Hello crafty friends! It’s Ceal, here. Today I am sharing how to create a simple but elegant wedding card.
Skill Level: Intermediate to Advanced Time: 45 Minutes
Directions:
Gather your supplies. You will need a stamp set with a floral image and wedding sentiments. An A2 sized die and some wedding themed dies, a stamp positioner and a shimmer ink pad.
Step 1: Using a Misti or stamp positioner and a grip mat place the cardstock panel in the center. Place the floral stamp on the corner of the panel and ink with shimmer ink (I used Delicata Silvery Shimmer) stamp, you may have to stamp more than once to get a clean image. Turn your paper, no need to move the stamp thanks to the Misti and ink it up and stamp again on the other corner. This ink is a pigment ink therefore it takes a little longer to dry, you can speed that up by heat setting it.
Step 2: Cut the panel with the die keeping both pieces. Also cut out the wedding themed dies.
Step 3: Place the card base in the corner of the Misti and then glue the borer of your die cut pieces down first. I always place it in the corner of the Misti, this helps me line it up.
Step 4: Add the main die cut piece using foam tape to give it dimension. Tip: after adding the foam adhesive to the panel also add some liquid glue, this allows you to move the panel to get it in place.
Stamp the greeting on a strip of paper and cut it out. Add all of the elements to the card.
Hello Friends! Tracy here and today I am excited to share this fun and quirky little Father’s Day card created with a family funny bone element!
In today’s video tutorial I am sharing how to get dimensional effects out of your lettering stencils and how to create background noise using our #8 Stippling Brush and our Brushstix along with some of our most popular inks!
I wanted to make my Father-In-Law’s Father’s Day Card with a variety of browns and a pop of another color. So I picked Neptune VersaColor ink for a pop of color on the monochromatic background.
Skill: Intermediate Time: 1.5 hours
Directions:
Step 1: Die cut a piece of watercolor paper with the second-largest die in an A2-sized die set. Press a Sand Dune VersaFine Clair Ink onto the watercolor panel.
Step 2: Spray Sparkle Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray onto an embossing folder and then emboss the Sand Dune colored panel by running it through a die cutting machine between the two sides of the embossing folder. Allow the panel to dry.
Step 3: Glide a Neptune VersaColor ink across the panel. The raised (embossed) parts of the panel will be colored with the Neptune ink, and the debossed parts of the panel will stay the Sand Dune color. Then run the Neptune VersaColor pad across the edges of the panel to color the border of the panel as well.
Step 4: Stamp the card’s sentiments (both the larger “happy” and the “Father’s Day” subsentiment) on another piece of watercolor paper with Dark Brown Shimmer Delicata ink and then heat emboss both of them with clear embossing powder. Set this aside as well.
Step 5: Press the Dark Brown Shimmer Delicata Ink Pad onto the edges of a watercolor panel until achieving a thick, dark brown border. This panel will become the matte layer of the card.
Step 6: Using the largest die from the A2-sized die set, die cut the dark brown panel . Glue the two panels together and set aside.
Step 7: Trim the sub-sentiment with a paper trimmer. Press the edges of the sentiment strip into the Sand Dune VersaFine Clair ink pad and set the sentiment strip aside to dry.
Steps 8 and 9: Press the Dark Brown Shimmer Delicata ink pad onto another small piece of watercolor paper.
Not pictured: Die cut the larger “Happy” sentiment from step 4 with the corresponding die. Then die cut a piece of the Dark Brown Shimmer colored watercolor paper with the same die to create two layers of the die cut.
Step 10: Glue the two die cut sentiment layers together, with the dark brown layer peeking out on the left side of the stamped (top) layer. Using some of the remaining dark brown watercolor paper from the last step, cut a thin strip to glue on the bottom of the sub sentiment. Glue the thin brown strip behind the sub sentiment as well as some scrap cardstock to make the sub sentiment three layers deep for strength and dimension. Set them both aside.
Step 11: Press the Dark Brown Shimmer Delicata ink pad onto a piece of acetate packaging and mix with water. Splatter the panels and the sub sentiment with the dark brown splatter. Paint the large “happy” sentiment letters with some of the remaining brown-tinted water. Set it all aside to dry.
Step 12: Press a Neptune VersaColor ink pad onto another small piece of watercolor paper. Set it asde for the ink to dry.
Step 13: Die cut the Neptune-colored watercolor paper with a leaf die.
