Showing posts with label Stenciling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stenciling. Show all posts

Sunday, October 12, 2025

A Card using the NEW Fall Harvest Junk Journal Digital Papers

 I love working with papers.  Digital papers are even more fun. Why you ask?  Well, for one I can reprint my papers over and over.  Better I can resize images.  Fuzzy cutting is very relaxing to me. I can sit for hours and cut away.  Today I am sharing a card created with a stenciled master board, stamps and the FALLHARVEST Junk Journal Papercrafts Digital Papers!  

Digital Download Print at Home FALL HARVEST Junk Journal Papercrafts Paper Pack 




Blank Page Muse Digi Paper and Stamps Used:
Digital Download Print at Home FALL HARVEST Junk Journal Papercrafts Paper Pack
Grunge Backgrounds #2, Texture stamps, wet cement, pattern
Vintage style Postcards background Art Rubber Stamps TTS114-01 - Blank Page Muse Art Rubber Stamps
Fantasy Flourish Stencil 

Other Products Used
Tim Holtz Distress Vintage Photo ink
Blending brush
Cosmic Shimmer Sparkle Glitter Paste-Graceful Mustard
Spatula
Tim Holtz Distress Spray Lost Shadow
Cosmic Shimmer Airless Spray Amber Lights
Master Board made with scrap paper on Watercolor paper
Gold wide tip Sharpie

To start create a masterboard. Use watercolor paper or other mixed media paper for the base.  Glue scraps of paper to the base.  Add washi tape if desired. Make sure all edges are secure.

Pictured is the master board. It is on watercolor paper.  There are scraps from decorative bags, scraps of pattern cardstock and washi tape.

Apply Cosmic Shimmer Sparkle Glitter Paste-Graceful Mustard using the Blank Page Muse Fantasy Flourish Stencil.   Let it dry. This adds a nice background texture. 


Prepare images to use on projects.  Fussy cut what you would like to use.  resize some of the papers before printing if desired. 

Grunge Backgrounds #2, Texture stamp and the Vintage style Postcards background Art Rubber Stamp Add a little distress stamping to the images.


Pictured are the fussy cut images used for this card. The dress with wings. the dress with one pumpkin, card with sunflower, two partial sunflowers, tow resized pumpkins. 

First adhere the dress with wings and the large sunflower directly behind the neck of the dress... With dimensional foam adhere the dress without wings to the dress with wings. Thes creates a 3D effect. Tuck the sunflower card under the right side of the dress without wings. Place the two pumpkins, with dimensional foam on half of the pumpkins not attached to the dress and a touch of glue where they are touching the dress.  Tuck the small partial sunflower behind the pumpkin on the left. 





I encourage you to download some digital papers and create with them.  I print my images on a mate photo paper. 


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Hope you are enjoyed this project and are inspired to create with digital papers!!
Lyneen Jesse



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Friday, September 5, 2025

Fall Sunflowers

 Hello September!  School buses are running again, the weather is changing, my annual county fair is in the past. Hope you enjoyed the summer months!  Sunflowers remind me of Fall. They are also one of my favorite flowers. Today the centerpiece of my card is the Sunflower and Dragonflies Art Stencil.

In addition to the Sunflower and Dragonflies Art Stencil The Eyes 1 Stamp, Learn from Yesterday sentiment and the Steampunk Romance: Digital Printable Papers were used!


Additional supplies used:

  • Black Stamping ink
  • Acrylic block
  • Gold Wide tip Sharpie
  • Cosmic Shimmer Graceful Mustard Glitter paste
  • Lunar Paste Refined Copper
  • Astro Paste Tropical Tango
  • TCW Stencil Butter Olive (not pictured below)
  • Spatula
  • Water
  • Paper towels
  • Glass Dip pen and ink
  • Deco Foil scrap
  • Watercolor paper
  • Paper Scraps
  • Adhesive/dimensional foam/glue stick

Have you ever spent time glue paper scraps, it is one of my favorite pastimes.  I use a watercolor paper pad to glue the scraps.  It is very relaxing, and it doesn't have to be perfect! The paper this project is on is one of my "glue book" pages. 





