Summer Citrus Junk Journal Kit for you to Print at Home Digital Download

 Hello and Happy Summer!

This week  we have a brand new digital download in the shop to share with you.

It's called Summer Citrus and it features lemons and oranges and cute flower papers. There are tags, pockets, journaling cards and papers. Lots to use for your handmade cards, journals and scrapbooking needs.

I made a sample two page layout to share with you today. I printed the papers on an Epson Ecotank printer with it set to High for better color printing. I ran our of my go to paper by Hammermill. So I used regular copy paper. 

I used one of my own homemade blank books, it's about 5x7 inches. I distressed the edges and attached to the journal book pages.

Fussy cut, trim, distress and INK those edges with your favorite ink color.

I overlapped the two pockets and attached to the page. 

Fill the pockets as you like.

I inked the white center next to the binding so it was not so bright white.

On the opposite page I made a faux mini signature using the half pages.

 I love these, the "stitching" on it looks so realistic.  The butterfly flap lifts up to reveal...

...a fun interior, add embellishments from the kit as you like or leave it blank for journaling.

I used the stamp shaped punches to add some more whimsy! The stamp shapes are not included in the digital kit.

The stamp punches can be found on Amazon.

Thanks so much for looking! I hope you love this kit as much as I do! 

Have an awesome day!

Kim

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Easy to Make Simple Pop Art Card

 

Hello! Welcome back to the BPM blog. This is the quickest card I was able to pull together in a while. I have been more into making complex cards lately. This card does not require a lot of of supplies and it only requires simple crafting techniques.

I only used one stamp on this card. I used the Blank Page Muse Steampunk Watch Face Rubber Stamp. 

I die cut different pastel colored cardstocks. You don't even need to do die cutting. You can just trim the cardstock into squares. I just like the stitched detail on the cardstock created by the die.

I used the negative cut as a die cut positioner for the squares. I positioned the negative cut on the sticky mat which is inside the stamping tool. 

I inlaid one of the squares to the opening of the negative die cut. I positioned the stamp over the stitched square die cut. I applied washable glue to the back of the stamp to adhere this to the door of the stamping tool.

I inked the stamp with a dye ink. At first, I was going to do a tone-on-tone look but I changed my mind. I inked the clock image with a brown ink. 

I stamped the clock image to the square die cut.

The great thing about using a stamp positioner is that I can re-ink and re-stamp the image on the same spot. I repeated the stamping about three times to make the impression crisp.

I removed the stamped square die cut off the sticky mat using a spatula. You can also use a craft knife or craft pick if you don't have a spatula.

I positioned another square die cut on the negative die cut. Now, I am ready to ink and stamp again on this square die cut. This trick just makes the process easier and quicker since there is only one stamp that was used.

I arranged the square die cuts on the front of a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" note card. I applied liquid glue to the square die cuts.

I lightly placed the glued square die cut on the note card.

I continued adding glue to the square die cuts and placing them on the card front until all of the die cuts have glue on it.

Once I am happy with the placement, I pressed the square die cuts to the note card. I set this aside to dry. I placed something heavy over it while the glue dries.

I cut a gray cardstock strip at 1/2" x 5 1/2". I adhered this to the fold edge side of the card front. 

I rounded the outer corners with a corner punch.

I hope you like today's project and give this design a try.

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Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

of Maria Giselle's Creative Cuts 

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Father's Day Card By Julia

Hi!

I am back with some inspiration for Blank Page Muse shop.

Had such an awesome time using Up Up and Away Steampunk Airships Balloons Wings Art Rubber Stamp Sheet Set Sc67.

I made a card and had so much fun making it.

Hope you like today's project.

You can find me here at Paper and Scraps Creations By Julia.

You are invited to visit our social media sites for more inspiration:

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• https://twitter.com/BlankPageMuse
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Julia

Summerween card by Cathy N

 Good morning, Cathy here with a Summerween card for you.

                                                                     Stamps Used:

                                                                   Witch sisters

                                                                       31

* Make the background with orange distress stain and distress oxide inks. 

* Splatter pink distress oxide around the card base.

* Stamp Witch sisters in the center at an angle. 

* Cut out a film strip die cut and color it with brown distress oxide. Glue on card so the Witch sisters are in the middle of the die cut.

* Stamp   31 around the card and add some Halloween ephemera and thread,

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Paper Piecing Technique

 

Hello! Welcome back to the BPM blog. For today's project, I did a Paper Piecing technique. This is a very easy technique in which you add color to a stamped image using colored paper. You can do this technique with minimal supplies including your scraps. You just need a bit (or maybe a lot) of patience because it involves some fussy cutting.

