Stitching Behind a Coverplate Die-Take 2

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Kat Scrappiness is having a Christmas in July sale. Aside from this, there is a You Pick 3 Christmas Challenge on the KS blog.  I added the links at the bottom of this post, in case you want to check it out.

Back to my card, this is the second time I created a card like this using the KS Christmas Tree Background Craft die. This die is on clearance! You might want to purchase it before it is gone. 

The first stitched card I created using this die used traditional Christmas colors (https://ienjoywhatido.blogspot.com/2022/11/stitching-behind-coverplate-die.html).

I die cut the tree background on green cardstock. I used a Crafty Meraki Stitch-A-Cross slimline die to poke stitching holes on a white piece of cardstock. I temporarily taped the background die cut over the stitching panel to guide me with stitching.

Once all the stitching is done, I carefully peeled off the washi tapes from the tree background die cut. 

I applied some shimmer on the tree outline using a shimmer pen.

I adhered the tree background die cut over the stitched panel.

I added french knots on the circle openings of the tree background die cut. I adhered KS snowflake sequins on the snowflake portion of the background die. I added a dot of clear glitter glue to the center of the snowflake sequin. I adhered circle glittered die cuts to embellish the tree.

For the challenge, the 3 that I picked are: Holiday tree (Christmas Tree), Die Cuts and add gold touches.

I hope you like today's project. Don't forget to shop this month long sale. And when you get your Christmas in July products, how about joining the KS You Pick 3 Challenge? 

Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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

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Almost a One Layer Card

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Today's project is the featured card on my first blog post at the I Brake For Stamps Blog. IBFS is the sister company of the Blank Page Muse stamps. I am so grateful that the DT is allowed to cross over between the two. 

I am using a silhouette stamp from the IBFS on this card, Seibold Succulent Solid Set. Silhouette stamps were not my preference since I love to color. But I saw the different techniques you can do with silhouette stamps that I went out of my comfort zone and gave this type of stamps a try. 

I used a heavy weight A2 sized note card. I temporarily adhered the stencil from BPM, Blocks Pattern Stencil, to the card front. I covered the rest of the card with Post-It notes to prevent putting ink on these areas. I blended inks that are in the same color family with gradating shades. I lightly blended one color of ink over the stencil. After which, I cleaned the stencil and placed the stencil back over the card front off setting it toward the bottom right. I repeated the process using a different shade of ink until the whole panel is covered with different shades of ink blended blocks.

I bravely stamped the silhoutte stamp on the bottom right of the card front since I want this to be a one layer card. I did not get a good impression on my first try. Good thing that I used a stamp positioner but on my re-stamp, despite using the stamp positioner, the image was distorted. I must have moved my stamp positioner.

I didn't want to pitch my ink blended note card so I stamped the succulent on a white cardstock using Versafine Onyx Black ink. I did not get a good impression the first time again. It took me four attempts, three rejects, to finally get a good impression, can you believe that?! 

The ink was taking too much time to dry despite using a heat gun so I went ahead and poured embossing powder over it, then heat set it. I fussy cut the image leaving a small border around it. I directly adhered this to the card front, covering my boo-boo. 

I used my oldie but goodie typewriter to create a sentiment strip. 

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

Maria Giselle B.

I Brake For Stamps and Blank Page Muse are generously offering a 15% discount to their online store to YOU, my blog readers. Just use the code BPMMaria when you check out. Enjoy!

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Framed Stitched Flower

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. It is the first of July, can you believe it? This means it is time for a new challenge at Incy Wincy Designs. The challenge theme/s is/are Round/Circles and/or Handdrawn/Sewing My project is using the circle and sewing themes. I hope you like it.

If you have been following me, you know that sewing is my jam! I used an Ellen Hutson die to poke stitching holes on a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" white cardstock. The pattern is from a cross stitching book that I borrowed from the library. My mistake is that I photo copied the pattern and forgot to write the title of the book on the paper. I will add the title of the book here once I have the book that includes this pattern. 

I have a lot of DMC embroidery floss that I've inherited from my late mom. I prefer not to buy anymore embroidery floss. Thankfully, there is a free online conversion chart that I use to substitute a color if I don't have the embroidery floss color in my stash. 

I used 2 strands of floss for stitching since the count of the stitching holes created by the die is small. I also used a thin needle so I will not rip the paper as I stitched on it.

I created a frame using two circle dies. I die cut a heavy weight kraft cardstock. I embossed this circle frame with an embossing folder with a woodgrain pattern. I adhered this frame on the cross stitched panel. I trimmed off the excess. 

