Hugs w/Blank Page Muse

Hi there, creative friends.  Thanks for stopping by my blog today to take a peek at this fun card I created for Blank Page Muse using some of their wonderful stamps and products.  I've been making and sharing a lot of Christmas cards lately, as I'm sure you can likely relate.  So it was really fun to grab this awesome Birthday set from Blank Page Muse to create an all-purpose card.

I used various patterned paper scraps to create my base and I machine stitched them together.  So pretty!  Next, I used a small piece of white watercolor paper to cut a focal spot using Crimped Frame Dies from The Greetery.  I stencilled the background of that piece with various ink colors using the Butterfly Trails Circle Stencil from Blank Page Muse.  I moved around and repositioned this cool Circle Stencil with each different color of ink.

The HUGS sentiment, that gorgeous flower (dandelion) image that I stamped twice, and the two different butterflies are all found in the Pam Bray Special Day - Birthday Hugs Stamp Set.  I absolutely LOVE all the stamps in this awesome set.  I've used it on so many different cards.  By stamping the different images in various ink colors over the stencilled background, I was able to grab some of the colors found in my patterned paper.

When I say that Blank Page Muse literally has HUNDREDS of amazing stamps, I"m not exaggerating in the least.  They really do have hundreds, and they are so super cool.  This allows you to let your creativity run wild.  When I pull out Blank Page Muse stamps, I can always find my creativity taking wings.  I hope you'll stop by Blank Page Muse to take a look around.  Thanks for visiting me.

I'm sharing my card here:

Stencil Fun Challenge Blog - December: Christmas/Anything Goes - I didn't create a Christmas card for this challenge, but I did use a fun Butterfly Trails stencil from Blank Page Muse.

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge Blog - Challenge #2350 - Anything Goes - Entry 3/3

Triple B Challenge Blog - Birds, Butterflies and Blooms - My card has butterflies and blooms.  I was inspired by the black (darker) butterflies in the photo and made my butterflies dark to reflect that.

Keep on crafting and have a BLESSED Christmas.

Blessings,

Karen

Thinking About You w/Blank Page Muse

Welcome by again, friends.  Today I'm posting for Blank Page Muse and sharing another beautiful card using some of their amazing stamps.  For this card, I made "a return to retro rubber", and I loved it.  By choosing to purchase my stamps in retro rubber, I was able to save a lot of money.  I was still able to use the stamps in my Misti just like I do with acrylic stamps.

I used a piece of patterned paper as my card base.  It's a piece of blue from the Crate Paper Pretty Party line.  Next, I used a piece of white watercolor paper to create all those wonderful layers of stamped goodness.  First I stamped the background using Hickory Smoke Oxide Ink and the Handwritten Notes Stamp (in rubber).  Next, I stamped the Twin Grungy Overlapped Hearts (rubber) three times in Spun Sugar Oxide Ink and Raspberry Oxide Ink.  I fussy cut all the hearts and attached them to my base.

I stamped the DARLING Bird w/Small Butterflies (rubber) two times in Speckled Egg Oxide Ink and I fussy cut those as well.  I attached them to my growing card base.  The final layer was the sentiment (Thinking About You) which is found in the Special Day Stamps - Birthday Hugs Stamp Set (acrylic).  I attached the sentiment with 3-D foam squares.

This really is a very simple card to create.  Buying stamps in rubber is a real money saver and it allows you to get more product for the buck.  And like I said, they work in my Misti just fine as you can see.  I don't stamp without my Misti anymore.  I love how it allows me to hit it more than once in the exact same spot making the ink nice and wet.  It's FUN using Blank Page Muse stamps and I really like what I've been able to create with them.  I hope you'll check it out.

I'm sharing my card here:

Triple B Challenge Blog - Birds, Butterflies and Blooms - I'm featuring my gorgeous BIRDS and butterflies on this card.  These gorgeous stamped birds actually have BUTTERFLIES inside them.  How cool is that?

Blessings,

Karen