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Create a Monochromatic Floral Card

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By Helen Gullett

Skill: Intermediate
Time: 30 – 45 minutes

Hi everyone! Helen is here. I am super excited today to share with you all my very first project as one of the new Imagine Artists in Residence!!!
I have been a big fan of Imagine Crafts products since I started making crafts. I made this monochromatic card. It is clean-and-simple yet has some layers to create an encouragement card or any occasion card.

Directions:

Step 1
Stamping the sentiment labels. Arrange the stamp labels you want to use on the stamping tool and then stamp them on a piece of white cardstock with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink pad. Stamping tool will help to get great second stamping for bold result. After stamping, dry the ink with craft heat gun and then trim them using the paper trimmer.

Step 2
Using the stamping tool, stamp the solid image of the flower (the first layer base of the layering flower stamps) using the VersaFine Clair Morning Mist ink pad on the white cardstock. Use the pressure tool to press the inked stamp to the cardstock to get even and better transfer ink. This pressure tool is very handy to use when stamping big images. But you can always stamp it again if needed.

Step 3
Line up the second layer of the flower stamp image on top of the solid stamped image. Make sure you position it in the right direction. Grab the stamp using the lid of the stamping tool and then ink it with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink pad and then stamp it. Use the pressure tool to press the inked stamp to the cardstock to get even and better transfer ink. You can always stamp it again if needed.

Step 4
Grab the last part of the layering flower stamps, position it in the center of the stamped flower and then stamp it using the VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink pad. For this center part, I stamped it 3 times to get darker stamped image. You still can use the pressure tool to press the inked stamp to the cardstock to get even and better transfer ink.

Repeat these steps: 2, 3, and 4 for the leaves.

After stamping the images, use the StazOn All-Purpose Stamp Cleaner Dauber Top to clean the ink of all the clear stamps.

Step 5
Cut all the flowers and leaves using the matching thin metal dies using the die cutting machine. And then after that, you can cut the pattern paper also with one of the Stitched Rectangle Dies to make a background mat for the flowers.

Step 6
Make a white card base out of the 8.5-inch x 11-inch 110lb white cardstock you cut into 2 pieces using the paper trimmer, using score in the middle of the cardstock, and then fold it into a card.

Put some of the Tear It! Tape on the back for the pattern background mat and then add it to the card base. This tape is strong and permanent, so make sure you position it at the center of the card lightly and then press it down.

Step 7
This is the time we arrange all the stamped flowers and leaves. Using the On Point Glue to add the first layer of the flower and leaves on the card. This glue gives you a few seconds of its drying time so you can position the flower and leaves to the spot where you like it. Then press them down and hold them down for a few seconds for the glue to dry permanently.

Step 8
For the second and third layers, we will use foam tape for extra dimension to the flower. I made the foam tape out of white fun foam and Tear It! Tape. I put pieces of the foam tape on the petals of the flowers and added them to the base flower. And then, add one of the sentiment labels to the card with foam tape, too.

Step 9
Add some splatters of the Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray on the card using the spray bottle nozzle and flat brush (or fan brush). Add also some white paint splatters on it for more texture.

Dry the splatters on the card with a craft heat gun by moving the heat lightly around the top.

It is optional, you can embellish the card with some clear gems or other embellishment you like.

Look at those layers on a CAS style card! That’s my first project to share with you. Thanks for stopping by the blog today!

