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Create a Winter Berry Greeting Card

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By Anna Escalada York

I was inspired to make a minimalist holiday card to allow the main botanical image to shine as the focal point. But I also knew that I wanted it to be shiny, so pulled out my current favorite Delicata color-Champagne- to add some subtitle shine.

Skill: Intermediate
Time: 1 hour

Directions:

Step 1:
Stamp the large botanical image on a piece of watercolor paper with Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink. Then heat emboss with clear embossing powder.

Step 2:
Use markers to color in the berries and leaves. Use the Rhubarb Stalk Memento Dual Marker to color over the shaded areas of the berries. Then color a piece of acetate packaging with Lady Bug Memento Dual Marker and spray with water, use this to watercolor in the berries. While watercoloring, make sure to watercolor over all of the berries to blend in the watercolor with the darker red marker already colored in the berries. Then color another area of the acetate packaging with both the Emerald Fabrico Dual Marker and the Northern Pine Memento Dual Marker and spray with more water. Mix the two colors together to create a blend of the two colors and then watercolor the leaves. Allow to dry.

After all of the image dried, die cut the image with the corresponding die.

Step 3:
Trim a second panel of watercolor paper in the papertrimmer the same size as the die cut frame created in step 2. Then press the Campagne Delicata Ink pad onto acetate packaging and spray with water to watercolor smoosh both the panel and the botanical image/frame to add sparkle to both.

Off camera, I got a small smudge on the frame with my finger. To fix this, I used some of the leftover green watercolor I made for step 2 to splatter green over the frame.

Step 4:
Glue the frame onto the watercolor panel. Then stamp a sentiment on the lower right corner of the panel with more Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink and heat emboss with clear embossing powder. Glue the panel onto an A2-sized white cardbase. Glue white rhinestones on the lower left and upper right parts of the card panel to finish the card.

Art Supplies

Imagine
• Delicata Ink – Campagne
• Fabrico Dual Marker – Emerald
• Memento Dual Marker – Lady Bug, Northern Pine, Rhubarb, Stalk
• VersaFine Clair ink – Nocturne

Other
• Scrappy Tails Crafts – embellishment mix – White Rhinestones
• Taylored Expressions – cutting plate – Seasonal Sprig
• Taylored Expressions – stamp set – Seasonal Sprig
• A2-sized white card base
• Clear Embossing Powder
• Watercolor paper
• Die cutting machine
• Paper trimmer
• Scissors
• Glue

Create a Monochromic Winter Wedding Card

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By Jessica Lin

Skill: Advanced
Time: 30 minutes

Hi everyone! It’s Jessica here. I am excited to share a wedding card idea today. This elegant layout is also perfect for wedding invitations. I love how this turned out and I’ll definitely be making more color variations in the future!

Step 1:
On a piece of 4 ¼’’ x 5 ½’’ cardstock, score at 3 ⅜’’ and 8 ⅞’’. Then adhere Stick-It adhesive to the inner left and right flaps of the card. The Stick-It adhesive is great for sticking down large pieces of intricate die cut. If you don’t have the Stick-It adhesive, a great alternative would be liquid glue with fine-tip nozzles, such as the On-Point Glue.

Step 2:
Die cut the left and right flaps with Stampin’ Up’s Detailed Floral dies. This would create beautiful card openings with delicate floral designs.

Step 3:
Peel off the Stick-It adhesive backing and adhere it to a piece of navy cardstock. Burnish the die cut area with a bone folder to ensure the two pieces of cardstock are fully stuck together.

Step 4:
Trim the excess navy cardstock along the top and bottom edges with a pair of scissors. Then die cut the floral border again with the Detailed Floral die. I chose to die cut right up against the edge of the first die cut layer. Alternatively, you could leave a border along the die cut piece if you place the die further away from the edge.

Step 5:
I stamped the coordinating floral stamp from Stampin’ Up’s Floral Phrases stamp set. I inked the stamp lightly with Brilliance Mediterranean Blue ink pad so that the shading details of the stamp could be captured.

