Stenciled Fall Thank You Card

 Greetings!  Today I am excited to share this stenciled fall greeting card I created with some of my favorite Blank Page Muse supplies! I love my distress Inks and own just about every color!  So I was super excited to see Blank Page Muse is now carrying the distress ink and some of the colors that I am missing!  

To recreate this card your will need:

BPM Pumpkin Trio Stencil

BPM Fall Rubber Stamp Sheet Set by Pam Bray Designs

BPM  Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Rustic Wilderness, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Crackling Campfire

Gold gems or brads, copper ink, black archival ink, watercolor paper, painter's tape

Start by trimming your watercolor paper 1/2 smaller than your card base. Secure your watercolor paper to your work space with painter's tape. 

Position your BPM Pumpkin Trio Stencil onto your paper. 

Using your Wild Honey Distress Ink, shade in your pumpkin. 

Add dimension by layering on the Spiced Marmalade Distress ink. 

After shading your leaves with Rustic Wilderness Distress Ink, move stencil. 

Shade the large pumpkin around the previous image with Crackling Campfire Distress ink so that it looks behind first pumpkin. 

Shade the small pumpkin on top of first pumpkin as shown. 

Reposition stencil and shade the final pumpkin as shown. 

Stamp THANKS from BPM Fall Rubber Stamp Sheet Set by Pam Bray Designs

Ink edges of paper and adhere to your card base. Add gold gems to accent corners. 

I hope you are inspired to get creative with your stamps and papers from Blank Page Muse and I Brake For Stamps.  Don't forget to use my discount code BPMChris. 

 

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How to dress up your Die Cuts

Hi Chris here and today I am sharing this tag I created using some these amazing die cuts from Sin City Stamps.

Supplies needed for this project include:
Sin City Stamps Supplies
Anime Fairies 2 Stamp Set
Pattern 2 Stencil 
Around the House Die Cuts
Light Pink Sheer Ribbon
Mixed Flatback Embellishments (little flower)

Other Supplies: Pacon Mixed  Media Paper, Tim Holtz Sizzix #8 Tag, Tim Holtz Distress Ink- Victorian Velvet, Core'dinations Tim Holtz Card Stock, Liquid Pearls, Gesso, Gold Sharpie, Pebbles-accent greeting, ColourArte-Twinkling H2Os - Black Cherry, Beacon Fabric Tac, Toule Netting










After die cutting my tag from the mixed media paper, I gently inked my tag using my Pattern 2 Stencil .















I then stamped over the stencil using my Anime Fairies 2 Stamp Set. I then matted my tag on cardstock and set aside while I dressed up my die cut.

When I started, my background of the die cut was blue like this 

I added Gesso to the blue die cut to make the chair white.  I then added a color wash using ColourArte-Twinkling H2Os - Black Cherry.  After drying,  I  added the overlay.  

To dress up the die cut even more I added some "rivets" on the arm of my chair using a gold sharpie.  I then added some "buttons" to the chair back using liquid pearls.  

I then added my chair to my tag and topped my tag off with a double bow (a smaller bow placed on top of the larger netting bow), and added a Mixed Flatback Embellishments (little flower) on top of the double bow. I added a sticker quick greeting and viola!  all done. 

Creating Masculine Thank You cards

Hi Chris here today sharing this masculine thank you card I created for my uncle for helping out with my daughter's car.

To re-create this card you will need:

Sin City Stamps - Classic Spark Set
Photo Paper
Tim Holtz Embossing Folder
Black Sharpie
Tim Holtz Distress Inks- Worn Lipstick, Fired Brick, Black Soot, and Antique Linen
Cardstock - black, white
Ranger- Archival Ink - Jet Black

 To create this card I first stamped my Worn Lipstick and Fired Brick ink pads onto my Craft Sheet.

I then spritzed my craft sheet with water. 

I then laid my photo paper shiny side down into the ink, and then carefully lifted it off the ink and heat set my ink.

 I then stamped the classic car using the Archival Ink and fussy cut out the car.

 I then inked the "raised side of my embossing folder with the Antique Linen ink and embossed my paper.  By inking the raised portions the ink is transferred to the inlay portions of the embossed image.

I then Stamped over the embossed panel using the background stamp from the Classic Spark set.  I thought it really grunged up the embossed page.

I then matted the embossed piece onto black cardstock and added the car and a hand written banner (which I hand cut from the photo paper) to finish  off the card!

A Jump Start on Christmas Cards

Hi Chris here and today I am sharing this fun Christmas Card.
Supplies Needed:
Sin City Stamps - Natural Beauty
Photo Paper
Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Stormy Sky, Weathered Wood, Forest Moss, Peeled Paint
Ribbon
Tag: Recollections
Card Stock

To create my back ground I started by stamping my Stormy Sky and Weathered Wood ink pads onto my Craft sheet and spritzing it with water.

