Pisces Gatefold Card (IC #3)

Hi everyone! :o)

Today I want to share with you this CAS (clean and simple), one layer, Pisces Gatefold Card. :o)

This is a GATEFOLD CARD, an interactive card with a special folding and opening.

I made this Interactive Card (IC) 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 third type of IC I made for my challenge. I made 15 different types of interactive cards during Pisces period, which was my personal challenge. As I don't have a lot of die-cuts, I used all possible tools I have, combined this and that, planned, sketched... I completed my challenge, achieved my goals and had a lot of fun. I wrote a short review about the challenge here.

How I made this card....

To make this card I used super cute Pisces stamp from Mama Elephant 'Cosmic Stars' and a sentiment from Mama Elephant 'Starry Night' stamp set.

For a card base I used a white cardstock paper cut to 8 3/4" x 5". I scored the paper at 2 1/2" and 6 1/4", as shown at picture below, and folded paper along scored lines.

At this point gate flaps of my card were overlapping. I unfolded the card base, drew lines with a pencil and stamped the Pisces image on each flap, as shown at picture below.

After stamping, I cut along lines drawn with the pencil and along stamped images, as shown on the picture below.

At this point my card base was ready for coloring. I erased pencil marks and traced images' edges with a black marker. I colored Pisces image with TOZ Artist Colored Pencils. I drew white highlights with a white gel pen.

Lastly, I created a belt that will keep card closed. I heat embossed the sentiment in white on a vellum paper and cut it to a desirable size. I 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)

This is my first take on a gateflod card and I LOVE how it turned out. :o)

Card measurements: 94 mm x 127 mm (3 3/4" x 5")

List of supplies:

• Mama Elephant 'Cosmic Stars' Stamp Set
• Mama Elephant 'Starry Night' Stamp Set
• white cardstock paper
• vellum paper
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• TOZ Artist Colore Pencils:
• light yellow
• dark yellow
• light orange
• dark orange
• light red
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pen (Marker) 68/46, Black
• Uniball Signo White
• UHU liquid glue
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• acrylic block
• bone folder
• Ranger Heat It Tool
• scissors
• pencil 
• eraser
• ruler
• post-it paper
• powder bag
• dry cloth

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

Milka

Happy Butterfly Card

Hi everyone :-D

Today I want to share with you this Happy Butterfly Card. 

For my card layout I used beautiful sketch 191 from Sweet Sunday Sketch.

I used gorgeous Sizix 'Flights of Fancy' digital paper,  I got for free as a subscriber to a newsletter, and lovely  2 Cute Ink digital stamp 'Butterfly Doodle' I got for free this month, as a subscriber to a 2 Cute Ink newsletter. 

Image is paper pieced. 
I printed two images on a white cardstock paper and one on a white paper (160 grams). I colored pieces I needed with my colored pencils, fussy cut pieces, colored edges with black permanent pen and glued all pieces together. I added a bit of transparent varnish on a bow to create glossy accents.
Here is a photo of all pieces I used.

At the end I embellished the card with faux enamel dots from paper. This was something I was experimenting with last night and it came out pretty good. :-D

Here is how I made my faux enamel dots from paper (step by step tutorial):
I punched out circles from design paper leftovers. 
I placed paper circles on baking paper. 
I covered circles with thick coat of glossy transparent varnish to create dimension. 
I left them dry over night.

Card dimensions are 105 mm x 148 mm (4 1/8" x 5 7/8").

List of supplies:

• 2 Cute Ink digital stamp 'Butterfly Doodle' 
• Sizix 'Flights of Fancy', spots, green, green swirls-lines (free for newsletter subscribers) 
• white cardstock paper
• white paper (160 grams)
• colored pencil (light green)
• Kooh-i-noor woodless colored pencils (Titanium White 3, Dark Green 5)
• Koh-i-noor universal white pencil for writing on gloss surfaces
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen M (medium) 1.0 mm
• transparent varnish with extra gloss  
• Pritt universal glue
• white water based glue 
• printer
• scoring board
• trimmer
• scissors
• compass tool
• MSC Edger Punch, Scallop Dot
• office paper puncher  
• eraser
• crafting needle
• baking paper

I am 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 direct link to blog or challenge home page.

1) 2 Cute Ink Digital Stamps Challenge Blog, Challenge #124 - Spring 

2) 2 Cute Ink Digital Stamps FB Group, Butterfly Doodle Challenge March 1st - March 15th

 

3) Artistic Inspirations Challenge Blog, Challenge #126 - Anything Goes with  a twist of Green
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge. 

