Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts

Sunday, December 25, 2022

Merry Christmas





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Milka

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Saturday, December 25, 2021

Merry Christmas

 


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Milka

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Friday, November 19, 2021

Jane's Doodles Release Blog Hop

 


Happy Friday! :o)

Welcome to a Jane's Doodles Release Blog Hop. Today we are featuring three GORGEOUS Christmas/Winter themed stamp sets released into the store. :o) We also have 4 amazing super talented Guest Designers joining us today and new Design Team Member joining our team: Lien. :o)


GORGEOUS!!! Love love LOVE!!!!! :o)


And here is what I prepared for today: Blue Merry Christmas Card. :o)



How I made this Card... 

For my card I used stamps from all three stamp sets: snowflakes from 'Snowflakes' stamp set, a sweater from 'Hygge Time' stamp set and a sentiment from 'Wild Winter' stamp set.

As my stamps didn't arrive on time, Jane sent me digital stamps to work with them and prepare something for the hop.

First I created a snowflakes patterned paper on my laptop, using Microsoft Word and Paint. I printed the paper A4 size and cut it to a desirable size panel. I saved the rest of the patterned paper for future projects.

I wrapped the patterned paper panel with a vellum paper and glued it on a white top folded card base.

Then I printed the sweater image twice, one in white and second in blue color. I fussy cut the blue sweater and added more color to it. I ink blended entire sweater with a Distress Ink Blueprint Sketch and colored details with a white gel pen and various blue fine liners.

When I was satisfied with the sweater color, I glued the colored sweater over the white one and fussy cut it, leaving white thin border around it. 

Then I worked on sentiment, but I didn't like it and change it after my stamps arrived. First version was printed in blue, but it looked weird. I heat embossed the sentiment 'Merry Christmas' in white on a black cardstock paper and cut it to a desirable stripe. 

Lastly, I assembled my card. I glued 3-D foams on the back of the image and the sentiment stripe and glued them on the card. As a finishing touch, I embellished my card with blue enamel dots.


I love creating Christmas cards in non traditional Christmas colors and LOVE how this one turned out. :o)


At the bottom of this post you can find detailed supply lists of my today's card. Link to this post will be in a right sidebar until the Blog Hop ends. :o)


And now to the Blog Hop prize...

Our generous Jane will be giving away one stamp set of winner's choice to one lucky winner. All you have to do is leave a comment on all blogs along the Hop for your chance to win.

Here is the Blog Hop order:


Jane will announce the winner on Monday, November 22nd, 2021, at Jane's Doodles Blog.

Also, Jane is having 20% off sale through this weekend. No code needed.

Now hop over to Claudia's blog and see what she created for today's hop.

Thank you for visiting. I hope you enjoyed on my stop today and got inspired. :o) 

Happy hopping and good luck to all!!! :o)


    Milka




    List of supplies:

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


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    Saturday, January 30, 2021

    Happy Holidays Card (ATCAS Cards Challenge #190 GDT)


    Hi everyone! :o)

    I was delighted to be asked to be a Guest Designer at Addicted to CAS for a Challenge #190, after I was chosen as CAS perfectionist in their Challenge #187 - One Layer. I love playing Addicted to CAS challenges, as their challenges are all about CAS (clean and simple) cards, my favorite card design. I'm happy challenges are back after half year break. :o)

    The Challenge #190 theme is Pattern.



    Card design needs to be CAS. Here is a CAS definition from Addicted to CAS Challenge Blog:

    Note: there are various CAS cards definitions on various blogs.


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



    How I made this card...

    First I prepared all parts for my card: a white top folded card base, a patterned paper stripe and die-cut snowflakes.

    I stamped a sentiment with a Distress Ink directly on the card base. I inked the sentiment stamp with a VersaMark Watermark Ink, wiped it with my palm, inked the stamp with the Distress Ink Hickory Smoke and pressed the sentiment on the card base. I prefer to do it this way when stamping with Distress Inks, as the stamping results are much better than without using the VersaMark Watermark Ink.

