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“Wishing You A Happy Birthday” Card

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By Anna Escalada York

In today’s post, I am sharing a fun, summer card that features some bold colors!

Skill: Intermediate
Time: 1 hour

Directions:

Step 1
Color a piece of acetate packaging with both Cottage Ivy Memento marker and Emerald Fabrico
marker and then spraying the acetate with water. Press the acetate onto a piece of watercolor
paper multiple times, moving the acetate around so add green color around the watercolor
paper. Allow the water to dry.

Step 2
Die cut the watercolor smooshed paper with a circular die cut. Add a small dot of Pink Ultimate
Pigment Pigment Refill into the raised areas of an embossing powder, and then spray the
embossing folder with Sparkle Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray to both help the watercolor paper
stay moist (so it won’t tear) while embossing, and to help dilute the condensed pink refill ink.
Then sandwich the watercolor paper into the embossing powder and run it through a die cutting
machine.
After the watercolor paper has dried, ink blend the edge of the circular die cut with Pink
VersaColor pigment ink.

Step 3
Die cut another piece of watercolor paper with a slightly larger circular die. Directly press the
Pink VersaColor Pigment ink pad onto the watercolor paper.
Optional step: Heat emboss the ink with clear embossing powder.

Step 4 (and 4.5)
Stamp an image onto watercolor paper with a nature scene with Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink.
Heat emboss with clear embossing powder.
Using a variety of media to watercolor the image: Celestial Copper Delicata Ink pad mixed with
water to color the rocks, Emerald Fabrico marker mixed with water to color the frog and leaves,
Bahama Blue Fireworks! Spray to color the sky and water, and Pink Ultimate Pigment Ink Refill
to color the flower petals. Finally, color the centers of the flowers with a Dandelion Memento
marker.

Step 5
Watercolor smoosh some of the leftover inks from the last step to watercolor smoosh a piece of
watercolor paper and then spray the whole thing with Sparkle Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray. Use
some additional color to stamp a text stamp in my stash to add a little interest onto the panel by
pressing the stamp into the acetate instead of an ink pad. Repeat the process a few times until
you like the amount of extra interest that is added. After everything dried, die cut the watercolor
panel.

Step 6
Glue the two circular die cuts (the embossed panel and the larger pink die cut circle)
and then glue it onto the watercolor background panel. After the glue dried, the whole thing was
die cut again to trim the circular die cuts. The edges were ink blended with more Pink
VersaColor Pigment ink. Splatters of the remaining Bahama Blue Fireworks! Spray from the
acetate packaging were added to the panel as well.

Step 7
Stamp a sentiment with Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink.

Optional step: Heat emboss with clear embossing powder.

Step 8:
Die cut sparkly white paper with a slightly larger rectangular die. Glue the main (frog)
stamped and die cut image onto the top panel, glue the matte (sparkly larger panel) behind the
top panel and then glue everything onto an A2-sized white card base. Glue sequins to the card
base.

Art Supplies

Imagine

• Delicata Ink – Celestial Copper
• Fabrico Marker – Emerald
• Fireworks! Spray – Bahama Blue
• Memento Marker – Dandelion
• Memento Marker – Cottage Ivy
• Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray – Sparkle
• Ultimate Pigment Ink Refill – Pink
• VersaColor Pigment ink – Pink
• VersaFine Clair ink – Nocturne
• VersaMark Dazzle – Frost

Other
• Catherine Pooler Designs – Sequins – Milwaukee
• Gina K Designs – Dies – Master Layout 2 die set
• Hero Arts – Dies – Nesting Circles Infinity die set
• Penny Black – Stamp – Thanks, Thanks stamp (retired)
• Vicki Boutin – Embossing Folder – Let’s Wander (retired)
• Watercolor paper
• Clear embossing powder
• Scissors
• Glue

Make a Fourth of July Card with Colorful Heat Embossing 

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By Jessica Lin

Hi everyone! Are you ready to celebrate the Fourth of July? I made a sparkly, light-up card to celebrate the occasion. It’s been a while since I heat embossed with colorful embossing powders and I truly miss this simple and fun technique. Be sure to check out the supply list at the end to see the colors I used!

