Zebra Mildliner in Cardmaking

 

Hello! Welcome to my blog. For today's card, my creating prompts are to use Zebra Mildliner and to play in this month's Altenew challenge. My Zebra Mildliner is a mixture of chisel and brush tip markers. It is a set I bought at Costco specifically put together for journaling. It has limited colors and includes Zebra CLiCKART markers. 

I often use the Zebra Mildliner for writing, not for coloring. On this card, I used the Zebra Mildliner to add color to my project. I colored the burlap stamp from the Altenew Craft Your Life Project Kit: Stitched with Love with a brown Mildliner. Since my brown Mildliner is a chisel tip and the stamp is a large in size, I had to color the stamp three times to get a full coverage of the image. I spritz the stamp with water to clean it but instead of wiping the water off, I re-stamped the wet ink back to the paper. I noticed that the Midliner ink had minimal reaction to water which makes it a real good marker for journaling but not the best choice of marker for water reactive coloring techniques. I set this panel aside to dry.

I die cut the flowers and leaves from the same kit on white cardstock. I colored the flowers using red-orange Mildliners from the set. The colors don't blend with each other so it is more of creating layers of colors to create some texture. This is not my usual coloring style since I like my blending colors but this definitely works.

I die cut the button from the same kit on red cardstock. I die cut several pieces so I can stack the die cuts for dimension. I colored the center of the buttons up to the outline impression created by the die to add a highlight.

I die cut the sentiment on white cardstock using a die from the Altenew Stylish Greetings 2 die set. I die cut the sentiment three times to stack it for dimension. Before adhering it, I colored one of the sentiment die cuts with the same red-orange Mildliners, carefully swiping it from left to right. 

I noticed with these markers that I have to let the color dry before adding another color on top of it to get the best results. That's what I did with the sentiment die cut, I allowed the red-orange inks to dry before adding brown to the bottom of the sentiment.

I adhered the flowers and leaves on the burlap. I only applied glue on the flower centers and leaves so I can zhush these die cuts and add volume to the floral cluster. I adhered the sentiment on the bottom of this cluster.

I hope you like today's card. Let me know if you have used the Zebra Mildliner the same way I did. Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

I shared this card at

IG: @zebrapen_usa

Altenew Challenge Blog #32

Birthday Card with a Gift Card Pocket

 

Hello! I am on the Blank Page Muse Blog with another card using the BPM Denim & Lace Digital Printable Kit. I used print outs from this digital kit this month on all my BPM posts. If you have missed the previous two, I added the links below if you want to check it out.

• Birthday Card with a Gift Card Pocket 
• Gift Card Holder on a Burlap Background
  

This print out is pretty by itself but I went ahead and add embellishments to it.

I flicked gold mica paint to the panel. 

I created faux chipboard buttons using the button digital print included in the kit. I poked holes on this stacked button and threaded a metallic blue floss through the holes.

I used a sentiment die cut on this card.

I added flowers to the card front. These flowers are also a part of this digital kit.

I printed the pocket which is also included in this digital kit. I adhered this to the inside of the card.

I adhered a sentiment strip die cut to the gift card pocket.

I hope you like today's card. Thank you for visiting my blog. Please visit the Blank Page Muse Blog for additional details of this card and for more inspiration.

Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

Blank Page Muse is having a FLASH SALE! 20 HOT red rubber stamps are featured for sale with an amazing 50% discount. What a deal, right? This month's sale includes Halloween themed rubber stamps just in time for your Halloween crafting. This sale is good until September 27. 

If there is nothing on the sale category that interests you, BPM is generously offering a 15% discount to their online store. Just use the code BPMMaria when you check out.

Only 1 code per transaction please. Enjoy!

Something New, Something Old: Creative Gift Card Holder Greeting Card

 

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I am commissioned to create birthday cards with a gift card holder. Aside from this, I was motivated to look through my craft box and use items from my stash. One of these items is a black cat die cut which I got from a mail swap. 

The other old items I used on this card are stamps from Newton's Nook Designs. I was inspired by their latest blog challenge. 

My new item is the balloon die from Hero Arts which is a part of a previous My Monthly Super Hero kit. 

I stamped the NND Birthday Roundabout stamp on a watercolor paper. I prepped the watercolor paper first with an anti-static powder tool before stamping the image with a Versafine Onyx Black ink. I poured black embossing powder to the wet ink then heat set it. I colored the images with Zig Clean Color Real Brush using fall colors. I die cut this stamped image using the solid balloon die from the HA kit. I die cut a white pearl cardstock using the outline balloon die from the same kit. I die cut the string on a white cardstock.

