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Make a Happy Father’s Day Card

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By Helen Gullett

Hello crafty friends! This time, I want to share an idea with you for Father’s Day. This card has a fun colorful stenciled background. It is also not too hard to make.

Skill: Intermediate
Time: 30 minutes

Directions:

Step 1

Make an A2 size card out of heavy-weight white cardstock. One piece of 11 inch x 8.5 inch cardstock can make 2 cards.

On the front card, tape the stencil with washi tapes to secure it in place while you add colors with some sponge daubers.

Add the VersaColor ink one by one using a different sponge dauber for each color you use. Make sure the colors you pick can blend well.

When you are done adding colors, remove the stencil, set aside the stenciled card to dry.

Step 2

On a piece of white cardstock, stamp the image with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink pad using a stamping tool.

Use a craft heat gun to dry the ink quickly.

Step 3

Next step, cut the sentiment with a rectangle die.

I also cut out a piece of black cardstock using 2 different rectangle dies to create a frame. This step is an option, if you want to add more layers to the card.

Step 4

Add the sentiment panel at the center of the stenciled card with Tear It! Tape, and add the black frame to the card with the same adhesive.

Step 5

On the inside card, stamp the sentiment with the VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink pad.

Use a craft heat gun to dry the ink after stamping.

This card looks like it has a couple layers of die cuts but still flat enough to send it out on regular mail without extra cost.

I hope you will give it a try to make this fun colorful card for Father’s Day! Thanks so much for stopping by our blog today. Have a wonderful day!

Craft Supplies

Imagine Crafts:

Others:

  • Close To My Heart – Father’s Day Stamp Set (retired)
  • Dare 2B Artzy – Rectangle Framelits Die
  • Dare 2B Artzy – Wacky Boxes Stencil
  • White Cardstock 100 lb
  • Black Cardstock
  • Embossing/Die Cutting machine
  • MISTI stamping tool
  • Acrylic stamping blog
  • Bone folder
  • Craft Heat Gun

Graduation Gift Card Holder

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By Helen Gullett

Hello crafty friends! The Month of May is the month for graduation. It is time to celebrate those who made it through their education journey. Today, I would like to share a way to celebrate and congratulate them with this handmade graduation gift card holder.

Skill: Intermediate
Time: 30-45 minutes


Direction:

Step 1
Cut all the pieces from the gift card holder die set using the pattern cardstock and plain cardstock of your choice. I chose the school colors for my project.

Step 2
Add a small amount of the Brilliance Inker Galaxy Gold on the Imagine Craft Mat.

Use the sponge dauber to add the ink on the cardstock cut out.

Let it dry for a few minutes, then add more ink to it for more color, if needed.

Remove the stencil carefully and let it sit to dry completely or use a craft heat gun to speed up the drying time.

Step 3
On the front piece cut out, stamp the graduation hat and diploma images randomly using VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink pad.

Set aside to dry or use a craft heat gun to speed up the drying time.

Step 4
When all the pieces that need stamping or/and stenciling done, you can put together the cut out pieces following the instruction.

Use a bone folder to fold the pieces.

Use On Point Glue and Tear It! Double-Sided Adhesive Tape to put each piece together.

Step 5
On a white piece of white cardstock, stamp the sentiment using VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink pad and stamping acrylic block.

Cut it with the tag die.

Add the tag to the gift card holder handle with a piece of twine.

Here’s how it looks when it is close. Isn’t that cute little gift card holder?

Hopefully this project will give you an idea for a handmade gift project and you give it a try.
Thanks so much for stopping by our blog today. Have a wonderful day!

Craft Supplies

Imagine Crafts:

Others:

  • Dare 2B Artzy – Purse Gift Card Holder Die Set
  • Dare 2B Artzy – Rectangle Framelits Die
  • Close To My Heart – Diploma Day Stamp Set
  • Close To My Heart – Smarty Pants Stamp Set
  • Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps – Starry Night Stencil
  • Pattern Cardstock
  • White Cardstock 100 lb
  • Solid Color Cardstock
  • Glitter Cardstock
  • Twine
  • Washi Tape
  • Bone Folder
  • Craft Tweezers
  • Embossing/Diecutting machine
  • MISTI stamping tool

Let’s Make A Floral Sympathy Card

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By Helen Gullett

Hello crafty friends! One of the handmade cards I always have in my stash is the “sympathy” or “thinking of you” card. Today, I would like to share with you a quick and simple way to make this card using Imagine Crafts products, an embossing folder, and stamps. The cardmaking technique we will use is inking on an embossing folder to create that background.

Skill: Beginner
Time: 10-15 minutes

Direction:

Step 1
Dab some of the VersaMagic inks on the raised-side of the embossing folder. Try to blend the colors while adding them.

Add a piece 4 ¼ inch x 5 ⅕ inch heavy-weight white cardstock to the embossing folder and run it through the embossing machine.

Step 2
Stamp the image and sentiment on another piece of 4 ¼ inch x 5 ⅕ inch heavy-weight white cardstock using the stamping tool with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

Optional: you can color the image with alcohol markers, or any other coloring medium. But I decided to use this image in simple black and white.

