Butterfly in Red Mandala Circle Card

Hi everyone! :o)

My 2nd post today. If you missed the first one just scroll down or follow a direct link here. :o)

My second project today is this Butterfly in Red Mandala Circle Card. I made this card for my mom who's birthday was a week ago. :o)

♥ I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST MOM!!! ♥

To make this card I CASEd a card I made for my mom's birthday last year (here). I went with same design and used same products, just went with different color scheme and only one butterfly on this card.

I used a GORGEOUS Create a Smile 'Mandala' cling stamp and Sizzix butterfly thinlits die.


How I made this card...

I heat embossed the Mandala in white on a watercolor paper. I colored the Mandala in watercolor technique using two Distress Inks, Spun Sugar and Festive Berries, and a lot of water. When I was satisfied with color, I dried the paper and cut the Mandala into a circle shape.

I cut another same size circle from a white cardstock paper and two larger circles. I glued two larger circles together on top and created a circle shaped card base.

Then I die cut the butterfly in the watercolored circle panel and four butterflies from the white cardstock paper.

With all pieces ready, I started assembling my card. First I glued the watercolored panel on the same size white cardstock circle. Then I glued butterflies. I combined die cut inlay and die cut stacking techniques. When I glued all pieces together, I glued the panel on the card base and my card was finished. :o)

Card measurements: d = 105 mm (4 1/8")

List of supplies:

• Create a Smile 'Mandala' cling stamp
• Sizzix butterfly thinlits die 
• white cardstock paper
• white watercolor paper
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Spun Sugar
• Festive Berries
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• UHU liquid glue
• Sizzix Big Shot
• Fiskars High Precission Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Ranger Heat It Craft Tool
• Xcut self healing cutting mat A4
• EK Success Circle Cutters
• Crystal Katana
• crafting needle
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• paper towels
• water

I love how my card turned out, the texture and dimension I achieved by stacking butterflies. My mom also loved it. :o) Here is a short video of my finished card. :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) Addicted to Stamps Challenge, Challenge #179 - Anything Goes
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes With Dies Challenge, November 2019

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

3) Happy Little Stampers Watercolor Challenge, November 2019, Anything Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Stop by later today, I'll be posting two more times. Next post is up at 6 PM, CET (UTC +1). Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka

Red Feathers Birthday Card (CASology Week #353)

Hi everyone! :o)

It's time for a new challenge at CASology. This fortnight's cue word is Feather. :o)

We also have a sponsor for this challenge: UNIKO. Find all details about the prize over at CASology blog.

And here is my take on the challenge: CAS (clean and simple), Red Feathers Birthday Card. :o)

Design defined: 

Adding dimension gives CAS card special interest.

How I made my card....

To make my card I was inspired by a GORGEOUS card made by Donna Mikasa of three umbrellas. Fantastic design! :o) Thank you for the inspiration, Donna. ♥

I used a sentiment from Jane's Doodles 'All Occasions' stamp set and a gorgeous Sizix feather die cut I got from a dear friend crafter, Alice of Scrap & C. Thank you so much, Alice!!! ♥

I ink blended a Distress Ink Candied Apple on a white cardstock paper scrap. When I was satisfied with the color I splattered the paper with water, picked water with a paper towel and dried it with a heat tool. I repeated the process one more time.

Then I die cut 3 feathers from the blended paper. I heat embossed the sentiment in white on a black cardstcok paper and cut the sentiment stripe to a desirable size.

I masked a bottom part of a white top folded card base and splattered a Distress Ink Black Soot mixed with a bit of water directly on the card base. I dried splatters with the heat tool.

With all parts ready, I assembled the card. I wanted to create a dimension with feathers, so I curled them a bit with my fingers, added just a bit of glue in the center part of each die-cut feather and then glued them directly on the card base.

Lastly, I glued some 3-D foam on the sentiment stripe, glued it on the card base and my card was finished. :o)

Card measurements: 95 mm x 139 mm (3 3/4" x 5 1/2")

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'All Occasions' stamp set 
• Sizzix thinlits die - Little Feather Mini
• white cardstock paper
• black cardstock paper
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Candied Apple
• Black Soot
• Mitsubishi Uni Pin 0.2
• UHU liquid glue
• Sizzix Big Shot
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Ranger Heat It Craft Tool
• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #2
• paper towels
• water
• post-it papers

I hope you'll like my card for this challenge and get inspired. For more inspiration, check out the Design Team cards. Join us in this challenge, we are looking forward to see your CAS creations. :o)

Jacquie Southas

Janet Ribet

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman
Melissa Chipperfield

Milka Gubo (you are here)

Nancy Elrick

Sue Symens

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) Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge, Week 40 - Anything Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Love To Craft Challenge, LTCCB #39 October Anything Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

3) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges, Anything Goes

This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

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

Milka