Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Give Thanks

Hi, friends! It's design team member Walter on the blog today with a beautiful card celebrating Thanksgiving.  The Harvest Moon stamp from I Brake for Stamps creates such a beautiful scene.  I used lots of earth tones set against the night sky and a golden full moon in my design.  I can smell the fall leaves and feel the cool, crisp air when I look at this image!




Here's what I used to create it:

  • Harvest Moon Red Rubber Stamp
  • A2 Kraft card base
  • Vintage Newspaper Clipping Paper
  • 4"x5.25" piece of Cream cardstock
  • Embossing ink
  • Gold embossing powder
  • Colored pencils
  • Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Tea Dye, Vintage Photo, Scorched Timber
  • Piece of twine
  • Two mini clothes pins
  • Label Maker

Here's how I made it:

  • Added grunge to Kraft card use using Scorched Timber ink and ran the ink pad around the card edges.

  • Tied piece of twine around the top inside of the card base; used a blending brush to add some grunge with Scorched Timber ink.

  • Placed mini clothes pins onto twine.
  • Adhered Vintage Newspaper Clipping paper to the card base.
  • Stamped image onto Cream card panel with embossing ink, dusted with gold embossing powder, and heat set it.
  • Colored the image with colored pencils.

  • Used a blending brush to add grunge to the card panel with Tea Dye ink.

  • Added grunge to the sides of the card panel with Vintage Photo ink.
  • Adhered card panel to base with double sided foam tape, ensuring the top of the panel is inserted into mouths of clothes pins.
  • Created sentiment with label maker and adhered it to the card.

 


I love the rustic and vintage look & feel of this card.  It makes me want to put a turkey into the oven to roast right now!

Thanks for spending some time reminiscing with me today!  See you again soon.

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Location: Waltham, MA 02451, USA

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Autumn Treasures

  Hi everyone, Steph Ackerman here today.

Today I am using some amazing products from Blank Page Muse and I Brake for Stamps.

 

I Brake for Stamps:  Pretty Pumpkin
Blank Page Muse Stamps:  Guardian of Autumn
Blank Page Muse Stencil:  Pebbled Path


Score a 5" x 6" card 1/2" around the front panel.
Use gray ink with the Pebbled Path stencil.



Cut a 3" x 10" panel and score in half for the front of the card.
Use the same Pebbled Path stencil on the front panel.


On the flap, add a torn strip of paper across the bottom.
Using a mask, stamp the phrase on white cardstock and mat with orange cardstock.


Add a 3" x 5" panel within the scored lines on the inside of the card.
Create an envelope and slip a gift card inside.
Stamp a phrase on the envelope and adhere to the card base.


Stamp the image and color with Copic Markers, then fussy cut.

Add the image to an oval and adhere to the card front.

Thanks for stopping by.


Steph

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Sunday, November 10, 2024

Autumn Park Silhouette

Hi, friends!

It's design team member Walter on the blog today. By now you've heard me say several times how much I love creating vintage themed cards.  Today's creation is another example of this.  I fell in love with the IBFS Silhouette Stamp Set as soon as I saw it.  One of the larger stamps in the set is this beautiful scene set in a park.  I decided to use it in a monochromatic palette to make it look older and thought it would be really fun to have a burlap frame around it.  The result is a beautifully nostalgic scene that may be used for so many different occasions.  Let's jump into my creative process.




Here's what I used to make it:

Here's how I made it:
  • Ink blended the card panel with Lost Shadow ink.

  • Stamped the image onto card panel with black ink.
  • Stamped the woman on bicycle just below the image to make it look like a path used for walking and riding.

  • Ink blended some Vintage Photo and Scorched Timber along the path to darken it.
  • Used an oval die to cut the center out of the burlap panel.

  • Used a brown alcohol marker to darken the inside rim of the burlap panel.

  • Spritzed the card panel and burlap panel with Tean Stain, Vignette Mist, and Ice Grey Mist and let them dry.

  • Used craft glue to adhere the burlap panel over the card panel.
  • Ran the Scorched Timber ink pad along the combined panel.
  • Attached card panel to card base using double sided tape.
  • Stamped the sentiment onto the card in Scorched Timber and the stamped it again with Golden Glitz ink.
  • Attached pearl gems to the corners.
I really love this scene so much!  It has such a nostalgic feeling to me.  This is one card that I may end up framing and using as a decoration!

Thanks for spending some time reminiscing with me today!  See you again soon.

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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Day of the Dead Blog Hop

  Hello and Happy Halloween Gentle Stampers!

Today we have an assortment of treats to share. The season, the magic, the color... the remembrance, enjoy these days. We hope you enjoy and may be inspired by our colorful crafts. 

