Easter Scene Card

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. It will be Easter in a week. This occasion inspired me to create today's card for the BPM blog.

I am also trying out a new coloring technique, which is using Tim Holtz Distress Crayons direct to rubber stamp. I have watched videos on the same technique but instead of distress crayons, watercolor crayons were used. Since distress crayons are water reactive, it produced the same artsy image. The stamps I used are from the Blank Page Muse Woodlands Art rubber stamps. There are lots of cute images included in this stamp set. 

I cut the eggs using the Cricut machine on light weight cardstock. I used Tim Holtz Distress Oxide sprays and stains to smoosh the color to the eggs. I dried the eggs in between coloring using a heat gun so I can smoosh the egg again using the residual ink on the craft mat.

The letters were die cut using the My Favorite Things Spell Anything Alphabet Die-namics. I die cut this on white cardstock.

I trimmed a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" white cardstock for the card panel. I added heat embossed clouds by pouncing the Versamark ink on the Blank Page Muse Clouds & Drops 5x5" Mixed Media stencil. To make sure I only apply ink to the cloud that I would like to use for my scene, I covered the other stencil openings with a Post-it note. 

I blended Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks (Salty Ocean and Speckled Egg) to color the sky. This is when the embossed clouds pop since it resisted the ink.

I fringed a wide strip of green paper using an Ellen Hutson die. I adhered this to the bottom edge of the card panel. I adhered the trees, then tucked in the eggs to the fringed grass.

I adhered the bunny next. Isn't the bunny adorable as it looks at the eggs like it is its work of art? 

I embossed the word easter using brown and sticky inks. The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn. I partially stamp the sentiment since I only need the word easter. I fussy cut this embossed sentiment leaving a small border around it. I adhered this to the fringed grass to complete this card's customized sentiment.

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

Maria Giselle B.

Blank Page Muse 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!

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Easter/Spring

A Quokka Easter

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. The quokka is featured on several of Kat Scrappiness' stamp sets. One of these stamp sets is the KS Easter Quokkas stamp set which I used on today's card.

I stamped the quokkas on white cardstock. I colored the images using Copic markers. The stamp set also has a bunny ear headband which I also stamped and colored. I die cut the images using the coordinating die. I die cut extras on scrap cardstock and adhered this to the back of the colored quokka die for some dimension.

 

I die cut the KS Nesting Fishtail Banner dies on white cardstock. I die cut two pieces with one larger than the other. On the larger banner die cut, I covered this with washi tape. I added a trim to the top portion of the banner. I created the trim by adhering the washi tape on a scrap cardstock, then used a border punch. I repeated this step on another washi taped strip but used a different border punch this time. I layered these pieces on the other banner die cut. 

I punched holes on the top two corners of the banner. I threaded an embroidery floss through these holes. 

I trimmed a mint cardstock at 5 1/2" x 4 1/4". I stamped the sentiment on the panel. I adhered the banners using foam adhesive.

I die cut the KS Stitched Slimline Strips dies on yellow cardstock. I adhered the strip to the edges of the panel to create a frame. Unfortunately, this die set is already retired but there is an A2 sized version of this die set which should work.

I added some splatters to the panel. Not the best thing to do especially when the elements of the card are already adhered. To mute down the unsatisfactory paint splatter, I adhered some KS Fun Flurries Sprinkles to the panel.

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

Maria Giselle B.

I added below links to the Kat Scrappiness products I used on this card. There will be no additional cost to you should you decide to purchase any of these products. While you are at the Kat Scrappiness website, do check out their wide array of products especially the exclusive Kat Scrappiness products. They have a new release and an ongoing promotion, too! 

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Easter/Spring

Altenew Celebrating Parents Card Drive Blog Hop + Giveaway ($200 in Total Prizes!)

 

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I am part of Altenew's Celebrating Parents Card Hop. Altenew hosts this annual card drive which aims to send homemade cards to the elderly who lives in nursing homes or shelters, and let them know that they are not forgotten. I hope you join this drive by sending in your handmade cards. You still have plenty of time. Altenew is collecting handmade cards until April 19, 2024. I added the link to the card drive below.

Celebrating Parents Card Drive 2024! #AltenewCardDrive

Altenew will also donate $1 to the Food Bank of Central New York for every order of Altenew Alcohol Markers Collection now until 4/30/2024. The money raised goes to seniors in need. 

I created two cards for the hop using the same Altenew supplies. I changed up the color scheme on each card to make a masculine card and a feminine card. The stamp I used for the cards is from the Altenew Patchwork Tiles stamp set. The foiled sentiment was created using the Altenew Vertical Greetings hot foil plate set.

I embossed each tile on different shades of the gray and purple cardstocks. Such a great way to use those scraps. Although you can use a paper trimmer or a craft knife to cut the tiles, I have a square die in my craft stash that perfectly matches the tile.

I made sure that I arranged the embossed tiles in a way that no same color shade is next to each other. 

I added details to the stamped images using 3D pens and drops. It definitely steps up the design. 

The foiling part was a bit of a struggle since I rarely do it. It took me about three tries before I was happy with the result. I used a craft knife to trim the foiled sentiment, and used a corner punch to round the corners. This foil sentiment set has a coordinating die which is included in the die set. 

I matted the sentiment using the same color cardstock I used for the card base. I adhered the sentiment to the panel using foam adhesive.

