Kraft Snowflake Circle Tags / Cards (Jane's Doodles DT Spotlight)

Hi everyone! :o)

I'm back from holidays. I had an amazing time and so much fun with my family and friends. I'm very relaxed and happy. :o)

On Tuesday, January 9th, was my turn to be on the spotlight over at Jane's Doodles and I made these two Kraft Snowflake Circle Tags/Cards. :o)

To create these two tags/cards I used stamps from five Jane's Doodles stamp sets. Snowflakes are from Driving Home For Christmas, Warm Wishes, Winter Wishes and Winter Fun stamp sets. A sentiment is from Merry Christmas stamp set.

    

I stamped snowflakes on Kraft paper in watermark stamping technique using VersaMark Watermark Ink.

I die cut wonky stitched circles in the stamped Kraft paper and heat embossed in white the sentiment. I die cut two more circles in a white cardstock paper.

I pierced circles, placed baker's twine between two circles and assembled tags/cards with fasteners. :o)

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Merry Christmas' stamp set
• Jane's Doodles 'Driving Home For Christmas' stamp set
• Jane's Doodles 'Warm Wishes' stamp set 
• Jane's Doodles 'Winter Wishes' stamp set
• Jane's Doodles 'Winter Fun' stamp set
• 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)
• baker's twine
• Tim Holtz Idea-ology Long Fastener
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Sizzix Big Shot
• My Favorite Things, Die-namics Wonky Stitched Circle STAX
• Ranger Heat It Tool
• scissors
• crafting needle
• powder bag
• dry cloth

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

Milka

Happy Reindeer Chocolate/Candy Dispenser Box (Fairy Tale Challenge #182)

Happy Friday! :o)

I hope you're all great.

This Tuesday, December 5th, a new challenge has started over at Fairy Tale Challenge Blog. I didn't have time to share my project earlier.

Our theme for this fortnight is #182, Schokolade / Chocolate. Share a chocolate recipe, make pralines, wrap a chocolate, use an image fitting the theme.... ANYTHING!! There must be chocolate. :o)

This time our lucky winner will win this lovely mini flower bouquet stamp set.

And here is my take on the challenge: Happy Reindeer Chocolate/Candy Dispenser Box.

To make this project, I followed a tutorial by Sandie of The Paper Cave, which is shared on Stamping Bella blog. When I saw Sandie's ADORABLE box, I knew I have to make one for myself. :o)

When I finished the box and closed it, a lid didn't fit well, so I had to make a new one, slightly larger than the first one. I cut a piece of cardstock paper measuring 4 5/8" x 4 5/8" and followed steps from the tutorial. I also extended patterned paper cutouts for the lid.

For the door knob I used plastic snowflake and a brad I had in my stash. The snowflake had some glitter on it, which I didn't like, neither it fitted on my project. I tried to scratch glitter off with the scissors... It worked!!! Completely white, no glitter on it. Happiness overload!! :o) I glued the snowflake and the brad together (I used Loctite Super Gel to glue metal and plastic together) and got pretty door knob. :o)

Next up was an image.

I used an ADORABLE reindeer from Mama Elephant 'Reindeer Games' stamp set.

Image is paper pieced. I stamped the reindeer on a watercolor paper, colored him in watercolor technique with Distress Ink. Then I stamped reindeer's collar on the patterned paper, same I used for the box. I fussy cut both pieces, colored edges with black marker and glued them together. Watercolor paper I use is great and I love it, but it's not thick, so I stamped another reindeer on a white cardstock paper. I colored the reindeer completely with black marker and fussy cut him, leaving white border around him. Lastly I glued two pieces together, glued some foam on the back and placed the reindeer on the box. :o)

I wanted to keep my box as simple as possible, so I didn't add any other embellishments. Also, I love the patterned paper I used and for me it's enough. :o)

Lastly I filled the box with chocolate minis. :o)

List of supplies:

• Mama Elephant 'Reindeer Games' stamp set
• Crafter's Companion Bebunni Christmas 6" x 6" Designer Paper Pad
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks
• Tea Dye
• Vintage Photo
• Walnut Stain
• Hickory Smoke
• Black Soot
• Stabilo Fibre Tip Pen (Markers), Black 68/46
• Tim Holtz Idea-ology Long Fastener
• plastic snowflake
• UHU universal glue
• Loctite Super Attak Gel
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• foam sheet scraps 1 mm thick
• bone folder
• scissors
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• paper towels
• water

I hope you'll like my project for this fortnight and get inspired. Stop by the Fairy Tale Challenge Blog and see gorgeous creations my Design Team Mates made for this challenge. Do join us, we can't wait to see your chocolate projects. :o)

I'm linking my project 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) Noor! Design U.K., December Challenge: Anything Goes

2) Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog, Icy Inspiration
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

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

Milka

Flamenco Dancer Slider Spinner Card (LMMS Challenge #162)

Hi everyone! :o)

I hope you're all great and having a great week! It's been quiet here on my blog this week. I'm spending most of my time outside on the Sun, doing a remake of our terrace, building up a balcony garden and planting vegetables and herbs. Oh how happy I am!!! :o)

Today a new challenge starts at Little Miss Muffet Stamps Challenge Blog. It's #162, Anything Goes Challenge.

