Hello! Welcome back to the BPM blog. The BPM team is creating projects with a Christmas in July theme for this month. It is never too early to start creating Christmas projects or cards.
I used the following Blank Page Muse stamps on my card:
I prepared my cardstock for embossing with the use of an anti-static powder tool.
The alphabet stamps come as strips when ordered. I carefully cut the letters, cutting off from the strip the letters that I used on this card.
I used a washable glue stick to temporarily adhere the rubber stamp to an acrylic block.
I inked the letter stamp with an embossing ink.
I poured white embossing powder to the sticky ink.
I used a heat gun to melt the embossing powder. By the way, I stamped the wrong letters on the above photo. I thought this was the letter M. I later realized that this was the letter W.
I heat embossed all the letters on the black cardstock.
Using a dry rag, I wiped off the excess powder from the black cardstock.
I cut the embossed letters apart.
I added metallic inks on the cut out letters.
I wiped off the ink to spread and mute the color down. I set the letters aside while I work on the background panel.
I trimmed a light pink cardstock at 5 1/2" x 4 1/4". I used a stamp positioner on this part of the project.
I inked the trees alternately with different hues of green and red. I did not do any masking when I applied the inks alternately. There were some overlapping of inks which I don't mind at all. To prevent the overlap, I think the best inks to use for this technique are the mini ink cubes. A blending brush can also be used to apply the ink to the stamp.
If you noticed, I switched to a grid paper that helped me move the cardstock panel to equally space the tree column. I feel this is a more efficient way of creating my background compared to removing the stamp from the stamp tool and repositioning it.
I turned the cardstock panel 180-degrees to stamp the red/pink trees.
I adhered tiny star sequins to the tree tops for a bit of shimmer.
Here is what the cardstock panel looks like after all that stamping.
I gently ran the embossing pad on the edges of the panel.
I poured pearl gold embossing powder ink on the sticky ink.
I melted the embossing powder using a heat tool. You can totally skip this step. I was fiddling with the project at this point that's why I added this embossing. Somehow, it gave the panel a vintage feel.
I adhered the letters to form the word 'merry' on foam tape to add dimension to this part of the sentiment.
I adhered the letters to form the word 'Christmas' to the background panel. I used a T-ruler to help me line up the letters. I aligned the letters and not the cut out so you will notice that the ends of the cut outs are not straight.
I felt the letters got lost on the busy background. I used a gold marker to draw a line around the sentiment to frame it.
The outline was not enough. To make the sentiment pop out some more, I added green glitter to the space in between the sentiment and the outline. Of note, the glitter I used is from a dried up marker which I rarely used. Instead of pitching the marker, I pumped the marker on a dot of water. It was not enough to make the ink more fluid to write with it but it did produce a decent amount of colored glitter to paint on the panel.
I hope you like today's card. So much possibilities with this design. You can change the colors and make this into a monochromatic card. You can also keep it simple by just adding the spelled out letters with one of the stamped trees.
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