Happy Fall Card with Foiling

 

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Today's card features the hot foiling technique using the Spellbinder Glimmer Machine. I tend to forget to do this technique and to use my Spellbinder Glimmer Machine. I have a tiny craft space so a lot of my crafting gadgets are put back on its box after its use. Yes, I keep this machine inside the box together with its accessorries and its other related supplies. It just helps me stay organized. Each time I have to use it, I have to get it out of the box, machine and all. 

My card is inspired by a sketch from Scrapbook & Cards as seen below.

I just changed the orientation of the panel and also the occasion, from winter to fall. Although, this sketch is recommended for a scrapbook layout, it does not mean, I cannot use it for a card, right?

I pulled out different colors of cardstock from my stash. I picked which colors I will be using for the background and for the leaves. 

I used the Trinity Stamps Autumn Rainbow Cut & Foil Die Set on this card. This set has 8 leaf foil pieces and its matching die. To make my foiling experience easy, I created a foiling template by die cutting the leaves on a carstock. 

I die cut the leaves when these dies are still unsnipped from each other. I laid this template on the Glimmer Hot Foil Plate with its corner lined with a grid on the plate. I did this before I fed this through the die cutting machine.

I positioned the leaf foiling pieces on the plate, matching the leaf foil piece with the opening of the cardstock template. You will notice on the photo that the Glimmer machine has the green light on which means it is hot. The Glimmer machine came with a magnet accessory to move the metal plates. Use this and don't get burned! You can also use a craft pick to move the metal pieces.

I carefully removed the cardstock template. I cut a cardstock big enough to cover all of the leaves. I cut the foil at the same size. I recommend this or have the foil smaller than the cardstock to prevent transferring the foil to the spacer plate. I repeated this process with the rest of the cardstock.

Once the plate blinks green, it is time to carefully remove the plate from the base and run it through the die cutting machine. 

 

I used a Sizzix machine for the foiling. Although, the foil transferred, adding a cardstock to the sandwich gave better results as you can see on the above photos. The photo on the left is foiling without an additional cardstock for a shim, and the photo on the right is foiling with an added cardstock for a shim.

Unfortunately, I have to snip the coordinating dies from each other since it is the mirror image of the foil plate that gets transferred to the paper. I matched the dies with the foiled image. To keep the arrangement of the dies intact, I applied a shelf liner on top of the dies. After running this through the die cut machine, I carefully removed the die cuts. I repositioned this on the next foiled cardstock panel. Some of the dies may not match the foiled impression but for the most part, it did. I just fixed the dies that are not on the right spot.

I die cut the burlap on a dark purple cardstock using the Honey Bee Stamps Burlap Background Honey Cuts. I trimmed a salmony-orange cardstock at 5" x 6" (A4). I rarely create this card size but making it larger than A2 prevents overcrowding of the leaves.

I positioned the burlap die cut on the A4 panel. I arranged the leaves to create a frame, just like in the sketch. I adhered the leaves to the burlap. I only used the smaller leaves.

I adhered foam adhesive to the back of the burlap, behind the leaves. Before I adhered the burlap to the salmon cardstock panel, I adhered three of the big leaves to the panel just to add some shine that will show through the burlap.

I fiddled with the sentiment. I prefer a die cut sentiment so that the intricacy of the burlap will show through. For this reason, I just want my font size to be just right. Well, my alphabet dies are either too small or too big so I did a bit of die cut surgery to create my sentiment. The original sentiment die is 'BE HAPPY.' I trimmed the E to make it into an F and an L. 

I adhered the letters to the center portion of the burlap.

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

Maria Giselle B.

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Challenge #122~Amazing Autumn

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.

Blank Page Muse and I Brake For Stamps 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!

A Card for You & a Card to Give Away (A 2-for-1 Project)

 

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. We have a new challenge at Incy Wincy Designs. The challenge theme/s is/are Autumn/More Than One Fold. I hope you join us in this month's challenge.

