Happy BEERthday Card (Jane's Doodles DT Spotlight)

Hi everyone! :o)

Today is my turn to be on the spotlight over at Jane's Doodles and I made this CAS (clean and simple), masculine, Happy BEERthday Card. :o)

To make this card I used stamps from two ADORABLE Jane's Doodles stamp sets: 'Cheers' and 'Belated Birthday'.

 

How I made my card...

I stamped a beer mug on a white cardstock paper and colored it with colored pencils. I added some extra shades with Stabilo fine liners. After coloring, I fussy cut the mug. Then I covered beer foam with a white pearl maker and left it dry for couple hours.

Next up was a sentiment. I used words and letters from 'Belated Birthday' stamp set. I love word play and went with it on my card. :o) I stamped words 'Happy Birthday' directly on a white top folded card base. Then I heat embossed in white on a black cardstock paper word 'better'. I cut away letters TT and created word BEER. I glued some foam on the embossed letters and glued them on the card base partly covering word 'birthday'. Finally I got sentiment: Happy BEERthday. :o)

I glued some foam squares on the beer mug and placed it on the card. As a finishing touch I embellished the card with white enamel dots. :o)

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

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Cheers' stamp set (image)
• 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)
• TOZ Artist Color colored pencils:
• light yellow
• dark yellow
• orange
• Stabilo colored pencil, grey 979/726
• Staedtler Noris Club colored pencil, grey 144
• Stabilo Fine Liners, fine 0.4:
• yellow 88/44
• orange 88/54
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pen (Marker) 68/46, Black
• UHU liquid glue
• foam tape, 1 mm thick
• foam squares, 2 mm thick
• pearl maker (pastel white)
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• scissors
• bone folder
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Ranger Heat It Tool
• powder bag
• 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) Little Miss Muffet Challenges, Challenge #192 - Anything Goes

2) Seize the Birthday, Anything Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

3) Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, Food and/or Drink

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

4) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Anything Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

5) The Daily Marker, 10th 30 Day Coloring Challenge

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

colored: DAY 17

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

Milka

Tiger Lilies Card (Jane's Doodles DT Spotlight)

Hi everyone! :o)

On Tuesday, May 15th, was my turn to be on the spotlight over at Jane's Doodles and I made this Tiger Lilies Card. :o)

This card is a CASE of a card I made for my mom and shared it two weeks ago (find it here). I went with same design, layout and used same stamps, but went with different color scheme and used different techniques and mediums for coloring. :o)

Mom of a lovely young lady, for whom I created this card, loves orange color. I immediately knew I should go with Tiger Lilies. Gorgeous flower! :o)


How I made the card...

For my card I used stamps from two GORGEOUS Jane's Doodles stamp sets: Lily and Mother's Day.

 

With some masking, I stamped lilies directly on a white top folded card base.

I colored lilies with various coloring mediums. First I blended Distress Ink. I used negative part of masks to protect white background and ink blended lilies. I splattered lilies with water, dried them and repeated the process one more time.

I removed masks, added extra shades on lilies and colored green parts with colored pencils and fine liners. Dimension was missing, so I colored shades using grey colored pencil.

Then I heat embossed in black word ‘Mama’, which is Croatian for mom.

Lastly, I drew brown dots on lilies using fine liner and added some white highlights with white gel pen and the card was finished. :o)

Card dimensions: 95 mm x  133 mm (3 3/4" x 5 1/4")

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Lily' stamp set
• Jane's Doodles 'Mother's Day' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• white paper (for masks)
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Primary Ebony, Regular, WH00R)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Mustard Seed
• Spiced Marmalade
• Hickory Smoke
• TOZ Artist Color colored pencils
• orange
• light green
• dark green
• Stabilo Fine Liners, fine 0.4:
• orange 88/54
• green 88/36
• light brown 88/89
• dark brown 88/45
• grey 88/94
• Stabilo colored pencil, grey 979/726
• Staedtler Noris Club colored pencil, grey 144
• Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink
• eraser
• Fiskars High Precission Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Ranger Heat It Tool
• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• scissors
• water
• paper towels
• powder bag
• 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, May Anything Goes
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Happy Little Stampers, CAS Challenge, May 2018: One Layer

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

3) Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesday, April 2018: Mama, Mom, Mother...
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

At the end of this post...

