Rainbow Easter Baskets (Fairy Tale Challenge #190)

Hello everyone! :o)

My second post today. If you missed the first one, just scroll down or follow a direct link here. I've announced TOP 4 and a winner of I Love Math Challenge #8. :o)

On Tuesday March 27th, a new challenge started over at Fairy Tale Challenge Blog. I'm a bit late with sharing, but there is still a lot of time for you to join. :o)

Our theme for this fortnight is #190, Osterkörbchen / Easter basket.

And here is my take on the challenge: Rainbow Easter Baskets. :o)

I made this type of basket last year (find it here). This year I went with Rainbow palette and made  five of them. I'll be giving these to my friends tomorrow. :o)

Today I won't be sharing how I made my baskets, as I already shared that on my blog in the past. You can find detailed description here and here (same as today's).

List of supplies:

• Lili of the Valley 'Butterfly Kisses' 8x8 Paper Pad (green gingham)
• Lawn Fawn 'Really Rainbow' petite paper pack (yellow, light blue)
• blue cardstock paper
• red polka dots paper (have no idea where from)
• white cardstock paper
• Sizzix butterfly thinlits die 
• Tim Holtz Idea-ology Long Fasteners
• UHU universal glue
• double sided strong adhesive tape
• 3-D foam square, 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• Sizzix Big Shot
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• scissors
• Martha Stewart scalloped paper puncher
• needle
• paper clips

I hope you'll like my Easter Baskets and get inspired. For more inspiration, challenge and prize details stop by the Fairy Tale Challenge Blog. Do join us, we can't wait to see your projects. :o)

I'm linking my project 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, Anything Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Task for Two Tuesday, #98: Osterkörbchen / Easter Baskets

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

Milka

Dotty Card (Hanna and Friends #222)

Happy Friday everyone :-D

Today I am posting my third project as a Guest Designer at Hanna and Friends. Challenge started yesterday. Due to my obligations, I'm late with my project.

New challenge for this fortnight is #222 - Punkte und/oder Kreise / Dots and/or circles. Use dots, circles or both on your projects.

A prize for one lucky winner is this gorgeous package sponsored by Paperbasics.

For this challenge, I made this Dotty Card.

I used lovely Santoro's Gorjuss 'Ladybird' image, whit polka dots on the outfit. This one I got stamped on thick white paper from a friend Kristina from Sweden. She sent me a lot of craft supplies, stamped images, embossed panels and die-cuts. Embossed lavender panel on the card is also from Kristina. Thank you so much Kristina. :-D

I colored the image with colored pencils and blended colors using paper blending stomp and baby oil. After the image was completely dry, I fussy cut it, colored edges with black permanent pen, added 3-D foams behind the image and placed it on the card.

Card dimensions are 107 mm x 139 mm (4 1/4" x 5 1/2").

List of supplies:

• Santoro's Gorjuss 'Ladybird' stamped image (gift from friend)
• black cardstock paper
• lavender cardstock paper (inside)
• embossed lavender cardstock panel (gift from friend) 
• black ribbon  
• colored pencils (skin color, pink, violet, black)
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen M (medium) 1.0 mm
• UHU universal glue
• double sided adhesive tape
• 3-D foam self adhesive pads  
• scoring board
• trimmer
• scissors
• paper blending stomp no. #2
• Johnson's baby oil with Aloe Vera

Stop by the Hanna and Friends and check out lovely projects Design Team and other Guest Designers created for this challenge. Do 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 direct link to the current challenge and blog badge is direct link to blog or challenge home page.

1) Through The Craft Room Door, TTCRD Challenge from May 12th to May 18th, Anything Goes

2) V's Sweet Ideas Challenge Blog, VSC Challenge #34 - Emboss it!
I don't have any tool for embossing, so I used embossed panel I got from a friend.

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


Crafty Milka

Birthday Princess Card (Hanna and Friends #220)

Hi everyone :-D

Today I am posting my second project as a Guest Designer at Hanna and Friends.

New challenge for this fortnight is #220 - Krone / Crown.

