Hello Friends! Katy here with my latest video sharing a great way to use VersaFine Clair re-inkers on Craft Plastic with felt pads and Isopropyl Alcohol. Video has all the details. Thanks for watching.
Other Products Used Yupo Paper Simon Says Stamp Devine Peony Die Spellbinders Oceanside Cardstock Stampin up Subtle 3D folder The Greetery Mothers Day Stamp- To Mom with Love Stamp Set Gina K White Layering Cardstock 100 lb Accent Opaque Cardstock Felt Pads Isopropyl Alcohol
– I wanted to make a card that represents both my mom and myself. My mom’s favorite color is yellow, and I am all about the grunge and sparkle! Now I just need to be out of my craft room long enough for my kids to have to sneak in and make me a card….
Skill: Intermediate Time: 1.5 hours
Directions:
Step 1: Place a small piece of watercolor paper on some acetate and then spray both with Cottage Ivy Fireworks! Spray. Use a heat tool to dry the spray on the watercolor paper and then flip it over to watercolor smoosh the remaining Cottage Ivy Fireworks! Spray on the acetate and then dry the spray on the watercolor paper again. Repeat the watercolor smooshing once more and dry. Then die cut the watercolor paper with the stem die cut and set aside (not pictured).
Step 2: Stamp the flower’s petals, leaves and center stamps with Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink and heat emboss with clear embossing powder. While only one set of petals is pictured here, 12 petals (3 sets of all 4 petals) and both of the leaves and the center were all stamped in the same way
Step 3: Mix Electric Yellow Amplify! with a small amount of water to dilute the Amplify! Ink. Then use to paint the petals. Use a heat tool to dry and add texture. Die cut all of the petals.
Step 4: Stamp the faux stitching texture stamp onto the stem die cut with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink.
Step 5: Watercolor smoosh the stamped center of the flower with the leftover mix of water and Electric Yellow Amplify! Ink. Dry with a heat tool. Then spray the center with Rose Gold Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray and set aside to dry. Then die cut the center with the corresponding die.
Step 6: Glue collage paper onto a panel of kraft cardstock. After the glue dried, press the Champagne Delicata ink pad onto the collage paper to add sparkle and obscure some of the collage paper’s print.
Step 7: After die cutting the collaged panel, spray part of the panel with Cottage Ivy Fireworks! spray. Set aside to dry.
Off camera, die cut a piece of gold metallic cardstock with the next size up panel die.
Step 8: Spray some more of the Cottage Ivy Fireworks! spray onto another piece of acetate and then watercolor the leaves with the green color. After the spray dried, die cut with the corresponding dies from the die set.
Step 9: Stamp the sentiment on a scrap of watercolor paper with Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink. Then heat emboss with embossing powder.
Step 10: Assemble the card. Glue the stem onto the collage panel. Glue the leaves onto the panel. Glue the petals behind the center of the flower. (If desired, use some scraps or other small pieces of cardstock to glue behind the petals to help them stay together.) Then glue the flower petals and the center of the card onto the collaged panel. Then paint the edges of the panel with more of the Cottage Ivy Fireworks! spray. Then glue the sentiment on the lower left part of the panel. Add clear gems onto the panel.
After all of the glue has dried, glue the panel onto the gold metallic panel to add a matte layer. To finish the card, the whole thing was glued onto an A2-sized white card base.
Other • Idea-ology and Tim Holtz – collage paper – Archives • Scrappy Crafts – embellishment mix – Amethyst • Simon Says Stamp – die set – Love You Mama • Simon Says Stamp – die set – Squovals • Simon Says Stamp – stamp set – Love You Mama • Spellbinders – stamp and die cutting set – Sculpted Scripted Floral • Clear Embossing Powder • Gold metallic cardstock • Kraft cardstock • Heat tool • Glue • Watercolor paper
Hello crafty friends! Today, I wanna share with you a fun technique to make a card for a mom. We are going to do some watercoloring with VersaColor ink pads and also heat-embossing technique. So… Let’s get some ink pads and watercoloring together!
Skill: Beginner Time: 15-20 minutes
Direction:
Step 1 Cut out a piece of watercolor cardstock (or mixed media paper would work, too) into a 4.25 inch x 5.5 inch card panel. Prep the background watercolor cardstock panel with some anti-static embossing powder. Then, stamp the music sheet background stamp with VersaMark ink pad randomly on it, and add some of the white opaque embossing powder. Heat the embossing powder with a craft heat gun.
Step 2 Dab some inks of the VersaColor Turquoise ink pad on the craft mat and then spray with some water. Smoosh the watercolor panel into the ink on the craft mat, dry the ink, and repeat the smooshing and drying the ink as needed.
Step 3 Add some ink splatter on the background panel with a fan paint brush, and dry it with a craft heat gun.
Step 4 Distress the edges of the background panel with a distress tool or you can use scissors for this distress technique.
Add the background panel to the card base with On Point Glue.
Step 5 Stamp the magnolia and leaf images on another piece of watercolor cardstock with the VersaFine Clair Nocturne using the stamping tool. Repeat the stamping if needed.
Add some of the clear embossing powder on the stamped images while the ink is still wet and then heat it with a craft heat gun.
