Hello Friends! Katy here with another holiday video using VersaFine Clair inks to create a beautiful mixed media looking snowflake card. Video has all the details. Thanks for watching.
Hello Friends! Happy Holidays! How lucky would one be to come upon a peaceful scene like this, 2 deer hunting for grass on a snowy landscape? For this card I stayed focused on only two colors and some glitter paper to create this wintry scene.
Tracy
Skill: Intermediate Time: 60 Minutes
Art Supplies
• Die cutting machine • 100lb white paper • A2 Card Base • Water and a brush • Dies • Glitter cardstock • Vellum • Foam Tape • White Paint
Other Products Used • Clear Embossing Powder WOW • Snowflake Stencil-no label, but I think it is Tonic Studio • Simon Says Stamp and Die Set “Joy to You and Yours” • PVA Adhesive • Foam Tape
ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTS THAT CAN BE USED TO RECREATE SOMETHING SIMILAR
Any Inks any combination of background stamps, dies, and feature stamps and stencil
To learn how to create your own vintage Christmas card, click here!
Hello crafty friends… ‘Tis the season when I like to mass-produce handmade holiday cards. So, today we will make a set of five snowflake cards using some cardmaking techniques such as stamping, die cutting, and heat embossing.
Skill: Intermediate Time: 30 minutes
Direction:
Step 1 Make two card bases out of one 8.5 inch x 11 inch kraft cardstocks by cutting it in half. You can cut two or more cardstocks to make more card bases all at once. Score in the middle of the cardstock and fold it into an A2 card base.
Put the card on the stamping tool and start stamping it with the large snowflake background using VersaFine Clair Sand Dune ink pad.
Set them aside and let the ink to dry.
Step 2 Cut out a bunch of snowflakes with the small snowflakes die set out of the white cardstock.
On each of the snowflakes, add the WaterMark Dazzle Frost ink, then add some of the clear embossing powder, and heat it up with a craft heat gun.
Step 3 Add 3 snowflakes on each of the card fronts using the On Point Glue.
Set them aside until the glue dries well.
Step 4 Die cut the banners for the sentiment with one of the Banners dies. Do not throw away the negative cut out, you can use it as a holder when stamping the sentiment.
Place a banner back inside the negative cut out, hold it with the magnet, and stamp it with the sentiment using the VersaMark Original ink pad. After the stamping, add some of the gold embossing powder, then heat it up with a craft heat gun.
Repeat the step for all the banners.
Step 5 Add some of the Tear It! Tape on both sides of a piece of white fun foam to make your own foam tape.
Add some of the foam tape on the back of a banner and add it to the front card.
Step 6 Add some shimmer to the card by adding some splatters of the Sheer Shimmer Spray – Sparkle using a small flat or round brush.
Step 7 To add extra snowy effect to the card, a mix of Memento Luxe Wedding Dress ink and Sheer Shimmer Sparkle spray on the craft mat. Add some more splatters of the white sparkly ink using a small flat brush to the card front.
Use a craft heat gun to dry the whole front card.
All done.
I hope you like this mass-produced snowflake card idea. You can make a bunch of cards with only one design in a short crafting time.
Thank you for stopping by our blog today. Have a wonderful day!
Hello Friends! Katy here with a holiday video using Versafine Clair inks and Love Letter Memento Ink. With some simple touches and color combos you can create a stunning elegant holiday card in just a few steps. Video has all the details. Thanks for watching.
Other Products Used The Greetery Scripted Holiday Sentiments Stamp Set The Greetery Scripted Holiday Sentiments Die Set White Cardstock White Metallic Cardstock Stamp positioner tool Foam Tape
Hello crafty friends… Can you believe it? The holiday season is here!!! Making Christmas ornaments is one of my favorite things to do. Today let’s make some handmade ornaments together. These ornaments can be additions to your own Christmas tree or you can give them to your families and friends.
