Learn How to Make a Hearts Canvas Tote Bag Using the Bokeh Technique

Posted on January 15, 2021 by Imagine

By Roni Johnson

In today’s tutorial, I show you how to make a hearts canvas tote bag using the Bokeh Technique using Memento Luxe Inks and Fabrico Markers. Today’s example is Valentine’s tote made using the Imagine Crafts Happy Valentine’s Day Free PDF Download. You can use this same basic technique for any holiday or occasion by changing the mask used.

Skill: Beginner

Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Directions:

Step 1

Iron the tote bag to remove all wrinkles.

Step 2

Insert a piece of cardboard into the tote bag to prevent ink from soaking through to the back of the bag.

Step 3

Print the desired heart from the PDF onto a piece of cardstock.

Step 4

Trim the heart mask(s) and adhere to the tote bag using repositionable adhesive.

Step 5

Gather the desired colors of Memento Luxe Inks.

Tip:

New or freshly-inked pads work best for this technique.

Step 6

Gather desired stamps and/or tools to stamp the circles.
Pencil erasers, circle stamps, and Sponge Daubers work great for this technique.

Step 7

Pounce the desired tool onto the ink pad; press and hold for 10-15 seconds to allow time for the canvas to soak up the ink.

Tip:

Concentrate the dots of ink closer in the center and further apart as you work your way towards the edges.

Step 8

Continue to add layers of dots with the desired color(s) of ink.

Tip: Highlight Wedding Dress (White) Memento Luxe ink on the canvas with Fabrico Marker (Bubble Gum).
This makes the white pop against the canvas and other colors of ink.

Step 9

Remove the masks and discard.

Step 10

Outline the hearts using Real Black Fabrico Marker. Add additional details with Fabrico Markers at this time if desired.

Step 11

Iron the canvas with the hottest setting allowable for the fabric to set the inks.

Art Supplies:

Imagine

Memento Luxe Ink – Angel Pink, Lilac Posies, Love Letter, Rhubarb Stalk, Rose Bud, Wedding Dress –

Fabrico Marker – Bubble Gum, Poppy Red, Real Black

Sponge Dauber –

Happy Valentine’s Day Free PDF

Other

Canvas Tote Bag

Iron

Cardboard

Pencil Eraser

Rubber Stamp Tapestry – Stamps – Layering Circles

White Cardstock

Repositionable Adhesive

Create a Fun and Fabulous Summertime Flamingo Card

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Imagine

by Kyriakos Pachadiroglou

It is almost Summer! It is time to start looking ahead for calming moments in warm weather, summer colors and holiday memories. In today’s cardmaking project, evoke the spirit of summer with this flamingo theme “chill” card. Keeping the whiteness of the paper as the basic background color, I emphasize the pastel colors and give a bright outcome on the card. The VersaMagic inkpads allow the metallic wire and beads to show even more by giving a chalk effect on all surfaces.

Skill: Beginner
Time: 1 hour

Directions

Step 1

Emboss a 4 x 6-inch piece of white cardstock with the stripes embossing folder and lightly color with the VersaMagic DewDrop in Thatched Straw and Key Lime.

Step 2

Use a BrushStix to mix and color the flamingo plywood shape with the VersaMagic DewDrop in Red Magic and Thatched Straw.

Step 3

Continue by coloring the paper flowers with VersaMagic in Red Magic and Thatched Straw.

Step 4

Die cut leaves from white and kraft cardstocks and decorate them with the VersaMagic DewDrop Key Lime and the Fabrico Marker. Use a stylus to shape the leaves into a more realistic look.

Step 5

Color the “chill” wooden element with VersaMagic Red Magic.

Step 6

Make circles with the jewelry wire and glue them in the 4 x 6-inch card with a glue gun.

Step 7

Continue with the rest of the embellishments and using either the glue gun or Tear It Tape. Lightly ink the edge of the card panel with VersaMagic in Red Magic to match the flowers. Mount the 4 x 6-inch piece on the front of a 5 x 7 card base.

Supplies

Imagine

VersaMagic DewDrop – Thatched Straw, Key Lime, Red Magic
Fabrico Marker – Pine
Tear It! Tape
On Point Glue
BrushStix

Other

5 x 7 white card
Cardstock – white, kraft
Plywood embellishments
Paper flowers
Jewelry beads
Jewelry wire
Glue gun
Embossing folder – stripes
Sizzix – Leaves, Garden dies
Embossing machine

Creative Hack with Reusable Gift Wrap

Posted on December 16, 2016 by Imagine

For many people the source of joy for the holidays is giving! One of the coolest ways to express yourself in the holiday season is creative gift wrapping. Creating a reusable gift bag that could be used year round paired with a gift tag that creates a holiday mood is a thoughtful way to go!

