VersaMark made by Tsukineko in Japan. Premier watermark ink that is great for heat embossing.
Hey there friends and fellow crafters, LeeAnn here with a fun Inspirational Card I made using my absolute favorite technique, and those of you that have been here for a while know I love Kaleidacolors.
Skill level: Beginner
Time: 30 minutes
• Desert Heat Kaleidacolor Dye Ink
Other Products:
• Accent Opaque 120lb Cardstock
• Kromecote Paper Marco’s Paper
• Stampers Anonymous Motivational 2 Stamps
Hello there! During summer our time es limited and today I have an easy and fun Back To School Card featuring several of Imagine products, like VersaColor, Memento Ink and Markers and VersaFine. During the process you will see how all the different inks looks according to the project.
Skill Level: Beginner
Time to Complete: 30 Minutes
Take a piece of a dark color cardstock to create the background. On my sample, I am using dark grey, but this type of stamping looks great in additional colors like red, blue or black. Select the stamp set that you prefer to create the background.
I selected an alphabet set of stamps but I stamped the entire sheet at once. To make it, just secure the entire sheet over the stamping tool. To create the soft look, I used VersaColor White. It is a soft ink ideal to emboss or create shadows.
If you are not heat embossing it, let the piece a side for a while to ink dry naturally or use a heat tool to speed the process.
In a separate piece of white smooth cardstock, stamp the spiral image using VersaFine Onix. Let the ink dry naturally and you will obtain a crisply image. Or if you prefer, you can heat emboss the stamped image to add a shiny look.
Stamp the focus image with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink.
Color all the details with Memento Dual Tip Markers.
TIP: Keep in mind that you can use your Memento Dual Tip Markers with both inks, VersaFine and Memento without any coloring problem.
Create the card base and resize all the layers of your card. You can paste them with Tear It! Tape or use crafty foam tape to add more dimension and interest to your card.
• Joy Clair Designs – Friendly Alpha Clear Stamp Set, White Smooth Cardstock
• Crackerbox Stamps – Spiral Side Rubber Stamp
• Precious Remembrance Shop – School Days Stamp Set
• Positional Stamp Tool.
• Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam.
– Hi there friends and fellow crafters, today I am sharing a fun project with you that I have made for my oldest granddaughter. I saw this photo frame and it made think of her immediately.
Skill level: Beginner
Time: 30 minutes
• Fireworks! Shimmery Craft Spray – Dandelion
• Radiant Neon Electric Yellow
• Radiant Neon Electric Orange
• Mboss Embossing Powder – Clear
Other Products
• Sun Frame
• Blender Brushes
• Heat Tool
Hello there! In today’s crafting tutorial, I will be sharing two easy ways to upgrade the basic embossing techniques using a Brilliant Ink and embossing power or MBoss. This is a great idea for any occasion, however like summer is around the corner, I created a Patriotic Card honoring 4th of July.
Skill Level: Intermediate
Time to Complete: 1 hour
Select a piece of card stock and embossing folder. Use a piece of cardstock larger than the folder. Dry emboss it in the normal way using your die cut machine.
Pick a brayer or any type of roller to add ink to the emboss design. Noticed that you can use any face of the embossed piece to develop this technique. I am using Brilliance Pearlescent Sly Blue and Shimmer White Cardstock.
Ink your brayer completely and apply the Brilliance Ink over the surface with a soft movement. You don’t want to transfer the ink to the debossed part.
Repeat the step 3, until you are satisfied with the color of the layer. In my sample, I made this step three times to have a great covering.
Create the card base and layers that you wanted to use. In this model I am using white card base, and blue die cut layer to create a contrast. Resize your inked embossed piece to use it as top layer over the die cut piece. Select a shadow die set with a sentiment or any other type of image to create a window over your inked layer. Don’t paste your layers yet.
With the shadow or die base of your die cut, create a window over the inked layer. If you want you can save the die cut layer to use in another project.
Paste the inked embossed layer over the die cut layer using your favorite adhesive. If you want to have more dimension, you can use foam tape. Paste the decorative piece over the card base.
Cut the word or image according with the die cut that you selected.
With masking tape, cover the half of the die cut word and made a partial hot embossing using VersaMark Ink and your favorite color of embossing powder or MBoss. In my model, I am using the Metallic Berry.