Print the Steampunk Romance: Digital Printable Papers two sheets per page.  This way you are able to shrink the size of the printed images. The eye image and sentiment were stamped on a couple of the papers.  


On the watercolor "glue page" stencil the Sunflower and Dragonflies.  The petals are Cosmic Shimmer Graceful Mustard Glitter paste.  The sunflower center is Lunar Paste Refined Copper and the dragonflies Astro Paste Tropical Tango. Let each area dry before adding the next color. 


Once the pastes were dry, it was time to add black ink with the glass pen.


You can see that the sunflower petals are outlined with the black ink.  In the first picture above the outline was a single pen line.  For the flower to really standout. a second pass was made with the glass pen, see the second photo above. All the gaps left by the stencil are filled in with the black ink.  


The stamped eyes and sentiment are outlined with the glass pen.  You can barely see the glass pen in the picture above.  Then let everything dry before foiling and assembly. 


Cut the paper to size, this is a 6 x 6 card. Edge the card front with a wide tip gold sharpie pen.  To randomly apply the foil, gently swipe a glue stick and press the foil on it.  Be sure not to apply too much glue stick or you want it to be splotchy and like peeled paint. 

Mount the card front on a 6x6 card base. The stamped sentiment and eyes were adhered to the card with dimensional foam.


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Enjoy your week!!

Lyneen Jesse











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Friday, August 1, 2025

Crafting a Vibrant Birthday Masterpiece with the Jacobs Ladder Technique

Crafting a Vibrant Birthday Masterpiece with the Jacobs Ladder Technique

Good day, fellow crafters. It's Tamara once again, with a new post showcasing my latest card created using  Blank Page Muse products! If you're ready to dive into creating a stunning "Happy Birthday" card using the Jacobs Ladder technique, you're in for a treat. This vibrant project combines the fluidity of water-based inks with creative manipulation to craft a one-of-a-kind masterpiece. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned crafter, this step-by-step guide will walk you through the essentials to get started—gathering your materials, setting up your workspace, and unleashing your creativity.



To create this project, you will need the following:

  • Fantasy Flourish stencil from Blank Page Muse
  • White cardstock panel - 4.25" x 5.5"
  • White A2 Card base
  • Water-based inks in preferred colors (I chose red, green, blue, and purple)
  • Ink-blending brush(s)
  • Sticky mat (optional but very useful to hold work in place without using tape) 
  • Scissors
  • Liquid glue
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Sentiment of choice
  • Die-cut machine
  • Watermark ink 
  • Black ink 
  • Heat Tool 
  • Clear embossing powder 

Process:


  • Apply the white card stock to the sticky mat securely.
  • Use the water-based inks and ink-blending brushes to blend the chosen color palette to the desired hues for each. Allow the ink to dry.
  • Apply the Blank Page Muse stencil over the inked cardstock and secure to the sticky mat as seen in the image on the right.  
  • Use the watermark ink and ink-blending brush to fill in the stencil.

  • Remove the stencil and the inked card base from the sticky mat.
  • Apply a generous amount of clear embossing powder to the card base, tap to remove excess, and then heat set with the heat tool. This will act as a resist for the next inking.
  • Return the card base to the sticky mat and secure it in place.
  • With a pouncing motion, generously apply the black ink to the entire card base.


  • Using the micro-fiber towel, gently wipe the ink from the embossed areas.
  • Allow to dry completely.
  • Using the sentiment of choice, in this case a die cut of Happy Birthday, adhere the sentiment to the panel with liquid glue.
  • Lastly, to complete the card, adhere the panel to the white A2 card base. 

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 

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Friday, May 23, 2025

A Little Birdie Told Me ~ Wings

Hi, friends!  It's design team member Walter here on the blog with you.  Today I'm sharing my final card for the May theme of Wings.  For this card, I wanted to focus on a bird and the Flower & Bird Sketches Art Rubber Stamp Sheet Set provided the perfect images to use.  The bird stamp is so beautifully detailed.  I didn't want to use traditional bird colors though . . . I wanted the bird to pop.  I decided upon stamping it on patterned paper for a touch of whimsy.  I feel that it creates a happier aesthetic and is very pretty.  Oh, and a little birdie told me that you're amazing!


