Hello Crafty Friends –
Annie here with a Holiday card made using MBoss and VersaMagic Ink.
Supplies Used:
Imagine:
Mboss Embossing Powder: Shimmering Night Sky
VersaMagic Ink: Sea Breeze, Aspen Mist, & Aegean Blue
Other Supplies:
Brutus Monroe: Let It Snow Stamp Set
Brutus Monroe: Mixed Media Stencil 6×6: Snowfall
Recollections brand 110lb Cardstock: White
Recollections Brand 65lb Cardstock: Light Blue
Sequins – Blues & Clear
Hello there! Today’s tutorial is a shaker ornament created with embossing powders and using different colors in a single piece. To make this, I used the MBoss in Blue Icicle, Sapphire and White. To create this type of embellishments or ornaments for your cards, gifts or Christmas Trees, you can also use our traditional Embossing Powders in any color.
Skill Level: Medium
Time to Complete: 45 minutes
Directions:
Step 1:
Apply a layer of ink to your Shaker Base or Chipboard piece directly with the ink pad of VersaMark. You can also use the small size or cube of VersaMark Ink if you are using a small piece of shaker card or chipboard. Make the emphasis on the center if it has the designed part.
Step 2:
Cover the center of your ornament with the light color of MBoss or embossing powder. In my sample, I am using the Blue Icicle.
Step 3:
Melt the MBoss or Embossing Powder with the heat tool. Don’t worry if the powder covered some parts of the border.
Step 4:
Repeat steps 2 and 3 if you want a thick effect or want better coverage.
Step 5:
Ink the border or the chipboard ornament or shaker piece with the VersaMark Ink Pad, taking care not to cover the center of the piece.
Step 6:
Cover the inked area with the dark color of MBoss. I am using the Sapphire.
Step 7:
Melt the powder with the heat tool. Then, add some touches of MBoss White to create more dimension over it. Melt the MBoss White or White Embossing Powder with the heat tool.
Step 8:
Assemble your shaker card or finish the ornament by adding some sprinkles or small sequins and adding a piece of ribbon to tie it.
Voila! Our ornament is finished and can be used to decorate a card, a gift or to be handled on a Christmas Tree.
Remember that you can use this idea for any type of chipboard piece or for any occasion, not only for Christmas.
Art Supplies:
Imagine:
• Mboss Sapphire, Blue Icicle and White
Other:
• Shaker Dimension Set or Chipboard Piece.
• Heat Tool
• Sequins
Good morning! Kathy here, creating art for Imagine Crafts! Today I have a new tutorial for you. Have you tried the VersaMark Frost ink? This was the perfect ink to provide a sugar-like coating to today’s Gingerbread card. The VersaColor inks make your die-cutting easy and stop the search for the perfect colored scraps!
So today I have a project for you that uses the VersaMark Frost and VersaColor Inks. So, let’s make a card.
Skill Level: Intermediate
Time to complete: 1 hour
Step 1
You will need a top-folding card base measuring 4 1/4 x 5 1/2“. You will also need a piece of colored card stock measuring 4.25” x 5.5” and another piece of white, layering card stock the same size.
Using Maker’s Movement A2 Sweater Cover plate, die-cut the white card stock and and adhere to the colored card with On-Point liquid glue. Adhere the entire panel to the card base with Tear-It! Tape.
Step 2
I inked a piece of scrap card stock with a variety of VersaMark Inks. I allowed this panel to dry. This is a quick way to small pieces of colored card stock for small die-cutting.
Step 3
Cut the Gingerbread House from a piece of Kraft colored card stock. Then use the VersaMark Frost ink to apply a “sugar coating”. This is what I am calling it. The picture doesn’t do it justice but it sure looks sugar coated in real life!
Step 4
Now it’s time to cut all the cute little pieces from this Gingerbread House set. I added some Glossy Accents to some pieces, some shimmer pen to others and did a little ink blending around the house and the gingerbread man. I also added a glitter glue to the snow on the roof and the ground.
Step 5
Stamp a sentiment and add a shadow to the strip. I used Delicata Golden Glitz ink for my sentiment. Now you can assemble your card. The house, gingerbread man and sentiment were all adhered with foam tape.
I hope you enjoy this card and the tutorial. Thanks for stopping by I appreciate all of you!
Supplies Used:
Imagine
Imagine Crafts
Other
• Maker’s Movement Gingerbread House Dies
• LDRS Christmas Sentiments and Coordinating Dies
• Glossy Accents
• Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die-Cutting machine
• Colored card stock
• Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb
• Paper Trimmer
• Teflon bone folder
• Foam Tape
Hello! Today I’ve got a fun tutorial that’s all about making your own ephemera. Ephemera can be ticket stubs, advertisements, postage stamps, handwritten letters, etc. It’s fun to use “found” ephemera, but it’s also a blast to make your own. You can feel free to follow each of the “steps” below, or just choose the ones you like. There’s no real order or correct way to make these elements, and you can use them on any of your paper-crafting projects. I just decided to go with a tag today. This particular project is great if you need to loosen up, break out of a creative block, or you just feel like adding to your stash. Just have fun with it!
