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Create a Winter Berry Greeting Card

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By Anna Escalada York

I was inspired to make a minimalist holiday card to allow the main botanical image to shine as the focal point. But I also knew that I wanted it to be shiny, so pulled out my current favorite Delicata color-Champagne- to add some subtitle shine.

Skill: Intermediate
Time: 1 hour

Directions:

Step 1:
Stamp the large botanical image on a piece of watercolor paper with Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink. Then heat emboss with clear embossing powder.

Step 2:
Use markers to color in the berries and leaves. Use the Rhubarb Stalk Memento Dual Marker to color over the shaded areas of the berries. Then color a piece of acetate packaging with Lady Bug Memento Dual Marker and spray with water, use this to watercolor in the berries. While watercoloring, make sure to watercolor over all of the berries to blend in the watercolor with the darker red marker already colored in the berries. Then color another area of the acetate packaging with both the Emerald Fabrico Dual Marker and the Northern Pine Memento Dual Marker and spray with more water. Mix the two colors together to create a blend of the two colors and then watercolor the leaves. Allow to dry.

After all of the image dried, die cut the image with the corresponding die.

Step 3:
Trim a second panel of watercolor paper in the papertrimmer the same size as the die cut frame created in step 2. Then press the Campagne Delicata Ink pad onto acetate packaging and spray with water to watercolor smoosh both the panel and the botanical image/frame to add sparkle to both.

Off camera, I got a small smudge on the frame with my finger. To fix this, I used some of the leftover green watercolor I made for step 2 to splatter green over the frame.

Step 4:
Glue the frame onto the watercolor panel. Then stamp a sentiment on the lower right corner of the panel with more Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink and heat emboss with clear embossing powder. Glue the panel onto an A2-sized white cardbase. Glue white rhinestones on the lower left and upper right parts of the card panel to finish the card.

Art Supplies

Imagine
• Delicata Ink – Campagne
• Fabrico Dual Marker – Emerald
• Memento Dual Marker – Lady Bug, Northern Pine, Rhubarb, Stalk
• VersaFine Clair ink – Nocturne

Other
• Scrappy Tails Crafts – embellishment mix – White Rhinestones
• Taylored Expressions – cutting plate – Seasonal Sprig
• Taylored Expressions – stamp set – Seasonal Sprig
• A2-sized white card base
• Clear Embossing Powder
• Watercolor paper
• Die cutting machine
• Paper trimmer
• Scissors
• Glue

Stamping on Fabric: Muslin Bags with Ink and Stencils

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By Helen Gullett

Hello crafty friends! Today’s projects are about how you can personalize any muslin bags or canvas bags by adding patterns, words, or anything you can think of with Fabrico Markers, Memento Luxe ink pads, and stencils. It will be fun projects to make for any occasion gift ideas or even for yourself to use. So, let’s make some together!

Skill: Easy
Time: 15-20 minutes

Direction:

Step 1
If your muslin or canvas bag has some wrinkles or folded lines on it, you can iron it before stenciling on it. I ironed my mini muslin bags that I used on these projects today.
Cut out a piece of a thick cardboard or cardstock as an insert mat to put inside the bag to prevent the ink from bleeding through the other side of the bag.
Tape the stencil on the bag with masking tape or washi tape.
Use Fabrico Markers to color through the leafy stencil. To do the ink blending, start with dark color first, then medium color, then lighter color after to blend the color together.
The ink from the bag will transfer to the marker, but do not worry because you can clean the other ink color from the marker tip by scribbling it off on a piece of paper.

Remove the stencil from the bag.

Step 2
Repeat the same step to add more pattern or word to the bag.
On this one, I decided to add the word Be Still on the bag using stencil and Fabrico Marker.
Remove the stencil and set aside for the ink to dry, or iron the bag to dry the inks permanently and quickly.
I love how versatile these Fabrico Markers are when it comes to coloring solid images. The colors blend well together.
The second technique to personalize a muslin bag you can try is by adding ink directly to the bag with ink pads, sponge daubers, and stencil.

Step 3
Add the insert mat inside the mini muslin bag.
Tape the stencil on the mini muslin bag with masking tape or washi tape.
Using a sponge dauber,  pick up the ink from the Memento Luxe Rich Cocoa ink pad by tapping on the ink pad a couple times.
Dab the ink on the sponge dauber on the stencil firmly through the stencil to make sure the ink transfers to the bag.
Repeat the steps until the bag is covered with the pattern.

