Heart Bookmark Give Away

Hello! Happy Valentine's to you! I was inspired to create this after I saw this at IG @heyletsmakestuff. She also was very kind to link up free the file she used to create this. I revised the sentiment since I was planning to give it to my co-workers, just to make it more appropriate.

After Cori sent me the free file, I uploaded the file to Cricut Design Space. I searched for a more appropriate sentiment and attached the sentiment to the heart bookmark cut. I was planning to have the sentiment foiled on the bookmark to make it a one layer bookmark. I somehow figured that foiling on multiple images to be cut on a single mat offers some difficulty. The Cricut will draw first before cutting. I could have reversed the process but I went ahead and tried it. I cut smaller pieces of foil, large enough to accommodate the sentiment. I taped them on the card stock where it will be drawn. I missed some spots since the We R Memory Keepers Foil Quill drew on areas where the washi tape is. I have no real good trick on how to fix this. I tried fixing it using the WRMK Foil Pen but I was not able to align it well.

After the sentiments were drawn on the card stock, I pressed the pause button on the machine and removed all the foil. Having a spatula is very convenient to use on this step since you can just insert the spatula under the foil to lift the tape off the card stock without tearing the card stock.

My bookmark would have been done at this point but I forgot to change my cut setting to card stock+. If I caught this error before unloading the mat, I could have re-feed the mat to have the Cricut cut the bookmarks at the same spot. But I did not.

To save the project, I went ahead and created this into a two layer bookmark. I die cut the foiled sentiments using a circle die. I cut the bookmarks using a cream colored card stock. I scored and folded the hearts. I stamped hearts using a Lawn Fawn stamp on one of the face of the hearts using a silver pigment ink to create a subtle background for the circle sentiment. I adhered the circle sentiment to this.

Thank you, Cori for the very timely project and cut file. Here is a link to her blog post featuring this bookmark, valentines-day-heart-bookmark.

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

Maria Giselle B.

I am sharing this creation at

February #2~Anything Goes

Hearts Challenge

#244~Love/Valentine Sentiment

Flower Pencil Valentine's Give Away

Hello! I created a give away for my 2nd Grader son to give away during their Valentine's Party this Friday. Instead of giving candy or chocolate this year, I thought of giving something that the kids will use in the classroom. I got the inspiration of this project from a Valentine Card Kit being sold by Paper Source. After I saw the kit in their catalogue, I said to myself, I can easily recreate this with the tools I have at home. 

I started off with asking my son to write the color of the flower he wants cut-out for each of his classmate. I also asked him to choose the color of the pencil ferrule (the metal that separates the pencil and the eraser) he wants for each classmate. The pencils are from Office Depot which has a brown body and varied colors of ferrule, which by the way, the first time I found out that there is actually a name for this metal part of the pencil. 

After I've sorted my card stock scraps to find the colors I need, I started die cutting the flower using the Lawn Fawn Outside In Stitched Flower Die. I die cut the heart from gold glittered card stock using LF Sitched Heart Stackables. I used a small circle die to cut a hole on the heart and the flower where I will slip the pencil through. I spritz some shimmer spray to the flowers and set it to dry.

To personalize the pencils, I wrote the recipient's name on the pencil using We R Memory Keepers Foil Pen. This is also a perfect way to use up some foil scraps. 

For the leaf and the stem, I die cut these using the LF Stitched Flower Frame. I used my scraps of paper to die cut these, too. I wrapped the stem around the pencil and adhered the two ends together using liquid glue. I clipped the ends with a craft tweezer to make the ends adhere better while the glue dries. I then, adhered the leaves to this stem, covering the back of the leaf with another leaf. 

I adhered the heart to the flower using foam adhesive making sure the holes are aligned. I slipped the eraser through the hole. 

I created a vase to hold the pencil flowers until it is given away. I re-purposed a Pringles container for the vase. I removed the metal tip off the top of the container using a blade. I smoothen the edges with a nail file. I used the Cricut to create the grass bordered wrapping paper. I added a Doodlebug Love washi tape at the bottom of the vase for added embellishment.

Thank you for visiting my blog. Wishing you a Happy Valentine's Day! Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

I am sharing this creation at

Lawn Fawn Challenge Blog

Challenge #230~Anything Goes

#413~My Heart Is On Fire

Unicorn Birthday Cake Shaped Card

Hello! My youngest son's birthday is on Sunday. I created this card with him as my inspiration. He loves unicorns like me.

After I saw Jennifer McGuire's card featuring the Hero Arts Decorate A Cake stamp set, I knew I have to recreate her card for my son's birthday. Since I don't have the stamp set, I used my Cricut to cut a tiered cake. I did some editing on the cake image in the Cricut Design Space, replacing some of the guide cuts with drawn lines. I also used the We R Memory Keepers Quill Glue Pen for the cake stand scalloped lines so I can embossed some glitter to it.

