Trifold Christmas Card

 

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. It is the first of the month which means there is a new challenge at Stick It Down Scrapbook and Card Making Challenge in FB. There are three sketches to choose from. I hope you join.

This is my take on the card sketch as shown above. I used the Grinch in place of the flower. I partially die cut the large sentiment on the front of my card. For the diagonal stripes, I used holiday washi tapes from my stash with some of it having words printed on it. I also created a sentiment strip to supplement the message of the large sentiment. 

The Grinch is from a Kat Scrappiness stamp set. I want to thank Julie Patton for this stamp set which I won in her IG giveaway post. I stamped the Grinch on Ranger watercolor paper. I stamped this on the smooth side of the paper using Versafine Onxy black ink. I colored the image with a red and a green Lisa Horton Interference inks. I swiped the ink pad on a palette and picked the pigment with a paint brush. I painted the trim and the ornament with Finetec metallic watercolor. I fussy cut the image leaving a small border around it. 

I added a twist to the card design by making this card into a trifold card. The first fold is the diagonal stripe portion of the sketch, with the main sentiment partially die cut to this panel. The sentiment is very dainty so I used the shadow die of the sentiment instead. This sentiment die is from Trinity Stamps. I die cut the sentiment on matte gold cardstock. I have extra die cuts of this sentiment which I adhered to the back of the gold sentiment die cut to add dimension to the sentiment. I die cut the shadow of the sentiment on a shiny red washi tape adhered to a scrap cardstock. I die cut this using the shadow die and trimmed it halfway.

This panel has a 1/2" tab which I adhered to the inside of the card. 

For the middle fold, I rotated an A2 note card to have the fold on the right side. I trimmed a sliver off the open side so the sentiment panel will nestle nicely over the middle panel. 

I trimmed a patterned paper at 4" x 5 1/4". I blended green ink on the edges. I added stitching to the circle patterns using metallic DMC threads. I added stickers to some of the circles.

I positioned the Grinch in a way that it looks like he is stepping on the diagonal strips. I adhered a washi tape under the Grinch on the middle fold so it does not look like the Grinch is floating.

For the inner panel, I die cut a light weight white cardstock with a stitched die from Simon Says Stamp. Once adhered, it hides the flap of the first fold. 

I hope you like today's card. Please visit Stick It Down's social media sites for more sketch inspiration:

FB Challenge Page: Stick It Down Scrapbook and Card Making Challenges

IG:  #stickitdown

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

Maria Giselle B.

Faux Steampunk, A Blank Page Muse Post

 

Hello! I am back at the Blank Page Muse Blog with this card as the DT is wrapping up this month's optional theme of Steampunk. If you are following my BPM posts for this month, you probably know by now that I struggle with this theme. Well, I hope the metallic elements of this card makes it almost steampunk. 

The Blank Page Muse products I used are:

• Seibold Succulent Solid Set (This stamp is not available anymore. Below are suggested substitutions, in case you are interested.)
• Gothic Garden Flowers 
  
• Dogwood Flower on Stem Art Rubber Stamp
  
• Fantasy Flourish Stencil

Please visit the blog for project details.

Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

I shared this project at 

Simon Says Stamp IG Challenge

Simon Says: Anything Goes

Anything Floral Goes #33 #32

Honeycomb Pumpkin Fall Card Upgrade

 

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. This is the same card on my post at the start of this month for Stick It Down Challenge. I was creating a short video to show the honeycomb feature of the card but I encountered some faulty mechanics on the design of the card. I was just going to let it be but knowing myself, I want to fix the problem.

The honeycomb won't stay open despite the two magnets. I troubleshooted this issue. Is the magnet weak? Is the paper too thick for the magnets to attach to each other? 

After giving it some thought, I had to take the magnets out. It was easy to get the magnets on the front since it is laying on the last honeycomb layer. The other magnets are sandwiched in between the matte cardstock and the cardstock panel. I tried detaching the matte cardstock but I must have used a really strong glue because I am not able to sneak the spatula in between these layers. 

So I attack this from the back. I located the magnets by placing the other magnets on the back of the panel. I created a slit to extract the magnets. 

A lot of ripping off the paper and the foam adhesive just so I can better position the magnets. This time, I added a third magnet to make the honeycomb pumpkin stay open. 

I adhered the other magnets on the outside of the honeycomb pumpkin. Looks like a mess at this point, right?

I die cut an orange patterned paper to cover the magnet mess on the pumpkin. Before adhering it, I inked the edges to tie in with the rest of the pumpkin die cuts. I also heat embossed an arrow and the word open as a instruction on how to see honeycomb come to life.

The back was not that hard to fix. I just cut small pieces of the same foam adhesive and adhered it around the magnets. I covered the hole with a light weight scrap paper. 

Below is the final video of the card. 

