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Friday, February 5, 2021

You Octopi My Heart

I just love making little candy envelopes!

I found the template by searching online for printable candy boxes.
Not only is this perfect for candy but will work for little toys and other small gifts.

Rubber stamps used:

Midnight Collection Creepy Cute Sea Stamp set by Dead Sea Toons This set is so cute

Day of the Dead Sugar Skulls and Scared Heart Stamps set by Donna Gray I used the heart from these set

Additional items needed:

Imagination
Scissors
Alcohol markers
ink- Palette, hybrid acid free
Cardstock
Craft Foam
Beacon's Craft glue 3 in 1
Washi tape

So for this project I really just wanted to play with the heart. I'm still new to stamping so I don't have lots of hearts to choose from. I used some washi tape to block around the stamp.
It kind of worked, maybe.... It really didn't matter since I was going to be cutting it out later. ☺

Pro tip Keep a wet paper towel at your desk when stamping

to clean the ink off before it dries.

I glued my stamped paper to craft foam and then trimmed away the excess.

Now is the time to add the washi tape to your candy envelope. Then grab your Beacon's craft glue 3 in 1 (or any glue that works with foam and paper) Glue everything in place and your done!

Hope you enjoyed my little candy envelopes.

If you have any questions feel free to message Lasheet and if you choose to make your candy envelopes tag her and Blank Page Muse.

Thank you, happy crafting!! ♥

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Monday, September 21, 2020

Vintage Couple on a Steampunk Stroll

Greetings, Chris here and today I am excited to share this art-sy page I created to play with this month's Steampunk challenge at Blank Page Muse. My vision was to imitate a romantic looking "art" piece except using steampunk images, all while playing with my new watercolor markers.

This project features

Blank Page Muse Up Up and Away Steampunk Airships Balloons Wings Art Rubber Stamp Set

Blank Page Muse Octopus Time! Steampunk Art Rubber Stamp Set

Blank Page Muse Vintage Steampunk Gentleman with Wings Line Art Rubber Stamp

Blank Page Muse Zebra towing an Airship Steampunk Art Rubber Stamp

Other supplies need to re-create this project:

Mixed media paper, card stock, alcohol markers, water brush, archival ink

Stamp images onto mixed media paper with archival ink.
I chose mixed media paper (instead of watercolor papers) for this project because the images have fine detail that tends to get muddied when stamping on textured watercolor paper.
When stamping the Blank Page Muse Zebra towing an Airship Steampunk Art Rubber Stamp, I masked off the zebra because I wasn't sure where my horizon line was going to end up.

Using watercolor markers, draw in your "lane". I did end up expanding my lane to the horizon.

Draw in hills and add ink to grassy areas. Blend with a water brush.

You can see the blended finished look.

Color in your couple as desired.

Color in and blend you sky and flying vehicles.
Add dots of red ink and soften by dabbing with a waterbrush to imitate the look of field of flowers.

I hope you are inspired to get creative with you stamps!

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Saturday, May 25, 2019

Octopus on Your Face Postcard

Check out this colorful and quick hot glue resist postcard from Stephanie!

It's bright and beautiful!

Let's see how she made this quick and easy card!

Octopus on Your Face Postcard

Blank Page Muse Stamps Used:

Octopus Time! Steampunk Art Stamp Set

Other Products used:

Pigment Powders

Spray Bottle

Glue Gun

Glue Sticks

Archival Ink Pad

White paint pen

She added a few drops of glue on her blank post card and let it dry.

She sprinkled a few various colored pigment powders onto the card.

Next, she spritzed with water, tilted and moved the paper around.

Allow the colors to mingle and mix.

Ink and stamp the BPM Octopus with the Top Hat in the lower right corner.

She finished the piece with a handwritten quote. Don't you just love the highly detailed octopus peeking out from the watery background?

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Sunday, May 19, 2019

Octopus AWAY!

Are you looking for a fun, masculine card to create for a special someone? This easy Steampunk themed greeting card is great for Father's Day or any day you want to surprise someone, or warn them of the impending octopus apocalypse (just kidding!).

Supplies:
Crackle Background Stamp
Small Cluster GeoMetric Stamp and Interlocking Circles from this set
Octopus Airship Stamp from this set
Black archival ink
White Pigment Ink
Various Scrap pieces of cardstock in white, purple-blue, blue-green,and yellow decorative patterned paper (in the example it was a Graphic45.
Adhesive
Foam Double-sided Tape
Small Star Embellishments
Scissors

Instructions:

Create the card base from the blue green paper. This one is a standard 5X7 sized card. Cut the decorative paper about 1/8" smaller than 5"X7" and cut the purple-blue card stock another 1/8th" smaller than that one. Using the black archival ink, stamp the crackle background first, then stamp the joined circles and the geometric cluster stamps randomly using the white pigment ink.

Stamp the Octopus Airship on the white card stock with the archival black ink. Allow to dry and color in with your choice of medium (watercolor pens, oxides, pencils, etc). Fussy cut out.