After I had the cake cut, I did a bit of surgery on the cake. I cut off the top tier of the cake and also cut off the foot of the cake stand.

I stamped the horn using the Pink Fresh Studio Magical Unicorn stamp and die sets. I heat embossed the horn with Wow! Midas Touch embossing powder. I embossed it twice. I heat embossed two horns so I can adhere it back to back. I die cut the horns using the matching die.

I die cut the ears next using white card stock. I traced the negative cuts on a pink and gray card stock, and vellum. The pink and vellum pieces will be the inside of the ears while the gray piece is for the back of the ears.

I stamped the eyes on the cake using Versafine Onyx Black ink. I colored the edges of the cake using a Copic marker. I adhered the pink cut trim on the cake. I applied Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Pen to this trim for more sparkle.

I started building the shaped card. I adhered the horn and ears to the back of the cake piece with the eyes. I adhered the silver card stock next. I did the same process to the back of the cake. To make this into a card, I cut a strip of acetate and scored this at the middle. I applied a thin double sided adhesive tape to the acetate right next to the score line. I adhered one side to the top of the cake front, and adhered the other side to the top of the back of the cake.

For the flowers, I die cut several colors of card stock, following the colors in the color theme of this month's Pink Fresh Studio Challenge. I heat embossed the flower accents on the flower using the same embossing powder. I curled the flowers for added dimension. I adhered gems to the center of the flowers. I adhered the flowers to the cake.

I stamped a sentiment in the inside of the card which is also from the same stamp set.

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

Maria Giselle B.

I am sharing this creation at

Pink Fresh Studio Challenge Blog

Challenge #9~Hearts and Flowers

February 2020 Linky Challenge~Always Anything Goes

Pre-Colored Digital Image Card

Hello! We have a new challenge at Incy Wincy Designs going on right now. The theme is Love, Love, Love celebrating the Love month. I am using an image from one of our sponsors for this challenge, Fred She Said. The image I am using is Wistful Emma or Bride. When I chose this image, I thought of using it to create cards for my son's girl friends who will have their First Communion this year. I forgot about the challenge theme! Just like our moderator, Hev, suggested, adding hearts will make it go with the theme. So, I went with that and created an any occasion card.

Having a pre-colored image somehow gave me a break from coloring. I die cut the image using the Stamp Market Nested Long Label Die. I created a frame using this die as well. I am using patterned papers from old Crate Paper line. I made this into a 4-Bar note card.

I heat embossed the sentiment on the patterned paper with Wow! Metallic Gold Rich embossing powder. I added sparkle to the frame and the dress of the girl using Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Glitter Brush which did not bleed the ink of the image since I printed the image using a toner printer.

Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope to see your love creations in the challenge blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

Image Sponsor

I am sharing this creation at

Week 5~Anything Goes

Challenge #148~Anything Goes

Challenge #115~Heart You

Waterfall Valentine's Card

 

Hello! I always envy crafters who can craft or color on the go. I seem to be not organized for such. I feel like I would not be able to bring everything I need. But then I remembered that I was able to do it once during a long, grueling flight from the US to the Philippines. I stamped a lot of images before I left and brought some markers with me. I ended up with a bunch of colored birds which I was able to use on this card.

I die cut a pink card stock with the Lawn Fawn Flippin' Awesome die. This is the second time I used this die. I used a thick cardstock for this card which I feel made the flipping a bit difficult. I used a patterned paper the first time. It was a bit flimsy but easier to flip. I will try this die on a thin card stock and see if there is any difference.

I die cut the embellishments after. The background and the grassy hill are from the LF Rainbow Scallops 6x6 paper pad. The squares were cut with a die included in the Flippin' Awesome die set. The chicks are from the LF Chirpy Chirp Chirp stamp set. I colored the chicks with Zig Clean Color markers. I die cut the chicks with the coordinating dies.

The heart die I used for the balloons is also a part of the LF Flippin' Awesome die set. Before die cutting the hearts, I adhered a double sided tape on the same pink card stock I used for the Flippin' mechanism. After I die cut the hearts, I poured Elizabeth Crafts Silk Microfine Glitter in Cool Diamonds. I burnish the glitter to the heart die cut with my finger. This gave the card stock a different look, making it shimmery and lighter in shade.

I die cut the letters from LF Cole's ABC die set using white card stock I adhered the letters to the heart die cuts. I also added fine silver threads to make the heart into a balloon.

Now, that my flippin' elements are done, I adhered the squares to the scores created by the Flippin' die. Lawn Fawn has a video on their website on how to use this die which I linked here if you click the word video.

