Hello! I am back at the Blank Page Muse Blog with this card as the DT is wrapping up this month's optional theme of Steampunk. If you are following my BPM posts for this month, you probably know by now that I struggle with this theme. Well, I hope the metallic elements of this card makes it almost steampunk.
The Blank Page Muse products I used are:
Seibold Succulent Solid Set (This stamp is not available anymore. Below are suggested substitutions, in case you are interested.)
Hello! Welcome back to my blog. This is the same card on my post at the start of this month for Stick It Down Challenge. I was creating a short video to show the honeycomb feature of the card but I encountered some faulty mechanics on the design of the card. I was just going to let it be but knowing myself, I want to fix the problem.
The honeycomb won't stay open despite the two magnets. I troubleshooted this issue. Is the magnet weak? Is the paper too thick for the magnets to attach to each other?
After giving it some thought, I had to take the magnets out. It was easy to get the magnets on the front since it is laying on the last honeycomb layer. The other magnets are sandwiched in between the matte cardstock and the cardstock panel. I tried detaching the matte cardstock but I must have used a really strong glue because I am not able to sneak the spatula in between these layers.
So I attack this from the back. I located the magnets by placing the other magnets on the back of the panel. I created a slit to extract the magnets.
A lot of ripping off the paper and the foam adhesive just so I can better position the magnets. This time, I added a third magnet to make the honeycomb pumpkin stay open.
I adhered the other magnets on the outside of the honeycomb pumpkin. Looks like a mess at this point, right?
I die cut an orange patterned paper to cover the magnet mess on the pumpkin. Before adhering it, I inked the edges to tie in with the rest of the pumpkin die cuts. I also heat embossed an arrow and the word open as a instruction on how to see honeycomb come to life.
The back was not that hard to fix. I just cut small pieces of the same foam adhesive and adhered it around the magnets. I covered the hole with a light weight scrap paper.
Below is the final video of the card.
I could have given up on this card. Tossing it will be the easiest way to forget about it but I did not want to do that. After all, I already encountered struggles with the making of this honeycomb and I was able to make it through that. What is another struggle, right? In this way, I learn from my mistakes and share it here so hopefully, you will avoid the mistakes I made.
Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I created this card to join this monht's Altenew inspiration Challenge.
I added a lot of stitching to this card. I used the Altenew String Art Rectangles Die Set to add the stitching holes. I used the largest die, the third to the largest die and the fifth to the largest die to add the holes to a white cardstock panel cut at 5 1/2" x 4 1/4". I cut these into frames using a craft knife. I stitched on these frames using a chain link stitch. I used DMC embroidery floss following the colors in the challenge photo.
I trimmed the frames to make it skinny being careful not to cut any of the stitching.
I cut a heavy weight vellum at 5 1/2" x 4 1/4". I prepped this for heat embossing. I stamped the floral bundles from the Altenew Watercolor Flowers Stamp Set from the Craft Your Life Project Kit using Veramark ink. I poured Wow! White Pearl embossing powder to the sticky ink. I heat set the powder until it has melted.
I used some more of the dies from the Altenew String Rectangles Die Set (the 2nd, 4th & 6th from the largest dies) to add holes to the embossed vellum. I did a running stitch to these poked holes using a lighter shade of the same colors I used on the frames. I used less amount of floss on the running stitch than the chain link stitch.
I adhered the frames to the vellum.
For the sentiment, I die cut the word hugs from the Altenew Timeless Sentiments Die Set on a mirrored black cardstock and two pieces of it on black cardstock. I adhered the black die cuts on top of each other and topped it with the mirror sentiment die cut for some dimension. I adhered this on the center of the embossed vellum panel.
I adhered color coordinating sequins to the chain link stitching.
I adhered this to a top folding A2 note card.
I hope you like today's card. Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!
Hello! I am at the Blank Page Muse Blog with this card. This month, the DT is doing a steampunk theme. I don't have any steampunk items in my craft stash. After searching the web on how to steampunk a non-steampunk, I hope I was able to get close enough with this card.
Hello! I am at the Blank Page Muse Blog with this art journal entry. This month, the DT is doing a steampunk theme, not a forte of mine so I hope this one is close enough to being steampunk.