Step 6:
This stamp set also includes some beautiful sentiment stamps that are perfect for wedding cards. I decided to use VersaFine Clair Medieval Blue ink pad to stamp the sentiment since this ink is known for giving crisp, clean lines. It is my favorite type of ink pad for sentiment stamping.

Step 7:
Since this card has asymmetrical folds, I added a ribbon belly band so that the card flaps would be kept in place. Then I cut a short piece of ribbon and tied it around the belly bend to create the bow.

Imagine Supplies:

Other Supplies:

  • Stampin’ Up! – Stamps – Floral Phrases
  • Stampin’ Up! – Dies – Detailed Floral
  • Navy and white cardstock

Thanksgiving Card Tutorial: Ink Blend Directly on Your Stamps

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By Katy Ingram

Hello Friends! Katy here with another quick project. In today’s video I create a simple Thanksgiving card and I share with you an easy way to ink blend directly on your stamp. This is a great technique to use on your silhouette stamps and a great way to change up the color from just basic black.

Video has all the details. Thanks for watching.

Skill: Beginner, Intermediate
Time: 15 minutes 

Art Supplies

Imagine Products

• VersaFine Clair
– Summertime
– Cheerful
– Strawberry
– Acorn
• On Point Glue 

Other Products Used

• The Greetery Autumn Sketches stamp set
• White Cardstock
• Brown Cardstock
• Twine
• Stamp positioner tool
• Skinny detail blending brush

Make a See-Through Thanksgiving Card

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By Tracy Fear

Hello Friends! Today we are going to have some fun and create a see-through Thanksgiving card with a sort of mosaic created from die cut leaves on a clear card base.

Tracy

Skill: Intermediate
Time: 90 Minutes

Art Supplies

Imagine Products
• VersaFine Clair Acorn, Portobello, Avocado, Summertime, Golden Meadow, and Cheerful

Other Products Used
• Scrapbook.com Stamps and die set Gratitude and die set Autumn Leaves
• Gold Flatback Pearls
• PVA Adhesive
• Leaf shaped die cuts
• Sentiment Stamp
• Die cut machine
• 100lb white paper
• Stencil Brushes or blending brushes
• Flatback Pearl Embellishments
• Adhesive
• Paint for splattering

ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTS THAT CAN BE USED TO RECREATE SOMETHING SIMILAR
Any Inks any combination of background stamps, dies, and feature stamps

Stencil-Layering Thanksgiving Card Using VersaFine Clair Inks

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By Jessica Lin

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!

Craft Supplies

Imagine Supplies:
● VersaFine Clair – Cheerful, Tulip Red, Sand Dune, Acorn, Verdant, Rain Forest
● StazOn Cleaner
● Tear-It! Tape
● Craft Mat

Other Supplies:
● Stampin’ Up! – Stencils – Abundant Beauty
● Stampin’ Up! – Embossing Folder – Timeworn Type
● Doodlebug Design – Glitter Enamel Dots – Limeade, Bumblebee

Watercolor Technique for a Winter Wedding Card Using VersaFine Clair

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By Katy Ingram

Hello Friends! Katy here with another project. In today’s video use my VersaFine Clairs with isopropyl alcohol to create a watercolor look. With this technique I created a wintry wedding card, but this will lend well to a birthday or holiday card as well.

Skill: Beginner, Intermediate
Time: 15 minutes

Art Supplies

Imagine Products

• VersaFine Clair – Bali Blue, Warm Breeze, Paradise and Twilight
• Delicata Ink – Silvery Shimmer
• Brilliance – Starlite Silver
• Sheer Shimmer Spray – Sparkle
• On Point Glue

Other Products Used

• The Greetery Sentiment Suite Love Stamp Set
• The Greetery Congrats Die
• White Cardstock
• Hot Pressed Watercolor paper
• Stamp positioner tool
• Isopropyl Alcohol