Bumblebee Circle Card (Kitty Bee Designs Spotlight)

Hi everyone! :o)

Today is my turn to be on the spotlight over at Kitty Bee Designs and I made this Bumblebee Circle Card. :o)

For my card I used an ADORABLE Kitty Bee Designs 'Bumblebee Cutie' digital image. This is my second card I made using this image. You can find the first one here. :o)

How I made my card....

I printed the bumblebee twice, one on a white cardstock paper and second on a watercolor paper. I left images dry through the night to prevent ink smearing while coloring.

I die cut a wonky stitched circle in the white cardstock paper. I cut two black circles in a black cardstock paper, glued them together and created a card base. Then I glued the white wonky stitched circle panel on the card base.

Next up was coloring. I colored the bumblebee in watercolor technique using Distress Inks. First I colored wings, legs and sting of the bumblebee printed on the cardstock paper. The rest of the image I colored with a black marker. Then I colored the bumblebee printed on the watercolor paper. After drying, I fussy cut the bumblebee (I cut away wings, sting, legs and antennas), traced edges with the black marker, softened image with a stylus ball and glued it over the bee printed on the cardstock paper.

As a finishing touch I coated bumblebee's wings and sting with Clear Wink of Stella and my card was finished. :o)

Card dimensions: d = 83 mm  (3.25")

List of supplies:

• Kitty Bee Designs 'Bumblebee Cutie' digital image
• white cardstock paper
• black cardstock paper
• thin white watercolor paper
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Mustard Seed
• Fossilized Amber
• Tea Dye
• Hickory Smoke
• Black Soot
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pen (Marker) 68/46, Black
• ZIG Wink of Stella Brush (Gl. clear 999)
• UHU liquid glue
• printer
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Sizzix Big Shot
• My Favorite Things, Die-namics Wonky Stitched Circle STAX
• EK Success circle cutter
• Xcut Self Healing Cutting Mat A4
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no. #0
• scissors
• paper towels 
• water
• stylus ball
• soft working mat

I hope you'll like my today's KBD spotlight project and get inspired. I have another KBD spotlight project to share this month and that will be on Thursday. Stop by. :o) 

Update May 31st, 2018
I smeared my second spotlight project at the end. I tried to fix it and teared a paper. At that point card was not fixable and I threw it away.

For more inspiration and cute images jump over to the Kitty Bee Designs Etsy Store, Kitty Bee Designs Blog and Kitty Bee Designs FB. :o)

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

Milka

Reindeer Games Mini Circle Card Set

Hello everyone! :o)

Today I'm sharing last cards from my Winter 2017 collection (I've shared couple through this week). This is my second post today. If you missed the first one, just scroll down or follow a direct link here.

Final cards I made at the end of the year 2017 were these four mini cards: Reindeer Games Mini Circle Card Set. :o)

I went with same scene layout like on my 4th card from Reindeer Games Card Series.

For my card I used a SUPER CUTE reindeer from Mama Elephant 'Reindeer Games' stamp set, sentiment from  Your Next Stamp 'Christmas Critters' stamp set and snowflake from Jane's Doodles 'Driving Home For Christmas' stamp set.

I die cut four wonky stitched circles in a Kraft paper and heat embossed in white a sentiment on each  circle. Then I stamped reindeer above each sentiment and colored them in black. Then I heat embossed in white cute snowflakes.

I die cut four more circles in a white cardstock paper, glued each with one Kraft paper circle on top and got card bases.

Images are paper pieced. I stamped reindeer on a watercolor paper, colored them in watercolor technique with Distress Inks, fussy cut, colored edges with black marker and softened them with stylus ball on a soft working mat (this gives a bit of dimension to an image). I glued watercolored reindeer over black reindeer.

As a finishing touch, I drew white dots around reindeer to create snowy scene and my cards were finished. :o)

List of supplies:

• Mama Elephant 'Reindeer Games' stamp set
• Your Next Stamp 'Christmas Critters' stamp set (sentiment; the set is retired)
• Jane's Doodles 'Driving Home For Christmas' stamp set (snowflake)
• Crafter's Companion Neenah Desert Storm Kraft Coloring Card
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R) 
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks
• Mustard Seed
• Fossilized Amber
• Barn Door
• Tea Dye
• Vintage Photo
• Walnut Stain
• Hickory Smoke
• Black Soot
• Stabilo Fibre Tip Pen (Markers), Black 68/46
• Uniball Signo White
• UHU universal glue
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Sizzix Big Shot
• My Favorite Things, Die-namics Wonky Stitched Circle STAX
• scissors
• stylus ball
• soft working mat
• Ranger Heat It Craft Tool
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. 3/0
• paper towels
• water
• powder bag

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

Milka

Hedgehog Card (Celebrating 30 Days of Pisces 2016, #21)

Hi everyone! :o)

My third post today... If you missed first two, just scroll down or follow direct links here and here.

Today I'm sharing CAS (clean and simple) cards I made for a Celebrating 30 Days of Pisces 2016 personal challenge. If you want to find out more about my challenge, visit my Celebrating 30 Days of Pisces 2016 page.

21st card I made for the challenge is this Hedgehog Card.

I stamped super cute hedgehog from a Clearly Besotted 'Mini Woodland Pals' stamp set on a white watercolor paper, colored him with Distress Inks in watercolor technique, fussy cut him and colored edges with black marker. 

Watercolor paper I use is very thin and it's not so good when popping-out the image, but it has great white color and it's not expensive. To make the image thicker and prevent bending when mailing, I stamped one more hedgehog on a white cardstock paper scrap,  fussy cut him out, colored edges with black marker and glued together both images (colored and non colored hedgehog).

I glued stitched hills and clouds die-cuts on a card base. I got these from friend Kristina. :o)

I added 3D foams on the back of the hedgehog, placed him on the card and my card was finished.

I tried how would it look like with a sentiment, but I didn't like it, so I left this card without sentiment.

Card measurements are 92 mm x 126 mm (3 5/8" x 5").

List of supplies:

• Clearly Besotted 'Mini Woodland Pals' Stamp Set (I think the set is retired.)
• white cardstock paper
• white watercolor paper
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Stabilo Pen (Marker), Black 68/46
• Tim Holtz's Distress Inks
• Tea Dye
• Vinatge Photo 
• Brushed Corduroy
• Sakura Quickie Glue Pinpoint Roller
• double sided strong adhesive tape
• MS scoring board
• trimmer
• scissors
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no. #0
• water
• paper towels
• clouds and stitched hills die cuts (I got these from my friend Kristina.)

I am entering my card to following challenge:

Note: bold text is a direct link to the current challenge and blog badge is direct link to blog or challenge home page.

Simon Says Stamp, Wednesday Challenge Blog, Challenge: Cute and Cuddly
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

This would be all for today. I'm very tired and don't have strength to write anymore. I'll continue sharing the rest of CAS cards, nine more, tomorrow. :o)

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

Crafty Milka