Stone Floral Creativity Challenge ~ Team Stamp Play

Hi, friends!  It's design team member Walter here on the blog with you.  This week I'm sharing my second card for June that I made using the same four stamps for the month: Texture Wet Cement Stamp, Etched Stone Flower Rubber Art Stamp, Fern Art Rubber Stamp, and Sentiment Words Stamp Create Something.  For this second card, I was inspired by memories of the chalkboards from grammar school.  On really cold days, the teacher would often let us stay inside during recess and one of my favorite things to do was draw on the chalkboard.  We'd draw everything from flowers to stick figures, but one of my favorite scenes to draw was a sunset between two mountains.  I couldn't recreate that using these four stamps, but I create a chalkboard inspired design.

I used the following in addition to the four stamps mentioned above:

• White A2 card base
• 4" x 5.25" Black card panel
• White Pigment Ink
• Lost Shadow, Hickory Smoke, Victorian Velvet, and Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide Inks
• Two shades of Pink Acrylic markers

Here's how I made it:

I began by stamping the Texture Wet Cement Rubber Stamp onto the black card panel with Hickory Smoke Oxide ink.  I wanted to achieve a background that looked like rubbing the side of a piece of chalk randomly across a chalkboard.  After the first stamp, I rotated the card panel 90 degrees and stamped it again with the Hickory Smoke ink.  I turned it another 90 degrees, stamped, turned it another 90 degrees and stamped again.  I then repeated these steps with the Lost Shadow Distress ink.  This created a cool looking chalkboard-like background.

I decided that the sentiment would be placed at the top center of the card panel as it's one like that I really like and wanted centered in this design.  I stamped it onto the card panel with white pigment ink and used a heat tool on low to help set the ink.

With the sentiment in place, I stamped the fern twice so that there would be one on the left side of the panel and one on the right side of the panel.  I first stamped it with the Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide ink.  I then stamped with the same ink a second time to get enough green oxide onto the panel.  I cleaned the stamp and then stamped it a third time using white pigment ink.  The white and green inks came together to create a really nice image that is mostly green with just a little bit of white to lighten it.  I repeated this on the right side of the panel.

Next up was the stamp my flower.  I used the same stamping technique that I used or the ferns to stamp the flower.  Two passes of the stamp with Victorian Velvet Distress Oxide ink followed by a pass with white pigment ink.  It created such a pretty flower image!

I wanted to add some additional detail to the flower and knew that acrylic markers would be perfect to enhance the chalk-like look.  I used a lighter pink to color in the leaves closest to the center and add detail to the outer leaves, and then a darker shade to color the center.

I used double sided tape to adhere the card panel to the card base and . . . voila . . . the completed card!  I love the touch of whimsy that the chalkboard motif adds to the design.  It's a very light and cheery design.

Thanks for spending some time with me here on the blog.  I'll see you again next week for my final design using these four same stamps.  Until then . . . be well!

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Mini Easel Card ~Team Stamp Play

Hello! Welcome back to the BPM blog. For this month, the BPM DT is creating projects using stamps from a stamp bundle chosen by Kim, the owner of BPM. The bundle includes four stamps. I used one of the stamps in the bundle in today's post. I used the Blank Page Muse Etched Stone Flower Art rubber stamp.

I prepared the stamp for inking. The stamp I used is unmounted. There is an option to have this stamp mounted when you purchase this stamp. You just need to add a dollar to the cost of the stamp.

I applied a temporary adhesive to the back of the rubber stamp using an Elmer's Washable Glue stick. I adhered the rubber stamp to my stamp platform so I can re-stamp the image if needed. I inked the stamp with a brown dye ink. 

I pressed the stamp to the light brown cardstock. I inked the stamp again and re-stamped it coming up with a crisp image as seen on the photo below.

I die cut the stamped panel with a circle die.

I added texture to this panel by running it through my die cutting machine with a background die that creates this Aida Cloth texture. 

I die cut the above pieces on the same brown cardstock. My cardstock is light weight so I die cut extras to stack it and make it thicker. The die cut on the bottom left is a circular note card which I die cut with the die hanging a bit above the folded side of the brown note card. It prevents the folded part of the card from being cut.

I adhered the embroidery hoops on top of each other.

I applied liquid glue to the edge of the stamped panel.

I adhered the embroidery hoop die cut to this. You can actually stop here and use this as a tag or use it as a focal point of a note card.

I applied glue to one of the circle die cuts. I adhered this to the back of the embroidery hoop piece. This does not only make this piece sturdy. It also covers the back of the stamped piece which has poked holes on it. 

I folded the front of the circle note card at the center. 

I reinforced this fold with a bone folder.

I applied glue to the bottom fold on the front of the circle note card.

I adhered the embroidery hoop piece to the glued area making sure that the image is upright.

I created a stopper which is the piece that will keep the easel up. I stamped a sentiment on the same colored cardstock. I die cut extras so I can stack the pieces creating dimension. 

The sentiment I used is not from Blank Page Muse. I just preferred a sentiment with a coordinating die to make it easier. If you don't have a small sentiment with a coordinating die, you can cut the sentiment into a strip and cut extra strips to create your own dimensional stopper.

I adhered the sentiment to the inside of the notecard. 

This is how the easel card looks when close. You may still use it as a tag for a card with an area to write on. The recipient has an option to put this up on display.

