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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Mini Journal

For this project I resurrected the one sheet wonder mini journal.  I made these little journals years ago to give gift cards or monetary gifts. The Creepy Cute Halloween digital paper collection is perfect for those creepy monetary gifts. The use any of the Blank Page Muse digital collections available HERE to create your mini journals. When printing you can resize the images to fit your needs. 

This folio was created using the Creepy Cute Halloween Digital Papers Printables Papers & Tags. 

Other supplies:
Ribbon
Enamel dots
Flower punch
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Gathered Twigs

Adhesive

Create tags for the pockets!

Cut a section to create a pocket!

Fussy cut the cute images to embellish the pages. 

Add additional pages to create flip out pages.

Front & back cover.

To create the journal from one page:

Fold 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper in half lengthwise, then in half on the other direction. Fold the sheet into eight equal sections. 

 Fold the page in half lengthwise to cut 

With the page folded you will be able to create 4 pages. 

Create a pocket by cutting one of the sections as indicated by the blue line above. 

                                                                         

      

To create a pocket, flatten the page our and make 2 cuts as indicated by the blue lines. 

Your paper should look like the image above. 

Place adhesive as indicated by the blue line. Do not remove the protective covering until the paper is folded. 

Fold in half, then crate a bird beak like image below.  Push the beak sides together, then remove the protective paper from the adhesive. 

 

Now the mini journal is ready to embellish. 

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Stenciled Creepy Boy Fun Card

 Greetings!  Today I am excited to share this fun card I created using Blank Page Muse's Creepy Kids. The Creepy kids are not just for Halloween.

 I love to create cards with them and send as cheeky thinking of you card or just because cards. Because we all know life needs some humor and Cheekiness! 

To recreate this card you will need:  




Supplies

Blank Page Muse Boy Words & Stencil Creepy Cute Kid Bundle designed by Dead Sea Toons 

Blank Page Muse Tall Stars Stencil designed by Stephanie Eaton

Distress inks, Embossing ink, Embossing Powder (white), blank archival ink, Memento ink, Alcohol Markers, coordinating cardstock

Start by securing your circles stencil from the Blank Page Muse Boy Words & Stencil Creepy Cute Kid Bundle designed by Dead Sea Toons  over your card background. 

Apply ink to your stencil with black archival ink. 

Secure your Blank Page Muse Tall Stars Stencil designed by Stephanie Eaton over your background.  Apply embossing ink and then white embossing powder.  Heat emboss  your stars to create a resist images. 

Apply distress inks over your card background.  I applied 4 different colors.   As the ink is applied you can see how the stars pop off the page.  Matte your background onto coordinating cardstock and add to your card base. 

Stamp your Creepy Boy from your Blank Page Muse Boy Words & Stencil Creepy Cute Kid Bundle designed by Dead Sea Toons .  Color your image as desired.  I love to give the creepy kids bright faces to make the eyes really stand out! 

Add your stamped creepy boy to your card. 

I hope you are inspired to get creative with your stamps and papers from Blank Page Muse and I Brake For Stamps.  Don't forget to use my discount code BPMChris. 

 

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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!

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Day of the Dead Banner

Hello! I created a banner using two sugar skull stamps from Blank Page Muse in preparation for the Day of the Dead which is celebrated on November 1 to November 2. 

The Blank Page Muse stamps I used are:

• Sugar Skull Male Mustache Day of the Dead Art Rubber Stamp
  
• Sugar Skull Floral Flourish Day of the Dead Art Rubber Stamp
  

I prepped a black cardstock with an anti-static tool before stamping the image using an embossing ink. This step limits the amount of stray powder on the cardstock. 

I poured embossing powder to the inked panel. I am using different neon colored embossing powders. I brushed off any stray embossing powder using a dry paint brush.

Using a heat tool, I melted the embossing powder. I usually start with the heat gun pointed towards the back of the powdered image. This somehow prevents the powder from being blown off. After which, I melted the rest of the powder with the heat gun pointed directly on the powdered image. Make sure to move the heat gun frequently to prevent over melting the embossing powder. 

I wiped off the anti-static powder from the embossed panel with a dry cloth. I fussy cut the image leaving a small border around it. 

I added details to the embossed image with neon gel pens. 

I added gems to the eyes keeping the colors the same for a monochromatic look.

I temporarily adhered the skulls to a trim with a piece of tape. To make this permanent, use a glue gun to adhere the skulls to the trim.

You can create more skulls depending on how much you need to decorate your home. 

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Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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