Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I created two Father's Day cards with a special request of One Piece which is the recipient's favorite. I am not familiar with One Piece so I have to research this online.
The first card is a pop up stand card created using the Pixie Dust Designs Stand up Pop up Card die set which I recently bought. I was attracted to this die set because it reminds me of the Hallmark pop up cards. I was curious on how to use this. This is my second try using this die. On my first try, I used a light weight patterned paper. Thinking that it will not withstand the weight of the main element, I doubled the die cuts for the pop up mechanism. I adhered the two die cuts together. It was not a good idea. It was hard to slip the paper through the slits. IT might work if I cut the slits wider.
Another thing that did not work is my main element has the same width as the large half circle die cut. I did not have enough area to add a design to this die cut which was supposed to hold the pirate ship.
On my second try, I used an 80 lb blue cardstock which just worked fine. The cardstock slipped through the slits without problem. Because of the weaved design, it was able to hold the main element upright.
I also cut a larger half circle to hold the image. I used the Cricut machine to cut this piece. I used one of the Pop Up die cuts as a guide for cutting the slits on this large half-moon die cut.
Having a larger center piece allowed me to embellish the half cicle with waves cut using the Cricut. I heat embossed some of the waves using Judikins Iridescent Sparkle embossing powder. After I adhered the main element, I adhered the waves to the half circle piece making sure to avoid the slits. It is easier to embellish this piece when it is removed from the weaving mechanism.
For the sentiment, I die cut a banner on black cardstock using a die from Lawn Fawn. I die cut two pieces. I heat embossed the sentiment to this banner. The sentiment stamp is also from Lawn Fawn. I trimmed two pieces of acetate strips. I sandwiched these strips in between the two banners keeping in mind the distance between these strips. I adhered the strips behind the first half circle pop up using a double adhesive tape.
I added black Ranger Enamel glue to the eyes of some of the characters.
For the second card, my design was inspired by trading cards. I trimmed several red and green cardstocks. The main front panel is a green cardstock cut at 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". I trimmed a red cardstock at 2 1/8" x 5 1/2". I trimmed a darker red cardstock and a darker green cardstock at 2" x 4 3/4". I added details to these pieces. I heat embossed a Blank Page Muse clock on the red piece. I embossed the green cardstock with an Altenew Linen embossing folder and lightly sanded it. I trimmed the green cardstock shorter to accomodate the numbers.
I die cut the numbers on white cardstock. I die cut three pieces of each number and adhered it on top of each other for some dimension.
I heat embossed the sentiment on black cardstock using white embossing powder. I trimmed this into a sentiment strip.
I added tiny details of the circle and hexagon which can be seen on a trading card.
I hope you like today's cards. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!
Hello! I am on the Blank Page Muse Blog with this interactive card. I am doing a dual post tutorial. Although I will be touching it briefly here, the details on paper piecing will be described on the BPM blog as linked above. For the interactive portion of the card, this will be detailed here.
Paper Piecing is a technique of adding color to an image using colored paper. It involves use of minimal supplies including paper scraps. The tedious part of this technique is the fussy cutting and the layering.
On the above photo, you will see the result of the fussy cutting and the layering. I am adding some shimmer to the dress to give it some elegance.
For the card front, I used a detailed cut paper from Recollections. I trimmed this into 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". I partially die cut a window on this detailed paper. I used a light pink cardstock to frame the intricate paper. Looking back on my processes, there are a few things I could have done to make this card easier to create. I will point this out while I go through the steps of creating this card.
I die cut a rectangle on the light pink cardstock using a stitched die. This panel was cut at 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".
On the detailed paper, I partially die cut the interactive window using the the frame as a guide. I used a rectangle die which is the same size as the stitched die. I scored the slider part of the paper on three areas: 1) on the top most of part where the frame and flap meets; 2) a fourth inch from the bottom of the slider window; 3) and, on the center of these two folds on the slider window.
I reinforced the folds which is crucial to the slider. On a solid paper, this won't be a problem. But since I used an intricate paper, this proved to be a challenge.
Realizing that some of the intricate pieces of this paper might fall off because of the slider window cut, I adhered this to an acetate that was cut as the same size as the slider window. This is where I think I should have used my Xyron Create A Sticker Machine instead of the liquid glue.
I dabbed off the excess glue with a rag to prevent any blobs from seeping out to the acetate.
I pressed the acetate to the detailed paper. I placed something heavy over it while allowing the glue to dry.
I applied dots of glue to the front of the detailed paper, to the area where I will adhere the frame.
I pressed the frame to the glue making sure that the frame is aligned with the slider window on the intricate paper. I allowed this to dry with something heavy placed on top of it.
This is when I think the intricate paper is having some difficulties being a slider. The acetate would not fold on the score line despite giving it a good crease. I was leaning towards pitching this piece and starting all over again. But I decided to walk away and give myself a break. Surely, this allowed me to think on what I can do to save this piece.
