Skill: Beginner Time: 30 minutes Hi everyone! It’s Jessica here. Have you tried blending inks on kraft colored cardstock before? It’s an easy way to create a new look and I love using this trick for fall and Thanksgiving cards. I’ll be using several VersaFine Clair ink pads for today’s project. Let’s see how these color changes on kraft colored cardstock!
Directions:
Step 1: Cut a piece of Neenah Desert Storm cardstock to 4’’ x 5 ¼’’. Then ink blend VersaFine Clair Cheerful ink onto Layer 1. The layering stencil set I’m using today is called Abundant Beauty from Stampin’ Up.
Step 2: Using the same layer of stencil, ink blend the center of the sunflowers with VersaFine Clair Tulip Red ink pad. This is an orangey-red shade on white cardstock, but on kraft cardstock, it has a golden brown undertone.
Step 3: Then I ink blended VersaFine Clair Sand Dune on Layer 4 of the Abundant Beauty stencils.
Step 4: For Layer 3, I used VersaFine Clair Acorn. This is a darker brown shade so I ink blended very lightly. You could also use Sand Dune for Layer 3 and Acorn for Layer 4 instead.
Step 5: The leaves images are on Layer 2. I ink blended with VersaFine Clair Verdant and Rain Forest. Usually I would pick Green Oasis to pair with Verdant. However, the kraft cardbase mutes the color saturation of the ink pad, so Rain Forest brings out the dark green contrast better than Green Oasis on kraft cardstock.
Step 6: To add a little more texture to this simple card, I embossed the stenciled panel with Stampin’ Up’s Timeworn Type embossing folder. Then I embellished the card with Doodlebug Design’s Sprinkles enamel dots and some gold thread and the card is complete!
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.
• 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
Hello crafty friends! Today, we are going to do some watercoloring with Memento markers, stenciling with Memento ink, and stamping with VersaFine ink to make this Fall floral coffee mug card. Let’s gather your supplies, grab a cup of coffee, and get crafting together!
Skill: Intermediate Time: 15-20 minutes
Direction:
Step 1
Cut out a piece white cardstock into 4″ x 5 1/4″
Put the stencil on top of the cardstock and secure it with some washi tape or removable tape.
Use a blending brush to add the Memento London Fog ink to the cardstock.
Remove the stencil and set aside for the ink to dry.
Step 2
On a piece of watercolor cardstock, stamp all the floral and cup images with the VersaFine Onyx Black ink.
Cut them with their matching die set or you can simply fussy cut them with scissors.
Step 3
There are two ways of watercoloring. The first option is you can do wet on wet technique by lightly wet the area where you want to add the watercolor paint, and then pick up the ink with a water brush and color on the wet watercolor paper. And the second option is called wet on dry technique where you add the watercolor paint directly on the dry watercolor paper. Both ways work well with these Memento Markers.
On this project, I used the wet on wet technique. First, scribble each color of the Memento Marker on the craft mat. Wet the stamped image, pick up the ink with a wet water brush, and then add the color to the image. Dry the watercolored image with a craft heat gun.
Step 4
Cut out a piece of copy paper with the doily die to make paper doily. Add it to the stenciled panel with On Point Glue.
Cut a piece of black cardstock into 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ mat, add the stenciled panel to it with On Point Glue.
Add the whole background panel to the card base with On Point Glue.
Put together the watercolored coffee mug and flower bouquet cluster with On Point Glue.
Step 5
Stamp the sentiment and faux stitch pattern on a piece of white cardstock with VersaFine Onyx Black, and then trim it into a sentiment banner.
Add the floral coffee mug in the middle of the card, on top of the doily with On Point Glue.
Add the sentiment banner on the left top of the card with On Point Glue.
Memento Markers are not only for coloring, but also watercoloring. I had fun making this card with a watercoloring technique using these markers. And I hope this Fall Floral Coffee mug card can perk you up!
