How to Make a Spooky Card

Posted on October 19, 2021 by Imagine

By Alison Heikkila –

Halloween is a great time to experiment with deeper shades, interesting textures, and unique combinations. Things don’t need to be pretty or perfect…in fact, the weirder and more off-kilter they are, the better! Let’s use a variety of Imagine products to make a spooky card for Halloween.

Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Time: 30 Minutes, including drying time

Directions:

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Step 1:

Apply Silvery Shimmer Delicata Ink Refill to a 6×6 gel printing plate and roll out with a brayer.

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Step 2:

Lay your stencil on to the gel plate. Using a piece of scrap paper, rub the negative space areas to pick up the ink. Pull the print. You won’t be using this print for this project, but you can save it for another time.

Step 3:

Lift the stencil off of the plate.

Step 4:

Lay a piece of 4″ x 5 1/4″ black cardstock on top of the plate, where the stenciled image is. rub the paper on to the plate firmly, making sure to rub all areas to ensure a clean pull.

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Step 5:

Pull the print.

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Step 6:

Splatter irRESISTibles Spray in Love Letter on to the gel print. I open the bottle and tap the straw to get nice, big splatters. Let dry.

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Step 7:

On a piece of gray cardstock, stamp a solid or silhouette image with VersaMark ink. I used a crow.

Step 8:

Sprinkle Shimmering Night Sky Mboss powder on to the inked image, tap off the excess, and heat set. Then, you can fussy cut the image out.

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Step 9:

Die cut your sentiment out of a deep orange cardstock.

Step 10:

Using Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, press the front side of the letters into the pad gently. Memento ink pads have a wonderful texture, which will work perfectly with our creepy card.

Step 11:

On a black A2-sized card base, ink the edges with Black Shimmer Delicata Ink.

Step 12:

Adhere all of your elements on to the card base.

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Art Supplies:

Imagine:

• Delicata Ink in Black Shimmer
• Delicata Reinker in Silvery Shimmer
• irRESISTible Spray in Love Letter
• VersaMark Ink
• Mboss in Shimmering Night Sky
• Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black

Other:

Black, Orange and Gray cardstock
Tim Holtz: Crossbones Stencil, Crow Stamp
6×6 Gel Printing Plate
Alphabet Dies

Halloween Fun with Memento Inks and Imagine Crafts

Posted on October 15, 2021 by Imagine

By LeeAnn McKinney

– Hi there friends and fellow crafters, It’s LeeAnn with a fun Halloween Card I made using Memento Dew Drops, a stencil, and some die cuts. Also a cute kitty using a multilayered stamp set.
Thanks for watching!

Art Supplies

Imagine:

• Imagine Crafts Craft Mat
• Tear it Tape
• VersaFine Clair Nocturne
• Memento Dew Drop Dandelion
• Memento Dew Drop Gray Flannel
• Memento Dew Drop London Fog
• Memento Dew Drop Tuxedo Black
• Memento Dew Drop Tangelo
• Memento Dew Drop Peanut Brittle
• Memento Dew Drop Grape Jelly
• On Point Glue

Other Products:

• Kat Scrappiness Crafters Essentials Halloween Dies
• Kat Scrappiness Boo-gy Ghosts Dies
• Kat Scrappiness Toil and Trouble Layering Stamp Set
• Scrappy Tails Starry Night 3 Layer Stencil Set

Make a Quick Batch of Halloween Cards with a Few Fun Techniques

Posted on October 13, 2021 by Imagine

By Neva Cole –

In today’s tutorial I will show you how to put together a quick set of Halloween cards ready to send out. Ink resist and coloring with Fantastix and Kaleidacolor pads makes for quick images to place on a card. The background is another Kaleidacolor brayered onto glossy cardstock.

Skill: Intermediate

Time: 1.5 hours

Directions:

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Step 1

Stamp pumpkin images in VersaFine Clair three times each on white cardstock. VersaFine Clair is a perfect ink for this technique as there is no smear when coloring over with other dye based inks.

Step 2

Stamp pumpkin carving in Radiant Neon Electric Yellow and heat emboss with Iridescent Embossing Powder.

