Merry Christmas…

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Imagine

by Darsie

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Supplies:

IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko: Memento: Summer Sky, London Fog, Lulu Lavender; irRESISTIBLE Pico Embellisher Wedding Dress
Spellbinders Paper Arts: Curved Borders One, Row Houses, Holiday Sentiments
Cardstock: white, pink, gray, light blue
Miscellaneous: crystal glitter, adhesive

Directions:

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1. Cut a white panel sized 2¼˝ x 5½˝ and cut with Spellbinders Curved Borders One die template.

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2. Cut a white panel sized 5 x 5½˝ and swipe Memento London Fog ink as shown.

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3. Swipe Lulu Lavender ink in various areas on the panel as shown.

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4. Fill the rest of the panel with Summer Sky ink as shown.

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5. Add your Snow Hill border and Row Houses to the panel.

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6. Use the Wedding Dress Pico Embellisher to add snow to the houses, hill and sky.

7. Add glitter and a sentiment and glue the panel to a card.

THINK BIG with IMAGINE Crafts and RubberMoon Stamps

Posted on December 1, 2014 by Imagine

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IMAGINE Crafts and RubberMoon Art Stamps are excited to share with you the amazing projects that our design teams have created to kick off the Holiday Season! Over the next few days, we’ll be sharing with you inspiration and techniques using IMAGINE Crafts’ line of ink products featuring rubber stamps from RubberMoon.

Be sure to visit the IMAGINE Crafts and RubberMoon blogs daily for more projects and ideas!

THINK BIG

by Taylor

I came across a fun technique online recently, on the WPlus9 blog, for creating a Bokeh effect with watercolors. I adapted it to use with the fabulous Memento inks, and now am creating these backgrounds every chance I get! I thought it was the perfect way to showcase these gorgeous Rubber Moon stamps.

Supplies:

Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko: Memento: Pear Tart, Angel Pink, Teal Zeal; Memento LUXE: Wedding Dress, Tuxedo Black; irRESISTible Pico Embellisher Wedding Dress, Delicata: Golden Glitz, Silvery Shimmer; GooseBumps Shimmer Texture Spray, Sponge Daubers, Stipple Brush #6
RubberMoon Stamps: Noise, Scribble, Think Big
Crafter’s Companion: Embossalicious Petite Dot embossing folder, Mini Circle Regiment stencil
May Arts: ribbon
Miscellaneous: kraft cardstock, foam adhesive, watercolor cardstock, painter’s tape, paint brush, water bucket

Directions:

1. Tape watercolor cardstock down to craft mat using low-tack tape.

2. Brush the entire surface with clean water, to wet it.

3. Create a pool of ink by pressing first color of ink directly down on to spare piece of acrylic packaging or plastic. Pick up ink with wet brush and paint randomly on wet cardstock.

4. Repeat Step Three with remaining colors until entire piece is colored.

5. Dab Stipple Brush #6 directly on to darkest color ink pad and add ink randomly on cardstock.

6. Apply Memento LUXE Wedding Dress ink using a Sponge Dauber. Place the stencil randomly on the cardstock to create one circle at a time. Vary the amount of ink used, so some circles are darker than others.

7. Ink one background stamp with Delicata Silvery Shimmer ink. Stamp one on extra cardstock then stamp directly on to watercolor cardstock.

8. Repeat the process twice with the other stamp and Delicata Golden Glitz ink.

9. Slowly remove low-tack tape.

10. Stamp sentiment using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

11. Use Wedding Dress Pico Embellisher to create three small dots in the upper right corner.

12. When dry, adhere to card base and add ribbon.

Wonder of the Season

by Darsie

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Supplies:

IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko: Memento Tuxedo Black, Fireworks: London Fog, Summer Sky; irRESISTible Texture Spray Wedding Dress, Memento Markers Summer Sky, InkBlusher
Rubber Moon: Wonder of the Season and Reindeer stamps
Spellbinders: 5×7 Reflective Moment, Snowflake Bliss, Butterfly Twist
Miscellaneous: kraft tag, adhesive, foam dots, white pearls, white and steel blue cardstock, lace

Instructions:

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1. Spray kraft tag with Fireworks Summer Sky and allow to dry.

