Hello! I’m Alison Heikkila. For my latest video for Imagine, we will be using some of the newest VersaFine Clair Ink colors along with a new BetterPress Plate from Yana Smakula and Spellbinders. The card was made with a Winter Wedding theme in mind, but you can change this to suit your needs.
Skill Level: Beginner-Intermediate Time to Complete: 20-30 Minutes
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Hello, friends! Amalia here with a project from Imagine. In this video, I’m using the new VersaFine Clair ink colors to create masterboards, which will later be cut into ATCs and a bookmark. VersaFine Clair inks are highly pigmented and provide a perfect stamp impression on the first try. Their vibrant colors are ideal for watercoloring, as they won’t bleed when wet. I’ll also be incorporating stamps, stencils, and stamping foam to bring these ATCs and the bookmark to life.
Hello crafty friends! October is here and Halloween is just right around the corner. Today, we are going to make these Halloween treat bags. It is easy and fun to make for giving away treats on Trick-or-Treat day.
Let’s get crafting!
Skill: Intermediate Time: 15 minutes
Direction:
Step 1 We are going to make the paper ribbon pinwheel. It is better using double-sided pattern scrapbook paper, but one-sided paper will work too. First, cut out some pattern papers into 1.25 inch x 12 inch paper strips. For a smaller size, you can cut your paper into 1 inch x 12 inch.
After cutting your paper strips, score the paper in ½ inch using the scoring board.
Step 2 Fold the paper strips following the scoring lines. You can use a scoring folder tool to make the folded part crisper.
Snip off the last folded strip (one of the ends is okay).
Added a piece of Tear It! Tape on the last folded strip and connect it to the other end of the paper.
Step 3 Punch a black cardstock (or any matching color cardstock) using a 1 inch punch tool or you can cut using any circle die set.
Add some of the On Point Glue on the circle cardstock and add it to one of the sides of the pinwheel. Firmly press it down for a few seconds to make sure the glue dries well. Or you can put a couple stamping blocks on it while you are working on the next one. This is the back of the pinwheel.
Step 4 On a piece of orange cardstock (or any matching color cardstock to your patterned paper), stamp the images.
Use the 1 inch punch to punch each of those stamped images.
Add some of the On Point Glue on the back of the circle and add it to the front of the pinwheel in the middle. Firmly press it down for a few seconds to make sure the glue dries well. Or you can put a couple stamping blocks on it, then do the same thing to the other pinwheels.
Step 5 On a piece of gray cardstock (or any matching color cardstock to your patterned paper), stamp the sentiments with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink pad.
Use the scissors to trim the sentiments.
Step 6 Cut a couple of black cardstocks into 4.25 inch x 5.5 inch
Using the scoring board, score the cardstock at 1.5 inch and 4 inch, and then score the bottom at ¼ inch.
Step 7 Use the scoring bone folder to fold the cardstock.
Cut on the scoring line at the bottom of the 2 sides only, leave the center, and fold the bottom flap.
Add some of the Tear It! Tape at the left side and also at the bottom flap. Remove the tape backing off.
Fold the right side first, and then the left side, press firmly to make sure the tape adheres well. And then fold up the bottom flap to close the bottom, press firmly.
Step 8 Add some of the On Point Glue on the back of the sentiment strips and then add them to the pinwheels.
And then add some of the On Point Glue on the back of the pinwheels and add them to the front of those treat bags. Wait a few minutes until the glue to dry well before you fill them up with candies.
Aren’t those treat bags cute for giving away some candies on Trick-or-Treat Day? You can make them for your kids’ classmates also. They are big enough for 3 or 4 candies. Thank you for stopping by our blog today. Have a fabulous day!
In today’s card, I used many of the new VersaFine Clair Ink colors to make another Halloween card.
Skill: Intermediate Time: 1.5 hours
Directions:
Step 1: Die cut leaves and stems out of watercolor paper. Ink blend the fern-y shaped leaf with Baby Pink VersaFine Clair ink and the individual leaves with Lilac Bloom VersaFine Clair ink. I pressed the stem die cut into the Sand Dune VersaFine Clair ink pad and the leaf cluster die cut into the Lilac Bloom VersaFine Clair ink pad. These were all set aside.
Step 2: A sparkly piece of rose colored cardstock was die cut with a bow die cut.
Step 3: Two bats and a crow were die cut out of watercolor paper. The crow die cut was pressed into the Portobello VersaFine Clair ink pad and the two bats were pressed into the Very Peri VersaFine Clair ink pad.
Step 4: Press a die cut leaf cluster and boo sentiment die cuts into the Hawthorn Rose VersaFine Clair ink pad.
Not pictured: die cut a piece of sparkly white cardstock with the same boo sentiment. If desired, also die cut scrap cardstock twice with the same sentiment. Glue the sparkly white cardstock behind the boo sentiment so that the white sparkly cardstock peeks out on the side (like a shadow).
