Guest Designer Jenn Durand~ Hap-bee Birthday!

Hap-bee birthday!

Hello everyone! This is Jenn and I’m here for my first Blank Page Muse blog entry. I’m going to show you how I made this HAP-BEE BIRTHDAY card using the Flowers and Leaves Border Art designed by Pam Bray and Bee Line Art Drawing stamp designed by Pam Bray.

 

I began by creating a background with Tumbled Glass and Peeled Paint Distress Spray Stains from Ranger Ink.

 

Next, I stamped the Flowers and Leaves Border Art stamp twice with Memento ink in Tuxedo Black.

I stamped the Bee Line Art Drawing three times and fussy cut. Once cut out, I colored the bees with a Cadmuim Yellow Copic marker and added some Nuvo Glitter Drops in White Blizzard for a little sparkle. I put a tiny, little drop on each wing and spread it around with a toothpick (high-tech crafting, right?).

I decided to spread the joy of sparkle (who doesn’t love a little sparkle?) by adding some of the Nuvo Glitter Drops to the Flowers and Leaves stamped images. I put a couple drops on a craft sheet and used the handy toothpick again, this time by picking up some of the liquid and putting in on the flowers.

I got a label maker in a white elephant gift exchange this past Christmas so I put it to use by making a custom sentiment (HAP-BEE BIRTHDAY!). I actually stole it (in the gift exchange, not in real life) and everyone seemed confused that I would steal a label maker when there were so many other gifts to be had, but I knew I could use it in my crafts!

Finally, I put everything together. I used foam tape to give the bees some dimension. The card panel was layered with a black panel and adhered to the card.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog! Hope to see you again soon!

Jenn
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Chevron Clowns Birthday Greetings

Greetings!   I am so excited to be playing with this month's challenge theme - Birthday Cards.  I am playing with the  Blank Page Muse Clown & Pierrot Set Art Rubber Stamps designed by Rick St Dennis.  There are so many fun images in this set.  For this Card I decided to add some accents from the Blank Page Muse Fall is in the Air Planner CLEAR Stamps designed by Pam Bray Designs.  Yep!  you read that right! I used planner stamps on my card!  

Supplies needed

Blank Page Muse Clown & Pierrot Set Art Rubber Stamps designed by Rick St Dennis

Blank Page Muse Fall is in the Air Planner CLEAR Stamps designed by Pam Bray Designs

Card Stock

 Memento Ink

Alcohol Markers

Sticker greeting

Start by stamping the clown from the Blank Page Muse Clown & Pierrot Set Art Rubber Stamps designed by Rick St Dennis.  Stamp Chevron from Blank Page Muse Fall is in the Air Planner CLEAR Stamps designed by Pam Bray Designs multiple times for accent. 

Color images as desired.

Mat onto card stock and add sticker greeting to finish. 

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Make a Wish........

Hello Blank Page Muse Stamps Fans!!!

Here we are already into the new year!

Are you enjoying our "Happy Birthday" theme so far this month?

A great theme to start 2020 with lots of inspirational ways to use your BPM Stamps!

I'm particularly excited because January is my birthday month so I've been having a lot of fun creating my blog posts!

Today I am sharing some gift tags using BPM Stamps and some quirky collage elements. I love that these have a rustic and sort of messy feel to them.

Not only do these tags fir perfectly with our challenge theme this month but can also be adapted for Xmas and any other occasion - "Making a Wish" really relates to any occasion and we can always do with a guardian angel!

Hope you enjoy my post today!

Supplies:
Blank Page Muse Stamp: "Make a Wish" from Dandelion Wishes with Butterflies Stamp Set
Blank Page Muse Stamp: "Stars"
Collage Angels: Art Tea Life Collage Sheet used for these Tags
Manila Tags
Chalk Paints
Embossing Ink & Gold Embossing Powder
Black Archival Ink Pad & Scrap White Textured Paper
General: heat gun, scissors, glue, spatula
Extras: Smooch Gold Ink, Scrap muslin or gauze, ribbon or twine

Instructions:

Gather your bits & pieces - grab multiples and make several tags in the one sitting!

Start by painting the tags. Use a spatula to scrape "blobs" of the coloured chalk paints onto the background.  Allow to dry. Note: I love using a spatula because I am too lazy to clean a paintbrush and I love the messy rustic look!

Using the embossing ink pad and star stamp on the tag backgrounds emboss with gold powder. No need to be neat! Use the black archival ink pad to stamp "Make a Wish" onto white paper and tear out.

Edge the tags with gold Smooch and allow to dry. Arrange the collage angels, wording and gauze on the tags and adhere with glue. Tie a piece of ribbon or twine to the tag tops and you are done!

Happy Stamping!

Sharon

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Seeking a Few Guest Designers for Guest Posts in 2020

Hello!
Thanks so much for stopping by! While you're here take a look around. If you like what you see and would like to possibly join us as a Guest Designer, reach out to us. We would love to hear from you!

We look for people that can write clearly about how they make projects, not just cards but anything you love to stamp! You need to be able to take bright and clear photos and be able to make our stamps the STAR of the project.

Email me at blankpagemuse@gmail.com or us the contact form on the sidebar.

Hope to hear from you soon!

Happy Birthday~Easy DIY Card~ Challenge Link is Open!

Hey There wonderful Muse Fans!

Happy Friday and thanks so much for coming by today!