The Blank Page Muse products I used on this project are:
Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Simon Says Stamp is celebrating STAMPtember! It is the biggest and most exciting stamping event of the year. Last month, SSS asked for mailing addresses from their followers. The first 100 will get a complimentary STAMPtember exclusive product. YAY! I am one of the lucky 100!
I used the SSS Best Witches Clear Stamp Set on my platform pop-up card. I stamped the images on watercolor paper. I colored the images with Kuretake Gansai Tambi, Coliro Mica and Karin markers. I fussy cut the images. The stamp set has a coordinating die available for puchase in case you are not into fussy cutting.
I think the most challenging part of this project is arranging all the elements on the platform. I did a lot of fiddling with the arrangement. I am so glad with all the re-arranging of the already glued elements, the platform survived.
I stamped one of the sentiments on black cardstock, partially stamping a segment of the sentiment to create this into strips. In this way, the sentiment will fit on the back of the platform pop-up.
I added a glow-in-the-dark feature to the pop-up platform for an additional enchanting fun. These elements are also floating off the platform which was achieved with the use of acetate strips.
I hope you like today's project. Please join Simon Says Stamp in this month long celebration. Below is a link to this year's exclusive STAMPTember products. Also, from 9/4 through 9/29, everyday at noon
Hello! I am at the Blank Page Muse Blog with this floral hexagon card. The Blank Page Muse stamp I used is from the Flamingo Row Red Rubber Art Stamps. The BPM DT is still celebrating Summer for this month. I hope you check out all the designers creations.
I used a hexagon die from an old Spellbinders Hexagon Nesting Metal Dies set. For the faux stitching detail on the Pebbles patterned paper background panel, I used a die from the Impression Obsession Border Stitching 2 Die.
I love how easy this card can be put together. I also love the coincidence of my die cuts having similar colors as the stripes. Best of all, I love the additional stitching detail on this card.
This card features two creative ways on how to use a stencil. Please visit the BPM blog for details on how I created this card.
Special thanks to Caly Person. The color and design of her Mushroom Terrarium card inspired me to create this card. She also used a stencil on her card.
Hello! Welcome back to my blog. It is the first of the month which means there is a new challenge at Stick It Down Scrapbook and Card Making Challenge in FB. We hope you join. There are several ways to participate with three sketch options to choose from.
The most intensive part of my card is creating the honeycomb. This is not the first time I created a honeycomb but somehow I struggled with this one. Maybe because it is smaller than the one I created before, and maybe because I am aiming for a halfway opened honeycomb.
The honeycomb above is my second attempt in creating a honeycomb for this card. I tried to save the first honeycomb but I was not able to. I think my mistake was applying more glue than I am supposed to. Some parts of the paper got stuck instead of opening up.
Another thing that made this honeycomb a challenge is that I wanted to use a magnet to keep the honeycomb open. The honeycomb will initially be closed to allow it to be placed inside an envelope.
My first attempts were a fail. I later figured out that the magnet I used was not strong enough to hold it open. After adding another magnet, the honeycomb remained open.
If you are going to make a honeycomb using double sided patterned paper, keep in mind that the inside fold will be the one mostly showing when the honeycomb is opened. Just like in my honeycomb pumpkin, I have the orange background pattern outside and the brown background pattern inside. Thus, the pumpkin is more of brown with a hint of orange, There is nothing wrong with this but this piece of information can be helpful in case you are going for a certain look.
The dies I used for the honeycomb pumpkin is from Honeybee. The patterned paper I used for the pumpkin is from Simple Stories. I inked the edges of the pumpkin die cut on both sides using an orange and brown dye inks accordingly.
The other two patterned papers I used for the background are from Echo Park (green) and Simple Stories (brown). I die cut the green patterned paper using a stitched Lawn Fawn square die.
I used felt for the pumpkin stalk and curly vines. The lace trim is from Michaels. I used double sided tape to adhere the trim to the back of the square patterned paper.
The sentiment die is from Paper Smooches. I added stitching to the holes using an orange variegated DMC floss. I used all 6 strands and added a shiny gold thread for a tinge of shine.
The honeycomb pumpkin, when folded, still has a bit of depth but it still fits an A2 sized envelope.
I hope you like today's card. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!
