Tuesday, December 16, 2025

A Pink Christmas, An Alternate Take On Christmas

 

Hello! Welcome back to the BPM blog. For December's theme, the team is doing an alternate take on Christmas. I created a mostly pink Christmas card, which is a non-traditional Christmas color. The Blank Page Muse stamps I used on this card are the Beyond the Border Christmas Stamp Set and the Country Vintage Christmas Rubber Art Stamps Set Sheet.

I used a pink striped pattern paper from a Valentine paper collection, a very alternate take.


I used a stamp positioner so I can repeatedly stamp the Christmas trees to create a pattern. With the stamp positioner, I just move the paper and not the stamp. In this way, the trees are all aligned next to each other. All I have to worry about now is where to stamp it on the striped design.


Since I am embossing, I prepped the area with an anti-static powder tool before stamping. 


I inked the stamp with a sticky ink.


I used a whiteboard eraser to evenly press the inked stamp to the paper. I still missed some areas but since I used a stamp positioner tool, I was able to re-stamp on the same spot. 


I poured pink embossing powder to the inked impression. I used a scrap paper to catch the excess embossing powder which I poured back to the bottle.


I heat embossed the powder until it has melted. I usually start heating from the back.


I move the heat tool to the front to finish off melting the powder.



I continued the process using different pink embossing powders. 


Now, I have a background paper. 


I temporarily adhered the sentiment stamp to the door of the stamp positioner tool using a glue stick. I placed a clear plastic in the stamp positioner. I temporarily stamped the sentiment to this clear plastic to help me with placement of the sentiment on the rectangular vellum.


I die cut a pink vellum to which I will stamp the sentiment on. I placed this on the back of the stamped clear plastic lining it up with the sentiment. My stamp positioner tool has a sticky mat on it. After I aligned the vellum to the clear plastic, I positioned this back to the stamp positioner tool. The sticky mat held the vellum in place when I removed the clear plastic.


I prepped the vellum with an anti-static powder tool. I inked the sentiment stamp with black pigment ink and stamped this to the vellum. This is the only part of this card that is not pink. The black ink will make the sentiment pop and not get lost in the busy pink background.


I used a black embossing powder to make the sentiment stark black. 



I heat set the embossing powder starting from the back going to the front. I moved the heat gun frequently to prevent warping the vellum.


I used an A2 die to trim the panel. I could have used a trimmer but using a die helped me in making sure that the trees are on the center of the panel.


I adhered the sentiment box on the panel. I applied small dots of glue on the back of the embossed sentiment to hide the glue since the glue might show through the vellum. I used a T-square ruler to make sure that the sentiment box is adhered straight. 


I adhered mini pink gems to the trees for additional accent.


Since there is no glue on the corners of the sentiment box, to keep it from lifting off the panel, I added pink washi tape to the corners to secure it. 

I hope you like today's project. 

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Maria Giselle B.
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Monday, December 15, 2025

Polar bear slimline card by Cathy N

 Today I have made you a slimline card. 


                                                                      Stamp Used:

                                                                      Bear square 


                 *Stamp   Bear square 3 times on different colors of cardstock.



               *Layer them on sliver glitter paper and then add it to a gray slimline card base.


                  * Then add 3 flatback snowflakes.

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Saturday, December 13, 2025

Noel Cammy Girl

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


Blank Page Muse Stamps: Classic Christmas, Music Background, Cammy Girl, 
Country Vintage Christmas

Create a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" top fold card.
Add a layer of pattern paper next.
Stamp the music stamp in red ink, then tear it to fit a panel of black.
Adhere to the card.


Stamp and emboss Cammy.
Color with Copic Markers, then fussy cut for the card front.


Add the same pattern paper inside the card.
Tear a panel of white and stamp the phrase before adding to the card.


Thanks for stopping by.

Steph

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Monday, December 8, 2025

Clean And Simple Coneflower-Lori

Hello, crafty friends! With all the cold, clouds, and rain we've had, I thought I'd make something colorful and cheery today. I came up with this clean and simple,  watercolor background card. Follow along for the easy directions. 


I started with an A2 sized piece of Distress Watercolor Cardstock. It's one of my favorites for watercolor  and mixed-media because it's bright white and takes a lot of water.


I cut the paper down to 3 1/4 x 4 1/2" with a die from my stash. It leaves a cross stitch pattern for added interest. When cutting through thick cardstock like this, I need a metal shim to get a clean cut.


I made brushstrokes with a 1" flat, watercolor paintbrush. I chose light blue, plum, pink, and light green for my card. I just took a dye ink pad, smooshed it onto my glass mat, watered the ink down, and swiped the brush across the cardstock. Then, I splattered the panel with dark grey ink.


After watercoloring, I dried the wet paper with a heat tool. Once dry, I stamped the coneflower from the Heart Of Nature stamp set in dark grey ink. I imagine the blue is the sky, the plum and pink are the flower, and the green is the grass.


