Altered Playing Cards!

 Hi Crafty peeps!

Can you believe we are already into May!

Today I am sharing some altered playing cards - I haven't altered any cards for some time - I have been mostly doing art journal pages.

To create the backgrounds I added some scrunched tissue paper to the card and sponged some distress ink around the edges and across the card. I used clear gesso and the "Monarch Journal" TCW stencil available in store: click here. Once dry I added some black liquid acrylic paint and spritzed. And to finish off the background I used the text stamp from the "Correspondence" Stamp Set available in store: click here.

Next I added some elements to the front of the cards to finish off. I had some fabric butterflies from my stash and Tim Holtz paper dolls along with these stamps from the store: "Gothic Garden Flowers" by Miss Rach, phrase stamp from the "Fashionista" Sheet at IBFS.

Quick and easy vintage feel altered playing cards!

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A Bouquet of Love

  Hi everyone, Steph Ackerman here!

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

Supplies:

Stamps: 

Paper Pack: Tattered & Worn 6x6 Pad

I found the pattern paper from the paper pack was all that was needed to work well with this stamp.

The full tutorial can be found on my blog.

Thanks for stopping by.

Steph

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Clean and Simple with Ephemera

 Hello from design team member, Heidi.  Today I wanted to make another clean and simple card, but this time, using some patterned paper scraps and ephemera.

I punched out three 1.25 inch squares of patterned paper.  I then cut white cardstock at 4 x 5.25 and embossed it.  This is optional, but I then used my paper scoring tool to scores some lines to be my guide for adding the square patterned paper pieces in a straight line.  It also adds a decorative border.  

After that, I just chose something from the coordinating ephemera pack to finish off my card.  Not ever card needs to be difficult!  

The paper pack and Ephemera is from Pam Bray’s Masquerade Line.

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Stamp your own Collage Paper!

Hi Stamping Fans!

Hope everyone is having a very crafty month and getting lots of time to be creative!

Today I am sharing a super quick way to make your own decorated collage papers to use on your journal pages or altered art creations!

Stamps used:

"Feather" designed by Pam Bray

"Background Grunge" Set designed by Pam Bray

All you need is your favourite stamps, black ink pad, some distress inks or any coloured inks really and some tissue or deli paper - super easy and economical! I also played with my sponge top distress inks to create a base for the stamping.

Use a sponge to add colour to your tissue paper or swipe your ink pad direct to the paper then stamp your favourite patterned stamps to the paper and you are done!

Perfect for creating your own colour and subject themes!

I love using collage papers as backgrounds for my journals and this is the perfect way to match my papers with the effect I am wanting!

Hope you have fun!

Sharon

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(FOR MAY 8) Clean and Simple Strawberry Get Well Card

 Hello from design team member, Heidi.  I hope you are having a nice springtime.  I was in a clean and simple mood today!

I love this strawberry border stamp and it is so easy to color and cut out.  The I Brake for Stamps store has a good selection of border stamps to choose from!  You can find them here.

I simply added a little border of patterned paper to the bottom, and matted the cardfront in red cardstock.  I think it is going to work great for my friend who recently broke her leg. 

Strawberry Border Stamp

Sentiment from Everyday Phrases

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Festive Birthday Greeting Card

 Today I am excited to share this Celebration themed happy Birthday Card. Birthday cards seem to be the cards that I  run out of  the fastest so I grabbed my new favorite the I Brake for Stamps You Are the Beast Stamp Set by StampinBack.  The set is so fun to play with - banners, greetings, cupcakes and even a dragon!. So let's get creative. 

Supplies needed 

I Brake for Stamps You Are the Beast Stamp Set by StampinBack

Blank Page Muse - Masquerade paper pack by Pam Bray

Blank Page Muse - Masquerade Ephemera Paper Embellishments by Pam Bray Designs

Ink, Card base, 

Start by stamping the banners from the I Brake for Stamps You Are the Beast Stamp Set by StampinBack, onto to papers from your Blank Page Muse - Masquerade paper pack by Pam Bray  Fussy cut your banners.  (note I saved the the white banners for another project0

Add tag and embellishments from your Blank Page Muse - Masquerade Ephemera Paper Embellishments by Pam Bray Designs to the right corner of your card. 

Layer your fussy cut banners onto your card as shown.

Stamp Happy Birthday from the HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU stamp onto your patterned papers, trim and adhere to your card to finish. 

