Gift Bags for Fall

I love to take a small gift when I am invited to dinner, lunch, a small gathering to the host. It could be teas, coffee, chocolates depending on what the event is or who the host is.  When I take these gifts, I like to put them in a gift bag.  I used to only make my gift bags in a pinch when I did not have time to run to the store and pick a gift bag up.  Now I make them ahead and have them on hand.  I make them for all occasions, Birthdays, Christmas and host gifts.  Today I am using A Cozy Fall Harvest with a few tags from the At Home Fall Harvest digital paper collections for the Fall and Thanksgiving season. 

Other supplies:
Cropadile
Gold wide tip Sharpie
Adhesive
Bags
Ribbon

Twine

 

First, I fussy cut flowers, leaves from the A Cozy Fall Harvest and tags from the At Home Fall Harvest. 

Then I created tags for each of the bags with the fussy flowers, leaves and tags.  Using a cropadile punch a hole for the twine used to hang the tag from the handle of the bag!

You can recycle any for this project, I am covering the logos on them. If I would like specific colors I may pick up a package of small bags a the dollar store.  

I printed panels to adhere to the front of the bags and the tags coordinated with the panels. The gnome panel has a gnome tag.

The fox panel has a fox tag. The papers for the panels were digitally reduced in size to fit the bags. 

The sunflowers have a sunflower tag. Each tag has twine 

The pumpkins have a pumpkin tag. This panel also has a large mat as it will go on a larger bag. 

 

                      

                            

I will add a little tissue and a big bow. I wait to put the big bow on the bag until I am ready to use it for easy storage.  I cannot tell you the last time I bought gift wrap, except for tissue paper. 

Hope you enjoyed these gift bags. 

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Thankful Art Journal Page~Friendship-Kindness-Gratitude

 

Hello! Welcome back to the BPM Blog. The theme for this month is Friendship-Kindess-Gratitude. After all, this is the month of Thanksgiving. 

For my art journal page, I used the following BPM products:

• Scribble & Scratch Mixed Media Set 2 Rubber Art Stamps
  
• Intersection Criss Crossed Lines Stencil
  
• Alphabet Stencil
  
• Creepy Cute Halloween Digital Download
  

I used a Stamp-a-majig tool to repeatedly stamp the petal/leaf to create a full bloom flower image. To use this tool, I attached the rubber stamp to a rectangular acrylic block. A square one will work as well. My rubber stamp is mounted on foam with a backing that temporarily sticks to a stamping block. There is an option to purchase the stamps mounted. You just pay extra for it. 

Back to the Stamp-a-majig, I butted the clear film to the corner of the T on the Stamp-a-majig. The clear film that I used came with the tool upon purchase. After I inked the stamp, I butted the corner of the acrylic block to the T corner and stamped the image on the clear film. This will be the stamp placement guide.

I stamped the circular image on the journal page. Drying the ink with a heat gun in between stamping might be necessary. Luckily, the dye ink I used dried quick that I did not need to do this. The paper absorbed the ink quickly so I did not have any smearing.

I positioned the clear film over the page. Once I like the placement, I butted the Stamp-a-majig to the top corner of the clear film. 

After inking the stamp, I removed the clear film then butted the acrylic block to the corner of the Stamp-a-majig. I pressed the inked stamp to the page.

I lift the acrylic block and now I have a perfectly placed petal. 

I repeated this procedure until there are enough petals surrounding the circle.

I colored the image with Tim Holtz Distress Crayons. I colored directly to the paper with this medium. I was suprised to see no harsh lines which I usually get when I do direct to paper coloring with these crayons. The smooth paper must be the secret to it. 

I colored each petal with three different yellow colors of crayons. One of the crayons has a shimmer. I blended the colors using a water brush. I was very careful in adding water since I am not sure how much water the planner paper can tolerate. I briefly zapped the image with a heat gun to dry the ink.

I applied the stencil over the page. Initially, I was just holding the stencil while blending the ink. The stencil's criss cross design was moving while I was blending the ink. To keep it from moving, I sprayed the back of the stencil with Pixie Spray to apply a light tacky adhesive to control the movement of the stencil. 

I blended two different green inks on the page, rotating the stencil for a different look on some parts of the page. I did not mask the flower. Using blending brushes gave me some control over what area to apply the ink to, thus, avoing the flower.

For the sentiment, I used another BPM stencil and a tag print-out from the digital download. I printed these tags a long time ago for a project. It just shows how versatile the digital downloads are. It may have a shape of a tag but you can also cut it to create something new from it.