This Sunday, May 20th, is a World Bee Day. I'm hosting an annual To Bee or Not To Bee Blog Hop. Join me and amazing artists around the World to celebrate 1st World Bee Day and to support bees and bees' protection.

Source: https://www.worldbeeday.org/

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

Milka

I Love Math Challenge #9

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

This is the ninth challenge and also a 2nd Birthday of the challenge. :o)

It was like yesterday when the idea was born and I started this journey. The challenge grew since then, all because of you: Math lovers and non lovers, creators who want to explore, try new things and have fun. Thank you all!! ♥

Two super talented Ladies joined me on this journey, Neha and Kaja. Challenge ideas, discussions, inspiration projects, commenting, voting... Their contribution to the challenge is immeasurable. Thank you both! It wouldn't be same without you. ♥

If you're new to my blog and want to find more about the challenge itself and past challenges, you can find it here.

And now our new challenge theme: SPIRAL.

Spiral is a spiral curve, shape, pattern or object. 

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

Spiral (geometry) a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it. 

Source: Dictionary.com (http://www.dictionary.com/browse/spiral)

Find out more about Spirals in Mathematics in an article Encyclopedia Britannica: Spiral.

If you would like to deep in Math world of spirals and find out types of spirals, visit Wolfram Math world: Spirals.

In nature, spirals are all around us: shelves, sunflowers, roses, ferns, succulent plants... galaxies, spiderwebs, fingerprints... and many many more. Follow this link to see some beautiful photos on Google. :o)

A very talented crafter from India is joining us in this challenge. It's Disha Jain of Cradle Of Creaciones.

Disha is a fan of the challenge and player. I like her unique style and elegance she gives to her creations, especially CAS cards. I've invited Disha to join us in this challenge after she won Challenge #6 and because I Love Math Challenge was the first challenge she won. :o) I'm very happy that she accepted my invitation to be a Guest Designer for this challenge. Just wait to see what she created. :o)

Here is what Disha said:

'Maths and craft when combined, make me go crazy over it. One is my favorite subject and another is my hobby and my love. I am really really honored to join this month's I Love Math Challenge as the guest designer, as this is my first ever GD post ever in the crafty world. This is all because of the trust Milka has put in me and that is really precious to me. 

The challenge theme was pretty cool: SPIRAL. Now that's the fun part here actually. I had to think a lot to come upto the mark for the GD post and the hopes which were put into my work. I have taken a background sheet with Spirals engraved on it, because it pops up the card and the theme. Also, I have created spiral handmade roses to match the theme. I have quilled the small leaves to complete the roses and also, because,I love quilling and the leaves have small spirals in the making,which is because of the quilling art.

All in all, it was a real fun to make the card and enjoyed being the Guest designer here. Please join the challenge and have creative fun with us.'

And here is Disha's GORGEOUS card. LOVE!!! :o)

Gorgeous, elegant card, amazing CAS design, black&withe with a touch of color, beautiful soft spirals in the background and spiral shaped flowers that she made by herself. AMAZING!!! I LOVE Disha's take on the challenge and her card. Jump over to Disha's blog and find more details about her card. :o)


And now inspiration from the team...


Here is Kaja's take on the challenge.

I nearly fainted when Kaja sent me photo of her card. Super cuteness overload!!! Beautiful design, super sweet scene, adorable image, beautiful colors an coloring, gorgeous spirals in the background... ♥ I love Kaja's card and how she incorporated the challenge theme into her lovely birthday card. Jump over to Kaja's blog and find more details about her card. :o)

Neha is taking a short break and not participating with a project in this challenge.


And here is my take on the challenge: CAS (clean and simple), one layer, You Make Me Smile Card.