A prize for one lucky winner is a surprise stamp sponsored by Papercrafts.

For this challenge, I made this Birthday Princess Card.

I used super cute Mo's Manning digital stamp 'Birthday Princess' and a gorgeous Sizix 'Flights of Fancy' digital paper,  I got for free as a subscriber to a newsletter. 

Image is paper pieced.
I printed two images on white paper (160 grams). I colored one image with colored pencils and blended colors with baby oil. On the other image (panel) I colored only bees and sparkles with yellow pencil.
After the first image was completely dry, I fussy cut it, colored edges with black permanent pen, softened paper with stylus ball and glued it over other image.
To add more dimension to the image and to create glossy accents, I added gloss resin gel on shoes, wand, bees, cherry, crown's flower, muffin's dots and bow around it.

Card dimensions are 104 mm x 145 mm (4 1/8" x 5 3/4").

List of supplies:

• Mo's Manning digital stamp 'Birthday Princess'
• Sizix 'Flights of Fancy', spots, brown (free for newsletter subscribers)     
• white cardstock paper
• white paper (160 grams) 
• colored pencils (skin color, pink, violet, yellow, red, green, 3 shades of brown)
• Tim Holtz's Distressed Ink (Walnut Stain)  
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen S (superfine) 0.4 mm
• Pritt universal glue
• white water based glue
• gloss resin gel super-clear
• printer 
• scoring board
• ruler
• trimmer
• scissors
• crafting needle
• stylus ball 
• Johnson's baby oil with Aloe Vera
• cotton buds 

Stop by the Hanna and Friends and check out lovely projects Design Team and other Guest Designers created for this challenge. Do 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 direct link to the current challenge and blog badge is direct link to blog or challenge home page.

1) Addicted to Stamps Challenge,  Challenge #102 - Girly but no Pink

2) Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge Blog, Anything Goes Challenge

3) Sentimental Sundays, Challenge #254 - No Sentiment

4) Simon Says Stamp Blog, Work it Wednesday March 2015, What you're stamping right now (show your favorite new stamp, oldie but goodie, or whatever is inspiring you to do some crafting now)

I used my new Mo's Manning digital stamp 'Birthday Princess'. Mo's images are my favorite digital stamps at the moment. :-D

5) Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog, Challenge: In the Middle 

6) Through The Craft Room Door, TTCRD Challenge from April 14th to April 20th, Anything Goes
My 2nd entry to this challenge.  

7) V's Sweet Ideas Challenge Blog, VSC Challenge #33 - Anything Goes
My 2nd entry to this challenge. 

8) Whimsy Stamps Inspiration Challenges, Challenge 82 - Colour an image

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


Crafty Milka

Bunnies and Butterflies Card (KBD Aloha Friday Challenge #44)

Hi everyone :-D 

My second post today...

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

New challenge for this fortnight is #44 - Easter.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Dilly Beans Digi Stamps, with an awesome prize for our random winner: 3 digital images.

For this challenge I made this Bunnies and Butterflies Card, using our sponsor's beautiful image 'Aidynn's Bunny Framed' .

First I printed the image on a white paper (160 grams) and colored it with colored pencils.

When I color with colored pencils, I mostly blend colors using only pencils or using white pencil, but this time I tried something different. I blended colors with baby oil. I saw that in a video Colored Pencil Blending Methods by Dina Kowal a while ago. I am satisfied with the results.

While blending with baby oil, I smeared the image's background, so I decided to paper piece the image. I fussy cut the colored image, colored edges with black permanent pen, printed another image on pink paper (120 grams) and glued fussy cut piece over it. I didn't take photos of these.

I printed large polka dots digital paper and small polka dots black and white digital paper on the pink paper. I found those free digital papers a while ago, but, unfortunately, I can't find where.

After I put all pieces of the card together, I added gloss resin gel on some parts of the image and covered butterflies with it, to create glossy accents. This is a new product I bought few days ago and it makes the same effect like a transparent glossy varnish that I used in my previous projects. Glossy effect is great and a 100 ml bottle didn't cost a lot. It was on sale, so it was great opportunity to grab something new and try it. I am very satisfied!

