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:

• Jane's Doodles 'Winter Words' stamp set (sentiment)
• Create a Smile Cool Cuts 'Negative Snowflake' (intricate snowflake)
• Wiler Creativity Cutting Dies, snowflakes die cuts (gift from a dear friend Alice of Scrap & C... THANK YOU ALICE!!! ♥)
• white cardstock paper
• patterned paper from Create a Smile 'Snow Dance' kit 
• Tim's Holtz Distress Ink Hickory Smoke
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• Sakura Quickie Glue Pen
• 3-D foam squares 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• 3-D foam squares 5 x 5 x 1 mm
• round acrylic block (d = 70 mm)
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• Sizzix Big Shot
• bone folder
• scissors

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

Karate Green Belt Card (AAA Cards Game #168 GDT)

Hi everyone! :o)

I was delighted to be asked to be a Guest Designer at AAA Cards for a Game #168, after I won 1st place in their Game #164 One Image. I love playing AAA Cards challenges, as their challenges are all about CAS (clean and simple) cards, my favorite card design. :o)

The Game #168 theme is One Corner + optional twist Use Masking.

Card design needs to be CAS. Here is a CAS definition from AAA Cards blog:

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

And here is my take on the challenge: CAS (clean and simple), one layer, Karate Green Belt Card. :o)

I made this card for my niece Tea (9), who trains Karate for six years. This Monday, June 15th, 2020, she had her fourth Karate exam to earn a Green Belt. She earned it!! :o)

Tea earned Green Karate Belt

Photo credit: GKV

Tea loved the card!! :o)

If you like, you can see cards I made for her when she earned previous Karate Belts (Yellow here, Orange here, Red here). :o)

How I made this card...

To make this card I used a super cute Mama Elephant 'Tiny Ninjas' stamp set. LOVE!!! :o)

I wanted to create movement on my card. Amazing technique shared by Christine Drogt of Create a Smile stamps was my inspiration (here).

I stamped the adorable ninja directly on a white top folded card base. I made a mask from a post-it paper and glued it over the stamped ninja. Then I stamped same image 5 more times, without inking the stamp.

After the ink dried completely, I colored stamped images with colored pencils. I added extra shades with markers (fiber tip pens) and my card was finished. Super easy and fun!!! :o)

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

List of supplies:

• Mama Elephant 'Tiny Ninjas' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• TOZ Artist Color colored pencil, light green
• TOZ Fantasy colored pencil, skin color
• TOZ Hlapić colored pencil, pink
• Stabilo colored pencil, dark grey
• Caran D'Ache Prismalo Aquarelle colored pencils
• dark pink
• oker
• light green
• mid green
• black
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pens (markers)
• Pink 68/26
• Light Green 68/43
• Dark Green 68/36
• round acrylic block (d = 70 mm)
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• scissors
• post-it papers (for masking)

This is my first try on this technique: create movement with stamps. I'm satisfied how my card turned out and will surely make more cards in the future using this technique. :o)

I hope you'll like my take on the challenge and get inspired. :o) Stop by the AAA Cards and see amazing creations from the Design Team made for this challenge. The challenge ends on July 4th, 2020, so there is plenty time to share your CAS cards with us. :o) For more information about the challenge rules and prizes, jump over to challenge post at AAA Cards. :o)

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) Addicted to CAS, Challenge #187 - One Layer

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Penny Black and More, June Challenge - Favourite Stamps

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

My favorite stamps are cute images, size: small. :o)

3) STAMPlorations, CAS Card Challenge, June 2020, Anything CAS Goes

This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

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

Milka

Mini Santa Card (AAA Cards Game #156 GDT)

Hi everyone! :o)

I was delighted to be asked to be a Guest Designer at AAA Cards for a Game #156, after I won 1st place in their Game #152 Maxi White Space + Geometric. I love playing AAA Cards challenges, as their challenges are all about CAS (clean and simple) cards, my favorite card design. :o)

The Game #156 theme is Sketch + optional twist Winter Birthday.

Card design needs to be CAS. Here is a CAS definition from AAA Cards blog:

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

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

How I made my card...

I colored a Santa in November 2019 during Kathy's Racoosin 14th 30 Day Coloring Challenge (preview here). I stamped the Santa on a watercolor paper and colored him in watercolor technique using Distress Inks. After drying, I fussy cut the Santa and traced edges with a black marker.

I left the Santa aside for nearly two months until I decided to use it on my today's card. :o)

I stamped another Santa on a white cardstock paper, fussy cut him leaving thin white border around him, colored the Santa with the black marker and glued watercolored Santa image over it.

Next up was a patterned stripe. I cut the stripe from a Kraft cardstock paper and randomly stamped snowflakes in watermark stamping technique using a VersaMark Watermark Ink.

I mixed a white tempera color with a bit of water and, using a paint brush, splattered the stripe and left it dry on air.

