Hello friends! This is Linh (or LV Handcrafted on all the socials). Did you know you can customize wax seals with Imagine inks? This will have you looking at your stamps in a whole new light! Create fabulous wax seals for the holidays as envelop seals for your greeting cards, tag toppers or seal your gifts with these fun custom stamped wax seals!
Skill: Advance
Time: 5-10 minutes (depends on how many you make)
Supplies Used
Imagine
Other Products Used
Hello there! Today’s tutorial is a shaker ornament created with embossing powders and using different colors in a single piece. To make this, I used the MBoss in Blue Icicle, Sapphire and White. To create this type of embellishments or ornaments for your cards, gifts or Christmas Trees, you can also use our traditional Embossing Powders in any color.
Skill Level: Medium
Time to Complete: 45 minutes
Directions:
Step 1:
Apply a layer of ink to your Shaker Base or Chipboard piece directly with the ink pad of VersaMark. You can also use the small size or cube of VersaMark Ink if you are using a small piece of shaker card or chipboard. Make the emphasis on the center if it has the designed part.
Step 2:
Cover the center of your ornament with the light color of MBoss or embossing powder. In my sample, I am using the Blue Icicle.
Step 3:
Melt the MBoss or Embossing Powder with the heat tool. Don’t worry if the powder covered some parts of the border.
Step 4:
Repeat steps 2 and 3 if you want a thick effect or want better coverage.
Step 5:
Ink the border or the chipboard ornament or shaker piece with the VersaMark Ink Pad, taking care not to cover the center of the piece.
Step 6:
Cover the inked area with the dark color of MBoss. I am using the Sapphire.
Step 7:
Melt the powder with the heat tool. Then, add some touches of MBoss White to create more dimension over it. Melt the MBoss White or White Embossing Powder with the heat tool.
Step 8:
Assemble your shaker card or finish the ornament by adding some sprinkles or small sequins and adding a piece of ribbon to tie it.
Voila! Our ornament is finished and can be used to decorate a card, a gift or to be handled on a Christmas Tree.
Remember that you can use this idea for any type of chipboard piece or for any occasion, not only for Christmas.
Art Supplies:
Imagine:
• Mboss Sapphire, Blue Icicle and White
Other:
• Shaker Dimension Set or Chipboard Piece.
• Heat Tool
• Sequins
Hello! Today I’ve got a fun tutorial that’s all about making your own ephemera. Ephemera can be ticket stubs, advertisements, postage stamps, handwritten letters, etc. It’s fun to use “found” ephemera, but it’s also a blast to make your own. You can feel free to follow each of the “steps” below, or just choose the ones you like. There’s no real order or correct way to make these elements, and you can use them on any of your paper-crafting projects. I just decided to go with a tag today. This particular project is great if you need to loosen up, break out of a creative block, or you just feel like adding to your stash. Just have fun with it!
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Step 1:
Grab some cardstock and a stencil, and start spraying them with Fireworks! Spray.
Step 2:
There’s a lot of spray left on that stencil, so don’t waste it! Grab another scrap of paper and flip the stencil (wet side down) on to it to get the reverse design. You can use a brayer or your hands to push the stencil into the paper to transfer the color better.
Step 3:
Still more on the stencil? Spray it with a little water to get the color moving and press it into a third piece of paper.
Step 4:
Grab some rubber stamps that have fun designs (especially solid images like this one), spray your craft mat with another color of Fireworks! Spray, and ink up the stamp in the puddle. Stamp some scrap paper with the wet stamp.
Step 5:
Apply Kaleidacolor inks to cardstock using your favorite method. I used the Fruitcake palette on my Gel Press with a brayer. Then, take a stencil and apply VersaFine Clair ink on top using a sponge dauber or cosmetic sponge.
Step 6:
Run a piece of cardstock through an embossing folder. Then ink the raised areas with Delicata Ink for shine.
