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Gold-Embossed Ombre Effect Congrats Card

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By LVHandcrafted

Hello friends! This is Linh (or LV Handcrafted on all the socials). This is a fun way to create your own heat embossed ombre effect. I used Delicata ink, which is a pigment ink and remains sticky for period of time to swipe across a white cardstock panel. I made a very solid swatch of ink. Before the ink dried, I covered one end (the bottom) with Mboss powder in gold. I aimed for about 25% of the way up with solid coverage. Then I tipped the panel so the letter “C” is at the bottom and the letter “S” is at the top. Then spooned more Mboss powder from one and and further tipped the panel so it runs down the panel to create that graduated, ombre effect. 

When I make panels like this, I really want the panel and the effect to shine, so I like to keep the rest of the card really simple. These word dies are wonderful because they are so big, they nearly take up the entire card. And with a panel this beautiful, I save everything and made a second card using the negative effect of the word die. 

NOTE: In the video, you will actually see me create a smaller panel that I decided against using. I used a Sakura glue pen to draw a design over the Delicata-inked panel and then poured Mboss powder over it. The glue pen lets you draw or write anything you want and have that lovely embossed effect.

Skill: Intermediate

Time: 15 minutes

Supplies Used

Imagine:

• Mboss Powder in Gold

• Delicata Ink in Pink Shimmer

• On Point Glue

Other Products Used

• Spellbinders Congrats Die

• Hammermill 100lb white card stock (card base)

Monoprinting with VersaFine Clair

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By Alison Heikkila

Hello!  @AlisonHeikkila  here and today and we’ll be focusing on a couple of fun ways to use VersaFine Clair Inks. I love experimenting with different ways to use inks, so I decided to play on my Gel Press Plate and use a detailed 3D Embossing Folder. VersaFine Clair Inks are also great with layering stamps because you can get such crisp images. 

Skill: Beginner-Intermediate

Time to Complete: 30 minutes

Supplies Used:

Imagine:

• VersaFine Clair Ink: Charming Pink

• VersaFine Clair Ink: Warm Breeze 

• VersaFine Clair Ink: Fantasia 

• VersaFine Clair Ink: Medieval Blue

• Memento Ink: Summer Sky

• On Point Glue

Other: 

• Gel Press: 6×6 Plate

• Speedball: 6″ Brayer

• Sizzix/Tim Holtz: Kaleidoscope 3D Embossing Folder

• Altenew: Fancy Star Builder Stamps

• MISTI Stamping Tool

• Recollections: Holographic and White Cardstock

Follow Alison here:

AlisonHeikkila.com

https://alisonheikkila.carrd.co/

Learn to Make a Textured Spring Card

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By Martha Lucia Gomez

Hello there! Today’s tutorial is about texture with Fireworks and Embossing Powder! Do you know that you can create a splattered effect with the embossing powder? Let me share the project with you.  

Skill: Beginning

Time: 60 minutes

Directions:

Step 1:

Take a selection of Fireworks! colors of your preference to create the first part of the splatter effect. First, spray a single color over your craft mat. Grab a piece of white smooth cardstock or any type of cardstock and press softly over the mat. Let the paper dry naturally or speed the process with the heat tool if you don’t want to wait a few minutes.

Repeat the above process with all the colors that you wanted to use on your background. In my sample, I used Potter’s Clay, Paris Dusk and Bamboo Leaves.

Step 2:

While the background is in drying process, you can work on the card base. Select a color of VersaFine Clair that coordinates with your background. Stamp lineal images over it. If you want, you can emboss it with clear embossing powder. In my sample, I used VersaFine Clair Shady Lane and don’t emboss de leaves.

Step 3:

In a separate piece of White Smooth Cardstock, I stamped a floral image with VersaFine Clair Glamorous and then covered it with Clear Embossing Powder. Additionally, with a tiny spoon or spatula, I sprinkle Gold Embossing Powder over the flowers and leaves, trying to keep the powder inside of the lines.

Step 4:

With a paint brush, I removed the excess of the powder around the borders of the flower and then, melted the powder with the heat tool.

As you may have noticed, to create the splattered effect, I didn’t use ink, just the powder.

Step 5:

To continue with the process, I resized the background layer in angle. Then, I die cut the floral image with a coordinated die. Additionally, I pasted all the pieces over the card base using crafty foam tape to add more

dimension to the card.   

Step 6:

As final touch, stamp a sentiment in a different color and paste over the decorated card with crafty foam.

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget that you can use different types of ink and embossing powders to create your own look!

Art Supplies:

Imagine:

Other:

  • Stamping Tool
  • Crafty Foam Tape.

Happy Easter, a Turnabout Stamping Project

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By LeeAnn McKinney

Hi there friends and fellow crafters. LeeAnn here with a fun Turnabout Stamping Project anyone can do. This is for all levels. With this stamp set you will start with a single piece of cardstock cut to 6″ x 6″ set up your stamp, ink up the full stamp in one color, turn your paper 1 turn to the right or left, and then ink in 2nd color, turn 1 turn again same direction as before and ink in next color, then one final turn in same direction, ink up again. Once dry cut panel to 4″ x 5.25″, apply to a card base that is 4.25 x 5.5″, I prefer top folding for this. Add your sentiment, some jewels and your project is complete. 

