Day of the Dead Banner

Hello! I created a banner using two sugar skull stamps from Blank Page Muse in preparation for the Day of the Dead which is celebrated on November 1 to November 2. 

The Blank Page Muse stamps I used are:

• Sugar Skull Male Mustache Day of the Dead Art Rubber Stamp
  
• Sugar Skull Floral Flourish Day of the Dead Art Rubber Stamp
  

I prepped a black cardstock with an anti-static tool before stamping the image using an embossing ink. This step limits the amount of stray powder on the cardstock. 

I poured embossing powder to the inked panel. I am using different neon colored embossing powders. I brushed off any stray embossing powder using a dry paint brush.

Using a heat tool, I melted the embossing powder. I usually start with the heat gun pointed towards the back of the powdered image. This somehow prevents the powder from being blown off. After which, I melted the rest of the powder with the heat gun pointed directly on the powdered image. Make sure to move the heat gun frequently to prevent over melting the embossing powder. 

I wiped off the anti-static powder from the embossed panel with a dry cloth. I fussy cut the image leaving a small border around it. 

I added details to the embossed image with neon gel pens. 

I added gems to the eyes keeping the colors the same for a monochromatic look.

I temporarily adhered the skulls to a trim with a piece of tape. To make this permanent, use a glue gun to adhere the skulls to the trim.

You can create more skulls depending on how much you need to decorate your home. 

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Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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Using Digital Paper to Create a 3D Embellishment

Hello! Welcome back to the BPM blog. I am glad you are here. Do you remember the time in crafting when rosettes were on trend? I remember creating a lot of it back then. Remember when you have to score the paper evenly, mountain and valley fold it, and use a glue gun to keep the rosettes form? Nowadays, creating rosettes are easier than it used to be especially with the creation of specialty dies that cut and score the paper for you. Not only that. Rosettes are not limited to the circular rosettes anymore. There are dies that create shaped ones just like the one that I used on today's project. 

I used an image from the Blank Page Muse Vibrant Spring Digital Paper Bundle. This bundle includes a sheet of ephemera, a sheet of tabbed dividers, both plain and printed; and a sheet of digital paper. I am using one of the digital papers in this bundle. 

After I printed the digital paper to the same size as the butterfly rosette die, I die cut the paper using the die. I folded the paper using the scored lines as a guide. I used a bone folder after each fold to make the fold lines crisp. 

I used a glitter and a holographic paper for the butterfly's body. I embellished the butterfly's body with gems. 

There are lots of uses for this butterfly rosette. It can be used to embellish a card, a gift, a mobile, a wreath, a flower bouquet...the possibilities are endless.  

I hope you like today's project. Please visit my blog, Maria Giselle's Creative Cuts, for more details. 

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Halloween Banner

Hello! Welcome back to the BPM blog! Do you decorate your house for Halloween? Today's project is something you can create and add to your Halloween decor.

I used the tag from the Blank Page Muse Creepy Cute Halloween Digital Papers. A lot of possibilities for this set. Don't think that you are limited to using this set for Halloween only. There are some printables that can be used all year round. 

The tags sheets include 6-7 tags in a sheet. Since I am using a particular tag, I cropped this tag to remove the rest of the tag. I re-sized the tag to fit 8 tags in an 8 1/2" x 11" light weight white cardstock. This is one of the perks of using a digital image. You can change it's size depending on your crafty need.

I adhered a black cardstock on the back of the tags to give it more stability since I used a light weight paper to print the tag on. I die cut the tags with a tag die. I added some stitched die cuts letters for the greeting.

To embellish the tag, I added a looped metallic gold embroidery floss and Halloween sequins. I clipped the tags to a twine using clothespins. 

Feel free to customize this project by using another printable tag or using a different greeting or create a banner for a different occasion. There are plenty of designs to chose from in this set. 

I hope you like today's project. Please visit my blog, Maria Giselle's Creative Cuts, for project details. 

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Thank you for visiting. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Halloween Ornament "Dead Men tell No Tales"

"Hi all, Monique here.

Halloween is getting near so its time to start working on decoration!

Supply list:

From Sin City Stamps

- Halloween Bingo Rubber stamp set and Halloween Takes flight set

Black waterproof stamp ink

Acrylic paint in neon orange, black and neon orange glitter

Wooden frame (mine is house shaped but any shape will do)

pencil and scissors

plastic Skull bead

black Ribbon

cardstock

glue

foam dots

Step 1 : Paint the frame orange (my frame had a heart in it so I removed that first).
 Take a piece of cardstock big enough to fit the frame and paint that orange too.
 When paint on the frame is dry add orange glitter paint over it.

Step2: Use the grave stamp and black ink to make an impression on the painted cardstock

Step 3:Use the frame and pencil to make outlines on the cardstock and cut it to fit the frame.

Step 4: Make an impression on the remaining orange cardstock using the owl stamp and black ink.

Then cut out the Owl .

Step 5: Take a piece of black ribbon and add the skull bead, attache the ribbon to the top of the frame. 

 Step 6: Adhere the frame to the stamped piece of cardstock.

 Step 7: Paint the edges of the frame black.

 Step 8: Stamp "Dead men tell no tales " on a piece of the orange cardstock

 Step 9: Cut the words apart , ink the edges and add foam dots to the back of the words.

Step 10: Adhere the words to the back ground and the owl to the frame.

Have fun making Halloween decorations!
Sin City has some fabulous Halloween stamps so check them out in the Halloween section of the store here.

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