4) As You Like It Challenge, Favourite Type of Stamp - Digi or Rubber (and Why)? 
I love both, digital and rubber stamps. As a relatively new stamper and being unemployed long long time, I don´t have a lot of rubber stamps. With a really low monthly budget I can spend on crafting supplies (sometimes none), and enormously high price of rubber stamps here in my country (buuu), I prefer digital stamps. Also, digital stamps can be resized and rotated, so I have much more possibilities than with rubber stamps. :-D

5) Bunny Zoe´s Crafts, March Challenge: Spring Colours  
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.  

6) Craft Hoarders Anonymous, March Challenge - Go Green 

7) Crafting for all Seasons Challenge Blog, Challenge #97 - Girly Girls 

8) Creative Card Crew, Challenge #82 - Green 
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge. 

9) Digi Designs Challenge Blog, Lots of Green

10) Pile It On, Challenge #59 - Green 

11) Simon Says Stamp Blog, Work it Wednesday February 2015, Spring (flowers, pastel colors...) 
This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.  

12) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog, Things That Fly

13) Sweet Sunday Sketch, Challenge 259
I used sketch 191.

 

14) The Daily Marker, 30 Day Coloring Challenge

This is my 5th entry to this challenge. 

15) Through The Craft Room Door, TTCRD Challenge from March 10th to March 16th, Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge. 

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Enjoy your Saturday! I am off to make myself a birthday cake. :-D


Crafty Milka

Baby Fairy Ladybug Card

Happy Friday everyone :-D

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

Theme for this fortnight is #109, Feen + Prinzessinen / Fairy +Princess.

This time our lucky winner will win a lovely silicone mold from our dear sponsor WOW Embossing Powders. 

Baby Fairy Ladybug Card is my project for this challenge, sixth project as a Guest Designer at Fairy Tale Challenge Blog. 
 

I called it Baby Fairy Ladybug Card as a lovely Mo´s Manning digital stamp 'Baby Fairy Ladybug' I used. This is my new stamp I bought few days ago.
I colored image with colored and aquarell colored pencils and red fine liner. I made shade beneath fairy with black colored pencil dust. I added some transparent varnish on her dots and antenna, as well on her wings. I also sprinkled red fine glitter on her wings. 

Little glossy dots in corners are made with hole punchers and transparent extra glossy varnish. This is a great way to embellish card when you don´t have enamel dots or something similar.  
Here is a short step by step tutorial:

1. choose the color of bottom layer; this will be the color of glossy dots
   
   
2. punch holes (or any other shape) on upper layer 
   
3. glue upper layer on the bottom layer 
   
4. fill punched holes with transparent varnish or similar medium and leave it to dry
   
    
   

Every glossy dot can be different color. Place small piece of scrap paper below upper layer and fill holes with transparent varnish or similar medium. Here you can see how I did glossy dots in different colors.

Card dimensions are 105 mm x 148 mm (4 1/8" x 5 7/8").

List of supplies: 

• Mo´s Manning digital stamp 'Baby Fairy Ladybug'
• Crafters Companion Bebunni Christmas 6" x 6" Designer Paper Pad
• Graphic 45 paper collection 'French Country', 6 x 6 (Patterns and Solids)
  
• white cardstock paper
• red textured cardstock paper 
• black cardstock paper  
• white paper (160 grams) 
• colored pencils (skin color, pink, brown)
• white pencil
• Koh-i-noor Mondeluz aquarell colored pencil (red 7, brown 32, black 36)
• Koh-i-noor universal white pencil for writing on gloss surfaces
• red fine liner 
• red fine glitter
• double sided strong adhesive tape 
• UHU universal glue 
• transparent varnish with extra gloss 
• printer 
• scoring board 
• trimmer 
• scissors 
• hole punchers (3 sizes)
• hammer 
• plank board  
• pencil sharpener  
• eraser  
• crafting needle 

Hop over at Fairy Tale Challenge Blog and see beautiful projects the Design Team and other Guest Designers made for this challenge and do join us, we are looking forward to see your projects. :-D

I am entering my project into the following challenges:

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

1) djkardkreations, NBUS (never before used schtuff) #3 - Anything Goes
My NBUS is a new stamp 'Baby Fairy Ladybug'.
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge. 