I partially stamped the balloon hat on watercolor paper. I heat embossed this hat the same way I did with the images on the balloon. I colored it using the same markers and colors as the one I used on the balloon. I fussy cut the hat on the outline. I ran a black marker around the cut up to hide the white core of the watercolor paper. For the top of the party hat, I added embroidery floss to replace that portion of the stamped hat.

The cat was die cut in black cardstock. I stamped Newton's face to this die cut using white pigment ink. I prepped it with anti-static powder tool and embossed it with white embossing powder. I added the blush using pink acrylic markers. I snipped off the tail and adhered it to the back of the die cut. I added white gel pen details to the cat. I adhered the party hat to the cat's head. 

I die cut a brown cardstock using a Simon Says Stamp stitched rectangle die. I heat embossed the sentiment using white embossing powder. The sentiment is from the NND Newton Loves Cake stamp set.

I cut strips of cardstock and adhered it to the top and bottom portion of the backside of the balloon. I used a gift card to guide me with placement of these strips. These strips will slightly lift the balloon off the brown cardstock panel allowing the gift card to smoothly slide to and from the back of the balloon. I applied glue to the strips and adhered it to the brown panel. I adhered the cat on top of the balloon string. 

I trimmed a patterned paper and adhered the brown cardstock panel over it to make this into an A2 card. I adhered this to a top folding note card. 

Below is a video of how the gift card slides out of the balloon.

I hope you like today's card. I am so glad that I am able to create a commissioned card and at the same time join the Newton's Nook Inky Paws Challenge. I love joining their challenges but I have been MIA lately because of my schedule. 

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

Maria Giselle B.

I shared this card at

Newton's Nook Designs Challenge Blog

Simon Says Stamp IG Challenge~Celebrate Stamping!

Partial Die Cutting and Embossing Using One Die

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I had the opportunity to attend an online Altenew Cardmaking Workshop hosted by Mehnaz Diouman, @naaz_crafting. The techniques she shared was on partial die cutting, embossing with a die and stenciling over a die cut/embossed panel.

The most important supply on this card is a cover die. I don't have an Altenew cover die that creates holes on the paper. I used a Lawn Fawn cover die instead. 

As Naaz taught, we did partial die cutting first. This is tough using the old Sizzix machine which is narrow compared to the newer models of die cutting machines. Thankfully, I still was able to make it work. 

Without removing the plate from the cardstock panel, I added an embossing mat underneath the cardstock. I added a thin cardboard shim to make the embossing impression more pronounced. 

The next step is to stencil an image on the embossed/die cut panel. I chose an old Altenew product, the Silk Art stencil from the Craft Your Life Project: Silk Art. 

I used the Altenew Sticky Mat and the Altenew Mini Ink Blending Brushes for the ink blending portion of the class. The sticky mat wasn't even released yet when this stencil was released. The mini brushes are the perfect brushes to use on this stencil. This stencil has intricate stamens that I almost damaged when I used it before. Now, I learned to blend the color straight from the body to the tip of the stamen instead of a circular motion to prevent the stamen from moving and also not damage it.

I just did simple stenciling with the use of one colored ink for each flower. I went heavy with the ink blending on the flower centers and lightening the pressure on the edges of the image. The stenciled image on the open areas are hardly noticeable but it adds some color.

The sentiment I used is from the retired Altenew Halftone Stars stamp set. I pre-treated a black cardstock with an anti-static powder tool. I stamped the sentiment using a sticky ink. I poured gold embossing powder over the stick ink then heat set it. I fussy cut the sentiment leaving a small border around it.

To add dimension to this sentiment, I cut strips of black cardstock, stacked it and adhered it to the back of the fussy cut sentiment.

I always enjoy attending Altenew workshops. I learn a lot and get to enjoy other crafters' company even if its virtual. I am glad that Naaz held this workshop on a weekday since I am unable to attend the workshops held on weekends due to my work schedule.

I hope you like today's card. Thank you, Naaz, for sharing a great technique.

Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

 

Gift Card Holder on a Burlap Background

 

Hello! I am on the Blank Page Muse Blog with another card using the BPM Denim & Lace Digital Printable Kit. Isn't that burlap on the digital print very realistic looking? I like it so much that it inspired me to add a burlap background to this trifold print out. 

