Hello friends! This is Linh (or LV Handcrafted on all the socials). Did you know you can customize wax seals with Imagine inks? This will have you looking at your stamps in a whole new light! Create fabulous wax seals for the holidays as envelop seals for your greeting cards, tag toppers or seal your gifts with these fun custom stamped wax seals!
Skill: Advance
Time: 5-10 minutes (depends on how many you make)
Supplies Used
Imagine
Other Products Used
Hello friends! This is Linh (or LV Handcrafted on all the socials). I’m back again with more BetterPress fun! This time I’m using StazOn Opaque ink in Cotton White and Delicata Silvery Shimmer ink. The StazOn Opaque ink is wonderful because it’s a solvent based pigment ink that you can use on dark or black cardstock. Look how bright and white that is! It works beautifully with this BetterPress plate and makes a very beautiful holiday card.
To elevate the design a little bit, I smooshed some Delicata ink onto an acrylic block, watered it down a smidge and painted with it. I did a little partial coloring of the holly berries to add a little contrast to the design. The shimmer is subtle but beautiful and perfect for that extra special touch during the holidays.
Skill: Beginner
Time: 5 minutes
Supplies Used
Other Products Used
– Let’s make a festive and fun Christmas card with ink, stamps, stencils, and minimal coloring.
Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Time: 1 hour
Step 1.
Use a stamping platform and Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink, stamp the penguin from the Penguin Clear Stamp Set onto a panel 6” x 8” panel of Mixed Media cardstock. Re-ink and stamp a second time to ensure a good impression. Keep the image panel secured to the base of the stamping platform. Remove and clean the stamp.
Step 2:
Position the the penguin from the Frost Clear Stamp Set to the right of the previously stamped penguin. Ink the stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. Re-ink and stamp if necessary to ensure a good impression. Remove the image panel from the platform. Remove and clean the stamp.
Step 3:
Place a piece of repositionable sticker paper on the base of the stamping platform. Place both penguins facedown onto the sticker paper. Ink the stamps with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. Remove the stamps and the sticker paper sheet from the platform. Heat set the image panel.
Step 4:
Fussy-cut the sticker paper versions of the penguins and place atop their counterparts on the image panel to mask them.
Step 5:
Position the Snow Globe stencil so that the opening is framing the penguins. Use low-tack tape to secure the stencil to the image panel and to cover the base of the image panel. Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Summer Sky Memento ink heavily around the edges of the Snow Globe fading inward over the masked penguins.
Step 6:
Keeping the Snow Globe stencil in place, remove some of the tape from below the globe area. Position the Snow Globe’s Base stencil below the snow globe on the image panel. Secure it with low-tack tape.
Position the circle mask, included with the Snow Globe stencil set, so that it covers the penguins. Secure it with low-tack tape as shown.
Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Rhubarb Stalk Memento ink along the top, bottom, and both sides of the Snow Globe Base stencil. Use the same Sponge Dauber to apply and blend Lady Bug Memento from the edges towards the center of the Snow Globe Base. When happy with the blending and coverage, remove, clean, and dry the Snow Globe stencil, Snow Globe Base stencil, and the circle mask. Use Scarlet Red and Red Chalk pencils to add dimension and detail to the Snow Globe base. Use a white chalk pencil to add a highlight.
Step 7:
Place low-tack tape horizontally across the inked Snow Globe Base. Place the circle mask over the inked Snow Globe and masked penguins on the image panel. Use low-tack tape to secure the circle mask in place.
Use a Sponge Dauber to apply New Sprout Memento ink to the top part of the image panel as shown.
Step 8:
Place the Holly Background stencil over the circle mask onto the image panel. Secure the stencil in place with low-tack tape. Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Oasis VersaFine Clair ink over the stencil’s holly leaves onto the image panel. Use a paper towel to remove as much ink as possible from the stencil.
Use a Fantastix to apply Tulip Red VersaFine Clair ink over the stencil’s holly berries onto the image panel. Remove, clean, and dry the stencils and the circle mask. Heat set the image panel.
