Hello everyone! It’s Ceal, here. Today I am sharing a spring get well card (you could make yours for any occasion) using a stamp and stencil combo. Stencils make it so easy to color.
Skill: Beginner to Intermediate Time: 30 Mins
Directions:
Gather your supplies. You will need a stamp/stencil combo, several colors of ink and a marker for details. In the photo I have an orange ink but I actually used a pink.
Step 1: Using a black ink stamp the floral image. I used Memento Tuxedo Black.
Step 2: Using the leaves portion of the stencil and two colors of green, color the leaves. I used Memento Pear Tart and Bamboo Leaves
Step 3: Using the floral portion of the stencil, color the flowers yellow. I used Memento Dandelion.
Step 4: Using the detailed portion of the stencil color the area pink (which turns into a pretty peach) I used Memento Angel Pink.
Step 5: Stamp and cut out the greeting and cut a couple extra pieces for dimension. Adhere the panel with the flowers to the card base and then adhere the greeting anywhere you’d like on the card front.
I don’t know about you, but I have so much patterned paper that I will probably never use it all. In an attempt to use at least some of it on a card, I turned to my Fireworks! Craft Sprays to enhance the paper to make a card celebrating the colors of spring.
Step 1: Cut a piece of aqua patterned paper into two parts. Spray Spray one piece Eucalyptus Walnut Ink Antiquing Solution and the other with Willow Walnut Ink Antiquing Solution. After the spray dries, die cut the Willow-sprayed paper with leaf dies and the Eucalyptus-sprayed paper with the branch die and set aside.
Step 2: Spray a piece of purple patterned paper with Lulu Lavender Fireworks! Craft Spray. After the spray dries, die cut the paper with the larger flower in the die set.
Step 3: Spray a piece of blue patterned paper with Bahama Blue Fireworks! Craft Spray. After the spray dries, die cut the paper with the smaller flower die cut.
Step 4: Spray a yellow piece of patterned paper with Dandelion Fireworks! Craft Spray. After the spray dries, die cut the paper with both of the flowers’ central areas.
Step 5: Color the base layer of the smaller (blue) flower’s center with a Rich Cocoa Memento Dual Marker. Then repeat the process for the larger flower’s center (not pictured). Once the marker dried, glue each of these central parts of the flowers to the rest of flowers’ centers. Then glue both of the centers onto their respective flower’s centers.
Step 6: Color the upper layers of the purple flower with Lilac Posies Memento Dual Marker to make them darker and stand out from the rest of the flower. After the marker dried, glue the small paper layers onto the rest of the flower.
Step 7: Color the small blue upper layers of the blue flower with Ultramarine Fabrico Dual Marker. Then spray them with more Bahama Blue Fireworks! Craft Spray. After the spray dries, glue these small blue die cut layers onto the rest of the blue flower.
Step 8: Spray a piece of watercolor paper with Rose Gold Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray and allow to dry. Then die cut the watercolor paper with an A2-sized panel die to create a background for the card.
Not pictured: Die cut a piece of vellum with a mid-sized circular die.
Step 9: Stamp the sentiment onto a scrap of watercolor paper with Lilac Posies Memento ink and heat emboss with clear embossing powder. Trim the sentiment into a thin strip and press the edges into the ink pad to color the edges. Set aside.
Step 10: Assemble the card. Glue the Rose Gold floral background onto an A2-sized white card base. Then glue down the circular die cut piece of vellum followed by the leaves and branch die cuts. Add foam tape behind the large upper central petal and the lower left petal on the purple flower as well as the whole blue flower. Then add glue behind the rest of the purple flower to attach it to the card base. Then attach the blue flower on top of the purple flower. Glue purple sequins around the card base. Finally, attach the sentiment with more foam tape to finish the card.
• Altenew – foam tape -Instant Dimension Foam Tape • Hero Arts – die set – Circle Infinity Dies • Pink and Main – stamp set – Spring Sayings • Simon Says Stamp – sequins – Lilac Embellishments • Sizzix and Tim Holtz – die set- Brushstroke Flowers • Sizzix and Tim Holtz – panel die – Leafy Twigs • Clear Embossing Powder • Heat tool • Scissors Glue • Watercolor paper • Vellum
Hello crafty friends! Today we are going to do some monoprinting with VersaFine Clair inks and a gelli printing plate to create some fun backgrounds. And also, we will do some coloring with Memento Markers.
Let’s get crafting!
Skill: Intermediate Time: 30 Minutes
Direction:
Step 1 Put the gelli printing plate directly on the Imagine Craft Mat. Make sure it lays flat.
Dab some of the VersaFine Clair inks on the gelli printing plate, do this one color at a time and do not mix them together.
Step 2 Mix the inks on the gelli printing plate with the mini roller. Mix the color from top to bottom, gradually.
Step 3 Put the stencil on the gelli printing plate.
Gently press the stencil to the gelli printing plate.
Step 4 Get a piece of printing/copy paper (preferably thickness 24 lb or more), you can cut it in half or use full size.
