Old Fashioned Love

Hello BPM Fans! Mercy here with a blast from the past of sorts.  As a fan of all things vintage, this project really was something that allowed me to use Victorian inspiration (and my stash!) to create a card for Mother's Day.

Supplies:

Love Word Rubber Stamp

Corner Curvy Flower Stamp

4 Small Red Roses

Black Pigment Ink

Black Embossing Powder

Page Corner Rounder punch

Alcohol Ink Pens in green, purple, orange, & red

Tim Holtz Alterations Sizzix 3D Impresslits -Scallop

Yellow Dylusions Spray Ink

Red Glossy card stock

Velum with decorative star bursts

Purple A6 Greeting Card blank

White Cardstock postcard (4.5" X 6.5")

Instructions:

1. Stamp the corner curvy flower stamp, centered on the top of the card (right up against the edge) with pigment ink, corner pointing up.  Rotate the card 180 degrees, add a corresponding corner stamp facing the first stamped one like a mirror, placing that one centered up against the edge of the card.

 2. Stamp the "Love" stamp with the pigment ink in the center.

3. Pour black embossing powder across the card and heat emboss.

4. Spray a few spritzes of the Dylusions Yellow ink across the card. Leave some of the white cardstock showing.

5.  On either scrap paper or on other white cardstock, stamp and emboss in black embossing powers a few more "Love" stamps.  Color those in red and one in purple.  Fussy cut each letter out from the scrap ones.

6. Color the rest of the flowers/vines. Glue roses to be just above and below the "Love" stamp in a square (in my case, I ended up spray dying white roses I had to red). Using foam tape, layer the letters over the base "Love" to add more dimension.

7. Using the Tim Holtz 3d Impresslits border, emboss four strips of the glossy red card stock.  Cut those down to wrap around the postcard base. Glue them to create a border around the stamped image.

8. Mount a 5X7 cut of the velum to the card base.  Once that is mounted, use foam tape to glue down to the velum card, centered.  Use a page rounder to trim the edges.

9. Add a note or greeting to the inside of the card. 

This project is definitely themed to fit for a variety of holidays and reasons to create.  Changing out the messaging on the inside of the card is key towards versatility.

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A Mother's Love Card

Hello Crafty Friends,

Marie-Christine with you today with a Mother's Day card theme, and embossing technique!

BMP Rubber Stamps used:

A Mother's Love Word Phrase Art Rubber Stamp

Words by Jane Sentiments & Silhouette images rubber Art Stamp

Iron Work Engraved Look Background Art Rubber Stamp

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Other Supplies

Pink Cardstock

Black Embossing Powder

Gold Embossing Powder

Vintage DistressOxide
Pink Distress Oxide
Watercolor Paper

Apply some Pink Distress Oxide on watercolor paper.

Use this beautiful stamp background with Gold Embossing Powder.

Stamp the silhouette on a watercolor paper and Black Embossing Powder.

Stamp the title on a piece of pink cardstock. Put some vintage Distress Oxide on the edges.

Cut a rectangle of pink cardsock and adhere your card on it.

Here is the result!

Hope you have enjoyed my tutorial!

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Marie-Christine Denis

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No Line Coloring Mother's Day Card

 Hi everyone! Charlotte here, and today I am sharing a striking Mother's Day card that uses a  no-line coloring technique.

Blank Page Muse products used:

Big Bold Blossoms Flowers & Sentiments by Daniella Hayes

(Available individually - Lotus Line Drawing Flower)

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Other materials:

Watercolor card

Stamp positioning tool or acrylic block

Pale pink ink - I used Spun Sugar Distress Ink

Watercolor pencils

Clear glitter brush pen

Scissors

Mother's Day sentiment

Anti-static powder tool

Embossing ink

Ivory Pearl embossing powder

Clear pink iridescent glitter adhesive strips, narrow

Foam squares

Instructions:

First stamp the large lotus flower image onto a piece of watercolor paper using the pale pink ink.

Use watercolor pencils to add color and shading to the lotus flower. Start by using the lightest shade to map in the shadow areas.

Once the shadow areas have been ascertained, use the darkest shade to define the shadow areas.

Continue adding color to each flower using the medium watercolor pencil. Work in flicks to help the colors transition from one to the other. Then use the lightest shade to finish coloring the pencil. Repeat the process for as many layers as are required to provide the desired depth of color.

Use a clear glitter brush pen, or alternatively a plain waterbrush or paint brush dipped in water, to soften and move the pigment laid down with the watercolor pencils. This will blend the color smoothly. Work with one petal at a time, starting in the lightest areas and moving towards the darkest areas to prevent muddying.

Allow the image to dry completely then carefully fussy cut it out, right to the edges of the coloring, using a pair of scissors. Set the fussy cut image aside and work on the card base. 

Use an anti-static powder tool on the black card base then stamp the chosen Mother's Day sentiment with embossing ink. Add Ivory Pearl embossing powder and heat set. Add a narrow clear pink iridescent glitter adhesive strip to each edge of the card, slightly inset to create a frame.

Back the flower with dimensional adhesive and carefully adhere into place on the card base.

I hope you enjoyed my blog post! No line coloring can be tricky, but flowers are very forgiving for the technique. I hope you'll give it a try, and I look forward to seeing what you make!

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Butterfly Mother's Day Card

Hi there, Chris here today and I am sharing this Mother's Day card that is perfect for all those moms who love to garden. I was so excited to get a  new box from Sin City Stamps and  a box of goodies from ColourArte to try out that I just had to use them together!

My Supply List
Sin City Stamps Anime Fairies 2
Sin City Stamps Mask - Butterfly 3 
Sin City Stamps Stencil Pattern 2 
ColourArte -Radiant Gels - Indian Copper
ColourArte - Twinkling H2Os - Playful Peony, Iridescent Blue
Ranger - Multi-gloss Medium
Ranger - Distress Inks - Tea Dye, Black Soot, Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint
Tsukineko - Memento Ink- Tuxedo Black
Simple Stories paper
Recollections- banners
Baker's Twine -  Doodlebug
Dictionary Page

To start off my card I traced the butterfly mask onto my paper and then fussy cut out the butterfly. I then used my Radiant Gels over the mask.  I love how the Radiant Gels shimmered and created some dimension on the wings.

I set my buttefly aside to let it dry and ripped a page out of a dictionary.  Now I must confess that the book lover in me had a terribly hard time thinking of  tearing a page out of a book, so I picked up a cheap dictionary at the local dollar store.  I used  on of the mini flowers from the Anime Fairies 2 Stamp set and stamps lots of mini flowers with the Memento Ink all over the page. 

I then took out my new Twinkling H2Os and added a few drops of water to activate them.  Once they were ready to go I painted the inside of all the flowers with  the iridescent blue and then used  the Playful Peony to fill in the remainder of the flower. 

I then sealed each flower with just a dab of the Gloss medium to insure the flowers wouldn't lose there color in the next step.  I then inked the background using the Pattern 2 Stencil and distress inks, layering peeled paint over the mowed lawn. 

Once I had the colors to my liking I sealed over the distress inks with gloss medium. I then trimmed and matted the dictionary page to fit my card.  I added the banners and some baker's twine for the greeting. 

 I then returned to my butterfly and first applied the black soot distress ink an then the tea dye ink over the entire burtterfly.

I then used a towel to wipe the excess ink off the areas that had been previously painted.  The wiped right off the Radiant Gels and left the wings shining!

I then attached my butterfly to my card.  I just love how the butterfly shines.