Step 4
Remove the stencil from the bag.
Iron the bag to dry the ink permanently on the bag.

I love how they look after removing the stencils off the bags. I personally like both techniques, how about you? Which technique do you prefer better to do to personalize your own bags?

Hopefully you also will have fun personalizing your own bags by trying one of both techniques. Thank you for stopping by our blog today. Have a wonderful day!

Craft Supplies

Imagine Crafts:

Others:

Let’s Make a Coffee-Themed Card

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By Anna Escalada York

– As a high school teacher, having cards with a snarky-edge ready to go for a coworker having a wild day is a must, and coffee-themed cards are great to have in your stash because they are always appreciated. So as I get ready to go back to school, I can tuck this away for someone who may need a smile.

Skill: Intermediate
Time: 2.0 hours

Directions:

Step 1:
Rub a Love Letter Memento ink pad onto a piece of watercolor paper. (The paper was a little rough, so additional color will be added later.)

Step 2:
After die cutting the colored watercolor paper, use a Poppy Red Fabrico marker to fix any areas that weren’t colored with the ink pad.Then spray the die cuts with Silver Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray.

(Later, a third die cut was made to better fit the card. This was made in the same way.)

Step 3:
Die cut a piece of watercolor paper with the second-largest die from an A2-sized background die set. Then spray Rose Gold Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray into a coffee-themed embossing folder and emboss the watercolor panel. Allow the spray to dry.

Step 4:
Ink blend the edges of the embossed watercolor background panel with Champagne Delicata ink using a sponge dauber.

Step 5:
Before gluing the die cuts, I pressed the center coffee cup into the Ruby Red Delicata ink pad to change the color of that cup just a little. Glue all three die cuts down and trim the edges with scissors.

Step 6:
Ink blend a piece of patterned paper with more of the Ruby Red Delicata ink using a sponge dauber.

Step 7:
Die cut the ink blended patterned paper with the largest die from the A2-sized background die set. Then press both Ruby Red and Bark Brown Shimmer Delicata ink onto acetate packaging and spraying with water and splatter both panels with the red and brown watercolor. Ater the splatter dries, glue the two panels together.

Step 8:
Stamp the sentiment with Glamorous VersaFine Clair ink and heat emboss with clear embossing powder.

Step 9:
Die the inside of the coffee cups (the coffee) out of watercolor paper with the same coffee cup die three times and then spray them all with Potter’s Clay Fireworks! Craft Spray.

Step 10:
Ink blend the edges of all three coffee dies with Dark Brown Shimmer Delicata ink with an ink dauber. Then glue the three small brown die cuts into the three coffee cups on the cardbase.

Step 11:
Press the edges of the sentiment into the Ruby Red Delicata ink pad and then heat emboss the edges with clear embossing powder. Then assemble the card by attaching the sentiment onto the lower right corner of the upper card panel with foam tape and glue sequins onto the card.

Finally, glue the whole thing onto an A2-sized white cardbase.

Art Supplies

Imagine
• Delicata ink – Champagne
• Delicata ink – Dark Brown Shimmer
• Delicata ink – Ruby Red
• Fabrico Dual Marker – Poppy Red
• Fireworks! Shimmery Craft Spray – Potter’s Clay
• Memento Ink – Love Letter
• Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray – Rose Gold
• Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray – Silver
• VersaFine Clair ink – Glamorous
• Sponge Daubers

Other
• Altenew – foam tape
• Catherine Pooler – sequin mix – Manhattan
• Pink and Main – die set – Notched Corners
• Riley and Company – die set – Coffee Heartbeat
• Sizzix – embossing folder – Coffee by Tim Holtz
• A2-sized white card base
• Clear Embossing Powder
• Watercolor paper
• Patterned paper
• Thin paint brush
• Die cutting machine
• Scissors
• Glue

DIY Stenciled Marker Bag

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By Helen Gullett

Hello crafty friends! This time, I want to share an idea on how you can personalize your own marker bag simply using Fabrico Markers and stencil. It is a fun project. You can do it in your free time and it is quick because the markers do not require a long time to dry. For my project today, I got the fabric bag from a craft store and I picked just one color to use but you can pick any color you want to use depending on the stencil design you use.

Skill: Intermediate
Time: 30 minutes

Direction:

Step 1
Pick a plain fabric bag that is made to be personalized. You can iron it if there are wrinkles on the bag surface, but it is an option.
Cut a piece of cardboard to put inside the bag to prevent ink bleeding through the fabric.
Pick a stencil design that you want to use.
Secure the stencil on the bag surface with temporary tape, or washi tape. Make sure the stencil won’t move around when you start the next step.