I die cut a pink card stock using a stitched rectangle die. I stamped the sentiment from LF Love Letters stamp set. I adhered this to the last panel of the flippin' die cut. Make sure that anything you adhere to this panel is flat and adhered really well. Any loose corner can get caught in the sliding mechanism. Ask me how I know.

For the base panel, I die cut a gray cardstock using a stitched rectangle die. I matted this with a pink patterned paper from the same paper pad. I die cut this with the LF Outside In Stitched Scalloped Rectangle die. I created a sentiment strip using a sentiment stamp from the LF Love Letters stamp set on a white card stock.

Here is a short video showing you how interactive this card is.

How fun is it to get a card like this? Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

I am sharing this creation at

Challenge #69~For The Birds

Challenge 131~Share The Love

Challenge 128~Love/Romance

Birthday Balloon Card

Hello! Have you had those days wherein you have a creative idea on your mind but when you try to create it, nothing is working out? This card is one of those difficult card creation moments for me. I was going to give up after my third try but I said to myself, there must be some way to do this. So what do I do on a moment like this? I turn to the internet and search for a technique that is close to what I want to achieve on the card I am trying to create. I always seem to find help and inspiration from Jennifer McGuire's video tutorials. I can't really say that I used her Two-Tone Stamping Technique on this card but after watching her video, I got some direction on how to carry on with creating this card.

I stamped the solid balloon stamp from the Sugar Pea Birthday Balloons stamp set. I created a balloon mask as well so. I masked the balloon image that I want to be at the front before stamping another solid balloon. I used different colored dye inks using the color scheme of the inspiration picture as a guide. I used Golden Glitz Delicata pigment ink on some of the balloons. The ink is very juicy so I did a second generation stamping which is when you stamp on a scrap paper before stamping on the panel. 

This stamp set is a layering stamp set. I lined up the dots to the solid balloon image. I seem to get lucky with layering stamps lately. I also stamped these dots to the green balloons using White Shimmer Delicata pigment ink. 

I stamped the balloon strings after. I heat embossed the sentiment using a Ranger copper embossing powder.

I don't have a card stock that matches the color of the brown balloon. I inked the edges of a white card stock using the same dye ink I used for the brown balloon.

I applied clear Spectrum Noir shimmer pen to the rest of the balloons.

I trimmed the edges off the stamped panel. I adhered a fun foam at the back before adhering this to the brown inked panel. I adhered this to a top folding white note card.

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

Maria Giselle B.

I am sharing this creation at

Sugar Pea Designs Challenge Blog

See Through Shaker Birthday Present Card

Hello! I have another version of a card using Honey Bee Gift Card Present Box die set. I just got to make the most of what I can create using this die set. If you want to view my previous blog posts featuring this die set, here are the links to it: Christmas Gift Present Box and Ribbon Slider Card.

I am using products from Pebbles This Is Family collection. I die cut the present box insert using the B side of the Celebration patterned paper to create the window. I die cut a few more using white cardstock which I will use to create a well for the shaker. I adhered acetate to the back of the window patterned paper.

I looked through the collection but I could not find an ephemera or sticker that I can adhere back to back for the see through window. I did not want to change my design. I fussy cut the cakes from the A side of the Celebration patterned paper. I lined this up using a light box sandwiching a transparent thread in between. This will allow this cake to shake as well inside the shaker. I adhered the thread to the top and bottom of the window.

I adhered a happy birthday sticker sentiment to both sides.

Before pouring the sequins, I used the anti-static powder tool on the edges of the window to lessen any static cling. I poured various sequins to the well, then carefully closed the shaker by adhering the other patterned paper window.

For the gift box, I die cut two pieces of the tabbed part of the present box using the B-side of the Bike Ride patterned paper. I did this to allow the pocket to have more space when I insert the shaker to it. Instead of die cutting the wrap around ribbon, I adhered a sheer ribbon and tucked in the ends inside the pocket.

For the lid of the present box, I did not use the die to create this. I measured the lid of one of my already made present box. I added a 1/8" to the width. If I didn't customized this, this die cut would have been cut with a score at the center. But I wanted a 1/8" score so it can accommodate the thick shaker. I adhered the ribbon to this lid, lining it to the ribbon on the box. I sandwiched the shaker inside this lid, making sure I use a strong adhesive to close it up.

I added a bow to the lid using the same sheer ribbon. I also created a bow using a twine and adhered this on top of the sheer ribbon. I adhered a banner ephemera from the collection. I adhered this with foam adhesive.

Here is a short video showcasing this card.

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

Maria Giselle B.

I am sharing this creation at

Honey Bee Stamps Facebook Challenge

Challenge 28th January Anything Goes

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Blog~Anything Goes