    I glued 3-D foam squares on the back of the patterned stripe and glued it on the card. I cut the excess with scissors.

    Then I arranged and glued snowflakes along the patterned stripe, using a glue or a 3-D foam square, just to add a bit more dimension to my card.

    Easy and quick to create. :o)


    Card measurements: 95 mm x 127 mm (3 3/4" x 5")

    List of supplies:

    I hope you'll like my take on the challenge and get inspired. :o) Stop by the Addicted to CAS and see amazing CAS creations the Design Team made for this challenge. The challenge is a fortnight challenge, so there is plenty time to share your CAS cards with us. :o) For more information about the challenge and rules, jump over to challenge post at Addicted to CAS. :o)



    Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Stop by later this evening, I'll be posting again. Enjoy and smile! :o)


    Milka

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    Friday, January 29, 2021

    12 Days of Christmas - Day 10 - Ornament Shaped Reindeer Card

    Happy Friday! :o)

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


    Welcome to 10th Day of my 12 Days of Christmas Series. I took a short break with sharing my series here with you (again). I had doctors' appointments and some tests to run and was too tired to write blog posts since Monday. 

    Today I want to share with you this Ornament Shaped Reindeer Card.

     
    To make this card, I was inspired with my cards that I shared on Monday here on my blog (here).


    How I made the card...

    First I die cut all parts from a white cardstock paper

    I die cut an ornament three times. I used only frames, rest I left for other projects. I glued together frames (stacked frame die-cuts) and left them aside.

    Then I die cut a reindeer three times, glued them together and left them aside.

    Then I die cut a hanger two times and glued them together.

    I used negative part of the die-cut ornament as a stencil. I traced the ornament shape twice on the white cardstock paper and cut them out. I used them to create a card base, but first I ink blended Distress Inks directly on one ornament shape 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 panel 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.

    After drying, all parts for my card were ready. I assembled the card. I glued two ornament shapes on the top and got the card base. Then I glued the frame on the card base, glued the stacked reindeer in the center of ornament shape glued the stacked hanger on the top of the ornament and my card was finished. I really like how my card turned out. :o)


    List of supplies:
    • Wiler Creativity Cutting Dies, reindeer die cut (gift from a dear friend Alice of Scrap & C... THANK YOU ALICE!!! ♥)
    • Create a Smile 'Frosty Fun' kit (ornament die)
    • Sizzix Big Shot
    • white cardstock paper
    • Tim Holtz Distress Inks:
      • Broken China
      • Peacock Feathers
    • UHU liquid glue
    • Sakura Quickie Glue Pen
    • Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
    • bone folder
    • scissors
    • 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



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


    Milka

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    Monday, January 25, 2021

    12 Days of Christmas - Day 9 - Two CAS Reindeer Cards

    Hi everyone! :o)

    Welcome to 9th Day of my 12 Days of Christmas Series.

    Today I want to share with you these two CAS (clean and simple) Reindeer Cards.

     

    To make these cards, I CASEd (copied and shared everything) my own card that I shared here on my blog in November 2020 (here). I went with same design, color scheme, used same techniques and products, I just worked directly on card bases on today's cards. :o)


    How I made the card...

    I ink blended Distress Inks directly on a white cardstock paper card base. When I was satisfied with the color, I splattered the card base 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 card base and again left it dry on air.

    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 repeated same for the second card, I just rotated the layout. :o) I really like this color combination and card design. :o)


    Horizontal Card measurements: 127 mm x 95 mm (5" x 3 3/4")

    Vertical Card measurements: 95 mm x 127 mm (3 3/4" x 5")

    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


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


    Milka

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    Saturday, January 23, 2021

    12 Days of Christmas - Day 8 - Sretan Božić Card

    Hi everyone! :o)

    Welcome to 8th Day of my 12 Days of Christmas Series.

    Today I want to share with you this Sretan Božić Card. 