Layer the cards, adhering the patterned paper to the base card, then glue the decorative stamped blue card to the patterned paper (all should be centered). Attach the fussy cut image using foam tape at a slight angle. Add some star embellishments and you are done.

All ready to float away into an envelope.

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Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Steampunk Quick Card

Hello!

I’m glad you are here today.

I’d love to share with you a quick tip in using Blank page Muse Steampunk stamps and gelatos

to provide a easy distressed appearance.

Come along let’s get to crafting!

Product List:

Octopus Time! Steampunk Art

Open Weave Fishnet

Seth Apter Rocky Road embossing powder

Spectrum Noir: Watercolor paper

Fiber Castelle: Green gelato

Creative Embellishments: Frame

Creative Expressions: Oval Chipboard Frame

Hampton Art: Rhinestones

Tacky glue

Double-sided tape

1. Distress the edges of your paper using a pair of scissor or tool

2. Take your thin paint brush and run it across the gelato as if you are painting it.

3. Make sure the brush is dense with color.

You want the edges to be the darkest.

4. Begin with running your brush along the edges.

5. Now begin pulling the gelato, using your brush, from the edges of your tag inwards.

This is going to blend the color in the paper. (works just like distress ink)

6.Stamp the fishnet in black ink, tear the edges of the paper when done.
Use your double-sided tape to adhere the papers together
7. Heat emboss all your chipboard pieces
8. Attach all your altered embellishment to your tag using tacky glue

I do hope you enjoyed the fun quick tip today! Thank you for stopping by today!
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Tuesday, March 26, 2019

I wish I was an Octopus

Hello, for my tutorial today I am working with the theme "Under the Sea". I decided on an octopus-themed mixed media piece using the Octopus Sealife stamp from Blank Page Muse.

Blank Page Muse Stamps used in this project:

Octopus Sealife Rubber Stamp

Octopus Time! Steampunk Art Rubber Stamp Sheet Set SC91

Open Weave Fishnet Background Border Texture Red Rubber Stamp by Pam Bray Designs

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Other supplies used:

Gesso

Pebeo Acrylic Paint - Leather

jute twine

white tissue paper

washi tape

gel medium

matte medium

white cardstock

sand

washi tape

embossing ink

Baked Texture Artist Embossing Powder by Seth Apter & Emerald Creek -VINTAGE BEESWAX

Versafine Black Ink Pad

Faber Castell Gelatos - Butterscotch, Metallic Icing, Black

Jack Richeson Shiva Oil Paintstik, Iridescent Red

Apply a coat of gesso. When that is dry paint with acrylic paint. Leave an area lighter. This is where you will add the stamp.

Using gel medium, stick down the jute twine.

Place tissue over the jute and coat with matte medium.

Using gelatos, add some more color to the piece. Use the metallic icing to highlight the lighter area.

Stamp the octopus on the lighter area.

Add washi tape where you like.

Apply some gel medium to the base and cover with sand.

Use the net stamp to add more detail to the background and the Shiva Stick or another Gelato to add some highlights.

Darken the edges using a makeup sponge and black ink. Cover the stamped area and add a white paint splatter.

Stamp the quote on white cardstock, cut out and darken the edges before sticking on.

Coat the piece with embossing ink and sprinkle with the beeswax embossing powder.

Heat with an embossing gun to finish.

Wasn't that easy?

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Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Steampunk Birthday

Hello there my fellow crafty stamper friends! We here at Blank Page Muse are inspired by the nautical theme this month. So to continue the theme today I would love to share with you today to share a masculine steampunk birthday card!

Product List:

Blank Page Muse: Octopus Time! Steampunk Art

Blank Page Muse: Open Wave Fishnet

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Spectrum Noir: Watercolor paper

Ranger Ink: Texture paste & Archival Black Ink Pad

Tim Holtz: Distress Ink - Brushed Curdory

Canvas Corp Brands: Tattered Angels Shimmer Mist - Sapphire & Penny

The Paper Studio - Gears 3D sticker embellishments

Hampton Art - Brown rhinestones

Tacky Glue

1. Let's begin by creating our card. Get your paper out and get to cutting it to your desired size and folding it in half.

2. Once this is done, let's add some texture straight to the paper.

*Tip* I love this paper because, I can do pretty much any kind of mixed media art on its surface without it wilting and falling a part.

As you see in this photograph, I make sure to lay down a hefty layer of paste as to capture all the fun elements of my chosen background stamp.

3. While the texture is still soft take out any of your texture background stamps and begin stamping the texture. Once you are happy with the results let it dry.

4. While that's drying, take your stamped octopus image and distress it.

5. After your texture is dry spray your surface with your chosen paint sprays and watch the magic happen!

That image is just a delight to look at! All that golden shimmer!

6. Use your heat tool to dry the paint quicker so you can begin adding your elements.

7. Finish off your card by adding all your chosen embellishments using tacky glue.

*Hint* I always use tacky glue on the back of my glue dots and rhinestones to ensure that they won't fall off at a later date.

Voila! Here is the finished card and some close-ups.

I do hope you enjoyed your time here with me today in making this fun masculine steampunk card!

Thank you so much for popping in today! I will see you right here next time!