After drying, I assembled the card following the sketch. I glued the patterned stripe on a white top folded card base, glued 3-D foams on the back of the Santa and glued him on the card and glued 3 snowflakes on the card.

As a finishing touch, I drew details on a Santa's outfit using a black fine liner and a white pigment ink pen and my card was finished. :o)

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

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Snow Globe' stamp set (snowflakes stamps)
• Create a Smile 'Snow Dance' kit (Santa stamp)
• Create a Smile 'Frosty Fun' kit (tiny snowflake die cut)
• Wiler Creativity Cutting Dies, larger snowflake die cut (gift from a dear friend Alice of Scrap & C... THANK YOU ALICE!!! ♥)
• white cardstock paper
• Crafter's Companion Neenah Desert Storm Kraft Coloring Card
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• Tim Holtz Distress Inks:
• Tea Dye
• Ground Espresso
• Hickory Smoke
• Koh-i-noor tempera color (white)
• Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink pen
• Mitsubishi Uni Pin 0.2
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pen (Marker), Black 68/46
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D foams, 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Sizzix Big Shot
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• scissors
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• paper towels
• water

I hope you'll like my take on the challenge sketch and get inspired. :o) Stop by the AAA Cards and see amazing creations from the Design Team made for this challenge. The challenge ends on January 18th, 2020, so there is plenty time to share your CAS one layer cards with us. :o) For more information about the challenge rules and prizes, jump over to challenge post at AAA Cards. :o)

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) Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge, January 2020, Anything Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesday, December 2019: Snowflakes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

3) STAMPlorations, CAS Card Challenge, January 2020, Anything CAS Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

4) STAMPlorations, Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge, January 2020

I went only with a theme: Stamps & Splatters.

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

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

Milka

Craft Stamper GDT - Take It Make It November 2019 Challenge Inspiration

Happy Friday! :o)

I was delighted to be asked to be a Guest Designer at Craft Stamper Magazine Blog for Take It Make It November 2019 Challenge Inspiration, after I was a Design Winner in September 2019 Take It Make It Challenge with a Vintage Wedding Card. :o)

All Take It Make It (TIMI) challenges have an Anything Goes theme. There are two winners each month: Design Winner and randomly chosen winner. Prizes are amazing for both winners!! :o) Find all the details and Link up tool in TIMI November 2019 Challenge blog post (here). :o)


And here is my take on the challenge: Happy Fall Card. :o)

To make this card I used stamps from a super adorable Gerda Steiner Designs 'Happy Fall' stamp set. :o)

How I made my card....

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

I glued the panel on a white top folded card base.

Next up were images. I stamped an adorable happy squirrel, leaves and acorns on a watercolor paper and colored them in watercolor technique with Distress Inks. After drying, I fussy cut images and traced their edges with a black marker.

Then I stamped same images again on a white cardstock paper. I colored images with a grey marker and fussy cut them, leaving thin white border around them. I glued watercolored leaves and acorns over the grey ones. I did this to make images thicker, as the watercolor paper I use is very thin.

I wanted to a bit dimension to the squirrel, so I softened the watercolored squirrel using a stylus ball on a soft working mat. This curled the squirrel a bit. I glued the squirrel over the grey colored one.

Lastly, I heat embossed in white the sentiment on a black cardstock paper and cut the sentiment to a stripe of desirable size.

I don't have any 3-D foam in my stash for last two weeks, so I improvise whit paper scraps to achieve dimension. To make the sentiment pop a bit on the card, without 3-D foam, I glued the stripe on a same size black stripe. This doubled the thickness of the sentiment. I glued the sentiment on the card.

Lastly, I glued all images on the card and a white cardstock paper panel inside the card to make it sturdier and my card was finished. :o)

I love how my card turned out!! :o)

Card measurements: 89 mm x 133 mm (3 1/2" x 5 1/4")

List of supplies:

• Gerda Steiner Designs 'Happy Fall' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• black cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• Crafter's Companion Neenah Desert Storm Kraft Coloring Card
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Mustard Seed
• Fossilized Amber
• Spiced Marmalade
• Ground Espresso
• Stabilo Fibre Tip Pen (Marker), Black 68/46
• Stabilo Fibre Tip Pen (Marker), Light Grey 68/94
• UHU liquid glue
• 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. 3/0
• scissors
• stylus ball
• soft working mat
• powder bag
• dry cloth
• paper towels
• water

I hope you'll like my card and get inspired. Stop by Craft Stamper Magazine blog and find more inspiration from a very talented Design Team (links: inspiration post, challenge post). And don't forget to join the challenge. Grab your stamps, create something, have fun and share in TIMI November challenge. :o)

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) Addicted to Stamps and More, Challenge #366 - Anything Goes
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Country View Challenges, November 2019 - Hand Stamped

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

3) Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge, Week 45 - Anything Goes

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

4) Gerda Steiner Designs, Share Your Designs Challenge, November 2019
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

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

Milka