I backed this framed panel with another circle kraft cardstock cut with the larger circle die. For the easel, I die cut the same kraft cardstock using a die from The Stamp Market. 

I hope you like today's project, and that you join us in this month's challenge.

Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

Stamped Shaker Card

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. We have a Kat Scrappiness IG hop featuring KS stamps with quokka. I hope you join us. Maria Giselle Batan (@mariagiselleb) • Instagram photos and videos

A fact about quokkas, in case you don't know, quokkas are native to southwestern Australia. They are described as friendly and approachable but not harmless. They can still bite so they should not be cuddled. 

Kat Scrappiness has several stamp sets with a quokka. I am using one of these stamp sets, the Quokka Flowers stamp set & its coordinating die.

My design was inspired by a previous card created by Jennifer McGuire. I also got the idea of coloring the quokka using DIY stencils from Jennifer (Fast Coloring Hack!) She is great in explaining her creative process so I highly recommend watching her videos.

I added detail to the light pink front window panel by embossing the KS Plaid Background Craft die to it. I added tiny sequin hearts, the same ones I used as shaker. 

The sentiment was created by combining a die cut from the KS Nesting Fishtail Banner dies and a stamp from the same quokka stamp set I used. 

I hope you like today's project. Please visit the other influencer's projects, give them some love, and be inspired. We appreciate your time. 

Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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

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Using Digital Paper to Create a 3D Embellishment

 

Hello! Welcome back my blog. Do you remember when rosettes were on trend? It seems to be more work back then with scoring and folding the paper. Nowadays, manufacturers made it easier to create rosettes  with the creation of specialty dies that cut and score the paper for you. Also, rosettes are not limited to the circular rosettes anymore. There are dies that create shaped rosettes just like the one that I used on today's project.

I used a digital image from the Blank Page Muse Vibrant Spring Digital Paper Bundle for the butterflies. This bundle includes a sheet of digital paper which I resized to fit the butterfly. I like the colors on this bundle. Very bold and vibrant!

I die cut the butterflies on the printed digital paper using The Stamp Market Butterfly Rosette die. I folded the scores created by die and reinforced the folds with a bone folder. To keep the shape of the butterfly rosette, you just knot a string on the center. There is a groove that nestles the string. I added a dot of glue on the knot to make sure the knot will not get undone.

For the body of the butterfly, I die cut this on a silver glitter paper and a rainbow holographic paper. I die cut extras on heavy weight cardstock to layer on the back of the specialty paper. I adhered this to the center of the butterfly. I adhered baubles to the body of the butterfly.

There are lots of uses for this butterfly rosette. It can be used to embellish a card, a gift topper, create a mobile, a wreath, add to a flower bouquet, lots of possibilities. 

I hope you like today's project. Have a blessed, brilliant and cretive 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!

Using Stash Digital Paper

 

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Blank Page Muse has several printable paper digital download sets. I have created several projects using some of it (I linked these projects at the bottom in case you would like to check it out.) and have accumulated a stash of printed digital paper. Yes! I keep the smallest scraps just in case I will use it for later. You never know.

I die cut the Christmas tree using the La-la Land Crafts Layered Christmas Tree Die. The digital paper is from the BPM Frosty Night Christmas. The design of this digital paper gave the tree some texture. To add more texture to the tree, I used a Versamark pen to line the tree tips. I poured Ranger Verdigris embossing powder to the sticky ink and heat set it. I inked the curved edge of the tree layers with Tim Holtz Pine Needle Distress Ink to add some depth.

The tree trunk was die cut on pearl brown cardstock. The star was die cut on a scrap digital paper from BPM A Cozy Fall Harvest. 

For the background, I used the BPM Butterfly Trails Circles Patterns stencil. I treated a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" light blue cardstock with anti-static tool. I pounced Versamark ink on the stencil. I poured Hero Arts Iridescent Blue embossing powder over the sticky ink and heat embossed it. The nice thing about this powder is its look changes depending on how the light hits it. 

I blended Tim Holtz Prize Ribbon Distress ink over the embossed panel. I wiped the panel with a dry cloth to remove the ink off the embossed circles.

I stamped the letters from the I Brake For Stamp License Plate Vintage Style Alphabet rubber stamp on white cardstock. I used the Misti Stamping tool and a Misti Sticky Mat to do my stamping. I adhered the red rubber stamp on the sticky mat. I temporarily adhered my cardstock on the door of the Misti. I selectively inked the stamp, inking only the letters that I will be needing for my sentiment. 

