Ink Smooshing Steampunk Card

Hello BPM Fans! Betty back with another Steampunk card. I love playing with Distress Inks and playing with different color combinations. My favorite technique to do using Distress Inks is ink smooshing, especially for making steampunk and vintage cards. Each time I ink smoosh, I get a different result. 

Today's card is one of my favorites since the ink smooshing is paired up with  one of my favorite large stamps from Blank Page Muse called Bingo Collage Art Rubber Stamp. This stamp fits perfectly on an A2 size card. 

I invite you to visit my blog for details on how to make this card. I have step-by-step instructions, including photos.

Looking for more Inspiration? Click the links below!

The Blank Page Muse Shop https://blankpagemuse.com/

FB Fan Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/bla...

Instagram - Shop https://www.instagram.com/blankpage...

Instagram - Blog https://www.instagram.com/blankpage...

Twitter https://twitter.com/BlankPageMuse
 Pintrest https://www.pinterest.com/blankpage...

Steampunk Card - Distance is just a test...

Hello BPM Fans! It's Betty here with a steampunk card. I donate many of my cards to the Cards for Soldiers Program. The majority of them are birthday, missing you, holiday, and get well cards. The soldiers that are in long distance relationships may need some long distance love cards so I created this card.

I wanted my card to keep with this month's theme, "Steampunk." This card uses stamps from Blank Page Muse's Vintage Transportation Steampunk Art Rubber Stamp Sheet set. This set comes with many stamps and sentiments.  You can make other occasion cards by just changing it to another sentiment. I also used a couple of background stamps from the  Background Grunge Art Rubber Stamp Sheet designed by Pam Bray. 

Please visit my blog for a complete tutorial on how to make this card. 

        The Blank Page Muse Shop https://blankpagemuse.com/

FB Fan Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/bla...

Instagram - Shop https://www.instagram.com/blankpage...

Instagram - Blog https://www.instagram.com/blankpage...

Twitter https://twitter.com/BlankPageMuse

Pintrest https://www.pinterest.com/blankpage...

 

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.

Blank Page Muse Shop

BPM FB Fan Page

BPM Instagram-Shop

BPM Instagram- Blog

BPM Twitter

BPM Pinterest

More ideas & crafts by Mercy

Want an extra 15% off on your next order? Use this code on your order! Good until June 1, 2019. BPMDtMercy2019

Father Card

Hello Crafty Friends,

Marie-Christine with you today with a mixed media Father card.

BMP Rubber Stamps used:

Words by Jane Man and Woman Figures Sentiments Rubber  Art Stamp Sheet

Father Script Word Art Rubber Stamp

(Shop now and save! Use code BPMDtMarieChristine2019 to save %15 off your total order!)

Other Supplies

Watercolor paper

Stencil

Masking Tape

Vintage Image

Distress Oxide

Steampunk embellishments

Wood Embellishment

Cut out a rectangle in watercolor paper. Adhere a few pieces of pages from an old book and apply gesso on it.

When the gesso is dry, apply some green  Distress oxide with two stencils and spray a little water on it to give the effect of watercolor.

Then, stamp the writing and the wings.

you can now adhere your vintage character and other embellishments. The title is stamped on a piece of watercolor paper inked in green.

Here is the result!

Hope you have enjoyed my tutorial!

Thank you for visiting!

Marie-Christine Denis

Inspiration Team Member

Follow us 

The Blank Page Muse- https://blankpagemuse.com/

FB Fan Page-  https://www.facebook.com/groups/blankpagemuse/

Instagram Shop-  https://www.instagram.com/blankpagemuse/

Instagram Blog-  https://www.instagram.com/blankpagemuseblog/

Twitter-  https://twitter.com/BlankPageMuse

Pintrest- https://www.pinterest.com/blankpagemuse/boards/

Steampunk Wings

Cathy N here with a steampunk card for you.
I like doing steampunk because you can add different elements together and they all work some how.

Stamps Used:
1887
Sketchy Doodle Bricks by Pam Bray
Concentric Circles by Cathy Frailey
Vintage Steampunk man

Other Supplies:
Kraft cardstock
Black cardstock
Brown cardstock
Purple cardstock

Clock key cutout
Steampunk gears die
Black paint
Colored wax rubs
Colored pencils
Black ink
Brown ink


Paint the clock key black, then cover with colored waxes.

Stamp Vintage Steampunk man on Kraft cardstock with black ink.  

 Randomly stamp Concentric Circles by Cathy Frailey with a brown ink in the background. Making sure you don't go over the Vintage Steampunk man .

 Also take Sketchy Doodle Bricks by Pam Bray and randomly stamp all over the background.

 Take your steampunk gears die and some black card stock and cut some gears out of it and add it to the Kraft cardstock.

 Take the same colored waxes you used on the clock key and rub them over the steampunk gears. Color the  Vintage Steampunk man with colored pencils.

Edge the whole Kraft panel with some black ink and stamp 1887 in spots. Mount the clock key to the middle of the Vintage Steampunk man. Layer on purple cardstock then on a dark brown card base.

Please come join the fun at these different spots.
The Blank Page Muse- https://blankpagemuse.com/

FB Fan Page-  https://www.facebook.com/groups/blankpagemuse/

Instagram Shop-  https://www.instagram.com/blankpagemuse/

Instagram Blog-  https://www.instagram.com/blankpagemuseblog/

Twitter-  https://twitter.com/BlankPageMuse

Pintrest- https://www.pinterest.com/blankpagemuse/boards/