Step 7:
Stamp out a sentiment with VersaMark Ink and use your favorite Mboss embossing powder on it. For texture, tear the edges and ink them with Rich Cocoa Memento Ink.
Step 8:
Take some old book paper and flick Fireworks! Spray on it to get different sized droplets.
Step 9:
Stamp some small geometric shapes and die cut/fussy cut them.
Look at all the ephemera we’ve created by just using scraps!
Step 10:
Die cut a large tag out of cardstock. Start laying your ephemera on to the tag to see where you want your pieces to be.
Step 11:
Let pieces hang off the edges of your piece. You can cut them off later, if you wish. Don’t be afraid to move your elements around, cut them, tear them, etc.
Step 12:
Use different types of adhesive. I like using Tear It! Tape for the embossed layers, wet glue for flat layers, and foam tape or squares for elements that I want raised. I also love to use On Point Glue for sequins and rhinestones, which I added after I had all of my paper elements adhered.
Here’s the finished tag. Again, make this however you like. It doesn’t need to be for the holidays, it doesn’t need to be a tag. Just grab a bunch of supplies and play. Whatever ephemera you have leftover can be used at another time.
• Fireworks! Shimmery Craft Spray in Cottage Ivy, Lady Bug, and New Sprout
• Kalediacolor Inks in Fruitcake
• Mboss Embossing Powder in Rose Gold
• VersaFine Clair Ink in Rain Forest
• Stampers Anonymous: Bold Tidings Mini and Mod Cactus
• Sizzix: Tag Collection #658784, Kaleidoscope 3D Embossing Folder
• A Colorful Life Designs: Sweater Knit stencil, Make Some Plaid stencil
• Doodles Paper Playground: Bold Rhinestones (I only used the red)
• Simon Says Stamp/CZ Design: Hex Yeah (discontinued)
• Scraps of cardstock, old book paper, etc.
Hey there friends and fellow crafters. I’m here today with a fun quick project of taking a wooden tag, adding holiday stamps, and heat embossing to create not only a gift tag but a Christmas ornament as well. Using pigment ink in VersaColor and VersaFine allows you to create the extra gloss and shine that is perfect for making this crafting project extra special.
Skill: Beginner
Time: 10 minutes each
Very soon it is the time of the year again when we start wrapping Christmas gifts for our loved ones. A handmade gift tag makes the present even more special; it delivers a heartfelt message that the receiver is important to you. These adorable Christmas penguins by Joy Clair are the perfect addition to your personalized message. Just start by punching a pile of tags from leftover cardstock pieces, and soon you will have a pile of gift tags ready to spread out the Christmas feeling to your friends and family!
Skill: Beginner/Intermediate
Time: 1 hour
Punch or hand-cut gift tags from light blue cardstock.
Cut a wave shape from fun foam. Attach to an acrylic block using double-sided tape. Stamp a snowy hill shape on each tag using white StazOn Pigment ink.
Stamp Christmas penguins on white paper with black ink. Color with markers or color pencils. Cut around the edges. To make the fuzzy cutting quick and easy you can cut out the little details on the wings and feet; those parts will be re-stamped later on the tag background.
Stamp the penguins on the tags using black VersaFine Clair.
Glue the fuzzy cut images on the tags, aligning the fuzzy cut and stamped penguin images. Decorate with a white gel pen.
• StāzOn Pigment – Snowflake
• Memento – Tuxedo Black
• VersaFine Clair – Nocturne
• Craft Mat
• Joy Clair Stamps – Christmas Penguin
• Fiskars Tag punch
• Cardstock in light blue
• Piece of fun foam
• Double-sided tape. Glue
• Acrylic markers
• White gel pen
• Acrylic block for stamping
• Scissors
I am constantly making backgrounds and sometimes, depending on the design of the card, I cut and die cut those backgrounds and I have “leftover” pieces. In today’s video, I wanted to share two different Christmas cards made with just one background. Using Joy Clair Stamps with Memento Ink makes it super fun!
Skill: Advanced
Time: 30 minutes
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