Fracture Cards

 Sue here today.

Pattern paper is the star of the show for today.

There are lots of things to do with pattern papers so today I'm showing you what are called Fracture cards.  It's a fun way to use double or single sided pattern papers.

Sometimes I get stumped on how to use all those beautiful pattern papers on my cards.  This card idea is fun and addictive.

See this idea and more at my blog here.

stamps and products used on these cards

Blank Page Muse Butterfly Breezes clear stamp set

Blank Page Muse Tattered & Worn and Masquerade  double sided papers by Pam Bray designs

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(FOR MAY 8) Clean and Simple Strawberry Get Well Card

 Hello from design team member, Heidi.  I hope you are having a nice springtime.  I was in a clean and simple mood today!

I love this strawberry border stamp and it is so easy to color and cut out.  The I Brake for Stamps store has a good selection of border stamps to choose from!  You can find them here.

I simply added a little border of patterned paper to the bottom, and matted the cardfront in red cardstock.  I think it is going to work great for my friend who recently broke her leg. 

Strawberry Border Stamp

Sentiment from Everyday Phrases

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More Stencil Butters & Projects

 Hello again from design team member, Heidi!

I am making more projects with the Stencil Butters that are available in the Blank Page Muse store.  Part of this post will be me playing around with them and then I will use a couple of the backgrounds for projects.  

The first thing I did was to stencil over some of the Pam Bray patterned papers.  These papers are definitely thick enough to stand up to the stencil paste.  I really liked the nice opaque coverage. 

I then stenciled some of the apricot colored paste of the paper bag my order came in.  I messed up and a bunch got under the edge of the stencil.  So I went over it again with a metallic gold paste.  This one looks really cool in person and I plan to use it!

As I was going along, I randomly was using some excess paste onto scrap paper (this is the back of an order sheet, so just regular copy paper).  It was looking like this in the end, so I decided to thin out some of the red paste and just paint over the top. (This is one of the neat things about the paste, you can watercolor with it!) I wiped the excess off with a wipe and the parts that were dry resisted the paint and I think this is the coolest background.  You can see the result in the finished piece below.

The top piece is a home décor item that I finished using Ephemera from Pam Bray’s Masquerade line. 

The stamps for the finished card are from the Woodland Stamp set and Petals and Flowers stamp set, both in the Blank Page Muse shop.

I hope this gave you and idea of some different ways to use your stencil butters!  I will be back with more ideas another day.  Right now, I ‘d better go clean off my craft desk!  Have a great day!

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Let's Make Backgrounds!

 Hi Creative Fans!

Today I'm sharing a background idea - works for journal pages, card fronts, index cards, atc's - really whatever you want to create!

The best thing is that you can use up your patterned paper scraps and as you know I hate throwing any pretty bit of paper away!

There are some wonderful patterned paper pads available in store designed by Pam Bray - I save all the left over bits for using as backgrounds - it's quick and easy and looks effective - minimal supplies required so everyone can do this!

CLICK HERE to see the paper packs in store!

Gather your paper scraps - works best with all different sized pieces - grab your backing item whether it be a journal page or card front - you can use "mop up" pages and pieces of card - gives some extra grunge and interest to the page. My journal page had been used to "clean" excess paint from my brayer so I had some colour on the background.

If you have a plain page you might want to gesso it.

Adhere your scraps over the page - use glue or gel medium whatever is your fav!

Rub white gesso or paint over the patterned papers to dull out the colors - just a really thin layer - I use my fingers because it allows the layer to be thin and translucent! And then grab a charcoal pencil and color all around the edges of the patterned paper, smudge with your finger - love the dimension this adds. You now have a great background to add a focal stamp, sentiment and any other embellishments you like!

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Quick cards with Ephemera and Patterned Paper!

 Hello from Design Team member, Heidi!  I would love to share with you some cards I made with the *new* Masquerade Ephemera Pack and 6x6 Patterned paper pack.  

I did use a die and a stamp, just for finishing touches, but there are simply so many combinations to play with with the Ephemera and patterned paper. I made these cards in no time, I am sure it was less than an hour after my package arrived.  It was so fun to make these no-stress cards!

You can find these at the Blank Page Muse store.  

Masquerade Ephemera

Masquerade Patterned paper

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