Smile Card (CASology Week #395 mid-inspiration)

  

Hi everyone! :o)

I hope you're all well. It's been a while since I've posted here on my blog.

Today I'm sharing my card for CASology mid-inspiration challenge. This is also my last project as DT member for CASology. I've decided to step down from the team, as I don't find time to fulfill my duties as DT member, neither to craft as much as I did previous years. I endlessly enjoy being a mommy to my baby boy Fran and I don't want to build up any stress in my life by having commitments that I can't fulfill. Thank you Melissa and DT Ladies!! It was a wonderful experience and a great fun. You've all inspired me a lot. ♥

On September 7th, 2021, a new challenge started at CASology. This month's cue word is One. :o)

There's still time to join the challenge, which ends on Monday, October 4th, 2021, 9 AM, CDT (UTC -5).

And here is my take on the challenge: CAS (clean and simple), Smile Card. :o)

Design defined: 

One layer, one image, one word in a sentiment.

For my card I used stamps from BEAUTIFUL Jane's Doodles 'Old Is Gold' stamp set.

How I made my card...

I stamped a camera image and a sentiment directly on a white top folded card base.

Then I watercolored the camera with Distress Inks. I had to be very quick while coloring, as the paper I used is a cardstock paper and not watercolor paper. If I add too much color, there is no way to 'pick it' or blend it like it works on a watercolor paper. :o) I colored one part at a time, drying colored parts with heat it tool.

As a finishing touch, I drew white highlights on the camera and my card was finished. :o)

Card measurements: 89 mm x 121 mm (3 1/2" x 4 3/4")

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Old Is Gold' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• Ranger Archival Ink, Jet Black
• Tim Holtz Distress Inks:
• Candied Apple
• Spiced Marmalade
• Mustard Seed
• Twisted Citron
• Blueprint Sketch
• Wilted Violet
• Hickory Smoke
• Black Soot
• Unibal Signo White Pigment Ink Pen
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• acrylic block
• Ranger Heat it Tool
• Da Vinci fine rounded paint brush no. 2/0
• water
• paper towels

I hope you'll like my today's card and get inspired. For more inspiration, check out GORGEOUS cards my Design Teammates created. Do join us in this challenge, we are looking forward to see your CAS creations. :o)

Jacquie Southas

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Milka Gubo (you are here)

Nancy Elrick
Sandie Munro

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

Milka

CASology Simple Studios Blog Hop

Hi everyone! :o)

Welcome to a CASology Design Team Simple Studios Blog Hop, a special blog hop where couple of us from CASology DT will show you around our crafting space and share some tips. :o)

For today I wanted to prepare a video, but it didn't work as I wanted, so I took photos to take you on the tour in my craft room. I'll also tell you a bit about myself and how I maintain my craft room (and home). I hope you'll enjoy reading and getting to know me a bit better. :o)

A bit about me, my organization and how I maintain my home...

I like everything clean, tidy, organized and neat in my home and my craft room is no exception. Yes, sometimes my table and die-cutting station do get messy, my crafting stuff can be find on other tables in the apartment where I craft from time to time (kitchen, living room), often there is a pile of inked and unwashed stamps that I used for crafting, but that mess doesn't last for long. :o)

I don't find myself as a "crazy obsessed with cleaning lady", I just like my home clean, neat and organized. My wardrobe is no exception either. I like everything to be ironed, neatly folded and sorted by types and colors. :o) Ehmmm, yes, I love to iron. :o) 

I'm a person who feels quite uncomfortable in messy and dirty spaces, so I give my best that my home doesn't look like that.

I love white, black and/or grey furniture and white walls. That colors are dominating in my home. :o) I like it because it looks simple and elegant and I can play much more with various colors in that "simple" environment.

I'm very satisfied how I organized my entire home, as there is no problem to find anything at all. Everything has it own place. :o) My partner loves it too, especially his wardrobe. LOL 

And now to my craft room....

I'm very lucky and happy because I have an entire room in the apartment for my crafting tools and supplies and for crafting, but as I mentioned earlier, sometimes I do craft on the kitchen or the living room table. It's mostly when my partner is at home and not working and I want to hang out with him while crafting. :o)

When I was arranging my craft room, I did mostly by myself. My father helped me to hang shelves on walls as drilling holes in walls is not my strong side. :o)

And now photos of my craft space, close-ups and peeks in drawers. :o) I wrote short description below each photo. :o)

SECTION 1

My crafting table and shelves. I LOOOOVE shelves!!! :o)

Most photos that I publish are took on the table.

