Hello! Today, I’ll show you how to make pretty tulip cards with VersaMagic Dew Drop Inks. I love these line of inks for their soft, chalky finish. The pad shape is also perfect for making tulip petals. You can either make a single card, or you can make a 3-panel slimline card.
Skill Level: Beginner Time: 30 Minutes Approx
Directions:
Step 1: Begin stamping 2 to 3 petals with VersaMagic Dew Drop Mango Madness on a 2.5″x3.5″ cardstock panel. Repeat process 2 more times for a total of 3 panels.
Step 2: Now take your VersaMagic Dew Drop Red Magic and angle it so that when you stamp, you will only get ink only on the outer edge of the tulip.
Step 3: Using On Point Glue, add flower stems to your inked tulip. You can find flower stems at any craft store or you can make your own.
Step 4: To add more dimension to your card, you can add extra layers using different color cardstock. Adhere with Tear It! Tape.
Step 5: For the slimcard, cut a piece of 4″x9″ cardstock. Glue all layers together with Tear It! Tape.
Step 6: You can add a sentiment to complete your card, using On Point Glue, Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoy this tutorial.
I’m continuing my experimentation with Metallic Brilliance Inks with this Father’s Day card using two of my favorite themes – cats and Steampunk!
Skill Level: Advanced Time: 2.5 Hours
Directions:
Step 1: Use a brayer to apply Starlite Silver Brilliance Ink to a 5” x 7” Gel Press. Place a piece of black mixed media paper onto the Gel Press. Smooth the back of the paper to transfer the in and pull a print.
Step 2: Repeat Step 1 to enhance the coverage.
Step 3: Clean the brayer, then use it to apply Starlite Black Brilliance ink to the Gel Press. Place the print back onto the Gel Press inked side down. Smooth the back of the paper, then pull the print. Heat set the inked paper, then clean the brayer and the Gel Press.
Step 4: Place the inked black mixed media paper into the Foundry 3D Alterations Embossing Folder. Spritz the back of the paper with water. Close the folder and run it through a die-cut machine.
Step 5: Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Cosmic Copper Brilliance Ink to the high points of the embossed paper. Heat set.
Steps 6A and 6B: Use Fantastix to apply Turquoise Gem VersaMagic Ink randomly to the high points of the embossed paper (6A). VersaMagic Ink has a matte chalk finish which comes out when it’s heat embossed.
Use another Fantastix to Apply Mango Madness VersaMagic Ink randomly to the high points of the embossed paper (6B). Heat set the panel and set aside.
Step 7: Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the cat from the Steampunk Pets Clear Stamp Set onto white cardstock.
Step 8: Fussy-cut the image and use Copic markers to color it. Use a dark marker to edge the cut image. Set aside.
Step 9: Use the largest die from the Sprightly Sprockets Shapeabilities Die Set to cut black mixed media cardstock two times. You will end up with two cogs and two circles.
Step 10: Sponge Lightning Black Brilliance Ink over one of the cog die-cuts and one of the circles. Heat set both.
Step 11: Use On-Point Glue to adhere the inked cog atop the other one.
Step 12: Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Starlite Silver Brilliance ink to one of the circles from Step 9. Heat set.
Step 13: Place the silver-inked circle into the Gears Alterations Folder and run it through a die-cut machine.
Step 14: Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Cosmic Copper Brilliance Ink to the high points of the embossed circle. Heat set.
Steps 15A and 15B: Use Fantastix to apply Turquoise Gem VersaMagic Ink randomly to the high points of the embossed paper (15A).
Use another Fantastix to Apply Mango Madness VersaMagic Ink randomly to the high points of the embossed paper (15B).
Step 16: Use Tear It! Tape to adhere a slightly larger circle to the back of the stacked cog die-cuts.
Step 17: Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Starlite Silver Brilliance Ink to a strip black mixed media paper. Sorry that there’s no photo. Use cog dies to cut the silver-inked black paper.
Step 18: Use a C2 Copic marker to color a piece of white cardstock. Use magnets to secure the colored cardstock onto a stamping platform. Place the “Happy Father’s Day” sentiment stamp facedown on the colored cardstock. Ink the stamp with Turquoise Gem VersaMagic Ink and stamp. Repeat inking and stamping if necessary to attain a good impression. Remove the stamped cardstock from the stamping platform and heat set the ink.
Step 19: Use a rectangle die to cut the sentiment. Use the matching nameplate die to cut the Lightning Black circle. Adhere the sentiment die-cut atop the nameplate die. Sorry that there’s no photo.
Step 20: Use Tear-It! Tape to adhere the embossed circle and the Steampunk Cat onto the cog die-cut. Use the tape to adhere the sentiment as shown.
Step 21: Use On Point Glue to adhere the gears, cogs, and screws to the sentiment die-cut.
Step 22: Cut black cardstock to 10” x 7”. Score at 5” and fold to form a 5” x 7” card. Use Tear-It! Tape to adhere the image panel to the front of the card.
Hello! My latest video for Imagine is a wedding-themed card, though it can certainly be used for other occasions too. We’re going to use embossing powder in a few ways on this card, and they’re all fairly simple to do.
