Mini Santa Card (AAA Cards Game #156 GDT)

Hi everyone! :o)

I was delighted to be asked to be a Guest Designer at AAA Cards for a Game #156, after I won 1st place in their Game #152 Maxi White Space + Geometric. I love playing AAA Cards challenges, as their challenges are all about CAS (clean and simple) cards, my favorite card design. :o)

The Game #156 theme is Sketch + optional twist Winter Birthday.

Card design needs to be CAS. Here is a CAS definition from AAA Cards blog:

Note: there are various CAS cards definitions on various blogs.

And here is my take on the challenge: CAS (clean and simple), Mini Santa Card. :o)

How I made my card...

I colored a Santa in November 2019 during Kathy's Racoosin 14th 30 Day Coloring Challenge (preview here). I stamped the Santa on a watercolor paper and colored him in watercolor technique using Distress Inks. After drying, I fussy cut the Santa and traced edges with a black marker.

I left the Santa aside for nearly two months until I decided to use it on my today's card. :o)

I stamped another Santa on a white cardstock paper, fussy cut him leaving thin white border around him, colored the Santa with the black marker and glued watercolored Santa image over it.

Next up was a patterned stripe. I cut the stripe from a Kraft cardstock paper and randomly stamped snowflakes in watermark stamping technique using a VersaMark Watermark Ink.

I mixed a white tempera color with a bit of water and, using a paint brush, splattered the stripe and left it dry on air.

After drying, I assembled the card following the sketch. I glued the patterned stripe on a white top folded card base, glued 3-D foams on the back of the Santa and glued him on the card and glued 3 snowflakes on the card.

As a finishing touch, I drew details on a Santa's outfit using a black fine liner and a white pigment ink pen and my card was finished. :o)

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

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Snow Globe' stamp set (snowflakes stamps)
• Create a Smile 'Snow Dance' kit (Santa stamp)
• Create a Smile 'Frosty Fun' kit (tiny snowflake die cut)
• Wiler Creativity Cutting Dies, larger snowflake die cut (gift from a dear friend Alice of Scrap & C... THANK YOU ALICE!!! ♥)
• white cardstock paper
• Crafter's Companion Neenah Desert Storm Kraft Coloring Card
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• Tim Holtz Distress Inks:
• Tea Dye
• Ground Espresso
• Hickory Smoke
• Koh-i-noor tempera color (white)
• Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink pen
• Mitsubishi Uni Pin 0.2
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pen (Marker), Black 68/46
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D foams, 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Sizzix Big Shot
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• scissors
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• paper towels
• water

I hope you'll like my take on the challenge sketch and get inspired. :o) Stop by the AAA Cards and see amazing creations from the Design Team made for this challenge. The challenge ends on January 18th, 2020, so there is plenty time to share your CAS one layer cards with us. :o) For more information about the challenge rules and prizes, jump over to challenge post at AAA Cards. :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) Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge, January 2020, Anything Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesday, December 2019: Snowflakes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

3) STAMPlorations, CAS Card Challenge, January 2020, Anything CAS Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

4) STAMPlorations, Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge, January 2020

I went only with a theme: Stamps & Splatters.

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

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

Milka

Karate Yellow Belt Shaker Card

Hello everyone! :o)

Today I want to share with you this CAS (clean and simple), Karate Yellow Belt Shaker Card. I love creating CAS interactive cards!!! My two favorite card designs: CAS and interactive card... 2 in 1. :o)

I made this card for my friend's son, Fran, who trains Karate. He earned an Yellow Karate Belt. Congratulations!!! ♥

If you would like to find out more what the Karate Belt colors mean, check out this article.

How I made this card...

To make this card I used a super cute Mama Elephant 'Tiny Ninjas' stamp set. LOVE!!! :o)

I used this stamp set to make cards for my niece Tea, who also trains Karate. She earned two belts: Yellow and Orange. If you like, you can find cards I made for her here and here... or cards labeled #karate. :o) I'm sure there will be more cards using the set, as my younger niece Nika also started her Karate education. I'm so proud of those kids!!! ♥

I stamped an adorable ninja on a watercolor paper and watercolored him using Distress Inks. After drying, I fussy cut the ninja leaving white thin border around him.

For a layout, I used a sketch from AAA Cards, CAS Game #123 - Sketch.

I die-cut a circle in a white cardstock paper panel, glued an acetate sheet over the window and stamped a sentiment on the panel.

Then I blended a Distress Ink Mustard Seed directly on a white top folded card base. I splattered blended surface with a water, dried it and repeated blending the Distress Ink. When I was satisfied with a color, I glued 1 mm thick foam sheet scraps on the panel.