It's Kim today and I have a quick and easy Birthday card idea to share and want to remind you that today the Creative Challenge link is open! The rules are HERE and the link is below. It'll be added to the sidebar ASAP as well. Basically come on back and link up your NEW Birthday card or project using rubber or clear stamps, which need to be the STAR of the show! The stamps don't have to be ours but we'd love it if they were. The link is open until the 5th of February, Midnight Pacific time. Come back on February 9th when we announce the winner!

Here's my easy peasy DIY card I made using some papers I already had in my box o' backgrounds! I love making backgrounds and cannot stand to toss scraps and... is anyone in agreements with me? I love to keep them and it takes awhile sometimes before I can bring myself to use them!

That's one stash!

I looked through my box and pulled out some pieces that I liked today.

Those choices help set the colors for the card. To add interest and texture I tore strips from the paper. This is just like Kelly Parker did in here post HERE Paper strips are so amazing and fun to layer up!

Pick a stamp and proceed to stamp all over one of the torn paper strips. Remember is does not have to be perfectly spaced or stamped. Casual is just fine. I picked our Daisy stamp. You might recognize it from my last project, HERE

Place the stamped torn paper strip wherever you like, to me if felt most comfortable on the left side. Then tear the bottom and top to be even to the edges of the base.

I used a small photobooth style stamp and stamped on another scrap of book page. Most of my stamps are not mounted. I just use double stick tape on the block, it stamps great! 

Add some more small stamping to the photobooth stamp and use the same stamp on the background, randomly. I used this flower stamp in purple for a bright touch.

I stamped Happy Birthday on another book page scrap a couple of times then picked the one I liked the best. I used the Happy Birthday from Pam's Llama plate, HERE

I used thin tape runner pieces to attach everything once I felt good about the layout.

I decided to add a little sparkle with some washi and rhinestones.

I hope you like it and that you feel inspired to play with your stamps and paper stash! Come back and share what you've made we'd love to see it!

Have an amazing day!

Clowning Around Birthday Card

Greetings and happy New Year!   I am so excited to be playing with this month's challenge theme - Birthday Cards.  Now I know a lot of people are a bit troubled by clowns.  I am not one of them.  I love them.  Here is a little secret!  My dad used to be a Shriner Clown.  He even road around on a little motor bike in parades.  So when I saw the Blank Page Muse Clown & Pierrot Set Art Rubber Stamps designed by Rick St Dennis I knew I needed them!  And I decided to create a pretty clown for my card.

Supplies needed

Blank Page Muse Clown & Pierrot Set Art Rubber Stamps designed by Rick St Dennis

Card Stock

Patterned Paper

Chipboard Frame

Ink or paint to color frame

 Memento Ink

Alcohol Markers

printed tag

Glitter glue

Start by stamping the clown from the Blank Page Muse Clown & Pierrot Set Art Rubber Stamps designed by Rick St Dennis.  Color your image as desired.  

Adhere Patterned paper to coordinating card stock.  Ink frame to match. 

Adhere pre-printed tag to chipboard frame. 

 Attach framed tag and clown to card.  Add glitter glue to patterned paper to finish card.


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Happy New Year! Welcome 2020! New Year, New Challenge!

Happy New Year!

From all of us to you and yours, we wish you a joyful year filled with crafty happiness!

This year at Blank Page Muse, we have a few new things to inspire you as well as some amazing crafty goodness to share on these pages all year long! We'll continue to bring you some amazing projects crafted by our Inspiration Muse Teams, the Rubber Stamp Team and Planner Team. So check back often to see what's new!

We have some treats in store with some fabulously talented Guest Designers, we can't wait to share what they create! And of course some super fun new stamps!

January 15, 2020, Bella Crafts Publishing will be doing a Facebook Live using our rubber stamps. We'll post more details when we get them. In the meantime, we'd love it if you liked and followed Bella Crafts, tell them Blank Page Muse sent you :) Here's their link, Bella Crafts Publishing. A little birdie tells me there is a giveaway involved to those that watch and comment.

Speaking of giveaways, we are proud to sponsor a couple of fantastic giveaways at the Stamp and Scrapbook Expo Blog, so make sure to check back here and our Facebook Fan Group to learn the dates. Blank Page Muse Fan Group  The wonderful folks at the Stamp & Scrapbook Expo can be found HERE.

We will be selling at two Stamp and Scrapbooks Expo shows this year, this April in Pomona, California and next Fall in Ontario, California! We can't wait to meet all of you!

Wrapping up this post, we are bringing back our Creative Challenge!! Yay!! The rules can be found HERE and at the top of the blog.

Here's how it goes, on the first of the month we'll post the theme you need to follow. Then on the 10th of each month the link up tool will be active and ready for you to share your makes. The projects must be new, follow the theme and must use physical stamps, clear or rubber. We'd love it if they were our stamps, but we're open to any stamps, just no digis. The physical stamps must be the star of the show. The challenge runs to the 5th of the next month. The winner will be announced on the 9th before the new link up opens.

Enough words now! Thanks for reading this far!

The theme for January 2020 is......... BIRTHDAY!

Blank Page Muse Stamps used:

Butterfly

Daisy

Happy Birthday

Crafted by me, Kim, using Distress Inks, stencils, Derwent Inktense blocks and pencils.

Grab our badge for your blog and come back on the 10th to link up your hand stamped Birthday project and it doesn't need to be a card :)

Happy New Year Crafty Friends!

Have an amazing day,

Kim