Step 1 First, make sure your wood slice surface is smooth and clean. There are pre-sanded wood slices available online, too. If your wood slices were not sanded yet, you can sand it with sanding paper. Use a dry paper towel to clean the surface well.
Draw a circle and branches with the Rich Cocoa Memento Marker brush tip. You also can use a circle template to draw the circle.
Step 2 Use the brush tip of the Pear Tart Memento Marker to draw the layer of pine needle leaves with outward flicking motion on each branch.
Step 3 Draw the second layer of the pine needle leaves on each branch using the fine tip of Cottage Ivy Memento Marker.
Step 4 Draw the berries on the wreath using the fine tip of the Lady Bug Memento Marker. Simple doodle 3 little circles.
Step 5 Write lightly the word “Noel” (or any word you want on your ornament) with pencil and then trace it with the Tuxedo Black Memento Marker brush tip. You can skip the pencil if you can do handlettering directly with the marker.
These Memento Markers dry quickly and the ink won’t smudge on the wood surface. Add a piece of burlap twine to the ornament and tie it up as the hanger.
Ornament #2 – Faux Chalkboard Wood Slice Ornament
Directions: For the second ornament we are going to make today is a faux chalkboard wood slice ornament. There are a couple ways to do a faux chalkboard look on a wood slice, today we are going to do simply just painting and stamping.
Step 1 Paint the wood with chalkboard paint or multi-surface black acrylic paint. Usually one layer of paint will be enough. Make sure the paint dries well before you do the stamping.
On the wood on a stamping tool and use the magnets to keep it in place or you can use tape on the back of the wood slice and place it on the stamping tool.
On the dried painted surface, stamp the sentiment using StazON Opaque – Cotton White ink.
Step 2 Stamp the holly leaves and berries using StazOn Opaque – Cotton White on the ornament around the sentiment using the stamping tool or small stamping blocks.
When the ink dried well, add a piece of baker twine to the ornament as the hanger.
I hope you like these ornament ideas and you will find it easy to make your own ornaments. Also, making ornaments can be a fun Christmas craft party idea. I love both style ornaments, which one do you like?
Thank you for stopping by our blog today. Have a wonderful day!
Craft Supplies
Imagine Crafts:
Memento Markers (Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa, Cottage Ivy, Pear Tart, Lady Bug)
Hello crafty friends! It’s Ceal here. Today I am sharing a postage collage Christmas card with you.
Skill: Intermediate Time: 45 minutes
Directions:
Gather your supplies. To make this card you will need a Postage Collage Layering Stencil, a snowflake cover plate die, a snowflake cluster background die and some inks. The inks I used are listed at the bottom of the tutorial.
Step 1: Cut out a postcard using a postage die. Ink blend VersaFine Clair Nocturne and VersaFine Clair Fallen Leaves for the eyes, mouth and arms on the first stencil.
Step 2: Ink blend VersaFine Clair Lilac Bloom over the bottom portion of the first stencil.
Step 3: Ink blend VersaFine Clair Bal Blue over the middle portion of the first stencil.
Step 4: Ink blend VersaFine Clair Warm Breeze over the top portion of the first stencil.
Step 5: Ink blend VersaFine Clair summertime over the noses and VersaFine Clair Nocturne over the buttons on the second stencil.
Step 6: Cut apart the postage die to get individual stamps. Choose which ones you want to use on your project and save the rest.
Step 7: Cut out a background panel using the snowflake cover die.
Step 8: Cut the snowflake cluster out of glitter paper.
Step 9: Stamp and emboss the sentiment, then put all the pieces together to create the card.
Craft Supplies:
Imagine Products:
VersaFine Clair – Nocturne – Fallen Leaves – Summertime – Warm Breeze – Bali Blue – Lilac Bloom
Other Products: Postage die – Waffle Flower Layering Postage Stencil – Waffle Flower Snowflake Cover Plate – Waffle Flower Snowflake Cluster die – Waffle Flower Sentiment – Waffle Flower
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