I really love Jennifer's McGuire Shaker Stamped Cards and I had to give it a try on this card. Thank you for the inspiration and tips, Jennifer!! ♥

I glued a clear thread on the ninja's back and glued thread on the foam inside the window. Then I glued another layer of 1 mm thick foam scraps on the panel. I hope this makes sense. I'm giving my best to explain the process... see Jennifer's video for all details... :o)

I mixed various sequins and beads to get my own mix. I filled the window with shaker mix and glued the panel on the card base. To make the card sturdier, I glued a white cardstock paper panel inside the card and my card was finished. :o)

Short video....

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

List of supplies:

• Mama Elephant 'Tiny Ninjas' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• white watercolor paper
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim Holtz's Distress Inks:

• Tea Dye
• Mustard Seed
• Hickory Smoke
• various sequins and beads
• UHU liquid glue
• foam sheet scraps, 1 mm thick
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• My Favorite Things, Die-namics Wonky Stitched Circle STAX
• Sizzix Big Shot
• bone folder
• scissors
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no. #0
• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool
• Ranger Heat It Tool (for drying)
• water
• paper towels
• water
• clear thread

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) AAA Cards, CAS Game #123 - Sketch

2) Little Miss Muffet Challenges, Challenge #197 - Anything Goes

3) Paru's Card Making Challenges, September 2018: Anything Goes

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

4) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges, Stamp On It
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

5) Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesday, August/September 2018: Favorite Stamping Technique
I like many stamping techniques. Yesterday I shared a card using one of them: masking. Today I'm sharing project made with my favorite stamping technique: stamping, coloring an image and fussy cutting. Love love love!! :o)
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

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

Milka

Update September 27th, 2018:
I'm linking my card to STAMPtember fun with Mama Elephant over at Simon Says Stamp.

Rainbow Striped Birthday Card

Happy Friday! :o)

Today I want to share with you  a birthday card I made for my niece Mia, my cousins daughter, who turned 6 this week. ♥

I've played again with a CAS(E) this Sketch #160 and made this CAS (clean and simple), Rainbow Striped Birthday Card.

This is my 3rd take on the sketch. You can find my first take on this sketch here and second here.

Here is the CAS(E) this Sketch #160.

How I made the card...

I cut a panel from watercolor paper. I could go with one layer card because watercolor paper I used is thick enough, but I want to be very rational with this one and save on it because it was quite expensive.

I stamped a sentiment from Jane's Doodles 'Birthday Wishes' stamp set on the panel and drew thick lines in watercolor technique using Distress Inks, a lot of water and flat brush, following a Rainbow color pattern. After drying, I drew thinner lines using Distress Inks, a bit of water and rounded brush.

When I was satisfied with color of stripes, I dried the panel and glued it on a top folded white card base. I highlighted the sentiment with a white gel pen and coated thin lines with Clear Wink of Stella and my card was finished. :o)

Card dimensions: 88 mm x 127 mm (3.5" x 5")

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Birthday Wishes' stamp set
• white cardstock paper (card base)
• Koh-i-noor pop Aquarell Watercolor Paper, 250 gms
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks
• Wilted Violet
• Blueprint Sketch
• Mermaid Lagoon
• Twisted Citron
• Mustard Seed
• Spiced Marmalade
• Barn Door
• Festive Berries
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen S(superfine) 0.4 mm
• Uniball Signo White
• UHU universal glue
• ZIG Wink of Stella Brush (Gl. clear 999)
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• bone folder
• Marabu fine flat paint brush no.#6
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #2
• Ranger Heat It Tool (for drying)
• water
• paper towels

I'm 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) Addicted to Stamps and More, Challenge #234 - Clean and Simple

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

2) Happy Little Stampers, Watercolour Challenge, March 2017, Anything Goes

This is my 11th entry to this challenge.

3) STAMPlorations, CAS Card Challenge, March 2017: Anything CAS Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

4) The Daily Marker, 7th 30 Day Coloring Challenge

This is my 12th entry to this challenge.

colored: DAY 11

5) 613 Avenue Create, Challenge #195, March 2017, Anything Goes with optional twist: The Rubber Room (No Digis)

This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

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

Milka

Live Laugh Love Card (Fairy Tale Challenge #162)

Hi everyone and happy Valentine's Day! :o)

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

Our theme for this fortnight is #162, Sketch.

This time our lucky winner will win this pair of die-cuts. Cute!!! :o)

The sketch our Bianca designed for the challenge is so pretty and I'm sure I'll use it again. :o)

For my first take on the sketch, I went with rectangle shaped card base, made some minor changes on the layout and made a card as simple as possible. It's this monochrome, Live Laugh Love Card. :o)

To create this card I use patterned papers from Teresa Collins 'Something Wonderful' Paper Pad. I cut striped patterned paper rectangles and glued them directly on a top folded white card base. Then I cut "sentiment rectangle", glued it on a white cardstock rectangle, glued 2 mm thick foam sheet on the back of it and glued it in center of the card.

