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Friday, May 16, 2025

Metallic Painted Dragonfly Panel ~ WINGS

Hello! Welcome back to the BPM blog. Today's project is about using metallic watercolors with stencils. I hope you like it.

I used the following items on this project:

Blank Page Muse Sunflower & Dragonflies stencil
Black watercolor paper trimmed at 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"
Metallic watercolors
Paint brushes, size 2/0 and size 2

I temporarily adhered the stencil to the black watercolor paper panel.

I applied the metallic watercolor paint to the black watercolor paper using the stencil openings as guide to where to apply the paint.

I played with the colors doing some ink blending on the wings. I used the larger brush to paint the dragonfly's wings and the smaller brush for the dragonfly's body.

If I feel that the metallic paint is not enough, I added more pigment by directly painting over the area.

Since I will be painting more dragonflies, I dried the painted dragonfly with a heat tool.

I positioned my stencil where I want the next dragonfly to be painted on.

The great thing about using paint with stencils is that I did not have to clean the stencil in between painting since I almost am not touching the stencil with my brush except for the intricate areas of the dragonfly's body.

Another great thing about using stencils is that you can flip the stencil and you will end up with a totally different design. The dragonfly's body is curved the opposite way when is is flipped.

I repeated the process all over again until I filled the whole canvas with dragonflies.

I added dots of watercolor paint to fill in the open areas between the dragonflies.

I have no plans on what to do with this panel at the moment but this is ready to be added to a notecard. I can add a sentiment to make it personalized if I want to. I can also use it to embellish a layout. Or I can just frame it for display.

I hope you give this stencil technique a try.

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Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

of Maria Giselle's Creative Cuts

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Layered Leaf Background

Hello friends. I am here today posting for Blank Page Muse. I loved the variety of leaves in the Leaves Rubber Stamp Set Sheet by Terri Sproul. My design centers around multiple leaves stamped in different Distress Ink colors.

I wanted an unusual color combination, so I selected Olive Green, Seedless Preserves and Fossilized Amber.

I began by stamping the center leaf on a cream colored A2 sized cardbase. I recommend always starting in the middle and working your way out so you don't end up with an open space. After inking up the stamps, I spritzed to allow movement. I overlapped the stamps for interest.

I love encouraging stamps and this one was perfect for this card! I clear heat embossed the sentiment using Seedless Preserves ink on Kraft Cardstock. After trimming it down, I cut a piece of cream cardstock 1/2 inch wider than the strip by 4.25 inches. I inked the edges in Seedless Preserves and mounted the sentiment strip on top.

I trimmed the stamped piece to 3.75 x 5 inches. I cut another piece of cream cardstock to 4 x 5.25 inches and inked the edges with Seedless Preserves. This provides a great base for the stamped piece. The last step was to assemble the 3 base layers and add the sentiment strip.

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Tuesday, October 1, 2019

What to expect this month with Blank Page Muse!

Guess What?

Blank Page Muse will be at the Ontario Scrapbook Expo!

We will be there on October 18th and 19th.

Stop by our booth on Friday

for a Festive Day of the Dead- Make and Take

with Michelle Frae Cummings and her Rubber Stamp line!

Visit us on Saturday for more fun!

The blog theme this month is " Celebrating the Weird and the Wonderful!".

Our Inspiration Team have come up with some amazingly creative idea's.

Here are some sneak peeks of this months projects....

See you soon!

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Sunday, May 19, 2019

Happy Father’s Day card

Hello there all our fellow BPM fans! Jess here with you sharing a card using some of those famous red rubber stamps!! This time it's a different masculine take on Father's Day. I just love this stamp set by Kate Leitch! Come along, let's craft a unique Father's Day card together!

Products used:

Blank Page Muse: Correspondence Pens, Ink Postage Rubber Stamp Sheet by Katy Leitch

Spectrum Noir: Watercolor paper
7 Dots Studio: Hazy Days
Prima Marketing Inc. Junkyard Findings: Lightbulb

Ranger Ink: Archival Black ink
Hobby Lobby: Wooden gears

American Crafts: Sticky Thumb - foam dots
Black and White gesso

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I am in LOVE with this stamp sheet! The possibilities are endless!!

1. Cut your desired card size
Do you like using up scraps in your stash? Well, here's your chance
Pull out some of your paper scraps

2. Begin by cutting them at different lengths and sizes
3. Stamp and cut out your images using black ink

4. Take some large pieces of scrap paper and mount the two larger stamped images onto them
5. Cut them out leaving a thin boarder around the images

6. Start mounting your paper layers using tape

7. Use some foam dots or cardboard pieces to mount your top layer of stamped images

8. Adorn the card with some wooden gears adhering them with tacky glue

9. Finally, splatter the front of the card with watered down white and black gesso

You have finished your card!

Here are some close-ups for you to enjoy!

Thank you for stopping by today!
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Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Just a Note

Hello there all our fellow BPM fans! Jess here today sharing with you a note card using some of those fabulous red rubber stamps!! This month, I'm going for a more masculine appeal. I just love this stamp set by Kate Leitch too! Come along, let's craft some fun pieces for the guys in our lives!

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