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Step 1:
Grab some cardstock and a stencil, and start spraying them with Fireworks! Spray.
Step 2:
There’s a lot of spray left on that stencil, so don’t waste it! Grab another scrap of paper and flip the stencil (wet side down) on to it to get the reverse design. You can use a brayer or your hands to push the stencil into the paper to transfer the color better.
Step 3:
Still more on the stencil? Spray it with a little water to get the color moving and press it into a third piece of paper.
Step 4:
Grab some rubber stamps that have fun designs (especially solid images like this one), spray your craft mat with another color of Fireworks! Spray, and ink up the stamp in the puddle. Stamp some scrap paper with the wet stamp.
Step 5:
Apply Kaleidacolor inks to cardstock using your favorite method. I used the Fruitcake palette on my Gel Press with a brayer. Then, take a stencil and apply VersaFine Clair ink on top using a sponge dauber or cosmetic sponge.
Step 6:
Run a piece of cardstock through an embossing folder. Then ink the raised areas with Delicata Ink for shine.
Step 7:
Stamp out a sentiment with VersaMark Ink and use your favorite Mboss embossing powder on it. For texture, tear the edges and ink them with Rich Cocoa Memento Ink.
Step 8:
Take some old book paper and flick Fireworks! Spray on it to get different sized droplets.
Step 9:
Stamp some small geometric shapes and die cut/fussy cut them.
Look at all the ephemera we’ve created by just using scraps!
Step 10:
Die cut a large tag out of cardstock. Start laying your ephemera on to the tag to see where you want your pieces to be.
Step 11:
Let pieces hang off the edges of your piece. You can cut them off later, if you wish. Don’t be afraid to move your elements around, cut them, tear them, etc.
Step 12:
Use different types of adhesive. I like using Tear It! Tape for the embossed layers, wet glue for flat layers, and foam tape or squares for elements that I want raised. I also love to use On Point Glue for sequins and rhinestones, which I added after I had all of my paper elements adhered.
Here’s the finished tag. Again, make this however you like. It doesn’t need to be for the holidays, it doesn’t need to be a tag. Just grab a bunch of supplies and play. Whatever ephemera you have leftover can be used at another time.
• Fireworks! Shimmery Craft Spray in Cottage Ivy, Lady Bug, and New Sprout
• Kalediacolor Inks in Fruitcake
• Mboss Embossing Powder in Rose Gold
• VersaFine Clair Ink in Rain Forest
• Stampers Anonymous: Bold Tidings Mini and Mod Cactus
• Sizzix: Tag Collection #658784, Kaleidoscope 3D Embossing Folder
• A Colorful Life Designs: Sweater Knit stencil, Make Some Plaid stencil
• Doodles Paper Playground: Bold Rhinestones (I only used the red)
• Simon Says Stamp/CZ Design: Hex Yeah (discontinued)
• Scraps of cardstock, old book paper, etc.
In today’s tutorial you will learn to create a super easy wood sign using the ever versatile VersaFine Clair inks. The VersaFine Clair worked beautifully for this project that took just under and hour from design concept to completion! The ink pads are nice and juicy, so the first stamp image was perfect every time, which is helpful when free hand stamping with out a stamp platform.
Skill: Beginner
Time: 1 Hour
Directions:
Step 1:
Remove twine from the sign so it will lay flat on your work surface. With lines on the sign already in place it was easy to line up the sentiment and acrylic stamp block. Once the stamps are aligned, place a large acrylic block over the stamps lining up the edges to allow perfect positioning.
Step 2:
Stamp the sentiment in VersaFine Clair Pinecone and heat emboss with clear Embossing Powder. Gives the sentiment a bit of shine and keeps it from smearing!
Step 3:
Using and ink blusher ink the edges of the sign with VersaFine Clair Cheerful. Start from the outside edge and blend toward the center to create a slight ombre look.
Step 4:
Using and ink blusher ink the edges of the sign with VersaFine Clair Summertime. Start from the outside edge and blend toward the center but not as far as the Cheerful layer.
Step 5:
The leaf images are stamped using a very old stamp that features Fall leaves. The Oak leaf is stamped in VersaFine Clair Acorn, the Aspen leaf in Summertime, and the Maple leaf in Tulip Red. The sign can be heated with a heat gun, or set aside until the ink dries.
Step 6:
Replace twine through holes in the sign and display!
Art Supplies
Imagine:
Versa Fine Clair–Pinecone, Acorn, Cheerful, Summertime, Tulip Red
Other Products:
Square 7” x 7” Wood Sign
Recollections Clear stamps sentiments from 2020
Judi-kins Fall Leaves Cube
Neva Cole
http://snippetscrafter.blogspot.com/
n.cole@windward-performance.com
Hello there! Today’s tutorial is to show you how easy is create texture with Memento Inks. This is a very simple process that you can create with a score lines and or embossing folders. On this card, I used Memento Ink Desert Sand, Peanut Brittle and Teal Zeal.
Directions:
Imagine:
• VersaFine Clair Summertime –
Other Products:
• Cutting Board from Walmart
• Blender Brushes from Amazon
Imagine Blog 