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Design A Fall Mixed Media Tag

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By Helen Gullett

Hello crafty friends! The change of season is here and we can see how changes can bring some beautiful colors to our life. Today, I would like to share my Fall Mixed Media Tag.

Skill: Intermediate
Time: 15-20 minutes

Direction:

Step 1
Cut out a piece of cold-press watercolor paper for the Fall theme stamps..
Stamp the images with VersaFine Onyx Black ink pad using a stamping tool.
Option, you can stamp a couple times to get crisper stamped images result on a watercolor paper.

Step 2
Memento inks (Full size and Dew Drop) are great for watercoloring! Simply add some of the Memento Dew Drop inks (Lady Bug, Cantaloupe, Tangelo, Rich Cocoa) on the craft mat.
Use a water brush to pick up the pigment and color the flower.
After coloring the image, use a craft heat gun to dry the watercolor inks.
Cut the image using micro-tip scissors.

Step 3
Cut out another piece of the cold press watercolor paper.
Add more of the Memento inks by dabbing the Memento Dew Drop on the craft mat.
Spray lightly with some water and then smoosh the watercolor paper to the inks on the craft mat to create the watercolor wash background.
You can repeat this step a couple times to get the colored background you like.

Step 4
Dry the watercolor background panel with a craft heat gun.
Cut it out with a tag die. Or, If you do not have any tag die, you can trace any packing tag to it and cut it with scissors.

Step 5
Add some of the Memento Rch Cocoa ink around the edge of the tag with a sponge dauber for extra shadow and distress look.
And then, add some of the Delicata Golden Glitz randomly around the edge of the tag with a sponge dauber for some extra shine to it.
Dry the ink on the tag with a craft heat gun.

Step 6
Add some of the anti-static powder to the whole tag.
Using a stamping tool, stamp the sentiment on the tag using the VersaFine Clair Pinecone ink pad.
Right away while the ink is still wet, add some of the Mboss Sprakle embossing powder to the tag and heat set it with a craft heat gun.
Gently wipe off the anti-static powder of the tag using a paper towel after the embossed sentiment cool off.

Step 7
Add some texture to the tag by stamping some patterns using the background texture stamps and VersaFine Clair Morning Mist.
To get the uneven look on the background, stamp the image using your hand directly and not a stamping acrylic block.

Step 8
Add some of the glue from On Point Glue to the half of the back of the watercolor flower and add it to the tag.
Add a couple of acrylic stamping blocks on the flower for a couple minutes until the glue dried permanently.

Step 9
This last step is an option. But I decided to add some extra sparkle to this Fall tag.
Use a flat small brush to add some splatters of the Sparkle – Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray to the tag and then use a craft heat gun to dry it completely.

I love how this Fall mixed media tag turned out. The Fall colors plus some gold and sparkle to it makes me happy to look at it. It is now a new addition to my tag ring collection.
I hope you’ll like this Fall tag project and give it a try with your own twist. Thank you for stopping by our blog today. Have a fabulous day!

Craft Supplies

Imagine Crafts:

Others:

  • Colors of Fall Stamp Set (Creative Worship Stamps)
  • Mini Marks 1 Stamp Set (Creative Worship Stamps)
  • Tag Die Set (STAMPlorations, expired)
  • Canson Watercolor Paper 140 lb
  • MISTI stamping tool
  • Acrylic stamping blocks
  • Paper trimmer
  • Micro-tip Scissors
  • Die cutting Machine

Life Begins After Coffee Card

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By Anna Escalada York

In today’s post, I made a card featuring earthy colors.

Skill: Intermediate
Time: 1.5 hours

Directions:

Step 1:
Stamp the top part of the main stamped image onto a piece of masking paper with Nocturne
VersaFine Clair ink. (If you don’t have masking paper, you can use a sticky note.)
Cut out the coffee (or the inside part of the coffee cup) of the masking paper and place it onto a
piece of watercolor paper over the corresponding part of the waterpaper.

Step 2:
Stamp the coffee cup image onto the watercolor paper with Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink,
making sure that the masking paper covered up the coffee in the cup.
(Optional step: Heat emboss with clear embossing powder.)

Step 3:
Remove the masking paper. Stamp the coffee in the cup with Acorn VersaFine Clair ink. (I
chose to mask the cup with the remaining masked paper before stamping.)
(Optional step: Heat emboss the coffee with more clear embossing powder.)