I hope I inspired you with today's cards and that it inspired you enough to join this handmade card drive. Let us show love to these seniors through the power of cardmaking. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

Giveaway Prizes

$200 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 5 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by March 27, 2024 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on March 29, 2024.

 

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6/2024: Altenew decided to change its affiliate program starting this month. Below is my affiliate link to the website. I don't think I can directly link the products I used with this new program. Please feel free to do a product search. I will update as I figure this out. The good thing about this new affiliate program is that I get to earn on each Altenew product you purchase and not only on the product/s I used on this project. As before, there will be no additional cost to you if you make a purchase. It is just a way to help a fellow crafter sustain her love for crafting. While in the Altenew blog, don't forget to check out their new release for this month. Thank you for your support!

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Spring Themed Easel Card

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Today's project features images from the Blank Page Muse March 2024 Digital Page. This digital set includes mostly St. Patrick's Day themed images. A few of the ephemera can be used for another occasion like I did with today's project.

I downloaded the paper strip image and cropped the strip to separately print the pattern. I printed a pattern on one side of the paper, and printed the other pattern on the other side to come up with a double sided patterned paper. I made this paper into a gift card envelope using the We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board. 

I cropped the daffodil from the ephemera sheet. I printed three daffodils, with one slightly larger than the other two, and the other one flipped for a different orientation. I fussy cut these daffodils, leaving a small white border around it. To fit the daffodils in the envelope, I did a bit of surgery, trimming off a part of the bunch. 

For the card base, I trimmed a cream cardstock at 10" x 3 3/4". I scored this in half on the long side, coming up with a 5" x 3 3/4" card. I scored the front of the card base at 2 1/4".

I trimmed a scrap of the double sided printed paper at 5" x 2 1/4". I added embossing to this panel using the Altenew Wicker Texture 3D embossing folder. I blended ink to the the raised areas with Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress ink. 

For the sentiment, I adhered the scrap daffodils on a cream cardstock. I die cut this using a Paper Smooches sentiment die. I added some variation to the sentiment by creating a banner to stamp the rest of the sentiment on.

I adhered this to the bottom half of the inner fold of the card which also acts as a stopper for the easel card.

I adhered the flowered envelope to the front fold of the card. I die cut a ribbon using a yellow felt and adhered this to the front of the envelope using a glue gun. I also added a yellow gem to the center of the bow.

The top portion of the front of the card was stamped using a stamp from the Blank Page Muse Scribble & Scratch Mixed Media Set 2. I stamped this using gold and light blue dye inks.

I added foam to the back of the flowers to give it some dimension.

I hope you like today's project. Below is a short video showing off the interactive feature of this card. Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

Blank Page Muse 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!

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A Bit O' Green #32

A Bit O' Green 

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Stencil and Stitching

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Today's project is another innovative way of using stencils. The stencil I am using is the Blank Page Muse Clouds & Drops 5x5" Mixed Media Stencil. 

I lightly traced the clouds on a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" white cardstock. I overlapped the clouds. I also traced the raindrops, flipping the stencil to create a variety of shapes of the raindrops. Not that this matter since the traced raindrops will be covered by the stitching. 

I added texture to this panel with a use of The Greetery Aida Cloth texture plate. 

I poked holes on the traced clouds and raindrops. I made sure that I poked a hole on the areas where the curves of the cloud meet to retain the shape of the clouds. I then poke the holes on the traced lines of the cloud. It does not have to be even all throughout since the curves of the clouds varies. 

I did a chevron stitching on the inside of the clouds. The holes created by the texture plate helped a lot in doing this stitch.

I did a chain stitch for the outline of the clouds.

I stitched the raindrops using a rainbow order of colors. The stitch I used is a single loop of the chain stitch in stitching these raindrops. Some of the floss are loose but this did not bother me. This added some texture to the project.

I decided to keep this simple and without a sentiment. I can always add a sentiment later on.

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

Maria Giselle B.

Blank Page Muse 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!

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Background Strips Thank you Card

 

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Today's card features products from Kat Scrappiness which I linked below for your convenience. 

I created the background panel by die cutting several shades of green cardstock from the Memory Box Greenery 6x6 paper pad using the KS A2 Stitched Strips Craft dies. I adhered the strips on a scrap 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" typing paper. 

The foliage was created using the KS Oopsie Daisy 6x6 Layering Stencils. I used Tim Holtz Distress inks for inking. I fussy cut the images but these stenciled images has a coordinating die set if you are not up to fussy cutting. 

For the sentiment, I die cut the KS Thank You Shadow Sentiment Craft die thrice, once on a pink patterned paper, and twice on white cardstock. I adhered the two white sentiment die cuts on top of each other, then adhered the pink sentiment die cut on top of it for a raised look.

I adhered the flowers and leaves on the stitched panel. I adhered the flowers with foam adhesive. Afterwhich, I adhered the sentiment to the stitched panel.

I splattered some mica paint to the panel. I adhered KS pink sequins from the KS Rock Candy Sequin Mix and KS Brilliant Pink Solid Sequins for some embellishment.

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

Maria Giselle B.

I added below links to the Kat Scrappiness products I used on this card. There will be no additional cost to you should you decide to purchase any of these products. While you are at the Kat Scrappiness website, do check out their wide array of products especially the exclusive Kat Scrappiness products. They have a new release, too! 

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Scrapbook & Cards Today FB Challenge

Srapping4funChallenges #55