Lovely Embossed Design Using Toilet Paper Casting Technique

By LVHandcrafted

Hello friends! This is Linh (or LV Handcrafted on all the socials). In today’s video I’m showing a really fun way to use toilet paper! Yes, you read that correctly. I’ll be showing you how to do toilet paper casting in order to use your stamps to create a beautifully textured embossed panel! Now you can turn your stamps into a embossing “folder”!

Skill: Intermediate

Time: 25 minutes

Supplies Used

Imagine –

– VersaColor Ink – Cyan

– Brillance

– VersaMark

– MBoss – Sparkle

Other Products Used

– Toilet paper

– Crafter’s Companion Let It Snow Stamp & Die Set

Cultivate Kindness with Memento Inks

By Kathi Rerek 

Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate

Time: 1 hour

Directions:

Step 1.

Sponge Dandelion Memento randomly over a 4” panel of Bristol paper or other hydrophilic paper. Repeat with Canteloupe, Tangelo, and Rose Bud until the panel is covered with colors and the inks are blended.

Step 2:

Spray the panel with Ink Potion No. 9. Let the solution sit for a minute. Heat set.

Step 3:

Use magnets to secure the ink-sponged panel to a stamping platform. Arrange the flower and leaf clear stamps from the Florals Set 1 facedown on the panel. Ink the stamps with Nocturne VersaFine Ink and stamp. Heat set the panel.

Step 4:

Smoosh the Cottage Ivy Memento Dew Drop Ink Pad onto the craft mat. Mist with water. Use a paint brush to apply diluted green ink to the leaves. Repeat this process with New Sprout and Bamboo Leaves Memento Ink to color the other leaves.

Smoosh the Rose Bud Memento Dew Drop Ink Pad onto the craft mat. Mist with water. Use a paint brush to apply the ink to the flowers. Repeat this process with Dandelion Memento ink pads.

Heat set the panel thoroughly.

Step 5:

Fussy-cut the flowers and the leaves. Edge with a dark marker.

Step 6:

Sponge a 4.5 x 6” panel of Bristol paper with Blue Danube and Paris Dusk Memento Ink onto the panel to create a blended blue background panel.

Step 7:

Spray the panel with Ink Potion No. 9. Let the solution sit for a minute. Heat set.

Step 8:

Use removable tape to secure the inked panel to the back of the Ornate Stencil.

Sponge Blue Danube Ink over the stencil onto the panel.

Remove the stencil and heat set the ink.

Trim the panel to 4.25”. Add the washi tapes to the bottom of the panel as shown.

Edge the entire panel with Nocturne VersaFine Clair and heat set.

Step 9:

Sponge a 2.5” strip of Bristol paper with Potters Clay and London Fog Memento Ink onto the strip until it is covered with blended ink.

Step 10:

Spray the panel with Ink Potion No. 9. Let the solution sit for a minute. Heat set.

Step 11:

Secure the strip onto the Stamping Platform. Position the Terracotta Pot Eclectic Rubber Stamp facedown on the strip. Ink the stamps with Nocturne VersaFine Ink and stamp. Heat set the panel.

Step 12:

Fussy-cut the planter.

Step 13:

Smoosh the Potter’s Clay Memento Dew Drop Ink Pad onto the craft mat. Mist with water. Use a paint brush to shade the planter.

Edge the planter with a black marker. Heat set the planter.

Step 14:

Use Tear It! Tape to adhere the Terracotta pot to the image panel.

Step 15:

Use foam adhesive to adhere the flowers to the card front. Add the sentiment sticker to the top left.

Step 16:

Cut a piece of Raven cardstock to 9” x 6.25”, score at 4”, and fold to form a card.

Use Tear It! Tape to adhere the image panel to the card.

Art Supplies:

Imagine:

Other Supplies:

  • 140 lb. Bristol Paper by Strathmore
  • Raven Black Cardstock by Bazzill Basics
  • Florals Set 1 by Melina Dahl for That’s Crafty
  • Terracotta Pot Eclectic Red Rubber Cling Stamp by Darkroom Door
  • Ornate Stencil by Lavinia Stamps
  • Yellow, Orange, Pink, Cherry, Bottle, Leaf Green, Black, and Grey Le Plume II Markers by Marvy Uchida
  • Inspire 2 Washi Tape by AALL and Create
  • Glitter Washi Tape by Tim Holtz for Adventus
  • Stamping Platform
  • Heat Gun by EK Success

Quick and Easy Ink Blending to Create a Cool Galaxy Card

By LV Handcrafted

Hello friends! This is Linh (or LV Handcrafted on all the socials). In today’s video I’m showing how to create a fun galaxy with a combination of different inks! It’s so fast and easy to do!

