Hello! Alison Heikkila here. Grab a sentiment that’s worth repeating and let’s do some tone on tone stamping. You can do any color combo you want, just try not to overlap colors that are opposite on the color wheel. The techniques we’re doing today are great ways to mix various inks you may have in your stash.
Skill Level: Intermediate Time to Complete: 20-30 Minutes
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This was so much fun to create. I’d love to make it again with different colors. What colors would you use? I might try teal, terra cotta, and cocoa next. Thanks so much for stopping by. Have an inspiring day!
I wanted to use some dies in my stash plus some warm colored inks to make a Valentine’s Day card for my husband.
Skill: Intermediate Time: 1.5 hours
Directions:
Step 1:
Rub a piece of watercolor paper with a Love Letter Memento ink pad. Don’t worry too much about the consistent color across the watercolor paper.
Step 2:
Spray the same watercolor paper with Rose Gold Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray and allow to dry.
Step 3:
Die cut the colored and sprayed watercolor paper.
Step 4:
Use a background or texture stamp to to stamp the center of the die cut with ore Love Letter Memento ink. If desired, rub the small hearts around the edge with more Love Letter Memento ink as well.
Step 5:
Rub a piece of watercolor paper with Rhubarb Stalk Memento ink pad. Again, don’t worry too much about the consistent color across the watercolor paper.
Steps 6 and 7:
Die cut the Rhubarb Stalk colored watercolor paper and use a paintbrush to paint GooseBumps Shimmer Texture Spray on the die cut. Allow the GooseBumps Shimmer Texture Spray to dry (or if you are impatient like me use your heat tool to dry it quickly).
(Not pictured: Die cut two more layers of the sentiment die with scraps of cardstock and glue the three layers together for dimension. Then die cut the shadow of the sentiment with vellum and glue the sentiment onto the shadow.)
Step 8:
Spray enough Angel Pink Fireworks! Shimmery Craft Spray onto a piece of watercolor paper to totally color the paper and allow to dry.
Step 9:
Die cut the sprayed watercolor paper. Glue the two layers of die cut hearts together.
Step 10:
Tape an outer and inner frames together with tape and use them both together to die cut more watercolor paper.
Step 11:
Ink blend the die cut frame with Rhubarb Stalk Memento Ink using a sponge dauber.
Step 12:
Spray the internal part of the die cut with Rose Gold Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray and allow to dry.
Step 13:
Use Love Letter and Rhubarb Stalk Memento Ink to ink blend through a stencil. Then ink blend around the edges of the die cut with more Rhubarb Stalk Memento Ink.
Step 14 and 15:
Use the same texture stamp used to stamp the red heart, stamp the background (internal part) of the card base with more of the Love Letter Memento Ink multiple times to add some more interest to the background.
Step 16:
Arrange the card and glue it onto a 6” x 6” card base. Start out by gluing the sentiment onto the internal part of the cardpanel (over the die cut heart). Then glue the frame onto the card base and nestle the internal part of the card onto the card. Add sequins on the lower left and upper right parts of the card.
Hello crafty friends! It’s Ceal, here. Today I am sharing a Clean & Simple Valentines card.
Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate Time: 30 to 45 Minutes
Directions: Gather you supplies. You will need a stencil, valentines stamp, pink or any color ink, markers and black ink.
Step 1: Stamp your image with black ink ,I used Memento Tuxedo Black.
Step 2: Color the image with markers and then cut out with coordinating die.
Step 3: Place a white panel cut to 4.25 x 5.5 down on a grip mat or other sticky surface. Lay stencil over it and add color with a sponge or blending brush starting in the center and gradually getting lighter toward the edge.
Step 4: Add the panel to a card base and stamp the sentiment using VersaFine Clair Nocturne. Add foam tape to op up the image.
Hello crafty friends! Valentine’s Day is around the corner and today, I have a love themed CAS card idea to share with you all. It is a fun and quick card to make to spread love with others through handmade cards.
Let’s get crafting!
Skill: Intermediate Time: 15-20 minutes
Direction:
Step 1 Cut out a piece of Canson watercolor paper into 4.5 inch x 6 inch that you want to use as your background panel. I use 9×12 Canson watercolor paper and trim it into 2 panels.
Dab randomly the Memento inks (Love Letter & Rose Bud) on the background stamp.
Spray lightly with the Ink Potion No. 9.
Step 2 Add the watercolor panel to the inked stamp and firmly press it down to the stamp. Try to center it to the stamp.
Carefully move around your finger all over the watercolor panel to get the ink transferred well.
Lift up the paper off the stamp and you will get the first watercolor print background. There are still some inks left on the stamp, pray again with the Ink Potion No.9 to get the second print out of it.
Step 3 Repeat step 2 but instead of moving your hand all over the paper, you can try to just partially press the paper to get partially watercolor background print just like on the right panel in the picture.
Step 4 This layered stamping technique is easier done with a position stamping tool if you have it. If you do not have it, clear acrylic stamping blocks work, too. Cut out a white cardstock into 4.25 inch x 5.5 inch.
Stamp the outline flower images with a Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad.
Stamp the solid background flower images with a Rose Bud ink pad, then stamp the shadow flower images with a Rhubarb Stalk ink pad.
Stamp the leaves images with a Bamboo Leaves ink pad.
Step 5 Stamp the sentiment with a Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad at the extra space of the cardstock panel.
Step 6 Cut out all the flower pieces with the matching dies. Optional, if you don’t have the matching dies to your stamp set, you can fussy cut it with scissors.
Cut out the sentiment with one of the Label framelits dies.
Step 7 Rip the top and bottom of the watercolor background panel to give some texture to the background panel.
