Sketch Inspired Birthday Card

 

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. This is my first post as a card design team member of Stick It Down Scrapbook and Card Making Challenge in FB. There are three sketches to choose from so lots of oppotunities to join. 

I love it that I was able to use my edge punchers for this card sketch. Despite the emergence of cutting dies, I am still holding on to my punchers especially the Martha Stewart ones which is the edge punch I used on this card. I punched several green cardstocks from my stash. 

 

I also punched an orange cardstock to which I adhered four of the doily edgers. The contrast of the orange shows through the holes of the doilies.

The card panel is split into yellow and orange cardstocks. The top half is orange which I added details with a quilted stitched pattern die and green ink splatters. 

For the bottom half, the yellow panel, I adhered the layered doily to this. I also adhered the sentiment to this panel, above the doily layers. I created the sentiment by die cutting the word birthday from the Simon Says Stamp Happy Birthday wafer dies, and the word Happy from an Altenew Essential Sentiment Strips 3D dies. I die cut three pieces of each and stacked them for dimension.

I zhuzhed the doilies to add more depth to the card panel. 

I hope you like today's card. Please join this month's sketch challenge, if you can. We would love to see your take on this month's sketches.

Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

I sharted this project at

Simon Says: Anything Goes #177

Giveaway Winner-Three Cards Using the Same Die

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I have a winner! I had three commenters for the post 😔 but only one gave a feedback to which card is her favorite. The other two are commenters from a challenge blog that I join. 

Without further ado, the winner is TerryM. Thank you for playing! #2 card was a family favorite, too.

Please email me (gmbatan@gmail.com) by July 7, 4pm CST to claim your prize. Please put "Giveaway Winner" in the subject. Include in your email which prize option you choose. Here is a link to the original giveaway post if you want to review the prize options: https://ienjoywhatido.blogspot.com/2025/06/three-cards-using-same-die-and-giveaway.html.

If the prize is not claimed, there's is no NIL winner. 

Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

Paper Stitching

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I have another stitched project today. Thanks to Stitchable Cards FB for the free stitching pattern. This is just one of my paper stitching projects. Please search paper stitching in the search tab to see my other stitched projects if you are interested. 

My stitched project is a smaller scale of the pattern since I used a different stitching panel. The stitching die I used is from Ellen Hutson. A lot of strain to the eyes in making this one but I think it is worth it. 

I don't have all of the recommended DMC floss colors for the pattern. I substituted the missing colors using thread-bare.com. I was not a fan of the orange substitute but after adding the backstitch, I think it looks alright.

I usually use The Stamp Market Embroidery Hoops die for my stitched projects but I cut the stitched panel smaller than the embroidery hoop die. So I created an embroidery hoop by creating a circle frame using two circle nesting dies. I partially die cut The Stamp Market embroidery hoop to cut the portion where the screw fits in. I die cut two pieces of this. I adhered one piece to the back of the circle frame and saved the other piece for the back portion of the embroidery hoop.

I die cut the stitched panel and another cardstock using the larger circle die I used to cut the frame. I adhered the circle die cut to the back of the stitched panel.

I die cut the screw on a mirror cardstock. I die cut two pieces and adhered this together with the mirror side facing out. Layering adds depth and stability to this tiny screw die cut. 

I adhered the embroidery hoop frame to the stitched panel making sure that the screwing portions are aligned with each other.

Now, I have an especially made ephemera that I can add to any layout. 

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

Maria Giselle B.

I shared this project at

June 2025 Challenge #77 ~ Anything Goes #155

 

CAS Rainbow Color Block ~ A Blank Page Muse Post

 

Hello! I am at the Blank Page Muse blog with this card. We are wrapping up this month's theme of using the products from a stamp bundle chosen by Kim, BPM owner. I hope you have cruised through the other DT member's work and enjoyed the variation in creativity. 

For this project, I used the following BPM products:

• Texture Wet Cement Red Rubber Stamp
  
• Etched Stone Flower Art Rubber Stamp
  
• Fern Art Rubber Stamp
  

Please visit the BPM blog for details on how I created this card panel.

Thank you. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

Rainbow Greeting Card

 

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Today's card was inspired by this month's Pink Fresh Studio's Blog Challenge Rainbow Reverie. 

I used the colors of the rainbow to color the frames. I used the PFS Decorative Frames Press Plate and Die for the background. I did the letter press first by inking the press plate with a black dye ink and using the Spellbinders Betterpress System and cardstock. I have not letterpressed for a while so I had a couple of rejects before coming up with this one. 

