Learn How to Dye Your Own Ribbon to Match Your Project’s Color Palette

By LV Handcrafted

Hello friends! This is Linh (or LV Handcrafted on all the socials). In today’s video I’m showing how to customize your ribbon to match your project perfectly!  You can turn white ribbon to any color you need using your ink pads. Why buy different colors of ribbon when all you need is white!

Skill: Beginner

Time: 10 minutes

Supplies Used

Imagine:

– Delicata Ink – Ruby Red

Other Products Used :

– White ribbon 3/8”

– Crafter’s Companion tag punch

– Spellbinders Wax Seal

– Spellbinders Pattern Paper

– White Cardstock

How To Make Fun Stenciled Card for Summer

By LeeAnn McKinney 

– Greetings friends and fellow crafters, it’s LeeAnn here with a Fun Clean Stenciled Card that evokes Summer in my brain. First because living in Florida I always remember beginning of summer getting a Hurricane Tracking Map at the grocery store and mom hanging it on the fridge. Anytime there was a hurricane out in the Atlantic we would track it. 

I also love cruising, and have been on many cruises in this area of the Caribbean. 

There are a lot of cruisers in the family. I can put a Rhinestone to mark the ports they are visiting and give to them as a Bon Voyage card. 

Skill: Beginner

Time: 1 hour

Art Supplies:

Imagine:

• On Point Glue

• Delicata Golden Glitz

• Imagine Tear It! Tape

• VersaFine Clair Nocturne

• VersaFine Clair Ink Pad Paradise

• StazOn Stamp Cleaner

• Delicata Shimmery Silver Ink Pad

• VersaMagic Tea Leaves

• VersaMagic Turquoise Gem

• VersaMagic Ocean Depth

• VersaMagic Jumbo Java

Other Supplies Used:

• 6×8 Caribbean Map Stamp Set by Scrappy Tails

• Caribbean Map Layering Stencil Set of 3

• 6×8 Guiding Light Stamp Set and Coordinating Metal Craft Die Bundle

• GinaK Designs White HeavyWeight Cardstock

Create a Magical Card with Brilliance Inks

By Kathi Rerek 

Intro: Brilliance inks blend beautifully and the pearlescent ones create a beautiful shimmer that enhances magical scenes like this one.

Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate

Time: 1 hour

Directions:

Step 1.

Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Mediterranean Blue Brilliance ink horizontally across the top of a 4” x 5.25” panel of white cardstock. Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Pearlescent Sky Blue Brilliance ink below the darker blue. Use both daubers to create a blended shimmery sky.

Use a Sponge Dauber to apply the Pearlescent Coral Brilliance ink from the Aurora 3-Color Brilliance Ink Pad. Sorry that there’s no photo!

Step 2:

Tape the image panel to the back of the Clouds Stencil.

Using a Sponge Dauber, apply Moonlight White Brilliance ink over the stencil onto the image panel.

Remove the stencil and heat set the ink.

Step 3:

Use magnets to secure the ink-sponged panel approximately .5” from the right edge and 1” from the bottom of the stamping platform.

Position the Cityscape Reflections Stamp facedown along the bottom of the stamping platform.

Ink the stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. Re-ink and stamp again if needed. Remove the stamp and heat set the panel.

Step 4:

Move the image panel so that it’s flush the right and bottom edges of the stamping platform. Secure with magnets.

Position the Silhouette Lady with Umbrella Stamp facedown along the right edge above the cityscape.

Ink the stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. Re-ink and stamp again if needed. Remove the stamp and heat set the panel.

Step 5:

Trim the image panel to 3 7/8” x 5 1/8”.

Use a Sponge Dauber and Mediterranean Blue Brilliance Ink to edge the image panel.

Step 6:

Cut a piece of Raven cardstock to 4” x 5.25”.

Use Tear It! Tape to adhere the image panel to the black cardstock.

Step 7:

Create an A2 Card from White cardstock.

Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Mediterranean Blue Brilliance Ink to the outer .5” of the folded card. Heat set.