For my card I used stamps two Jane's Doodles stamp sets: a snail from 'Garden Friends' (which is btw on SALE) and a sentiment form 'Smile' stamp set. Isn't the snail just adorable and his spiral shell fits perfect to this theme. :o)

I decided to go with one layer card, as I didn't made one for a while.

I stamped the sentiment and the snail directly on a white top folded card base.

I decided to give some love to my colored pencils, which I haven't used for a while, and colored the snail with colored pencils. I shaded the spiral shell with Stabilo Fine Liners (I added some color and smeared it with my fingers; repeated the process until I was satisfied).

As a finishing touch, I coated the spiral shell twice with Clear Wink of Stella. :o)

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

List of supplies :

• Jane's Doodles 'Garden Friends' stamp set (snail)
• Jane's Doodles 'Smile' stamp set (sentiment)
• white cardstock paper
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• TOZ Artist Color colored pencils
• light yellow
• dark yellow
• orange
• pink
• TOZ Fantasy colored pencil (skin color)
• Stabilo Fine Liners, fine 0.4:
• yellow 88/44
• orange 88/54
• ZIG Wink of Stella (Gl. Clear 999)
• eraser
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Xcut self healing working mat (grid)

Now it's your turn...

Use a spiral or spirals on your project. Create any kind of project, whatever you like, but your project must be handmade and have visible spiral(s). Any design is welcome. Project can also be crocheted, knitted or sewn.

Spiral doesn't have to be a focal point, but there must be some kind of a spiral on a project (shelves, snails, galaxy, succulents...).

More details about the challenge...

Challenge Starts: April 7th 2018, 10:00 PM CEST (UTC +2)

Challenge Ends: May 7th 2018, 09:55 PM CEST (UTC +2)

Challenge rules:

1. Theme: Spiral(s)
2. Spiral (or more of them) must be visible on your project. Spiral doesn't have to be in a focal point, but must be visible. If you write word 'spiral', that doesn't count in this challenge. It must be a curve, shape or an object.
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. Disha, Kaja, Neha and I will select four favorite projects (TOP 4), which will be featured here on my blog on May 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. Disha, 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

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Rainbow Doodle Flower Card (RCC #19)

Hello everyone!! :o)

Today I want to share with you this CAS (clean and simple), Rainbow Doodle Flower Card.

This Rainbow Color Card (RCC) is the nineteenth and last card I made for a Celebrating 30 Days of Pisces 2018 personal challenge If you want to find out more about it, just follow the link provided. :o) Wrap-up post in a day or two. :o)

How I made my card...

To make my card I used stamps from a Happy Little Stampers 'Doodled Flowers' stamp set. :o)

I stamped a ddodle flower on a white cardstock paper, doodled circles and lines in the middle part of the flower and colored the flower with Stabilo Fine Liners. I fussy cut the flower and traced images with black marker.

Then I heat embossed in white on a black cardstock paper stripe a sentiment.

With all parts ready, I assembled the card. I love dimension on my cards, so I used foam to glue down the stripe and doodle flower on a white top folded card base and my card was finished. :o)

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

List of supplies:

• Happy Little Stampers 'Doodled Flowers' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• black cardstock paper
• Ranger Archival Ink, Jet Black
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• Stabilo Fine Liners, fine 0.4:
• yellow 88/44
• orange 88/54
• red 88/40
• violet 88/55
• dark blue 88/41
• light blue 88/32
• dark green 88/36
• light green 88/33
• Mitsubishi Fine Liner, black 0.2
• foam sheet scraps, 2 mm thick
• foam sheet scraps, 1 mm thick
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• bone folder
• scissors
• Ranger Heat It Tool
• powder bag

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

Milka

Monster Hugs Card (Jane's Doodles DT Spotlight)

Hi everyone! :o)

Today is my turn to be on the spotlight over at Jane's Doodles and I made this CAS (clean and simple), Monster Hugs Card.

