12 Days of Christmas - Day 9 - Two CAS Reindeer Cards

Hi everyone! :o)

Welcome to 9th Day of my 12 Days of Christmas Series.

Today I want to share with you these two CAS (clean and simple) Reindeer Cards.

 

To make these cards, I CASEd (copied and shared everything) my own card that I shared here on my blog in November 2020 (here). I went with same design, color scheme, used same techniques and products, I just worked directly on card bases on today's cards. :o)

How I made the card...

I ink blended Distress Inks directly on a white cardstock paper card base. When I was satisfied with the color, I splattered the card base with a water, dabbed the surface with a paper towel and left the card to dry on air.

Then I mixed a white tempera color with a bit of water, splattered the card base and again left it dry on air.

Then I die cut three reindeer in the white cardstock paper and glued them together (stacked them). I glued stacked reindeer on the card and my card was finished. :o)

I repeated same for the second card, I just rotated the layout. :o) I really like this color combination and card design. :o)

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

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

List of supplies:

• Wiler Creativity Cutting Dies, reindeer die cut (gift from a dear friend Alice of Scrap & C... THANK YOU ALICE!!! ♥)
• Sizzix Big Shot
• white cardstock paper
• Tim Holtz Distress Inks:
• Broken China
• Peacock Feathers
• UHU liquid glue
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tools
• Koh-i-noor tempera color, white
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. 3/0
• water
• paper towels

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

Milka

Reindeer Card (CASology Week #378 mid-inspiration)

 

Hi everyone! :o)

Last Tuesday, November 10th, 2020, a new challenge started at CASology. This fortnight's cue word is Stag. :o)

Due to some unexpected situation, I didn't manage to prepare my blog post on time, so I'm bringing it today as mid-inspiration. There's still plenty of time to join the challenge, which ends on Monday, November 23rd, 2020, 9 AM, CDT (UTC -5).

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

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

Design defined: 

Ink blending & splattering on a background with stacked die-cuts works well on a CAS card.

How I made the card...

To make my card I was inspired with a card design from last year (here).

I ink blended Distress Inks directly on a white cardstock paper panel. When I was satisfied with the color, I splattered the panel with a water, dabbed the surface with a paper towel and left the card to dry on air.

Then I mixed a white tempera color with a bit of water, splattered the panel and again left it dry on air.

I wanted to create some dimension on my card, but I didn't want to use 3-D foams to do that. Instead, I used white carstock paper scraps and cut two rectangles, a bit smaller than the panel. Then I glued two rectangles together, glued them on the back of the panel and glued all together on a white side folded card base. I cut another white panel and glued it inside of the card, just to make my card sturdier.

Then I die cut three reindeer in the white cardstock paper and glued them together (stacked them). I glued stacked reindeer on the card and my card was finished. :o)

I really like this color combination and card design. :o)

Card measurements: 140 mm x 102 mm (5 1/2" x 4")

List of supplies:

• Wiler Creativity Cutting Dies, reindeer die cut (gift from a dear friend Alice of Scrap & C... THANK YOU ALICE!!! ♥)
• Sizzix Big Shot
• white cardstock paper
• Tim Holtz Distress Inks:
• Broken China
• Peacock Feathers
• UHU liquid glue
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tools
• Koh-i-noor tempera color, white
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. 3/0
• water
• paper towels

I hope you'll like my today's card and get inspired. For more inspiration, check out GORGEOUS 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

Jacquie Southas

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman

Milka Gubo

Nancy Elrick
Sandie Munro

Sue Symens
Chrissie (Guest Designer)

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

Milka

Speech Bubble Love Card (CASology Week #361)

Hi everyone! :o)

On Tuesday, February 4th, 2020, a new challenge started at CASology. This fortnight's cue word is Sweetheart. :o)

Due to some unexpected situation I didn't have the time to prepare my post on time, so I'm bringing it today. There is still plenty time to join the challenge, which ends on Monday, February 17th, 2020, 9 AM, CST (UTC -6).

We also have a sponsor for this challenge: UNIKO. UNIKO is celebrating 8th birthday this month. :o) Congratulations!!!  :o)  Find all details about the prize over at CASology blog.

And here is my take on the challenge: CAS (clean and simple), Speech Bubble Love Card. :o)

Design defined: 

White on white with a pop of color makes an interesting CAS design.

How I made my card....

This card was so easy and fun to create.

I die cut a speech bubble from a white cardstock paper 5 times. Then I die a cut tiny heart in 4 speech bubbles and glued speech bubbles together (stacking die cuts).

