Your Next Stamp May GDT - Share a Fave

Hi everyone! :o)

Today is my fifth guest spot on the Your Next Stamp Blog ('Share a Fave'), where blog readers can learn a bit more about me and my favorites. :o)

If you follow my blog, you already know that I love cute images. Your Next Stamp has tons of them for sure. :o) Among all the cuteness, my favorite is a cute little frog from 'Mini Sticky Note', which I used on my today’s card. I also used a part of one sentiment from 'Honey Bee' stamp set.

And here is my card: Birthday Frogs Card. :o)

Frogs are my favorite lucky animal totems. I have a lovely collection of them. Not real ones, of course, but wooden, stone, plastic.... and stamps. :o)

"Frogs are symbols of prosperity, wealth, friendship, and abundance in many cultures. In other cultures they symbolize fertility. In the Native American culture of the Southwestern United States, the frog carries a piece of wood in its mouth because the Mojave people believe frogs brought fire to humans. For the ancient Romans, the frog was believed to bring good luck to one's home. Native Aborigines of Australia believe that frogs brought the thunder and rain. Frogs are said to be effective in speeding up recovery from disease. Among the ancient Egyptians and Greeks, frogs symbolized inspiration and fertility. In ancient Egypt, Hekt, the frog goddess, protected newborn babies, hence frogs were symbols of fertility and birth. The frog is also said to attract true friends and to help find long-lasting love."

Source: 50 Good Luck Symbols From Around The World

(https://exemplore.com/legends/goodlucksigns)

How I made my card...

I randomly stamped the frog from 'Mini Sticky Note' on a watercolor paper panel several times. I colored frogs in a watercolor technique, my favorite coloring technique, using Distress Inks, my favorite coloring medium.

After coloring I left the panel to dry on air. After drying I glued the panel on a white top folded card base.

Then I masked one of the sentiments from the 'Honey Bee' stamp set and heat embossed it in white on a black cardstock paper. I cut the sentiment stripe to a desirable size, glued some 3-D foam on it, glued it on the card and my card was finished. :o)

Card measurements: 127 mm x 89 mm (5" x 3 1/2")

List of supplies:

• Your Next Stamp 'Mini Sticky Note'
• Your Next Stamp 'Honey Bee' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• black cardstock paper
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Twisted Citron
• Cracked Pistachio
• Lucky Clover
• UHU liquid glue 
• 3-D foam squares 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Ranger Heat It Tool
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• water
• paper towels
• scissors
• powder bag
• dry cloth

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) AAA Birthday, Game #1 - Anything Birthday Goes
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Addicted to Stamps and More, Challenge #342 - Make Your Mark
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

3) Craft Stamper Magazine, Take It Make It Challenge: May Anything Goes

This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

4) Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge, Week 21 - Anything Goes

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

5) Rainbow Card Challenge, Challenge #5 - Gorgeous Green
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

6) Uniko, Challenge #53 - Anything Goes
This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

At the end of this post...

Your Next Stamp runs Fun Friday Challenge where you can win an amazing prize. It's a fortnightly challenge. There's still time to join current challenge, where the theme is School's Out for Summer. Find all the details over at Your Next Stamp challenge post (direct link on a badge below). :o)

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

Milka

Confirmation Gatefold Card (Jane's Doodles DT Spotlight)

Hi everyone! :o)

Today is my turn to be on the spotlight over at Jane's Doodles and I made this Confirmation Gatefold Card. :o)

I made this card for my brother's godson, who has confirmation tomorrow.

To make this card I used a sentiment from GORGEOUS Jane's Doodles 'Bless Your Heart' stamp set.

How I made this card...

For a card base I used a white cardstock paper cut to 7" x 5 1/2". I scored the paper at 1 3/4" and 5 1/4" on the longer side and folded paper along scored lines. I got a card base measured 3 1/2" x 5 1/2".

I drew a cross on a patterned paper with a pencil and cut along lines. Then I drew a slightly larger cross on the white cardsotck paper and cut it out. I erased pencil marks and glued patterned cross on the white one.

I glued two patterned paper stripes on gate flaps. I glued three paper stripes on the back of the cross to get a bit of dimension (I didn't have enough 3-D foam in my stash, so I used stacked paper stripes instead) and glued it on the left gate.

Then I created a belt that will keep card closed. I heat embossed a 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)

I love how my card turned out and my brother too (he will give this card to his godson), which was the most important to me. :o)

Card measurements: 89 mm x 140 mm (3 1/2" x 5 1/2")

List of supplies :

• Jane's Doodles 'Bless Your Heart' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• vellum paper
• Echo Park Mini Theme 'Pride and Joy' collection kit
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• UHU liquid glue
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• bone folder
• Ranger Heat it Tool
• scissors
• powder bag
• dry cloth
• pencil
• ruler
• eraser

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) Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge, Week 21 - Anything Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Uniko, Challenge #53 - Anything Goes with optional twist Masculine
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

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

Milka