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2. Spray tag with irRESISTible Wedding Dress.

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3. Blot tag with tissue and allow to dry.

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4. Spray tag with Fireworks London Fog.

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5. Blot tag with tissue and allow to dry.

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6. Shade the edges of the tag with Memento Tuxedo Black ink with an InkBlusher.

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7. Stamp Rubber Moon Reindeer and sentiment on white cardstock with Tuxedo Black ink. Outline reindeer with Memento Summer Sky Marker.

8. Adhere sentiment, and reindeer to tag and add snowflakes and embellishments.

Color Outside the Lines!

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Imagine

by Darsie

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Supplies:

IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko: Memento Tuxedo Black, Radiant Neon irRESISTIBLE Sprays: Electric Pink, Electric Blue, Electric Green and Electric Purple
JustRite Papercraft Colorful Brushstrokes
Spellbinders Paper Arts: Oval Bliss
Cardstock: white, hot pink, teal
Miscellaneous: teal string, 3D foam dots, adhesive, fork

Directions:

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1. Cut a white panel 4¼ x 5½ inches and spray with Radiant Neon irRESISTible Spray Electric Pink.

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2. Spray panel with Radiant Neon irRESISTible Spray Electric Blue.

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3. Spray panel with Radiant Neon irRESISTible Spray Electric Purple.

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4. Spray panel with Radiant Neon irRESISTible Spray Electric Green.

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5. With a fork, drag the tines through the still wet sprays until you are happy with the results.

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6. Cut an oval from Spellbinders Oval Bliss die set and stamp with a sentiment from JustRite Papercraft’s Colorful Brushstrokes stamp set using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Add 3D foam squares to the back.

7. Cut a panel 4⅜˝ x 5⅝˝ inches from hot pink cardstock. Adhere the Neon panel to it, and then wrap with teal string.

8. Add the sentiment to the panel and glue panel to a teal card, sized 5 x 6¼˝ inches.

Inspiration with Lawn Fawn Day 5

Posted on November 7, 2014 by Imagine

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This week IMAGINE Crafts is proud to feature the fun and amazing stamps from Lawn Fawn! Our Artists In Residence are here all week to inspire you with their amazing projects using IMAGINE Crafts’ products along with rubber stamps from Lawn Fawn. Be sure to visit both company’s blogs daily for ideas, tips and techniques from our design teams.

Lawn Fawn “Merry Christmas” Greetings Video Tutorial

Cathy Andronicou is here to share with you this fun Holiday greeting card using Lawn Fawn stamps with Memento inks and markers.

Happy Holidays

by Darsie

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Supplies:

IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko: Memento: Tuxedo Black, Summer Sky, London Fog, Grape Jelly, Danube Blue; irRESISTible Pico Embellisher Wedding Dress; Creative Medium Shimmer; Memento Markers: Gray Flannel, Lulu Lavender, Summer Sky and Tangelo; Sponge Dauber
Lawn Fawn: LF727 Winter Penguin
Spellbinders Paper Arts: Curved Borders One, Fancy Labels Tags One, Snowflake Bliss
Miscellaneous: Lavender Rhinestones, Purple, white and blue cardstock, adhesive. foam dots, washi tape

Instructions:

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1. Cut Curved Borders One with scrap paper.

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2. Affix the curved border piece to white cardstock, sized 4 x 5 1/4 inches to the center using washi tape as shown.

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3. Sponge Summer Sky ink above the curved border piece with a Sponge Dauber. Add ink along the bottom edge of the curved piece as well.

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4. Sponge Danube Blue ink above the curved border piece, and leaving some of the Summer Sky ink showing (you are producing a gradient effect), with a Sponge Dauber.

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5. Sponge Grape Jelly ink above the curved border piece, and leaving some Danube Blue and Summer Sky ink showing (you are producing a gradient effect), with a Sponge Dauber.

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6. Stamp Lawn Fawn “Winter Penguin” onto lower portion of the cardstock with Tuxedo Black ink. Add the small heart stamp using London Fog ink.