Skill Level: Advanced
Time: 1 hour

Step 1:
Stamp one image from MFT’s Festive Fireworks set with VersaMark ink pad. Then pour on embossing powder with the color of your choice. Repeat the steps if you would like to use different colors of embossing powders, making sure to heat set the powder before moving on to the next color. The colors I used today are Mboss – Valentine, Lucky Stars, Princess Party, and Shimmering Night Sky (not pictured here).

Step 2:
Use Brilliance – Galaxy Gold ink pad to stamp the layering images. I used a stamp positioning tool so that I could restamp a couple of times and get good ink coverage. The gold stamped images look so well against the black background, don’t you think?

Step 3:
I decided to add interactive elements to make this card even more festive! I used Chibitronics LED light stickers to create the light up circuit. If you are interested in making a light up card, feel free to check out the step-by-step video tutorial on my YouTube channel “Craft with Jessica V. Lin” and search for “How to Make a Fireworks Light Up Card with BLACK Cardstock”.

Step 4:
For some finishing touches, I splattered some Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray to the background. I used the brush-over-acrylic-block flicking method, but you could use the spray nozzle to add a fine mist of shimmer as well. Then I adhered some sequins with On-Point Glue, and that completes the card!

Imagine Supplies:

Other Supplies:

  • MFT – Stamps – Festive Fireworks
  • We R – Tool – Precision Press
  • Antistatic Powder Tool
  • Heat Tool
  • Hero Arts – Dies – Infinity Circle (to die cut the small center circles for light to shine through the fireworks images)
  • Chibitronics – Tool – LED sticker and Circuit Tape
  • Foam Tape
  • Black cardstock

How to Make a Sunset with Fireworks! Shimmery Craft Sprays

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By Alison Heikkila

Hello! It’s Alison Heikkila. In my latest YouTube video for Imagine, we’re going to create a sunset with Fireworks! Sprays. These pigmented sprays also have mica in them, which help you to achieve beautiful shiny effects. Creating backgrounds with these are really fun, and we’ll use a couple of techniques to do it.

*Some affiliate links are used in this post. That means that if you shop through these links, I may receive a small compensation, at no cost to you. 

 Skill Level: Intermediate
Time to Complete: 40 minutes

Supplies:
Imagine:
Fireworks! Sprays in Dandelion, Tangelo, Rose Bud, Grape Jelly, and Paris Dusk
VersaFine Clair Ink in Nocturne
Black Embossing Powder
Brilliance Reinker in Moonlight

Other:
Hero Arts: Color Layering Palm Tree
Stampendous: Ocean Sayings Stamps (Discontinued)
MISTI Stamping Tool or other stamping platform
Strathmore Smooth Bristol Cardstock
Bearly Arts Glue
Accent Opaque 110lb. White Cardstock
Cosmetic Sponge
Paintbrush
Acrylic Block

It would be fun to try this with other colors of Fireworks! Sprays. Which colors would you use? Thanks so much for stopping by. Have an inspiring day!

Let’s Make A Happy Mother’s Day Card

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By Anna Escalada York

In today’s tutorial, I am sharing the card I made for my mom for Mother’s Day, using sprays and ink
mixed with Sheer Shimmer spray to watercolor the images.

Skill: Intermediate
Time: 1.5 hours

Directions:

Step 1:
Use a die cut to create a watercolor paper panel and then stamp a large flower stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink. Heat emboss with clear embossing powder

Step 2:
Spray Cantaloupe Fireworks! Spray onto a piece of scrap acetate packaging, and press the
sprayed acetate onto the stamped panel, making sure to get spray on multiple parts of the
stamped panel. Let dry.

Step 3:
Press the Mango Madness VersaMagic Chalk Ink pad onto the acetate packaging. Then spray
Sparkle Sheer Shimmer Craft spray onto the ink to give it a watery consistency. Then press this
color of yellow ink onto the stamped panel to add interest and a variety of colors. Let dry.