For this challenge I made this CAS (clean and simple), interactive, Flamenco Dancer Slider Spinner Card. :o)

I made this card for my cousin who will celebrate her 30th birthday this week. :o)

For my card I used an adorable LMM's Forgotten Scraps 'Polka Dot Pals Maria' digital stamp. I love it!! This image and couple others are released to the store today. Find them here. :o)

I printed PDP Maria on a thick watercolor paper and left her dry over the night so the ink could settle and it prevents ink smearing while coloring. I always leave printed images drying no matter what coloring medium I'll use.

I watercolored PDP Maria using Distress Inks. After drying, I fussy cut the image and traced edges with black marker.

Next up was slider/spinner construction. First I made a wave stencil from a thick cardstock paper. I used the stencil to cut two wave lines, next to each other. Then I cut that section. I glued 3D foams on the back of the panel leaving enough space for a slider element to move. Then I made slider element (I have no idea how to call that... that piece that moves and image is mounted on). I used cardstock punched circles and brad, put everything together, inserted it in the slide and glued the panel on another black panel.

Then I glued a foam on PDP Maria and glued her on the slider element. Lastly, I glued the panel on a  side folded card base and my card was finished. :o)

PDP Maria can spin 360° (forgot to take more photos and I already sent the card). I'm very satisfied how my card turned out. She looks like she dances on the card. :o)

Card dimensions: 146 mm x 89 mm (5.75 x 3.5")

List of supplies:

• LMM's Forgotten Scraps 'Polka Dot Pals Maria' digital stamp
• black cardstock paper
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks
• Mustard Seed
• Candied Apple
• Spun Sugar
• Tea Dye
• Black Soot
• Stabilo Fibre Tip Pen (Markers), Black 68/46
• Tim Holtz Idea-ology Long Fastener
• UHU universal glue
• foam sheet scraps, 1 mm thick
• foam sheet scraps, 3 mm thick
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• EK Success 1" scallop circle punch
• printer
• bone folder
• scissors
• craft knife
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• water
• paper towels

I hope you'll like my card for today and get inspired. For more inspiration, stop by the LMMS Challenge Blog. Join us in on Challenge #162. The challenge will last for two weeks. There is also a prize for one lucky winner: $10.00 Gift Voucher to the LMMS shop. We like to select couple other projects to highlight as well. :o)

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) bastel-traum, Challenge #52 - Muttertag oder Karten für Frauen oder Mädchen / Mother's Day or cards for women or girls

2) Crafting By Designs, May Anything Goes Challenge
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

3) Happy Little Stampers, Watercolour Challenge, May 2017, Anything Goes with optional twist: Red

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

4) Pile It On!, Challenge #129 - Interactive and/or Birthday
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

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

Milka

Easter Decorations (LMMS Inspiration)

Hi everyone! :o)

It's Little Miss Muffet Stamps Inspiration Week and I made these Easter Decorations: Sheep Magnet and Easter Basket. :o)

I love my last week's card I made for LMMS challenge #160 and a color scheme, so I decided to make Easter Decorations using same image and in same color scheme.

For the magnet I used an adorable LMM's Forgotten Scraps 'Claribella' digital stamp. I printed the image on a watercolor paper and left it dry couple days to prevent ink smearing. It's enough to leave printed image drying couple hours or through the night. I didn't have time to color it, so it was drying couple days. :o)

I colored the image in watercolor technique using Distress Inks and aquarel colored pencils. After drying, I fussy cut the image, leaving thin white border around it. I traced the image on a magnet sheet, cut it out a bit smaller than the colored image and glued together the magnet and the image. I pressed the magnet with a 32 cm x 32 cm, 1 cm thick glass plate and left it pressed for an hour. As a finishing touch, I added white highlights to the image.

Approximate Magnet dimensions: 85 mm x 110 mm

List of supplies magnet:

• LMM's Forgotten Scraps 'Claribella' digital stamp
• Koh-i-noor pop Aquarel Watercolor Paper, 250 gms
• Tim Holtz's Distress Inks
• Hickory Smoke
• Black Soot
• Koh-i-noor Hardtmuth Mondeluz aquarel colored pencils 3710
• Light Green 25
• Dark Green 26
• Uniball Signo White
• magnet sheet
• UHU universal glue
• scissors
• printer
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• eraser
• water
• paper towels
• 32 cm x 32 cm x 1 cm glass plate

For the basket I used lovely gingham paper from Lili of the Valley 'Butterfly Kisses' Paper Pad and a white cardstock paper. You can find more details on how to make basket in my old post, here. This one is smaller. I made it from 126 mm x 126 mm square gingham paper.