Step 6 On the craft mat, dab some inks of the VersaColor Canary ink pad and VersaColor Turquoise ink pad, and then spray them with some water. And then, color the leaves and branches with the watercolor inks. Set aside to dry or dry it with a craft heat gun.
Step 7 Dab some of the ink of the VersaColor Pink ink pad on the craft mat and spray it with some water. Then, color the magnolia flowers and set aside to dry or dry it with a craft heat gun.
Step 8 When all the watercolor images dried well, fussy cut them with micro-tip scissors. Add them to the card with On Point Glue.
Step 9 Stamp the letters m-o-m on a piece of white cardstock with VersaFine Clair Nocturne. Dry the stamped word MOM with a craft heat gun and then fussy cut it with micro-tip scissors.
Step 10 On the white cardstock, stamp also the second sentiment with VersaFine Clair Nocturne, dry the ink with a craft heat gun, and then trim it into a sentiment label.
Step 11 Add the word MOM on the card with On Point Glue.
Cut out 3-4 strips of white cardstock smaller than the second sentiment label, add them on the back of the sentiment label with On Point Glue, this will add an extra dimension to the sentiment that is not as thick as foam tape. Add the sentiment to the card with On Point Glue.
Step 12 Final step, to add extra texture to the background by adding some white paint splatters. Mix a little bit of white acrylic paint with water on the craft mat, pick it up with a fan paint brush, and then splat some of the paint to the card.
Dry the splatter paint with a craft heat gun.
This simple mixed media card is done. I love how it turns out and hopefully you do, too. I like how VersaColor ink pads are not just for stamping but also work as a watercoloring medium.
Hello friends, Katy here and in today’s video tutorial, I’m going to show you how to make a quick background using Memento inks and Sheer Shimmer Spray. Todays project is for Mother’s Day, but it can lend itself to Many different sentiments. Listed below are products I used in todays video including some Affiliate links at no additional cost to you. l thank you for using those links and supporting my work.
Hello crafty friends! It’s Ceal, here. Today I will show you how to create a Mother’s Day card with you that uses several layers of stenciling, some stamping and then die cut out. This card can also be used for other occasions because the “Happy Mother’s Day” greeting is on the inside.
Skill Level: Intermediate to Advanced Time: 45 mins to an hour
Directions:
Gather your supplies. You will need cardstock, a layering stencil (Pinkfresh Studio used here) Coordinating Dies, several colors of ink (listed below) and a sentiment stamp set (Taylored Expressions used here).
Step 1: Lay stencil one over a piece of cardstock cut to 5.5 x 8.5 and blend VersaFine Clair Verdant ink over it. Remove and clean stencil.
A little tip for you, I place mine in the corner of the Misti so I will be placing all of them in the same place. This set also has alignment guides which are triangles, be sure to add ink to them.
Step 2: Lay stencil 2 over the cardstock, lining up the triangle placement guides and blend VersaFine Clair Grass Green over it. Remover stencil and clean it.
Step 3: Lay stencil 3 over the cardstock, lining up the triangles and blend VersaFine Clair Spruce over it. Remove stencil and clean it.
Step 4: This step starts the flowers. Lay stencil 4 over the cardstock and blend VersaFine Clair Baby Pink over the open flowers. This photo shows the triangles that are used to align the stencils. Remove stencil and clean it.
Step 5: Lay stencil 5 over the cardstock, lining up the triangles and blend VersaFine Clair Charming pink over open spaces on the pink flowers and VersaFine Clair Lilac Bloom over the other open spaces. Remove and clean the stencil.
**I forgot to take a photo of the Lilac Bloom, but you can see it below.
Step 6: Lay Stencil 6 over the cardstock and blend VersaFine Clair Cheerful and VersaFine Clair Summertime inks over the open flowers. Remove and clean the stencil.
Step 7: Lay stencil 7 over the cardstock and blend VersaFine Clair Charming Pink in the open spaces. Remove and clean the stencil.
This photo is showing the alignment triangles I have been referring to. For the next step you will need to know where they are.
Step 8: Lay the coordinating die over the flowers lining up the triangles as pictured above. Tape it down so it doesn’t move and run it through the die cutting machine. This also adds the texture to the flowers.
Step 9: Cut a piece of kraft cardstock to A2 size 4.25 x 5.5. Ink up a script stamp with VersaColor White and lay the kraft panel over the ink and rub across with your hand.
Step 10: Stamp the sentiment and cut it out multiple times for dimension. Adhere the kraft panel to an A2 white card base. Add the floral panel and then the sentiment. Also stamp a sentiment on the inside.
Hello Friends! Tracy here and today I am excited to share this beautiful card for Mother’s Day “painted” with VersaFine Clair Inks!
In today’s video tutorial I am sharing how I use VersaFine Clair inks on watercolor paper with stamping and ink painting showing how to take your ink use to next level then we enhance our flowers with a little bit of shaping!
Other Products Used: Stamps – Simon Hurley Heartfelt Blooms Mini Misti stamping Platform Tim Holtz Watercolor Paper Variety of small brushes Brutus Monroe | Flat Back Crystals – Violet Crystal Black .01 Micron Pen White card stock for card base Eggplant Cardstock embossed with embossing folder from my stash Sizzix Making Tool – Paper Sculpting Kit Brutus Monroe – Alabaster Embossing Powder Nuvo Glitter Gloss Brush
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