We have several products that can be used on fabric. With all the product, after it is dry, simply heat set with an iron set to the correct temperature for the fabric. In our example we used VersaCraft Ink with matching Fabrico Markers.

A muslin bag masked with painters tape has been inked with VersaCraft ink in Ultramarine

We used pre-made muslin bags and simply masked off a big block section to ink up. In this photo we used Cerulean Blue VersaCraft with a Jumbo Dauber.

VersaCraft works into the fabric without migrating sideways like a fabric dye. This is the essential quality needed for creating clean edges. Many screen printing inks are quite tacky to avoid migration. With VersaCraft and Fabrico you get the best of both worlds—easy clean-up and crisp images. Before you start inking, make sure you place something like plastic or cardboard inside the bag to prevent the ink from bleeding through to the other side. In our second bag we used VersaCraft Poppy Red. We used a Fabrico Marker to draw a thin line above the thick block stripe. Since the block was inked up real well, we let it air dry for 24 hours before heat setting. Use a scrap piece of fabric between the ink and your iron.

Drawing on a muslin gift bag with a Fabrico Marker above a big red blog created by VersaCraft.

The gift tag is the mood setter in this project. Again, we are aiming for the bag to be reused for any season, but the gift tag is all Christmas!

A handmade gift bag inked in Poppy Red block and stripe with a handmade tag featuring Santa Clause.

We used Santa Claus from Flourishes l.c with VersaFine and embossed with Clear Embossing Powder. Next, use VersaCraft Poppy Red to color the area around Santa and use Fabrico Poppy Red to color in Santa’s hat. The tag will perfectly match the stripes on the bag and will also give the effect of Santa popping forward from the background. Any additional detailing on this tag is your creative liberty! We shined Santa’s beard with Delicata White Shimmer, embossed the sentiment “For You” and colored in Santa’s face with Memento Dual-tip Markers.

A muslin giftbag inked with Ultramarine VersaCraft in a block section with a handmade tag embossed with a snowflake pattern and inked in blue too.

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Need a New Beach Bag?

Posted on July 26, 2016 by Imagine

Let’s Hit the Beach

by Roni Johnson

Time for fun in the sun and what could be more fun than hitting the beach on hot afternoons. This cute summery beach bag is just the ticket to hold all the essentials you’ll need on your trip to the beach.

Skill: Beginner
Time: 1 hour or more

Directions

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Step 1

Iron the canvas bag to remove wrinkles. Insert a piece of cardboard or several layers of news print to protect the back of the bag just in case a bit of ink soaks through the canvas.

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Step 2

Choose where you would like the palm tree to reside; using Desert Sand All-Purpose Ink (API) and a Fantastix draw two parenthesis marks where you would like the top of your palm tree; join the next set directly below the first loosely joining them. Continue making sets of parenthesis a bit larger with each set until you reach the height you would like the palm tree to be. At the bottom of the tree flair out the last set of parenthesis and add a couple of feet pointing left and right.

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Step 3

Color in the palm tree trunk using the Desert Sand ink. Draw a line across the bag using the Desert Sand somewhere near the bottom quarter of the bag. If you would like a shell, starfish or other item lying on the beach, pencil them out below the line. Coloring around the items, fill in the “beach” with this ink as well.

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Step 4

Outline and refine the trunk of your palm tree with Chocolate API and a Fantastix. Iron to set the inks applied thus far.

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Step 5

If desired, add a few coconuts to your palm tree with Autumn Leaf API. I also added a couple coconuts lying on the beach beneath the tree as well.

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Step 6

Add palm fronds to the palm tree by feathering Spring Green API outwards from the top of the trunk. Add as many or as few fronds as desired. Add one or two additional layers of color to add mid-tones and shadows to the palm fronds. Green Apple and Emerald were used on the example. Once satisfied with the palm fronds, iron to set the ink.

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Step 7

Approximately half way up the bag draw a line across the bag using Sky Blue API. This will become the sea. Begin loosely filling in the area between the blue line and the beach line with the Sky Blue API. While the first layer of ink is still wet, go back in and add high-lights and low lights using Cerulean Blue, Tropical Lagoon and White Frost API’s blending as you go along. I used more of the White Frost at the beach line where I imagined the waves coming ashore creating foam. Once you are satisfied with the colors in your ocean, iron to set the inks.

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Step 8

Add any additional images you wish at this point. A pair of birds and a starfish were added to the example. Iron to set these inks.

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Step 9

If desired, go back over certain areas to define the images even more using Fabrico Dual Tip Markers.

Supplies

Imagine

All-Purpose Ink – 10 Green Apple, 19 Cerulean Blue, 20 Tropical Lagoon, 21 Emerald, 22 Spring Green, 33 Rose Pink, 38 Sky Blue, 52 Sand, 53 Autumn Leaf, 54 Chocolate, 72 Frost White, 74 Champaign Mist, 80 White
Fabrico Marker – Chocolate
Fantastix