Hop along using the links with each project and share a little comment treat of encouragement for each of our creative stampers!

Remember When By: Tamara ~see the blog tutorial here, or the video tutorial here.

I Brake for Stamps: Skellies Set

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Día de Los Muertos

By: Lyneen Jesse  ~see the tutorial here. 


Blank Page Muse Stamps:

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Day of the Dead Banner and Cards By: Maria Giselle Batan ~see the tutorial here.
Blank Page Muse: Day of the Dead Sugar Skulls by Michelle Frae Cummings 

I Brake For Stamps: Sugar Zen Skull

I Brake for Stamps: Mr. and Mrs. Bones Set


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Vintage Inspired  Dia de Los Muertos card

By: Walter Zemrock  ~see the tutorial here.


Blank Page Muse:  Day of the Dead Sugar Skulls Marigold Flowers Scared Heart Art Rubber Stamps designed by Donna Gray.

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Sugar Skull Shrines
By: Michelle Frae Cummings ~ see more creations here. 


Blank Page Muse stamps: Day of the Dead Sugar Skulls

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Stamp Stickers Art Journal Pages

        By: Kim ~ see more HERE



Blank Page Muse Stamps: Stitches , Take My Hand words




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Sunday, November 3, 2024

Fall is Divine

  Hi everyone, Steph Ackerman here today.

Today I am using some amazing products from I Brake for Stamps.


I Brake for Stamps:  Oh Bountiful Season



Stamp the phrase on white cardstock, ink the edges and add to brown cardstock.
Place brads in opposite corners.


Create a card from brown cardstock and add a layer of orange.
Wrap twine around the card, then add the stamped panel on top, slipping several leaves in the upper corner.



 Stamp the phrase again on white cardstock and randomly add assorted colors of ink.
Tear the panel and adhere to a panel of kraft cardstock, also torn.
Create the card and wrap with twine.
Add the stamped panel on top with foam adhesives for dimension.

Thanks for stopping by.


Steph

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Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Creative Sparks Stamp Set

I just love the beauty and detail of this Dragon stamp. The pictures don't do the 5 x 7 card justice. If you love dragons this is a must have stamp. 


Stamps used from I Brake for Stamps:



Other supplies:
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks Festive Berries, Squeezed Lemonade and Spiced Marmalade.
Blending tools
Stazon Ink
Wide tip Sharpie Gold
Cardstock: Whtie & Black
Gold half pearls
Parchment paper
Stamping Platform

Blend the inks on white card stock, start with the lightest color in the middle. then work out to the darkest color.


Using a stamp platform, with Stazon ink stamp the image of the dragon. 


Still working on the platform, I used baking parchment paper with lines over the stamped image to line up the sentiment before stamping. This helps to see if I got the sentiment lined up. Then I stamp the sentiment on the parchment, if it is straight, I carefully remove the parchment and stamp directly on the inked panel.





The inked mat was edged with a Wide tip Sharpie Gold, then mounted on a black mat. 



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Thursday, October 24, 2024

Mr. Bones

 Hello! I created a 3D project for today's post. I used the I Brake for Stamps Mr. Bones rubber stamp. Isn't he cute? 





I stamped the image on white cardstock using a dye ink. Use a dye ink that will work well with the coloring medium that you are planning to use. 


A stamp positioner was very useful to me in stamping this image since this image is very detailed. The stamp positioner allowed me to re-stamp the image since I missed some spots in stamping. 

This rubber stamp is available mounted or unmounted. To use the unmounted stamp, adhere the unmounted stamp to the door of the stamp positioner, as you can see on the photo above. I used a glue stick to do this which worked really well. The stamp held on to the door during the stamping and re-stamping. To clean the glue off from the back of the stamp and the stamp positioner door, I just used a wet rag.




I used different coloring mediums to color Mr. Bones. I used color pencils for the base layer. A sharp color pencil was very useful in coloring those tiny areas. I then used an alcohol marker which worked well in coloring the hat since this is the largest part of the image. I also used gel pens for accents, coloring over some of the areas colored with color pencils. 


I fussy cut the image leaving a white border around it. I used a craft knife to cut the areas in between Mr.  Bones' arms and body.


I added dimensional glue to some areas and also colored some parts with a shimmer pen.

I adhered Mr. Bones to a 3D black coffin cut with an electric die cutting machine. I added some matting to the front of the coffin for some extra accent. 

This 3D coffin can be used as a decor. I forgot to mention that this coffin can be opened to reveal a hidden message or even a candy bar measuring up to ~1/2". 

I hope you like today's project.

Find more inspiration by visiting the following blogs:

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I Brake For Stamps -https://ibrakeforstamps.com/ 


Please visit my blog, Maria Giselle's Creative Cuts, if you have time.

Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!
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