After I assembled the basket, I attached a handle to it, using brads, so the handle can move. :o)

I decorated the basket with a scalloped border punched stripe, filled the basket with an artificial grass and my basket was finished. It's large enough for a chicken egg. :o)

Lovely crochet hearts in the basket are made by Jane Beljo of Plain Jane. Love them!!! :o)

List of supplies basket:

• Lili of the Valley 'Butterfly Kisses' 8x8 Paper Pad (green gingham)
• white cardstock paper
• Tim Holtz Idea-ology Long Fastener
• UHU universal glue
• double sided adhesive tape 
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• scissors
• Martha Stewart scalloped paper puncher
• crafting needle

I hope you liked my today's project and got inspired. For more inspiration, stop by the LMMS Challenge Blog. There's still time to join us in our current Challenge #160 - Anything Goes. There is a prize for one lucky winner: $10.00 Gift Voucher to the LMMS shop. We like to select couple other projects to highlight as well. :o)

I'm entering my project 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 #237 - Make Your Mark

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Crafty Creations Challenges, Challenge #339 - Anything Goes
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

3) Happy Little Stampers, Watercolour Challenge, April 2017, Anything Goes

This is my 4th entry to this challenge.

4) Simon Says Stamp, Work it Wednesday March 2017, Spring has Sprung! (flowers, bunnies, Easter themed....)
This is my 3rd entry to this challenge.

5) Sweet Stampers Challenge Blog, Challenge #6 - Animals
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

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

Milka

Joie de Vivre Box (Jane's Doodles DT Spotlight)

Hi everyone :-D

Today it's my turn to be on the spotlight over at Jane's Doodles.

Joie de Vivre Box is my project for today.

I used gorgeous Jane's Doodles Butterflies stamp set.

I altered a small Kraft hexagon cardboard box with a lid I had in my stash few years.

First I colored the box and lid inside with Tim Holtz's Distress Inks (I mixed Brushed Corduroy and Walnut Stain with water) using paintbrush. Then I distressed all outside edges with TH Distress Ink Brushed Corduroy. 

I cut out two hexagons and two rectangle stripes from scraps of Graphic 45 'French Country' Patterns and Solids, distressed edges with TH Distress Ink Brushed Corduroy and glued them on the box and lid with UHU universal glue.

Then I stamped butterflies on the box and lid using TH Distress Ink Walnut Stain and Brown Dye Ink pad. After stamping, I distressed whole surface with TH Distress Ink Brushed Corduroy using blending tool. I dried everything in between with hairdryer. At the end I splattered whole surface with water using my fingers. 

When I was satisfied with the look of the surface and color I got, I coated the box and lid, inside and outside, three times with découpage glue and varnish.

After drying (I left it dry for a day), I made small box legs from wooden beads and Long Fasteners, and simply glued them on the bottom of the box.

I also decorated the box and lid with TH Idea-ology Long Fasteners.

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Butterflies' stamp set
• Kraft cardboard hexagon box with a lid (5 cm x 3.5 cm) 
• Graphic 45 paper collection 'French Country', 6 x 6, Patterns and Solids (scraps) 
• Tim Holtz Distress Inks (Brushed Corduroy, Walnut Stain) 
• Docrafts Dye Ink Pad (brown) 
• wooden pearls (3 pieces)
• Tim Holtz Idea-ology Long Fasteners (8 pieces)
• UHU universal glue 
• Art Potch découpage glue and varnish
• ruler 
• trimmer
• scissors
• polymer stamp handle (38 mm x 38 mm) 
• Tim Holtz's blending tool 
• Marabu fine paint brush no. #10
• large sewing needle
• hairdryer 
• water

I am entering my project to following challenges:

Note: bold text is a direct link to the current challenge and blog badge is direct link to blog or challenge home page.

1) Craft Stamper, Take it Make it Challenge, September: Take a Stamp (Anything Goes)

2) Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, Love this Technique
I love to make decorations. Few of my favorite techniques are altering boxes, stamping and distressing. 

3) Through The Craft Room Door, TTCRD Challenge from September 15th to September 21st, Anything Goes

4) Whimsy Stamps Inspiration Challenges, Challenge #86 - Anything Goes (or Halloween)

Thank you for visiting and your kind feedback. Enjoy and smile! :-D


Crafty Milka