Card dimensions are 89 mm x 132 mm (3 1/2" x 5 1/4").

List of supplies: 

• Dilly Beans Digi Stamps 'Aidynn's Bunny Framed'
• large polka dots digital paper 
• small polka dots digital paper 
• Florence cardstock paper, Canvas Texture (dark and light grey)
• white paper (160 grams) 
• pink paper (120 grams) 
• colored pencils (skin color, pink,light and dark grey)
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen S (superfine) 0.4 mm 
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen M (medium) 1.0 mm 
• fine liners 0.5 mm (pink, grey)  
• Pritt universal glue 
• white water based glue 
• gloss resin gel super-clear  
• printer
• scoring board 
• trimmer
• scissors 
• crafting needle 
• butterfly paper puncher 
• Johnson's baby oil with Aloe Vera
• cotton buds

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. :-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) Creative Card Crew, Challenge #83 - Easter Critters 

2) Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge, R#219 - Easter

3) djkardkreations, NBUS (never before used schtuff) #4 - Anything Goes
My NBUS is Dilly Beans Digi Stamps 'Aidynn´s Bunny Framed' digital stamp.
This is my 1st entry to this challenge. 

4) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Anything Goes

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

Crafty Milka

Star Monster Card

Hi everyone :-D  

Today I made this Star Monster Card. 

I love this black/yellow/white color combination and I used it on several cards. You can see them here, here, here, here, here and here. :-D

For my card layout I used wonderful sketch from Your Next Stamp, designed by Julie Elak. I love her sketches! :-D

First I made a card layout using a black cardstock paper and printed Prettygrafikdesign digital paper. I colored/distressed edges of patterned papers using Tim Holtz´s Distressed Ink Black Soot and blending tool. I always do that when I use dark colors on my cards. It looks much better. :-D 

I used super cute and fun 'Monster' digital stamp (freebie) from Create a Smile. Love this little Monster and I used him twice before on my projects. I am sure I´ll use him again. :-D He is my swap for the circle shape on the sketch.

Image is paper pieced.
I printed two 'Monster' images on a white cardstock paper and colored the pieces in watercoloring technique using only one color (Tim Holtz´s Distressed Ink Mustard Seed), water and brush. I added few dashes to his feet and hair, and colored dots with black permanent pen. I love glossy accents, so I covered Monster´s dots with thick layer of transparent glossy varnish. This way black color looks much prettier. I added some varnish to his teeth too. :-D
After drying, I fussy cut all parts, colored edges with black permanent pens and glued two pieces together. I also added googly eyes onto the Monster, to make him even more funny.
Here is a photo of pieces I used.

 

He looks like Monster I colored three weeks ago (here), there are just few differences (slightly brighter hair and feet, dashes). 

I love dimension on my cards. I added dimensional foam behind the Monster and placed him on the card.

Card dimensions are 149 mm x 105 mm (5 7/8" x 4 1/8").

List of supplies:

• Create a Smile 'Monster' digital stamp (freebie)
  
• Prettygrafikdesign digital paper (stars, polka dots)
• black cardstock paper
  
• white cardstock paper 
• Tim Holtz´s Distressed Inks (Mustard Seed, Black Soot) 
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen S (superfine) 0.4 mm 
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen M (medium) 1.0 mm
• googly eye Ø 10 mm
• googly eye Ø 8 mm 
• Pritt universal glue
• white water based glue 
• dimensional double sided adhesive foam  
• transparent varnish with extra gloss 
• printer
• scoring board
• trimmer 
• scissors 
• crafting needle 
• Marabu fine paint brush no. 1
• Tim Holtz´s blending tool 
• water

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 #136 - Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge. 

2) Create a Smile March projects

3) Lawnscaping Challenges, Challenge no. 102 - Distress Addicts
Watercolored the image with Distress Ink Mustard Seed. 
Distressed edges of patterned papers with Distress Ink Black Soot.

4) Your Next Stamp, Sketch Challenge #9

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