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.

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

Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!
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Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Nature Cardmaking

  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 Papers:  Cyan Consortium
I Brake for Stamps:  Nature


Create a card from green cardstock.
Cut a sheet of paper from the paper pack, then die cut a circle from the center.
Adhere the panel to the card front.
Stamp the phrase on the die cut circle, mat with cardstock and place over the die cut opening with foam adhesives.



Create a card from rust cardstock and add a layer of orange stripes.
Stamp the phrase on white cardstock.
Die cut the surrounding elements and adhere.
Place leaves around the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by.


Steph

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Sunday, October 20, 2024

Boo!

Hi, friends! It's design team member Walter on the blog today with my final Halloween card of this year.  Ghosts, haunted houses, a headless monster . . . this one has them all!  I thought it would be fun to build a scene that's framed by spiderwebs.  What do you think?


Here's what I used to make it:

  • Halloween 3/4 Sheet
  • Halloween Half Sheet #1
  • A2 Black Card Base
  • 3"x4.5" White Card Panel
  • Distress Oxide Inks: Lost Shadow and Hickory Smoke
  • Delicata Silvery Shimmer Metallic Pigment Ink
  • Sakura Black Glaze Pen
  • Sakura Gelly Roll White Gel Pen
  • Silver metallic gel pen
  • Alcohol Markers
  • Ranger Glossy Accents
Here's how I made it:
  • Stamped spider webs onto the card base using silver metallic ink; ran the ink pad around the edges of the card base; set aside to dry.
  • Used the deckle edge blade of my paper trimmer to cut the white card panel.
  • Ink blended the white card panel with Lost Shadow Distress ink; started to blend in the Hickory Smoke around 2/3 of the way down.


  • Stamped the haunted house image onto the card panel with blank ink.
  • Stamped ghost, gravestone, and headless figure onto a scrap of white cardstock with black ink.
  • Colored each of the stamped images with alcohol markers and fussy cut them out.
  • Colored the house image with alcohol markers and white gel pen; colored the moon background of the image with a silver metallic get pen,
  • Adhered the stamped panel onto the card base with double sided foam tape.
  • Adhered down the cut images with double sided foam tape.
  • Outlined images with black glaze pen.
  • Added Glossy Accents to the pumpkin and spider bodies.

What a fun celebration of Halloween!  Fun with just a little touch of spooky.




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

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Thursday, October 17, 2024

Vintage Book of Spells

Hi, friends! It's design team member Walter on the blog today.  October is the time of the year when we turn our attention to all things Halloween.  What's more Halloween than witches?  One of my favorite movies about witches is Hocus Pocus.  I never get tired of watching it!  It inspired my design for today's card.  I wanted to prominently feature a page from a very old book of spells - and I Brake for Stamps has the perfect set for it!  My card has lots of vintage grunge, a witch flying in front of the moon, and a potion for Witches Brew.


Here's what I used to make it:
  • Halloween Half Sheet #1
  • A2 Black Card Base
  • 4"x5.25" Cream Card Panel
  • 3.5"x5" Vintage Paper Panel
  • Tim Holts Distress Inks: Antique Linen, Tea Dye, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Ground Espresso
  • Gold Metallic Marker
  • Brutus Monroe Gold Acrylic Bubbles
Here's how I made it:
  • Used the deckle edge blade of my paper trimmer to cut the 4"x5.25" cream card panel.
  • Ran Ground Expresso Distress Ink around the edges of the card panel; used a blending brush to add grunge to the card panel with Tea Dye and Vintage Photo Distress Inks.
  • Used the deckle edge blade of my paper trimmer to cut the 3.5"x5" vintage paper panel.
  • Ran Ground Expresso Distress Ink around the edges of the card panel; used a blending brush to add grunge to the card panel with Tea Dye and Vintage Photo Distress Inks.
  • Stamped the witch image onto the vintage paper panel using Walnut Stain Distress Ink.
  • Stamped the Witches Brew stamp under the witch image using Walnut Stain Distress Ink.
  • Stamped the Spell Book stamp onto panel with Ground Espresso Distress Ink.
  • Used gold metallic marker to color in the moon.