Craft Supplies
Imagine Craft supplies:

Other Supplies:

  • Altenew – Label Love Stamp Set
  • Altenew – Build A Flower: Peony Blossom (stamp and die set)
  • Altenew – White Ink Spray
  • Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamp – Stitched Rectangle Die Set
  • Neenah Classic Crest White Cardstock 110lb
  • Graciellie Design – Botanical Dream Digital Paper Pack
  • Clear gems (or other embellishments)
  • White fun foam
  • Fiskar Paper Trimmer
  • MISTI Stamping Tool
  • TwiddlersNook Pressure Pal
  • Gemini Junior cutting machine
  • Craft heat gun
  • White brush (flat or fan)
  • Micro-tip scissors

Painting Using Sheer Shimmer Craft Sprays

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By LV Handcrafted

Hello friends! This is Linh (or LV Handcrafted on all the socials). Here’s a fun way to use Shimmer Sprays — paint with them!  Shimmer Sprays are translucent, but the gorgeous glitter in them shine beautifully on dark card stock! I used the Sparkle Sheer Shimmer spray, which paired perfectly with the Iridescent Opaque Mboss powder.  The combination of the two add a striking, sparkle to any card!

Skill: Intermediate
Time: 15 minutes

Supplies Used

Other Products Used

  • Altenew – Fashion Monger Dahlia Stamp

Gel Press with Kaleidacolor and Fireworks! Shimmery Craft Sprays

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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!

Let’s Make a Magical Fairy Card

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By Kathi Rerek –

Greetings! It’s Kathi here to show you how to create fairy card with a magical shimmer using Memento Inks and Sheer Shimmer Sparkle Spray.

Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate

Time: 1.5 hours

Instructions:

Step 1:

Smoosh Paris Dusk Memento Dew Drop Ink onto the craft mat. Mist with water and use a paint brush to apply diluted ink to the right edge of a 5.25” x 4” panel of watercolor paper.

Repeat with Blue Danube and then with Bahama Blue Memento Dew Drop Ink Pads until the entire panel is inked. Heat set the panel.

Step 2:

Ink the Sheet Music Texture Red Rubber Cling Stamp with Blue Danube Dew Drop Ink and randomly stamp onto the panel.

Step 3:

Spray the panel with Sheer Shimmer Sparkle Spray. Heat Set and admire the sparkle!

Step 4:

Using a stamping platform, position the Trinity Fairy Clear Stamp onto the image panel. Ink with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. You might need to re-ink and stamp to achieve a clear impression.

Remove the panel from the stamping platform and heat set.

Step 5:

Place the image panel back onto the stamping platform. Position one of the notes from the Music Notes Small Clear Step Set facedown above the fairy’s horn. Ink the stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp.

Remove the note stamp from the stamping platform. Place another note stamp from the same set, slightly to the right of the previously stamped note. Ink and stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp.

Remove the second note stamp from the stamping platform. Place the four notes stamp to the right of the other notes. Ink the stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp.

Heat Set the notes.

Step 6:

Smoosh the Rose Bud Memento Dewdrop Ink pad onto the craft mat. Mist with Sheer Shimmer Sparkle Spray.

Use a paint brush to apply the shimmery pink ink to the fairy’s wings. Heat set.

Step 7:

Trim the image panel to 3 5/8” x 4 7/8”.

Use a Sponge Dauber and Paris Dusk Memento Ink to edge the top part of the image panel. Use the Sponge Dauber and Blue Danube Memento Ink to edge the bottom part of the image panel.

Step 8:

Create an A2 card from white cardstock. Insert a piece of scrap paper into the card.

Use Sponge Daubers to ink the periphery of the white card with Paris Dusk and Blue Danube Memento Inks.

Step 9:

Cut a piece of black cardstock to 3 3/4” x 5”.

Use Tear It! Tape to mat the image panel with the black cardstock panel, then use the tape to adhere the matted panel to the inked card.

Art Supplies:

Imagine Crafts Supplies:

Other Supplies:

  • 140 lb. Watercolor Paper by Canson
  • Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers
  • Trinity Clear Polymer Stamp by Lavinia Stamps
  • Music Notes Small Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Lavinia Stamps
  • Sheet Music Texture Red Rubber Cling Stamp by Darkroom Door
  • Misti Stamping Platform by Petunia
  • Heat Gun by EK Success

Let’s Make a Steampunk Love Card

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By Kathi Rerek

It’s Spring and love is in the air. Let’s combine the metallic look of Brilliance ink, the shimmer of Delicata Ink, pastel colors, and Steampunk imagery to create a Steampunk Love card.

Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate

Time: 1 hour

Directions:

Step 1:

Use a stamping platform and Starlite Black Brilliance ink to stamp the Steampunk Heart twice – once onto a 6” x 8” piece of Mixed Media paper and a second time onto Repositionable Label paper.  Heat set the Mixed Media paper panel.

Smoosh London Fog Memento ink onto craft mat. Spritz it with Sheer Shimmer Sparkle Craft Spray.

Use a paint brush to color the center of the heart.

Step 2:

Fussy-cut the label paper heart and place it atop its counterpart on the image panel.

Step 3:

Use a Sponge Dauber to sponge Summer Sky Memento Ink horizontally across the image panel. Don’t worry about leaving white areas.

Use a Sponge Dauber to sponge Angel Pink Memento Ink onto the white areas of the image panel. You’ve now created a stormy sky!

Step 4:

Use a stamping platform to position the wing stamps facedown on the masked steampunk heart.

Ink with Starlite Black Brilliance Ink and stamp. Repeat if necessary to attain a clean image. Wipe remaining ink off of the stamp. Heat set the image panel.

Step 5:

Use a brayer to apply White Shimmer Delicata Ink to the wing stamps. Stamp.

Step 6:

Smoosh a 1” wide strip of white cardstock onto the Starlite Black Brilliance Pad. Smoosh a second 2” wide strip of white cardstock onto the White Shimmer Delicata Ink Pad.

Heat set both panels.

Step 7:

Apply Tear-It! Tape to the backs of both panels.

Use the “love” Shadow die to cut the White Shimmer Delicata inked cardstock.

Use the “love” die to cut the Starlite Black Brilliance inked cardstock.

Adhere the Starlite Black “love” die-cut to atop the White Shimmer Delicata “love” shadow die. Set aside.

Step 8:

Position the stamped image panel so that it’s horizontal on the stamping platform so that different cogs will be stamped along the edges of the image panel.

Step 9:

Position cog stamps from both Cogs Clear Stamp Set 2 and Cogs Clear Stamp Set 2, facedown on the left and right of what is now the top of the image panel. Ink the stamps with Starlite Black Brilliance Ink, stamp, and heat set. Remove and clean the cog stamps.

Position two different cog stamps from the same set facedown towards the center top edge of the image panel. Ink the stamps with Starlite Black Brilliance Ink, stamp, and heat set. Remove and clean the cog stamps.

Position a large cog stamp facedown in the center of the cogs. Ink the stamp with Starlite Black Brilliance ink, stamp, and set. Remove and clean the cog stamps.

Step 10:

Flip the image panel so that the clean edge is at the top of the platform. Repeat Step 9 to complete a second cog border.

Trim the image panel to 5.5” square and edge with Starlite Black Brilliance Ink. Heat set the entire panel.

Step 11:

Use White Shimmer Delicata Ink to sponge a piece of 5.75” square white cardstock. Heat set.

Step 12:

Cut a piece of 12×12 Avalanche cardstock to 6” x 12”, score, and fold to form a 6” square card.

Place a piece of scrap paper into the card. Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Starlite Brilliance Ink to the outer .25” edges of the card. Heat set.

Step 13:

Use Tear It! Tape to adhere the shimmery white 5.75” square to the card.

Adhere the image panel.

Adhere the sentiment to finish the card.

Art Supplies:

Imagine Crafts Supplies:

Other Supplies:

  • 140 lb. Mixed Media Cardstock by Strathmore
  • Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers
  • Avalanche White Cardstock by Bazzill Basics
  • Steampunk Heart Clear Polymer Stamp by Lavinia Stamps
  • Wings Large Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Lavinia Stamps
  • Cogs 2 Polymer Stamp Set by Lavinia Stamps
  • Cogs 3 Polymer Stamp Set by Lavinia Stamps
  • Tonic Stamping Platform
  • Heat Gun by EK Success

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