I then laid my photo paper glossy side down into the ink.  Here is the result

I used my heat gun to dry the ink. I then inked my branch stamp with Forest Moss and Peeled Paint. I stamped multiple times to create my "tree". I stamped the image two or three times before reinking to created branches in the background. I then heat set my stamping.

I matted my stamped page onto card stock and added a ribbon.

I then tied on my tag with my hand written greeting and matted the whole thing onto my card. HOpe you enjoyed this project!

Love Anniversary Card

Hi!  Chris here sharing this sweet LOVE card.  I LOVE that this card mixes 3 different stamp sets and yet they all look like they belong together!  So let us get started.

Supplies:
Sin City Stamps: Art Journaling 2 (script, love)
                          Natural Beauty (flower)
                          Classic Spark (diamond background)
Paper: Pacon MultiMedia Paper
          Core'dinations Cardstock
Ink: Ranger -  Archival (Jet Black)
                  - Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Old paper, Spiced Marmalade, Rusty Hinge
                  - Tim Holtz Distress Markers - Shabby Shutters, Black Soot, Tea Dye, Iced Spruce,     Wild Honey
Water Brush
Ribbon -  Ranger Tim Holtz Crinkle Ribbon

To start off I stamped my background piece using the Script stamps from the Art Journaling 2 collection and the Old Paper Distress Ink.  The stamp wasn't quite large enough for my background piece so I just overlapped the stamping on the edges.

I then stamped the script using the Classic Spark Diamond background using my Jet Black Archival Ink.  I then matted the stamped background onto black cardstock and set it aside. (sorry I did not take a picture at this stage)

My next stamp was to stamp this amazing flower from the Natural Beauty collection using Archival Ink.  Make sure you use a waterproof ink at this step since we will be coloring this in with a water brush.

I started by coloring in the leaves using the Shabby Shutters Distress marker (see the picture on the left side) I then added some depth to my coloring by adding a darker marker - the Iced Spruce Marker. I gently brushed over the coloring with a water brush to help bend the inks a bit.

 For the Flower I started by coloring in the center with my Tea Dye marker. I then added  some touches of Wild Honey Marker to the flower.  I then stamped my Spiced Marmalade and Rusty Hinge ink pads onto my Craft sheet.

I used my water brush to pick up those colors and shading to my flower. You can see the shading below.

I then matted my completed flower onto card stock and added it to my background piece. 

To create the matching ribbon I started by adding some water to my leftover ink on my Kraft sheet and mixing it all together. 

I then spritzed my white crinkle ribbon with water and then swirled it around in the ink.

This is what my ribbon looked like after dying!  And since I used the same colors I used for stamping it coordinated perfectly!

To add my sentiment I used the Things I Love stamp from the Art Journaling 2 Collection.  Since I only needed the LOVE portion of the stamp I used my Black Soot Distress marker to ink only that word .  

I then matted my sentiment and attached it and the ribbon to my card!  I hope you enjoyed my project and decide to give at least one of the techniques a try!  

Getting ready for Dad's Day!

Hello All Lanette Here!

Today I'm going to share a quick Fathers Day card with you... Hint Hint Fathers Day is rapidly approaching.....

Here is my finished card:
then I will show you how I mad it :)

Sin City Supplies Used: Steampunk'd & For Him Collection

Other Supplies Used: Ranger -  Archival Ink, Embossing Powder, Distress Stain, Distress Ink & Blending Tool, Spare Parts, Glossy Accents,  Kaisercraft Pattern Paper & Pearl

Now lets look at my process......

First I started by building my cards background, by randomly stamping the background with a mix of stamps from the For Him Collection. To keep the patter n random I continued stamping until the ink was removed from the stamp rather than inking after each image.

Next it was time for some color. Using my craft mat as a plate I laid down a mix of Distress Stains. After spraying my cardstock with a bit of water I dragged my tag through the color creating that fabulous vintage background.

After my cardstock was dry I  added a fun Steampunk'd stamp I used Archival Ink because its waterproof and I always stamp on a foam pad to help ensure my images come out clear. Additionally I re-stamped the clock do I could cut and place the "White Clock face" and the Title "Father" form the For Him Collection.

Finally it was time to add a few bits and pieces, a mix of ussy cut flowers from an old Kaisercraft collection, a verse stamp from the For Him Collection. Also I covered the white clock face with a bit of Glossy Accents to a bit of a pop.

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

I hope that I have inspired you to have some inky fun of your own!

After all time flies! You gotta get inky when you can!

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