As a finishing touch, I colored tiny hearts (originally only outlines) in white using white gel pen, embellished the card with white enamel dots and my card was finished. :o)

Super easy and fast to create. It took me less than 30 minutes. :o)

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

List of supplies:

• Teresa Collins 'Something Wonderful' 6" x 6" Paper Pad
• Create a Smile 'Snow Dance' enamel stickers (white)
• white cardstock paper
• Uniball Signo White
• doublesided adhesive tape
• foam sheet, 2 mm thick
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• ruler
• bone folder
• crafting needle

I hope you liked my project for this fortnight and got 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 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) Country View Challenges, February 2017 - Time Challenge: 30 Minutes or Under

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.
It took me less than 30 minutes to make this card.

2) Paru's Card Making Challenges, February Challenge: LOVE 
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

At the end of this post...

I'm a Design Team Member for Fairy Tale Challenge since February 2015. TWO YEARS!! :o) I got an invitation from Bianca to join the team after my 3 months Guest Designing commitment. I'm so happy to be a part of the amazing, talented and super friendly team. :o)

In the two years period time I made many projects, you can find them on my DT projects preview page here. :o)

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Stop by later today, I'll be sharing one more project. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka

Year of the Rooster Card (Kitty Bee Designs Spotlight)

Hi everyone! :o)

Today is my turn to be on the spotlight over at Kitty Bee Designs, my first spotlight this year, and I made this CAS (clean and simple), Year of the Rooster Card.

Two days ago, on January 28th, new Lunar year begun, Year of the Rooster, so it was not hard to decide which image to use and what theme to go with on this card. :o)

I used a super cute '2017 Year of the Rooster' Zodiac digital stamp.

For my card layout I followed a current challenge sketch CTS#206 from CAS(E) this Sketch.

Image is paper pieced. I used two images for paper piecing.

I printed the Rooster on a white cardstock paper scrap, colored him with black marker and fussy cut him out, leaving white border around him.

Then I printed one more Rooster on a watercolor paper and colored him in watercolor technique using Distress Inks. After drying, I shaded red colored parts with red colored pencil, fussy cut the Rooster, traced edges with black marker and softened him using stylus ball.

I glued colored Rooster over "the black one", drew white highlights with white pen and the Rooster was finished.

This is super easy paper piecing. It gives a bit of an extra dimension to images. :o)

Next up was working on the sketch layout...

I masked a bottom part of a top folded white card base with a washi tape and blended it with Distress Inks. I started with Abandoned Coral, but it was "not enough red" so I blended over it with Barn Door. Better!! :o)

I splattered the blended part with water, dried it and repeated the whole process (blending, splattering) three times, until I was satisfied with a pattern. Lastly, I splattered the blended part with Distress Ink Barn Door mixed with a bit of water, dried it, removed the washi tape and trimmed the card a bit.

For a sentiment I used two different fonts.

Word 'happy' is from a Create a Smile 'Make a Wish' stamp set and I stamped it directly on a card base. I got the set in November 2016 and finally used it now.

I wrote second part of the sentiment, 'New Year', on my computer using Impact Label Font, printed it on the white cardstock paper scrap, cut it out, traced edges with black marker and got a lovely label, as if I had label maker. :o) 

Lastly, I assembled all pieces together. I glued 3-D foam tape on the label and foam sheet scraps on the image and glued them on the card. Red enamel dots as a finishing touch and my card was finished. :o)

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

List of supplies:

• Kitty Bee Designs '2017 Year of the Rooster' Zodiac digital stamp
• Create a Smile 'Make a Wish' stamp set
• Impact Label Font (Important: Read licences before downloading.)
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• printer
• Ranger Archival Ink, Jet Black
• Tim Holtz's Distress Inks:
• Mustard Seed
• Fossilized Amber
• Abandoned Coral
• Barn Door
• Hickory Smoke
• TOZ Artist Color colored pencil (dark red)
• Stabilo Fibre Tip Pen (Marker), Black 68/46
• Unibal Signo White
• Create a Smile 'Snow Dance' enamel stickers (red)
• UHU universal glue
• foam sheet scraps, 1 mm thick
• foam tape, 1 mm thick
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• Ranger Heat It Tool
• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool
• scissors
• stylus ball
• soft working mat
• crafting needle
• bone folder
• water
• paper towels
• washi tape (for masking)

I hope you enjoyed my KBD spotlight card for this month. Check out more cute images at the Kitty Bee Designs Etsy Store, Kitty Bee Designs Blog and Kitty Bee Designs FB. :o)

I'm 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) Addicted to Stamps and More, Challenge #226 - Anything Goes

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

2) CAS(E) this Sketch #206

3) djkardkreations, NBUS challenge #10

My NBUSes: Kitty Bee Designs '2017 Year of the Rooster' Zodiac digital stamp and Create a Smile 'Make a Wish' stamp set

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

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

At the end of this post...

I'm a Design Team Member for Kitty Bee Designs since January 2015. TWO YEARS!! :o) I'm so happy to be a part of the amazing, talented and super friendly team. :o)

In the two years period time I made many projects, you can find them on my DT projects preview pages, here and here. :o)

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

Milka