    To make this card, I CASEd (copied and shared everything) my own card that I shared couple days ago here on my blog (here). I went with same design, layout, color scheme, used same techniques and stamp sets, I just went with some different stamped images and a different sentiment. :o)

    Sretan Božić is a Croatian sentiment and it means Merry Christmas. :o)


    How I made my card....

    First I created a background panel. I randomly stamped images on a Kraft paper panel in watermark stamping technique using VersaMark Watermark Ink.

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

    After drying, I glued the panel on a white side folded card base.

    Next up was the sentiment. I heat embossed the sentiment in white on a black cardstock paper, cut the sentiment to a desirable size stripe, glued 3-D foam squares on the back of the sentiment stripe and glued it on the card and my card was finished. :o)

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

    List of supplies:



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


    Milka

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    Thursday, January 21, 2021

    12 Days of Christmas - Day 7 - Sretni Blagdani no. 2 Card (Jane's Doodles DT Spotlight)


    Hi everyone! :o)

    Welcome to 7th Day of my 12 Days of Christmas Series.

    Today I want to share with you this Sretni blagdani no. 2 Card. It was my spotlight project for Jane's Doodles on Wednesday, December 16th, 2020. I didn't share it here on my blog earlier because I wanted to share it in series I planned prior Christmas, but that also didn't work as I planned (I wrote about it here), so I'm sharing it in these series. :o)


    To make this card, I CASEd (copied and shared everything) my own card that I shared yesterday here on my blog (here). I went with same design, layout, color scheme, used same techniques and same sentiment, I just went with different stamped images. :o)

    Sretni blagdani is a Croatian sentiment and it means Happy Holidays. :o)

    For my card I used stamps from several Jane's Doodles stamp sets:


    How I made my card....

    First I created a background panel. I randomly stamped presents on a Kraft paper panel in watermark stamping technique using VersaMark Watermark Ink.

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

    After drying, I glued the panel on a white side folded card base.

    Next up was the sentiment. I heat embossed the sentiment in white on a black cardstock paper, cut the sentiment to a desirable size stripe, glued 3-D foam squares on the back of the sentiment stripe and glued it on the card and my card was finished. :o)

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

    List of supplies:



    Tomorrow I'll skip sharing for my 12 Days of Christmas Series, because there will be a Jane's Doodles Release Blog Hop. Be sure to check what my Design Team mates and I created for the hop and to see SUPER CUTE new stamp sets from Jane. I'll continue sharing my series on Saturday. :o)

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


    Milka

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    Wednesday, January 20, 2021

    12 Days of Christmas - Day 6 - Sretni blagdani no. 1 Card (Jane's Doodles DT Spotlight)

      


    Hi everyone! :o)

    Welcome to 6th Day of my 12 Days of Christmas Series.

    There is still some time left to join the Day 4 Giveaway, as well as I Love Math Challenge #18 (Day 3). :o)


    Today I want to share with you this Sretni blagdani no. 1 Card. It was my spotlight project for Jane's Doodles on Tuesday, December 8th, 2020. I didn't share it here on my blog earlier because I wanted to share it in series I planned prior Christmas, but that also didn't work as I planned (I wrote about it here), so I'm sharing it in these series. :o)


    To make this card, I CASEd (copied and shared everything) my own card that I created for Jane's Doodles Spotlight Blog Hop in November 2019 (here). I went with same design, layout, color scheme, used same techniques and same stamp images, I just went with different sentiment on my card. :o)

    Sretni blagdani is a Croatian sentiment and it means Happy Holidays. :o)

    For my card I used stamps from several Jane's Doodles stamp sets:


    How I made my card....

    First I created a background panel. I randomly stamped images on a Kraft paper panel in watermark stamping technique using VersaMark Watermark Ink.

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

    After drying, I glued the panel on a white side folded card base.

    Next up was the sentiment. I heat embossed the sentiment in white on a black cardstock paper, cut the sentiment to a desirable size stripe, glued 3-D foam squares on the back of the sentiment stripe and glued it on the card and my card was finished. :o)

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

    List of supplies:

    I really like this simple design. :o)



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


    Milka

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