Step 3
After stamping them, use the scissors to fussy cut the image and sentiment. You also can use a matching die, if you have it.

Step 4
Trim the embossed panel into slightly smaller than the A2 card base. And then add it to the card base with On Point Glue.
Add the flower and sentiment banner to the card with the On Point Glue.

Optional: Add some small gems to the card to decorate it, or you can leave as it is.

That’s my project for today. Hopefully, you’ll like this project and give it a try. Thanks so much for stopping by our blog today. Have a wonderful day!

Craft Supplies

Imagine:

Others:

  • Embossing Folder
  • Sympathy Morning Glories Clear Stamp Set (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
  • Heavy-weight white cardstock 100 lb
  • Clear gems
  • Micro-tip Scissors
  • Fiskar paper trimmer
  • MISTI stamping tool

Clean and Simple Mother’s Day Card

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By Helen Gullett

Hello crafty friends! Mother’s Day is coming up soon. Sending out a handmade card is a way to show your love to a lovely mother figure in your life. Today, I would like to share with you how to make this Mother’s Day CAS card using Imagine Crafts products and stamps.

Skill: Beginner
Time: 15-20 minutes

Direction:

Step 1
Cut a piece of watercolor paper into 6 inch x 5 inch size. This size fits on my stamping tool. Then, stamp the image on the watercolor paper with Versafine Onyx Black ink pad.

Step 2
Dab some of the Memento DewDrop Inks (Rose Bud, Bamboo Leaves, New Sprout, and Summer Sky) on the craft mat.

Add a couple drops of water from the waterbrush on the ink to turn it into watercolor paint. Pick up the ink with the waterbrush and paint the flower and vase.

Dry the painted image with a craft heat gun.

Step 3
On a piece of white cardstock, add some of the Lulu Lavender ink using the blending brush.
Build up the color from darker to lighter to create the gradient look on the background.

Step 4
Once done with adding color on the cardstock, lightly spray some of the Sparkle Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray. And then use a small flat brush, add some extra splatter on it for more texture.

Using a craft heat gun, dry the background panel.

Step 5
Fussy cut the flower with micro-tip scissors.
Optional: you can use a die if you use a stamp set that has a matching die set.

Step 6
Stamp the sentiment on a white cardstock using the VersaFine Clair Nocturne, dry the ink with a craft heat gun, and then cut it into a sentiment banner with scissors or paper cutter.

Step 7
Add the background panel on an A2 card base using the Tear It! Tape.
Add the flower and sentiment to the card using the On Point Glue.

That’s my project for today. Hopefully, you’ll like this project and give it a try. Thanks so much for stopping by our blog today. Have a wonderful day!

Craft Supplies

Imagine Crafts:

Others:

  • Altenew – Breeze Bouquet Stamp Set
  • Canson Watercolor Paper 140lb
  • Micro-tip Scissors
  • Fiskar paper trimmer
  • Acrylic stamping blocks
  • Small Round Waterbrush
  • Flat paint brush or fan brush
  • Oval Blending Brush
  • Craft Heat Gun
  • MISTI stamping tool

Let’s Make a Funky Background Card

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By Helen Gullett

Hello hello hello crafty friends! Today, I have this Funky Card to share with you. Creating that funky background is super fun and easy. I totally had fun with some of the VersaColor ink pads!

Skill: Intermediate
Time: 30 minutes

Direction:

Step 1
We will work on a whole piece of 8.5 inch x 11 inch heavyweight white cardstock. Pick 3 or 4 colors you want to use. Make sure the choice of colors won’t muddle when you mix them together.

Roll the mini brayer directly on the VersaColor ink pad several times.

Step 2
Roll the inked mini brayer on the white cardstock in any direction you want vertically and horizontally.

Do the step 1 and step 2 several times for each color you want to use for your background.

Step 3
After several times adding inks on the cardstock with a mini brayer, you can add more layer on top of the first one you did, or you can fill in the space as you want.

Use the Staz-On All-Purpose Stamp Cleaner and paper towel to clean the brayer.

Step 4
Next, pick a funky pattern background stamp to add texture on the inked cardstock.
Stamp the background stamp on it with VersaFine Clair Nocturne Ink Pad for contrast colors.

Step 5
Stamp it several times until you fill the whole cardstock. This will look very funky and messy but don’t worry you’ll find it will be fun to use it on project later.

Step 6
After adding ink colors with mini brayer and stamping, the craft mat will look like in the picture above. Don’t panic! The inks will clean right off the mat with that amazing Staz-On All-Purpose Stamp Cleaner. Simply dab some of the cleaner on the mat and use paper towel to clean all the inks off. Repeat as needed.

Use the stamp cleaner also to clean ink off the background stamp, too.

Step 7
Next step, use the paper trimmer to trim cardstock into 4 – 4 ¼ inch x 5 ½ inch background panels.

Step 8
Cut one of the background panels using 2 sizes of rectangle dies.