Using the coordinating die, I die cut the frames. I used a metal shim in cutting the frames since the Betterpress cardstock is thicker than the regular cardstock. 

I blended Tim Holtz Distress inks on the frames. I blend the colors where it overlaps. The colors I used are Candied Apple, Carved Pumpkin, Squeezed Lemonade, Blueprint Sketch, Mowed Lawn and Seedless Preserves. I used the reject scraps to layer behind the blended frames to add depth. 

I adhered these frames to a scrap white cardstock cut at 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". I trimmed this panel to fourths to so I can rotate it and create a different pattern. 

I stamped the flower from the PFS Lovely Blooms stamp set on vellum using Versafine Onyx Black ink. I poured black metallic embossing folder to this and heat set it. I die cut the flower using the coordinating die. I used vellum for a softer look. I colored the floral bunch using the coordinating stencil. I used the same ink colors I used on the frames.

I stamped the sentiment on vellum also. The sentiment is from PFS Humbled & Grateful stamp set. I stamped this using Versafine Onyx Black ink and heat embossed it with black embossing powder. I die cut the sentiment using the coordinating die. I love sentiments with coordinating dies since it saves me time from fussy cutting it. 

I die cut extras on white and black cardstocks. I adhered the vellum piece to the white cardstock. I used a sticker maker to add adhesive to the back of the vellum. I adhered this to the black die cuts slightly off setting it for a shadow look. 

I adhered this to the panel where the frames meet.

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

Maria Giselle B.

I shared this project at

Pinkfresh Studio Blog Challenge

Craft and Connect Challenge Blog #4

Anything Goes ~ Weeks #704-#705 #14

4th of July Inspired Birthday Card

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I created a card inspired by the birthday of America which is celebrated every 4th of July. The Kat Scrappiness products I used are linked below. 

I die cut the banner on red and blue cardstocks. I die cut 2 pieces of the banner on blue cardstock. The die I used is from the KS Nesting Fishtail Banner dies.

Here comes the tedious part. I die cut a lot of stars on white cardstock. The star die is from the same banner die I used for the banners. I used the second to the smallest star die in the set.

I die cut the strips on white cardstock using the KS Stitched Slimline Strips dies. I used the second to the thinnest strip die.

I adhered the white strips to the red banner vertically to create stripes. I adhered the white star die cuts to the blue banners. 

For the sentiment, I die cut the sentiment on red, white and blue cardstocks. I was not sure which of these colors will work well with the design. I adhered these sentiment die cuts on top of each other with the red die cut on top. The die I used is from the KS Happy Birthday Shadow Sentiment Craft die.

I trimmed a patterned paper at 5 1/2" x 4 1/4". I adhered the blue starred banners on the patterned paper panel. 

I added a pop-up feature to the red striped banner. I trimmed two pieces of a black cardstock at 1" x 2". I scored this black cardstock at every 4th of an inch on the short side. I folded this strip on the score line and reinforced the folds with a bone folder. I repeated this on the other black strip cardstock. I added glue to one end of the accordion strip and adhered this to the back of the striped banner repeating it with the other accordion strip. I added glue to the other end of the accordions and adhered this to the patterned paper panel. 

I added dots of glue to the sentiment die cut and adhered this to the striped banner. I added shimmer to the sentiment die cut.

I zhuzhed the tails of the blue banner for some interest. 

I hope you like today's card. With a heavy heart, this is my last post as a Kat Scrappiness Influencer. It has been a great ~2 years. I will always be grateful for this opportunity. 

Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

I added below links to the Kat Scrappiness products I used on this project. There will be no additional cost to you should you decide to purchase this/these product/s. While you are at the Kat Scrappiness website, do check out their wide array of products. KS has a new release, too! Enjoy!

I shared this project at

Summer Fun Cards 4 Kids #10

Challenge #332 ~ Masculine

Mini Easel Card, a Blank Page Muse Post

Hello! I am at the Blank Page Muse blog with this mini card. The BPM DT is also creating projects using products from the same stamp bundle. I hope you visit each DT's post and be amazed of the projects created using the same stamps. 

I used the Blank Page Muse Etched Stone Flower Art rubber stamp on this card. 

Please visit the blog for details on how I created this interactive mini card. 

Below is a short video my 13 year old son made to show how this mini interactive card works.

 Thank you! Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

I shared this project at

Simon Says: Monochrome

Simon Says: Fur, Feathers, Flowers

Challenge 7 ~ Anything Goes #90