I used the following to create it:
Here's how I created it:

I began by stamping the trio of flowers onto the card panel using black ink to create the main focal point.  I thought it would be a nice effect to have an arch of floating "invisible" feathers around the floral.  The next step was to use the smallest feather stamp and clear embossing ink to stamp the arch design in place.  I made sure to place the feathers in different positions to give a "stages of falling" look.


Once all of the wings were stamped, I restamped the floral element with black pigment ink and then dusted the entire panel with clear embossing powder.  I wanted to seal the floral to add a shine to it and help it stand out.


I decided to use gel pens to color the flowers to make sure that they are opaque since alcohol markers would have given them a more translucent effect.  I started with a darker base gel pen, let it dry, and then put in highlights were a lighter shade.  I'm pretty happy with how they look!  I then stamped the sentiment at the top of the card.



I stamped the bird onto some patterned paper with Scorched Timber ink and then fussy cut it out.  I put some double-sided foam tape onto the bird and set it aside.  I covered up the sentiment and floral with low tack tape and used the inside part of the sprayer to tape some Caramel Toffee ink splatter onto the card.


The last step was to adhere the panel onto the card base and then place the bird down onto it.  While a very simple design, it's packed with nice colors and some really cool design elements.  I hope that you like it!


Thanks for spending some time with me here on the blog.  I'll see you again next month for a new theme.  Until then . . . be well!

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Saturday, May 10, 2025

Thinking About You ~ Wings

Hi, friends!  It's design team member Walter here on the blog with you.  Today I'm sharing my first card for the May theme of Wings.  Wings is such an expansive theme that can cover so many things from airplanes to insects.  For this card, I wanted to focus on the beauty of wings.  What's more full of natural beauty than a butterfly?  And even better is if it's a non-traditional butterfly such as the one that I'm using on my card: a butterfly shape with butterfly shadows inside of it with beautiful florals and sheet music in the background.  It truly is nature's symphony!  It's a great card to share with someone who needs a pick-me-up or to let them know that they are on your mind.


Here's what I used to make it:
Here's how I made it:
  • Aligned stencil onto light blue card panel and stenciled the pattern with Spun Sugar Distress Oxide Ink.


  • Stamped the Thinking of You Sentiment onto the top center of the card panel using blank pigment ink.
  • Cut a piece of white lace ribbon and attached it to the card panel using craft glue.
  • Adhered the card panel to the base using double sided tape.


  • Stamped the butterfly image onto white cardstock using black pigment ink.
  • Blended Rosy Cheeks Ink around the outside of the image and then blended Minty Fresh Ink inside the image.


  • Added shading around the edges of the image with a dark gray alcohol marker and then went over the entire image with a light gray alcohol marker.


  • Added detail to daisy petals with a white gel pen.
  • Cut out the image with scissors and adhered to the card with double sided foam tape.
  • Glued down three clear acrylic bubbles.



And just like that . . . the card is done!  A beautifully detailed stamped image, such as this butterfly, makes creating such a card so easy.  You can make the coloring as light or heavy as you'd like and add as much or as little detail as you'd like.  The design speaks for itself!

Thanks for spending some time with me here on the blog.  I'll see you again next month for a new theme.  Until then . . . be well!

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Thursday, April 24, 2025

Be Brave ~ Beauty in Botanicals

Hi, friends!  It's design team member Walter here on the blog with you.  Today I'm sharing my third card for the theme of Beauty in Botanicals.  For me, there is something so beautiful about a monochromatic card with just a pop of color.  I find them to be dramatic with a certain feeling of softness to them.  I thought it would be a great way to illustrate this month's theme.  This card tells a story of being brave enough to embrace change, finding growth, and moving on.  It may be moving on from a situation, a feeling, or whatever the case may be.  It's a great card to share with someone who needs to hear those words and begin that process.


