Spider Web on a Fall Card?!

 

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Today's project was created using Blank Page Muse products. I hope you like it.

I got busy with a month long post for the Day of the Dead that I was not able to use some of the BPM Halloween themed products that I ordered. I don't want to wait for next year. Luckily, on my web search, I was able to come across an image with a spider web but is not Halloween themed. The spider web is so subtle that it does not distract your eye from the focal point.

For my card, I decided to give the Stazon Metallic Platinum ink another try. I have been unsuccessful in using this ink. This is what's great about the internet. You can search for not only images but also techniques on using a product. 

I temporarily adhered the BPM Grunge Cobwebs Halloween Background to the glass mat. I inked the stamp with the Stazon ink. 

I placed an acetate on top of the inked stamp and gently ran my fingers across the acetate to transfer the ink to the transparency.

Not the greatest impression but not too bad either, right? The image popped when I placed a black cardstock behind it. I used a brown cardstock instead for a fall color.

I stamped the BPM Small Sunflower Blossom Rubber Stamp on watercolor paper. I used the Misti Stamping Tool just in case I need to re-stamp the flower. I temporarily adhered the rubber stamp to the door of the Misti using a glue stick.

I stamped the sunflower using different Tim Holtz Distress inks. To make sure the inked impression is dry, I heat set it.

I fussy cut the flowers leaving a small white border around it.

Using the same color of ink I used in stamping the flower, I blended the ink on the flower to add color to it.

For the flower center, I used a smaller blending brush to apply the same color of ink I used to stamp the flower.

I die cut some leaves on green cardstock using a die from Altenew. I blended ink on the leaves to add some depth. I also drew leaf veins on the leaves using a metallic green pen. 

I adhered the stamped transparency to the back of a scalloped frame die cut on orange cardstock using a die from Pretty Pink Posh. I used a thin double adhesive tape to adhere the transparency to the frame. I adhered the unstamped side of the transparency to the frame to preserve the inked impression of the background. 

I trimmed a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" dark brown cardstock. I spritz some Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain on this panel. The colors I used are Rusty Hinge and Fossilized Amber. I dried the panel with a heat gun.

I arranged the flowers on the brown panel using the transparency as a guide. I avoided adhering the flowers behind the spider webs. Once I am happy with the arrangement, I adhered the flowers and leaves to the brown panel. I adhered the framed transparency after. 

I adhered the rest of the flowers and leaves on top of the transparency. 

I die cut the letters using a My Favorite Things die for the sentiment. I die cut the letters on kraft and cream cardstock. I adhered the cream letter die cuts on the back of the kraft letter die cuts, slightly offsetting it for a shadow look. I adhered the letters to the transparency.

The frame is a bit shorter than the 5 1/2" length of the card. I trimmed off some of the edges to make the border around the frame even.

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

Maria Giselle B.

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