Then I colored with a red marker a tiny part on the fifth speech bubble, the one I left without die cut heart and glued stacked speech bubble with the heart over it.

I glued some square foams on the speech bubble and glued it on a white top folded card base. As a finishing touch, I coated the heart several times with a clear Wink of Stella. :o)

I love how my card turned out. :o)

Card measurements:  83 mm x  114 mm (3 1/4" x 4 1/2")

List of supplies:

• Create a Smile 'Speech Bubbles' cool cuts (speech bubble die)
• Jane's Doodles 'Stinks' dies (tiny heart die)
• Sizzix Big Shot
• white cardstock paper
• Stabilo Fine Tip Pen 68/ red
• ZIG Wink of Stella Brush (Gl. clear 999)
• Sakura quickie glue pen
• 3-D foam squares (5 mm x 5 mm x 1 mm)
• 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

Jacquie Southas

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman
Melissa Chipperfield

Milka Gubo (you are here)

Nancy Elrick
Sandie Munro

Sue Symens
Donna Mikasa (Guest Designer)

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 #158 - Up To One Third + optional twist: Heart(s)

2) Less is More, Challenge #412 - Less (Tiny and Few)

Happy 9th Birthday!! :o)

3) Uniko, Challenge #57 - Anything Goes

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

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

Milka

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

White Feather Card (IC #13)

Hi everyone! :o)

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

I made this Interactive (IC) ACCORDION GATEFOLD 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 thirteenth 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.

It's taking me much longer than I planed to share all my IC cards with you. I will give my best to share rest of two by the end of this month.

How I made this card...

To make this card I used gorgeous feather die cut I got from a dear friend crafter, Alice of Scrap & C. Thank you so much, Alice!!! ♥

For a card base I used a white cardstock paper cut to 11 1/4" x 5". I scored the paper at 1 7/8", 3 3/4", 7 1/2" and 9 3/8" on the longer side and folded paper along scored lines. I got a card base measured 3 3/4" x 5".

With the card base ready, I die cut a feather on both gate flaps. I glued an acetate piece behind each gate opening, but just on one half.

I die cut 4 more feathers from a white cardstock paper scraps and glued two together (stacking die cuts). Then I glued stacked feathers into gate openings (die cut inlay technique).

Lastly I created a super simple belt that will keep the card closed. I cut a vellum paper to a desirable size, wrapped the vellum belt around the card (not too tight), removed it and glued two endings together to form a belt. I placed the belt on the card to keep it closed and my card was finished. :o)

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

List of supplies:

• Sizzix thinlits die - Little Feather Mini
• white cardstock paper
• vellum paper
• acetate sheet
• UHU liquid glue
• Sizzix Big Shot
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• crafting needle
• post-it papers

I LOVE how my card turned out!!! :o) There is so much space to write a message. Here is a short video. :o)

Music: dR.Izzy - Angel on my shoulder...  

In this video I used music from a friend of mine and a first neighbor now, very very talented mister, dr.Izzy. I used part of a track Angel on my shoulder.... Beautiful music he creates is shared and is downloadable for free from his Soundcloud account. Thank you dr.Izzy!!! :o)

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

Milka

Stacked Blue Ombré Butterfly Card II

Hi everyone! :o)

Today I want to share with you this Stacked Blue Ombré Butterfly Card II. :o)

To make this card I CASEd (copy and share everything) two cards I made earlier this year (here and here). I took elements from one card and layout from the other, combined them and created today's card. :o)

How I made my card...

I die cut 9 butterflies out of 4 different blue tones of cardstock paper (2 from each color) and one in white cardstock paper. I used only outline die cuts and rest I left for my future projects.

I stacked butterflies following Ombré pattern and glued them together (I glued only middle parts and left wings unglued).

Then I stamped a sentiment on a white cardsock paper panel, glued 3-D foam scraps on the back of the panel and glued it on a white top folded card base.

Lastly, I glued the Stacked Blue Ombré Butterfly on the card and my card was finished. Love this technique!! :o)

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

List of supplies:

• Happy Little Stampers 'Doodled Flowers' stamp set (sentiment)
• Sizzix butterfly thinlits die 
• Ranger Archival Ink, Jet Black
• white cardstock paper
• colored cardstock paper (4 tones of blue)
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D foam sheet scraps, 3 mm thick
• Sizzix Big Shot
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• acrylic block
• bone folder
• crafting needle
• scissors

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 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies Challenge, July 2019
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

3) Rainbow Card Challenge, Challenge #7 - Blue Breezes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

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

Milka