Skill level: Beginner, Intermediate

Time: 30 minutes

Supplies Used:

Imagine:

• On Point Glue

• Tear It! Tape

• VersaFine Clair Ink Pad Charming Pink

• VersaFine Clair Ink Pad Cheerful

• VersaFine Clair Ink Pad Warm Breeze

• VersaFine Clair Ink Pad Purple Delight

• StazOn Stamp Cleaner

Other Supplies Used

• Accent Opaque 120lb Cardstock 

• Concord and 9th  Flower Garden Turnabout Stamp  Set

• Happy Easter With Shadow

Create a Double Embossed Wedding/Anniversary Card

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By Katy Ingram

Hello Friends! Katy here and today I am excited to share this really cool background technique.

In today’s video tutorial I am sharing how I use a 3D embossing folder and iridescent opaque Mboss embossing powder to create a wedding or anniversary card. The colors I chose definitely give me a beachy vibe and I am loving it!

Katy

Skill: Intermediate, Advanced

Time: 15-20 minutes

Art Supplies

Imagine Products

• Memento Ink: Summer Sky, Teal Zeal and Nautical Blue

• VersaFine Clair: Warm Breeze

• VersaMark Ink

• Mboss Embossing Powder –  Iridescent Opaque

• On Point Glue

• Tear It! Tape

Other Products Used

Tim Holtz/Sizzix 3D Embossing Folder Doily

White Card Stock

Kitchen Sponge

Kraft/Oatmeal Card Stock- Card Base

White Card Stock- Layering

Pearl Vellum (foliage)

The Greetery Pretty Postmarks (text stamping)

The Greetery Lovely Silhouettes Die (Love)

Spellbinders Mini Everyday Sentiments Hot Foil Plate (always and forever)

Spellbinders Hot Foil Skybright

Kat Scrappiness Leaf Dies

Pinkfresh Studio Leafy Branch Die

May Arts Twine – Ivory

Create Your Own Background to Make an Adorable Easter Card

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By Kathy Pisupati

Good morning!  Kathy here, creating art for Imagine Crafts!  Today I have a new tutorial for you.  Today’s project is an Easter card but it is also about creating your own backgrounds with Imagine Craft’s Ultimate Pigment Ink Refills!  If you don’t have much patterned paper this is an easy background using the refills and baby wipes!


Skill Level: Easy

Time to complete: 1 hour

Step 1

Cut a piece of a layering weight, white card stock to 4.25” x 5.5”.  This will be enough for three holders.  Grab your favorite ink refills.  For today’s card I used Imagine Craft’s Ultimate Pigment Ink Refills in Canary and Pink.  Grab a baby wipe and fold it up nicely.

Step 2

Dab your ink onto the baby wipe in an alternating order.

Step 3

Now just swipe across your card stock.  YES you will get messy!  But it’s fun.  You may need to add some more drops.  Make sure when swiping that you line up your baby wipe with the last swiped color as you move along.

Step 4

Time to get messy again!  We will spray Sheer Shimmer Spray in Gold all over the panel.  I use an old box and lay the panel inside.  This contains the spray a bit.  The sparkle of these sprays is so pretty and available in so many colors!

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Step 5

I also unscrewed the top of the Shimmer Spray and splattered some random spots.  I splattered some small spots using metallic watercolor paint.

Step 6

Next, I cut some scalloped frames and glued them together with On Point Glue.  I used a coordinating pink card stock.  Trim the background panel to fit behind the frame and adhere with On Point Glue from Imagine Crafts.


 Step 7

I die-cut some an Easter Egg I had in my stash several times.  I used the scalloped frame to die-cut the edges so they would fit perfectly against the frame.  I also cut an additional egg to use as the main focal point. 

Step 8

I traced the actual die and cut a solid egg out.  I adhered this behind the main egg and adhered with glue.  I took the insides of the die cut and just painted some of the pink and yellow refill ink on alternating stripes I also added 2 gold stripes from a metallic card stock.

I stamped, colored and die-cut a cute bunny. I used alcohol markers but any coloring medium will work.  I stamped the Easter sentiment on the same pink card stock.  I used VersaMark Ink, covered with gold embossing powder and heated.  The sentiment, main egg and bunny are popped up with foam tape.  The entire panel is added to a horizontal folded A2 card base with foam tape as well.  The last thing I did was add a few confetti sequins!

I hope you enjoy this card and the tutorial. Thanks for stopping by I appreciate all of you! Please head over to the Imagine Crafts website to see all the beautiful products. Here is the link IMAGINE CRAFTS.

SUPPLIES

Imagine Crafts

Other

  • Kat Scrappiness Rainbow Egg Die Set
  • Kat Scrappiness Boxed Sentiment Dies
  • Kat Scrappiness Hippity Hoppity Bunnies
  • Kat Scrappiness Hippity Hoppity Sentiment Stamps
  • Kat Scrappiness A2 Reversed Scallop Dies
  • Kat Scrappiness Mother of Pearl Solid Round Confetti
  • Scor-Pal scoring tool
  • Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die-Cutting machine
  • Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Teflon bone folder
  • Foam Tape