Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I have a winner! I had three commenters for the post 😔 but only one gave a feedback to which card is her favorite. The other two are commenters from a challenge blog that I join.
Without further ado, the winner is TerryM. Thank you for playing! #2 card was a family favorite, too.
Please email me (gmbatan@gmail.com) by July 7, 4pm CST to claim your prize. Please put "Giveaway Winner" in the subject. Include in your email which prize option you choose. Here is a link to the original giveaway post if you want to review the prize options: https://ienjoywhatido.blogspot.com/2025/06/three-cards-using-same-die-and-giveaway.html.
If the prize is not claimed, there's is no NIL winner.
Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I have another stitched project today. Thanks to Stitchable Cards FB for the free stitching pattern. This is just one of my paper stitching projects. Please search paper stitching in the search tab to see my other stitched projects if you are interested.
My stitched project is a smaller scale of the pattern since I used a different stitching panel. The stitching die I used is from Ellen Hutson. A lot of strain to the eyes in making this one but I think it is worth it.
I don't have all of the recommended DMC floss colors for the pattern. I substituted the missing colors using thread-bare.com. I was not a fan of the orange substitute but after adding the backstitch, I think it looks alright.
I usually use The Stamp Market Embroidery Hoops die for my stitched projects but I cut the stitched panel smaller than the embroidery hoop die. So I created an embroidery hoop by creating a circle frame using two circle nesting dies. I partially die cut The Stamp Market embroidery hoop to cut the portion where the screw fits in. I die cut two pieces of this. I adhered one piece to the back of the circle frame and saved the other piece for the back portion of the embroidery hoop.
I die cut the stitched panel and another cardstock using the larger circle die I used to cut the frame. I adhered the circle die cut to the back of the stitched panel.
I die cut the screw on a mirror cardstock. I die cut two pieces and adhered this together with the mirror side facing out. Layering adds depth and stability to this tiny screw die cut.
I adhered the embroidery hoop frame to the stitched panel making sure that the screwing portions are aligned with each other.
Now, I have an especially made ephemera that I can add to any layout.
Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope you like today's stitched project. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!
Hello! I am at the Blank Page Muse blog with this card. We are wrapping up this month's theme of using the products from a stamp bundle chosen by Kim, BPM owner. I hope you have cruised through the other DT member's work and enjoyed the variation in creativity.
For this project, I used the following BPM products:
Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Today's card was inspired by this month's Pink Fresh Studio's Blog Challenge Rainbow Reverie.
I used the colors of the rainbow to color the frames. I used the PFS Decorative Frames Press Plate and Die for the background. I did the letter press first by inking the press plate with a black dye ink and using the Spellbinders Betterpress System and cardstock. I have not letterpressed for a while so I had a couple of rejects before coming up with this one.
Using the coordinating die, I die cut the frames. I used a metal shim in cutting the frames since the Betterpress cardstock is thicker than the regular cardstock.
I blended Tim Holtz Distress inks on the frames. I blend the colors where it overlaps. The colors I used are Candied Apple, Carved Pumpkin, Squeezed Lemonade, Blueprint Sketch, Mowed Lawn and Seedless Preserves. I used the reject scraps to layer behind the blended frames to add depth.
I adhered these frames to a scrap white cardstock cut at 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". I trimmed this panel to fourths to so I can rotate it and create a different pattern.
I stamped the flower from the PFS Lovely Blooms stamp set on vellum using Versafine Onyx Black ink. I poured black metallic embossing folder to this and heat set it. I die cut the flower using the coordinating die. I used vellum for a softer look. I colored the floral bunch using the coordinating stencil. I used the same ink colors I used on the frames.
I stamped the sentiment on vellum also. The sentiment is from PFS Humbled & Grateful stamp set. I stamped this using Versafine Onyx Black ink and heat embossed it with black embossing powder. I die cut the sentiment using the coordinating die. I love sentiments with coordinating dies since it saves me time from fussy cutting it.
I die cut extras on white and black cardstocks. I adhered the vellum piece to the white cardstock. I used a sticker maker to add adhesive to the back of the vellum. I adhered this to the black die cuts slightly off setting it for a shadow look.
I adhered this to the panel where the frames meet.
I hope you like today's card. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!
Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I created a card inspired by the birthday of America which is celebrated every 4th of July. The Kat Scrappiness products I used are linked below.
