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Make an Adorable Winter Wedding Card

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By Anna Escalada York

Before making this card, I had no idea all of the different winter wedding color palates there are!
I needed to make a winter wedding card, and decided to use some products in a new way (at least for me). Before I share how I made this card, I wanted to share a winter wedding color palate that inspired me:

Skill: Intermediate
Time: 2 hours

Directions:

Step 1:
I stamped a large wedding scene stamp on a die cut piece of watercolor paper with Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink and then heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.

Step 2:
Press a Champagne Delicata ink pad onto a piece of acetate packaging and then mix with water. Press the acetate onto the stamped wedding image. (This is very hard to see in the image, but there is a faint sheen on the wedding dress and in other parts of the panel.) Allow to dry.

Step 3:
Watercolor smoosh the panel with a second layer of the Champagne Delicata ink. Then scribble Potter’s Clay Memento Dual Marker onto the acetate and spray with water. Then press the acetate onto the panel. Allow these layers of color to dry on the panel.

Step 4:
Press the Toffee Crunch Memento ink pad onto the same acetate, spray with more water and then watercolor smoosh the panel again.

Step 5:
Color in parts of the panel with Potter’s Clay Memento Dual Marker.

Step 6:
Add a small amount of Celestial Copper Delicata Inker onto the same acetate packaging and use a small paintbrush to mix with water to thin out the reinker. Then use the paintbrush to paint the trim of the bride’s dress, some of the presents, and some other images with the coppery mix.

Step 7:
Spray Walnut colored Walnut Ink Antiquing Solution onto die cut glitter cardstock to make it darker. (Please note that the panel took a long time to dry. The next time I do this, I plan on adding embossing powder to help it dry more quickly.

Step 8:
Color the tree leaves, the pennant ribbon and a couple of the hats with Rich Cocoa Memento Dual Marker.

Step 9:
Stamp the sentiment from the same stamp set with Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink and heat emboss with clear embossing powder. Trim the sentiment into a thin strip with the edges at an angle.

Step 10:
Press the edges of the sentiment strip into a Toffee Crunch Memento ink pad to color the borders.

Step 11:
Press a Champagne Delicata ink pad onto the acetate packaging and then spray with water. Watercolor smoosh the sentiment strip and allow to dry.

Step 12:
Assemble the card. Glue 2 strips of scrap cardstock behind the sentiment and glue the sentiment on the lower right corner of the stamped panel. Then glued the stamped panel onto the sprayed glitter cardstock panel. Glue the whole thing onto an A2-sized white card base.

Glue gems on the bottom left and upper right corners of the card.

Art Supplies

Imagine
• Delicata Ink – Campagne
• Delicata Ink Reinker – Celestial Copper
• Memento Dual Marker – Potter’s Clay, Rich Cocoa and Toffee Crunch
• VersaFine Clair ink – Nocturne
• Walnut Ink Antiquing Solution – Walnut Ink

Other
• Colorado Craft Company – stamp set – Happily Ever After by Anita Jeram
• Pink and Main – die set – Notched Corners
• Trinity Stamp Company – embellishments – Champagne Twinkle Stardust Rhinestone mix
• A2-sized white card base
• Clear Embossing Powder
• Watercolor paper
• Glitter cardstock
• Die cutting machine
• Paper trimmer Scissors
• Glue

Let’s Give Thanks Card

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By Anna Escalada York

To me, Thanksgiving is mostly about food but also an excuse to say thank you to those people who are a part of my personal and professional life. So I decided to make a thank you card to let people know that I am grateful for them. I decided to use some paper scraps because I always have too many and to enhance them with sprays or ink to transform them. At first, I was planning on making one card with a lot of leaves, but changed my mind after die cutting the leaves, so ended up making two.

Skill: Intermediate
Time: 1.5 hours

Directions:

Step 1:
Pull out some scraps of paper from your stash and a variety of sprays and ink. Spray the scraps with the sprays. My scraps were colored with Cantaloupe, Angel Pink, Dandelion, Lilac Posies, and Tangelo Fireworks! Craft Sprays as well as Peanut Brittle Memento Ink. After the spray dried, die cut the scraps of paper with leaf dies. Reserve some of the sprayed paper for later.