Here's what I used to make it:
Here's how I made it:

I started with stenciling the background first.  I thought that the Intersection stencil would provide a nice background of crisscrossed lines to provide both some color and some non-floral design.  I wanted the background to contribute to the design but not take away from the flower.  I aligned my stencil and ink blended with Cloudy Night Ink.  I then went over it with Silver Lake ink to add a little variation to it.


I then misted the stenciled card panel with some Brutus Monroe Pearl Shimmer Mist Spray.  This gave it a little bit of pearlescent shine so that it didn't look too flat.


I cut two pieces of a gray & white ribbon and decided to place them at an angle in the top left and bottom right corners.  I did this to break up the pattern a bit and provide separate places to put each word of the sentiment.  Double sided tape was used to adhere the card panel to the card base.


Next up was stamping and coloring the image.  I stamped it with black ink and started by coloring the shades of gray first.  I worked my way around the stamped image and filled in the objects other than the flowers with neutral gray tones.  I used the darkest gray around the edges of the flower to add some shadow, and the lightest one of the fairy's wings.  Once done, I used a Nuvo Shimmer Pen to add some sparkle to the fairy's wings . . . a little touch of magic!  I used three shades of red to color the flowers: starting with a darker one in the center and shadow areas, blending it with a medium shade, and then blending the entire image with a lighter shade.  I used a yellow in the center, and two shades of green on the leaves.  Once happy with the image, I put double sided foam tape on the back of the image and adhered it to the base.  Three clear acrylic bubbles were added and the card was complete!



I think this card is a fun way to use flowers as a pop of color and beauty as a sign of change and happiness on the horizon.  What do you think?  Do you like this type of design?  I'd love to know!

Thanks for spending some time with me here on the blog.  I'll see you again next month for a new theme.  Until then . . . be well!

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Thursday, April 17, 2025

Colorful Blooms Grow Here ~ Beauty in Botanicals

Hi, friends!  It's design team Walter here on the blog with you today with my second card for the Beauty in Botanicals theme.  Botanicals, blooms, and nature itself are all filled with lots of amazing color as well as rich, deep tones.  I wanted to craft a project that celebrated both the rich deepness of the earth and bold color of blooms to illustrate that juxtaposition of the soil that breathes life and florals that give their thanks by beautifully blooming.  I think that I was able to achieve that.  What do you think?


Here's what I used to create it:
Here's how I made it:

I started by stenciling the leaves onto the cream card panel with the Polishing Plaster.  Polishing Paster is a wonderful medium full of color and sparkle.  You may substitute grit paste for it if you don't have Polishing Plaster; however, it won't have the same sparkle.  I aligned the stencil and used a palette knife to spread the Polishing Plaster over it.


I used a heat tool to speed up the drying process.  Once dry, I spritzed the card panel with some Apricot Tea Stain Spray to age it a bit and then ran Antique Linen Distress Ink around the edges.  I then applied craft glue to the back of the burlap strip, wrapped it around the card panel and secured the end pieces of the strip on the back of the card panel.




Double sided foam tape strips were placed on the back of the card panel and the panel was adhered to the card base.

It was now time to stamp the flowers and sentiment.  I stamped them with the Fallen Leaves ink.  I cut the sentiment strip and blended Antique Linen Distress ink over the front of it.  I colored the florals by ink blending Wildberry ink at the top, moved into Watermelon ink, and then blended it all together with some Creamsicle ink.  I fussy cut the florals and used craft glue to adhere them in place on the burlap.  I glued the strip of lace over the florals and onto the burlap with craft glue and then used double sided foam tape strips to put the sentiment in place.  Three clear acrylic bubbles were added and the card was done!




Bright flowers bloom up from the earth (burlap) and provide the color to the rich earth tones that provide life.  The lace adds a light touch of beauty to it.

I hope that you enjoyed reading about my design, the symbolism of it, and how it came to life.  I'll see you here again soon.  Until then . . . be well!

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