Step 4:
Repeat the process with pink inks. Spray Angel Pink Fireworks! Spray onto the acetate
packaging and press the packaging onto the stamped panel. After the spray dried, press Pink
Grapefruit VersaMagic Chalk Ink onto the acetate and spray it with more of the Sparkle Sheer
Shimmer Craft spray and press that onto the stamped panel as well. Again, let dry.

Step 5:
Press the Turquoise Gem VersaMagic Chalk Ink pad onto the acetate packaging and spray the ink with more of the Sparkle Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray to create a watercolor consistency. Then use a thin paintbrush to paint the leaves and stems of the flowers turquoise. Let dry.

Step 6:
Spray more of the Cantaloupe Fireworks! Spray onto the acetate packaging and use the spray to watercolor about half of the flowers yellow. Let dry.

Step 7:
Spray more of the Angel Pink Fireworks! Spray onto the acetate packaging and then paint the rest of the flowers pink. Again let the spray dry.

Step 8:
Spray Tangelo Fireworks! Spray onto the acetate packaging, and use it to paint the anthers and filaments (center parts) of the flowers. Let dry.

Step 9:
Use an ink dauber to ink blend the edges of the panel with Pink Grapefruit VersaMagic Chalk Ink.
(I ended up touching up the leaf on the bottom edge by painting a second layer of the Turquoise Gem VersaMagic Chalk Ink mixed with water to make sure the turquoise color wasn’t lost.)

Step 10:
Press the Turquoise Gem VersaMagic Chalk Ink pad onto the acetate packaging and spray the ink with more of the Sparkle Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray to create a watercolor consistency a second time. (In my case, I had leftover from step 5, so I used that.)

Hold a paintbrush saturated with the turquoise watercolor parallel to the panel and tap it against your finger. Repeat if needed and let dry.

Step 11:
Stamp a sentiment onto a piece of watercolor paper with Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink. Heat emboss with clear embossing powder and trim with scissors or a paper trimmer.

Ink blend around the edges of the stamped layer with more of the Canary VersaColor ink with an ink dauber.

Step 12:
Use an ink dauber to ink blend the edges of the sentiment strip with Pink Grapefruit VersaMagic Chalk ink.

Step 13:
Spray one part of the acetate packaging with Cantaloupe Fireworks! Spray and press Turquoise Gem VersaMagic onto another part of the acetate before spraying it with more Sparkle Sheer Shimmer Craft spray. Alternate pressing the sentiment strip into both colors of spray before splattering the strip with more of the turquoise ink. Let dry.

Step 14:
Glue the panel onto an A2-sized white card base and attach the sentiment onto the card with some foam tape for dimension to finish the card.

Craft Supplies

Imagine
• Fireworks! Shimmery Craft Spray – Angel Pink
• Fireworks! Shimmery Craft Spray – Cantaloupe
• Fireworks! Shimmery Craft Spray – Tangelo
• Sheer Shimmer Spray – Sparkle
• VersaFine Clair Ink – Nocturne
• VersaMagic Chalk Ink – Mango Madness
• VersaMagic Chalk Ink – Pink Grapefruit
• VersaMagic Chalk Ink – Turquoise Gem
• Sponge Dauber

Other
• Altenew – Stamp – Extra Special stamp set
• Altenew – Tape – Instant Dimension Foam Tape
• Gina Marie Designs – Die – Pleated Lace Rectangles die set
• The Ton Stamps – Stamp – Lily Fields
• Clear embossing powder Scissors
• Glue

Creative Ways To Use Inks With Dies

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By Alison Heikkila

Hello! This is Alison Heikkila. My second video for Imagine this month once again focus on dies and how to use them creatively with inks. We’re making a pretty floral encouragement card, and I hope it gives you some ideas on how to use your dies and inks together.

*Some affiliate links are used in this post. That means that if you shop through these links, I may receive a small compensation, at no cost to you.

