Thursday, March 14, 2024

Spring Themed Easel Card

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Today's project features images from the Blank Page Muse March 2024 Digital Page. This digital set includes mostly St. Patrick's Day themed images. A few of the ephemera can be used for another occasion like I did with today's project.

I downloaded the paper strip image and cropped the strip to separately print the pattern. I printed a pattern on one side of the paper, and printed the other pattern on the other side to come up with a double sided patterned paper. I made this paper into a gift card envelope using the We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board. 

I cropped the daffodil from the ephemera sheet. I printed three daffodils, with one slightly larger than the other two, and the other one flipped for a different orientation. I fussy cut these daffodils, leaving a small white border around it. To fit the daffodils in the envelope, I did a bit of surgery, trimming off a part of the bunch. 

For the card base, I trimmed a cream cardstock at 10" x 3 3/4". I scored this in half on the long side, coming up with a 5" x 3 3/4" card. I scored the front of the card base at 2 1/4".


I trimmed a scrap of the double sided printed paper at 5" x 2 1/4". I added embossing to this panel using the Altenew Wicker Texture 3D embossing folder. I blended ink to the the raised areas with Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress ink. 

For the sentiment, I adhered the scrap daffodils on a cream cardstock. I die cut this using a Paper Smooches sentiment die. I added some variation to the sentiment by creating a banner to stamp the rest of the sentiment on.


I adhered this to the bottom half of the inner fold of the card which also acts as a stopper for the easel card.

I adhered the flowered envelope to the front fold of the card. I die cut a ribbon using a yellow felt and adhered this to the front of the envelope using a glue gun. I also added a yellow gem to the center of the bow.

The top portion of the front of the card was stamped using a stamp from the Blank Page Muse Scribble & Scratch Mixed Media Set 2. I stamped this using gold and light blue dye inks.


I added foam to the back of the flowers to give it some dimension.

I hope you like today's project. Below is a short video showing off the interactive feature of this card. Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!


Maria Giselle B.

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Friday, March 8, 2024

Stencil and Stitching


Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Today's project is another innovative way of using stencils. The stencil I am using is the Blank Page Muse Clouds & Drops 5x5" Mixed Media Stencil

I lightly traced the clouds on a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" white cardstock. I overlapped the clouds. I also traced the raindrops, flipping the stencil to create a variety of shapes of the raindrops. Not that this matter since the traced raindrops will be covered by the stitching. 


I added texture to this panel with a use of The Greetery Aida Cloth texture plate. 

I poked holes on the traced clouds and raindrops. I made sure that I poked a hole on the areas where the curves of the cloud meet to retain the shape of the clouds. I then poke the holes on the traced lines of the cloud. It does not have to be even all throughout since the curves of the clouds varies. 

I did a chevron stitching on the inside of the clouds. The holes created by the texture plate helped a lot in doing this stitch.

I did a chain stitch for the outline of the clouds.

I stitched the raindrops using a rainbow order of colors. The stitch I used is a single loop of the chain stitch in stitching these raindrops. Some of the floss are loose but this did not bother me. This added some texture to the project.


I decided to keep this simple and without a sentiment. I can always add a sentiment later on.

I hope you like today's project. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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Saturday, March 2, 2024

Background Strips Thank you Card

 

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Today's card features products from Kat Scrappiness which I linked below for your convenience. 


I created the background panel by die cutting several shades of green cardstock from the Memory Box Greenery 6x6 paper pad using the KS A2 Stitched Strips Craft dies. I adhered the strips on a scrap 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" typing paper. 

The foliage was created using the KS Oopsie Daisy 6x6 Layering Stencils. I used Tim Holtz Distress inks for inking. I fussy cut the images but these stenciled images has a coordinating die set if you are not up to fussy cutting. 


For the sentiment, I die cut the KS Thank You Shadow Sentiment Craft die thrice, once on a pink patterned paper, and twice on white cardstock. I adhered the two white sentiment die cuts on top of each other, then adhered the pink sentiment die cut on top of it for a raised look.

I adhered the flowers and leaves on the stitched panel. I adhered the flowers with foam adhesive. Afterwhich, I adhered the sentiment to the stitched panel.

I splattered some mica paint to the panel. I adhered KS pink sequins from the KS Rock Candy Sequin Mix and KS Brilliant Pink Solid Sequins for some embellishment.


I hope you like today's card. Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

I added below links to the Kat Scrappiness products I used on this card. There will be no additional cost to you should you decide to purchase any of these products. While you are at the Kat Scrappiness website, do check out their wide array of products especially the exclusive Kat Scrappiness products. They have a new release, too! 

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Friday, March 1, 2024

Interactive Birthday Card

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. We have a new challenge at Incy Wincy Designs. March's challenge theme is/are Birthday &/or Funny/Humorous. Please visit the challenge blog and see how the other DT members interpreted this month's theme. We also hope you join us in this month's challenge.