I ended up taking off the acetate and switching it to a pink vellum. Good thing that I did not tear the intricate paper or else it would have been game over for this panel. I think that was the perk of using a liquid glue over the Sticker Maker. I don't think I can remove the acetate just like that if I used the Sticker Maker.
For the slider mechanism, I used another acetate which I cut a bit longer than 5 1/2" (the length of the card) but still the same width of the slider window. I cut the excess at the end. Since my initial card design was going nowhere, I made the slider acetate longer to give me a some leeway.
I punch a notch on the top using an old circle punch tool, Ephiphany. This allows the acetate to be pulled out easily.
I adhered the slider mechanism panel to a dark pink side folding A2 note card.
I adhered the fairy to the bottom half of the slider, avoiding the bottom fourth fold of the slider. I added gems to the intricate paper cut for an additional sparkle.
I stamped a sentiment on the front of the note card which shows when the slider is pulled.
Below is a video putting to life this slider card.
I hope you like today's project. If I confused you with how I created the slider mechanism, please check out a previous card I made with this mechanism, Birthday Slider Card. This card did not use an intricate paper like the one I used here so it should be easier to recreate.
Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!
Maria Giselle B.
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I used acrylic markers for the coloring. Acrylic markers are opaque which allows you to add color on top of another color without altering the original color. Blending may be challenging with acrylic markers.
I masked the postage edges using an artist tape. To lessen the stickiness of the tape, I repeatedly adhered the tape to my forearm and removed it. You can also do this trick on your clothing, your shirt or your shorts/pants.
To create this into a postage, I stamped the cost of a first class mail on the top left corner of the die cut. Can you believe how much it costs to mail a first class mail these days?
I did not do a good job stamping the letter c. I colored the blank areas with a black gel pen to fix this.
The sentiment stamp I used came as a one liner sentiment. I wanted to create it into a two liner sentiment to make it fit on the right corner of the postage die cut. I masked one of the words and inked the unmasked word.
After I removed the tape, I stamped the inked sentiment to the bottom right corner of the postage die cut.
I cleaned the stamp and repeated the same masking-inking technique on the other word.
I stamped the inked sentiment on top of the other word to complete the two line sentiment.
This is how the art journal page looks like from the front.
I hope you like today's art journal page. Please visit the BPM blog for more details on this project and for more inspiration. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!
Maria Giselle B.
Blank Page Muse is having a FLASH SALE! 10 HOT red rubber stamps are featured for sale with an amazing 50% discount. What a deal, right?
But if there is nothing on the sale category that interests you, BPM is generously offering a 15% discount to their online store to YOU, my blog readers. Just use the code BPMMaria when you check out.
Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I was tasked with a major project of creating 13 graduation cards. Aside from the graduation theme, the request was for the graduation cards to have a pocket for a gift card. If you follow my blog, you already have a preview of two of the graduation cards. I added these two cards on this post.
The card on the right is a pocket card with a belly band for accent. I am so happy to be able to add some stitching to this card since my fingers have been itching to stitch. The one on the right is a gift card box. I used the We R Memory Keepers Shadow Box Punch Board to create this. The features of these cards can be more appreciated on the short videos below.
Belly Band Grad Card with Stitching
Shadow Box Grad Card
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These graduation cap cards are fun to create. I designed the graduation caps how the caps are jazzed up these days. The tassel is made of rolled up, fringed crepe paper. The card on the left stands up for display as shown on the photo below.
The features of these cards are better shown in the short videos below.
Stand up Grad Cap Card
Folded Grad Cap Card
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The card on the left features a wobbly Cricut cut graduation cap. The one on the right is an oversized tag to which I added a gift card pocket. I also added two elements that I love, stitching and rosette. Below are videos showcasing these two cards.
Wobbly Grad Cap Card
Oversized Grad Pocket Tag
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I created a slimcard sized graduation card with the gift card pocket on the front which can be seen through the front panel year window.
See Through Gift Card Pocket Grad Card
So as not to waste the number drop outs of the previous two cards, I used these numbers to create the above cards. The gift card pocket was a simple pocket which I forgot to take a photo of.
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Let's not forget the first two cards of this graduation collection which I created for Stick It Down. This a two-for-one card. The card on the left is a shaker card and the card on the right has 3D stars. Details of this card can be seen on this post: 2-for-1 Graduation Cards.
And for the star of these graduation cards collection, the card made especially for the son of the person who commissioned me to do this graduation project. (Thank you for allowing me to share this card.)
I used the Karen Burniston Photo Collage Pop-Up Craft Dies. This die set may look intimidating at the start but after putting the elements together, it is actually fun. Opening and closing the card is like ASMR. I added a bit of twist on this pop-up card by substituting some of the pop-ups with letter/number dies. I personalized the card to the graduate's faves and his future college.
This card does not have a gift card pocket. I added stitched rectangles for the sender to write a message on.
Below is a video showing the ASMR moment of the card.
If you got this far on this post, thank you so much. I apologize for a very long post but I hope you enjoyed the short videos showcasing the grad cards I made.
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