I traced the letters on the tag print-out using an 05 white gel pen. 

I fussy cut the letters, cutting it on the traced lines. 

I adhered the letters to the journal page.

I wrote a quotation on the page. I added some lines and dots on the letters for accent.

I hope you like today's project. 

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Maria Giselle B.

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      Fantasy Flourish

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’m crafting a Birthday card using a "new to me" technique, using a stencil, ink, and glossy accents. Let's get started!

To create this project, you will need the following:

Stamps or Stencil

• Fantasy Flourish Stencil
• Sentiment of your choice (I chose one from my stash) 

 Paper

• (2) Black Cardstock - 4.25" x 5.5"
• (1) Light Blue 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
• Die-cut machine
• Glossy Accents
• Blue ink (Shade or your choosing)
• Ink-blending brush 
• Squegee or plastic store card 

Process: 

• Secure the light blue cardstock to the sticky mat.
• Secure the Fantasy Flourish stencil over the cardstock.
• Use the Blue ink and the ink-blending brush to fill in the stencil to your desired hue. I choose to make some areas a little darker than others for additional interest.
• For the "new to me" technique!!! Do NOT remove the stencil.  Instead, use the Glossy Accents to put a thin bead along the bottom of the stencil.
• Use the Squegee or plastic store card to pull the Glossy Accents across the stencil.
• Repeat if necessary to ensure the stencil is filled in.  
• The trick of the technique is time.  The resin needs time to start to set before you pull the stencil, but not too much time, or it gets too hard and you can't get the stencil off without ripping the paper.  I personally watch for it to start to show a light haze, which indicates it's drying, before peeling the stencil off at a 45-degree angle.
• Immediately wash the stencil to remove the excess resin.  
• Use the die-cutting machine, a sentiment of your choosing, and one of the Black cardstocks to cut out the sentiment.  
• Cover the sentiment in a light coat of the glossy accents and allow to dry fully, and for me, this was overnight.
• Secure the second Black cardstock to the card base with liquid glue.
• Trim the background panel to size. I wanted just a slight reveal, so I took 1/8th inch off all sides.
• Secure the background panel to the mat and card base with liquid glue.
• Secure the sentiment in place with liquid glue.

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Grow Old Friends

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

Stamps: Old Friends, Butterfly Breezes Clear Stamp Set

This card is one that was created from one sheet of double sided pattern paper.

I loved the floral pattern, but didn't want to cover it in any way.

I began by fussy cutting the floral pattern, then matting on cardstock and fussy cutting that.

Using the reverse side of the pattern paper, cut a diagonal shape and mat with cardstock.

Cut the orange panel to fit the card base, then adhere the diagonal shape in the right corner.

Place the floral panel next with foam adhesives for dimension.

Use the same papers inside the card.

Stamp the phrase, mat with cardstock and add to the card.

Stamp and punch out the sentiment for the front panel.

Slip a small tag behind the floral image.

Finish by adding stickles about the panel.

Thanks for stopping by.

Steph

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Christmas cards with Digital Papers

 Today I thought I would share some ideas for Christmas cards that are great made ahead.  Ready to for the last-minute gift or card to sent. I am using papers from the two Blank Page Muse Christmas digital collections Vintage GingerbreadChristmas Papers and Frosty Night Christmas Papers both are available digitally by downloading.  If you click on the links above you can see the collections. 

I primarily used papers from the Vintage Gingerbread collection. 

I used on sheet from the Frosty Night collection.  The red plaid pictured above. 

To start fussy cut the cut a-parts for the collages on the cards. 

Other supplies:
Adhesive
Dimensional foam
Wide tip silver pen
Half Pearls


All the card fronts are A2 (5 1/2 x 4 1/4).  All card bases were edge with a wide tip silver pen.  Add the collage images as desired. Use dimensional foam on the images to create interest. All the cards have half pearls to finish them off. 

Images used envelope with "Hello Santa" and flowers.

Images used basket, photo frame with "Merry Christmas" and a bow to create dimension. 

Images used heart candy cane, ginger bread with flowers, sentiment card. It is accented with a band of green plaid paper.

Images used the wreath downsized from the full sheet. "Merry Christmas" and a bow to create dimension.

Images used heart candy canes, envelope with gingerbread man, "Merry Christmas" and three peppermint candies. 

Images used three heart candy canes connected, single candy cane and sentiment card. 

Hope you enjoyed these cards. 

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