Optional: You can use the whole watercolor background panel as your background.
Wrap around some of the Burlap twine around the background panel and tie up a bow.
Add it to the card base with some of the Tear It! Tape.
Step 8 Add some of the Tear It Tape! to both sides of the white fun foam and cut it into a 3D foam tape strip. Add some of them to the flowers and sentiment label.
Add each of the flowers and sentiment to the card.
Step 9 Add some of the white pearl gems with some of the On Point Glue to embellish the card.
Hope this CAS card project gives you an idea to make some Valentine’s Day. Thank you for stopping by our blog today. Have a fabulous day!
Craft Supplies
Imagine Crafts:
Memento Dew Drop (Tuxedo Black, Love Letter, Rose Bud, Rhubarb Stalk, Bamboo Leaves)
When I’m not making cards, I am a high school teacher and graduate student. I made something way out of my comfort zone for the final project for my graduate school class, and wanted to share it here as well. I created a blackout poem from a copy of a text related to my project and then added some stamped images related to it over the poem. I had a lot of fun making it, so I may have to start making more blackout poems in the future….
Skill: Intermediate
Time: 3 hours
Directions:
Step 1: Paint a thin layer of white gesso onto a 5” by 7” medium density fiberboard (MDF) panel.
Step 2: Identify words that you want to keep by underlying them or drawing boxes around them in pencil (the other words will be crossed out).
Step 3: Using a white marker, cross out the other words, leaving the underlined words as the only words that we can see on the page. Erase the pencil marks.
Step 4: Stamp two deer using Warm Breeze and Bali Blue VersaFine Clair Ink and then heat emboss both of them with clear Mboss powder. Die cut them with their corresponding dies. If desired, die cut the additional layers of scrap cardstock to fit behind the Warm Breeze buck (the deer that is standing rather than jumping) and glue them behind the stamped and embossed layer for dimension.
Step 5: If you are very quick and add embossing powder onto die ink immediately, you can emboss it! I decided to stamp and die cut one more deer for the panel and so repeated the process from step 4 with Teal Zeal Memento ink and more clear Mboss powder.
Step 6: Stamp butterflies onto another piece of watercolor paper with Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink. Heat emboss again with more clear Mboss powder.
Step 7: Die cut the butterflies with their corresponding die. Not pictured: Color in the butterflies with New Sprout, Summer Sky and Danube Blue Memento Dual Markers and spray them with water to make the color blend into each other. After the water dried, color parts of the butterflies with a gold pen.
Step 8: Cut a piece of vellum with scissors to look like a mountain. Color the bottom of the vellum with Northern Pine Memento Dual Marker and then use your finger to smudge the marker color.
Step 9: Cut another smaller hill shape out of vellum and then smudge Avocado VersaFine Clair ink along the bottom and allow it to dry.
Steps 10-12: My decided not to save the pictures of steps 10-12. This picture was taken the next day after I realized that my camera betrayed me! Here are the steps that I took to get to finish the panel:
Step 10: Glue the blackout poem onto the backing panel. Then press the Night Sky VersaMagic ink pad onto the top and sides of the panel (to help cover up the fact that the blackout poem didn’t quite meet the edges of the panel) and heat emboss with clear Mboss powder. Repeat the process three times to help build up the amount of embossing powder on the side of the panel (and obscure the edges of the paper). Using a brush (or in my case my finger), smudge some Danube Blue Memento Dual Marker mixed with water on a piece of acetate around the top and
sides of the panel. Then press a Gold Sheer Shimmer Stix Dauber onto a piece of acetate packaging and add it to the sides and top edges of the panel as well. Allow to dry.
Step 11: Glue down the two vellum mountains on the bottom edge of the panel, making sure to have the glue hiding behind the deer and other elements on the panel as well as the butterflies. Add washi tape stickers across the bottom of the panel.
Step 12: Glue the deer onto the panel to finish the piece.
Other • Art Alternatives – MDF Panel (5” x 7”) • Catherine Pooler – die set – Peaceful Deer • Catherine Pooler – stamp set – Peaceful Deer • Golden – Gesso Semi-Opaque Acrylic Primer • Pinkfresh Studios – die set – Small Butterflies • Pinkfresh Studios – stamp set – Small Butterflies • The Washi Tape Shop – washi tape stickers – Green Oasis Gold pen • Copied book page (for the blackout poem) White marker • Watercolor paper Vellum • Pencil Paintbrush • Die cutting machine Paint brush • Paper trimmer Scissors • Glue
Step 1: Spray Frost Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray onto a piece of white watercolor paper and set aside to dry.
Step 2: Trim a piece of gray watercolor paper to 4” by 5.25” with a paper trimmer. Then spray the panel and the inside of an embossing folder with more of the Frost Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray, place the gray watercolor panel inside of the embossing folder and then run the embossing folder through a die cutting machine. Allow the panel to dry.
Step 3: Gently run a Teal Zeal Memento Ink pad across both of the embossed stars and around the edges of the panel. Using a small sponge dauber (or your finger), spread some shiny GlazOn onto both of the embossed stars to “lock in” the teal color.
Step 4: Using a sponge dauber, ink blend Paris Dusk Memento ink around the panel (not on the stars).
Step 5: Die cut letters to form the sentiment out of the the sprayed white cardstock from step 1.
Step 6: Spray the panel with more of the Frost Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray and allow it to dry. Then glue the letters from the sentiment onto the lower right corner of the panel.
Step 7: Glue the panel onto an A2-sized white card base.
Altenew – embossing folder – Stellar Cascade Sizzix – die set – Letterboard (666859) White watercolor paper Gray watercolor paper Die cutting machine Paper trimmer Scissors Glue
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