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7. Color the penguin with Memento Markers: Gray Flannel, Tangelo, Lulu Lavender and Summer Sky.

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8. Add Creative Medium Shimmer to the bottom portion with a paint brush to create the icy pond.

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9. Remove the curved border piece and add “snow” using irRESISTibles Wedding Dress Pico Embellisher.

10. Stamp sentiment on die cut and add to the panel, then glue panel to a card. Finish with a snowflake die cut.

Have An ICE Day

by Debbie

Lawn Fawn AIR Project Nov. 2014

Lawn Fawn’s photopolymer clear stamps are exceptionally well made and worked wonderfully with the inks I used from IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko. I loved the characters and accompanying sentiments in the “Critters in the Attic” stamp set.

Supplies:

IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko: Brilliance: Pearlescent Sky Blue, Peacock (multi-colored ink pad); VersaFine: Onyx Black and Majestic Blue; VersaMagic: Turquoise Gem, Sea Breeze, Niagara Mist; irREISISTible Pico Embellisher Wedding Dress, Goosebumps Texture Spray Shimmer, Ink Potion No. 9, Fantastix (Bullet Point and Brush Tip), InkBlushers
Lawn Fawn Critters in the Attic Stamp Set LF 708
Prima: 6×6 Irregular Dots Stencil
Copic Markers: Cool Gray No. 1, 2 & 7; Prussian Blue
Spellbinders Dies: Classic Squares Small, Labels Twelve
Authentique Paper: Anchored paper collection
Cardstock/paper: 140 lb. cold press watercolor paper by Strathmore, 65 lb. black card stock, Coconut Velvet Paper from SEI, 118 lb. Conqueror Card Stock in White Diamond (5×5 card), blue Mirricard card stock
Miscellaneous: light blue crystals, Scor Tape, Tombow Mono Adhesive, Glue Dots, removable adhesive tape

Directions:

1. Using the Brilliance Peacock multi-colored inkpad, apply color onto the watercolor paper with an InkBlusher using the Prima stencil. Spray the paper with Ink Potion No. 9 to blend the colors a little. Allow to dry.

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2. Stamp the walrus and “smile” sentiment onto the stenciled paper with VersaFine in Onxy Black. Stamp the walrus again onto white paper and cut out to use as a mask.

3. With removable adhesive, tape the walrus mask over the stamped walrus. Stamp the ice flow block so the walrus is sitting on it. Remove mask.

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4. Color the ice flow block with the Brilliance in Pearlescent Sky Blue, VersaMagic Sea Breeze, Turquoise Gem and Niagara Mist using the Fantastix.

5. Color the walrus with Copic markers – use the Prussian Blue Copic Marker on the eyes, nose and outline of the tusks.

6. Stamp the sentiment “have an ice day” under images with VersaFine in Majestic Blue.

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7. Spray the card stock with Goosebumps in Shimmer. Allow to dry.

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8. Die cut the walrus image with the next-to-the-largest square die. Die cut black card stock with the largest square die. Cut the velvet paper into a 4-inch square. Die cut the center with the largest Label Twelve die so the 4-inch square can be used as a frame.

9. Adhere the stamped image to the black square die cut. Adhere this set to the base panel card stock from Authentique (4-3/4” square), offset a little to the right. Overlay the velvet frame die cut and adhere with 1/4” Scor Tape along the 4 edges, and glue dots on each inside corner.

10. Randomly adhere different sizes of light blue crystals on the left side of the card. If you have any left-over die cut pieces from another project that are appropriate, use them; in this case, a wheel and a very small circle die cut were used from a project using blue Mirricard card stock.

11. Place the tiny circle die as a “dot” to the “i” in smile; placed the wheel die cut around one of the crystals.

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12. With the irRESISTible Pico Embellisher, make small white dots on top of some of the background stenciled dots for snow. Allow to dry.

Happy Holidays

by Kazuko

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Supplies:

Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko: Memento Luxe: Rich Cocoa, Love Letter; VersaMarker, irRESISTible PICO Embellisher Wedding Dress
Lawn Fawn: “LOVE YOU A LATTE” stamps
Spellbinders: Large Circle, Scalloped Circles dies
Miscellaneous: card stock (blue, red, white, black), colored pencils, adhesive and dimensional adhesive

Directions:

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1. Die cut large circle onto white cardstock.