As you can see I don't have a chair. I didn't invest in that piece of furniture, as I rather spend my money on stamps and other craft supplies. Instead, I bring one from the kitchen. :o)

Rainbow butterflies... I created these using die cuts, Distress Inks, white cardstock paper and adhesive. I LOVEEE how they look on my wall. :o)

Plastic containers to store die-cuts, a powder bag and most used embossing powder: white. :o) Off course, more rainbow colors: Chakra chart. :o)

Top drawer... inks.

Middle drawer... various glues, adhesive tapes, labels, magnets.

Lower drawer... scissors, rulers, heat gun, glue gun, various tools.

Papers and card stock.

Typewriter machine, scoring board, paper trimmer, cutting mat, glass mat.

SECTION 2

Shelves. :o)

 More rainbow colors. :o) Colored pencils and decorations.

I store most of my craft supplies in recycled items. These glass jars are recycled.

Paintbrushes, decorations.

Embossing powders, decorations, woodblock stamp (the only one I have).

SECTION 3

Die-cutting station and clear stamps shelve. :o) 

These cabinets are metal and I decorated them with some cute magnets. I LOVE magnets!!! :o)

Clear stamp sets. I have more clear stamp sets. They are behind these two boxes. :o)

My most used die cuts placed on a magnetic sheet. As the cabinet is metal, I didn't use any glue to put the sheet on it.

Die cuts.

Left cabinet, top drawer... re-inkers, acrylic and tempera paints and other media.

Left cabinet, middle drawer... patterned papers, sticker sheets, paper and plastic bags.

Right cabinet, top drawer... embellishments, ribbons, twines and some broken items to fix. 

Right cabinet, middle drawer... punchers and other various cutting tools.

SECTION 4

More storage cabinets, book shelves and reading corner. :o)

Colored pencils, coloring books, crochet thread storage, wooden stork decor and my favorite photo captured by a very talented friend. :o)

Distress Ink pads, ink blending tools and foams.

Books, badges, wooden fan I have for years and a box where I store wax seal stamps and wax.

Crochet dishes made by a local crafter. Love these.

Planners and fine liners. :o)

Left cabinet, top drawer... notebooks and unused fine liners, markers and pens. It's good to have a stash of these when using them on daily basis. :o)

Left cabinet, middle drawer... fine liners, fiber tip pens, markers, colored pencils, paper stumps... never enough of stationery. :o)

Left cabinet, lower drawer... stencils and tiny unmounted rubber stamps.

Right cabinet, middle drawer... stickers and enamel dots.

Right cabinet, lower drawer... everything for mailing: envelopes, post stamps, address book and all the stuff I have to mail out. :o)

Lover shelves... Crafting books, magazines and various boxes where I store various stuff (polymer clay in a white box, rubber stamps in a black box, cards that I made in a wooden box).

Rubber stamps. I don't have them a lot, so storing them in the box works well for me. :o)

And that would be it. I hope you liked it and enjoyed reading and looking. :o)

And now to the Blog Hop prize...

Prize for one lucky winner is $20 gift voucher to Simon Says Stamp. The winner will be randomly selected from all comments on the DT blogs.

The Blog Hop goes live today, Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021 at 9:00 AM, CST (UTC -6) and ends on Thursday, February 25th, 2021, 11:59 PM, CST (UTC -6).

To be eligible, you have to leave a comment on all stops along the hop by Thursday, February 25th, 2021, at 11:59 PM, CST (UTC -6).

The winner will be announced on CASology blog on Friday, February 26th, 2021, during the day.

And here is the Blog Hop order:

CASology Blog

Jacquie

Milka (you are here)

Deepti

Jen

Nancy

Melissa

I'm so excited and can't wait to visit my DT mates' craft spaces. :o)

Link to this post will be in a right sidebar until the Blog Hop ends. :o)

Now hop over to Deepti's blog and visit her crafting space. :o)

Thank you for visiting. I hope you enjoyed on my stop today. :o) Happy hopping and good luck to all!!! :o)

Milka

Thinking of You Card B&W Card (CASology Week #381 mid-inspiration)

Hi everyone! :o)

This is my second post today. If you missed the first one, just scroll down or follow a direct link here.

Last Tuesday, January 5th, 2021, a new challenge started at CASology. This fortnight's cue word is Memories. :o)

I didn't manage to prepare my blog post earlier, so I'm bringing it today as mid-inspiration. There's still plenty of time to join the challenge, which ends on Monday, January 18th, 2021, 9 AM, CDT (UTC -5).