I die cut the banner on red and blue cardstocks. I die cut 2 pieces of the banner on blue cardstock. The die I used is from the KS Nesting Fishtail Banner dies.
Here comes the tedious part. I die cut a lot of stars on white cardstock. The star die is from the same banner die I used for the banners. I used the second to the smallest star die in the set.
I die cut the strips on white cardstock using the KS Stitched Slimline Strips dies. I used the second to the thinnest strip die.
I adhered the white strips to the red banner vertically to create stripes. I adhered the white star die cuts to the blue banners.
For the sentiment, I die cut the sentiment on red, white and blue cardstocks. I was not sure which of these colors will work well with the design. I adhered these sentiment die cuts on top of each other with the red die cut on top. The die I used is from the KS Happy Birthday Shadow Sentiment Craft die.
I trimmed a patterned paper at 5 1/2" x 4 1/4". I adhered the blue starred banners on the patterned paper panel.
I added a pop-up feature to the red striped banner. I trimmed two pieces of a black cardstock at 1" x 2". I scored this black cardstock at every 4th of an inch on the short side. I folded this strip on the score line and reinforced the folds with a bone folder. I repeated this on the other black strip cardstock. I added glue to one end of the accordion strip and adhered this to the back of the striped banner repeating it with the other accordion strip. I added glue to the other end of the accordions and adhered this to the patterned paper panel.
I added dots of glue to the sentiment die cut and adhered this to the striped banner. I added shimmer to the sentiment die cut.
I zhuzhed the tails of the blue banner for some interest.
I hope you like today's card. With a heavy heart, this is my last post as a Kat Scrappiness Influencer. It has been a great ~2 years. I will always be grateful for this opportunity.
Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!
Maria Giselle B.
I added below links to the Kat Scrappiness products I used on this project. There will be no additional cost to you should you decide to purchase this/these product/s. While you are at the Kat Scrappiness website, do check out their wide array of products. KS has a new release, too! Enjoy!
Hello! I am at the Blank Page Muse blog with this mini card. The BPM DT is also creating projects using products from the same stamp bundle. I hope you visit each DT's post and be amazed of the projects created using the same stamps.
Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I created this card to join the latest Lawn Fawnatics challenge. The theme is Up, Up, and Away!, create a project with fun things in the sky.
I used a black watercolor paper for my card base. The size of my the panel is 8 1/4" x 6". It is a left over paper that's why the short end of the panel is smaller than usual but it worked.
I painted the panel with Finetec Mica paints to create a galaxy sky. I splattered white metallic paint over the panel. I forgot to tape the watercolor paper to a board so I had a bit of warping but hardly noticeable. After this panel has dried. I trimmed 1/2" off from each side of the long side. I scored this at 4 1/8" and used a bone folder on the fold for a nice crease. This painted panel will be the inside of the card.
The stamp I used is the Lawn Fawn Out of this World stamp set. I stamped the images on white cardstock and colored it with Copic markers. I stamped the images twice to create a mirror image. This stamp set comes with a coordinating die set which I don't have, but these images are easy to fussy cut.
For the pop-up mechanism, I cut a square on acetate. I drew a spiral on a paper. This paper has the same size as the acetate. I used this paper as the template for the pop-up mechanism. I placed the paper behind the acetate and cut the acetate following the spiral line on the paper. I adhered the tip of the spiral acetate to the the right side of painted panel. I used Ranger Glossy Accents to adhere the transparency to the watercolor paper.
I applied a dot of Glossy Accent on the center of the spiral and folded the card towards the acetate. After the Glossy Accent dried, the acetate pop-ups up when the card is opened.
I adhered the planets to the acetate, adhering it back to back to sandwich the acetate and hide the glue.
I created a foldable pop-up mechanism for the astronaut and the spaceship using a folded strip of cardstock. These images flatten when the card is folded and pop-up a bit when the card is opened.
I heat embossed a sentiment using white pigment ink and white embossing powder.
For the card front, I die cut the LF Giant Happy Birthday die on a black, starry patterned paper. I also die cut this on hollographic paper. I adhered the hollographic die cut on the back of the patterned paper die cut offsetting it for a shadow effect.
I adhered this to the front of the card. This sentiment die cut can stand alone because of its large size. Since I have an extra sun stamped, colored and fussy cut, I adhered this to the front of the card.
I die cut a smiley face from the LF Make Me Smile die set on a left over black watercolor paper.
I hope you like today's project. Below is a short video showing the pop-up mechanism of this card.