I hope you are inspired to get creative with your stamps and papers from Blank Page Muse and I Brake For Stamps.    

 

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Purrrfect Friends

 Hi everyone, Steph Ackerman here!

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

Supplies:

Stamps: Purrrfect Friends

Paper Pack: Masquerade 6x6 Pad

I found the pattern paper from the paper pack was all that was needed to have this stamped image stand out.

The full tutorial can be found on my blog.

Thanks for stopping by.

Steph

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Butterfly Card Sympathy Card

 Today I am excited to share this cheery sympathy card I created!

  Sadly my handmade sympathy card stash is completely depleted. So I decided to create so extra cards for my stash.  The layers on this card make it more suitable for a personal delivery. 

To recreate this card you will need:

Blank Page Muse Supplies/I Brake for Stamps Supplies

I Brake For Stamps  Zebra Butterfly Collage

Blank Page Muse Sweet Passion 6x6 inch sheets Paper Pack designed by Pam Bray

Other Supplies

 Ink, Kraft card base, Burlap ribbon, Floral sprigs, Jute

Stamp by stamping your I Brake For Stamps  Zebra Butterfly Collage stamp onto your kraft card base. I used a stamp platform to make positioning easier. 

Mask off first stamped image and move stamp and re-stamp on another area of your card. 

Mask off the second area and move stamp and re-stamp on another area of your card.

Mask the third stamped image and move your stamps and re-stamp. The results is 4 butterfly collages stamped onto your card base. 

Layer burlap ribbon onto your card base. 

Trim floral sprigs and add to card.  Hand write  or stamp greeting. Tie a jute bow to add to your card to as a final finishing touch for  your card 

 

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Happy Cat

 Hi everyone, Steph Ackerman here!

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

Supplies:

Stamps: Girl with Kitten, Happy Cat

Paper Pack:  Tattered & Worn 6x6 Pad

I found the pattern paper from the paper pack was all that was needed to have this stamped image stand out.

The full tutorial can be found on my blog.

Thanks for stopping by.

Steph

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Birthday card with Stencil Butters

Hello from design team member, Heidi. Today I would like to share a card that is primarily stenciling.  I used two colors of stencil butter, which are found in the Blank Page Muse shop.  The ones I used are the pearl ones, and they are just sooooooo pretty!  The photos do not do this justice - it was so hard to capture!

I just randomly applied the two colors stencil butter over the stencil to cover the stencil, and then when I scraped off the excess, they blended and mixed to get a really pretty look.  The base for this was the silver glitter alcohol ink cardstock.  It does hold up well to stencil butter.

I didn’t want to cover up any of the pretty stencil, so I used a fun circle sentiment over top, matted the card in the same color turquoise cardstock, and called the card complete.

If you haven’t had a chance to try these stencil butters, they are really a lot of fun, and easy and smooth to use.

The products I used in this card are:

The Crafters Workship Wave 6x6 stencil

Turquoise Stencil Butter

Denim Stencil Butter

I Brake for Stamps sentiment from Thinking, Happy, Get Well, Thanks set

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Butterfly Spring Greetings

 Spring Greetings!  Nothing says spring like the color pink and butterflies!  

 So, Today I am excited to share this cute all purpose Card I created!   I love All purpose cards because they can be used for just about anything from birthday to thank you to thinking of you cards!  I can never have too many.   I also tend to limit the layers so that they can be mailed without extra postage. 

To recreate this card you will need:

Blank Page Muse Supplies/I Brake for Stamps Supplies

I Brake For Stamps  Zebra Butterfly Collage

Blank Page Muse Sweet Passion 6x6 inch sheets Paper Pack designed by Pam Bray

Other Supplies

 Ink, card base, Decorative scissors (remember those?), adhesive gems

Stamp by stamping your I Brake For Stamps  Zebra Butterfly Collage stamp onto your Blank Page Muse Sweet Passion 6x6 inch sheets Paper Pack designed by Pam Bray. 

You can see how pretty the stamp looks stamped on the Pam Bray Sweet Passion papers. 

Trim your stamped image with Decorative Scissors and set aside.

Cute a piece of the Pam Bray Sweet Passion papers with decorative scissors and adhere to the left side of your card base. 

Layer the Stamped image onto your card as shown. 

Add adhesive gems to your card as desired to add dimension. 

 

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