2) Mo´s Challenge Blog, Anything Goes

3) SugarPea Designs, SPD12 - Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by and your kind  feedback. Enjoy and smile :-D


Crafty Milka


Update, January 29th 2015
As a member at Bronte and Bella´s Clubhouse, I entered this project to Bronte and Bella´s SHOWCASE January Challenge, as one of my projects using Mo´s image I made this month. 

Snow Fairy Christmas Ornament

Happy Friday everyone :-D

It´s time for new challenge at Fairy Tale Challenge Blog, our first one this year. :-D

Theme for this fortnight is #108,  Schnee / Snow.

This time our lucky winner will win a fabulous prize again. It´s a lovely cling stamp from our dear sponsor Betty´s Creation.

 

Snow Fairy Christmas Ornament is my project for this challenge, fifth project as a Guest Designer at Fairy Tale Challenge Blog and my first one this year. 

List of supplies: 

• Mo´s Manning digital stamp 'Winter Fairy Talva'
• Crafters Companion Bebunni Christmas 6" x 6" Designer Paper Pad
• white paper (160 grams) 
• colored pencils (skin color, pink, light blue)
• Koh-i-noor Mondeluz aquarell colored pencil (light and dark blue) 
• Koh-i-noor universal white pencil for writing on gloss surfaces
• silver sparkling pen  
• black fine liner 0.5
• clear acrylic fillable ball ornament (Ø 40 mm) 
• baby blue satin ribbon 
• white flower
• synthetic snowballs (Ø 10 mm)
• nylon thread 
• UHU universal glue 
• white water based glue  
• transparent low temperature glue stick 
• Marabu acrylic paste (Fine Sand)
• pearl maker (pastel-white) 
• transparent varnish with extra gloss 
• printer 
• scissors 
• pencil sharpener  
• eraser  
• Dremel 920 glue gun, low temperature 
• crafting needle 
• palette knife no.1  

How I made this one /step by step

First I printed one image on white paper and one image on patterned paper.

• paper piecing 
• images must be same size
• you can print more images and make more layers 
• I made circle around the image in MS Word, but you can use any other tool to make circle 
• circle size on patterned paper is Ø 37 mm, 3 mm smaller than Ø of acrylic ball ornament (I made three more Christmas Ornaments in December 2014 and used same measurements for all: Ø of patterned paper circle is 3 mm smaller than Ø of acrylic ball ornament) 

Then I cut out image on patterned paper and colored pieces I needed.

I colored image printed on white paper and fussy cut it. I used two different pairs of scissors. 

I colored edges with fine liner and added white water based glue on the backside of the image. I smeared glue with my fingers all over the backside of the image and glued it over image on the patterned paper. I always do these when paper piecing.

On photos below, you can see the difference between images, before and after coloring edges with black fine liner. I also added silver sparkles.

Ornament is double sided. I cut out circle from the same patterned paper I used for the image.

Then I added  acrylic paste to create snow effect.

 

I added pearl marker to a fairy´s wings to accent icicles, smeared it over a dry acrylic paste to create glossy accents, as well over the patterned paper to accent snowflakes. 

After drying, I added some transparent varnish to a fairy´s wings.

I decorated the other side of the image with pearl maker and plastic snowflake.

I placed image in the center of a clear acrylic ornament and added some glue on few spots, to prevent image moving inside the ornament.

After closing ornament ball, I glued satin ribbon around it, to hide ornament´s connection and to prevent ornament opening.

At the end, I embellished ornament with white flower ans synthetic snowballs and added nylon thread.

Look how the image glows on the Sun. :-D 

And a short video. :-D

Music:
"Winner Winner!" Kevin MacLeod   

(incompetech.com)
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The Design Team and other Guest Designers made beautiful projects for this challenge. Hop over at Fairy Tale Challenge Blog and see what Ladies made. Join us in this challenge, we are looking forward to see your projects. :-D

I am entering my project into the following challenges:

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

1) Love to Create Challenge Blog, Challenge #147 - Icy Winter Days

2) The ABC Challenge, A is for Anything Goes

3) Meljen´s Designs Design Team and Challenge Blog, Challenge #241 - Anything Goes

4) Cute Card Thursday, Challenge #354 - Anything Goes

5) CRAFT-alnica, Izziv #124, Karkoli (Challenge #124, Anything Goes)

Thank you for stopping by and your kind  feedback. Enjoy and smile :-D


Crafty Milka


Update, January 29th 2015
As a member at Bronte and Bella´s Clubhouse, I entered this project to Bronte and Bella´s SHOWCASE January Challenge, as one of my projects using Mo´s image I made this month.