Easter Goodie Bags

Hi everyone!!! :o)

Today I want to share with you two Easter Goodie Bags I made last week for my nieces.

Although this type of bag is not so difficult to make, I bought these Kraft paper bags.

I stamped a super fun chick from Create a Smile 'Eggstraordinary Egghunt' stamp set directly on Kraft paper bags and colored them with colored pencils. To add more interest to images, I covered chicks' beaks with Gloss Resin Super Clear to create glossy accents and add a bit of dimension and left resin to dry over the night.

I embellished bags with Washi Tapes and enamel dots. I used Create a Smile Alpha Stickers to write girls names on bags.

Lastly, I filled bags with sweets, glued them on top and sent them by mail to girls. :o)

List of supplies:

• Create a Smile 'Eggstraordinary Egghunt' stamp set
• Kraft paper bags
• Ranger Archival Ink, Jet Black
• Koh-i-noor Woodless Colored Pencils
• Chrome Yellow 1
• Reddish Orange 2
• Create a Smile Alpha Stickers: Cherry
• Create a Smile Alpha Stickers: Pale Mint
• Create a Smile 'Mint Drops' Washi Tape
• Create a Smile 'Yellow Ovals' Washi Tape
• Red polka dot Washi Tape
• Create a Smile 'Sending Sunshine' Enamel Dots (yellow and blue)
• Create a Smile 'Snow Dance' Enamel Dot (red)
• Gloss Resin Super Clear
• double sided strong adhesive tape
• bone folder
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• scissors
• crafting needle
• eraser
• paper scrap

I'm linking my goodie bags 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 #237 - Make Your Mark

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

2) Crafty Creations Challenges, Challenge #339 - Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

3) STAMPlorations Blog, Things with Wings Spring Blog Hop and Linky Party
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

4) Sweet Stampers Challenge Blog, Challenge #6 - Animals
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

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

Milka

Happy Birthday Washi Tape Card (Crafty Creations Challenges #310 + Celebrating 30 Days of Pisces 2016, #5)

Hi everyone! :o)

On Wednesday a new challenge started at Crafty Creations Challenges.

Our theme for this fortnight is #310 - Sentiment as a Focal Point.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Craft Classes Online, with a great prize for our random winner: free online class valued up to $25. Awesome, right. :o)

For this challenge I made this Happy Birthday Washi Tape Card.

First I glued Create a Smile's Washi Tapes on a white cardstock card base.

I cut two pieces of the white cardstock and stamped word 'birthday' on wider piece. This sentiment is from TAWS 'From Us' Stamp Set, which I won over at TAWS couple of months ago. :o)

I glued 3D foams on the back of white cardstock pieces and glued them on the card base.

Then I heat embossed in black die-cut 'happy', run over edges with black permanent marker and placed it on the card. I don't have a die-cutting machine. I got this die-cut from my friend Kristina from kristina's art corner, among other crafty stuff. :o)

Enamel dots matching Washi Tapes as a finishing touch, and my card was finished. :o)

Card dimensions are 101 mm x 134 mm (4" x 5 1/4").

List of supplies: 

• Create a Smile 'Coral Arrows' Washi Tape
• Create a Smile 'Mint Drops' Wasni Tape
• Create a Smile 'Yellow Ovals' Washi Tape
• Create a Smile 'Sending Sunshine' enamel stickers
• Mama Elephant 'Happy Script' white cardstock paper die-cut
• The Alley Way Stamps (TAWS) 'From Us' Stamp Set
• white cardstock paper
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Primary Ebony, Regular, WH00R)
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen F (fine) 0.6 mm
• Sakura Quickie Glue Pinpoint Roller
• 3D foams
• MS scoring board
• trimmer
• scissors 
• crafting needle
• tweezers
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm) 
• Ranger Heat It Craft Tool

I hope you'll like my today's project and get inspired. Stop by the Crafty Creations Challenges to see beautiful creations from my Design Team Mates and join us in this challenge, we are looking forward to see your projects. :o)

This CAS (clean and simple) card is fifth card I made for a Celebrating 30 Days of Pisces 2016 personal challenge. If you want to find out more about it, just follow the link provided. :o)

Also, this is my last project as the DT Member at Crafty Creations Challenges. This was a hard decision for me, but necessary. It was an honor and great pleasure to be a part of the Team for 14 months. Thank you my dearest ladies for inspiration, support, fun and joy! :o)

I am entering my card to following challenges:

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

1) Craft Your Passion Challenges, Challenge #301 - Always Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

2) Create a Smile March projects
This is my 3rd entry.