For today's card, I created a gatefold card with a surprise element when you open the card. 

The focal point of the card was stitched. I used The Stamp Market Embroidery Hoop die to cut the stitching circle. The pattern for the pumpkin is from Lawn Fawn. I added leaves cut from felt and some flower sequins for embellishment. The leaves were cut using a die from My Favorite Things. I used a hot glue to adhere the felt and leaves.  A bit messy but this is the only way to secure these embellishments in place. 

I matted this stitched hoop die cut with a larger circle patterned paper die cut. The patterned papers I am using is from Echo Park.

To make this into a gatefold card, I trimmed a kraft cardstock at 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". I scored the long side at 2 1/8" on both sides. 

I trimmed a patterned paper at 4" x 5 1/4". I cut this in half on the short side to come up with 2 panels of 2" x 5 1/4". I adhered these panels to the front of the gatefold side of the card. 

I adhered the stitched circle to one side of the gatefold, applying glue to half of the circle only. I adhered a sentiment embellishment from an Echo Park ephemera pack on the bottom of the gatefold opening, applying glue to the half back of this piece just like how I did it on the circle die cut. 

I adhered a kraft circle die cut to the back of the stitched circle, and a kraft rectangle on the back of the sentiment ephemera to make these two elements sturdy when opening the gatefold card.

As you can see on the photo above, the the surprise element of the card is another card. I created a top folding card that fits inside the gatefold card. The recipient of the gatefold card will have an option to send this top folding card to someone. This top folding card measures 4" x 5 1/4" to fit inside the gatefold card. 

I used the same patterned paper pad I used on the gatefold card. I die cut the pumpkin using a die from Honey Bee. I added texture to this pumpkin using The Greetery Aida Cloth Texture plate. I blended orange ink on this pumpkin to create some depth. I doubled the die cuts to create the pumpkin with some scrap cardstock for a bit of dimension. I did not want to add a lot of bulk to this card since it will be inserted inside the gatefold card. 

I created a patterned paper panel using scraps from the patterned paper pad. I adhered the strips to a scrap typing paper. I die cut this using a nesting rectangle die from Hero Arts. I used a rectangle die smaller than the note card. I added texture to this panel with a piercing plate from Ellen Hutson. I stitched the patterned paper seams using a diagonal stitch. I adhered this panel to the top folding kraft cardstock.

I adhered a sentiment from the ephemera pack to the pumpkin. I adhered the pumpkin to the panel. 

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

Maria Giselle B.

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Scrapbook & Cards FB Challenge

Challenge #42~Fall Moodboard

Another Card & Envelope Set Using Digital Printed Paper Plus a Bonus Card

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Today's card features a digital download printable by Blank Page Muse. 

A Cozy Fall Harvest

This set includes 9 Fall themed full printable sheets and 2 sheets of ephemera that are very suitable for the season. The great thing about digital print outs is that you can resize it the way you plan to use it. You can also crop a portion of a full sheet to suit your crafting needs. 

I created a similar project, Card & Envelope Set Using Digital Printed Paper, using a different Blank Page Muse digital download printable. Click the link if you are interested to see it.

For the card, I cropped the plaid digital paper with the gnome. I only need the bottom part of the digital paper which has the word 'fall' on it. After cropping it, I re-sized it to 5 1/4" x 4".

I stamped the word 'happy' above the word 'fall' using Versafine Onyx Black ink. The paper I used has a shiny finish so I made sure to prep the area with an anti-static powder tool first before stamping the sentiment. I poured clear embossing to the sentiment, then heat embossed it. I inked the edges of this panel with a black dye ink. 

I re-sized the orange digital paper to 5 1/2" x 4 1/4". I used this to mat the gnome paper. 

I die cut a label on the same orange digital paper. I heat embossed the words 'you all' to this label strip using the same ink and embossing powder. I punched a small hole on the ends of this label die cut. I threaded a metallic embroidery floss through the holes. I cut the thread long so I it covers the width of the card front.

