Let’s create a simple Easter card using some pretty patterned paper! The pastel colors and floral designs are too pretty to cover up! So I decided to stamp the sentiment on a piece of vellum. Stamping on vellum is tricky; but the VersaMagic ink pads work wonderfully. They don’t bead up and dry beautifully without fuzzy edges. Keep reading to see the final result!
Skill: Intermediate Time: 30 minutes
Directions:
Step 1: Trim a piece of patterned paper to 3 3/16’’ x 1 15/16’’ and a piece of matching cardstock to 3 6/16’’ x 2 2/16’’. I used Flight & Airy paper pack which coordinates with Misty Moonlight cardstock. Adhere the two pieces together with Tear It! Tape.
Step 2: Use stamps or, in my case, patterned paper to create a focal image. Fussy cut around the image with a pair of paper snips. These scissors are sharp and my favorite for fussy cutting!
Step 3: Die cut a piece of vellum with a circular die of your choice. I used Spellbinders Lacey Circle dies with the Stampin’ Up! Mini Cut and Emboss Machine.
Step 4: Stamp a small sentiment using VersaMagic Night Sky ink pad. The image is crisp and clear after stamping, so I didn’t need to restamp with the We R Precision Press.
Step 5: Emboss the card front with any embossing folder to add interest to the background. The Distressed Tile embossing folder is simply gorgeous!
Step 6: To add a wow factor, lightly spray the whole panel with Sheer Shimmer in Sparkle. It adds just the right amount of glitter mist to elevate your project.
Step 7: It’s time to assemble everything together! Apply Tear It! Tape and foam tape to the back and adhere them to the embossed card front. When adhering vellum pieces to your project, remember to only apply tape and/or glue in areas where it would be hidden. Otherwise the adhesive will show through the translucent vellum paper.
I wanted to create some backgrounds just to get my creative juices flowing. I am so glad I did because I was able to use many of the different cardstock scraps and designer paper scraps to make some really cute backgrounds.
I used different stencils from my stash, some blending brushes, and a few Imagine Crafts inks and daubers to create backgrounds that I turned into Birthday cards.
It’s Ceal, here. Today I am sharing my first post as an Imagine Artist In Residence. I am so excited to be a part of the Imagine team. I love all things snow related and with the groundhog not seeing his shadow and predicting an early spring, I had to make a couple more winter cards.
Here are the supplies I used:
Skill: Intermediate to Advanced. Time: 45 mins
Directions:
Step 1 Stamp the snowflake with VersaMark ink onto a piece of white cardstock cut to 4.25″ x 5.5″ . Emboss the snowflake with MBoss Sparkle embossing powder.
Step 2 Using a Sponge Dauber, Ink blend over it with Brilliance Pearlescent Purple Ink
Step 3 With a die cutting machine, run the snowflake cover plate through.
Step 4 Cut a piece of amethyst cardstock to 4.25” x 5.5” to back the snowflake cover plate.
Step 5 To make the snowflake more dimensional place foam adhesive dots in between the two snowflakes Tip: Apply a little On Point glue to each foam dot to allow you to move it as needed.
Step 6 Stamp and die cut the sentiment and add it to the card front.
Step 7 Using On Point Glue, layer and glue all the pieces together.
I made a second card using Mboss Hologram and silver foil paper with the same design.
Other Supplies: Misti 2.0 Neenah 110lb Solar White cardbase Neenah 80lb Solar White Lessebo Amethyst Cardstock Silver Foil Cardstock Pinkfresh Studio: Folk Snowflake Pinkfresh Studio: Folk Snowflake Coordinating Cuts Pinkfresh Studio: Snowflakes Coverplate die
Welcome to the Imagine blog, today I will be showing everyone how you can get a watercolor look, coloring your images with Delicata inks and using Fabrico markers to highlight the fine details of the image.
A bit about Delicata inks. Delicata is the latest generation of metallic inkpad. Remarkably true and bright, it outshines other inkpads and provides stamping results that resemble the true effects of gold and silver leafing without the mess.