3) CRAFT-alnica, Izziv /Challenge #155: Washi Trak / Washi Tape 

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Stop by later today, I'll be sharing two more cards. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Crafty Milka

Circles Sending Sunshine Card

Hi everyone :o)

Today I want to share with you CAS (clean and simple), Circles Sending Sunshine Card.

First I made front white panel. I cut three circles with circle cutter in a white cardstock.

I cut rectangle from a scrap of white paper and glued three various Washi Tapes from Create a Smile on it. I love these! They are so cheery!! :o)

Then I glued rectangle on the back of cut panel, added 3-D foams on the back of the panel and glued it to a white card base.

At the end I Heat Embossed a sentiment from Create a Smile 'Sending Sunshine' stamp set on a piece of black cardstock paper, cut it to a banner shape, glued 3-D pads on the back of the banner and placed it on the card.

Card dimensions are 106 mm x 138 mm (4 1/4" x 5 1/2").

List of supplies: 

• sentiment stamp from Create a Smile 'Sending Sunshine' Kit
• Create a Smile 'Coral Arrows' Washi Tape (from Kit)
• Create a Smile 'Yellow Ovals' Washi Tape
• Create a Smile 'Mint Drops' Washi Tape
• white cardstock paper
• black cardstock paper
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• strong double sided adhesive tape
• 3-D foam self adhesive pads
• scoring board
• trimmer 
• scissors
• EK Success Circle Cutter
• polymer stamp handle (38 mm x 38 mm)
• Ranger Heat It Craft Tool
• tweezers

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 is direct link to blog or challenge home page.

1) Create a Smile October projects 
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge. 

2) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog, Anything Goes

This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

3) Sugar Pea Designs, Monthly Theme Challenge - Anything Goes

4) Uniko Challenge, Challenge #26 - Geometrics with an optional twist of Circles, Squares or Triangles
My twist are Circles.

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

Crafty Milka 

Garden Gnome Card

Hi everyone :-D

Today I want to share a card I made this week. A colleague from work asked me if I can make a card for her mother's birthday. She loves and collects garden gnomes, so a card with a gnome was a perfect choice. Both, my colleague and her mother, loved it! :-D

Here it is, a Garden Gnome Card.

Making this card, I was inspired with stunning work by Alice Wertz of Alice's Little Wonderland. 

Alice is very talented and creative lady. I like her style a lot! I love her CAS designs, layouts, coloring, usage of scraps, design papers, Washi tapes and embellishments! Couple of weeks ago I contacted her and asked if I can CASE her cards. She accepted my request immediately, so there will be some CASE-ing of her work in the future. Thank you Alice!! :-D 

Stop by Alice's blog, Alice's Little Wonderland, and see her AMAZING work! Candies for eyes and heart! :-D 

Details about my card...

First I stamped cute gnome from Paper Smooches 'Forest Whimsy' stamp set on a white cardstock paper, colored him with colored pencils and blended colors using paper stumps and baby oil. After drying, I fussy cut him and colored edges with black pen. I added dimensional foam behind gnome and placed him on a white cardstock panel. 

I glued a stripe of designer paper on a white card base, added dimensional foams behind the white panel and glued it also on the card base. At the end I decorated card with Washi tapes and Enamel Stickers, all from Create a Smile.

Card dimensions are 107 mm x 139 mm (4 1/4" x 5 1/2").