I adhered this panel to a top folding A2 kraft portrait note card. I added Ranger Glossy Accents to the hearts, then set it aside to dry.

For the envelope, I printed the other plaid digital paper on a full sheet of light weight 8 1/2" x 11" white cardstock. I created this paper into an envelope following the tutorial by Jenny Card Designs. There is no need for an envelope punchboard to create this envelope. 

For the envelope front, I cropped and resized the other digital paper with the gnome. I heat embossed the word 'to' on the top left corner. I inked the edges with a black dye ink. I matted this with the same orange digital paper I used to mat the card. This edges of this panel was also ink blended with black dye ink. I adhered this to the front of the envelope.

Since I printed extras and while my craft supplies are out, I created another card. For this card, I cropped the yellow paper, cropping off the gnome and the pumpkins (That part of this paper was the one I used for the label on the front of the envelope.) I resized this to 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". 

On the ephemera page, I cropped the wreath, the bow and the heart. I did not want to print the whole page of the ephemera that's why I cropped these images from the ephemera set. I printed these digital images on a light weight white cardstock.

I added details to the yellow panel using the Altenew Dotted Swirls Debossing die. 

I die cut the sentiment on the orange digital paper. I also die cut this sentiment on black cardstock. I adhered the black sentiment die cut to the back of the orange sentiment die cut offsetting it for a shadow effect. To add a bit of dimension to this die cut sentiment, I die cut the sentiment again on a a scrap piece of cardstock, then adhered it to the back of the sentiment die cut. 

I colored the top part of the sentiment die cut with an orange shimmer pen.

I fussy cut the wreath leaving a white border around it. I printed the plaid heart to use the pattern to fill the opening of the wreath. I die cut this paper with a burlap die. I added dimension between the wreath and burlap using stacked scrap cardstock. 

I fussy cut the plaid bow leaving a white border around it. I used a round stylus to add curl the bow. I added a glue dot to the back of the bow, then added a metallic embroidery floss underneath it. I adhered this on the bow on the wreath using a glue dot. 

I planned out the placement of my card elements. Once I was pleased with how it looks, I stamped the additional sentiment to the yellow panel. I adhered the wreath with adhesive foam. I adhered the sentiment with liquid glue. 

I trimmed off the edges to make this panel into a 4" x 5 1/4". I adhered this to a top folding landscape kraft A2 notecard. I added Ranger Glossy Accent to the center of the flowers. I adhered a black bauble to the bow center. I adhered cream colored gems to the panel. 

I hope you like today's cards. 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!

I also added below a link to the Altenew product I used on this card. There will be no additional cost to you should you decide to purchase this item. 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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Thanks/Thanksgiving

November Challenge #59~Anything Goes with Optional Twist: Grateful, Thankful, Thank You

Sketch Inspired Fall Colors Card

 

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I created this card to join the My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge. It is so nice to be back in the swing of things. It has been a while since I last participated in a challenge due to my busy schedule. I am so glad that finally my schedule can accommodate this again. You have no clue how much I miss this part of my crafting.

I am using a new product in my stash, the My Favorite Things Birch Tree Die-namics. It is new to my stash, but MFT retired this set. There are different birch tree dies available in the market.

I am using the Echo Park Fall Fever 6x6 paper pad. I trimmed a red plaid paper to 4 1/4" x 5 1/2'. I die cut a window on this panel using the MFT LJD Rectangle Peek-a-Boo Window Die-namics. I did partial die cutting technique to extend the length of the window. 

I trimmed a blue patterned paper slightly larger than the panel window. I blended blue ink on the topmost area. I traced the white plus design on the patterned paper with a clear sparkle pen and a white gel pen. 

I die cut the birch trees on a browned patterned paper from the paper pad. I adhered these die cuts to a cream cardstock to highlight the markings of the birch tree. I fussy cut the excess. I adhered the birch trees to the back of window. I adhered the blue patterned paper on the back of the birch trees for a blue sky look.