Step 4:
Spray Lilac Posies Fireworks! Shimmery Craft Spray onto a piece of acetate packaging and use
the spray to watercolor the stamped flowers surrounding the coffee cup. Repeat the process
with New Sprout Fireworks! Shimmery Craft Spray to paint the leaves.
Repeat the process one more time with Rose Gold Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray to paint the cup
and saucer.

Step 4.5:
Die cut the coffee cup with the corresponding die.
(Sorry that the pictures got messed up and you couldn’t see the pink shimmer paint from the
Rose Gold Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray or die cutting the cup. My camera was glitchy. You will
see the rosy pink shimmer in the next few steps.)

Step 5:
Die cut a piece of black watercolor paper (or black cardstock) for the matte layer of the card.

Step 6:
Spray Lilac Posies Fireworks! Shimmery Craft Spray and Rose Gold Sheer Shimmer Craft
Spray into an embossing folder and emboss a previously die cut watercolor panel. After
removing the watercolor panel, spray more Rose Gold Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray around the
panel and then allow the panel to dry.

Step 7:
Using a sponge dauber, ink blend the edges of the sprayed and embossed panel with Morning
Mist VersaFine Clair ink.

Step 8:
Stamp a sentiment on a piece of watercolor paper with Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink. Trim the
edges with your paper trimmer.
(Optional step: Heat emboss with clear Mboss embossing powder.)
Then press the edges of the sentiment into the Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink to create a border.

Step 9:
I decided that I wanted to change the color of the border, so pressed the edges of the sentiment
into the Morning Mist VersaFine Clair ink pad.
(Optional step: Heat emboss with more clear embossing powder.)

Step 10:
Glue the two panels together. Glue the coffee cup onto the pink watercolor panel. Attach a piece
of black and white washi tape just a little bit smaller than the sentiment strip and then glue down
the sentiment strip.

Step 11:
Glue sequins on the lower left and upper right corners of the card.

Step 12:
Finish the care by gluing the matte layer to an A2-sized white card base.

Art Supplies

Imagine
Fireworks! Shimmery Craft Spray – Lilac Posies, New Sprout
Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray – Rose Gold
VersaFine Clair ink – Acorn, Morning Mist, Nocturne
Sponge Daubers

For Optional Embossing:
VersaMark
Mboss – Clear

Other
Altenew – Masking Paper – Masking Paper
Erin Lee Creative – Stamp set – Coffee or Die
Erin Lee Creative – Stamp and die set – Stayin’ Alive
Gina Marie Designs – Die set – Big and Little Chain Rectangle die set
Legion – Paper – Stonehenge Black Aqua cold press watercolor paper
Sizzix – Embossing Folder – Mini Kaleidoscope by Tim Holtz
Trinity Stamps – Embellishments – Champagne Twinkle Stardust Rhinestones
Black and white washi tape
Watercolor paper
Paper Trimmer
Scissors
Glue

Watercolor with VersaMagic Inks for a Teacher’s Card

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By Jessica Lin

Skill: Intermediate
Time: 45 hour

Hello hello! Back to school season is right around the corner, can you believe that summer flew by so quickly? Today I have a Teacher’s card to share with you and we are coloring with some of my favorite ink pads as well!

Step 1:
Stamp the mermaid image using VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink pad and heat emboss with clear Mboss powder. I also stamped 2 sentiments partially to create a new phrase.

Step 2:
Dab some ink on the Craft Mat and watercolor the image using a waterbrush.

Step 3:
Mask the image with masking tape and blend Starlite Silver ink across the moroccan stencil. I also blended Memento Tuxedo Black ink around the mermaid image to create a shadow-glow effect.

Step 4:
Adhere the front panel to a square cardbase with foam tape, and the card is complete!

Products Used

Imagine Supplies:

Other Supplies:

  • Penguin Palace – Stamps – Take a Break
  • Stampin’ Up! – Stencil – Artistic Mix Decorative Masks
  • We R – Tool – Precision Press
  • Foam Tape
  • Heat Tool
  • Stampin’ Up! – Cardstock – Coastal Cabana

Rainbow Kindness Card

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By Helen Gullett

Hello crafty friends! Today, I wanna share this easy and quick card idea for you. You can use stamps to create a fun background and focal point using small image stamps. Let’s make it together.