I am using an Art Impression's stamp and die set called Workout Gal. The final product has a moving element that I think the recipient will enjoy.

There are instructions on the packaging insert but if you are more of a visual learner, Laura Bassen's video is very helpful in using this product. 

I colored my image using Copic markers. The set comes with two sentiment stamps, one of which I used on the card.

I blended ink on the sides of the colored panel.  Just like in Laura's video, I matted the colored panel with a patterned paper before adhering it to a side folding A2 note card. 


Luckily, I have some mini-brads in my stash. I could have colored the brads the same color as the skin and the bunny slipper but I think the movement of the leg makes this less noticeable.


Don't you think this card is both funny and fun? What do you think?

Below is a short video showing the lady in action. I hope you like it.


Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day.

Maria Giselle B.

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Saturday, February 24, 2024

Create a Panel Using Left-over Die Cuts


Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I have a lot of square negative die cuts from a plaid die. I was using that die a lot so I accumulated all of this square die cuts which I decided to keep for later use. 

I trimmed a typing paper at 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" to use as a back panel for the square die cuts. I grouped my square die cuts by color and pattern to give me an idea on how much squares I have for each color and pattern. I used an L-ruler to help with the alignment of the squares while I start building the pattern of squares from a corner. I made sure that the alike colors are not too close to each other. I used a liquid glue to adhere the squares to the typing paper. I left this panel aside while the glue dries with something heavy placed on top of it. 

I treated this tiled panel with an anti-static tool. Using the Misti Stamping Tool, I stamped the Blank Page Muse Floral Spray Sunflowers Chrysanthemum Line Art rubber stamp to the tiled panel using Wow! Embossing ink. Since this is a large stamp, I pressed the stamp to the paper with enough pressure so as to transfer the sticky ink to the tiled panel. The Misti Stamping Tool is very helpful with this step. I was able to re-stamp the image a couple of times until I was able to get the whole image stamped. 

In between stamping, I poured glittery black embossing powder to the sticky ink. I heat set the powder making sure I move the heat gun while melting the powder to avoid flattening the already melted powder. 


I created a frame for the panel using a fringe scalloped rectangle die and a rectangle die. I cut strips of purple cardstock and adhered this to the back of the frame. This color will show thru the fringes when the fringes are lifted up. 


I created a sentiment strip by heat embossing the sentiment on the same red cardstock I used for the frame. I trimmed this off into a strip and adhered it to the tiled panel.

I adhered the frame to the tiled panel, then adhered this to a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" red cardstock. 


I hope you like today's card. Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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Sunday, February 18, 2024

Another Stitched Card

 

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Today's card is another stitched card. I would like to thank @shannon.christine.designs for sharing this pattern in her IG account. 

I stitched the design on a light gray cardstock. I used the Waffle Flower Piercing Panel die to add holes for stitching. I used two strands of DMC floss for stitching. I substituted some of the colors so I can use a floss from my stash. 


Somehow the white stitching does not show really well on the gray cardstock. I only noticed this after I am done with all of the stitching. I did not want to undo the white stitching because of the risk of ripping the paper. I did not want to pitch the stitched panel after all that hard work. To try and save it, I outlined the white stitching with a light pink DMC floss. It looks much better.


To create this into a card, I trimmed a patterned paper to 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". I die cut a square window at the center. I added pierced details to this panel using The Greetery Aida Cloth texture plate. 

I adhered a patterned washi tape to the stitched panel to frame it for a pop of color. I adhered the window patterned paper to the stitched panel. 

To take this project up a notch, I blanket stitched the edges. Some of the holes are very close to the edge of the paper that it ripped during stitching. You can notice this on the top border of the window panel where there are uneven blanket stitches.


I hope you like today's project. Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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Sunday, February 11, 2024

Card & Envelope Set Using Digital Printed Paper (Series 3)




Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I created a card and envelope set using the Blank Page Muse Digital Page with Small Calendar and Versatile Love-themed Images 2024 February Pam Bray Designs on my card. This is a very affordable digital download which includes paper pattern strips and ephemera that you can resize based on your crafting need. 


Isn't this gnome adorable? I fussy cut the gnome leaving a thin white margin around it. You can further embellish the images by doodling on it and adding shimmer to it. I added Ranger Glossy Accents to the heart held by the gnome.


You can easily mix and match the elements of the digital download. I layered several ephemera. I altered the heart wreath by cutting off the sentiment attached to it. 


Best of all, you can use items from your craft stash with this digital download. I used a rotating stamp to add more sentiments to the card panel. I adhered tiny heart sequins to the heart wreath. I used a Martha Stewart heart punch to add a trim to the top and bottom edges of the panel.

The matching envelope, which you will appreciate more on the video below, was created using the paper strips included in the digital download. I cropped the patterns and resized it so I can die cut the patterns using The Stamp Market A2 Standard Envelope die. 


I hope you like today's project. Below are links to the other two sets I created using Blank Page Muse Digital Downloads. I hope you check it out.


Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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Inspired by the XOXO.