DIY Personalized Canvas Journal Using Fabrico Markers

Posted on February 2, 2026 by Imagine

By Helen Gullett

~ Hello crafty friends! Every year, I would need a new journal to start the new year and this time I got a new blank canvas journal that I wanted to personalize. So today, I wanna share with you how to personalize your own canvas journal. It is very easy and fun for sure.

Let’s get crafting!

Skill: Beginner
Time: 15 minutes

Direction:

Step 1

Get the blank canvas journal out of its plastic packaging and then use a link roller to clean the canvas cover well from dust, lint, and threads. This step to make the next stamping steps easier and nothing would get stuck on your stamp later.

Step 2

I worked with a layer stamp set, you can use any stamp set you want to personalize your canvas journal.

The first step is stamping the first base layer of the big flower. Put the flower stamp on a stamping acrylic block, and then cover it with some ink using the Cerulean Blue Fabrico Marker. Then stamp it on the canvas cover. Make sure to press it down strongly and evenly, do not wiggle it around to get a good impression on canvas.

Repeat the stamping until you cover the whole canvas journal cover.

Step 3

To stamp the second layer of the flower, put the flower stamp on a stamping acrylic block, and then pick a second darker color. I used the Ultramarine Fabrico Marker. Cover the whole stamp with the ink and then stamp it on the canvas cover. Make sure to press it down strongly and evenly, do not wiggle it around to get a good impression on canvas.

Repeat the stamping until all flowers are stamped with the second layer image.

Step 4

Next, stamp the middle part of the flower. Put the base layer (solid) of the middle part of the flower stamp on a stamping acrylic block, and then cover it with some ink using the Lemon Yellow Fabrico Marker. Then line it up in the middle of the flower, and stamp.

Make sure to press it down strongly and evenly, do not wiggle it around to get a good impression on canvas.

Repeat the stamping until you cover the whole canvas journal cover.

Step 5

Then, grab the second layer of the middle part of the flower and put it on a stamping acrylic block. Use the Tangerine Fabrico Marker to stamp it on top of the base layer.

Make sure to press it down strongly and evenly, do not wiggle it around to get a good impression on canvas.

Repeat the stamping until you fill all the flowers.

Step 6

Use the Emerald Fabrico Marker to stamp the first base layer of the leaf.

Put the leaf stamp on a stamping acrylic block, cover it with some ink, and then stamp it on around the flower as many as you want.

Make sure to press it down strongly and evenly, do not wiggle it around to get a good impression on canvas.

Repeat the stamping step until you like how it looks.

Step 7

For the second layer of the leaf, I use the Forest Fabrico Marker.

Put the stamp on a stamping acrylic block, cover it with some ink, and then stamp it on each leaf.

Make sure it lines up with the base image first, and then press it down strongly and evenly, do not wiggle it around to get a good impression on canvas.

Repeat the stamping step until all leaves are stamped.

Step 8

Now stamping the tiny flowers to fill in the empty spaces.

Put the base layer of the tiny flower stamp on a small stamping acrylic block, cover it with some ink using the Wisteria Fabrico Marker, and then stamp it until it fills out the empty spaces on the cover.

Make sure to press it down strongly and evenly, do not wiggle it around to get a good impression on canvas. Repeat the stamping step.

Step 9

Next is to stamp the second layer of the tiny flower. Put it on a small stamping acrylic block, cover it with some ink using the Peony Purple Fabrico Marker, and then stamp it until all second layers of the tiny flower are stamped.

Make sure to press it down strongly and evenly, do not wiggle it around to get a good impression on canvas. Repeat the stamping step.

Step 10

Last step of this process is stamping the middle part of the tiny flower.

Put the stamp on a small stamping acrylic block, cover it with some ink using the Lemon Yellow Fabrico Marker, and then stamp it on all the tiny flowers.

Make sure to press it down strongly and evenly, do not wiggle it around to get a good impression on canvas. Repeat the stamping step.

If you want, you can use a craft iron to heat set the ink to the canvas. But without ironing, the ink will dry permanently in 24 hours (do not get it wet).

Being able to personalize our own canvas journal is a fun project and also, you can make it for gifting, too.

I hope you will give this technique a try and play around with different colors. Thanks so much for stopping by our blog today.

