– Nothing says Summertime to me like a nice juicy chunk of watermelon… and making this card made me get up and grab a watermelon popsicle when I was done…
Skill level: Beginner
Time: 30 minutes
• Desert Sand Memento Marker –
• Toffee Crunch Memento Marker –
Other supplies:
• MFT Through The Clouds Stencil
• MFT Summertime Pure Innocence Girl
• Accent Opaque 120lb White Cardstock
• Gina K Designs 80 lb Layering Weight Cardstock
Hello Friends! Katy here with another quick project for you. I have started to create A1 size cards, I think they are the cutest size for note cards. Normally A1 size cards are used for R.S.V.P or Reception cards, but I have started creating them for my every day note cards, I hope you like them too.
The theme is nautical and when I think of nautical I think navy and white, so for todays project I combine Bahama Blue, Nautical Blue and Teal Zeal Memento Inks. I have a video tutorial for you that shows how these cards came together. I hope you enjoy.
Card Panel Measurement 2 1/2 inches Wide 4 1/4 inches Long
Card Base Measurement 4 7/8 inches x 7 inches, Score on the 7 inch side at 3 1/2 inches.
Skill: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Time: 10 minutes
• Honey Bee Stamps Zen Ocean Stamp Set (no longer available)
• Honey Bee Stamps Mermaid Song Stamp Set (no longer available)
• Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Kit (no longer available)
• 100 lb Accent Opaque Cardstock https://amzn.to/3qFj36v
• Brush https://amzn.to/3KoVExK
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Hello! Alison Heikkila here. It’s getting close to fireworks season, and I am pretty stoked about it. My kids and I love watching fireworks, and I get so happy to see their faces light up, literally and figuratively. I decided to make a fireworks card for Imagine this month…not necessarily for a specific holiday, but as a congratulatory card instead.
Skill Level: Beginner
Time to Complete: 30 minutes
Shake up your Fireworks Spray (I chose 3 colors). Choose your lightest color (Bahama Blue for me) and open the spray bottle. Dip a brush into the bottle and apply the color to watercolor paper. Cover around 1/3rd of the paper.
*My paper was cut to 4” x 5 1/4.”
Repeat this with the other two colors. I used Danube Blue, then Paris Dusk. Try to blend the colors together where they meet. Let dry.
With a Sponge Dauber, apply VersaMark Ink through the stencil. I opted to use the Dazzle version, but you can use the regular one.
After you apply each firework, sprinkle on some Mboss embossing powder and heat set. Fill the panel with embossed fireworks.
Shake up the Sheer Shimmer Spritz in Gold, open the cap, and tap on to the card panel. Let dry.
Here you can see how shimmery the panel is. It’s even prettier in person.
Apply VersaMark to a scrap of cardstock. Sprinkle on some Mboss embossing powder, shake off excess, and heat set.
Die cut your sentiment from the embossed cardstock. I used vellum for my shadow layer. Glue together with On Point Glue.
Adhere your sentiment and panel to a white card base.
Optional: Add some sequins to the card front with On Point Glue.
Fireworks! Spray in Bahama Blue, Danube Blue, and Paris Dusk
Mboss in Rose Gold, Silver, and Shimmering Night Sky
VersaMark Ink: Regular or Dazzle
Brutus Monroe: Fireworks Stencil
Doodles Paper Playground: Flags and Fireworks Sparkle Blend
White Cardstock
Watercolor Paper
Paintbrush
Vellum
Hello Friends! Katy here and I am excited to share my project with you today. I am using the Kaleidacolor Ink Pad in Caribbean Sea to create my two plaid panels. Have you ever wondered or struggled with what colors to use to create a plaid background? Well my friends wonder and struggle no more because the Kaleidacolor Ink Pads solve it all. These ink pads coordinate so well that it takes the guesswork out. In the video I show just how easy it is, with a stencil of course, but the best part is, you don’t have to use all the colors or all the layers of the stencil I am using to get some really cool backgrounds. I will definitely be bringing the pads out more often to take the guesswork out of what colors go well with each other. Thanks so much for stopping by.
I will catch you next time!
Katy
Skill: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Time: 20 minutes
• Kaleidacolor Ink Pad – Caribbean Sea
• Ink Refills
– 40 Chartreuse
– 38 Pale Aqua
– 37 Celeste Blue
– 10 Teal
– 39 Nile Green
• Stardream Metallic Lapiz Lazuli
• Accent Opaque 120 lb Cardstock
• Kat Scrappiness Postage Stamp Die
• Kat Scrappiness Happy Fathers Day Die
• Hero Arts Dapper Dad Stamp Set
• Pinkfresh Studio Lowercase Heather and Lea’s Ornate Lowercase dies
• Blender Brushes
• The Greetery Tartan Builder Diagonal Stencil
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– Hi there friends and fellow crafters, LeeAnn here with a project that I knew I was going to make the minute I saw the photo. See a friend of mine posted this amazing photo on her Facebook page last month, and I started thinking right then about how I was going to replicate it. How about leaving a comment below and let me know how I did.
Skill level: Beginner
Time: 30 minutes
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Hello! It’s getting close to the end of the school, so I thought it was time to make cards for teachers that have worked so hard this year (and every year!). If you have a stamp set with coordinating dies, I’ve got some fun techniques that you can recreate. We’ll be using 2 types of masks and several colors of Memento inks.
Skill Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Time to Complete: Approx. 20-30 minutes
Let’s grab all of our supplies. Be sure to have focal images, a sentiment, the dies, and plenty of ink. We’ll be using Memento Inks because they blend so nicely.
Step 2: On a piece of white cardstock, cut to 4” x 5 1/4,” stamp the apple with Nocturne Ink. This is the apple that will be in the front.
Step 3: Stamp an additional apple on some scrap paper and fussy cut it out. You could use the die for this, but I wanted to get right up to the edge of my apple. This will be our first type of mask.
Place the fussy cut apple on to the one you stamped on your card front (you can use some low tack glue to hold it in place if you like). Then stamp your second apple, as shown above. When you remove the mask from the first apple, it will look like the second apple is behind the original.
Here’s what the apples look like after they’re stamped.
Step 5: Die cut an apple out of scrap paper. Make sure you have plenty of negative space around the die cut. This will be our second type of mask and will be used to protect the card front except for the apple you’re ink blending.
Step 6: Let’s start ink blending! I love coloring apples because there is often so much variation in colors on them. I started with Lady Bug ink, then moved into Cantaloupe, and finished with Pear Tart. The mask we made with the die cut allows us to get a perfect edge around the apple.
Again, these dies cut slightly larger than the stamped image, but I don’t mind that clean, extra rim of color around the apple.
Step 7: Place the fussy cut apple on to the inked apple, then line up your other mask around the uninked apple. Repeat the ink blending on this apple, but try to make it look a little different from the first one.
Step 8: Grab one of your brown Memento markers (I used Espresso Truffle) and color in the stems.
Step 9: Stamp a leaf on a separate piece of cardstock with Nocturne Ink. Ink blend Pear Tart ink on top and die cut it.
Use the same 3 colors you used on the apples to ink blend the edges of your card base.
Stamp the sentiment with Shady Lane ink.
Adhere the card front with your favorite adhesive. Attach the leaf using foam tape.
Memento Inks in Lady Bug, Cantaloupe, and Pear Tart
VersaFine Clair Inks in Nocturne and Shady Lane
Memento Marker in Espresso Truffle
Mama Elephant: Fresh Fruits Stamps and Dies (discontinued…but there are many other fruit sets out there)
Stamping Bella: Planty Dandy
Blending Brushes
White Cardstock
Adhesive
Foam Tape
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