Skill Level: Intermediate
Time to Complete: 20-30 minutes

Craft Supplies:


Imagine:
VersaFine Clair: Shady Lane
VersaFine Clair: Morning Mist
VersaMark Ink
Mboss: Violet
Memento Ink: Grape Jelly
Fireworks! Spray: Bamboo Leaves
Tear It! Tape
On Point Glue

Other:
Spellbinders & Simon Hurley: Everyday Foliage
Spellbinders & Simon Hurley: Handwritten Sentiments
Vellum
White Cardstock

I hope this inspires you to make stamps out of your dies. And don’t forget to try double-dipping into embossing powder! The effect is so pretty. Thanks so much for stopping by. Have an inspiring day!

Let’s Make a Pantone Peach Fuzz Colored Card

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By Anna Escalada York

In today’s blog post, I will show you how to incorporate sprays and markers to change or
enhance the color of colored cardstock to help you stretch your supplies.

Skill: Advanced
Time: 2 hours

Directions:

Step 1:
Color a piece of teal or green patterned paper with green markers–College Ivy Memento marker
and Emerald Fabrico marker.

Step 2:
Die cut the colored patterned paper to form the leaves of the flower die cut.
Optional step: Spray the colored patterned paper with Sparkle Shimmer Spray.

Step 3:
Spray a die cut panel of watercolor paper with Angel Pink and Cantaloupe Fireworks! Sprays.
After it dried, I sprayed both sprays again. This combination of the two colors almost achieved
the peach fuzz color.

Step 4:
Using a piece of peach cardstock, die cut the small flowers for the floral die cut three times.

Step 5:
Stamp Pink Shimmer Delicata ink onto the flowers using a stamp. (On the card, you can see a
little shine on the flowers, but it ins’t visible in pictures.)

Step 6:
Add Pink Shimmer and Gold Glitz Delicata Ink onto parts of a large background stamp. Make
sure to leave parts of the stamp uninked (such as the lower left corner of the stamp).
Optional step: Add holographic embossing powder onto the stamped image.

Step 7:
Use Tangelo and Morocco Memento markers to color a smaller stamp and repeatedly stamp
card base to add texture.

Step 8:
Die cut the main sentiment out of more of the peach colored cardstock and the shadow die out
of some peach patterned paper. Spray the sentiment with Sparkle Sheer Shimmer spray and
the shadow paper with Cantaloupe and Angel Pink Fireworks! sprays. After the sprays dry, glue
the two layers together.

Step 9:
Glue the floral die cut pieces together.

Step 10:
Create the matte layer of the card by die cutting a piece of orange patterned paper and then
spraying it with more of the Cantaloupe and Angel Pink Fireworks! Sprays and Sparkle Sheer
Shimmer spray to mute the bold orange color.

Step 11:
Glue the floral die cut and the sentiment onto the upper card base. Trim off the right edge of the
sentiment so that it doesn’t overhang the upper card panel. Then glue the matte (orange) panel
behind the upper panel.

Step 12:
Stamp the sub sentiments with by coloring them again with more Morocco Memento marker.
(The sub sentiments came in 3 parts “I am,” “you are” and “going through this.” Since the last
sentiment wouldn’t fit on the card without a little help, I performed “stamp surgery” where the
stamp was cut before stamping to create two smaller stamps. If you are uncomfortable with this,
you can mask part of the stamp and stamp the sentiment a couple of times if you are trying to
create something similar.)

Step 13:
Glue the card panel onto an A2-sized white card base and then glue a few rhinestones around
the flowers and the sentiment.

Art Supplies

Imagine:

Other:

  • Simon Says Stamp – die cuts – Fine Foxglove
  • Simon Says Stamp -stamp- Document It
  • Honey Bee Stamps – stamp – With Sympathy
  • Honey Bee Stamps – die cuts – With Sympathy
  • HAI Supply – gem embellishments – Crystalline Grapefruit
  • My Colors Cardstock – paper – Peach
  • Echo Park – paper – Easter Tweetings
  • Embossing powder in my stash
  • Patterned paper (orange and teal) in my stash
  • Watercolor paper
  • Scissors
  • Glue