Learn How To Make A New Years Eve Necklace And Earrings

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Imagine

by Kyriakos Pachadirolgou

The leaf shape of the new Dewlet dies to inspire me to create a piece of jewelry everyone can make. Combining two different colors of metallic sheets, a gold one and a silver using SHEET Metal from Imagine, you can shape a shiny but still elegant necklace with a matching set of earrings. This project would make excellent New Years Eve celebration jewelry.

Skill: Advanced
Time: 1 hour

Directions

Step 1

Cut leaves from the SHEET Metal ATC cards and the gold colored aluminum foil. For this set, you will need 10 pieces for the necklace and 2 pieces for each earring.

Step 2

Lay the leaves on a flat surface, place them in the desired design and take a photo to follow the shape later.

Step 3

Use the round shape embossing tool and press into the leaves to create a hammered look.

Step 4

Set a small piece of Tear It! Tape on the back side of each leaf and add a drop of jewelry glue. This step will keep the leaves together in order to proceed to the next one and allow time for the jewelry glue to dry well.

Step 5

To set the waxed cord you can either punch holes and use jump rings or you can just glue it to the back of the leaves. The second option gives a more a steady result on the form of the necklace.

Step 6

To make the earrings, attach two leaves together, punch a hole and place the earring hook.

Supplies

Imagine

Other

Gold color aluminum foil
Jewelry glue
Waxed cord
Earring hooks
Jewelry end hooks/claps
Round embossing tool
Die cutting machine

Learn How to Make Wood Slice Holiday Ornaments

Posted on December 8, 2018 by Imagine

by Kyriakos Pachadiroglou

Make Christmas tree ornaments using bark slices painted with All-Purpose Ink in White and stamped with Christmas theme stamps. The surface of the wood slices are covered with Creative Medium for an iridescent result and then stamped with Memento Luxe Bahama Blue ink and sealed with clear embossing powder from Imagine. For once more the Radiant Neon Amplify in White makes the perfect snow result and works as a glue medium to add the ice crystals.

Skill: Beginner
Time: 45 minutes

Directions

Step 1

Dilute some All-Purpose Ink with water and paint the wooden slices.

Step 2

When the paint dries use a palette knife to cover with Creative Medium Iridescent Blue.

Step 3

Stamp with Memento Luxe Bahama Blue ink pad.

Step 4

Cover with Imagine’s clear embossing powder and heat set.

Step 5

Add Radiant Neon Amplify! White paint on the top side of the wooden slices.

Step 6

Press the still wet paint in the ice crystals and heat with a heat gun to make the paint puffy.

Step 7

Use the On Point Glue to add rhinestones and tie a bow with the satin ribbon.

Supplies

Imagine

All-Purpose Ink – White
Creative Medium – Iridescent blue
Memento Luxe – Bahama Blue
Embossing Powder – Clear
Radiant Neon Amplify! – White
On Point Glue
Palette knives

Other

Wooden bark slices
Crackerbox and Suzy Stamps – Blowing snowflakes tree, Snowflake Trio
CraftSmart – Toy soldier stamp
Heat tool
Viva Decor – Eiskristall
Rhinestones
Satin ribbon

See How to Make Earrings with Rinea Foil

Posted on November 21, 2018 by Imagine

by Kyriakos Pachadiroglou

To be a star yourself, you need extra star shine in your jewelry! Crafting a pair of supersize star shape earrings is easy with Imagine Sheet Metal and the Starstruck foiled paper from Rinea. The Sheet Metal star frames that are created with dies, keep inside the double-sided foiled paper that shows on both sides of the earrings with no extra work. Tear It Tape is a great tool to attach the metal pieces and the paper together. A liquid glue that may leak on in the center. To gift the star shape earrings, create a small pocket with more Rinea foil paper and a small sentiment stamped with VersaFine Clair ink. See how I did it!

Skill: Advanced
Time: 40 minutes

Directions

Step 1

Die cut four star-shaped frames from Imagine’s Sheet Metal using a 2.5-inch and a 1.75-inch star dies.

Step 2

Die cut 2 Rinea foil paper stars using a 2-inch wide star frame.

Step 3

Place Tear It Tape around the Sheet Metal star frame on the back side of it.

Step 4

Set the Rinea foil paper star. It will leave space around it so you can easily glue the second-star frame.

Step 5

Punch a small hole and add a large jump ring and an earring hook. Repeat on the second earring.

Step 6

Score a 5×5 piece of cardstock at the lower 2-inch mark, place Tear It Tape on the short sides and fold to make a pocket.

Step 7

Cut a 1×5 inch piece of Rinea foil, place Tear It Tape and glue on the folded side.

Step 8

Punch two hole on the main card, leaving 1 ½ in from each side.

Step 9

Stamp the “Wish” sentiment stamp with VersaFine Clair Purple Delight ink and cut along.