Step 2:
Press Walnut Ink colored Walnut Ink Antiquing Solution as well as Elderberry Memento ink onto acetate packaging. Add water to the different parts of the acetate and splatter the die cut leaves with the Elderberry Memento ink. Then watercolor smoosh the leaves with both the Elderberry Memento ink and the Walnut Ink Antiquing Solution. After the leaves dried, rub the edges of the leaves with the London Fog Memento ink pad. Allow everything to dry again.

Step 3:
Trim a piece of kraft cardstock with a paper trimmer to about 5 x 3.75 inches. Then spray Rose Gold Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray directly into an embossing folder. Place the kraft cardstock panel into the embossing folder and then run the whole thing through a die cutting machine.

Allow the panel to dry.

Step 4:
Use Dark Brown Shimmer Delicata ink to add some color to the panel by brushing the panel lightly across the embossed paper. The raised part of the embossed panel will pick up the dark brown ink, while the other areas will be untouched. Then press the edges with the same Dark Brown Shimmer Delicata ink panel to add color to the border.

Step 5:
I die cut a scrap piece of rose gold glitter cardstock with a stitched circle die as well as the shadow die of a two-layer sentiment die. In addition, I die cut another piece of the lilac (purple) sprayed cardstock from step 1 with the top layer of the two-layer sentiment die. I also die cut two pieces of scrap cardstock with the same sentiment die. The layers of the sentiment die were glued together to give dimension and then they were glued on the rose gold shadow die cut.

Then the card was assembled. I glued three of the leaves onto the glitter cardstock die cut circle and then glued the whole thing onto the embossed panel. Next, the sentiment was glued onto the panel. Sequins were glued onto the panel. Finally, the whole thing was glued onto a kraft cardbase.

A second card was made with the leftover die cut leaves in the same manner. The only changes were that I used a light orange vellum and some more of the sprayed scrap paper from step 1 to create the die cut circular background and the sentiment.

Art Supplies

Imagine

• Delicata Ink – Dark Brown Shimmer
• Fireworks! Shimmer Craft Spray
– Angel Pink, Cantaloupe, Dandelion, Lilac Posies (retired color) and Tangelo
• Memento Ink – Elderberry, London Fog and Peanut Brittle
• Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray – Rose Gold
• Walnut Ink Antiquing Solution – Walnut Ink

Other Products

• Alex Syberia Designs – die set – Large Thanks
• HAI Supply – embellishments – Cola Crystalline gems
• Simon Says Stamp – Embossing folder Modern Loop
• Sizzix – die set – Leaf Fragments by Tim Holtz
• Circular die
• A2-sized kraft card base Clear Embossing Powder Kraft cardstock
• Glitter cardstock
• Light orange sparkly vellum
• Patterned paper scraps and magazine pages
• Die cutting machine
• Paper trimmer Scissors
• Glue

Purrfectly Bewitched Halloween Card

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By Ceal Pritchett

Hey there crafty friends! It’s Ceal, here. Today I am sharing a Halloween card with you.

Skill Level: Intermediate
Time: 30 Minutes

Directions:

Gather your supplies. You will need a Halloween themed stamp set, a stencil, white and black embossing powder, some markers if you have a line art image and three Halloween colors of ink.

Step 1:
Ink Blend a purple ink (VersaFine Clair Purple Delight used) on a third of the panel.

Step 2:
Ink Blend an orange (VersaFine Clair Summertime used) ink over the second third of the panel.

Step 3:
Ink Blend a yellow (VersaFine Clair Cheerful used) ink over the bottom third of the panel.

Step 4:
Place a stencil over the blended panel and add black (VersaFine Clair Nocturne used) ink over the stencil.

Step 5:
Stamp a spider web in the corner using black ink and then emboss with black powder.

Step 6:
Stamp, color and cut out the image and add to the front of the card.