If adding the two layers of scrap cardstock layers behind the sentiment, trim the second o (the one on the right side) off both layers so that when it gets glued onto the wreath, it lays flat.
Step 5: Die cut the wreath twice–once out of watercolor paper and once with more of the white sparkly cardstock. Spray the watercolor paper wreath with Angel Pink Fireworks! Shimmery Craft Spray and the white sparkly cardstock wreath with Rose Gold Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray. Set aside to dry.
Step 6: Die cut another piece of watercolor paper with a smaller panel die cut. Roughly ink blend the panel with more of the Lilac Bloom VersaFine Clair ink. Then swipe the panel with the ink pad in a variety of directions and the edges of the panel. Add Clear Mboss embossing powder to the edges fo the panel and heat emboss.
Step 7: Add a piece of patterned washi tape to a piece of scrap cardstock and die cut with a larger panel die cut. (If you don’t have washi tape, use patterned paper or a colored piece of cardstock.)
Step 8: Run the smaller card panel through the die cutting machine with the plate die to add some additional texture.
Step 9: Glue all of the die cut elements together. Start with the two wreaths, with the pink layer underneath the rose gold sparkly wreath on the top, making sure they are off set. Then glue the leaves, the crow and the bats along the wreath. The bow is glued down on the lower left part of the wreath. Glue the wreath onto the purple panel. The sentiment was glued down next. Gle the whole panel onto the larger, washi tape panel. Then splatter the whole thing with more of the Rose Gold Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray. Let dry.
Step 10: Glue the frame gems on the lower left and upper right parts of the panel.
Step 11: Glue the whole thing onto an A2-sized gray cardbase.
I might be an introvert, but I do love to make scenes — in card form. Here’s a Halloween card created with VersaMagic and VersaFine Clair inks, stamping, and some die-cuts.
Skill Level: Intermediate Time: 1.5 hours
Instructions:
Step 1: Cut a piece of Bristol paper to 4.75” x 6.75”. Use the Boneyard Edgers die to cut removable sticker paper and place along the bottom of the image panel. Place low tack tape below it.
Use the 1” circle punch to punch the sticker paper and adhere it to the upper left hand side as shown.
Step 2: Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Night Sky VersaMagic Ink over the masked images onto the background. Heat set.
Step 3: Spray a little water into a small container. Squeeze a few drops of Moonlight White VersaMagic Re-inker into the pot. Use a paint brush to mix the water and the ink. Tap the inky paintbrush over the night sky background to add splatter to look like stars.
Step 4: Remove the sticker masks from the moon and from the cemetery.Smoosh the Jumbo Java VersaMagic Dewdrop Inkpad onto a piece of acetate. Lightly mist with water. Use a paintbrush to paint the tree in the graveyard. Heat set. Clean and dry the acetate.
Steps 5A and 5B: Smoosh the Hint of Pesto VersaMagic Dewdrop Inkpad onto the cleaned piece of acetate. Lightly mist with water. Use a clean paintbrush to apply green ink at the top of the hill below the tombstones, crosses, gate, and tree (5A). Use a Fantastix to apply Spanish Olive VersaMagic Ink to blend this lighter ink below the ink applied in Step 5A. Continue apply the Spanish Olive Versa Magic Ink horizontally to fill in the base of the card and create the cemetery lawn. Heat set the image panel.
Step 6: Place the image panel onto the base of a stamping platform secured with magnets and low-tack tape.
Position the clear Zombie stamps from the Zombie Party Clear Stamp Set facedown as desired on the cemetery lawn. Position the Bat Colony Clear Stamp facedown over the moon and sky.
Press the platform’s base onto the back of the stamps. Lift. Ink the stamps with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. Re-ink and stamp if necessary to attain solid black images. Heat set the panel.
Step 7: Trim the image panel to 4.625” x 6.625”. Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink to edge the image panel. Cut a piece of orange cardstock to 4.75” x 6.75”. Sorry that there’s no photo.
Step 8: Apply Tear It! Tape to cover the reverse of a piece of orange cardstock. Use the “Happy Halloween” sentiment dies to cut orange cardstock. Remove the tape’s backing and adhere the sentiment as shown.
Step 9: Use Tear It! Tape to adhere the layers of the card.
Hello! Alison Heikkila here, and my latest project for Imagine started as a Thanksgiving card, but it morphed into one that can be used at any time of year. I think it’s beautiful, and it’s got some really simple techniques that help you get fantastic results without a lot of products.
Skill Level: Beginner Time to Complete: 20 Minutes
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Here is the YouTube video. If it doesn’t play properly, please click HERE.
I’m so pleased with the foliage. I really love these colors together. I hope you’ll give this a try! Please visit Imagine for more ideas on creative ways to use their products. Thanks so much for stopping by. Have an inspiring day!
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