Faux Stained Glass Luminary

Hello! Welcome back to the Blank Page Muse Blog. For today's post, I created a Christmas home decor using the following BPM products:

• Christmas Stained Glass stamp
  
• Vintage Gingerbread Christmas Papers - Festive Holiday Printables Digital Papers
  

I also used an upcycled acetate. 

I temporarily adhered the stamp to a stamping tool using a washable glue stick. 

I prepped the acetate for stamping by rubbing an anti-static tool over it. This is very vital in keeping the embossing powder from sticking to other areas other than the sticky ink. The dirt you see on the photo above is not on the acetate. It is my well loved and used sticky mat which I use to keep the material I will be stamping on in place.

I inked the stamp with an embossing ink.

I used a stamping press to evenly transfer the ink to the acetate. I missed some parts to which I just lightly pressed with my fingers. It might be hard to see the transferred ink with it being clear on an acetate but I just looked from side to side and tilted the stamping tool to the light so I can examine the impression. That is the best thing about using a stamping tool, you can restamp the image with precision.

I poured embossing powder to the sticky ink. I used a platinum embossing powder.

I heat set the powder making sure that I gave the heating tool a good start before directing the heat to the powder. I moved the heat tool constantly to avoid warping the acetate and avoid overheating the powder.

This is how the image looks when embossed.

I colored on the reverse side (unembossed side) of the image I used Tim Holtz Distress Crayons. You don't need a lot of pigment when using this medium.

I spread the color towards the rest of the image using my finger.

The crayons added a very faint, transluscent color to the stamped image.

This is how the colored image looks on a dark background.

I painted a shimmer liquid on the background but this remained wet despite setting it aside for a while. I painted a thin layer of glitter glue over it. I set this aside to dry.

I printed one of the full digital papers on a white 80 lb cardstock. I resized this digital print to 8 1/2" x 6". The program you are using might re-size this digital image for printing. I used Word for Windows which printed it at 8" x 6" despite setting it to 8 1/2" x 6".

I trimmed off the white areas from the printed area. I scored the paper at 3 3/4" and 7 1/2".

I folded the paper on the scored line and reinforced this fold with a bone folder.

 

I positioned the stamp on one of the folds, centered on the sides and closer to the bottom. I stamped the image on this fold using a black dye ink.

Just like when I stamped with the embossing ink, I used a stamp press to evenly transfer the image to the paper. If there are missed spots, I used my fingers to lightly press that area of the stamp.

This is how the image looks stamped on the printed digital paper using black dye ink.

I restamped the image on the other fold panel. This is another great thing about using a stamp positioner. I am assured that it will be stamped on the same place like the other panel.

This is one of the craft knives I used to cut the image and create a window. One important thing when using a craft knife is that it should be sharp to prevent an uneven cut. The other craft knife I used is not a rotating one.

I switched to the scissors at one point since I was getting more uneven cuts using the craft knife.

I used a nail file to smoothen any rough cut edges.

Aside from the embossed images on acetate, I have four more stamped images on digitally printed paper which I will save for future use.

I added double adhesive tape lining up the window. 

I added liquid glue around the double adhesive tape.

I adhered the acetate to the window with the embossed side down (outward toward the printed area). I made sure the design is aligned with the window cut.

I added liquid glue to the 1/2" tab.

I connected the folded panels together, lining it up with each other. 

 

I used a color changing tea light on the above photo which gave a different look when the room light was turned off. I love the effect especially when the tea light turned blue. The light I used on the first photo is a fairy light which I wished was the twinkling kind. Which of the two do you like more?

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Maria Giselle B.

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Poe Houses

 Hi everyone,

 it's Monique here with a home deco project to show you. 

I love making these kind of houses, for any season or just for fun, and because it's almost Halloween I thought have them inspired / themed by Edgar Allan Poe, the Raven.

Supply list:

Blank Page Muse stamps: 

Classic Poe RSD Poe 1 (by Rick St. Dennis)

Poe with Name RSD Poe 2 (by Rick St. Dennis)

Dri bonez (by Rick St. Dennis)

Halloween on a shelf

Distress ink in Faded Jeans, dusty Concord and black Soot

Archival Ink in Jet Black

Sizzix die 661819 Tiny Houses (or just make them yourself)

white cardstock and glue

All instructions are in the video below:

Here some more pictures from all side of the houses

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Guest Designer Jenn ~ Home Decor Anything But a Card Challenge

Hello everyone! I'm so happy to be back on the blog today with this month's theme of Not a Card.

I created a little piece of home decor—something you could put on a desk or a shelf or anywhere really!

I started with a small wooden pot that I picked up at a local craft store.

I painted it with some acrylic paint in yellow and a sort of raspberry color. I am really into this color palette lately. I like how the colors combine to make orange so you really end up with three colors. (At the last minute, I added some Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide Ink and a little white paint as well. You can see that in the pictures at the end.)

Once the pot was dry, I stamped all sides of it with the gorgeous Fancy Curls & Flowers Flourish Art Rubber Stamp by Terri Sproul. I love this stamp!!

Next, I stamped the Bird Open Wings Patterned Art Rubber Stamp with black ink and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. Once I fussy cut it, I colored it with Distress Oxide Ink in Mustard Seed and Picked Raspberry. I ended up cutting the bird shape on another piece of paper and coloring that with Distress Oxide Ink as well. I needed to be able to hide the wire I was going to use to hold up the bird. (A photo of that is at the end.)

I got a piece of floral wire, cut it to length, and wrapped it in washi tape.

Then I took my stamped, embossed, and colored bird along with my plain bird shape and put them together on the wire using mounting tape. I put a small piece of floral foam in the bottom of the pot and put the wire in.

I added some Spanish moss and dabbed it with some white paint for a little contrast.

Finally, I stamped the Dare to Fly Small Word Art Stamp on white paper, cut it to size, layered it with black paper, and adhered it to the pot.

I really enjoyed making this! It was just the right project to welcome spring.

This is my last post for a bit while I deal with some medical issues. I hope to be back in a couple of months. In the meantime, stay safe and healthy and kind. Remember, we're all in this together!

-Jenn

@littlejennvirginian

@paperchicks


Thanks so much Jenn! All our thoughts and best wishes to you! Please find the link to the challenge either up top or to the side!