Rotating Stencil to Create Background & a Giveaway

Hello! I am at the Blank Page Must Blog with this card. For the month of January, I am featuring BPM stencils. The BPM stencil I used here is the Monstera Leaves with Borders. There are two size options, a medium and a large. I used the medium size on my card.

I am ink blending over the stencil. Just like with any ink blending, the trick is to start with a light hand to prevent harsh lines. It is easier to add more color than to remove color. Use a heavy hand to add highlights on the image or better yet, use a smaller blending brush.

 

I die cut the sentiment on the stenciled panel. Blank Page Muse does not sell dies so feel free to use what you have or use a sentiment stamp instead. 

For details on how to create this card, please visit the BPM blog. 

This is the second giveaway post. I am giving away a set of BPM stencils that was sent as extra to me by BPM's lovely owner, Kim (Thank you, Kim!). She agreed for me to offer it as a giveaway. To be eligible for the prize, leave a comment on this post. To increase your chances of winning, please comment on my other BPM posts for the month of January. The first one went live on January 8. Commenting ends on January 31, 11:59pm CST. A random winner will be selected from all posts and will be anounced on my BPM post on February 8. 

Thank you for your time. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle 

Stenciling on Art Journal & a Giveaway

Hello! I am at the Blank Page Muse Blog with another art journal page. I will be featuring BPM stencils on my BPM blog posts this month. Stay tuned!

I used the BPM Stoneworks stencil on the page.

 

I created a multipage design using the stencil. 

I blended the ink over the stencil on the page to create the background.

Please visit the BPM blog for project details. 

It is time for a giveaway. I am giving away a set of BPM stencils that was sent as extra to me by BPM's lovely owner, Kim (Thank you, Kim!). She agreed for me to offer it as a giveaway. To be eligible for the prize, leave a comment on this post. To increase your chances of winning, please comment on my other BPM posts for the month of January. Commenting ends on January 31, 11:59pm CST. A random winner will be selected from all posts and will be anounced on my BPM post on February 8. 

Thank you for stopping by. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

Monochromatic Sketch Inspired Card

 

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you had a wonderful holiday celebration. We have new sketch challenges at Stick It Down Scrapbook and Card Making Challenge in FB. It is very easy to join having three sketch options to choose from. I hope you join.

I went all gray on my card. I also used Altenew products on my card. 

I did several techniques on this card which includes foiling, embossing, die cutting and fussy cutting. Among these techniques, I spent most of my time on foiling using the Spellbinders Glimmer Machine. Like any technique, if you are not constantly doing it, you lose the skill of doing it. I don't usually do foiling with the Glimmer machine that's why each time I use it, it takes me a lot of of time and resources before I get satisfied with my foiling. 

I had a hard time matching the foiled image with the die. I used the Altenew Scalloped Circles Die set and Hot Foil Plate set. I tried foiling then die cutting but I lost some of the foiled edge with the die cutting. I tried a different technique of die cutting in which I used the negative cut to help me with placement of the die. The result was about the same, die cutting a part of the foiled scallop edge. 

I tried the reverse of this step, and the result was about the same. So I resorted to fussy cutting the foiled scallop, leaving a small border around it. In this way, I was able to preserve the foiling. I die cut the next size down scallop and inlaid it for added details. I cut this in half to extend it to follow the sketch.

For the rectangular elements, I embossed both pieces using the Altenew Beautiful Bergenia 3D embossing folder. I strategically embossed it so the design is continuous on both rectangle pieces. 

I embossed a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" dark gray cardstock with the Altenew Raised Sentiment 3D embossing folder. 

I created a banner and die cut the word hello on this. The hello die is from the Altenew Calming Cluster die set. I used the negative cut of the banner for this card. I adhered a dark gray banner on the back. I extended the fish tail of the banner a little bit. I adhered the center piece of the letter o. 

I adhered the elements to the embossed panel following the sketch above. I flicked white paint over the panel.

I did not add any more matting on the back since I felt that trimming the edges off will make the design elements too crowded on the dark panel. I could have cut a larger matte but I just want to keep this as an A2 card. I could also have added some staples for bit of interest. Maybe next time.

Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative year! I hope you join the first SID challenge for the year. 

Maria Giselle B.

I shared this project at

Challenge #96~Anything Goes #21