Wedding Card no. #8 (bastel-traum challenge #97)

Happy Friday! :o)

It's time for a new challenge over at bastel-traum and our theme for the challenge #97 is Love. :o)

The challenge started today, January 15th, 2021, at 9 AM, CET (UTC +1) and ends on February 15th, 2021, at 8:55 AM, CET (UTC +1). Find all the details about the challenge, rules and prizes in a challenge post (here).

And here is my take on the challenge: Wedding Card. :o)

To make this card I CASEd (copied and shared everything) my own card that I created in September 2019 (here).

To make this card I used BEAUTIFUL Stamping Bella 'uptown couple BRETT and BRENDA get married' rubber stamp. This is my eighth take on this stamp. If you like, you can find my previous cards using this image here, here, here, here, here, here and here. :o)

How I made this card...

Like on the original card, I wanted to achieve Sepia look, so I used only one color for coloring: a Distress Ink Vintage Photo.

I stamped the image on a watercolor paper panel and watercolored it in watercolor technique.

First I watercolored a background. After drying, I masked the image (I stamped another image on a white paper scrap and fussy cut the image), splattered the background and dried the panel with a Heat It Tool.

At this point the panel was quite buckled, because I didn't fix the panel to a working surface. I placed the panel between printing paper sheets and run it couple times through Sizzix Die Cutting Machine. Flat. :o)

Next up was the couple. I watercolored them, adding more color and layers on darker parts and less color and more water on lighter parts.

When I was satisfied with my coloring, I glued the panel on a white top folded card base and the card was finished. :o)

Card measurements: 92 mm x 133 mm (3 5/8" x 5 1/4")

List of supplies:

• Stamping Bella 'uptown couple BRETT and BRENDA get married' rubber stamp
• stamp seal ('Best Wishes')
• white cardstock paper (card base)
• watercolor paper
• white printing paper (mask)
• brown baking paper (envelope)
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Ink, Vintage Photo (in bt shop: here and here)
• UHU universal glue
• gold sealing wax
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• Martha Stewart Crafts Scoring Board
• bone folder
• scissors
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm) 
• Marabu fine rounded paintbrush no. #2
• Marabu fine rounded paintbrush no. #0
• Marabu fine rounded paintbrush no. 3/0
• Ranger Heat It Tool
• paper towels
• water
• lighter (to melt the sealing wax)
• Sizzix Big Shot

Lastly, I made an envelope from a brown baking paper and sealed it with a gold sealing wax and a sealing stamp 'Best Wishes'.

I love how the card turned out. :o)

I hope you'll like my card for this challenge and get inspired. For more inspiration, check out BEAUTIFUL cards my super talented Design Teammates created for the challenge. Do join us in this challenge, we are looking forward to see your creations. :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 and More, Challenge #396 - Make Your Mark

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

2) Digi Choosday Cardmaking & Crafting Challenge, Week 2 - Anything Goes

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

3) Rainbow Card Challenge, Challenge #25 - Nothin' but Neutrals
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

4) Your Next Stamp, YNS Fun Friday Challenge #155 - New Beginnings
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

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

Milka

Flamingos Wedding Card (Jane's Doodles DT July Spotlight)

 

Happy Friday! :o)

This is my fourth and last post today. If you missed previous three, just scroll down, or follow direct links here (I've announced my 6th Bloggoversary winner.), here and here. :o)

This weekend I'm sharing my Jane's Doodles spotlight projects that I made in June, July, August and September, but I didn't share them here on my blog yet. Two days ago I shared full list of projects that I'll be sharing (here).

Today I'm sharing my June and July spotlights, three spotlights in total, all in separate blog posts. My posts are scheduled and will go live every hour.

Third and last one today is this CAS (clean and simple), Flamingos Wedding Card. It was my spotlight project for Jane's Doodles on Thursday, July 23rd, 2020.  :o)

I made this wedding card for friends who got married on July 25th. :o)

To make this card I used stamps from two beautiful Jane's Doodles stamp sets: flamingos from 'Tropical Fun' and a sentiment from 'Love' (the set is discontinued and is on sale).

How I made my card...

I stamped flamingos on a white cardstock paper, colored them with a grey marker and fussy cut them, leaving a thin white border around them. I used a kraft knife, a self healing mat and scissors for fussy cutting.

I stamped flamingos again, this time on a watercolor paper. I colored flamingos in watercolor technique using Distress Inks. I colored their beaks with a black fine liner.

After drying, I fussy cut watercolored flamingos, traced their edges with a black marker and glued them over the grey flamingos. I did this because the watercolor paper I use is thin and I needed thicker images.

Then I stamped the sentiment on a white cardstock paper panel.

I wanted to add dimension to my card, but I didn't want to use 3-D foam squares to add dimension to the panel. Instead I used white cardstock paper scraps and cut two rectangles out of them, just a slightly smaller than the panel with the stamped sentiment. I glued all panels together and glued them on a white top folded cardstock paper card base. Just to make my card a bit sturdier and possible to stand, as the front of the card was quite heavy, I glued another white cardstock paper panel inside the card base.

