Rainbow Greeting Card

 

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Today's card was inspired by this month's Pink Fresh Studio's Blog Challenge Rainbow Reverie. 

I used the colors of the rainbow to color the frames. I used the PFS Decorative Frames Press Plate and Die for the background. I did the letter press first by inking the press plate with a black dye ink and using the Spellbinders Betterpress System and cardstock. I have not letterpressed for a while so I had a couple of rejects before coming up with this one. 

Using the coordinating die, I die cut the frames. I used a metal shim in cutting the frames since the Betterpress cardstock is thicker than the regular cardstock. 

I blended Tim Holtz Distress inks on the frames. I blend the colors where it overlaps. The colors I used are Candied Apple, Carved Pumpkin, Squeezed Lemonade, Blueprint Sketch, Mowed Lawn and Seedless Preserves. I used the reject scraps to layer behind the blended frames to add depth. 

I adhered these frames to a scrap white cardstock cut at 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". I trimmed this panel to fourths to so I can rotate it and create a different pattern. 

I stamped the flower from the PFS Lovely Blooms stamp set on vellum using Versafine Onyx Black ink. I poured black metallic embossing folder to this and heat set it. I die cut the flower using the coordinating die. I used vellum for a softer look. I colored the floral bunch using the coordinating stencil. I used the same ink colors I used on the frames.

I stamped the sentiment on vellum also. The sentiment is from PFS Humbled & Grateful stamp set. I stamped this using Versafine Onyx Black ink and heat embossed it with black embossing powder. I die cut the sentiment using the coordinating die. I love sentiments with coordinating dies since it saves me time from fussy cutting it. 

I die cut extras on white and black cardstocks. I adhered the vellum piece to the white cardstock. I used a sticker maker to add adhesive to the back of the vellum. I adhered this to the black die cuts slightly off setting it for a shadow look. 

I adhered this to the panel where the frames meet.

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

Maria Giselle B.

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Pinkfresh Studio Blog Challenge #19

Craft and Connect Challenge Blog #4

Anything Goes ~ Weeks #704-#705 #14

4th of July Inspired Birthday Card

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I created a card inspired by the birthday of America which is celebrated every 4th of July. The Kat Scrappiness products I used are linked below. 

I die cut the banner on red and blue cardstocks. I die cut 2 pieces of the banner on blue cardstock. The die I used is from the KS Nesting Fishtail Banner dies.

Here comes the tedious part. I die cut a lot of stars on white cardstock. The star die is from the same banner die I used for the banners. I used the second to the smallest star die in the set.

I die cut the strips on white cardstock using the KS Stitched Slimline Strips dies. I used the second to the thinnest strip die.

I adhered the white strips to the red banner vertically to create stripes. I adhered the white star die cuts to the blue banners. 

For the sentiment, I die cut the sentiment on red, white and blue cardstocks. I was not sure which of these colors will work well with the design. I adhered these sentiment die cuts on top of each other with the red die cut on top. The die I used is from the KS Happy Birthday Shadow Sentiment Craft die.

I trimmed a patterned paper at 5 1/2" x 4 1/4". I adhered the blue starred banners on the patterned paper panel. 

I added a pop-up feature to the red striped banner. I trimmed two pieces of a black cardstock at 1" x 2". I scored this black cardstock at every 4th of an inch on the short side. I folded this strip on the score line and reinforced the folds with a bone folder. I repeated this on the other black strip cardstock. I added glue to one end of the accordion strip and adhered this to the back of the striped banner repeating it with the other accordion strip. I added glue to the other end of the accordions and adhered this to the patterned paper panel. 

I added dots of glue to the sentiment die cut and adhered this to the striped banner. I added shimmer to the sentiment die cut.

I zhuzhed the tails of the blue banner for some interest. 

I hope you like today's card. With a heavy heart, this is my last post as a Kat Scrappiness Influencer. It has been a great ~2 years. I will always be grateful for this opportunity. 

Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

I added below links to the Kat Scrappiness products I used on this project. There will be no additional cost to you should you decide to purchase this/these product/s. While you are at the Kat Scrappiness website, do check out their wide array of products. KS has a new release, too! Enjoy!

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Summer Fun Cards 4 Kids #10

Mini Easel Card, a Blank Page Muse Post

Hello! I am at the Blank Page Muse blog with this mini card. The BPM DT is also creating projects using products from the same stamp bundle. I hope you visit each DT's post and be amazed of the projects created using the same stamps. 

I used the Blank Page Muse Etched Stone Flower Art rubber stamp on this card. 

Please visit the blog for details on how I created this interactive mini card. 

Below is a short video my 13 year old son made to show how this mini interactive card works.

 Thank you! Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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Simon Says: Monochrome

Simon Says: Fur, Feathers, Flowers

Challenge 7 ~ Anything Goes #90

3D Space Pop-up Card

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I created this card to join the latest Lawn Fawnatics challenge. The theme is Up, Up, and Away!, create a project with fun things in the sky. 

I used a black watercolor paper for my card base. The size of my the panel is 8 1/4" x 6". It is a left over paper that's why the short end of the panel is smaller than usual but it worked.