Craft Supplies

Imagine Crafts:

Fabrico Markers (Cerulean Blue, Ultramarine, Lemon Yellow, Tangerine, Emerald, Forest, Wisteria, Peony Purple)
Imagine Craft Mat
Staz-On All Purpose Stamp Cleaner

Others:

Flower Pop Layering Stamp Set (Altenew)
Blank Canvas Journal
Acrylic stamping blocks
Paper Towel
Lint roller

Fabric Covered Frames for Your Junk Journal

Posted on July 7, 2025 by Imagine

By Tracy Fear

Hello Friends! Tracy here and today I am delighted to share this little frame tutorial perfect to fit into your junk journals or any other type of journal!

In today’s video tutorial I am sharing how I used stamps on muslin fabric to create a fun frame project! We will make one together, I will make 2 off camera, and at the end I will show you how I incorporated all three into my junk journal. Be careful, my friends, making these is addictive!

Skill: Intermediate
Time: 30 Minutes to 90 Minutes

Art Supplies
Stamping Platform
Glue
Brush (I use silicone)
Your choice of stamps
Ephemera of your choice
Muslin Fabric-pressed

Imagine Products

Other Products Used

Assorted Stamps from Stamper’s Anonymous and Tim Holtz
Muslin Fabric-coffee died and natural dies
Technique Junkies Statue of Liberty Stamp
Various dies
120lb paper in white, Kraft, and pink
Misti tool
PVA Adhesive

ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTS THAT CAN BE USED TO RECREATE SOMETHING SIMILAR

Any Pigment Inks
Heavy cardstock instead of fabric

To learn how to make this little frame, click here!

Love-Themed Art Journaling Page

Posted on January 6, 2025 by Imagine

By Helen Gullett

Hello crafty friends! Can you feel the love fill the air? With love in our hearts and minds today, we are going to have fun creating this Love Wins art journaling page together.
Let’s get crafting!

Skill: Intermediate
Time: 45-60 minutes

Direction:

Step 1
Cut out the Canson watercolor leftover or strips into squares and rectangles.
Add the pieces to the journal page with On Point Glue. Let them dry well for a few minutes.
This will create the tile background to give extra texture to the journal page.
(Optional: you can skip this if you want to have smoother background to your page)

Step 2
Add some of the texture paste around the corners and edges of the journal page using a stencil and palette knife.
Remove the stencil and wash it right away with warm water.
Let the texture paste to dry. You can use a craft heater to speed up the drying time, but be very careful to not heat it up too much, move around your craft heat all over the page. Let the page cool down.

Step 3
This is a fun step!
Start spraying your page with the Fireworks! Shimmery Craft Spray, one color at the time. You do not need to wait for each color to dry to spray the next one. It is fun to watch how each color blends together.
Use a craft heater to dry the background.
Optional: you can repeat spraying until you get the color blending you like to have.

Step 4
Add some of the Wedding Dress Memento Luxe ink to the page using your finger on the texture paste heart on the background. This will bring out the hearts and muted the bright colors a little bit.
Dry the background with a craft heat gun.

Step 5
Building up the background texture on the journal page by randomly stamping each texture stamp one by one using the Memento Luxe ink pads (Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa, Espresso Truffle) and VersaFine Clair Charming Pink ink pad.
Dry the ink after stamping each image on the journal page.

Step 6
Using sponge dauber, add some of the Memento Luxe Rick Cocoa ink around the corner of the page to create the shadow border.
Dry the ink with a craft heat gun.

Step 7
On a piece of white cardstock, stamp the letters for the title or sentiment using VersaFine Clair Charming Pink inkpad. Dry the stamped letters with a craft heat gun.
Cut out each letter with scissors.
Add some of the VersaFine Clair Charming Pink ink around the edges of the letters using a sponge dauber to give some shadows effect to the letters.

Step 8
Add each letter to the journal page with On Point Glue.

Step 9
This is an optional step.
I decided to muted down the Rick Cocoa border by adding some of the Memento Luxe Wedding Dress ink with a blending brush.

Step 10
Add some shimmer sparkle to the page by spraying some of the Sheer Shimmer Sparkle Spritzer.
Dry the whole page once more time with a craft heat gun.
It’s done.

Let unconditional love fill each of your hearts every day so we can show love to others. At the end… Love wins!
Thank you for stopping by our blog today. Have a wonderful day.