Step 8:

Use Tear It! Tape to adhere the image panel to the card.

Adhere the sentiment sticker to finish the card.

Imagine Crafts Supplies:

Other Supplies:

  • 140 lb. Bristol Paper by Strathmore
  • Raven Black Cardstock by Bazzill Basics
  • Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers
  • Cityscape Reflections Cling Rubber Stamp by Andy Skinner for Creative Expressions
  • Silhouette Lady With Umbrella Unmounted Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Stamps
  • Small Talk Idea-ology Stickers by Tim Holtz for Advents
  • Stamping Platform
  • Heat Gun by EK Success

Create Your Own Plaid Paper with Memento

By LV Handcrafted

– Hello friends! This is Linh (or LV Handcrafted on all the socials). In today’s video I’m showing how to use your Memento Dew Drop inks to create a perfectly coordinated card. First, I created a background using Love Letter and Teal Zeal to create a plaid. I made a custom ink color by over-stamping multiple times with both colors!  I used Teal Zeal to create a coordinating solid color cardstock by just swiping it across white cardstock.  Finally, I smooshed Love Letter and Teal Zeal and used a waterbrush pen to color in my stamped image.  For the skin, I used Peanut Brittle and for the hair I used Espresso Truffle.

Skill: Beginner

Time: 20 minutes

Supplies Used

Imagine:

– Memento Dew Drop – Love Letter, Teal Zeal, Peanut Brittle, Espresso Truffle

Other Products Used:

– The Greeting Farm – Anya Combo Kit 2

Gel Press with Kaleidacolor and Fireworks! Shimmery Craft Sprays

By Alison Heikkila

Hello! Alison Heikkila here and I have a new YouTube video for Imagine today. We are going to start off with a little experimenting with a Gel Press, and then we’ll move on to finish a card. I love to try different inks and techniques on the Gel Press, and even if they don’t work out as I had hoped, the monoprints can always be used at a later date in a different way.

Skill: Intermediate-Advanced
Time to Complete: 30 minutes

Art Supplies

Imagine:

Kaleidacolor Inks: Caribbean Sea
Ink Potion No. 9
Fireworks! Shimmery Craft Spray: Danube Blue
Sheer Shimmer Spritz: Copper
On Point Glue

Other:
Gel Press: 6×6 Plate
A Colorful Life Designs: Messy Harlequin Stencil
Speedball: 6” Brayer
Navigator 28lb. Copy Paper
Pinkfresh Studio: Classic Words Die Set
Strathmore Smooth Bristol Cardstock
Recollections: 110lb. White Cardstock
Recollections: Blue Foil Cardstock
Bearly Arts Glue
Sheet Music, Paintbrush, Copper Sequins
Optional: 8×8 Acrylic Stamp Block

That’s it for me today. Thanks so much for stopping by. Have an inspiring day!

Compare 4 Different Mboss Powders on Kaleidacolor Gel Plate Printed Backgrounds

By Nancy May

How familiar are you with Kaleidacolor inkpads and Mboss Embossing Powder? Let’s take a look at one of the Kaleidacolor pads I have had for many years and see how it does on the gel plate. Then we’ll play a bit and see how 4 different Mboss Embossing powders impact the same basic Gelli printed background.

~Nancy

Skill: Beginner, Intermediate

Time: undetermined

Art Supplies

Imagine:

● VersaMark Clear Embossing Ink

● Kaleidacolor – Autumn Leaves 

● Mboss – Clear, Gold, Black, White

Other:

● Gelli Arts – 5×7 Gel Plate

● Speedball Brayer, 6”

● Hero Arts – Abstract Honeycomb Bold Prints 6×6 Red Rubber Background Stamp

● Hero Arts – Bee and Flowers Wreath Stamp Set

● Tim Holtz – Tag Collection Framelits Dies 658784

● Pinkfresh Studios – Fancy Label Frames

● Whimsy Stamps – Nested Hexagon Die Set

● Heffy Doodle – Honey Word Die

● Tonic – Gold Metal Sheets

● Amazon – Cotton lace

● Amazon – Bulb pins