge:

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) Crafting By Desings, August Anything Goes Challenge

This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

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

Milka

Panda Birthday Girl Card II (KBD Aloha Friday Challenge #98)

Happy Friday! :o)

Today a new Aloha Friday Challenge starts at Kitty Bee Designs.

The challenge for this fortnight is #98 - Girly Cards.

We have two sponsors for this challenge: Fred She Said Designs and Sweet Escape Digis, so there will be double prizes! :o)

    

And here's my take on the challenge: Panda Birthday Girl Card II.

I made this card for my landlords' daughter who's 9th birthday is today. She loved last year's card I gave her (find card here), so I decided to go with panda this year too. I went with same color scheme (pink+black+white), CAS design, different panda image and different layout. For the layout I decided to CASE my own card (find card here).

I used super cute 'Panda Love' from 2013 January Panda Releases. These Pandas are melting my heart. Love them all!! :o)

I printed the Panda on a white cardstock paper, stamped circles around Panda's eyes and colored them with black pen, as well as Panda's muzzle. Super fast and simple coloring. I fussy cut Panda and traced edges with black marker.

I stamped a bow on a piece of designer paper, fussy cut it, traced edges with black marker and glued it on Panda's head.

Then I colored chipboard speech bubble with Black Soot Distress Ink and edges with black marker. I left it dry on air couple of hours. After drying, I heat embossed in white number 9 on the chipboard.

I cut out two banners, one from designer paper and other from black cardstock paper.

Lastly, I assembled all pieces together. I glued some foam on banners and Panda and glued them on a white top folded card base. I glued the chipboard speech bubble directly on the card base. As a finishing touch, I embellished the card with pink enamel dots. :o)

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

List of supplies:

• Kitty Bee Designs 'Panda Love' digital stamp
• Create a Smile 'Eggstraordinary Egghunt' stamp set (circle.. panda's eyes)
• Jane's Doodles 'ABC's' stamp set (number nine)
• discontinued Paper Smooches 'Sunny Side Up' stamp set (bow)
• paper and enamel dots from Create a Smile 'Beach Party' kit
• white cardstock paper (card base)
• black cardsotck paper (banner)
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen S (superfine) 0.4 mm
• Stabilo Pen (Marker), Black 68/46
• Tim Holtz's Distress Ink, Black Soot
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• Tsukineko VersaMarker Watermark Pen
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• Create a Smile 'Speech Bubbles Oval' chipboard (mid size from small set)
• Uniball Signo White
• UHU universal glue
• foam sheet scraps, 1 mm thick
• foam squares, 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• printer
• Fiskars High Precission Personal Paper Trimmer
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Ranger Heat It Craft Tool
• bone folder
• scissors
• powder bag
• dry cloth
• crafting needle
• tweezers

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) In The Pink, Challenge 122 - Special occasion
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.
Special occasion: 9th birthday of my landlords' daughter.

2) Seize the Birthday, Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

3) Simon Says Wednesday Challenge, Anything Goes
This is my 4th entry to this challenge.

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

Milka