The stamps I used on this card are:

• Sweet Iris Fairy with flower dress rubber stamp
  
• Happy Birthday Phrase Rubber Stamp
  

1. I chose the papers that I will use for paper piecing. I will be paper piecing the fairy's dress.
2. I inked the stamp using a black pigment ink. I only inked the areas I will be using for the paper piecing.
3. I stamped the inked image on the colored paper doing my best for the right placement.
4. I heat set the inked impression to dry the ink using a heat gun before cutting.
5. I fussy cut the image. I try to cut on the line or as close to the line as I can get.
6. The hardest one to fussy cut is the edge of the skirt. I stamped the skirt four times so I can layer it on top of each other for dimension.
7. I used a stamping tool to stamp the fairy on white cardstock.
8. I inked the fairy with a blank pigment ink.  

 

 

1. I used Staedler color pencils to for the coloring. Although I have other brands of color pencils, I challenged myself to use this coloring set on this project. 
2. I blended the colors for the skin, using a light brown and light yellow. There is no skin tone color on the set. 
3. To create some depth, I colored heavily on areas I think have shadows, and lightly on areas that are lighted well. 
4. I blend the colors, going back and forth to create a smooth transition between the colors.
5. If I want an area to be really light in color, I color this area with a white color pencil first before adding the color.
6. Sometimes, the color pencil leaves some powder on the paper. I brush this off before proceeding to the next color to prevent color contamination.
7. On small areas like the ballet shoes, I started coloring a small area with the dark shade the transitioning to the next lighter shade.
8. I colored the edges of the skirt with red, the same color of the patterned paper. Although the skirt will be covered with the patterned paper, coloring the edges will allow me to offset the cut up skirt and still maintain the red color of the skirt.

 

1. I added shading to the cut up patterned paper skirt using a red alcohol marker. I also colored the edges to hide the white core of the paper.
2. I used a gold gel pen to color the trim of the dress top.
3. I adhered the cut up papers. 
4. I spritz the cut up colored paper with shimmer water.
5. I cut the colored fairy.
6. I adhered double adhesive tape to the back
7. I removed the backing paper with a craft knife.
8. I adhered this to another white cardstock to make the image sturdy since a part of this image will be upright. This step is for stamps without a coordinating die. Adhering the cardstock together before fussy cutting ensures that the cut ups will be identical.
9. I fussy cut the image leaving a small white border around it.

1. In fussy cutting, I usually keep the scissors still and move the paper around.
2. I added shimmer to the wings which I colored with metallic gold and silver color pencils from another color pencil set.
3. I adhered the patterned paper layers to the main image making sure that the top portion of the dress is lined up. I use tweezers to hold the small cut ups as I applied liquid glue to it. I only applied glue to the top portion of the skirt since I will zhush this later on.
4. Working on the card, I inked the sentiment stamp with Versamark ink.
5. I cut sliver off the space between the sentiment to make the words closer. I attached the words together with a piece of tape. 
6. I stamped the inked sentiment to the cardbase which I prepped with an anti-static powder tool first.
7. I poured pastel pink embossing powder to the sticky ink.
8. After I heated my heat gun, I melt the embossing powder by heating the back of the card panel first.
9. Once I noticed some melting, I move the gun to the front of the card base to finish off.

The steps on creating the card base is detailed on my blog. I decided to omit it here since the focus of this post is on paper piecing. I also don't want to bore you since this has is already a very long post.

I applied glue only on the area that will be adhered to the bottom portion of the fold on the card front.

Once I was happy with the placement and ready to commit, I adhered the fairy to the card front. I added transparent dimensional tape to the edges of the skirt to keep it up.

I added gems to the intricate paper for more sparkle.

This is how the card looks when the slider front is pulled open.

I hope you like today's project. 

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Please visit my blog for the slider card mechanism step-by-step tutorial and for a short video showing this card live in action. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

of Maria Giselle's Creative Cuts 

Blank Page Muse is having a FLASH SALE! 10 HOT red rubber stamps are featured for sale with an amazing 50% discount. What a deal, right? 

If there is nothing on the sale category that interests you, BPM is generously offering a 15% discount to their online store. Just use the code BPMMaria when you check out.

Only 1 code per transaction please. Enjoy!

Three square by Cathy N

 Good morning, Cathy here with a square card for you today. 

                                                                  Stencil Used:

                                                          Bedazzled diamonds

                                                                  Stamped Used:

                                                        Three men ATC

                                                        Sailor Jacks 1

                                                        Ornate metalwork

* Color the background with tea dye distress ink. Use stencil and the same color distress ink and cover the background.

* Stamp around the edge. Use the same ink for the metalwork and a darker distress ink for the  Sailor Jacks 1.

* Stamp The ATC main image on Kraft cardstock and cut out. Glue to the middle of card.

* Add some handmade vintage cello tape. Also, some ephemera and some twine to the card.

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