Thank you for stopping by our blog today. Have a wonderful day!
Hello Friends! Katy here with another quick project. I love trying new things with my inks and embossing folders and in todays video I used my VersaFine Clair with some Brilliance pigment inks in Cosmic Copper and Galaxy Gold and Moonlight White, with a 3D embossing folder.
As I was making one card focusing on summer colors, I realized that I could easily make a second (bonus) card and wanted to share both with you.
Skill: Intermediate Time: 2 hours
Directions:
Step 1: Stamp a large floral image on watercolor paper with Medieval Blue VersaFine Clair Ink and heat emboss with clear embossing powder.
Step 2: After die cutting the floral image with the corresponding die, watercolor smoosh Angel Pink Fireworks! Shimmery Craft Spray, focusing on coloring the roses. Use a heat tool to dry the spray or set aside to dry.
Step 3: Watercolor smoosh the floral image with Cantaloupe Fireworks! Shimmery Craft Spray, this time focusing on getting most of the color into the centers of the daisies. Use a heat tool to dry the spray or set aside to dry.
Step 4: Use Lilac Posies Fireworks! Shimmery Craft Spray to add another layer of watercolor smooshing to the image, this time focusing the color onto the daisies’ petals. Then paint in more of the Cantaloupe Fireworks! Shimmery Craft Spray into the centers of the daisies (to cover up some of the Lilac Posies spray in daisies’ centers).
Step 5: Watercolor smoosh the floral arrangement again–this time with New Sprout Fireworks! Shimmery Craft Spray, focusing on adding color to the leaves and other greenery.
Step 6: Cut a piece of watercolor paper about 3 inches by 5.5 inches. Add texture to the panel by die cutting the panel. (Since the panel was smaller than the die, it didn’t actually cut anything out it just pierced the panel.) Then spray the panel with Rose Gold and Sparkle Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray. Allow to dry.
Step 7: Add irRESISTible Gold medium through a heart stencil onto the right side of the watercolor panel.
Step 8: Add irRESISTible Gold onto some of the thinner ribs on the larger stamped leaves and onto some of the berries. After it dried, cut the floral cluster in half with a paper trimmer. Then glue half of the floral cluster onto the lefts side of the panel.
Add more of the irRESISTible Gold medium onto the piece of acetate and spray with water to dilute it. Watercolor smoosh it onto the floral cluster and the background panel. Then glue half of the floral cluster onto the left side of the panel. Then paint the edges of the panel with more of the irRESISTible Gold medium.
Finally glue everything onto a minislimline card base.
Step 9: Stamp two sentiments on a scrap of watercolor paper with Medieval Blue VersaFine Clair ink and emboss them with clear embossing powder. They were die cut with corresponding dies.
Step 10: Attach one of the sentiments onto the card with foam tape. To finish the card, glue white gem embellishments around the sentiment.
Step 11: Then it was onto the bonus card made with the leftover part of the floral image. The same heart stencil was sprayed with Rose Gold Sheer Shimmer Spray and then was pressed onto another panel of watercolor paper trimmed to 3 inches by 5.5 inches. After the spray dried, more of the gold IrRESISTABLE medium was painted onto a small music stamp, which was then stamped multiple times onto the panel.
Step 12: The remaining half of the floral cluster stamp was glued onto this pahel. The sentiment was attached with more foam tape. The edges were ink blended with Medieval Blue VersaFine Clair ink using a sponge dauber.
Step 13: Finish the second card by gluing the panel onto another mini slimline cardbase and gluing more white gem embellishments around the sentiment.
Hello friends, Katy here and in today’s video tutorial, I’m going to show you how to add some gilding to your stamped images as well as how to add some texture to your silhouette stamps using a swiping technique. I will be using Memento inks and Brilliance Galaxy Gold for the gilding. This technique is so quick and I think you will like the end result. I created a thank you card for today, but as always you could put any sentiment you like on this design. 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.
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