Step 9:
Use the stenciled leaves and berries as a guide to re-position the Holly Background stencil onto the image panel. Secure with low-tack tape. Place the Snow Globe stencil over top so that the globe aperture is framing the snow globe on the image panel. Secure with low-tack tape.
Use a Fantastix to lightly apply green ink from the Fresh Greens Kaleidacolor inkpad (the second pad from the left) over the stencil’s holly leaves onto the snow globe on the image panel. Use another Fantastix to apply Lady Bug Memento ink over the stencil’s holly berries onto the image panel.
Remove, clean, and dry the stencils.
Step 10:
Place low-tack tape horizontally on the line separating the snow globe from the holly leaf background.
Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Acorn VersaFine Clair ink to the image panel. Use black chalk pencils to add shading and horizontal lines. Smudge the chalk slightly.
Step 11:
Smoosh Sparkle Sheer Shimmer Stix onto the craft mat. Use a paintbrush to apply to the ground under the penguins to make it look icy.
Step 12:
Apply Sparkle Sheer Shimmer Stix onto the craft mat. Add a drop of New Sprout Memento Inker to the sparkly puddle. Mix with a paintbrush, then use the brush to make the penguins’ eyes green. Clean the craft mat.
Apply Sparkle Sheer Shimmer Stix onto the craft mat. Add a drop of Danube Blue Memento Inker to the sparkly puddle. Mix with a paintbrush, then use the brush to add an outline to the white areas of the penguins’ bellies. Clean the craft mat.
Step 13:
Apply Frost Shimmer Stix to the craft mat. Use a paint brush to add white to the beak of the compass penguin (on the left). Clean the craft mat.
Step 14:
Place the Snow Globe stencil back over the image panel. Cover the remainder of the background with a ruler or tape. Add a drop or two of Moonlight White Brilliance Inker to the craft mat. Spray with 91% Isopropyl Alcohol. Mix with a paint brush and splatter the penguins to add a snowy touch. Remove and clean the stencil. Clean the craft mat. Use a white chalk pencil to add highlights to the right and left side of the snow globe.
Step 15:
Use Tulip Red VersaFine ink to stamp the “Merry Christmas” stencil onto white cardstock. Use a sentiment cutting die to cut the sentiment.
Use a fancy tag cutting die to cut green cardstock. Adhere the sentiment to the green die-cut. Adhere the matted sentiment to the image panel as shown. Enhance the sentiment with rhinestones.
Step 16:
Trim the image panel to 4.625” x 6.625”. Cut a piece of black cardstock to 4.75” x 6.75”. Use Tear-It!Tape to adhere the image panel to the black mat. Use Tear-It! Tape to adhere the matted image panel to a 5” x 7” green card.
Imagine Crafts Supplies:
Other Supplies:
Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Time: 20-30 minutes
Directions:
Step 1
Cut masking paper to ½” x 5” strips
Step 2
Stagger the strips to leave ½” sections to ink up.
Step 3
Ink blend the Dandelion Ink in the open spaces, leaving the far left end open.
Step 4
Move the masking strips to cover up the Dandelion and leave ink up with Potter’s Clay, leaving the far right white.
Step 5
Peel off all making strips and let dry (or dry with heat tool).
Step 6
Stamp the flourished Leaf using VersaFine CLAIR in Pinecone
Step 7
Stamp the sentiment also using VersaFine CLAIR Pinecone.
Step 8
Cut a panel of Dark Brown cardstock to 4” x 5 ¼” to be layering panel
Step 9
Cut the Ink blended/Stamped panel to 3 ¾” x 5”.
Step 10
Layer both panels on a Barely There color Card base measuring 4 ¼” x 5 ½” using Tear It! Tape
Craft Supplies Used:
Imagine
Other Supplies Used
Gina K Designs Stamps- Doodled Autumn
Gina K Designs Dark Chocolate Cardstock
Gina K Designs White Cardstock
Gina K Designs Barely There Cardstock
Gina K Designs Masking Strips
VersaFine Clair Inks make it easy to create a quick and bewitching Halloween scene!
Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Time: 1 hour
Step 1.
Use tape to secure the Moon mask and the flattest of the Hills mask to the back of a 4.75” x 6.75” panel of white cardstock.
Use a sponge dauber to apply Blue Belle VersaFine Clair Ink over the Moon mask onto the top part of the image panel to create a night sky.
Use another sponge dauber to apply Paradise VersaFine Clair Ink over the top of the Hills mask onto the image panel until the panel is covered.
Step 2:
Move the Hills mask slightly downward and use the existing tape to secure it in place.
I had previously traced the Hills mask onto a piece of cardstock and fussy-cut it to create a paper mask for the negative portion of the mask. This was placed over the night sky.
Use a sponge dauber to apply Green Oasis VersaFine Clair Ink between the paper and acetate mask. Move the acetate mask downwards again and sponge Green Oasis VersaFine Clair Ink to fill in the grassy areas.
Use a different sponge dauber to apply Rain Forest VersaFine Clair Ink below the paper mask to add contrast and fill in the lawn. Remove the masks and heat set the panel.
Use a black chalk pencil to deepen the shadows in the grass.
Step 3:
Use magnets to secure the image panel to the base of a stamping platform. Position the witch and the cauldron stamps facedown as desired. Press the platform’s lid onto the back of the stamps, lift, and ink the stamps with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink. Stamp. Re-ink and stamp again if needed to attain a good impression.
Use a black chalk pencil to add shadows below the witch and the cauldron.
Step 4:
Position the Bats stamp on the right side of the witch and above the cauldron. Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink to stamp the image. Oops. No photo.
Clean and dry the Bats stamp. Reposition it so that it’s to the left of the witch. Use Nocturne VersaFine Ink to stamp the image.
Step 5:
Position the Bat Colony stamp at the top right of the image panel so the bats are in front of the moon. Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink to stamp the image.
Step 6:
Position the larger of the Spanish Moss stamps along the right side of the image panel. Ink the stamp with Rain Forest VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. Clean and dry the stamp. Move the stamp down, ink the stamp with Rain Forest VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp to extend the moss.
Step 7:
Position the smaller of the Spanish Moss stamps to the right of the stamped moss. Ink the stamp with Shady Lane VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. Clean and dry the stamp. Move the stamp to the right, ink the stamp with Shady Lane VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp.
Step 8:
Clean and dry the stamp then move it back to the left. Ink the stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp.
Step 9:
Place the larger of the Spanish Moss stamps onto an acrylic block. Ink the stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp over the previous impressions using first and second generation stamping. Sorry there’s no photo.
Heat set the image panel.
Step 10:
Use Tear It! Tape to adhere the image panel to a 5” x 7” black card.
Step 11:
Use a white Gelly Roll Gel pen to add highlights to the cauldron. Use a white colored pencil to add shading to the witch and the cauldron.
Use Stardust Glitter Gel pens to add sparkle to the contents being thrown in the cauldron and to the Spanish Moss.
Imagine Crafts Supplies:
Other Supplies:
Mini Guillotine Trimmer by Tim Holtz for Tonic Studios
Misti Stamping Platform by My Sweet Petunia
Greetings! It’s Alison Heikkila. I recently watched a video from Jennifer McGuire that was all about inking embossing folders to create beautiful inky and dimensional cards easily. I wanted to give her techniques a try using inks from Imagine. I also decided that this would be a great opportunity to make a Christmas card. You can check out my YouTube video below.
Skill Level: Beginner
Time to Complete: 15 minutes
Art Supplies:
Imagine:
Delicata Ink in Golden Glitz
Memento Ink: Rhubarb Stalk
Other:
Sizzix: Kaleidoscope 3-D Texture Fades
Stampers Anonymous: Bold Tidings Mini
Ranger: Brayer
Black Grosgrain Ribbon, Black & White Cardstock
I hope you enjoyed this simple, yet impactful technique. Thanks so much for stopping by. Have an inspiring day!
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