Back To School Bookmark Classroom Give-away

Hello! I want to share something I created for my 2nd Grader's class which I think will be very useful  for the kids. I came up with this idea after seeing my son's planner because he uses a Post-It Note as a bookmark.

I am using a part of a cut file I purchased from Lori Whitlock's SVG Shop called Twist Pop Card Back To School. I only used the pencil cut to create the bookmarks. I die cut the elements of the digital cut using varied colors of cardstocks and a yellow Doodlebug patterned paper. The digital grouped cut came with a solid pencil cut which I cut twice the number of cuts I made for the other digital cut images.

I layered and adhered the cut images. Once I am done with all the pencils, I stamped their names on the solid colored area of the pencil to personalize the bookmark. I used a Martha Stewart Custom Stamp Setting Kit to heat emboss the names on the pencils. I used Versafine Onyx Black Ink and clear embossing powder for this. Some of the letters were not perfectly stamped. I used a Sakura Glaze Black pen to fix this.

To create the pencil into a bookmark, I applied a strong double adhesive tape on the back of the layered pencil. I lined the solid pencil cut to the back to adhere it. Now, it is a bookmark!

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

Maria Giselle B.

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Challenge #123~Just For Fun

Get Well Soon Card Using the Negative Cricut Cut

Hello! I created this card for my son's friend who has an injury right now. I would have tried to customize the card some more but I think I already did my share of drawing in this card that I am afraid to ruin it if I try drawing some more.

I am using the Pretty Pink Posh Friends Forever stamp set. This stamp set came with a heart balloon stamp but I wanted to stamp a sentiment inside the balloon. The balloon was too small to fit the sentiment which is from the PPP Thoughtful Greetings stamp set. I measured the size of the sentiment. Using Cricut Design Space, I chose a heart image to cut. I resized the heart slightly larger than the size of the sentiment. Using a scrap piece of cardstock, I die cut the heart into this. I set the positive heart die cut aside. I positioned the panel with the negative heart cut onto a Neenah Solar White cardstock. I secured the edges with washi tape so it will not shift while I blended ink on the open heart area. I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink Tattered Rose and Worn Lipstick, blending it in with a Picket Fence Life Changing Brush. Once I was happy with the blending, I traced the heart with a black marker, using the stencil as a guide in drawing.

I stamped the images using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I drew in the rest of the balloon piece and the string. I know this is a simple drawing but I can mess up even the simplest things. I am just not an illustrator.

I colored the images with Copic markers. I stamped the sentiment on the balloon using Versamark ink. I poured Wow! Metallic Gold Rich Pale embossing powder then heat set it.

I die cut the colored panel with Mama Elephant Peek A Frame Creative Cuts. I die cut a Stampin' Up Pink cardstock using a Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles Wafer die. I adhered the colored panel on the pink cardstock.

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

Maria Giselle B.

Birthday Card using both Tim Holtz Distress Oxide and Distress Ink

Hello! I made this card for my 7-year old's classmate who is celebrating her birthday today. Ryan's theme for this card is flowers. His friend's favorite colors are purple, blue and green. Ryan chose the Ellen Hutson Bold Blossom stamp set.

I will be overlapping some of the images so I utilized Kristina Werner's stamp map technique. It helped in planning out the order of stamping, placement and which images need to be masked. 

I am using a Bazzill Taffy cardstock for the stamping panel, cut at 5 1/2" x 4 1/4". I stamped the large sized flower using Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Shaded Lilac. I heat set this to speed the drying process before I covered the flower with a mask. I stamped the small flower stamp using THDO Cracked Pistachio and Tumbled Glass. I heat set this as well and covered it with a mask. I then stamped the leaves using THDO Peeled Paint. 

Removing the masks is such a joy because the reveal is always amazing. I blended inks on the stamped images using the Picket Fence Life Changing Brushes. I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink versions of the colors I used for the flowers. You can see the difference of the opacity of both inks making it hard to choose one ink over the other. I just got to have both!

I heat embossed the sentiment using Versafine Onyx Black ink and clear embossing powder. The stamp is from Simon Say Stamp Jumbo Stripes stamp set. 

I die cut this panel using Mama Elephant Peek A Frame Creative Cuts. To matte this panel, I die cut a Stampin' Up Purple cardstock using Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles Wafer Dies. 

I added Pretty Pink Posh Jewels. I also added Nuvo Aqua Flow Shimmer Brush Glitter Gloss to the flowers. 

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

Maria Giselle B.

Birthday Trading Card

Hello! My 7-year old son requested me to create a card for his classmate who is going to celebrate his birthday. I always get him involved with the card making. For this card, he wanted a cake with an orange icing because that is his friend's favorite color. 

For the technique, I am trying a no-line water watercoloring and resist watercoloring. The image is from My Favorite Things BB Beary Special Birthday.

For the no-line watercoloring, I stamped the image using Tim Holtz Distress Ink Antique Linen. I also colored the image using various Tim Holtz Distress Inks. 

For the resist watercoloring, I stamped the image using Versamark ink and heat embossed it with Wow! Gold Pearl embossing powder. I also colored the image with Tim Holtz Distress Inks.

