Green Kite Card (CASology Week #365 mid-inspiration)

Hi everyone! :o)

Last Tuesday, March 31st, 2020, a new challenge started at CASology. This fortnight's cue word is Kite. :o)

I took some time and skipped three challenges, but I finally managed to create something for this challenge. Due to some unexpected work-from-home situation and deadlines I had to meet, I didn't have the time to prepare my post on time, so I'm bringing it today as mid-inspiration. There is still plenty time to join the challenge, which ends on Monday, April 13th, 2020, 9 AM, CDT (UTC -6).

And here is my take on the challenge: CAS (clean and simple), masculine, Green Kite Card. :o)

Design defined: 

Paper piecing works well with CAS cards.

How I made my card....

This card was so easy and fun to create.

For my card I used stamps from Paper Smooches ' ' stamp set and Lawn Fawn patterned paper.

I stamped a kite and a sentiment in black directly on a white top folded card base. I drew kite's thread with a fine liner and stamped bows in black along the line. I colored the kite and bows with a black marker. I also stamped background clouds in grey.

Then I stamped the kite and bows on the patterned paper, fussy cut all pieces and traced edges with the black marker.

I glued all pieces on the card base over the black colored parts and my card was finished. :o)

I love how my card turned out. :o)

Card measurements:  mm x  mm 

List of supplies:

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• white cardstock paper
• Sakura quickie glue pen
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder

I hope you'll like my card for this challenge and get inspired. For more inspiration, check out  cards my Design Teammates and our Guest Designer created. Do join us in this challenge, we are looking forward to see your CAS creations. :o)

Deepti Stephens

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman
Melissa Chipperfield

Milka Gubo (you are here)

Nancy Elrick
Sandie Munro

Sue Symens
Claire (Guest Designer)

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

Milka

Paper Smooches - November 2019 Release Blog Hop

Hi everyone!! :o)

Paper Smooches has a New Release Blog Hop. GORGEOUS products (2 new stencils, 2 new stamp sets and 4 new dies), AMAZING inspiration from Paper Smooches Design Team and their Guest and an opportunity to win very generous prizes. :o)

To go directly to Paper Smooches Blog Hop post, just click on the image below, or click any link provided in this blog post. :o)

Enjoy and smile!! :o)


Milka

Hoppy Birthday Card

Hi everyone! :o)

Today I want to share with you this CAS (clean and simple), one layer, Hoppy Birthday Card. :o)

To make this card I used super cute frog from Your Next Stamp 'Mini Sticky Note' mini stamp set. For a sentiment I combined words from two different stamp sets: word hoppy from Paper Smooches 'A Little Lovin' stamp set and word birthday from Your Next Stamp 'Honey Bee' stamp set.

I made this card during Kathy's Racoosin 13th 30 day coloring challenge (in July 2019), but I didn't shared a card anywhere yet, just a sneak peek in a preview post of all my coloring during the challenge (here). :o)

How I made my card....

I stamped the frog directly on a top folded Kraft paper card base. With some masking, I stamped the sentiment on the card base.

I colored the frog with various green tones colored pencils. To add some extra shade, I used green Stabilo Fiber Tip Pens (Markers).

When I was satisfied with the color, I colored a shade around the frog with a grey colored pencil. Lastly, I colored frog's eyes with a white pigment ink pen and my card was finished. :o)

Card measurements: 89 mm x 121 mm (3 1/2" x 4 3/4")

List of supplies:

• Your Next Stamp 'Mini Sticky Note' mini stamp set
• Your Next Stamp 'Honey Bee' stamp set (word BIRTHDAY)
• Paper Smooches 'A Little Lovin' stamp set (word HOPPY)
• Crafter's Companion Neenah Desert Storm Kraft Coloring Card
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• TOZ Artist colored pencil, light green
• TOZ Hlapić colored pencil, dark green
• TOZ Fantasy colored pencil, light green
• Stabilo Colored Pencil, dark grey
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pens (Markers):
• light green 68/33
• mid green 68/43
• dark green 68/36
• Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink
• Mitsubishi Uni Pin 0.1
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• post-it papers for masking