I painted the panel with Finetec Mica paints to create a galaxy sky. I splattered white metallic paint over the panel. I forgot to tape the watercolor paper to a board so I had a bit of warping but hardly noticeable. After this panel has dried. I trimmed 1/2" off from each side of the long side. I scored this at 4 1/8" and used a bone folder on the fold for a nice crease. This painted panel will be the inside of the card.

The stamp I used is the Lawn Fawn Out of this World stamp set. I stamped the images on white cardstock and colored it with Copic markers. I stamped the images twice to create a mirror image. This stamp set comes with a coordinating die set which I don't have, but these images are easy to fussy cut. 

For the pop-up mechanism, I cut a square on acetate. I drew a spiral on a paper. This paper has the same size as the acetate. I used this paper as the template for the pop-up mechanism. I placed the paper behind the acetate and cut the acetate following the spiral line on the paper. I adhered the tip of the spiral acetate to the the right side of painted panel. I used Ranger Glossy Accents to adhere the transparency to the watercolor paper. 

I applied a dot of Glossy Accent on the center of the spiral and folded the card towards the acetate. After the Glossy Accent dried, the acetate pop-ups up when the card is opened. 

I adhered the planets to the acetate, adhering it back to back to sandwich the acetate and hide the glue. 

I created a foldable pop-up mechanism for the astronaut and the spaceship using a folded strip of cardstock. These images flatten when the card is folded and pop-up a bit when the card is opened. 

I heat embossed a sentiment using white pigment ink and white embossing powder. 

For the card front, I die cut the LF Giant Happy Birthday die on a black, starry patterned paper. I also die cut this on hollographic paper. I adhered the hollographic die cut on the back of the patterned paper die cut offsetting it for a shadow effect.

I adhered this to the front of the card. This sentiment die cut can stand alone because of its large size. Since I have an extra sun stamped, colored and fussy cut, I adhered this to the front of the card.

I die cut a smiley face from the LF Make Me Smile die set on a left over black watercolor paper.

I hope you like today's project. Below is a short video showing the pop-up mechanism of this card.

Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

I shared this project at

Lawn Fawn Challenge Blog #39

Scrapbook & Cards Today FB June Challenge

June 2025 Challenge #77~Anything Goes with Optional Twist: Heat Embossing #98

Three Cards Using The Same Die and a Giveaway

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. For today's post, I created three cards. I used one die in all of the three cards to show some different ways to use this die. Just a way of stretching out the use of this product. There is a giveaway! Instructions for the giveaway is at the end of this post.

I used Hero Arts products for my cards. The die I used is the HA Spring Floral Cover Plate. This die is a bit short of being a full cover die. The best way to use it is to cut the cardstock first at 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" before die cutting with this die. In this way, you can center the die on the cardstock panel leaving you with a full floral background die cut with a frame. 

I also recommend adding a metal shim when die cutting with this die. The metal shim adds more pressure which makes cutting with this intricate die cut a success.

In the first two cards, I used all the die cut pieces. Nothing put to waste, a two-for-one card. I die cut a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" white cardstock with the floral cover plate die. I ran the die with the cutting side down. Instead of removing the top plate after die cutting, I flipped the cutting sandwich and removed the plate where the cut was made to preserve the placement of the die cuts. Luckily, most of the die cuts remained in place.

I applied a shelf adhesive liner to the back side of the die cut so I can pick up the whole background panel including the negative die cuts. If a piece falls off, I simply put this piece back, just like doing a puzzle. 

I blended Lisa Horton Interference inks on the front side of the die cut background panel. I applied another shelf adhesive liner to this blended front side of the panel making both sides of the panel have an adhesive liner. I burnished the adhesive liner on the front side with a wide scraper before flipping the panel. I carefully removed the adhesive liner from the back of the panel. I used a wide scraper to stop any of the pieces from lifting off the front adhesive liner. 

Once I removed the back adhesive liner, I applied dots of glue to the negative die cuts of the panel. Very tedious but the effort is truly worth it which you will see later. While keeping the blended side of the panel down, I adhered a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" white cardstock to it. Since the die cut panel is also cut at 4 1/4" x 5 1/2", this was easy to align. I set this aside putting something heavy on top of it while the glue dries. 

I carefully lifted the floral outline die cut from the panel. If any of the negative die cuts moved, I applied glue and repositioned it back to the panel.

I adhered this background die cut on a light gray textured cardstock cut at 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".

Now, I have a two for one card. 

1

The above card is how the die is intended to be used. I created a thin rectangular frame to cover the ink blended frame. I kept the background simple to keep the focus on the intricate die cut. The sentiment stamps I used on all three cards are from a HA My Monthly Hero April 2021 Card Kit. I masked a line of the sentiment to create a dual colored two lined sentiment.

 2

This is the negative die cut version of the card. It has an embossed look. It also has a look of embossing paste on stencil which makes all the effort worth it. To add details to this panel, I stamped the HA Novel Prose Bold Prints Cling Stamp on this panel using a second generation gray ink. Since the negative cuts are raised, I only stamped on the raised pieces leaving the outline plain. 