  • Adhered stamped panel to the cream card panel using double sided foam tape.
  • Adhered combined panel to card base with double sided tape.
  • Ran the gold metallic marker around the edges of the card.
This is such a fun card!  These images lend themselves so well to a vintage design.  It really looks like a page from an old book of spells!



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

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Location: Waltham, MA 02451, USA

Thursday, October 10, 2024

Thoughts of Autumn

Hi, friends!

It's design team member Walter on the blog today.  The temps here in New England have started to drop into the 60's, which means that Autumn is starting to creep in.  I love this weather - it's my favorite tome of the year.  I was thinking of this as I was trying to come with an idea for card and, naturally, leaves came to mind.  I was looking through my stamps and saw the IBFS Woman's Head stamp and thought . . . bingo!  What if I used her as the base of the image and then had fall colored leaves on top of her head in place of hair to symbolize thinking of Autumn?  I grabbed the stamp and started to create.




Here's what I used to create it:

  • Woman's Head stamp from I Brake for Stamps
  • Autumn Leaves dies from Kat Scrappiness
  • Piece of brown shipping paper
  • Piece of word patterned paper from stash
  • A2 size card base
  • Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Antique Linen, Tea Dye, Vintage Photo, Old Paper, Fired Brick, Rusty Hinge, Scorched Timber
  • Brutus Monroe Ornament Gold Chroma Mist
  • Gold Acrylic Bubbles
  • Old fashioned label maker
Here's how I made it:
  • Stamped the image with black ink and fussy cut it.
  • Took the piece of shipping paper and crumpled it up; smoothed it out and then adhered to the A2 card base with double sided tape and craft glue.

  • Ran the Scorched Timber ink pad around the edges of the card; used a blending brush to add some Tea Dye and Vintage Photo inks to the card.

  • Used double sided foam tape to adhere the stamped image to the card.
  • Ink blended the word patterned paper with Old Paper, Fired Brick, Rusty Hinge, and Antique Linen inks; spritzed it with Ornament Gold Chroma Mist

  • Used leaf dies to cut out leaves from the patterned paper.

  • Glued the leaves down to the image starting at her hairline and building up until all leaves were used.
  • Used a label maker to create the sentiment, "Thoughts of Autumn."

  • Glued down three gold acrylic bubbles.
I really like the symbolism of the leaves with words on them coming off of the top of her head!  It's such a fun depiction of thinking about Autumn.  Sometimes the best ideas come to life when you just let your mind wander!

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

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Saturday, October 5, 2024

When Life Gives You Lemons

I have always loved the phrase, "When live gives you lemons, make lemonade!" I also love the combination of yellow and black. 





Stamps used from I Brake for Stamps:

Lemons and Phrase Set (ibrakeforstamps.com)


Other supplies:
Watercolors Yellows and Greens
Watercolor Paper
Water brush
Parchment paper
Stazon Ink
Stamp platform
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Spray Vintage Photo
Die cut butterfly
AAll & Create Square die #41
Nuvo Midas Touch Aqua Shimmer Pen
Enamel dots
Cardstock: Yellow, black, and white
Dimensional Foam/Glue
Sticky Dots


Paint watercolor paper with blobs of yellow and green. 


Stamp image on copy paper to create a mask.  Lightly sprintz the watercolor paper with Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Spray Vintage Photo



With Stazon Ink stamp lemons on parchment paper and fussy cut.  Using Sticky Dots adhere the stamped parchment to the area of the watercolor paper that was masked.


Stamp sentiment on white cardstock and mount on black cardstock.


Die cut black lacy mat using the AAll & Create Square die #41.  Adhere the black lacy mat to the card base. 

Die cut the watercolor paper with stamped lemons using the matching AAll & Create Square die. With dimensional foam attach the lemons to the black lacey mat.

Adhere sentiment with dimensional foam.


Apply Nuvo Midas Touch Aqua Shimmer Pen to the butterfly die cut from black cardstock. Add three enamel dots to the body of the butterfly. 

Randomly add enamel dots to the card. 
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