And here is my take on the challenge: CAS (clean and simple), Thinking of You Black & White Card. :o)

Design defined: 

Black & white cards with a lot of white space work well in CAS design.

My card is a CASE (copy and share everything) of a card I shared in my first blog post today (here).

For my card I used beautiful Jane's Doodles 'Hope' digital stamp for charity and a sentiment from Jane's Doodles 'All Occasions' stamp set.

Jane of Jane's Doodles drew the beautiful 'Hope' digital stamp for charity to sell for $5 to raise money for all who are in need and suffering the effects of earthquakes in Croatia.

Jane already donated an amount received by January 5th, 2021, but is keeping the image in the store to raise even more money and to donate it where needed. Please check all the details on Jane's Doodles blog (here). Thank you all who joined or will be joining this noble action. ♥

If you like, you can read more about the earthquakes situation in the central Croatia that I shared on my blog earlier today (here) and on December 30th, 2020 (here).

How I made the card...

First I created a layout on my computer using the digital image and printed it on a white cardstock paper panel.

I glued the panel on a black side folded card base.

I heat embossed the sentiment in white on a black cardstock paper. After an embossing powder set down and cooled, I cut the sentiment to a desirable shape and size, glued 3-D square foams on the back of the sentiment stripe, glued the stripe on the card and my card was finished.

Card measurements: 133 mm x 102 mm (5 1/4" x 4")

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Hope' digital image for charity
• Jane's Doodles 'All Occasions' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• black cardstock paper
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Primary Ebony, Regular, WH00R)
• printer Canon Pixma MP230
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D foam squares, 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• round acrylic block
• scissors
• powder bag

I hope you'll like my today's card and get inspired. For more inspiration, check out GORGEOUS cards my Design Teammates and our Guest Designer created. Do join us in this challenge, we are looking forward to see your CAS creations. :o)

Deepti Stephens

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Milka Gubo (you are here)

Nancy Elrick
Sandie Munro

Sue Symens
Shawna (Guest Designer)

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

Milka

Reindeer Card (CASology Week #378 mid-inspiration)

 

Hi everyone! :o)

Last Tuesday, November 10th, 2020, a new challenge started at CASology. This fortnight's cue word is Stag. :o)

Due to some unexpected situation, I didn't manage to prepare my blog post on time, so I'm bringing it today as mid-inspiration. There's still plenty of time to join the challenge, which ends on Monday, November 23rd, 2020, 9 AM, CDT (UTC -5).

We also have a sponsor for this challenge: STAMPlorations. Find all details about the prize over at CASology blog.

And here is my take on the challenge: CAS (clean and simple), Reindeer Card. :o)

Design defined: 

Ink blending & splattering on a background with stacked die-cuts works well on a CAS card.

How I made the card...

To make my card I was inspired with a card design from last year (here).

I ink blended Distress Inks directly on a white cardstock paper panel. When I was satisfied with the color, I splattered the panel with a water, dabbed the surface with a paper towel and left the card to dry on air.

Then I mixed a white tempera color with a bit of water, splattered the panel and again left it dry on air.

I wanted to create some dimension on my card, but I didn't want to use 3-D foams to do that. Instead, I used white carstock paper scraps and cut two rectangles, a bit smaller than the panel. Then I glued two rectangles together, glued them on the back of the panel and glued all together on a white side folded card base. I cut another white panel and glued it inside of the card, just to make my card sturdier.

Then I die cut three reindeer in the white cardstock paper and glued them together (stacked them). I glued stacked reindeer on the card and my card was finished. :o)

I really like this color combination and card design. :o)

Card measurements: 140 mm x 102 mm (5 1/2" x 4")

List of supplies:

• Wiler Creativity Cutting Dies, reindeer die cut (gift from a dear friend Alice of Scrap & C... THANK YOU ALICE!!! ♥)
• Sizzix Big Shot
• white cardstock paper
• Tim Holtz Distress Inks:
• Broken China
• Peacock Feathers
• UHU liquid glue
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tools
• Koh-i-noor tempera color, white
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. 3/0
• water
• paper towels

I hope you'll like my today's card and get inspired. For more inspiration, check out GORGEOUS cards my Design Teammates and our Guest Designer created. Do join us in this challenge, we are looking forward to see your CAS creations. :o)

Deepti Stephens

Jacquie Southas

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman

Milka Gubo

Nancy Elrick
Sandie Munro

Sue Symens
Chrissie (Guest Designer)

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

Milka