2. Stamp images with Memento Luxe Rich Cocoa and allow to dry.

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3. Color in the cup with a blue colored pencils, using a darker color on the sides of the cup to highlight.

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4. Use a VersaMarker to blend your colors together.

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5. Continue coloring the bottom of the card to create a table, blending colors using a VersaMarker.

6. Die cut larger circle layering piece from black cardstock using the scalloped circles die. Adhere colored panel on top with dimensional adhesive.

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7. Randomly stamp candy canes with Memento Luxe Love Letter and fill in with colored pencils onto white cardstock.

8. Cut/score square card base from blue cardstock. Cut a smaller layer of red cardstock, and trim the candy cane layer smaller to fit inside of the red layer.

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9. Add dots with the irresistible Pico Embellisher in Wedding Dress around the border on the red layering piece. Alternate the size of the dots.

10. Assemble card as shown.

Inspiration Week with Hazel and Ruby Day 3

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Imagine

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This week IMAGINE Crafts is proud to feature the products from Hazel & Ruby. Our Artists In Residence are here all week to inspire you with their amazing projects using IMAGINE Crafts’ products along with a selection of stencils, paper and embellishments from Hazel & Ruby.

SNOW

by Darsie

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Supplies:

IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko: Memento Espresso Truffle, Memento LUXE inker Wedding Dress, Creative Medium Shimmer, Sponge Dauber
Hazel & Ruby: “Pass the Tissue” crafting tissue papers, “Boutique Alpha & Numbers” Stencil Masks
Spellbinders Paper Arts: Snowflake Bliss
Miscellaneous: Mauve Canvas 8×8, white pearls, white cardstock, adhesive, foam brush, foam squares, scissors, wax paper

Instructions:

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1. Glue tissue paper to white cardstock.

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2. Add Boutique Alpha Letters Stencil Mask (S, N, O, W) to tissue cardstock and cut out with sharp scissors. Remove stencil masks.

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3. Add Memento Espresso Truffle ink to the edges of the letters with a sponge dauber.

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4. Add MementoLUXE Wedding Dress ink to a scrap piece of paper. Roll up the wax paper and use it to apply the ink to the mauve canvas for a “snow” appearance. Allow to dry.

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5. Add Creative Medium Clear Shimmer to the canvas with a foam brush for sparkle.

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6. Cut/emboss snowflakes from Spellbinders Snowflake Bliss die template set using the tissue cardstock and white cardstock.

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7. Stencil some of the snowflakes with Espresso Truffle ink using a sponge dauber.

8. Adhere Letters to right side of canvas, and snowflakes on left side. Finish off with pearl embellishments.

Eerie Halloween

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Imagine

by Darsie

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Supplies:

IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko: Memento: Tuxedo Black, LuLu Lavender, London Fog, Grape Jelly, Dandelion; irRESISTible Pico Embellisher Clear, Ink Blusher
Memory Box: Bramble Sunrise Cling Stamp
Spellbinders Paper Arts: Monarch and Font One, Uppercase
Miscellaneous: Lavender Rhinestones, Purple, white and black cardstock, adhesive

Instructions:

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1. Stamp Memory Box Bramble Sunrise with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on white cardstock panel, sized 4 x 5 1/4 inches.

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2. Sponge LuLu Lavender ink onto panel, omitting the moon and part of the brambles, with an ink blusher.

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3. Sponge London Fog ink onto panel, omitting the moon and part of the brambles and leaving some of the LuLu Lavender ink showing (you are producing a gradient effect), with an ink blusher.

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4. Sponge Grape Jelly ink onto panel, omitting the moon and part of the brambles and leaving some of the London Fog ink showing (you are producing a gradient effect) with an InkBlusher.

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5. Sponge Tuxedo Black ink onto panel, omitting the moon and part of the brambles and leaving some of the Grape Jelly ink showing (you are producing a gradient effect), with an InkBlusher.

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