Let’s Make a Blackout Technique Card

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By Anna Escalada York

– For teachers, April and May are PACKED!! At this time of the year, it is hard for me to find the time to make elaborate cards, but I want to still be able to sit down and make a card in one sitting. So I turn to techniques that allow me to create something that are quick and easy but also are something to be proud of. This card features one of my go-tos for a quick but pretty card: the blackout technique. 

Skill: Intermediate 
Time: less than 1 hour 

Directions: 

Step 1: 
Use a paper trimmer to cut a piece of watercolor paper to be 5.5” x 4.25” (the size of an A2-sized card). Then spray one side a floral embossing folder with Rose Gold Shimmer Craft Spray and run the watercolor panel through the die cutting machine sandwiched between the two sides of the embossing folder. You will be using the debossed (indented) side of the embossed panel. Allow to dry. 

Step 2: 
Color the flowers with Tangelo Memento Dual Marker. Color the edges of the leaves and the stems with Teal Zeal Memento Dual Marker. Then watercolor over all parts of the leaves and the stems with Teal Zeal Memento Dual Marker mixed with water. Allow the water to dry and repeat the process a few times to help add depth to the centers of the leaves. 

Step 3: 
Gently run the Rose Bud Memento ink pad across the card. Because the flowers are indented, they will mostly not be colored with the ink, but the flat parts of the card will be. I liked that some of the areas were not colored with the ink but additional passes of the ink pad can give consistent, universal coverage. 

Spray Copper Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray onto a piece of acetate and watercolor smoosh the panel to add a little more sparkle. Lightly brush more of the copper spray on the leaves and allow the whole thing to dry. 

Step 4: 
Stamp the sentiment with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and heat emboss with clear embossing powder. Then die cut the sentiment with the corresponding die. Use the die cut to die cut two additional layers of scrap cardstock and glue them behind the sentiment die cut for dimension. 

Glue the sentiment onto the embossed card panel. 

Trim the edges of the embossed card panel and distress the edges with a pair of scissors. Trim a piece of black cardstock a little bit bigger than the pink embossed panel and glue the two layers together. Glue pink and orange sequins on the upper right and lower left corners of the card panel. To finish the card, glue the whole card panel onto a white A2-sized card base. 

Art Supplies 

Imagine 

Memento Dual Markers – Tangelo and Teal Zeal 
Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray – Copper and Rose Gold 
VersaFine Clair Ink – Nocturne 

Other 

Altenew – die set – Magnificent Magnolias 
Altenew – stamp set – Magnificent Magnolias 
Catherine Pooler – sequin mix – Miami 
Simon Says Stamp – embossing folder – Magnificent Mums 
Clear Embossing Powder 
Heat tool 
Glue 
Watercolor paper 
Black watercolor paper 

Happy Birthday Card with a Fresh Inking Technique

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By Katy Ingram

Hello Friends! Katy here with my latest video sharing a great way to use VersaFine Clair re-inkers on watercolor paper with felt pads and Isopropyl Alcohol, but I also share using an ink pad if you don’t have a re-inker. Video has all the details. Thanks for watching. 

Skill: intermediate, advanced
Time: 15 minutes

Art Supplies

Imagine Products

• VersaFine Clair – baby pink, cheerful, summertime
• Sheer Shimmer Spray – Sparkle

Other Products Used

• Watercolor Paper
• Tim Holtz Butterfly Dies
• Spellbinders Flowers & Foliage 3D folder
• The Greetery Arch Sentiments Stamp and Die Set
• 100 lb Accent Opaque Cardstock
• Spellbinders Oceanside cardstock
• Simon Says Stamp Sea Glass Cardstock
• Oplymio 167gsm Vellum
• Felt Pads
• Isopropyl Alcohol

Let’s Make a Mother’s Day Card

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By Helen Gullett

– Hello crafty friends! The special day to celebrate our mothers is here. We can celebrate them and show them love in many ways. But today, we are going to make a clean-and-simple handmade card for someone who has been a mother in our life.

Let’s get crafting!

Skill: Intermediate
Time: 15-20 Minutes

Direction:

Step 1
Cut out a piece of watercolor cardstock into 4×6 inch and put it on the stamping tool.
Stamp the mason jar bouquet image with VersaFine Onyx Black ink.

Step 2
Scribble some of the Memento Marker Summer Sky on the craft mat.
Pick up ink with a wet waterbrush and start painting the water in the jar.
Dry the paint in between to build up the layer of colors and shadow.

I used a waterbrush that can easily squish some water out to the brush, but you also can use any small round watercolor brush and clean water.
Always have a piece of clean paper towel nearby to dab off too much water.

Step 3
Scribble some of the Memento Marker Bamboo Leaves on the craft mat.
Pick up ink with a wet waterbrush and start painting the water in the jar.
Dry the paint in between to build up the layer of colors and shadow.

Step 4
Scribble some of the Memento Marker Rose Bud on the craft mat.
Pick up ink with a wet waterbrush and start painting the water in the jar.
Dry the paint in between to build up the layer of colors and shadow.

Step 5
Scribble some of the Memento Marker Cantaloupe on the craft mat.
Pick up ink with a wet waterbrush and start painting the water in the jar.
Dry the paint in between to build up the layer of colors and shadow.

Step 6
Scribble some of the Memento Marker Paris Dusk on the craft mat.
Pick up ink with a wet waterbrush and start painting the water in the jar.
Dry the paint in between to build up the layer of colors and shadow.