 

I pre-treated the area with an anti static tool then stamped the sentiment on the digital print using a black pigment ink. The stamps I used on this card is not from BPM. This post is to showcase this digital kit more and how versatile it is that it can be used with other brands of stamps.

 

I poured clear embossing to the pigment ink then heat set it until the powder has melted.

 

For the burlap background, I adhered a double adhesive paper to a heavy weight kraft cardstock. I die cut this panel using a burlap die. I removed the release paper.

 

Adding double adhesive to the intricate die cut made it easy to adhere it to an acetate. I burnished the burlap die cut to the adhesive to make it really adhere to the acetate.

I stamped a sentiment on the first inner flap of the gift card holder.

I hope you like today's card. Thank you for visiting my blog. Please visit the BPM blog for additional details on how I created this card and for more inspiration. 

Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

Blank Page Muse is having a FLASH SALE! 20 HOT red rubber stamps are featured for sale with an amazing 50% discount. What a deal, right? This month's sale includes Halloween themed rubber stamps just in time for your Halloween crafting. This sale is good until September 27. 

If there is nothing on the sale category that interests you, BPM is generously offering a 15% discount to their online store. Just use the code BPMMaria when you check out.

Only 1 code per transaction please. Enjoy!

Birthday Card with a Gift Card Pocket

 

Hello! I am on the Blank Page Muse Blog. I used the Denim & Lace Digital Printable Kit which was released last month. This kit includes 4 zip files and features junk journal images for printing at home. I am using images from the digital download to show you that this kit is not limited to junk journaling only. 

On this card, I pulled three craft items out of my craft stash vault:

1. Rub on-This product is starting to make a comeback. The one I used is from Martha Stewart. Some of the letters are missing a part. That's how old this craft supply is. Good thing it still sticks. 

2. Hole punch-The one I used is also a Martha Stewart product. It just shows how I adored her products back then. A punch or a circle die can be used to add a hole to the tag. 

3. Eyelet Setter & Snaps-I also have a Chomper that can be used for the eyelet but I have not had success using it on snaps. The eyelet setter seems to do the job of keeping those snaps in place.

And since this is a card with a gift card pocket, I adhered the same wide strip I used on the front to the inside of the card. I only added glue to the sides and the bottom corner. 

The details on how I created this card is on the BPM blog. I hope you check it out.

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

Maria Giselle B.

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. Enjoy!

I shared this card at

Anything Goes International Craft Challenge 9~Anything Goes #76

3 Cards Using the Altenew Heirloom Filigree

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Today's post features several cards using the Altenew Heirloom Filigree which is a part of Altenew's September release. It comes as an embossing folder, a stencil set and a press plate. You can buy the items separately or as a bundle. 

I had an opportunity to use all the products from the bundle. The card on the top is an example of using all of the producs on a panel. I rarely pay attention to the instructions included with the packaging. I just go straight to work. But in this case, I allowed myself to be guided by the instructions on the insert. 

On this panel, I foiled first using a silver holographic foil. I embossed the panel with the embossing folder. Then, used the stencil to blend ink over the embossed panel. I also added glittered embossing paste to the intricate design of the embossing using one of the layers of the stencil set.

I am a frugal crafter. I always try to go out of the box in the use of a certain craft product to stretch out my supplies. In this case, I wanted to give the diamonds created by the press plate another use by creating a different look. After foiling the diamonds, I used this plate as a press plate, off setting it to add diamonds in the middle of the foiled diamonds. I also used one of the stencils to blend ink so I can fill the whole panel with diamonds. 

I used a half sheet of cardstock to create the background so it just makes sense to use it for a larger card. To make the most of this background, I die cut a scallopped circle on the center. I used this scalloped circle to create another card making a two-fer-one card using the same craft supplies.

I love the details created by the embossing folder and the individual oval frames. I love it so much that I thought of making it into a faux wax seal. After the embossing and stenciling, I pounced embossing ink to it and added clear embossing powder. Somehow, it became transparent after the embossing powder was melted. That it is not the look that I was going for. (While typing this, I just had a light bulb moment on how to attack this. Stay tuned.) I switched gears and embossed on copper vellum. And, that was a definite WOW! I don't need to add anything else since it is gorgeous by itself. What do you think?

I fussy cut the frame since I don't have an oval die that matches the shape of the embossed frame. I layered this on a scrap cardstock to give it some stability and make it really look like a wax seal. You can also use a metallic cardstock instead.

I still have a couple of panels made using this bundle. I can't wait to make them into cards. 

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

Maria Giselle B.