Supplies:

Imagine Products

VersaFine Clair – Nocturne, Summertime, Cheerful and Purple Delight
Memento Markers – Angel Pink, Pear Tart, Sweet Plum and Gray Flannel

Other Products
Meowgical stamp set – The Rabbit Hole Designs
Meowgical Coordinating dies – The Rabbit Hole Designs
Stencil – Tim Holtz

Let’s Make a Repurposed Tea Tin Box

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By Anna Escalada York

I’ve had a small metal tea box that I’ve wanted to repurpose into a mixed media piece for a while, so I took some time on a rainy day to make it happen.

Skill: Advanced
Time: 1 hour active time, 6+ hours (drying between layers)

Directions:

Step 1:

After applying two coats of gesso around all four sides of a tea tin, spray the top of the tin with Cherry Blossom Walnut Ink Antiquing Solution and allow it to drip down the sides of the tin. Set aside to dry.

Step 2:

Spray all four sides of the tin with Lulu Lavender Fireworks! Craft Spray and allow to dry.

Step 3:

While the tin was drying, die cut four leaf clusters out of watercolor paper. Then randomly add Paris Dusk Fireworks! Craft Spray to the centers of each leaf with the stick of the spray nozzle and color the outsides of the leaves with Elderberry Memento Dual Marker.

Step 4:

Spray each of the 4 leaf clusters with Lulu Lavender Fireworks! Craft Spray and allow to dry.

Step 5:

Partially stamp each of the four sides of the tin with Night Sky VersaMagic ink on a background stamp. (I used an old woodblock typewriter stamp.) Then press the ink pad along the top edge of the tin and the raised rib as well. Heat emboss the top rim of ink with clear embossing powder.

Step 6:

Ink blend Lilac VersaColor ink through a stencil on all four sides of the tin using a sponge dauber. (Not pictured was splattering more of the Paris Dusk Fireworks! Craft Spray onto each of the four sides as well.) Then allow everything to dry.

Step 7:

Glue two of the leaf cluster dies (one on top of the other) along the right edge of two of the sides of the tin.

Not pictured was the step after this where I decided to use my sponge daubers to ink blend some more of the Night Sky VersaMagic ink along some of the edges of the leaves while they were glued down, nor using my Gold Sheer Shimmer Stix Dauber Top to add some gold to the leaves as well.

Splatter the tin with more Paris Dusk Fireworks! Craft Spray. Allow it to dry. Then glue dark blue gems around the leaf clusters to finish the box on the two slides with leaves.

Art Supplies

Imagine

Fireworks! – Lulu Lavender and Paris Dusk
Memento Dual Marker – Elderberry
Sheer Shimmer Stix Dauber Top – Gold
VersaColor ink – Lilac
VersaMagic ink – Night Sky
Walnut Ink Antiquing Solution – Cherry Blossom
Sponge Daubers

Other

AALL & Create – stencil – Lotza Starz 6″x6″ stencil
Golden – Gesso Semi-Opaque Acrylic Primer
Scrappy Tails Crafts – embellishment mix
Simon Says Stamp – die cut – Autumn Leaf Branch
Old typewriter woodblock stamp in my stash
Clear Embossing Powder
Watercolor paper
Foam paint brush (for the gesso)
Die cutting machine
Glue

Let’s Make a Coffee-Themed Card

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By Anna Escalada York

– As a high school teacher, having cards with a snarky-edge ready to go for a coworker having a wild day is a must, and coffee-themed cards are great to have in your stash because they are always appreciated. So as I get ready to go back to school, I can tuck this away for someone who may need a smile.

Skill: Intermediate
Time: 2.0 hours

Directions:

Step 1:
Rub a Love Letter Memento ink pad onto a piece of watercolor paper. (The paper was a little rough, so additional color will be added later.)

Step 2:
After die cutting the colored watercolor paper, use a Poppy Red Fabrico marker to fix any areas that weren’t colored with the ink pad.Then spray the die cuts with Silver Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray.

(Later, a third die cut was made to better fit the card. This was made in the same way.)