I am using Canson watercolor paper. I die cut the watercolored panels with Mama Elephant Peek A Frame Creative Cuts. The sentiment was stamped using Altenew Paper Bag Crisp dye ink. I used a Sakura Black Glaze pen for the eyes.

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

Maria Giselle B.

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Challenge 114~Always Anything Goes

Teacher Inspired Letter Board Card

Hello! I created this card for several targets. First, we have a new challenge at Incy Wincy Designs, Back to School/Children. I am the theme selector and author of this challenge. I chose the theme so I can create a card for my 2nd Grader's teacher (which is my second target for this card). The Children theme was an add-on since not all of the DT has school-aged children. My last target for this card is to join in Sugar Pea Design's Mix-It Up Challenge.

One of our sponsors for the Incy Wincy Challenge is Cute as a Button. I printed the image on Neenah Solar White cardstock. I colored the image with Prismacolor colored pencils. I applied Stickles Christmas Red Glitter Glue to the apple, and Nuvo Apple Sour Glow Drops to the leaf. I set this aside to dry.

For the card panel, I die cut the letters of my sentiment using the Sugar Pea Designs Message Letter Board die. I die cut this on white cardstock since I plan to adhere the letters on top of each to create  dimensional letters. This is the most tedious process in the creation of this card since the letters are small. Thanks to the tweezer and pick-up tool, it made the process a little bit easy. I also used a liquid adhesive to adhere the stacked letters. For the top layer of the letters, I used a gray cardstock.

I die cut the message board on a two-sided colored cardstock. I lined this up and cut the green piece diagonally, just like in the sketch. I die cut a blue cardstock at 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". I adhered the message boards to this blue panel. I die cut a red cardstock using the My Favorite Things Wonky Stitched Circle Stax Die-namics. I die cut the panel with the digital image using a My Favorite Things Circle Stax die. I adhered this on top of the red circle cardstock with a fun foam in between.

I adhered the letters to the message board more towards the right bottom part of the green message board. I adhered one of the letters on the red circle cardstock since I am running out of space. I adhered the circle panel where the circle is at on the sketch. I have a bit of an overhang which I trimmed off. The sentiment is too long to fit on the front of the card. So I stamped three dots to the end of the phrase, then added Nuvo Metallic Silver Lining Crystal Drops on top of the dots.

The white background of the digital image bothers me. Luckily, I have the same image printed on typing paper. I fussy cut this image right on the line. I adhered this on top of the colored image using a temporary adhesive. I blended Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Antique Linen around the digital image using the Picket Fence Life Changing Brush.

I added Ranger Glossy Accents to the eyeglasses. I adhered Doodlebug sequins on the diagonal portion of the message board.

For the inside of the card, I adhered the rest of the letters to complete the sentiment. I added dots the same way as I did on the front of the card.

This completes my card. I hope you like it. Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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Challenge #48~Anything Goes

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Challenge 266

Cricut-Edited Digi. Image on Glittered Stenciled Background

Hello! We have a new challenge at Incy Wincy Designs Challenge Blog with the theme Things With Wings. Our image sponsor for this challenge is Oddball Art Co. The image I used is called Fiona Feary. This image is available as a zombie fairy and a cute fairy. The image supplied to us is the zombie fairy. I prefer the cute fairy over the zombie fairy. Good thing, I was able to edit the zombie image using the Cricut Design Space. I erased the stitched up lip. I used the CDS to print the image. I was going to have the Cricut machine cut the image as well but I must have done something wrong in CDS because it is being cut as an outline image. No worries! I just fussy cut the image. It was a bit of a struggle cutting it since I printed the image on a Bristol Smooth paper. I also printed the image on Clearprint Heavy Vellum and fussy cut the wings. I applied Ranger Glossy Accents to the edge of the wings to adhere it to the colored image.  This allowed the wings to be pulled up for some dimension.

I colored the image using Zig Clean Color markers. I applied Clear Wink of Stella to the vellum wings.

I am using the the ICraft Pixie Spray for the first time. It is definitely a good product to use especially with intricate stencils. I am using a Memory Box Heartwood stencil for this card to create the background. After I sprayed the back of the stencil with the Pixie Spray, I positioned this over a purple cardstock. I applied Cosmic Shimmer Antique Rose Kiss over the stencil, using the sponge applicator included in the lid. I carefully removed the stencil and cleaned it using soapy water. I set the cardstock aside to dry.

For the embellishments, I die cut the Pink Fresh Studio Floral Squares die on white cardstock. I strategically positioned the die cuts since I only need the inner elements of the square. I trimmed off the square frame. I also die cut a lavender cardstock using Simon Says Stamp Happy Birthday die. I adhered the flower die cuts and the sentiment on the stenciled glitter purple panel. I adhered the digi. image on the center using foam adhesive. I trimmed 1/4" off the edges, then adhered this to a lavender cardstock with fun foam. I traced the die cut sentiment with a metallic purple gel pen. This panel was adhered to a white top folding A2 note card.

Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope to see your creations at the challenge blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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Challenge #3~Anything Goes

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