I LOVE how my card turned out!!! :o)

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

Milka

Paper Smooches - September 2019 Release Blog Hop

Happy Friday!! :o)

Paper Smooches has a New Release Blog Hop. Lovely products, amazing inspiration from Paper Smooches Design Team and their Guests, and generous prizes. :o)

To go directly to Paper Smooches Blog Hop post, just click on the image below, or click any link provided in this blog post. :o)

Enjoy and smile!! :o)


Milka

Camel Slider Card (IC #15)

Hi everyone! :o)

Today I want to share with you this CAS (clean and simple), Camel Slider Card. :o)

I made this Interactive (IC) SLIDER CARD for my Celebrating 30 Days of Pisces 2019 personal challenge. If you want to find out more about it, just follow the link provided. :o)

This is a FIFTEENTH and last type of IC I made for my challenge. I made 15 different types of interactive cards during Pisces period, which was my personal challenge. I completed my challenge, achieved my goals and had a lot of fun. I wrote a short review about the challenge here.

How I made this card...

To make this card I used stamps from two adorable Paper Smooches stamp sets: a camel from 'Zoo Crew' and a sentiment form 'Sentiment Sampler'. I also used a tiny dots stamp from Create a Smile 'Beach Party' stamp set (part of a kit).

I stamped the camel on a watercolor paper and watercolored her using Distress Inks. After drying, I fussy cut the camel and traced edges with a black marker. I stamped another camel on a white cardstock paper, colored her with black marker, fussy cut her, traced edges with black marker and glued watercolored camel over the black one. I did this because the watercolor paper I used is very thin and I needed a thicker image.

Then I prepared a white side folded card base and a white cardstock paper panel, both same size.

As I don't have slider die-cuts, I used tools I have to create slider opening. I die cut two tiny circles on the panel. Then I cut two parallel lines, using a kraft knife and a ruler, from one to another circle and got slider opening.

Next up was a background scene. I was inspired with two cards I made in the past, both CASEd from a super talented Francine Vuillème of 1001 cartes. You can find my cards here and here (Francine's originals here and here).

For the Sun, I used a circle stencil that I made couple years ago from an acetate sheet leftovers, using a circle cutter. I blended Distress Inks through the stencil on the panel.

For the sand, I masked bottom part of the panel with post-it papers and blended a Distress Ink Tea Dye on the panel. Then I stamped tiny dots over the sand to make it more realistic. Lastly, I stamped the sentiment on the panel.

For a slider mechanism, I used a square piece of a cardstock paper and a plastic letter bead. I glued the bead on the cardstock square and left it dry for an hour. I didn't use any special glue. I used UHU all purpose liquid glue.

With all parts ready, I assembled the card. I glued a 3-D foam on the back of the panel, placed the slider mechanism on the card base and glued the panel on the card base, making sure the bead was peeking through the slider opening on the panel. Prior I continued, I tested the mechanism. Lastly, I glued the camel on the bead and my card was finished. :o)

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

List of supplies:

• Paper Smooches 'Zoo Crew' stamp set
• Paper Smooches 'Sentiment Sampler' stamp set
• Create a Smile 'Beach Party' kit (tiny dots stamp)
• handmade circle stencil
• white cardstock paper
• thick watercolor paper
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim Holtz's Distress Inks:
• Mustard Seed
• Spiced Marmalade
• Antique Linen
• Tea Dye 
• Walnut Stain
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pen (Marker) 68/46, Black
• plastic letter bead
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D foam sheet, 3 mm thick
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• Xcut Self Healing Cutting Mat A4
• Sizzix Big Shot
• tiniest circle die-cut from Sizzix Big Shot starter kit
• bone folder
• scissors
• kraft knife
• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tools
• ruler
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no. #0
• water
• paper towels
• post-it papers