Craft Supplies

Imagine Crafts:

Memento Luxe (Tuxedo Black, Espresso Truffle, Rich Cocoa, Wedding Dress)
VersaFine Clair (Charming Pink)
Fireworks! 3 pack – Girls’ Night Out (Rose Bud, Angel Pink, London Fog)
Sheer Shimmer Spritzer – Sparkle
On Point Glue
Palette Knives
Sponge Dauber
Imagine Craft Mat
Staz-On All Purpose Stamp Cleaner

Others:

Texture Tiles 1 stamp set (Creative Worship Stamps)
Grunge Elements 3 stamp set (Creative Worship Stamps)
Mini Marks 1 stamp set (Creative Worship Stamps)
Shake It Off Caps Alpha stamp set (Creative Worship Stamps)
Hearts Galore stencil (Creative Worship Stamps)
Canson Watercolor Cardstock (leftover or paper strips)
White cardstock
White Gesso
Texture Paste
Flat brush
Tweezers
Blending brush
Stamping Blocks
Micro-tip scissors
Craft heat gun
Paper trimmer
Die cutting Machine

Create a Beautiful Kraft Paper Notebook with Walnut Inks

Posted on January 4, 2021 by Imagine

By Kyriakos Pachadiroglou

Beyond staining paper with Walnut inks, use them to stamp with foam stamps and as a drawing medium with the Fantastix brush tips for free hand designs on kraft wrapping paper. Seal the result and make the paper resistant with a layer of Creative MEDIUM. Celebrate the new year and create some awesome goals.

Skill: Intermediate
Time: 1 ½ hour

Directions

Step 1

Cut 4x6in pieces of the carton paper and 5x7in of the kraft paper. 4 of each to make 2 notepads.

Step 2

Pour some Walnut Ink Lilac Posies on the craft mat and press the foam leaf stamp on it and stamp in a scattered pattern on the kraft paper. Try not to over soak the foam. (If you don’t have a leaf stamp, cut a simple, almond like, leaf shape from a piece of foam).

Step 3

Continue with smaller size leaves using the Cherry Blossom and Willow Walnut inks. Make two kraft paper pieces as above.

Step 4

Dip three Fantastix brush tips in the Walnut Inks colors above and draw brunches with the Willow one.

Step 5

Add flowers (small dots can work to decorate) with the Cherry Bloom and the Lilac Posies. Make two of the kraft paper pieces as above.

Step 6

Decorate the leaves with the MEMENTO dual tips markers.

Step 7

Add the number 21 using the number stencil and the MEMENTO dual tips markers.

Step 8

Cover the kraft papers with a long palette knife and Creative MEDIUM Shimmer and let them dry.

Step 9

Place Tear It Tape on the carton pieces and set in the middle the kraft papers. (½ in should be left on every side).

Step 10

Add Tear It Tape to the edge of the ½ in kraft paper, cut the corners and fold to secure on the back of the carton paper. This step creates the book cover. Repeat process with the rest pieces.

Step 11

Cut 3 ¾ x 5 ¾ in pieces of kraft paper, place Tear It Tape and set to the back (inner) side of the book covers.

Step 12

Cut blank pages in 3 ¾ x 5 ¾ in size. Use a book binding machine or book binding tools to bind the notepads. Alternate punch holes with hole punch tool and add book binding rings to hold the pages.

Art Supplies

Imagine

Other

Kraft wrapping paper
Carton paper
Foam stamps (or foam sheet)
Blank A4 pages
Numbers stencil
Book binding machine and wires (or hole punch tool)

Beginner Guide: Kaleidacolor Ink Variety of Colors for Any Time of the Year

Posted on September 25, 2020 by Imagine

kaleidacolor swatching video

by LeeAnn McKinney

Greetings crafty friends! In this quick ink swatching video, I used the Waffle Flower Swatch Stamp and Die set for Kaleidacolor Ink Pads to show how these multicolor inks can be used throughout the year. These dye, water-based inkpads are a favorite of mine for fun quick backgrounds, easy stamp pad storage, keeping colors organized and the 5 colors in one ink pad make it even better.

Kaleidacolor in Baby Powder has a light pastel variety — perfect for baby shower invitations with light pinks, blues, and yellows. Kaleidacolor in Autumn Leaves and Vineyard – perfect for Fall themed cards – Halloween + Thanksgiving. My favorite for Winter Christmas Cards or Holiday Cards is Blue Breeze which is an all-blue palette giving that icy winter wonderland mood.

Other

Acrylic Block
Waffle Flower Swatch Stamp Set
Waffle Flower Swatch Die Set

Make this Mini Circle Art Journal with StazOn Pigment Ink

Posted on July 20, 2020 by Imagine