Lastly, I glued 3-D foam squares on the back of both flamingos and glued them on the card. As a finishing touch, I drew white highlights on flamingos with a white pigment ink pen and my card was finished.

I really like how I colored flamingos and how my card turned out. :o)

Card measurements: 89 mm x 146 mm (3 1/2" x 5 3/4")

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Tropical Fun' stamp set
• Jane's Doodles 'Love' stamp set (sentiment)
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Spun Sugar 
• Festive Berries
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pens (Markers):
• light grey 68/94
• black 68/46
• Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink pen
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D foam squares, 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• round acrylic block
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Xcut self healing mat A4
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. 3/0
• scissors
• kraft knife
• water
• paper towels

At the end of this post...

Jane is offering free shipping worldwide weekend. No code needed. For more information jump over to Jane's Doodles blog.

And that would be all from me for today. Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka

Wedding Card no. #7

Hi everyone!!! :o)

Today I want to share with you a CAS (clean and simple) Wedding Card I made last month. I made it for my friend who needed a wedding card for her friend who was getting married two weeks ago. :o)

I used BEAUTIFUL Stamping Bella 'uptown couple BRETT and BRENDA get married' rubber stamp. This is my seventh take on this stamp. If you like, you can find my previous cards using this image here, here, here, here, here and here.

How I made the card...

I stamped the image on a watercolor paper and colored the image in watercolor technique using Distress Inks. After drying, I fussy cut the image and traced edges with a black marker.

I stamped another image on a white cardstock paper panel, colored bouquet "green parts" with green markers and rest of the image with a grey marker. I glued the panel on the card base.

Then I softened the watercolored image with a stylus ball on a soft working mat, which curled the image a bit. I glued the image over the grey colored one. This added a bit of dimension to the image.

Card measurements: 101 mm x 146 mm (4" x 5 3/4")

List of supplies:

• Stamping Bella 'uptown couple BRETT and BRENDA get married' rubber stamp
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Mustard Seed
• Tea Dye
• Vintage Photo
• Walnut Stain
• Hickory Smoke
• Salty Ocean
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pens (Markers):
• Light Green 68/33
• Mid Green 68/43
• Dark Green 68/36
• Light Grey 68/94
• Black 68/46
• UHU liquid glue
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• scissors
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm) 
• Marabu rounded fine paintbrush no. #0
• paper towels
• water
• soft working mat
• stylus ball

I love how the card turned out and my friend loved it also. :o)

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

Milka

Wedding Card no. #6

Hi everyone!!! :o)

Today I want to share with you a Wedding Card I made for a couple that got married on Friday, three days ago. I made it by request for an acquaintance. I personally don't know the couple, but I wish them all the best in their common life, a lot of love and understanding. :o)

To make this card I used BEAUTIFUL Stamping Bella 'uptown couple BRETT and BRENDA get married' rubber stamp. This is my sixth take on this stamp. If you like, you can find my previous cards using this image here, here, here, here and here. :o)

How I made this card...

On this card I wanted to achieve Sepia look, so I used only one color for coloring:  a Distress Ink Vintage Photo.

I stamped the image on a watercolor paper panel and watercolored it in watercolor technique.

First I watercolored a background. After drying, I masked the image (I stamped another image on a white paper scrap and fussy cut the image), splattered the background and dried the panel with a Heat It Tool.

At this point the panel was quite buckled, because I didn't fix the panel to a working surface. I placed the panel between printing paper sheets and run it couple times through Sizzix Die Cutting Machine. Flat. :o)

Next up was the couple. I watercolored them, adding more color and layers on darker parts and less color and more water on lighter parts.

When I was satisfied with my coloring, I glued the panel on a white top folded card base and the card was finished. :o)

Lastly, I made an envelope from a brown baking paper and sealed it with a gold sealing wax and a sealing stamp 'Best Wishes'. This was the first time I used the sealing wax on my project. Sadly no photos, as I forgot to take them.

Card measurements: 95 mm x 146 mm (3 3/4" x 5 3/4")

List of supplies:

• Stamping Bella 'uptown couple BRETT and BRENDA get married' rubber stamp
• stamp seal ('Best Wishes')
• white cardstock paper (card base)
• watercolor paper
• white printing paper (mask)
• brown baking paper (envelope)
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Ink, Vintage Photo
• UHU universal glue
• gold sealing wax
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• Martha Stewart Crafts Scoring Board
• bone folder
• scissors
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm) 
• Marabu fine rounded paintbrush no. #0
• Marabu fine rounded paintbrush no. 3/0
• Marabu fine flat paintbrush no. #4
• Ranger Heat It Tool
• paper towels
• water
• lighter (to melt the sealing wax)
• Sizzix Big Shot

I love how the card turned out, as well as my acquaintance. :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) Craft Stamper Magazine, Take It Make It Challenge, September: Anything Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge, Week 37 - Anything Goes

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

3) Rainbow Card Challenge, Challenge #9 - Beautiful Brown
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

4) Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, Stamp It

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

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

Milka

Update September 30th, 2019

I am linking my card to Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember in collaboration with Tim Holtz.