I love how my card turned out!! Desert scene, interactive card, yet still CAS. Here is a short video... :o)

Music:
"Marty Gots a Plan" Kevin MacLeod   

(incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

It's took me much longer than I planed to share all my IC cards with you, but I finally managed. :o) I'll share a complete preview and wrap up post sometimes next week. :o)

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

Milka

Paper Smooches - August 2019 Release Blog Hop

Hi everyone!! :o)

Paper Smooches has a New Release Blog Hop. There is still some time left to hop to see new released products and projects from amazing Paper Smooches Design Team and their Guests. :o)

To go directly to Paper Smooches Blog Hop post, just click on the image below, or click any link provided in this blog post. :o)

Enjoy and smile!! :o)

Milka

P.S. I Love Math Challenge #14 starts tomorrow, August 8th, 2019, at 10 PM (CEST). Due to some unexpected situation I didn't manage to take photos of my project. I also didn't manage (neither I will manage it today) to prepare blog post and linky. Sorry!! But there is something good (at least I think so): the challenge will last for 53 days, by September 30th, 2019, so there will be plenty of time to play with us. :o)

FareWHALE Card

Hello everyone! :o)

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

I made this card by a request from my high school classmate. She needed a card for a colleague from work who got another job and was leaving "the gang". She asked for a whale, word play, inside card text (team joke) and specific font color for two letters. I came up with this card. She loved it!! :o)

To make this card I used an adorable whale from Paper Smooches 'Surf and Turf' stamp set.

For the text I used a free font I downloaded from here: Spicy Sushi Roll by Kevin and Amanda. Love it!! :o)

Important: Read licences before downloading.

How I made this card...

I wrote the text for front and inside of the card on my computer and printed both on two white cardstock paper panels. I left an ink to dry over the night.

Next day I ink blended the front panel with Distress Inks and mini ink blending tool. I've splattered the panel with water, dried it and repeated the process. When I was satisfied with the color, I mixed same Distress Inks that I used for blending with a bit of a water and splattered the panel with them. I dried the panel with heat it tool and glued the panel on a white side folded card base.

Then I glued another panel (with the text only) inside the card.

For letters th I used magenta color (RGB: reed 226, green 0, blue 116.

Next up was the whale. I stamped the whale on a watercolor paper and colored him with a Distress Ink Hickory Smoke in watercolor technique. After drying, I fussy cut the whale, traced edges with a black marker and softened him with a stylus ball on a soft working mat. This curled the image a bit, which added a bit of an extra dimension to the image.

Then I stamped another whale on a white cardstock paper scrap, colored him with the black marker, fussy cut the whale leaving thin white border around him, and glued the watercolored whale over him. I did this because the watercolor paper I use is very thin and I needed a thicker image. I always do this. Great fussy cutting practice. LOL :o)

Lastly I glued some foam on the back of the whale, glued him on the card and my card was finished. :o)

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

List of supplies:

• Paper Smooches 'Surf and Turf' stamp set
• Spicy Sushi Roll Font 
• white cardstock paper
• white watercolor paper
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks
• Salty Ocean
• Blueprint Sketch
• Hickory Smoke
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D foam squares, 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• printer
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool
• Ranger Heat It Tool
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• scissors
• bone folder
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #2
• stylus ball
• soft working mat
• 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) Addicted to Stamps and More, Challenge #351 - Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

2) Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge, Week 30 - Anything Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

3) Paper Smooches, July 2019: Anything Goes
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

4) Rainbow Card Challenge, Challenge #7 - Blue Breezes
This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

5) Yes, Virginia, July 2019 Show and Share

I used the whale image from the stamp set for the first time.

This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

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

Milka

Update September 30th, 2019

I am linking my card to Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember in collaboration with Paper Smooches.