Skill Level: Intermediate Time to Complete: 45min to 60min
DIRECTIONS
Step 1 Stamp your image on watercolor paper using Stazon Black ink. Then take a water brush and color the image using Delicata ink in Ruby Red. Then, take your Fabrico marker in burgundy and outline the inner petals to give the image added depth.
Step 2 Mask the image and apply the Delicata Ruby Red ink and Radiant Neon Electric Yellow to create a blended background.
Step 3 Use the Fabrico pens in yellow and green to color your leaves leaving some white background
Hello! Alison Heikkil here. My latest video for Imagine shares how to make a birthday shaker card using a variety of great products. This card can be customized to use any colors you like, and there are different points that you can stop and complete your card, if shakers aren’t your cup of tea.
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Skill Level: Basic-Intermediate Time to Complete: 15-20 minutes
Hi everyone! Helen is here. I am super excited today to share with you all my very first project as one of the new Imagine Artists in Residence!!! I have been a big fan of Imagine Crafts products since I started making crafts. I made this monochromatic card. It is clean-and-simple yet has some layers to create an encouragement card or any occasion card.
Directions:
Step 1 Stamping the sentiment labels. Arrange the stamp labels you want to use on the stamping tool and then stamp them on a piece of white cardstock with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink pad. Stamping tool will help to get great second stamping for bold result. After stamping, dry the ink with craft heat gun and then trim them using the paper trimmer.
Step 2 Using the stamping tool, stamp the solid image of the flower (the first layer base of the layering flower stamps) using the VersaFine Clair Morning Mist ink pad on the white cardstock. Use the pressure tool to press the inked stamp to the cardstock to get even and better transfer ink. This pressure tool is very handy to use when stamping big images. But you can always stamp it again if needed.
Step 3 Line up the second layer of the flower stamp image on top of the solid stamped image. Make sure you position it in the right direction. Grab the stamp using the lid of the stamping tool and then ink it with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink pad and then stamp it. Use the pressure tool to press the inked stamp to the cardstock to get even and better transfer ink. You can always stamp it again if needed.
Step 4 Grab the last part of the layering flower stamps, position it in the center of the stamped flower and then stamp it using the VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink pad. For this center part, I stamped it 3 times to get darker stamped image. You still can use the pressure tool to press the inked stamp to the cardstock to get even and better transfer ink.
Repeat these steps: 2, 3, and 4 for the leaves.
After stamping the images, use the StazOn All-Purpose Stamp Cleaner Dauber Top to clean the ink of all the clear stamps.
Step 5 Cut all the flowers and leaves using the matching thin metal dies using the die cutting machine. And then after that, you can cut the pattern paper also with one of the Stitched Rectangle Dies to make a background mat for the flowers.
Step 6 Make a white card base out of the 8.5-inch x 11-inch 110lb white cardstock you cut into 2 pieces using the paper trimmer, using score in the middle of the cardstock, and then fold it into a card.
Put some of the Tear It! Tape on the back for the pattern background mat and then add it to the card base. This tape is strong and permanent, so make sure you position it at the center of the card lightly and then press it down.
Step 7 This is the time we arrange all the stamped flowers and leaves. Using the On Point Glue to add the first layer of the flower and leaves on the card. This glue gives you a few seconds of its drying time so you can position the flower and leaves to the spot where you like it. Then press them down and hold them down for a few seconds for the glue to dry permanently.
Step 8 For the second and third layers, we will use foam tape for extra dimension to the flower. I made the foam tape out of white fun foam and Tear It! Tape. I put pieces of the foam tape on the petals of the flowers and added them to the base flower. And then, add one of the sentiment labels to the card with foam tape, too.
Step 9 Add some splatters of the Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray on the card using the spray bottle nozzle and flat brush (or fan brush). Add also some white paint splatters on it for more texture.
Dry the splatters on the card with a craft heat gun by moving the heat lightly around the top.
It is optional, you can embellish the card with some clear gems or other embellishment you like.
Look at those layers on a CAS style card! That’s my first project to share with you. Thanks for stopping by the blog today!
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