I could have given up on this card. Tossing it will be the easiest way to forget about it but I did not want to do that. After all, I already encountered struggles with the making of this honeycomb and I was able to make it through that. What is another struggle, right? In this way, I learn from my mistakes and share it here so hopefully, you will avoid the mistakes I made. 

Please visit the original post, Honeycomb Pumpkin Fall Card, for details about this card.

Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

I shared this project at

Honey Bee Stamps Buzzworthy Challenges in FB

Color Inspired Stitched Card

 

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I created this card to join this monht's Altenew inspiration Challenge. 

I added a lot of stitching to this card. I used the Altenew String Art Rectangles Die Set to add the stitching holes. I used the largest die, the third to the largest die and the fifth to the largest die to add the holes to a white cardstock panel cut at 5 1/2" x 4 1/4". I cut these into frames using a craft knife. I stitched on these frames using a chain link stitch. I used DMC embroidery floss following the colors in the challenge photo. 

I trimmed the frames to make it skinny being careful not to cut any of the stitching.

I cut a heavy weight vellum at 5 1/2" x 4 1/4". I prepped this for heat embossing. I stamped the floral bundles from the Altenew Watercolor Flowers Stamp Set from the Craft Your Life Project Kit using Veramark ink. I poured Wow! White Pearl embossing powder to the sticky ink. I heat set the powder until it has melted.

I used some more of the dies from the Altenew String Rectangles Die Set (the 2nd, 4th & 6th from the largest dies) to add holes to the embossed vellum. I did a running stitch to these poked holes using a lighter shade of the same colors I used on the frames. I used less amount of floss on the running stitch than the chain link stitch.

I adhered the frames to the vellum.

For the sentiment, I die cut the word hugs from the Altenew Timeless Sentiments Die Set on a mirrored black cardstock and two pieces of it on black cardstock. I adhered the black die cuts on top of each other and topped it with the mirror sentiment die cut for some dimension. I adhered this on the center of the embossed vellum panel.

I adhered color coordinating sequins to the chain link stitching.

I adhered this to a top folding A2 note card. 

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

Maria Giselle B.

I shared this project at

Altenew Challenge Blog #18

Faux Steampunk, A Blank Page Muse Post

Hello! I am at the Blank Page Muse Blog with this card. This month, the DT is doing a steampunk theme. I don't have any steampunk items in my craft stash. After searching the web on how to steampunk a non-steampunk, I hope I was able to get close enough with this card. 

The stamp I used on this card is the Blank Page Muse You Make Me Happy Clear Stamp Set.

Please visit the blog for card details.

Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

I shared this project at

Simon Says: Add Some Metal

Gnome Art Journal, A Blank Page Muse Post

 

Hello! I am at the Blank Page Muse Blog with this art journal entry. This month, the DT is doing a steampunk theme, not a forte of mine so I hope this one is close enough to being steampunk. 

The Blank Page Muse products I used on this project are:

• Guardian of Autumn Mr. Elderwillow Gnome Clear Stamp
  
• License Plate Vintage Style Alphabet Rubber Stamp
  

Please visit the blog for project details. 

Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

I shared this project at

SSS IG Challenge

Craft & Connect Blog Challenge #4

Craft Life Together FB September Challenge

Happy STAMPtember!

 

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Simon Says Stamp is celebrating STAMPtember! It is the biggest and most exciting stamping event of the year. Last month, SSS asked for mailing addresses from their followers. The first 100 will get a complimentary STAMPtember exclusive product. YAY! I am one of the lucky 100!

I used the SSS Best Witches Clear Stamp Set on my platform pop-up card. I stamped the images on watercolor paper. I colored the images with Kuretake Gansai Tambi, Coliro Mica and Karin markers. I fussy cut the images. The stamp set has a coordinating die available for puchase in case you are not into fussy cutting.

I think the most challenging part of this project is arranging all the elements on the platform. I did a lot of fiddling with the arrangement. I am so glad with all the re-arranging of the already glued elements, the platform survived. 

I stamped one of the sentiments on black cardstock, partially stamping a segment of the sentiment to create this into strips. In this way, the sentiment will fit on the back of the platform pop-up.

I added a glow-in-the-dark feature to the pop-up platform for an additional enchanting fun. These elements are also floating off the platform which was achieved with the use of acetate strips.

I hope you like today's project. Please join Simon Says Stamp in this month long celebration. Below is a link to this year's exclusive STAMPTember products. Also, from 9/4 through 9/29, everyday at noon 

ET, an exclusive limited edition collab. stamp set from will be released. Once these items sell out, it will not be restocked.

Thank you, SSS for allowing me to be a part of this celebration with this free stamp set.

Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

STAMPtember 2025

I am sharing this project at

Stamp It In STAMPtember 

Cute Fall/Halloween Cards 4 Kids #1

Simon Says Stamp IG Challenge