– Hello Crafty Friends – Annie here with a friend card using some Creative Medium and Memento Inks.
• Creative Medium Iridescent: Green
• Creative Medium Iridescent: Pink
• Creative Medium Metallic: Gold
• Memento Inks: Rose Bud, Bamboo Leaves, Pear Tart
Other:
• Memory Box Die: Lovely
• Poppystamp Die: Folksy Script Friend
• Recollections Brand 110# Cardstock: White
• Recollections Brand 80# Foil Cardstock: Gold
• Gems: Gold and Pink
– Hello Crafty Friends – Annie here with a masculine Valentine’s Day card.
• Memento Inks: Dandelion, Cantaloupe, New Sprout, Pear Tart, Summer Sky and Teal Zeal
• Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray: Gold
• Recollections Brand 110# Cardstock: White
• Recollections Brand 65# Cardstock: Teal
• Strathmore Bristol Smooth Cardstock
• Heidi Swapp Stencil: Heart
• Amazon Brand Stencil: Tye Dye Heart
• Heart Faceted Heart Teal
• Tiny Gold Hearts
– Use a piece of cork sheet as a base to stamp with StazOn inks and color with MEMENTO markers to create a Birthday greeting card. Add cork round shapes and a wooden heart to embellish the card.
Skill: Beginner
Time: 30 Minutes
Cut a 4x5in piece of the cork sheet. Stamp with the wood slice stamp and the StazOn Black Cherry to cover the surface.
Color the heart in the center of the stamp design with the MEMENTO Love Letter marker.
Use a palette knife to spread some structure paste and let it set.
Cut thin slices of the wine cork and stamp them with the wood slice stamp and the StazOn Timber Brown ink pad.
Color the lines of the stamped cork slices with the MEMENTO markers
Stamp and color the wooden heart with the StazOn Black Cherry ink pad and the MEMENTO Love Letter marker.
Stamp with the StazOn BlackCherry ink pad the happy birthday stamp and cut around.
Glue the colored cork slices on the card first to work as a base for the wooden heart.
Continue by adding the rest of the embellishments.
StazOn – Timber Brown, Black Cherry
MEMENTO Markers – Love letter, Dandelion, Cottage Ivy, Pine
Card base
Cork sheet
Wine cork
Wooden heart shape
Structure paste
Crackerbox and Suzy stamps – wood slice
Happy birthday stamp
Skill: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Time: 45 min
Cover glasses with All-Purpose ink and StazOn Studio Glaze to create frost and smoke effects. Die-cut and emboss SHEET metal to make embellishments that are covered with StazOn colors.
Cover the glass surface with All-Purpose Ink white using a Sponge Dauber and lightly pressing on it creating a frost effect. Let it dry. (Use a heat tool to speed up the process)
With a Sponge Dauber repeat the above using the StazOn Studio Glaze Cloudy sky.
Place Tear It! Tape around the mid section of the glasses.
Place the jute cord over the Tear It! Tape and wrap around to cover.
Die-cut heart shapes of the SHEET metal in two different sizes. (If you don’t have a die cutting machine, use scissors to easily cut heart shapes of the SHEET metal).
Cover with the StazOn Black Cherry using a Sponge Dauber.
Continue with the StazOn Studio Glaze Claret.
Lightly sand the SHEET metal hearts to reveal the silver color.
Make some loops with the jute cord, glue them on the glasses and add the hearts.
StazOn Studio Glaze – Cloudy Sky, Claret
Heart Dies and die-cutting machine
Embossing folder
Glasses
Sanding paper
Jute cord
Hot glue
Today I am showing you how to create a gorgeous shimmering background for your Valentine cards using a few tricks. First I used a piece of shimmering faux leather paper, added some Brilliance Rocket Red inker to it, and then used a unique rich metallic raspberry MBoss powder for added texture. For the focal point, I embossed a heart and then added some finishing touches for a quick and shiny card – perfect for friends. In just a few steps I created this card with loads of elegance, shine, and personality.
Skill: Intermediate
Time: 25 minutes
• MBoss Metallic Berry Embossing Powder
• Heat Gun
• Couture Creations Stamp Press
• Couture Creations Mini Guillotine
• Stamps – Joy Clair, Carabelle
• Cardstock – American Crafts
• Embellishments
I love to stretch my craft supplies, so finding new ways to use things always makes me happy. Today, I will share a fun way to use your luscious Radiant Neon and Delicata Metallic Inkers. This particular card was made for Valentine’s Day, but you can easily change out the colors, shapes, and stencil for any occasion.
Skill Level: Beginner
Time: 30 Minutes
Start by placing a heart shape onto your work surface. I used Gel Press Petite but if you don’t have any but you do have a Gel Press, you can easily free-hand cut or die-cut a shape of your choosing after you’ve made your print. Apply a drop or two of the Electric Pink Radiant Neon Inker on to the right side of the heart, and the Electric Coral Radiant Neon Inker on the left.
Smooth and blend the colors with a brayer.
Lay the Houndstooth stencil on top of the heart and lay a piece of copy paper on top of that. Press the paper with your hand to lift the color from the open areas of the stencil. Pull the paper off, and you have the beginning of a print for a later date.
Leave the stencil in place and apply a few drops of Delicata Silvery Shimmer Inker onto the heart. Roll out the color with your brayer.
This photo shows how the ink colors look on the plate, before lifting the stencil.
Lift the stencil off of the heart and apply a new piece of copy paper to the heart. Smooth the paper onto the heart with your hands (or you can use your brayer), and pull the print. Now you have the positive and negative spaces filled with color, using only reinkers! once the paint is dry, you can cut the shape out. You may want to use a heat tool for this since this ink is a pigment ink and takes a long time to dry.
For the stenciled panel, cut a piece of black cardstock to 4″ x 5 1/4.”
Lay the Houndstooth stencil on top and apply Silvery Shimmer ink (I used the pad) to the center of the panel with a blending brush. I kept the color heavy in the middle and faded it as I worked my way out in circular motions.
Stamp a sentiment in the lower right corner using the same ink.
Apply a few drops of the Golden Glitz Inker to an acrylic block and flicked the color off the block with a paintbrush.
Once the panel is dry, apply it to a gray card base and adhered the heart on top, at an angle.
• Radiant Neon Inker – Electric Pink
• Radiant Neon Inker – Electric Coral
• Delicata Inker – Silvery Shimmer
• Delicata Inker – Golden Glitz
• Delicata Ink Pad – Silvery Shimmer
• A Colorful Life Designs – Houndstooth Stencil
• Gel Press – Petites: Lovely Days
• Speedball – Brayer
• Stampendous – POP Hydrangea Stamp Set
• Recollections – Black and Gray Cardstock
• Acrylic Block
• Makeup Blending Brush
• Copy Paper
• Paint Brush
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