Step 9
Add some of the Tear It! Tape on the back of the largest frame. Peel off the backing and add the frame to an A4 card base (4 ¼ inch x 5 ½ inch card).

Step 10
Add some of the Tear It! Tape on thin fun foam to create some thin strips of 3D foam tape.

Add the foam tape on the second frame (the middle cut out), and add it to the card. Make sure the pattern matching with the first one on the card.

Final step for the background, add the last piece of the cut out in the middle of the card just with the Tear It! Tape.

Step 11
Stamp the flower on a piece of white cardstock with VersaFine Clair Nocturne Ink Pad using stamping tool or acrylic block.

Step 12
Add some of the Sparkle Mboss Embossing Powder directly on the stamped image and heat it up with a craft heat gun. After embossing it, fussy cut the flower with micro-tip scissors (or use the matching die set if available for your stamp).

Repeat step 11 and step 12 for the sentiment. And then cut the sentiment with a label die (or you can just trim it with paper trimmer).

Step 13
Put together the flower and sentiment label with On Point Glue. Put a couple acrylic blocks on them and let the glue to dry.

After that, add them to the card with some of the fun foam in the middle and secure the edge on the raised frame with On Point Glue.

Here’s the finish card with some funky patterns and dimensions. Isn’t it fun? I hope you will give it a try and have fun creating your own funky background card.

Thank you so much for stopping by our blog today. Have a wonderful day!

Craft Supplies

Imagine Crafts:

Others:

  • Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamp – Dearest Friend Stamp Set
  • Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamp – Courage Dear Heart Stamp Set
  • Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamp – Messy Marks Background Stamp
  • Sweet ‘ Sassy Stamp – Stitched Rectangle Dies
  • Neenah Classic Crest White Cardstock 110lb
  • Fiskar paper trimmer
  • Gemini Junior die cutting machine
  • MISTI stamping tool
  • Micro-tip scissors
  • White thin fun foam
  • Mini Brayer
  • Craft Heat Gun

DIY Spring Bookmarks

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By Helen Gullett

Hello crafty friends! Today, I want to share with you how to make these Spring themed bookmarks, using Imagine Crafts products and simple crafting tools. These bookmarks are a great gift for book lovers, or donating to your local library, or even just for you to use personally. You can make a batch of them in a short time!

Skill: Beginner
Time: 15-30 minutes

Directions:

Step 1
I find that Canson Watercolor Paper 140lb is the best to make bookmarks. They are not only thick and sturdy, but also you can use any craft  techniques with this paper – either simply stamping, or watercoloring, or even mixed media.

Cut a piece of watercolor paper into 6 inch x 1 ¾ inch size. One piece of this 9 x 12 watercolor paper, you can get 10 bookmarks.

You can leave it as a rectangle or you can round the corner with the corner rounder punch. Next, use a ¼ inch hole punch to punch a hole at the center top of the bookmark for ribbon or teasel.

Step 2
Next step is to create the watercolor wash background using Memento DewDrop ink and Ink Potion No. 9 Spray on each of the bookmarks.

Dab the Memento ink on the craft mat and then spray with some of the Ink Potion No. 9.

Step 3
Smoosh a bookmark into the ink. Gently press to get the ink transferred to the bookmark.

Step 4
You can repeat this step as many times as you want to get the first color wash you like to get. You can spray the ink more to get lighter color, or spray the ink less to get more darker color.

And then repeat the step 2 and step 3 with different colors that you want to use on your bookmark background. For mine, I used the Memento Dew Drop Inks Angel Pink, Rose Bud, New Sprout, and Bamboo Leaves colors.

Step 5
When done with adding watercolor washes on the bookmarks, use the craft heat gun to dry them.

Option step, you can repeat step 2, step 3, and step 4, if you want to add more color to them.

Step 6
Dab some of the Delicata ink on the craft mat, spray it with the Ink Potion No. 9, and then smoosh the bookmark into the ink. Gently press it to get the ink transferred well.

You will get a shimmer look on the bookmark with this step.

Dry all the ink on the bookmark with a craft heat gun.

Step 7
When the bookmark background is completely dry, stamp the image and sentiment on them with VersaFine Clair ink using acrylic blocks (or stamping tool of your choice).

Use a craft heat gun to dry the stamped images and sentiments.

Step 8
This is optional. You can leave the bookmarks as they are, or you can add some more ink splatters to them.

To add more splatters to the bookmark, dab some of the Delicata Ruby Red ink on the craft mat, spray it with Ink Potion No. 9, and use a flat brush (or fan brush) to add the splatters.

Use a craft heat gun to dry the bookmarks.

Add some ribbon or teasel to the bookmarks.

Hope that you like this project and give it a try. Thanks so much for stopping by our blog today. Have a wonderful day!

Craft Supplies

Imagine Crafts:

Others:

  • Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamp – Dearest Friend Stamp Set
  • Canson Watercolor Paper 140lb
  • Corner Rounder Punch
  • Hole Punch (¼ inch)
  • Fiskar paper trimmer
  • Acrylic stamping blocks
  • Flat paint brush or fan brush
  • Craft Heat Gun
  • Ribbon or twice or tassel