Hello Everyone, it’s Ceal, here. Today I am sharing how to create a background using our Fireworks spray using a Gel Press plate.
Skill Level: Beginner to Advanced Time: 45 minutes to an hour
Directions: Gather your supplies. You will need some Fireworks! sprays, some shimmer spray (I used gold), a stencil, a Gel Press plate, a rubber brayer, some copy paper or cardstock (I used copy paper) A word die or any other die ad some VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink.
Step 1: Spray Fireworks! spray directly on the Gel Press plate.
Step 2: Lay stencil over the Gel Press plate and roll the brayer over it to distribute and then spray again with Fireworks! spray.
Step 3: Lay the copy paper (I used Hammermil 60lb) on top and rub your hand over the entire piece several times until you see the medium come through the paper.
Step 4: Die cut several pieces of the word die. I cut three out of whit and one out of gold to tie in with the gold shimmer on the background. I glued the altogether offsetting the gold one on the bottom.
Step 5: Glue the background on a card base and add the word die to the front. Stamp the coordinating message directly on the background.
• Classic Crest Solar White card base -Neenah • Gold Foil cardstock – Simon Says Stamp • Gel plate – Gel Press • Heart Stencil – A Colorful Life Designs • Love die – Hero Arts • Stamped sentiment – hero Arts
Hi everyone, it’s Jessica here. Have you tried using small stamps to create a card background? Today I am sharing this technique I discovered using the We R Precision Press stamping tool. It takes stamping these small images to the next level, and you can get really creative results!
Step 1: I decided to create a stamped background for this year’s Valentine’s card. These adorable love bird images are from Mama Elephant’s Oh Happy Birds set. I placed 4 little birds onto the We R Stamping Pattern Block plate and made sure the images are within the 1’’ grid lines. This made pattern stamping the background so easy; simply use the pegs on the We R Precision Press to stamp on the 1’’, 3’’, 5’’ marks. Then rotate your 5’’ cardstock and stamped on the 2’’ and 4’’ marks using the opposite orientation of the stamps. The VersaFine Clair inks are my go-to for stamping fine line images like these. The lines are so clear and crisp, I’m totally in love with the result!
Step 2: Die cut a piece of red cardstock with Cross Stitched Hearts dies. Then stamp the sentiment with VersaMark ink pad and emboss with white embossing powder. The cross stitched details on the die really adds a fine touch to this simple project.
Step 3: Finally, adhere rhinestones with On Point Glue and this quick and simple Valentine’s card is complete!
I hope you enjoyed today’s quick tutorial. I have a lot of small critter stamp sets and I can’t wait to create more stamped backgrounds like this. It’s super easy and fun; I hope you’ll give it a try, too!
Here’s a punny Valentine’s Day card that showcases the blending of the new Baby Pink VersaFine Clair Ink with the Charming Pink VersaFine Clair Ink. I also used Purell to create a fun ghosting technique!
Skill Level: Beginner Time: 45 minutes
Instructions:
Steps 1A and B:
Use a make-up brush to apply Baby Pink VersaFine Clair Ink to a piece of white cardstock. Start at the top of the panel and work downwards. The make-up brush creates soft textured look on the cardstock. Continue to brush downwards until the brush doesn’t put ink onto the cardstock (1A)
Use the same make-up brush to apply Charming Pink VersaFine Clair Ink from the base of the cardstock panel, blending as you go. (1B)
Steps 2A and B:
Place the Staggered Hearts stencil over the inked panel. (2A)
Add Purell to a dry baby wipe until it’s saturated then use the wipe to apply the Purell over the stencil onto the cardstock. The Purell will lift the VersaFine Clair Ink, creating ghosted hearts on the background. Heat setting will accentuate the ghosted effect while setting the ink. (2B)
Step 3:
Place the inked cardstock panel onto a stamping platform. Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink to stamp the cat. Re-ink and stamp again if necessary for a crisp image. Remove the image panel and use a paint brush dipped and the ink pad to do any necessary touch ups to the image. Heat set.