I stamped two images from the MFT Snuggle Bunnies on Neenah Solar White cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I colored the images using Copic markers. I fussy cut the images leaving a white border around it.

For the sentiment, I stamped this on a yellow patterned paper from the pad using Versamark ink. The sentiment is from the retired MFT Mason Jar Labels stamp set. I poured white embossing powder to the sticky ink, then heat embossed it. I die cut the sentiment using a die from the coordinating MFT Mason Jar die set. I adhered this and the fussy cut critters to the bottom of the window. 

To re-create the small elements of the sketch, I die cut the leaves from the MFT Birch Tree Die-namics on a multi-colored plaid patterned paper. I adhered four of the leaves in a cluster to create flowers. I adhered the excess on the birch trees. 

I added brown clear sequins for the center of the flowers. I added a dot of copper Nuvo Glitter Drop to the center of the sequins. I set this aside to dry. 

Once the glue has dried, I added shimmer to the flowers using Cleark Wink of Stella.

I added details to the bunny's shirt with white gel pen. I also added details to the critters' eyes and noses using a black Sakura Glaze pen. 

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

Maria Giselle B.

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MFT Weekly Sketch Challenge

Polkadoodles: Week 46 Cardmaking & Crafting Challenge~Anything Goes #1

Thinking of You

Card Recipe Inspired Fall Card (Crafting Away From Home #5)

 

Hello! Welcome back to another card I created as part of my Crafting Away From Home series. This is the 5th card created in the series. I also created this card for the Scrapbook And Cards Fall Issue Recipe Challenge. The card recipe includes a journaling card/die cut, patterned paper, alphabet sticker and stamp. The Scrapbook And Cards Blog is currently down. I will link the challenge once the blog is back up.

I am using a Simple Stories Autumn Splendor patterned paper and the ephemera pack. I used a plaid tone on tone green patterned paper as the main panel which I cut at 5" x 3 3/4". I adhered leaves from the ephemera pack. I used American Crafts Thickers to create the main sentiment of the card. To create the sub-sentiment, I used a sentiment stamp from Concord & 9th Rainbow Sayings stamp set. I used Versafine Onyx Black ink for the stamping. I stamped the sentiment on a scrap patterned paper from the pack. I trimmed this to create it into a strip.

I emphasized the white line on the alphabet stickers with a broad white Sakura Gelli Roll pen. I added a white outline using the medium tip Sakura Gelli Roll pen. 

I trimmed another patterned paper at 5 1/2" x 4 1/4". I adhered the green patterned paper panel to this.

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

Maria Giselle B.

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Fall Issue Challenge Wee: A Recipe Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Blog #112

Challenge #422~Thankful Thoughts LeAnn's World 101

Sketch Inspired Fall Card (Crafting Away From Home #4)

 

Hello! Welcome back to another Crafting Away From Home post. This is my fourth post on this series in which I create away from home with the limited supplies I brought with me. I also created this card to take part with Scrapbook And Cards Fall Issue Sketch Challenge. I am so glad I am able to participate.

My card consists of products from the Simple Stories Autumn Splendor patterned paper and ephemera pack. 

I trimmed the leaf patterned paper at 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". I added a wide strip of the a red leaf patterned paper. I cut a strip of green dotted patterned paper and adhered it to the sides of the wide strip. The plaid patterned paper was trimmed at 3" x 4 1/4". 

I matted the main ephemera piece with a wooden patterned paper, cutting around the sides while leaving a small border around it. To add dimension to some of the ephemera pieces, I trimmed strips of scrap watercolor paper, stacked it and adhered it to the back of the ephemera pieces. 

I had fun creating this card. I had a bit of a struggle being not at my craft room where most of my supplies are. It sure is a challenge.

The Scrapbook And Cards website is currently down. I will update this post with the sketch and the link to the challenge once the site is up and running.

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

Maria Giselle B.

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Fall Issue Challenge Week: Start With A Sketch

Simon Says Stamp Blog #69

October 2021~Autumnal Colours And/Or Halloween #79