Step 10

Set a star of Sheet Metal that previously removed to make the frame and the “Wish” stamped paper cutting on the front of the card using Tear It Tape.

Supplies

Imagine

Sheet Metal – ATC card
Tear It! Tape
VersaFine Clair – Purple Delight

Other

Rinea – Starstruck Violet foiled paper
5 x 5 white cardstock
Star shape dies
Die cutting machine
Jump rings and earring hooks
Hole punch
Crackerbox & Suzy – Wish stamp

Make Gingerbread Ornaments with Clay and Memento Ink

Posted on November 7, 2018 by Imagine

by Kyriakos Pachadiroglou

This holiday season, the best recipe for gingerbread cookies can be found right here! It takes only a few ingredients/materials and no baking, with a long-lasting fresh cookie look! The first ingredient is clay! I used an air dry one to avoid any “baking” at all. A nice match of Walnut Ink Crystals with Memento Rich Cocoa ink pad gives a beautiful gingerbread color that will make people think these cookies are baked to perfection. Decorate the cookies with easy glazing and fine detail provided by the thin nozzle of irRESISTible Pico Embellisher colors. See if you can trick someone into tasting them! (Ok, maybe don’t go that far…)

Skill: Beginner
Time: 1 hour + clay drying time

Directions

Step 1

Use the rolling pin to flatten the clay in a thick layer. Cut shapes with the cookie cutters. Lay them on the parchment paper and set aside to dry.

Step 2

Dilute a few Walnut Ink Crystals in water and paint the clay shapes.

Step 3

Use a jumbo sponge dauber to darken and add a bit of texture on the clay shapes with Memento Rich Cocoa ink.

Step 4

Use the irRESISTible Pico Embellisher in Wedding Dress as ‘sugar glaze’ to decorate the clay cookies.

Step 5

Add color and details on the clay cookies with the irRESISTible Pico Embellisher in Morocco and Pear Tart colors.

Supplies

Imagine

Walnut Ink Crystals	Memento Inkpad Rich Cocoa	irRESISTible Pico Embellisher Wedding Dress
irRESISTible Pico Embellisher Pear Tart	irRESISTible Pico Embellisher Morocco	Sponge Dauber

Other

Air dry clay
Cookie cutters
Rolling pin
Parchment paper
Paintbrush

We are Excited to be Hopping with Crackerbox + Suzy Stamps Day 2

Posted on October 19, 2018 by Imagine

It’s day 2 of blog hopping with Crackerbox + Suzy Stamps! We love blog hops because they are a super fun way for you to learn more about the individual blogs of design team members and it is also a great way to win some new products!

Thanks so much for stopping and be sure to leave comments (one per blog) during these two days of hopping so you can be entered to win a $25 Crackerbox + Suzy Stamps Gift Certificate or one $25 Gift Certificate from Imagine!!! Winners will be announced on the Crackerbox + Suzy Stamps and Imagine Blogs on Friday, October 26th, 2018.

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The Purrfect Card To Make for Your Cat Loving Friends

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Imagine

by Kyriakos Pachadiroglou

It’s time for someone to take charge and change the “myth” and set things straight! That was what the cat was thinking and decided to scratch out the dog in man’s best friend and replace it with the right word! Celebrate cats with your cat-loving friends by making this high contrast purrrfect card. Black and red stamping in contrast with the white card and gray distressed background enhance the bold dimensional design. Add a cute kitty stamp front and center with a little ball of string for her to bat around as adorable final touches.

Skill: Intermmediate
Time: 1 hour

Directions

Step 1

Cut a 4 x 2 ½ piece of watercolor paper and stamp the words “DOG man’s best friend” with the VersaFine Clair Nocturne inkpad.

Step 2

Use a craft knife to scratch the word “DOG” out making it look like a kitty paw might have done it.

Step 3

Stamp the word “CAT” with VersaFine Clair in Tulip red.

Step 4

Stamp the cat design with the same color on a scrap piece of watercolor paper and cut around the shape.

Step 5

On a 3 x 1 ¼ pice of watercolor paper stamp the word “Purrrfect” using both colors of VersaFine Clair already used.

Step 6

Die cut hearts frames from watercolor paper and full hearts from tracing paper.

Step 7

Distress a 4 x 6 in. white cardstock with Memento in London fog and a sponge dauber. Then use the stencil and the same dauber to create a darker overlay pattern.

Step 8

Add Tear It! Tape to the back of your inked cardstock, remove the backing and adhere to your card base.

Step 9

Continue to add the rest of the stamped and die cut pieces using On Point Glue.

Step 10

Cut a 5-6 in. long piece of the red jute cord. Form a little ball and set on the card with On Point Glue.

Supplies

Imagine

Other

Watercolor paper
Tracing paper
Alphabet stamps
Cat stamp
Heart shape dies
Die cutting machine
Kaiserkraft – checker plate stencil
Red jute cord
Craft knife

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