Add the paper to the gelli printing with stencil and gently press it down to get ink off the plate.
Step 5 Carefully pick up the paper off the gelli printing plate from one corner.
This is the first printing. For this time, you can keep it aside for future projects.
Step 6 Carefully remove the stencil off the gelli printing plate.
While the inks are still wet (this is why VersaFine Clair inks are the best for this project!), put a piece of white cardstock to the gelli printing plate and gently press down to pick up the ink off the plate.
Step 7 Carefully pick up the printed cardstock of the gelli printing plate.
You get the second print which is a different pattern than the first one.
Use a craft heat gut to dry the ink well.
This is the print that we will use for the background of the card.
Step 8 Once the printed background dried well, cut it with a rectangle die form the Stitched Rectangle dies set.
Then cut another piece of white cardstock with the scallop rectangle die from the same set.
Step 9 Add the white scallop background panel to the card base using the On Point Glue.
And then, add the printed background panel to the card using the same glue.
Set it aside to dry (optional: you can put a couple of large acrylic stamping blocks on it to hold it down while drying).
Step 10 Put a piece of white cardstock on a stamping platform and secure it with some magnets.
Arrange the flower stamps on it and stamp them with the VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink pad.
Remove it from the stamping platform.
Step 11 Dry the stamped images using a craft heat gun.
Color them using the Memento Markers.
Fussy cut the images with micro-tip scissors.
Step 12 Stamp the sentiment a white cardstock with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink.
Dry the stamped sentiment with a craft heat gun.
Cut it with one of the banner die from the Banners die set.
Step 13 Add the first flower to the card with On Point Glue.
Using On Point Glue, add a piece of thin foam to the back of the sentiment banner and add it to the card with the same glue.
Then, add some of the thin foam to the second flower and add it to the card with the same glue.
The card is done. Though it looks simple, yet it has some layers to it.
This gelli printing technique is one of a fun way to create pattern backgrounds other stamping.
Hi everyone! It’s Jessica here. I am so happy to be on Imagine Crafts’ design team again for 2026. If you have seen some of my creations before, you would notice that I love bold, bright colors. Today, I am sharing a floral card that features this vibrant orange from the VersaColor ink line.
Step 1: I started out by preparing an A2 card base with Calypso Coral cardstock. Then I trimmed a piece of Dry Brushed Metallic paper to 3’’ x 4.5’’ as a background accent.
Step 2: The stamp set I am using today is Flourishing Phrases from Stampin’ Up. I stamped the flower image with VersaColor Orange ink pad on a piece of 3.5’’ x 4’’ cardstock. For the leaves, I used VersaColor Bamboo ink pad.
Step 3: I stamped another flower image on a scrap piece of cardstock and fussy cut it along the edge.
Step 4: Then I die cut a circle with cross-stitch details and stamped the sentiment with VersaColor Bamboo ink.
Step 5: The coordinating die set includes various floral designs that work well both by themselves and with the stamp images. I decided to die cut the largest design and cut it into 3 pieces to decorate around the sentiment. Finally, I adhered all of the elements onto the cardbase, added some rhinestones, and the card is complete!
Hello everyone. Von Marie here with my newest video using colorful inks to use with stencils. Memento inks are really perfect for inking and stamping. I used Memento Dew inks to stencil some pretty florals and leaves. The video will have more details. I hope you enjoy. Thank you for watching.
Skill: Intermediate Time: 45 Mins.
Products Used:
• 100lb white Hammermill Paper • A2 Card Base • Glass Board and magnets • Glue • Die-cutting Machine • Heat Tool • Foam Tape • Scissors • Sequins
• Simon Says Stamp Butterfly Blossoms Stamp and Coordinating Stencils
• Simon Says Stamp Splendid Leaves Circle Frame Embossing Folder
• Kat Scrappiness Platinum Gold Glitter Sequins
ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTS THAT CAN BE USED TO RECREATE SOMETHING SIMILAR Any stamps, inks, and or Embossing Folder. You can watch how to create this Birthday Card Click Here
It’s Ceal, here. Today I am sharing a card that showcases my style which is clean and simple. This is also a watercolor card which I love to watercolor, it’s so relaxing.
Skill: Intermediate Time: 45 Minutes
Directions:
Gather your supplies. You will need a floral image stamp or a line image that you can color, several colors of water based re-inkers to watercolor with, small paintbrush, water friendly paper and a pigment ink.
Step 1: Stamp the image with a pigment ink
Step 2: Using a green re-inker paint the leaves on the floral image.
Step 3: Use a teal re-inker to paint the small flowers
Step:4 Mix the teal ink and the green ink together to create a darker green ink to paint the different leaves.
Step:5 Using a light and a bright pink re-inker paint the daisies.
Step: 6 Using a yellow and orange ink paint the centers of the flowers, first yellow and then orange near the bottom.
Step: 7 After the image is painted use the coordinating die to cut it out.
Step: 8 Stamp a sentiment and cut it out with the coordinating die. Place all the elements on the embossed panel (I added an embossed panel at the end) and add the sentiment.
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