I hope you like today's project. Thank you for stopping by. Don't forget to visit the BPM blog this month to see how the other DT members used the stamps from the BPM bundle.

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Maria Giselle B.

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Thank You Etched Stone Flower

  Hi everyone, Steph Ackerman here today using some amazing stamps from Blank Page Muse.

Stamp:Etched Stone Flower

Cut white cardstock 4" x 5 1/4".

Stamp the flowers on the panel in yellow ink about the panel.

Ink the panel before matting it with green cardstock.

Add the panel to a gold card.

Place sheer leaves on the card.

Die cut Thank You in both colors of cardstock.

Adhere them together slightly off-center.

Thanks for stopping by.

Steph

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Stone Floral Creativity Challenge ~ Team Stamp Play

Hi, friends!  It's design team member Walter here on the blog with you.  The design team was challenged to create a card for June using the same four stamps.  Those four stamps are: Texture Wet Cement Stamp, Etched Stone Flower Rubber Art Stamp, Fern Art Rubber Stamp, and Sentiment Words Stamp Create Something.  I decided to take that challenge a step further and use only these four stamps for each my cards this month!  I thought it would be fun to see how each stamp could be used in a different way to push my creativity.  Today I'm sharing the first card that I created for the challenge.  For this card, I wanted to focus on the beauty of the stone element and not only have the flowers look like they're stone.  I created leaves by stamping the ferns and then using a black detail pen to draw lines to create the leaf shape.

I used the following materials in addition to the stamps:

• Black A2 Card Base
• White 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" card panel
• White card stock for stamping
• Black Ink
• Gray Ink
• Altenew Black Ink Spray
• Alcohol markers

Here's how I made it:

I began by stamping the Texture Wet Cement Red Rubber Stamp twice with gray ink to create the cement backgrounds for the flowers and leaves.

I then stamped the flower once on each background with black ink and then stamped each fern twice on each background with black ink.  I used a black detail pen to draw lines around the ferns to turn them into leaves.

I used various shades of gray alcohol markers to color the images: a medium and a light warm gray for the stone flowers and a medium and light cool gray for the leaves.  I fussy cut out the stamped images after they were colored.

I stamped the sentiment onto the white card panel with black ink and then covered it with low tack white tape so that it would be in place before adding black splatter to the background.  With the tape in place, I unscrewed the spray top from the Altenew Black Spray Ink and tapped it over the panel to distribute black ink splatter.  I used a heat tool on low to help dry the ink.

I removed the low tack tape and used double sided tape to adhere the panel to the card base.  I then decided on the placement of my leaves and glued them down to the card.  I put double sided foam tape onto the back of the flowers and placed them down on the card.

I'm really happy with this design!  I truly enjoy creating with monochromatic palettes, so this first card was an easy design for me to create.  That said, I find it very dramatic even if simple.

Thanks for spending some time with me here on the blog.  I'll see you again next week for my second design using these four same stamps.  Until then . . . be well!

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Art Journal Window~ Team Theme

Hello! Welcome back to BPM blog. For this month, the BPM DT is creating projects using stamps from a stamp bundle chosen by the lovely Kim, owner of BPM. I hope you go through each of the DT members this month and see everyone's work. 

Today's project is another entry to my art journal. The BPM stamp bundle includes four stamps. I used two of the stamps in the bundle on this project. The stamps I used are:

• Fern Art rubber stamp
  
• Create Something Sentiment Words stamp
  

I am stamping with watercolor markers. This technique involves applying the pigment from the watercolor markers directly to the stamp. There is an option to spritz water to the inked stamp to soften the colors but I did not do this on this project. 

I stamped the inked fern to the journal page. The great thing about using watercolor markers is that I did not have to clean the inks off in between stamping. After stamping the fern, I applied the next color creating some blending of inks.  

I also did second generation stamping in which I used the residual ink to stamp the fern. This technique creates a softer impression of the fern.

I used a stamp positioner to stamp the sentiment. The stamp positioner helps with precise stamping of an  image unless...

I stamp it upside down. If this was a card, I think the orientation of the sentiment won't matter.

To save this project, I cut a slit on the center of the page.

I tear off the area surrounded by the fern frame to create a window.

I used the stamp positioner to plan the placement of the sentiment on the next page making sure the sentiment is showing through the window.

My first attempt on stamping the sentiment was not a good impression so I re-stamped the sentiment using the stamp positioner to guide me where to stamp again.

Guess what? I must have shifted my hand with the re-stamping so I ended up with a double image impression.

To save this project some more, I cut a bigger window on this page so it will be hidden behind the first window page. I did not want to tear the page off the journal. I don't want the pages falling off as I progress through my art journal.

This time, I was able to successfully re-stamp the sentiment. Still not as crisp as I want to but I will keep it as is.

I placed a scrap paper behind the first window page so I can line the torn window with a gold marker.

I flicked gold mica paint on the window panel for some splatters.

I stamped the fern around the sentiment using second generation stamping of a gold dye ink for a soft look.

I stamped dots on this page using a stamp from the Blank Page Muse Petals & Flowers Rubber stamp sheet. 

I glued the second window page to the front window page. In hindsight, I could have torn the second page to create a window, and tear a bigger window on the first page for a layered window look. 

I adhered the window pages to the sentiment page.

I hope you like today's project. Being resilient to the mistakes I made on this project made this a true art journal for me. When creating, sky is the limit, as the sentiment says.

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