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Step 3

Fussy cut or die cut pumpkins. Use a Fantastix brush tip to color pumpkins using ink from Kaleidacolor Desert Heat and Cappuccino Delight. The spectrum of colors allows a quick selection to shade different areas of the pumpkins. Use a paper towel or soft cloth and remove ink from the embossed area so the images pop.

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Step 4

Stamp sentiment on glossy cardstock in Radiant Neon Electric Yellow and heat emboss with Iridescent Embossing Powder.

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Step 5

Use a soft rubber brayer to ink cardstock with Kaleidacolor in Vineyard. Remove ink from the embossed area with a paper towel or soft cloth.

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Step 6

Die cut 4 bats from black cardstock. Use Radiant Neon Amplify! in white to add big white eyes. The Amplify! was not heated.

Step 6

Die cut four fence die cuts from black cardstock. (Not shown.)

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Step 8

Adhere background to A2 grey card base with Tear It! Tape. Adhere the fence and bat die cuts with On Point Glue. Adhere center pumpkin with Tear It! Tape. Adhere side pumpkins with dimensional foam adhesive.

Art Supplies

Imagine

Other

Joy Clair Trick or Treat Stamps
Heidi Grace Designs Halloween Stamps
Echo Park Going Batty Die
Heartfelt Creations Lattice Flourish Gateway Die
Rubber Brayer
Dimensional Foam Adhesive
Brother Scan-N-Cut

How to Create A Night Sky With VersaFine Clair

Posted on October 7, 2021 by Imagine

By Katy Ingram –

Hello friends! Katy here and for today’s video I am going to use 3 VersaFine Clair Inks to create a Nebula or Night Sky. I will also show you how I create two panels, one uses the emboss resist and the other uses some Delicata Ink. Thanks so much for watching.

Skill: Intermediate, Advanced
Time: about 40 minutes

Art Supplies:

Imagine

• Delicata Silvery Shimmer

• MBoss Embossing Powder Clear and White

• VersaFine Clair Charming Pink, Blue Belle and Monarch

• On Point Glue

• VersaMark Ink

Other Products Used:

• Gina Marie Crescent Moon
• Gina Marie Pine Trees
• Bristol Smooth
• StarDream Metallic Silver
• Silver Holographic
• Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb White Card Stock
• Black Heavy Weight Card Stock
• Paper Rose Star words Stamp Set
• Blending Brushes

Create Cute Christmas Cards with Puns

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Imagine

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By Jessica Lin

Hi everyone, it’s Jessica here. Can you believe that it’s almost October? I felt like this year went by so fast! I thought I would start making Christmas cards earlier this year, and I wanted to create some “punny” cards. I remember when I first started cardmaking, I loved to make cards with puns or inside jokes because those were so different from store-bought cards. Do you like cards with puns? I would love to know!

Skill: Beginner

Directions:

Supplies Used

Imagine:

VersaMagic – Wheat, Jumbo Java, Pink Grapefruit, Red Magic, Turquoise Gem, Ocean Depth

Other products:

Stamparatus
Stampin’ Up Foxy Friends bundle
Stampin’ Up Large Letters dies
White Cardstock
White Fun Foam
Stampin’ Up Garden Trellis Embossing Folder
Stampin’ Up Labeler Alphabet stamp set

How to Create a “Give Thanks” Mini Slimline Card

Posted on September 24, 2021 by Imagine

By Annie Collins

– Hello Crafty Friends – Annie here with a Fall “Give Thanks” mini slim card using a variety of Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko products.

Directions:

Art Supplies:

Imagine

• VersaMagic Inks: Thatched Straw, Mango, Jumbo Java, Purple Hydrangea, Midnight Black, Sage, Persimmon, and Sahara Sand

• Creative Medium: Gold Metallic

Other:

• Tim Holtz Stencil: Burlap
• Trinity Stamps Die: Mini Slimline Stitched Stacks
• Maker’s Movement: You’re My Jam Stamp & Die Set
• Maker’s Movement: Nesting Doll Set
• Memory Box Dies: Leaves and Give Thanks Sentiment
• Accent 80# Ultra Smooth Cardstock: Opaque White
• Recollection 110# Cardstock: White, Kraft, & Moss Green
• Sizzix Glitter Cardstock: Mountain Green
• Doodles Paper Playground Sparkle Blend: Leaf peeping
• Foam Tabs

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