I heat set the stamped letters to speed dry it then trimmed it to make this into blocked letters. I blended Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress Ink on each letter. I am not sure why the letters smeared despite heating it and leaving it for a while. So from blending, I pounced the Distress Ink over the letter cut out. The smeared look did not bother me so I left it as is and used it on my project.

I adhered the red plaid paper to the blue dotted embossed paper. The red plaid paper is also a digital paper from the BPM Frosty Night Christmas. This was a left over cut out from a die. I adhered the Christmas tree to center. I adhered the letters to the red plaid paper. 

To add some dimension to the letters, I added Ranger Glossy Accents to it. I left this to dry overnight. 

I added red gems to the tree and an orange gem on the star. I 'zhuzh' the end of the trees to give it more dimension.

I hope you like today's project. I encourage you to look into your scraps and give it a new life. 

Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B. 

Blank Page Muse and I Brake For Stamps are generously offering a 15% discount to their online store to YOU, my blog readers. Just use the code BPMMaria when you check out. Enjoy!

List of past projects using digital paper:

• Card & Envelope Set Using Digital Printed Paper
  
• Another Card & Envelope Set Using Digital Printed Paper Plus a Bonus Card
  
• Card & Envelope Set Using Digital Printed Paper (Series 3)
  
• Card & Envelope Set Using Digital Printed Paper (Series 4)
  
• Spring Themed Easel Card
• Platform Pop-up Christmas Tree 

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One of my favorite shapes to die cut is a Christmas Tree especially if it is a layered one.

Playing With Embossing Paste

 

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I had a bit of struggle creating this project. A lot of things going on with my life that I am afraid that it is draining me including my creative juices. When this happens to me, I usually spend time looking at my craft supplies and see if it will spark up some ideas. If that does not work, I go to the internet and look for projects using similar craft supplies that I have. This usually does the trick. 

Back to the project, I am using products from Blank Page Muse:

• Butterfly Trails Circles Patterns Mixed Media Stencil
  
• Woodlands Art Rubber Stamps
  

The stencil measures 3" x 8". I cut a white cardstock using the same dimensions. I temporarily adhered the stencil over the paper with tape. I applied white embossing paste over the stencil with a palette knife making sure I covered all openings with the paste. I gently lifted the stencil off the paper and set this aside to dry. I immediately washed the stencil and the palette knife with warm, soapy water. 

Once the paste was dry (I left mine to dry overnight), I spritz colors to the panel using different colors of stains and spray from Tim Holtz. I followed a rainbow order with the colors. I was hoping that the dried paste will keep its stark white color but it absorbed the ink colors. To mute the colors of the paste, I added another layer of embossing paste. This time, I slightly offset the stencil to create a shadow. I also poured Judikins Iridiscent Sparkle embossing powder over the paste. I set this aside to dry. Once the paste has dried, I zapped the powder with the heat gun to melt it.

I stamped the image from the BPM Woodlands Art Rubber stamp set on white cardstock using Versafine Onyx Black ink. I dried the ink with a heat gun before painting the image using the same colors I used on the panel. I used three additional colors of stains in coloring the image. I fussy cut the image leaving a narrow border around it. 

If you look closely, the image has a bit of dimension. It took me three times to come up with the final colored piece. I was adding shimmer to the heart on the hair using my black Wink of Stella when a blob of black ink dropped. Very frustrating and it did it again! On the third try, I decided to pick the shimmer ink from a palette and paint it on the heart. The shimmer was not as great compared to adding the ink from the brush marker. I added black Stickles over the heart and allowed it to dry. 

So as not to waste my first two attempts on this image, I adhered these pieces to the back of the final colored piece. The edges are not perfectly aligned but I don't think it is very noticeable. 

I stamped the sentiment on vellum using Versafine Onyx Black ink. If I am going to redo this step, I will use a fast drying ink next time like Stazon so I don't have to deal with smearing the letters. Despite heat setting the letters, it remained wet for a while. The ink I used will work if I added embossing powder to it and heat set it. But I want to keep the letters flat so as not to compete with the embossed circles. 

I cut the words apart so I can adhere it to the panel next to the circle scroll pattern. I adhered the image to the bottom left portion of the panel. 

I backed this panel with another heavy weight white cardstock to make it sturdy. I don't now what to do with this project yet. For now, it is ready to be added to a notecard or a scrapbook layout. It can also be used as a bookmark.

I hope you like today's project. 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!

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