Skill: Beginner

Time: 15 minutes

Supplies Used

Imagine

Other Products Used

  • Mama Elephant – Slim Film City
  • Scrappy Boy Stamps – Future Family

Emboss Resist Inky Background for an Adorable Winter Card

By Linh @LVHandcrafted

Hello friends! This is Linh (or LV Handcrafted on all the socials). Even though I’m eager for summer, I’m starting to think ahead to the holidays. While this isn’t a holiday card, I thought it might be a fun “just because” winter themed card.  In my video today, I’ll show how I made this emboss resist panel for my background.

Skill: Beginner

Time: 15 minutes

Video Tutorial:

Supplies Used

Other Products Used

Let’s Make a Magical Fairy Card

By Kathi Rerek

Greetings! It’s Kathi here to show you how to create fairy card with a magical shimmer using Memento Inks and Sheer Shimmer Sparkle Spray.

Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate

Time: 1.5 hours

Instructions:

Step 1:

Smoosh Paris Dusk Memento Dew Drop Ink onto the craft mat. Mist with water and use a paint brush to apply diluted ink to the right edge of a 5.25” x 4” panel of watercolor paper.

Repeat with Blue Danube and then with Bahama Blue Memento Dew Drop Ink Pads until the entire panel is inked. Heat set the panel.

Step 2:

Ink the Sheet Music Texture Red Rubber Cling Stamp with Blue Danube Dew Drop Ink and randomly stamp onto the panel.

Step 3:

Spray the panel with Sheer Shimmer Sparkle Spray. Heat Set and admire the sparkle!

Step 4:

Using a stamping platform, position the Trinity Fairy Clear Stamp onto the image panel. Ink with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. You might need to re-ink and stamp to achieve a clear impression.

Remove the panel from the stamping platform and heat set.

Step 5:

Place the image panel back onto the stamping platform. Position one of the notes from the Music Notes Small Clear Step Set facedown above the fairy’s horn. Ink the stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp.

Remove the note stamp from the stamping platform. Place another note stamp from the same set, slightly to the right of the previously stamped note. Ink and stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp.

Remove the second note stamp from the stamping platform. Place the four notes stamp to the right of the other notes. Ink the stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp.

Heat Set the notes.

Step 6:

Smoosh the Rose Bud Memento Dewdrop Ink pad onto the craft mat. Mist with Sheer Shimmer Sparkle Spray.

Use a paint brush to apply the shimmery pink ink to the fairy’s wings. Heat set.

Step 7:

Trim the image panel to 3 5/8” x 4 7/8”.

Use a Sponge Dauber and Paris Dusk Memento Ink to edge the top part of the image panel. Use the Sponge Dauber and Blue Danube Memento Ink to edge the bottom part of the image panel.

Step 8:

Create an A2 card from white cardstock. Insert a piece of scrap paper into the card.

Use Sponge Daubers to ink the periphery of the white card with Paris Dusk and Blue Danube Memento Inks.

Step 9:

Cut a piece of black cardstock to 3 3/4” x 5”.

Use Tear It! Tape to mat the image panel with the black cardstock panel, then use the tape to adhere the matted panel to the inked card.

Art Supplies:

Imagine Crafts Supplies:

Other Supplies:

  • 140 lb. Watercolor Paper by Canson
  • Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers
  • Trinity Clear Polymer Stamp by Lavinia Stamps
  • Music Notes Small Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Lavinia Stamps
  • Sheet Music Texture Red Rubber Cling Stamp by Darkroom Door
  • Misti Stamping Platform by Petunia
  • Heat Gun by EK Success

Let’s Turn An Inky Background into a Beautiful Card Plus 3 Bonus Shaker Cards

By Nancy May

Last time we met we created a bunch of backgrounds together, using a few different inky mediums and a gel plate, along with some other supplies. This time we are going to turn one of those inky backgrounds into a lovely card. For the sake of time, we are only making one on screen, but I have 3 BONUS shaker cards to show you as well, so stick to the end! 

~Nancy

Skill: Beginner, Intermediate

Time: Undetermined

Three Bonus Shaker Cards

Art Supplies

Imagine 

● VersaMark Embossing Ink 

● VersaMagic Dew Drop – Night Sky

● VersaMagic Dew Drop – Ocean Depth

● VersaMagic Dew Drop – Turquoise Gem

● Mboss Embossing Powder – Gold 

● Mboss Embossing Powder – Clear

● VersaFine Clair – Summertime

● StazOn Ink Pad – Jet Black 

Other 

● Penny Black – Blissful Blossom Cling Mounted Rubber Stamp

● Whimsy Stamps – Vintage Script Background Cling Stamp

● Mama Elephant – Ft. Lafayette Die Set

● Tonic – Craft Perfect Gold Hearted 6×6 Paper Pad

● The Stamp Market – Gorgeous Greetings, Stamp and Dies

● Gelli Arts – 5×7 Gel Plate

● Speedball Brayer, 6”