Step 7
Scribble some of the Memento Marker Grape Jelly on the craft mat.
Pick up ink with a wet waterbrush and start painting the water in the jar.
Dry the paint in between to build up the layer of colors and shadow.

Step 8
Dry the whole watercolored image well with a craft heat gun.
Fussy cut the image using the micro-tip scissors.

Step 9
Cut out a piece of white cardstock with one of the Stitched Tag dies.
Stamp the sentiment on the tag with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink.
Dry the stamped sentiment with a craft heat gun.

Step 10
Add some of the VersaFine Clair Arctic ink on the front card base with finger sponge dauber.
Dry the ink with a craft heat gun.

Step 11
Put some of the Tear It! Double-sided Tape on the back of the mason jar and add it to the tag.
Tie up some of the white twine on the tag.

Step 12
Add the mason jar bouquet tag to the card with some of the On Point Glue.

Step 13
Embellish the card with some of the pearl gems.

This clean-and-simple Mother’s Day card may look simple yet it has layers but it is not bulky so it is perfect to be sent out to someone who has been a mother to you on this special time.

I hope you like this card and give this tutorial a try. Thanks so much for stopping by our blog today. Have a wonderful day!

Craft Supplies

Imagine Crafts:

Others:

Clean and Simple Mother’s Day Card

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By Ceal Pritchett

– Hello crafty friends!

It’s Ceal, here. Today I am sharing how to make this Clean and simple Mother’s Day card using the Brilliance for shimmer and VersaMagic dew drops.

Skill: Beginner to intermediate
Time: 30 mins

Directions:

Gather your supplies. You will need a Mother’s Day stamp set or floral set as I have used here and a Mother’s Day sentiment. For inks I used a Brilliance Dew Drop and a VersaMagic Dew Drop

Step 1:
Ink your stamp with a black ink

Step 2:
Using the coordinating stencil and a blending brush or sponge dauber, ink blend a pearlescent pink on the flowers.

Step 3:
Using the coordinating stencil and a sponge dauber or blending brus, ink blend green chalk ink on the leaves.

Step 4:
Add embellishments of choice. I used some dew drops.

Supplies:

Imagine Products

Brilliance Dew Drop – Pearlescent Orchid
VersaMagic Dew Drop – Tea Leaves
On Point Glue

Other Products
Gentle Spring Stamp Set bundle – Concord & 9th
Mother Day Sentiment – Taylored Expressions
Misti Stamping Tool
Iridescent Dew Drops – Pinkfresh Studio

 Creative Inking with Sheer Shimmer 

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By Jessica Lin

Skill: Beginner
Time: 30 minutes

– Hi everyone! It’s Jessica here. Today I would like to share a card with a black and gold color combo. My card creations are typically full of bright colors; so I decided to change it up a bit by using a simpler color palette. Since there are only two colors on this card, I wanted to add various shimmer and glitter textures to create dimension. Let’s take a look!

Step 1:
Trim Stardream Metallic 5 x 7 Onyx cardstock to 3 ¾’’ x 5’’. Paint golden stripes on the card panel with Sheer Shimmer Gold. One trick to avoid the gold shimmer from pooling on the edges is to swipe your paintbrush onto the craft mat. Another alternative is starting with a bigger piece of cardstock, then trimming the panel down to size.

Step 2:
Dry the cardstock panel with a heat gun, and repeat steps 1-2 until you achieve bold, gold stripes. The Stardream Metallic Onyx cardstock has a subtle shimmer as well – it adds an elegant touch to the card base.

Step 3:
Die cut roses and leaves with DCS Gold Glitter Heavyweight 12 x 12 cardstock. I find this glitter cardstock very easy to cut through. Some of the glitter cardstock I’ve used before uses adhesives to bind to the glitter, which takes a little more time to peel the die cut pieces off each other. This glitter cardstock, on the other hand, separates very easily after it’s been cut through.

Step 4:
Next, adhere the die cuts to the strips background panel. I used On-Point Glue since the fine-tip nozzle is perfect for applying small amounts of glue. Then, use an acrylic block to press down on the die cut so that it completely adheres to the background.

Step 5:
Finally, stamp the sentiment with Brilliance Galaxy Gold ink pad. This gold ink pad matches the Sheer Shimmer Gold so well! I added some black enamel dots to complete the card. I love the classic black and gold color combo, and I hope this card inspires you to try different kinds of gold shimmer on your project.

Imagine Supplies:

Other Supplies:

  • Stampin’ Up! – Dies – Rose Garden
  • CutCardStock – Cardstock – DCS Gold Glitter Heavyweight 12 x 12
  • CutCardStock – Cardstock – Stardream Metallic 5 x 7 Onyx

Make a Mother’s Day Card Using VersaFine Clair on Craft Plastic

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By Katy Ingram

Hello Friends! Katy here with my latest video sharing a great way to use VersaFine Clair re-inkers on Craft Plastic with felt pads and Isopropyl Alcohol. Video has all the details. Thanks for watching.  

Skill: intermediate, advanced
Time: 15 minutes 

https://youtu.be/VoK1amN7Tq8

Art Supplies

Imagine Products
– VersaFine Clair
– Twilight, baby pink, cheerful, warm breeze, verdant
– Sheer Shimmer Spray – Sparkle

Other Products Used
Yupo Paper
Simon Says Stamp Devine Peony Die
Spellbinders Oceanside Cardstock 
Stampin up Subtle 3D folder
The Greetery Mothers Day Stamp- To Mom with Love Stamp Set
Gina K White Layering Cardstock
100 lb Accent Opaque Cardstock
Felt Pads
Isopropyl Alcohol