Don’t remove the masking tape if you want to repeat the above step and obtain shinier and dimension with the hot embossing. I repeated this step twice.
Paste the embossed word and decorate with a complement sentiment and/or embellishments. I used a tiny sentiment stamped with Memento Paris Dusk and a few die cut stars in white cardstock.
Art Supplies:
• Brilliance – Pearlescent Sky Blue
• Whimsy Stamps – Slimline Embossing Folder Wave Length
• Joy Clair Designs – White Smooth Cardstock and Loopy Rectangle Slimline Dies.
• Birch Press Design – Big Sending Sugar Scrip
• Scrapbook Adhesives – Crafty Foam Tape
• Die Cut Machine
• Heat Tool
• Brayer
• Heat Tool
• Brayer
See how to use a variety of inks to create a stunning card using layering stencils and Fireworks! as an embellishment. Layering stamps have been around for a few years, but recently a few companies have come out with layering stencils that match stamp sets. It takes a bit more time, but the results are phenomenal and I find that the placement is just a tiny bit easier. For a finishing touch, The Essential Glue Pad produces the look of foil without the need for heated plates or a laminating machine, a win in my book!
Skill: Intermediate
Time: 1 Hour
Stamp Pink Fresh Painted Peony Mix in Delicata Golden Glitz and heat emboss with Iridescent Embossing Powder. I placed the stamp at a 45 degree angle on my stamp platform, as the stamped image is longer than most platforms. This technique creates enough images for at least three cards!
Most Peonies are white or light pink. I choose Memento Angel Pink and used a heavy hand with the ink dauber to ink the first stencil. Using an ink dauber allows for a bit of shading in the process as well. Each stencil has registration marks to allow precise placement.
The next stencil in the series colors the complementary flowers in the design. Memento Dandelion Yellow is inked with an ink dauber, again with a heavy hand.
The next layer creates the leafy background. It is inked with Memento New Sprout.
To shade in the fourth layer of color I used VersaColor Orchid. As you can see the images are coming together.
Each successive layer adds more dimension, so pretty! Memento Rose Bud is added in this layer.
Small pieces of removable tape are placed on the flowers that I preferred to accent with something other than the Memento Cottage Ivy used on the leaves.
To finish the flowers, Memento Sweet Plum was inked through the previously covered sections of the stencil.
Die cut with the matching die. All nine pieces cut at the same time!
Step 10Trim a section of white linen textured cardstock to 4” x 5.25”. Shake each Fireworks! and Shimmer spray until the fine shimmer particles are dispersed in the bottle. Remove sprayer nozzle and tap gently to add color sprays around the white cardstock. This method produces larger droplets that are not as closely placed together as compared to using the direct spray technique.
Stamp the sentiment on a piece of black cardstock with The Essential Glue Pad and gently place Metallic Flakes over the glue. Use a brush to remove larger pieces of Metallic Flakes and return to the jar. A paper towel will clean up the rest of the image. Trim to desired shape, in this case a fishtail banner.
Trim black cardstock to 5 3/8” x 4 1/8”. Adhere layers together on a A-2 size card base with Tear It! tape. The flower bouquet is adhere with dimensional foam adhesive.
Art Supplies
• Memento–Angel Pink, Dandelion, New Sprout, Rose Bud, Cottage Ivy
• Fireworks!–Rose Bud, New Sprout
• Pink Fresh–Painted Peony Mix Stamp, Stencil Set, Die
• Black and white cardstock
• Stamp Platform
• Heat Embossing Gun
• Paper Studio Fish Tail punch
• Painter’s tape
• Prima Art Ingredients Metallic Flakes Vintage
• Small paint brush
• Dimensional Foam Adhesive
• The Essential Glue Pad
– Howdy friends and fellow crafters, LeeAnn with a fun Easter card made using a wood blog stamp and some peg stamps from Stamps by Judith. Also used a grass/cloud stencil and had a whole lot of fun. The sentiment stamp is from Lawn Fawn’s Happy Add On Collection.
• Bamboo Leaves Memento Marker
• Lulu Lavender Memento Marker
• Wild Dandelion Memento Marker
Stamps by Judith and Lawn Fawn Happy Add On
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