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Saturday, August 8, 2026

Block Stamping Art Journal Page

Hello! Welcome to the BPM blog. I am back with another art journal page. For today's project, I used the following Blank Page Muse products:

The above page was not my planned layout. I tried that plan twice but I am not feeling my doodling so I had to try a third time. The next page of my re-purposed planner is a calendar month page. The block appearance of the stage gave me a new and different idea for an art journal page.

I used one of the flower stamps from the set. I adhered the stamp to an acrylic block with a washable glue stick. Since I am using different colored dye inks on one stamp, I started with the lightest ink working towards the darkest ink. I also did a second generation stamping which is a technique of using the residual ink on the stamp after the initial stamping.

I made sure that I clean the stamp in between the inks so as not to contaminate the ink pad with another color. Cleaning the stamp in between inks also assures you that you are getting the true color of the ink pad. Since I used a washable ink, the glue might weaken especially if it is exposed to water. Just re-apply the glue on the back of the stamp if this happens.

After I stamped the flower on all the blocks, I inked one of the large flower stamps with the same yellow dye ink I used on the smaller flower. I used a stamp positioning tool to stamp the image on a white cardstock. I attached the stamp to the stamp positioner using a washable glue stick.

I pressed the inked stamp to the white cardstock. I wanted the yellow impression to be darker so I inked the stamp again and re-stamped the image. This is one advantage of using a stamp positioner.

The sentiment stamp I used comes as a one lined sentiment. I wanted the sentiment to be inside the circle of the flower. To achieve this, I did partial stamping of the sentiment. I covered the word that I don't want inked with a piece of tape.

I inked the exposed stamp then carefully removed the tape.

I stamped the inked sentiment to the paper. If I need to re-stamp the sentiment, I just repeat the steps of masking and inking the sentiment stamp.

I cleaned the ink off the stamp really well before repositioning the sentiment stamp.

I repeated the process of masking but this time, I covered the word that I have stamped already. Just like what I did on the first word, I inked this part of the sentiment stamp, removed the tape, then stamped the word on the cardstock.

Now, the sentiment fits inside the flower. If you don't like to mask and do partial stamping technique, you can just cut the words apart. You can always re-align the words when you want to stamp it as a one lined sentiment.

I fussy cut the flower leaving a small white border around it.

I added white lines to the petals using a white gel pen.

I added smiley face die cu†s to the block flowers. If you don't have a die or you don't want to go through this tedious step of adhering these tiny pieces, you can always draw the smiley face with a black pen.

I always use a pick up tool and a small tip glue when I work with tiny die cuts like this.

I stacked 3 pieces of circle die cuts behind the fussy cut flower to add some dimension. I spritz shimmer spray to this piece before adhering it to the page.

I hope you like today's project.

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Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

of Maria Giselle's Creative Cuts

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Thursday, August 6, 2026

Summer Citrus Journal by Julia

Hi!

I am back with some inspiration for Blank Page Muse shop.

Had such an awesome time using Summer Citrus Junk Journal Printables Digital Papers, Ephemera, Pockets & Tags for journals, cards and more.

I made a journal and had so much fun making it.

Hope you like today's project.

You can find me here at Blank Page Muse.

You are invited to visit our social media sites for more inspiration:

Julia

Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Blue denim card by Cathy

I used the digital kit for this card. You have so many options with this kit.

Digital kit:

denim and lace

Stamp Used:

handwritten note

* Start out by printing your digital kit. Cut out some elements from it.

* Stamp handwritten note in blue distress ink around the card. Edge card with the same ink.

* Cut frame from brown cardstock.

* Glue butterfly in center, add gems to body.

* Add flowers to corners of card.

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Saturday, July 25, 2026

Die Cutting on Digital Prints

Hello! Welcome back to the BPM blog. We are so glad you are here.

Blank Page Muse just released a new printable paper digital download set, the BPM Summer Citrus Digital Papers, Ephemera, Pockets & Tags Printables. This collection is an 8 page printable sheet with lots of images included. For today's project, I am featuring the full digital papers. There are four colors having the same floral design. You can use this in a lot of ways. I am using it on a card for today's project.

I cut a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" panel on the green and yellow printouts. On the light green printout, with the short side up, I cut a slit every 1/2" using a trimmer.

I left a 1/2" on the top and a 1/2" on the bottom uncut.

I trimmed the yellow print out into 1/2" on the long side.

I weaved the yellow strips through the slits I created on the light green print out.

You can really get creative with paper weaving but I decided to just make it simple doing a top-back-top-back pattern. The uncut portion of the light green print out helped in keeping the weaved strips stay put.

I made sure that the strips are abutt to each other.

After adding the strips through the slits, it gets a bit tight making it aifficult to thread anymore strips. I snipped the edges so I can thread more strips until the edge of the panel.

I added dots of glue to the last strip to secure the weaved strips in place.

I die cut the pieces that I needed to create the card. I trimmed another green digital paper at 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". I die cut a window on this panel to create a frame. I die cut a floral set on the orange, yellow and light green digital prints. I die cut extra pieces on white cardstock. I stacked and adhered these pieces to the back of the digital print die cuts to add dimension.

I adhered the frame to the weaved panel. I trimmed off the excess.

I adhered the stem, tucking the end under the frame.

I adhered the flower die cut.

I adhered the circle die cut to the flower.

I adhered the leaves leaving the outer tip raised. To keep it raised, I snucked a clear foam adhesive tape underneath it. This ads some dimension to the leaves.