In the Garden Notebook (Hanna and Friends #224)

Hi everyone :-D

Today I am posting my fifth project as a Guest Designer at Hanna and Friends.

New challenge for this fortnight is #224 - Im Garten / In the Garden.

Our sponsor for this fortnight is Kulricke, with an awesome prize for one lucky winner: 15€ store Voucher. 

For this challenge I made this In the Garden Notebook.

I used beautiful image 'Sweet 'n Sassy' from Little Cottage Cuties Collection, illustrated by Elisabeth Bell for Whimsy Stamps. This one I got stamped on a thick paper from a friend.

I colored the image with colored pencils.

I made notebook covers from Kraft cardboard and glued white papers inside. Kraft cardboard is from an old box I had in my stash.

I distressed covers with Tim Holtz's Distress Ink Brushed Corduroy and sprayed whole surface with water.

After drying, I distressed edges of notebook with scissors, as well as papers I used to decorate notebook and edges around the image. At the end I embellished notebook with wooden flowers and butterfly.

Notebook dimensions are 95 mm x 120 mm (3 3/4" x 4 3/4").

List of supplies: 

• 'Sweet 'n Sassy' stamped image illustrated by Elisabeth Bell for Whimsy Stamps (this was a gift from a friend crafter) 
• Graphic 45 paper collection 'French Country', 8 x 8
• Graphic 45 paper collection 'French Country', 6 x 6 (Patterns and Solids)
• Kraft cardboard 
• white paper
• wooden flowers and butterfly 
• colored pencils (skin color, pink, olive green, green, yellow, red, blue, light browns, dark brown, grey) 
• Tim Holtz's Distressed Ink (Brushed Corduroy)
• UHU universal glue 
• scoring board 
• trimmer
• scissors 
• spray bottle 
• water 

Stop by the Hanna and Friends and check out lovely projects Design Team and other Guest Designers created for this challenge. Do join us in this challenge, we are looking forward to see your projects. :-D


I am entering my project 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) Crafting by Designs, Monthly Challenge: June Anything Goes Challenge
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge. 

2) Craft my life, All Crafts Challenge June/July

3) Live & Love Crafts' Inspiration and Challenge Blog, Challenge #36 - In the Garden

4) Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, For the Love of Plants 

5) Stempelgarten Challenge, Challenge #38 - Blumen- Saison / Flower Season 

6) Whimsy Stamps Inspiration Challenges, Challenge 83 - Anything but a square card 

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


Crafty Milka

Let it Snow Christmas Ornament

Hi everyone :-D 

Today I am going to share with you a project I made this weekend. It is Let it Snow Christmas Ornament. 

I used a lovely Lelo Snail, that it is generously shared for free here. I like a lot Lelo Design. More lovely snails and other critters by Lelo, ass well as other cute stamps, can be bought at AEH Design.

I also used digital sentiment Let it Snow by Raindrop Echo Designs through Whimsy Stamps.

Both, image an sentiment, are paper pieced. I printed both twice, one on white paper and one on Bebunni Christmas designer paper.

List of supplies: 

• digital freebie Snail (Schnecken) - Lelo by AEH Design 
• 'Let it Snow' digital Christmas Sentiment by Raindrop Echo Designs through Whimsy Stamps 
• Crafters Companion Bebunni Christmas 6" x 6" Designer Paper Pad
• white paper (160 grams) 
• colored pencils (4 different blues) 
• 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 50 mm) 
• self adhesive plastic half beads (Ø 2 mm)
• decorative flower stamens 
• baby blue satin ribbon 
• satin flowers (white and blue) 
• synthetic snowballs (Ø 10 mm)
• nylon thread 
• white water based glue  
• transparent low temperature glue stick 
• pearl maker (pastel-white) 
• printer 
• scissors 
• Dremel 920 glue gun, low temperature

Here is a short video. :-D

Music:
"Winner Winner!" Kevin MacLeod   

(incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

And more photos...

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) Hanna and Friends, Challenge #210 - Schencken/Snails

2) Bunny Zoe´s Challenge Blog, November challenge - Snow (GDT)
This is my 2nd entry into this monthly challenge. 

3) Clear it Out Challenge Blog, Theme: Winter Wishes, Stash: use a Snowflake 

4) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog, Anything Goes 

5) Simon Says Stamp Blog, Work it Wednesday November 2014 

6) Crafty Catz Challenges, Challenge Anything Goes & GDT Spot (GDT) 

7) Not Just Cards Challenge Blog, Challenge #7 - Anything Goes 

8) Through The Craft Room, TTCRD Challenge from November 25th to December 1st, Anything Goes

9) Penny´s Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog, Challenge #205 - Anything Goes

10) The Paper Nest Dolls Challenges, Anything Goes (published on November 24th) 

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

Crafty Milka

Let it Snow Card

Yesterday I made this Let it Snow Card, using my new adorable Meljen's Designs 'BundledLittle Snowboy' digital stamp and 'Let it Snow' digital Christmas Sentiment by Raindrop Echo Designs through Whimsy Stamps. 

Card dimensions are 12,7 cm x 12,7 cm (5" x 5"). 

I colored both, digital image and sentiment, with my colored pencils and white pencil (for blending). 

I have this transparent varnish with extra gloss for a couple of years and I tried to use it on a backed polymer clay, wasn't successful. I tried to used it for the first time on colored stamp to get glossy accent on cheeks, nose (carrot), eyes and buttons (coal). It looks pretty good. :-D 

I also made those little pearl dots with my pastel-white pearl maker. 

Here is a closer look at the digi colored with my colored pencils. I hope you can see those glossy accents on snowman. 

 

I printed this lovely blue Birds Snowflakes digital paper on white card stock. I glued white die-cuts above patterned paper and got this really cool winter look. Don't you think? :-D 

Here is a list of materials and tools I used to make this card: 

• Meljen's Designs 'Bundled Little Snowboy'
• 'Let it Snow' digital Christmas Sentiment by Raindrop Echo Designs through Whimsy Stamps
• Birds Snowflakes Digital Paper Pack
• white card stock paper
• dark blue card stock paper
• colored pencils (blue, orange, pink, brown, black)
• white pencil 
• black fine liner 0.5
• 4 pieces of die-cuts 'Tree of Wonder'
• pearl maker (pastel-white)
• transparent varnish with extra gloss
• universal glue
• white water based glue 
• dimensional double sided adhesive tape  
• printer 
• scoring board
• trimmer
• scissors  

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Note: bold text is direct link to current challenge and blog badge is direct link to blog home page. 

1) Meljen's DesignsDesign Team and Challenge Blog, Challenge #228 – Karaoke
Inspired by song “Let it Snow”, performed by Frank Sinatra.

2) FairytaleChallenge Blog, Challenge #100 – Länder Inspiration / Country Inspiration

Inspired by a Finland country flag (white and blue). I would like to go there once. :-D

3) djkardkreations Blog - NBUS (never before used schtuff) Challenge #2 Here We Go 

There are few options listed for your project, I have chose option 1 – Christmas.

My NBUS items are digital stamps and digital patterned paper . They are new.

4) The Cat´s Pajamas, TCP Tuesday, TCPTUE275 – Anything Goes

5) Crafting Form the Heart, Challenge 37 – Anything Goes 

Thank you for stopping by, I really appreciate your kind  feedback. :-) Have a lovely day.

Crafty Milka