My Favorite 2016 Creations

Happy Friday!! :o)

Today I want to share with you My Favorite 2016 Creations.

First up are cards, one favorite for each month. :o)

January

Penguin with Hot Chocolate Card

February

Happy Day Card

March

Thanks a Latte Card

April
Masculine Speech Bubbles Birthday Card

May
Beehive Card

June
Summer Time Card

July
Orange Cancer Card

August
Lion Birthday Card

September
Froggy Circle Shaker Card

October
Fluffy Hugs Card

November
Party Balloons Card

December

North Pole Greeting Card. baby Seal

Among couple projects I made last year, I picked three favorites. :o)

Happiness, Mixed Media Decoration Card

After Rain, Quotation Card no. #1

Panda Magnets

That´s it, my 2016 favorites. I hope you enjoyed this preview. :o)

You can find my previous years favorites on following links:

• 2015 favorites
• 2014 favorites

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


Milka

Watercolored Blue Mandala Cards

Hello everyone! :o)

Today I want to share with you these two CAS (clean and simple), one layer, Watercolored Blue Mandala Cards. 

To make these, I used a GORGEOUS Create a Smile 'Mandala' cling stamp.

For card bases I used Canson XL Mixed Media Paper.

I heat embossed in clear the Mandala directly on a side folded card base. I colored the card in watercolor technique using two Distress Inks, Tumbled Glass and Mermaid Lagoon, and a lot of water. When I was satisfied with coloring, I splattered the card with the Distress Ink Mermaid Lagoon using rounded paint brushes and my first card was finished.

I repeated everything on the second card, just watercolored with more Distress Inks and less water. :o)

Dimensions of cards: 140 mm x 101 mm (5 1/2" x 4")

List of supplies:

• Create a Smile 'Mandala' cling stamp
• Canson XL Mixed Media Paper, 300 g
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Clear Gloss, Regular, WA01R)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks
• Tumbled Glass
• Mermaid Lagoon
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Marabu fine flat paint brush no.#6
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #2
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• Ranger Heat It Craft Tool
• water
• paper towels

I'm entering my cards 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) Country View Challenges, January 2017 - Anything Goes
This is my 12th entry to this challenge.

2) Happy Little Stampers, Watercolour Challenge, January 2017, Anything Goes
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

3) Paru's Card Making Challenges, 1st anniversary Challenge: Anything Goes

This is my 12th entry to this challenge.

4) 613 Avenue Create, Challenge #193 - Anything Goes with Optional Twist: Totally Technical (create a project that features your favorite technique)

Featuring my two favorite techniques: heat embossing, watercoloring
This is my 7th entry to this challenge.

These two cards were final cards I made in year 2016. Stop by tomorrow, I'll be sharing My Favorite 2016 Creations. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka

Warm Wishes Shaker Card

Hello everyone! :o)

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


I love CAS (clean and simple) and interactive cards. I combined both and made this Warm Wishes Shaker Card. :o)

First I cut all parts I needed to create the card: 

• Kraft paper card base
• white panel with circle window
• white panel (for the inside)
• Kraft paper circle
• heat resisant acetate sheet
• foam sheet

I heat embossed a city outline from Mama Elephant 'Reindeer Games' stamp set on the Kraft paper circle and colored it in white with Acrylic paint. I mixed the white acrylic paint with a water and splattered the circle with a paint brush. I left the acrylic paint dry on air. 

After drying, I glued the circle on the card base.

I heat embossed a sentiment from Jane's Doodles 'Winter Wishes' stamp set on the heat resistant acetate sheet and glued it on the panel over the window.

I glued foam sheet on the back of the panel, filled the window with white sequins and glued the panel on the card base. Lastly, I glued the white cardstock panel inside the card to make card more stable and my card was finished. :o)

Here is a short video...

Card dimensions: 101 mm x 133 mm (4" x 5 1/4")

List of supplies:

• Mama Elephant 'Reindeer Games' stamp set (image)
• Jane's Doodles 'Winter Wishes' stamp set (sentiment)
• Crafter's Companion Neenah Desert Storm Kraft Coloring Card
• white cardstock paper
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• Marabu Acrylic Paint (070 White)
• foam sheet 3 mm thick
• Crafter's Companion heat resistant acetate sheet
• white Pretty Pink Posh sequins from Create a Smile 'Snow Dance' kit
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• Sigma Rotary Paper Trimmer
• EK Success Circle Cutter
• bone folder
• Ranger Heat It Craft Tool
• scissors
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. 3/0
• powder bag
• pencil
• eraser
• paper towels
• water

I'm 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 a direct link to blog or challenge home page.

1) Cards und More, Challenge #176 - Still Winter / immer noch Winter

2) Country View Challenges, January 2017 - Anything Goes
This is my 11th entry to this challenge.

3) Happy Little Stampers, Christmas Challenge, January 2017, Anything Goes
This is my 4th entry to this challenge.

4) House of Cards, January Challenge: Add a Building and/or Colors

5) Noor! Design U.K., January Challenge, #26 - Anything Goes

6) Paru's Card Making Challenges, 1st anniversary Challenge: Anything Goes

This is my 11th entry to this challenge.

7) STAMPlorations, January CAS Card Challenge

This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

8) Sweet Stampers Challenge Blog, Challenge #3: Winter / Snow

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

Lastly...

On January 7th, 2017 started I Love Math Challenge #4. A theme is Anything MATH Goes. This card has a circle shaped window and perfectly fit to the challenge. I'll link it to the challenge post as an inspiration. I hope you'll join and share your MATH creations. For more information, jump over to the challenge post. :o)

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

Milka