Step 2
Trace the design with the Fabrico marker. Fabrico markers are dual tip markers. Pick the tip that will fit to be used for your stencil. On my project, I used the bullet tip to trace the image and words.
After trace one design, remove the stencil to the other side to trace another design if needed.

Step 3
After tracing all the design on the fabric bag, remove the stencil.
You can retrace the design without the stencil if needed.
Fill in the design with more colors using the marker using either bullet or brush tip.

Isn’t that quick and easy to personalize your own fabric bag for markers? I hope you will give it a try.

Craft Supplies

Imagine:

Others:

  • Clear Scraps 3×12 Peace Be Still Stencil
  • Removable Tape
  • Cardboard / Thick cardstock

Make a Happy Spring Card

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By Ceil Pritchett

Hello crafty friends, today I am sharing a spring card using a couple of blending techniques, one with Fabrico markers and one with the VersaMagic Dew Drops.
I was so happy for spring to finally arrive. I live in the mountains and even though it is officially spring, sometimes we still get snow in April.

Skill: Intermediate to Advanced
Time: 45 minutes to an hour

Directions:

Step 1
Place a piece of white cardstock in the corner of a stamping platform and use Nocturne VersaFine Clair to add ink to the stamp.

Step 2
Stamp the image on a post-it note or masking paper using Nocturne VersaFine Claire ink, then fussy cut out the image.

Step 3
Color the image using Fabrico markers. You can blend the colors using a piece of acetate as shown in the picture. The green marker I used is Emerald. I created a lighter green by scribbling some green on the piece of acetate and then picked it up with the yellow marker, creating a yellow green color. I also created a lighter orange by scribbling orange on the piece of acetate and then picking it up with the yellow marker. This doesn’t in any way contaminate your markers, all you do after you finish blending is scribble on a regular piece of paper until you get the true color back.

Step 4
Using the mask you created earlier, cover the daffodil image that you colored and then add the stencil over it. You will also need to mask off the top portion of your panel as well to keep it clean while you ink blend over the stencil.  I used three different colors of VersaMagic Dew drops to give the bricks a more realistic look. They are listed below. I love how well the VersaMagic chalk inks blend together.

Step 5
Remove the stencil and mask from the panel and cut it down to 3.78 xX 4.78

Step 6
Insert a piece of black cardstock into the corner of a stamping platform and use an anti-static tool to prep surface. Stamp the sentiment using VersaMark ink and heat emboss it with MBoss White Embossing Powder, then cut it out with the coordinating die.

Stamp the sentiment “happy” directly on the card front and add the embossed sentiment below it.

Step 7
Assemble your card by adhering the front panel to a black panel cut to 3.75 X 5 using On Point Glue and then adhering it to a card base cut to 4.25 X 11, scored at 5.5

I hop you will give these techniques a try. Thank you for stopping by our blog today. Until the next time, stay crafty!

Supply List

Imagine Crafts:
VersaFine Clair – Nocturne
Fabrico Dual Marker -#112 Tangerine
Fabrico Dual Marker – #111 Lemon Yellow
Fabrico Dual Marker – #121 Emerald
VersaMagic Dew Drop – Red Magic
VersaMagic Dew Drop – Perfect Plumeria
VersaMagic Dew Drop – Jumbo Java
VersaMark Watermark Ink
MBoss White Embossing Powder
Sponge Daubers
On Point Glue

Other Products:
Daffodil Stamp Set + Dies – The Rabbit Hole Designs
Back Ally Stencil – The Rabbit Hole Designs
Teal Mini MISTI
Hero Arts Pitch Black Cardstock
Neenah Classic Solar White 120lb Cardstock – card base
Neenah Classic Solar White 80lb – Cardstock panel

How to Create Fabric and Wooden Bookmarks

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By Annie Collins

 – Hello Crafty Friends – Annie here with some quick and easy bookmarks ideas for summer and the upcoming school year.

Directions:

Art Supplies:

Imagine

Fabrico Pigment Ink Markers

VersaCraft Ink

Other:

Woodware: Little Tots
Peek-A-Boo Designs: Little Readers
Ms. Sparkle & Co.: Thanks (floral)
Fabric Tags: Michaels and Little Yellow Bicycle
DMC Floss: Silver and White
Baker’s Twine: Red & White, Black & White
We R Memory Keepers: Cropadile
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