I die cut rectangle frame on a white cardstock using dies from the HA Nesting Rectangle Infinity dies. 

3

For the last card using the same floral cover die, I die cut strips of cardstock following the same colors I used on the other two cards. I die cut the strips in different widths for variation. I adhered the strips to a typing paper cut at 5 1/2" x 4 1/4". I created this card into a landscape card to give it a different look from the other two cards.

I adhered thin strips of double adhesive tape to the striped panel. After I removed the release panel, I poured glitter to the adhesive. I burnished the glitter to the tape with my finger. 

I stamped the same cling stamp to the floral die cut panel using second generation stamping with a pink dye ink. 

I adhered the floral die cut to the striped panel. I made the three lined sentiment into multi-colored sentiment strips with rounded corners. 

I adhered white gems to the flowers with a hole on the center.

I hope you like today's cards. I am sure there are other ways to use this floral cover die. I encourage you to create a card with a background die cut using any of the above techniques or better yet, use your own technique.

And for fun, I have a GIVEAWAY. You just need to leave in the comment section which card is your favorite. The card's number is on the left of the card. I will randomly pick a lucky commenter on June 30, Monday ~4pm CST. The winner will be announced on a separate blog post so please come back and see if you won. The winner has two giveaway options to choose from. Option 1: a $50 gift certicate to Checkered Cottage. This is a good deal if you live locally at St. Louis. Option 2: a $50 gift certicate to Simon Says Stamp.

The prize should be claimed a week after announcement on July 7 by 4pm CST. If not claimed, another random winner will be chosen from the comments on this blog made before and/or on June 30, Monday, 4pm. The second winner will be allowed to claim the prize until the next Monday, July 14, at 4pm. 

Disclaimer: This giveaway is not being sponsored by Checkered Cottage and/or Simon Says Stamp. It is just my way of giving back to the crafting industry. 

 

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

Maria Giselle B.

I am sharing this project at

Hero Arts Blog

Anything Floral Goes Challenge #29 #104

Simon Says Stamp IG Challenge

 

Art Journal Window, a Blank Page Muse Post

Hello! I am at the Blank Page Muse blog with a new entry to my art journal. For the month of June, the BPM DT members are using similar products which were provided by the lovely owner of BPM, Kim. 

For this art journal entry, I used the BPM Fern Art Rubber stamp and the BPM Create Something Sentiment Words stamp.

Please visit the BPM blog for details on how I created this page.

Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

I shared this project at

Simon Says: Monochrome

Pick Two Challenge #290 #21~Recycle, Repeat

June 2025 Challenge #77 Anything Goes #95

Checkered Background Die Cut Drop Outs

 

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Today's post features products from Kat Scrappiness. On this card, I am stretching the use of the KS Buffalo Plaid Background Craft die which is one of my most overused KS products.

 

This cover die, on top of the plaid design, cuts a lot of squares. You don't have to keep them but if you are like me, I keep these drop outs and try to use it to prevent it from going to waste. So in my repeated use of this die, I accumulated a lot of this drop out squares. I have used the squares as inlay on the openings of the plaid die cut. For today though, I am using these drop outs on its own to create a background.

 

I used an extra plaid die cut for my template in adhering the squares to a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" white cardstock panel. I applied glue to the each opening of the plaid die cut.

 

I inlaid a blue colored drop out to the openings of the plaid die cut creating a pattern as seen below.

To add more of these blue squares, I shifted the plaid die cut template downwards and towards the right. I continued inlaying and adhering the blue squares in the open areas to create a checkered pattern as seen below.

I did not have enough blue squares to complete the checkered pattern so I had to partially die cut a few more. I don't have the same blue cardstock. No worries. These different blue colored squares will be covered by the sentiment.

I adhered white square die cuts in between the blue squares. Since I used a white cardstock for the background panel, I could have skipped this step but I also want to use my square drop outs stash. I also want to give the background a tile effect with a smooth finish. Like any tiles, there are imperfections in some of the alignments that you might notice on the photo above.

To add details to the checkered pattern, I used the ribbon die from the KS Build a Cake Craft dies. I used the medium sized ribbon from the die set. I die cut the ribbon on a light pink cardstock and snipped off the trim that the die cuts with the ribbon. I die cut a lot of these ribbons to fill up the white squares of the checkered background. I added Nuvo Crystal Drops to the center of the ribbon. I set this aside to dry.

I die cut the sentiment from the KS Thank You Shadow Sentiment Craft die on white cardstock. I die cut the shadow on the same pink cardstock I used for the ribbons. 

I lightly spritz the pink shadow die cut then embossed it using a checkered embossing folder. I heat set this to dry. I adhered the sentiment die cut to this embossed die cut.

I adhered this to the checkered panel. I applied shimmer to the sentiment with a clear shimmer pen.

I hope you like today's card. I encourage you to look into your die cuts and give those negative cuts/drop outs some life. 

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 project. There will be no additional cost to you should you decide to purchase this/these product/s. While you are at the Kat Scrappiness website, do check out their wide array of products. KS has a new release, too! Enjoy!

I am sharing this project at

Simon Says: Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp IG Challenge

Challenge 7~Anything Goes #79