Step 14: Assemble the card. If desired, add some twine and attach to the back of the card panels with washi tape and then add foam tape on the back so the card base will lay flat when attached to the kraft A2-sized card base. Then glue some brass-colored sequins near the sentiment to finish the card.
Hello friends! It’s Ceal here. Today I am sharing ho I made this legendary Father’s Day card.
Skill Level: Intermediate Time: 45 minutes
Directions:
Gather your supplies. You will need a stencil, Father’s Day themed stamp set, stencil, coordinating dies, Misti or other stamp positioner, three colors of blue ink, a green and brown ink.
Step 1: Place stencil on grip mat inside the Misti. Blend a light color of blue ink in the top third of the stencil.
Step 2: Blend a medium color of blue ink in the middle third of the stencil.
Step 3: Blend a dark color of blue on the bottom third of the stencil.
Step 4: Using green and brown ink, stamp the trees inside the stencil.
Step 5: Stamp the sasquatch and sentiments in black ink. Cut out the sasquatch with the coordinating die and the sentiments with a trimmer.
Step 6: Adhere the panel to a card base and pop up the sasquatch using foam tape and then add sentiments.
Hello crafty friends! Today, I wanna share with you a fun technique to make a card for a mom. We are going to do some watercoloring with VersaColor ink pads and also heat-embossing technique. So… Let’s get some ink pads and watercoloring together!
Skill: Beginner Time: 15-20 minutes
Direction:
Step 1 Cut out a piece of watercolor cardstock (or mixed media paper would work, too) into a 4.25 inch x 5.5 inch card panel. Prep the background watercolor cardstock panel with some anti-static embossing powder. Then, stamp the music sheet background stamp with VersaMark ink pad randomly on it, and add some of the white opaque embossing powder. Heat the embossing powder with a craft heat gun.
Step 2 Dab some inks of the VersaColor Turquoise ink pad on the craft mat and then spray with some water. Smoosh the watercolor panel into the ink on the craft mat, dry the ink, and repeat the smooshing and drying the ink as needed.
Step 3 Add some ink splatter on the background panel with a fan paint brush, and dry it with a craft heat gun.
Step 4 Distress the edges of the background panel with a distress tool or you can use scissors for this distress technique.
Add the background panel to the card base with On Point Glue.
Step 5 Stamp the magnolia and leaf images on another piece of watercolor cardstock with the VersaFine Clair Nocturne using the stamping tool. Repeat the stamping if needed.
Add some of the clear embossing powder on the stamped images while the ink is still wet and then heat it with a craft heat gun.
Step 6 On the craft mat, dab some inks of the VersaColor Canary ink pad and VersaColor Turquoise ink pad, and then spray them with some water. And then, color the leaves and branches with the watercolor inks. Set aside to dry or dry it with a craft heat gun.
Step 7 Dab some of the ink of the VersaColor Pink ink pad on the craft mat and spray it with some water. Then, color the magnolia flowers and set aside to dry or dry it with a craft heat gun.
Step 8 When all the watercolor images dried well, fussy cut them with micro-tip scissors. Add them to the card with On Point Glue.
Step 9 Stamp the letters m-o-m on a piece of white cardstock with VersaFine Clair Nocturne. Dry the stamped word MOM with a craft heat gun and then fussy cut it with micro-tip scissors.
Step 10 On the white cardstock, stamp also the second sentiment with VersaFine Clair Nocturne, dry the ink with a craft heat gun, and then trim it into a sentiment label.
Step 11 Add the word MOM on the card with On Point Glue.
Cut out 3-4 strips of white cardstock smaller than the second sentiment label, add them on the back of the sentiment label with On Point Glue, this will add an extra dimension to the sentiment that is not as thick as foam tape. Add the sentiment to the card with On Point Glue.
Step 12 Final step, to add extra texture to the background by adding some white paint splatters. Mix a little bit of white acrylic paint with water on the craft mat, pick it up with a fan paint brush, and then splat some of the paint to the card.
Dry the splatter paint with a craft heat gun.
This simple mixed media card is done. I love how it turns out and hopefully you do, too. I like how VersaColor ink pads are not just for stamping but also work as a watercoloring medium.
Hello Friends! Tracy here and today I am excited to share this really easy galactic, out of this world background technique!
In today’s video tutorial I am sharing how I use some Memento, VersaMagic, Brilliance, and VersaFine Clair inks to create this stunning card along with a paint pen, a stencil from my stash and some holographic embossing powder!
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