List of supplies:

• Paper Smooches 'Forest Whimsy'
• white cardstock paper 
• Create a Smile, Sending Sunshine Paper Pack 
• Create a Smile, Coral Arrows Washi Tape 
• Create a Smile, Yellow Ovals Washi Tape 
• Create a Smile, Mint Drops Washi Tape 
• Create a Smile, Sending Sunshine Enamel stickers 

   

• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black) 
• colored pencils (skin color, ping, yellow, orange, red, dark blue, brown, light grey) 
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen M (medium) 1.0 mm
• UHU universal glue
• dimensional double sided adhesive foam  
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm) 
• scoring board
• trimmer 
• scissors
• tweezers 
• paper stump no. #1
• paper stump no. #2
• paper stump no. #3 
• paper stump no. #4
• Johnson's Baby Oil with Aloe Vera

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) Create a Smile July projects 
This is my 2nd entry to this month. I used paper, Washi tapes and Enamel stickers. 

2) Paper Smooches SPARKS, July 19-25 Anything Goes (wk3) challenge

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

Crafty Milka

Blue Dragonfly CAS Card (Crafty Creations Challenges #294)

Hi everyone :-D 

It´s time for a new challenge at Crafty Creations Challenges.

Our theme for this fortnight is #294 - Four.

Our sponsor for this challenge is SLS Lines, whit a great prize for one random winner.

I used 4 different colors of cardstock paper (white and 3 shades of blue), 4 shades of blue colored pencils, 4 enamel dots, 4 enamel arrows and our sponsor's lovely image 'Dragonfly', and made this Blue Dragonfly CAS (Clean and Simple) Card.

I was inspired with a photo of blue dragonfly, I took 2 years ago when I was visiting Trsteno Arboretum near Dubrovnik.

Image is paper pieced and I used 6 images for this card.

I printed 2 images on a white cardstock paper, 2 on light blue cardstock paper, 1 on medium blue and 1 on dark blue cardstock paper. I colored and shaded pieces I needed with 4 shades of blue colored pencils, fussy cut all pieces, colored edges and 'hidden' parts with black permanent pens and glued all pieces together.

Here is a photo of all pieces I used.

I glued Washi tape on a card base. Love this! :-D

I wanted to add just a little bit of dimension to my card, so I added 3-D foams behind the white panel with image and glued it on the card base.

At the end, I embellished my card with 4 enamel dots and 4 enamel arrows.

Card dimensions are 107 mm x 138 mm (4 1/4" x 5 1/2").

List of supplies: 

• SLS Lines 'Dragonfly' digital stamp
• white cardstock paper
• 3 shades of blue cardstock paper 
• Create a Smile, Dark Aqua Chevrons Washi tape
• Create a Smile, Sending Sunshine Enamel stickers
• 2 shades of blue colored pencils
• Koh-i-noor woodless colored pencils (Cobalt Blue 6, Sapphire Blue 7)
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen M (medium) 1.0 mm
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen F (fine) 0.6 mm
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen S (superfine) 0.4 mm
• white water based glue 
• 3-D foam self-adhesive pads(5 mm x 5 mm x 1 mm)
• printer
• scoring board
• trimmer
• scissors
• tweezers 

Stop by the Crafty Creations Challenges to see beautiful dotty creations from my Design Team Mates and join us in this challenge. We are looking forward to see your projects. :-D

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 is direct link to blog or challenge home page.

1) Addicted to CAS, Challenge #68: Chevron 

2) Addicted to Stamps and More, Challenge #154: CAS

3) Artistic Inspirations, Challenge 136: Anything Goes

4) CASology, Week 156: Line

5) Craft Your Passion Challenges, Challenge #271: Always Anything Goes

6) Crafty Sentiments Designs, Anything Goes Challenge

7) Digi Designs Challenge Blog, Hand Colored Image Challenge 

8) Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge, Challenge #14: Anything Goes 

9) Little Miss Muffet Challenges, Challenge #116: Anything Goes

10) Through The Craft Room Door, TTCRD Challenge from July 21st to July 27th, Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Have a beautiful day, enjoy and smile! :-D

Crafty Milka