To make my card, I was inspired with my own two cards. Color inspiration here, layout here. :o) 

I used an ADORABLE Jane's Doodles 'Monster Squad stamp set. LOVE!!! :o)

I stamped a monster on a watercolor paper, colored him in watercolor technique using Distress Inks, fussy cut him out and traced edges with black marker. Then I glued him on a 2 mm thick foam sheet and fussy cut him out again.

Then I stamped a sentiment on a white top folded card base, drew a line frame with black fine liner to make my CAS card more interesting.

Lastly, I glued the robot on the card, added white highlights on the image, embellished the card with enamel arrow stickers and my card was finished. :o)

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

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Monster Squad' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• white watercolor paper
• Ranger Archival Ink, Jet Black
• Tim Holtz's Distress Inks
• Mustard Seed
• Fossilized Amber
• Tumbled Glass
• Mermaid Lagoon
• Hickory Smoke
• Stabilo Fine Liner (fine 0.4), Black 88/46
• Create a Smile 'Sending Sunshine' enamel stickers (yellow arrows)
• Create a Smile 'Pretty Cool' enamel stickers (blue arrows)
• foam sheet, 2 mm thick
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• scissors
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• Ranger Heat It Tool (for drying)
• crafting needle
• 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 #231 - Anything Goes

This is my 4th entry to this challenge.

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

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

3) Penny Black and More Challenge, March - Anything Goes
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

4) TIME OUT Challenges, Love and/or Friendship
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

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

This is my 4th entry to this challenge.

colored: DAY 4

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

Milka

Robot Birthday Card (LMMS Challenge #155)

Hi everyone! :o)

It's time for a new challenge at Little Miss Muffet Stamps Challenge Blog. It's #155, Anything Goes Challenge.

For this challenge I made this CAS (clean and simple), Robot Birthday Card.

I made this card for my nephew Patrik, my cousins son, who celebrated his 9th birthday this week. HAPPY BIRTHDAY PATRIK!!!  ♥

For my card I used a super cute C. C. Designs 'Rusty' rubber stamp available in LMMS shop here.

I stamped the robot on a thick white watercolor paper, colored him in watercolor technique using Distress Inks and fussy cut him out, leaving thin border around the robot. Then I glued the robot on a 2 mm thick foam sheet and fussy cut him out again.

Then I stamped a sentiment on a white top folded card base, for which I used Create a Smile 'Mini Birthday' stamp set.

I drew a line frame with black fine liner to make my CAS card more interesting. To do so, I was inspired with robot's eyebrows and AMAZING work by Faye Wynn-Jones of Stampin Fluffnstuff. Be sure to visit her blog, her coloring skills and stunning CAS designs will blow you away. Thank you for the inspiration Faye!! :o)

Lastly, I glued the robot on the card, embellished the card with enamel arrow stickers and my card was finished. :o)

Card dimensions: 139 mm x 89 mm (5 1/2" x 3 1/2")

List of supplies:

• C. C. Designs 'Rusty' rubber stamp
• Create a Smile 'Mini Birthday' mini stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• white watercolor paper
• Ranger Archival Ink, Jet Black
• Tim Holtz's Distress Inks
• Tumbled Glass
• Hickory Smoke
• Stabilo Fine Liner (fine 0.4), Black 88/46
• Create a Smile 'Pretty Cool' enamel stickers (small arrows)
• foam sheet, 2 mm thick
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. 3/0
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• sciccors
• crafting needle
• water
• paper towels

I hope you liked my card for today and got inspired. For more inspiration, stop by the LMMS Challenge Blog. Join us in on Challenge #155. The challenge will last for two weeks. There is also a prize for one lucky winner: $10.00 Gift Voucher to the LMMS shop. We like to select couple other projects to highlight as well. :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 1st entry to this challenge.

2) djkardkreations, NBUS challenge #9

My NBUS: C. C. Designs 'Rusty' rubber stamp

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

3) Penny Black And More Challenge, January - Anything Goes
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

4) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog, Anything Goes
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

5) Seize the Birthday, Dashes and/or Doodling
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

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

Milka