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Skill Level: Intermediate Time to Complete: 30 minutes
Hello crafty friends, today I am sharing a Father’s Day card using the Bokeh technique.
Skill: Beginner to Intermediate Time: 30 to 45 Minutes
Directions: To create this card, you will need a stencil, at least three different inks that blend well together, round sponge daubers and some Alpha dies.
Step 1: Place the stencil over a panel of white cardstock, then ink up the sponge daubers with each color randomly placing dots of color through the stencil to cover the panel.
Step 2: Cut the letters of dad out of dark blue cardstock once and out of white cardstock twice so it will have dimension.
Step 3: Layer the letters over one another off-setting the dark blue on the bottom.
Step 4: Stamp “Enjoy Your Day” with VersaMark ink and emboss with white MBoss embossing powder.
Other Supplies: • Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 120lb • Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lb • Midnight Cardstock – Concord & 9th • Stencil – Simon Says Stamp • Celebrate Stamp Set – Hero Arts • Large Alpha Dies – Altenew
Hi everyone! It’s graduation season. Do you have a gift card, a ticket, or even a polaroid photo you would like to send to someone who is graduating? Today I’m sharing my favorite way to send a gift card. It’s super easy and versatile; if you are interested, keep reading!
Skill: Advanced Time: 1 hour
Directions:
Step 1: Stamp the images with any waterproof ink. Many Tsukineko ink pads are waterproof when the ink dries; I am using VersaFine Nocturne today. Also, can we talk about how adorable these images are?! They are from It’s a Science stamp set and they’re totally perfect for any science majors. I thought they would look so cute for a graduation card.
Step 2: Watercolor with dew drop ink pads. I love to watercolor with my dew drop ink pads. You can choose from the VersaMagic (pigment ink), Brilliance (pigment ink) or Memento (dye ink) lines and they all work great! I smooshed some ink onto my craft mat and colored away!
Step 3: Fussy cut the images with scissors. If the stamp set has a coordinating die set, you could use that too!
Step 4: Stamp images with VersaMark ink pad to create details for the background panel.
Step 5: I actually decided to create a light up card by adding a LED light to the microscope image. If you are interested in seeing a video tutorial, you could follow my YouTube channel: Craft with Jessica V. Lin or search for “Interactive Gift Card Holder that Lights Up”. I’ll edit the video and post it soon.
Step 6: This is what the LED light looks like when the circuit is finished. It’s really not that complicated, and the result is so worth it!
Step 7: Finally, for the gift card holder, simply score an A2 card base at 4.5’’, 5.5’’ and 6.5’’. Adhere the bottom edge with Tear-It! Tape (make sure you don’t adhere the entire flap closed). Then, create a gift card opening by die-cutting along the edge of the middle flap. If you don’t have a die that works, you could also cut the opening with scissors.
And the gift card holder card is completed! I love this design since it’s super easy and you could easily swap the gift card with tickets (like the Disneyland ticket shown in step 7) or even a polaroid photo if you decided to keep it as a card instead. I hope you give it a try, thanks so much for stopping by!
In today’s tutorial, I am sharing a graduation card. As a high school teacher, it is the time of year to stock up on them!
Skill: Intermediate Time: 1 hour
Directions:
Step 1: Press ink pads onto a piece of acetate packaging or other non-porous surface. Spray the ink with Sparkle Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray and then quickly press the acetate onto a panel of watercolor paper multiple times to press the ink onto the watercolor panel. After the ink dries, repeat with different colors of ink sprayed with more of the Sparkle Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray. Both panels feature Turquoise VersaColor ink, with Jumbo Java VersaMagic chalk ink and Golden Glitz Delicata ink layers, just in different intensities. (I only ended up using one panel, but will be using the other card for a project in the future.)
Step 2: Die cut the panel with a mid-sized panel die (there will be another panel that is slightly larger than this layer from the same nesting die set).
Step 3: Repeatedly stamp a graduation cap stamp onto the watercolor smooshed panel with more of the Turquoise VersaColor ink to create your own patterned paper. Then directly press the edges of the panel into the Turquoise VersaColor ink pad to create a border on the panel. Optional step: Heat emboss the stamped image and the border with clear embossing powder.
Step 4: Using a larger panel die, die cut a piece of kraft cardstock to create a matte layer.
Step 5: Using an ink dauber, ink blend Jumbo Java VersaMagic chalk ink along the edges of the panel. This ink blending can be very imperfect since most of it will be hidden.
Step 6: Stamp the sentiment on another piece of watercolor paper with Jumbo Java VersaMagic chalk ink. Trim the sentiment, with the left and right edge being trimmed on a diagonal if desired. Then press the VersaMagic chalk Ink pad onto the edges of the sentiment strip and ink blend the edges with more of the same Jumbo Java ink using an ink dauber.
Step 7: Attach all of the layers of the card together. Glue the stamped layer onto the larger (brown, matte) one. Then glue both layers onto an A2 sized kraft card base. Finally attach the sentiment strip onto the card with foam tape.
Step 8: Glue copper and blue sequins onto the card.
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