Step 3:
Die cut a piece of watercolor paper with the second-largest die from an A2-sized background die set. Then spray Rose Gold Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray into a coffee-themed embossing folder and emboss the watercolor panel. Allow the spray to dry.

Step 4:
Ink blend the edges of the embossed watercolor background panel with Champagne Delicata ink using a sponge dauber.

Step 5:
Before gluing the die cuts, I pressed the center coffee cup into the Ruby Red Delicata ink pad to change the color of that cup just a little. Glue all three die cuts down and trim the edges with scissors.

Step 6:
Ink blend a piece of patterned paper with more of the Ruby Red Delicata ink using a sponge dauber.

Step 7:
Die cut the ink blended patterned paper with the largest die from the A2-sized background die set. Then press both Ruby Red and Bark Brown Shimmer Delicata ink onto acetate packaging and spraying with water and splatter both panels with the red and brown watercolor. Ater the splatter dries, glue the two panels together.

Step 8:
Stamp the sentiment with Glamorous VersaFine Clair ink and heat emboss with clear embossing powder.

Step 9:
Die the inside of the coffee cups (the coffee) out of watercolor paper with the same coffee cup die three times and then spray them all with Potter’s Clay Fireworks! Craft Spray.

Step 10:
Ink blend the edges of all three coffee dies with Dark Brown Shimmer Delicata ink with an ink dauber. Then glue the three small brown die cuts into the three coffee cups on the cardbase.

Step 11:
Press the edges of the sentiment into the Ruby Red Delicata ink pad and then heat emboss the edges with clear embossing powder. Then assemble the card by attaching the sentiment onto the lower right corner of the upper card panel with foam tape and glue sequins onto the card.

Finally, glue the whole thing onto an A2-sized white cardbase.

Art Supplies

Imagine
• Delicata ink – Champagne
• Delicata ink – Dark Brown Shimmer
• Delicata ink – Ruby Red
• Fabrico Dual Marker – Poppy Red
• Fireworks! Shimmery Craft Spray – Potter’s Clay
• Memento Ink – Love Letter
• Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray – Rose Gold
• Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray – Silver
• VersaFine Clair ink – Glamorous
• Sponge Daubers

Other
• Altenew – foam tape
• Catherine Pooler – sequin mix – Manhattan
• Pink and Main – die set – Notched Corners
• Riley and Company – die set – Coffee Heartbeat
• Sizzix – embossing folder – Coffee by Tim Holtz
• A2-sized white card base
• Clear Embossing Powder
• Watercolor paper
• Patterned paper
• Thin paint brush
• Die cutting machine
• Scissors
• Glue

“All I Need Today” Coffee Card

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By Ceal Pritchett

Hello friends!
It’s Ceal, here. Today I am sharing a coffee card. This totally looks like me on a Monday morning.

Skill: Beginner
Time: 30 minutes

Directions:

Gather your supplies. You will need a coffee stamp, a sentiment set,  markers, dark brown ink and a stencil for the background.

Step 1:
Stamp the image and color it in with markers. I used Toffee Crunch and Desert Sand for her hair, Angel Pink and Lilac Posies for her outfit, Summery Sky for the coffee cup and Gray Flannel for the kitty.

Step 2:
Cut the panel down and add sentiment.

Step 3:
Cut a panel of Kraft cardstock to A2 size and use a dark brown (I used Fallen Leaves) to color in the stencil for the background. Add the background panel and the image panel to the card base. 

Supplies:

Imagine Supplies:
• Memento Markers
– Gray Flannel, Toffee Crunch, Desert Sand, Summer Sky, Angel Pink and Lilac Posies
• VersaFine Clair – Nocturne
• VersaFine Clair – Fallen Leaves
• On Point Glue

Other supplies:
• Coffee is not Enough Stamp Set – Unity Stamp Co
• Coffee Create Repeat Stamp set – Taylored Expressions
• Coffee Bean Flower Stencil – Ink On 3
• Rectangle dies – Hero Arts
• Grip mat – Simon Says Stamp