Step 4:
Use Prismacolor markers to color the cat’s eyes, taking care to avoid the black ink and contaminate your markers. Use a white gel pen to add highlights to the cat’s eyes. No photos. Sorry.
Step 5:
Use alphabet dies and a speech bubble die to cut black cardstock. Use a flag and a heart die to to cut to cut extra inked cardstock from Step 1. Smoosh the heart die-cut onto the Charming Pink VersaFine Clair inkpad. Trim the ends off of the flag die-cut and edge with Charming Pink VersaFine Clair Ink. Adhere the letter die-cuts and the heart to the pink strip, then adhere to the black speech bubble die-cut.
Step 6:
Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink to stamp the cat onto the scrap of repositionable sticker paper. Fussy-cut the sticker paper along the bottom and place it over its counterpart as a mask. Place a strip of repositionable Scotch Tape across the image panel. Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Charming Pink VersaFine Clair Ink over the tape and the masked cat paws to the bottom of the image panel.
Remove the tape and the mask over the cat. Use Use a Sponge Dauber to edge the image panel with Charming Pink VersaFine Clair Ink.
Step 7:
Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Baby Pink VersaFine Clair Ink to the outside .5” perimeter of an A2 card. Heat set.
Step 8:
Cut a panel of black cardstock to 4” x 5.25”. Use Tear It! Tape to mat the image panel with the black cardstock, adhere the matted image panel to the card, and adhere the speech bubble die-cut as shown. Use the sentiment sticker to finish 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)
Hello crafty friends! Can you feel the love fill the air? With love in our hearts and minds today, we are going to have fun creating this Love Wins art journaling page together. Let’s get crafting!
Skill: Intermediate Time: 45-60 minutes
Direction:
Step 1 Cut out the Canson watercolor leftover or strips into squares and rectangles. Add the pieces to the journal page with On Point Glue. Let them dry well for a few minutes. This will create the tile background to give extra texture to the journal page. (Optional: you can skip this if you want to have smoother background to your page)
Step 2 Add some of the texture paste around the corners and edges of the journal page using a stencil and palette knife. Remove the stencil and wash it right away with warm water. Let the texture paste to dry. You can use a craft heater to speed up the drying time, but be very careful to not heat it up too much, move around your craft heat all over the page. Let the page cool down.
Step 3 This is a fun step! Start spraying your page with the Fireworks! Shimmery Craft Spray, one color at the time. You do not need to wait for each color to dry to spray the next one. It is fun to watch how each color blends together. Use a craft heater to dry the background. Optional: you can repeat spraying until you get the color blending you like to have.
Step 4 Add some of the Wedding Dress Memento Luxe ink to the page using your finger on the texture paste heart on the background. This will bring out the hearts and muted the bright colors a little bit. Dry the background with a craft heat gun.
Step 5 Building up the background texture on the journal page by randomly stamping each texture stamp one by one using the Memento Luxe ink pads (Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa, Espresso Truffle) and VersaFine Clair Charming Pink ink pad. Dry the ink after stamping each image on the journal page.
Step 6 Using sponge dauber, add some of the Memento Luxe Rick Cocoa ink around the corner of the page to create the shadow border. Dry the ink with a craft heat gun.
Step 7 On a piece of white cardstock, stamp the letters for the title or sentiment using VersaFine Clair Charming Pink inkpad. Dry the stamped letters with a craft heat gun. Cut out each letter with scissors. Add some of the VersaFine Clair Charming Pink ink around the edges of the letters using a sponge dauber to give some shadows effect to the letters.
Step 8 Add each letter to the journal page with On Point Glue.
Step 9 This is an optional step. I decided to muted down the Rick Cocoa border by adding some of the Memento Luxe Wedding Dress ink with a blending brush.
Step 10 Add some shimmer sparkle to the page by spraying some of the Sheer Shimmer Sparkle Spritzer. Dry the whole page once more time with a craft heat gun. It’s done.
Let unconditional love fill each of your hearts every day so we can show love to others. At the end… Love wins! Thank you for stopping by our blog today. Have a wonderful day.
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