I popped up the finished panel onto an A2 top-folding card base with foam tape. I thought about adding a sentiment or gems, but I like it the way it is.


Finished card. I hope you like it. Have a happy and healthy Christmas. I'll be back the week after that. Happy crafting!





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Alternate Take On Christmas Art Journal Page


Hello! Welcome back to the BPM blog. For the month of December, the team is doing an Alternate Take on Christmas theme. For my journal page, I colored the pines with color blue instead of the traditional brown. 


The stencil I used on this page is BPM Pinecones stencil.


Since I am doing a multi-color inking on the stencil, I masked the areas I don't want to apply the blue ink on. There are masking papers available in the market but I used Post-It Notes instead.


I started with the lightest ink color, blending this all over the pine cones. I used a larger blending brush for this purpose. For the detailing, in which I applied the darker blue ink on some parts of the pine cone, I used a smaller blending brush. I wiped off the blue ink before proceeding to the next step.
 

I applied brown ink on the branches. I also used a small blending brush for this. Since the brush is smaller, a mask is not necessary. I needed to hold the stencil secure. I don't trust my inky fingers. To keep the pine cones free of another ink, I used a Post-It Note to put my fingers on as I keep the stencil down while I blend the brown ink on the branches.


I used another small blending brush to blend green ink on the leaves.


You can stop here but I did not like the uncolored spaces in between the prickly parts of the pine cones.



Using the left over ink on the blending brush, I blended ink on the Post-It Notes that I used for masking. 


I only blended ink over the pine cones.


I cut an opening on this Post-It Note. I cut off the stenciled pine cone.


I positioned this mask back on the art journal, lining the opening to the ink blended pine cone on the art journal. 


I blended a lighter blue ink on this open area, over the ink blended pine cone.


I inked the BPM Handwritten Note Art rubber stamp with gray dye ink.


I tapped this to the open areas surrounding the pine cones. I did not use a stamping block since I just want a part of the stamp impression. 


I even used second generation stamping to add some interest to the background.

I wrote a pine cone quotation. I blended ink on the edges, using a rectangular paper to mask the center portion of the page. 

I hope you like today's project. 


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Sunday, December 7, 2025

Birthday Hugs

 

     Birthday Hugs

Good day, fellow crafters. It's Tamara once again, with a new post showcasing my latest card created using  Blank Page Muse products! Today, I want to send you the biggest birthday hug imaginable—one that's warm, full of joy, and overflowing with all the love you've shared so selflessly. May your year ahead be as beautifully layered and full of life as these petals, with every twist and turn leading to moments that make your heart sing. Let's dive in!


To create this project, you will need the following:

Stamps

 Paper

  • (1) White Cardstock  - 4.25" x 5.5"
  • (1) White A2 card base 

Tools and Consumables

  • Sticky mat (optional but very useful to hold work in place without using tape)
  • Scissors
  • Liquid glue
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Purple Ink
  • Black ink 
  • Ink-blending brush(s)
  • Stamping tool (I use a Misiti)
  • Colored Pencils
  • Masking sheet - 4.25" x 5.5"
  • Low-tack adhesive 
  • Sentiment of your choice (Mine came from my stash) 
Process: 
  • Secure the white cardstock to the stamping tool.
  • Align the carnation stamp in the center of the panel.
  • Use low-tack adhesive on the back of the carnation stamp and then secure it to the stamping platform with some light pressure.
  • Ink the stamp with the Black ink, and then stamp the image. Reapply ink to the stamp and restamp if required for complete even coverage.
  • Remove the stamped panel from the stamping platform and secure the masking sheet in its place.
  • Ink the stamp with the Black ink, and then stamp the image. Reapply ink to the stamp and restamp if required for complete even coverage.
  • Remove the masking sheet and trim it along the edges of the image with scissors.
  • Peel the masking sheet back and apply it over the image previously stamped on the cardstock panel.
  • Secure the masked panel to your worksurface or the sticky mat.
  • Use the Purple ink and an ink brush to ink blend a background around the image to the desired hue.
  • Once the ink has dried, slowly peel the masking sheet off at a 45-degree angle to minimize the chances of tearing the image below.
  • Remove the panel from the sticky mat and secure it to a work surface.  I prefer my glassboard because it is ultra smooth, but I have also found a clipboard to work well.
  • Use colored pencils, Pinks, Reds, and Greens, to color in the image.
  • Secure the panel into the stamping platform, align, secure, ink, and then stamp the sentiment.
  • Remove the panel from the stamping platform.
  • Secure the background panel to the black cardstock with liquid glue.
  • Adhere the completed panel to the A2 card base with liquid glue.

The stamps I used can be found by following the links in the materials list, or you can find them with a quick search on www.blankpagemuse.com. Visit our social media sites for more stamping fun!




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