Trifold Retirement Card

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I have a co-worker who just retired this month. I was requested to create a card for her. She likes to travel which explains the theme of the card. 

I created this card using supplies from my craft stash. The luggage was cut using the Cricut Machine. I do this if I don't have a die to cut an image. I added eyelets to the luggage details. I fussy cut a patterned paper for the luggage embellishments. I punched one of the cut outs for a postage edge. I used a Martha Stewart custom stamp set to spell out the word retired on the luggage tag.

I put together the sentiment using several dies. 'Let' is from Simon Says Stamp. I did a bit of die cut surgery since the sentiment says Let's Party. 'The' is from Concord & 9th which I trimmed from the word There. 'Adventure' is from Lawn Fawn. And, 'Begin' is from Sugar Pea Designs. The last two dies are alphabet dies. I like alphabet stamps and dies. It allows me to customize a sentiment.

I inked the edges of the patterned paper I used for the panel. I splattered white ink over the panel.

I created this into a tri-fold card to provide a large space for my co-workers to write on. I added additional sentiments to both folds. The die cut sentiments and stamps are from Hero Arts. 

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

Maria Giselle B.

A Pink Christmas, An Alternate Take On Christmas, A Blank Page Muse Post

 

Hello! I am back at the Blank Page Muse blog with this card. For December, the team is doing an alternate take on Christmas theme. I created a mostly pink Christmas card, which is a non-traditional Christmas color. The Blank Page Muse stamps I used on this card are the Beyond the Border Christmas Stamp Set and the Country Vintage Christmas Rubber Art Stamps Set Sheet. I used a pink striped pattern paper from a Valentine paper collection, a very alternate take.

The card is mostly pink except for the sentiment which I embossed in black. I feel that if I made this pink, it will get lost in the busy pink background.

I hope you like today's card. Please visit the BPM blog for details on how I created this card. Thank you and have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

I shared this card at

Simon Says: Sparkle and Shine #83

Pink Christmas Card

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I created a one layer card with minimal supplies and stitching. The stamps I used are from Lawn Fawn. I stamped the houses on kraft cardstock. I colored the houses with Faber Castell Polychromos pencils. Very easy coloring since I only used two colors, red and brown.

I die cut the houses using the coordinating die. 

I stamped the word joy on white cardstock using a very light ink. I carefully poked holes on this following the outline of the stamped sentiment. I added stitching to these poked holes using a red metallic thread. I did a french knot to the tittle of the j. I die cut the stitched sentiment using the coordinating die. Yes, another bold move. Luckily, no stitch was undone.

For the sentiment, I stamped this on kraft cardstock. using Versamark ink. I poured red embossing powder to the sticky ink and heat set it. I cut this into a wide strip. I added details to the top and bottom edges with a x stitching details.

I cut a pink cardstock at 4 1/4 x 11 1/2". I scored this at 5 1/4" on the long side. I added details to the front using a dye from The Greetery. 

I adhered the sentiment strip on the front of the note card. I adhered the houses with a foam tape. I adhered the stitched sentiment to the panel.

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 card at

Simon Says: Anything Christmas/Holidays #15

 

12 Days of Christmas Cross Stitching Template-Day 12

Hello! Welcome back to day 12 of my blog series of 12 Days of Christmas Cross Stitching. It is the last day! If you have been with me all these 12 days, thank you very much. If you just joined me, just hit old post on the bottom because there are 11 stitched patterns to see before this.

Although the original stich pattern is an advent calendar, due to lack of time, I settled with stitching the first 12 and stitch the rest for next year. 

My take aways doing this project is that I could have substituted some colors with another kind of embroidery floss (metallic, glittered or variegated) since I have some of it in my thread stash. It will also be nice if I can do a reel each time I stitch. In that way, I can share to you my awe each time an image comes to form after continued stitching. It is like Christmas morning. 

Thank you for visiting my blog. I trully appreciate your time especially these times of hustle and bustle. As early as now, let me greet you a very Merry Christmas. 

Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

Stitch pattern by Dorigo Michela for Crocette a gogo

Embroidery floss: DMC 6 strand

Paper: Neenah Desert Storm 100 lb

Piercing die: Waffle Flower 

Binding Project for a Retiree

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Today's project is a retirement gift. My co-worker, Lea Anne, is very nice to hand out retirement cards for our work group to fill up for Jill, the retiree. I volunteered to bound the cards and jazz it up to make it more special.

I used the We R Makers Multi Cinch Binding Machine to punch the holes. I don't have Cinch Binding Wires. I only have the Zutter brand. Although the Zutter binding wires thread through the holes, it is not compatible with the Cinch machine when it comes to pressing the binding wires. Good thing, I still have my Zutter Binding Machine to press the wires.

I stamped a Honey Bee Stamps floral background stamp on the back of the cards and the inner cover of the book. I heat embossed this image on the front with gold embossing powder. You might notice on the photo that mybinding is not perfect. The wires got messed up after I attempted to use it on the Cinch.

I die cut the letters to spell out the retiree's name using dies from Spellbinders. It is a stitching die so I added stitching to the holes. I used DMC Variegated floss for the stitching. I substituted the teetles of the letters j and i with flowers from My Favorite Things. The recipient loves to garden so this will tie in with the floral stamped background. 

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

Maria Giselle B.

I shared this project at

Simon Says Stamp IG Challenge-Dazzling Die Cuts

 

12 Days of Christmas Cross Stitching-Day 11

 

Hello! Welcome back to day 11 of my blog series of 12 Days of Christmas Cross Stitching.

For this pattern, I must have incorrectly counted the stitches. The tree ended up near the bottom of the stitching panel. I just zoomed in on the tree that's why you are not able to see it. 

I am nearing the end of this blog series. As early as now, I would like to thank you for checking in and seeing what is the stitched pattern of the day.

Please come back for Day 12. 

Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

Stitch pattern by Dorigo Michela for Crocette a gogo

Embroidery floss: DMC 6 strand

Paper: Neenah Desert Storm 100 lb

Piercing die: Waffle Flower 

Scenic Christmas Card

 

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I created a card using Craft Consortium Candy Christmas chipboard ephemera from a mystery box I bought a while back. I created a snow scene and added embossing paste to the background for some textured snow look. 

Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.