Skill: Beginner
Time: 15 minutes

Direction:

Step 1
Cut out a piece of 8.5 x 11 inch white heavyweight cardstock and make them your card bases.

Stamp the cloud image (or any small image stamp) directly on the front of the card base to create your background using Memento Ink (Summer Sky)

Step 2
It is easier to use a stamping tool when you use several stamps to build up an image. This stamping tool can help you to line up your image stamp perfectly.

For my rainbow, I used several small stamps to build it. I stamped each image one by one using VersaFine Clair ink pads (Tulip Red, Summertime, Cheerful, Verdant, Paradise, Fantasia)

Set aside for the inks to dry when you are done stamping, or you can use a craft heat gun to speed up the drying process.

Step 3
On another piece of white cardstock, stamp the cloud image outline and dots with VersaFine Clair (Warm Breeze)

Dry the stamped image with a craft heat gun and then fussy cut it with scissors.

Step 4
Trim the focal image into 3.5 inch x 3.5 inch.

Cut out a piece of dark blue cardstock slightly bigger than the focal image panel. I cut mine into 3 ¾ inch square mat.

Use the Tear It! Tape to add them to the front of the card.

Add some of the Teart It! Tape on a small piece of white fun foam to make your own 3D foam tape. I use it to add the cloud image on the card.

Isn’t that quick and easy to make this fun rainbow kindness card? I hope you will give it a try and send it out to encourage others with your handmade kindness card.

Thank you for stopping by our blog today. Have a fabulous day!

Craft Supplies

Imagine Crafts:

Others:

  • Sunshine and Rainbows Stamp Set (Dare 2B Artzy)
  • Acrylic stamping block
  • MISTI stamping tool
  • Paper trimmer
  • Micro-tip scissors
  • Hammermill 100 lb white cardstock
  • Neenah 80 lb dark blue cardstock
  • White fun foam

Blackout Technique with Memento Ink and an Embossing Folder

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By Alison Heikkila

Hello! I’m Alison Heikkila. Embossing folders are so popular right now, not just because of the dimension they create so easily, but because of all the techniques you ca do with them. Today, we’ll be doing a Blackout technique with Memento and VersaFine Clair Inks for Imagine, which is so much fun to do.

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

Supplies Used:
Imagine:
Memento Inks in Cantaloupe, Pistachio, Olive Grove, Sweet Plum, Elderberry, Rhubarb Stalk, and Tangelo
Memento Marker in Cantaloupe
VersaFine Clair Ink in Pinecone
Sponge Daubers
On Point Glue

Other:
Spellbinders: Nature’s Botanical Wreath 3D Embossing Folder
Spellbinders: Thanks Enclosed Sentiments Die Set
Strathmore: Smooth Bristol Cardstock
White Card Base
Purple & Yellow Cardstock

Faux Watercolor Technique for Fall Birthday Card

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By Ceil Pritchett

Hey everybody!
It’s Ceal, here. Today I am sharing a card using a technique that I am calling “faux watercolor” because the end result look like it was water colored to me.

Skill: Beginner
Time: 30 minutes

Directions:

Start by gathering your supplies. You will need a A2 card base, a white panel, a panel of tidepool cardstock, several colors of VersaMagic ink, VersaFine Clair Pinecone ink, Memento Tangelo ink, sponge daubers and an embossing folder.

Step 1:
Make a dry run of the embossing folder through the die cutting machine.

Step 2:
This looks like a hot mess, but I promise it gets better. Using a sponge dauber, color the leaves as desired using VersaMagic inks.

Step 3:
Lock the embossed panel back into the folder and generously ink up the debossed side with a dark brown ink. Close the folder and run it through the die cutting machine.

Step 4:
Glue the panel down on the card base and add a sentiment. I used a happy birthday die cut.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

Imagine Crafts:
• VersaMagic Ink:
– Mango Madness
– Perfect Plumeria
– Jumbo Java
– Tea Leaves
– Turquoise Gem
• VersaFine Clair – Pinecone
• Memento- Tangelo
• Sponge Daubers
• On Point glue

Other Supplies:
• White cardstock – Concord & 9th
• Tidepool cardstock – Concord & 9th
• Fall Leaves embossing folder – Honey Bee Stamps
• Happy Birthday die – Hone Bee Stamps