Textured Birthday Wishes

There is no doubt about it - weekends are the quickest part of the week - they no sooner seem to arrive and then - just like that they are over - hopefully something exciting happened in the process.

I am usually busy in the Studio every day - some days I just play with product to take me out of my comfort zone - this card is the result of one of those sessions...

I have played around with  Imagine Crafts Featuring Tsukineko StazOn Inks on glossy paper.  Once this has dried I have used a Prima Stencil and Texture paste - I love the instant results.  The sentiment is stamped using Memento Dye Ink in Tuxedo Black.  The textured layer has been cut and mounted on a precut card base, measuring 10cm x 15cm.  I have used  Scrapbook by Adhesives by 3L - 3D Foam Squares for dimension ,and E-Z Runner on this card.

This card is linked to the following challenges:

Allsorts - quick and easy does it 

Aud Sentiments Challenge - Birthday Sentiment or The Number 5 + A Sentiment (freebie on blog)

Crafty Creations - Seeing Spots 

Stampotique Designers' Challenge - Circles

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Quick Quotes Friday Challenge - Celebrate

Fun with Shapes and More Challenge - Birthday

Creative Fingers Challenge - Anything Goes

Art By Miran Challenge - Anything Goes

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

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Imagine Craft and ClearScrap Blog Hop

 

 IMAGINE Crafts is proud to feature projects created by our Artists In Residence this week using products from ClearScraps. We hope you enjoy the creativity our team shares with you this week!  

I have used a lot of gorgeous product on this fabulous Clear Scrap Album, I could not stop myself!!

Supplies:

• IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko:  Craft Mat; StazOn® Solvent Inks in Fuschia Pink, Teal Zeal,  Opaque - Cotton White Reinker ;Sponge Dauber; irResistible Texture Spray in Pink, Blue and White
• Clear Scraps - All Mixed Up Chip Album 
• Spellbinders - Hearts One Bezel; Premium Foil - Pastels; Standard Circles LG Nestabilities;  Stately Circles Decorative Elements Nestabilities ; A2 Floral Ribbon Threader Spellbinders® Nestabilities® Card Creator; Gold Majesty Circles Imperial Gold die template
• Authentique Paper: Flourishes Collection 12×12
• Want2Scrap: pearl embellishments
• Maya Road: paper flowers
• Prima Marketing - Wood Embellishments; Stamp Set
• Scrappy Chats Designs - flower
• May Arts - Ribbon
• Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: E-Z Runner, 3D Foam Squares
• Miscellaneous: crochet lace, brayer, Large Brad, Button, Kindy Glitz, Paper Roses; Metal Corners, Lace, paper embellishments

Step 1. Cover Album using Authentique Paper.

Step 2. Sponge around the page edges using Stazon Opaque - Cotton White Reinker and a Sponge Dauber

Step 3. Decorate pages using stamps, photos, lace, Spellbinder Dies and StazOn® Solvent Inks .

Step 4. The photos have also been cut/embossed using Spellbinders Dies and lightly on the raised edge.

Step 5. Add photos, embellish, making sure to sponge sentiment and edges using StazOn® Solvent Inks.

Step 6.  The Monogram has been coloured using StazOn® Solvent Inks in Fushia Pink and soften with a top layer of Cotton White.

Step 6. Sponge the edges of A2 Floral Ribbon Threader using Cotton White and a Sponge Dauber.

Step 7. Add Metal Embellishments and Want2Scrap bling, along with a sentiment from Authentique Papers.

Step 8. Colour Wooden Embellishments using inks and adhere to edge of the photo.

Step 9. Adhere recycles sentiment to the image.

Step 10. Add 'splatter' to the page and lightly on the photo using irRESISTibles Texture Spray.

Step 11. Colour stamped image using Inked Sponge Dauber.

Step 12. Add 'splatter' to the page and lightly on the photo using irRESISTibles Texture Spray.

Step 13. Cut/emboss Gold Majesty Circles sponging the embossed areas with inked dauber. 

Step 14. Add cut/embossed and sanded photo. 

Step 15. Add embellishments, sentiment and ribbon.

Here is today's other project:

Maureen Cronin

If you've missed the other projects this week please visit the IMAGINE Crafts Blog.

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

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Darkroom Door - Motorcycle

Hello Blog Friends - today's card is a masculine card using a photographic stamp from Darkroom Door

I have stamped using some of the new IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® StazOn® Solvent Ink combining the colours on the image to give depth and add a nostalgic feel.  It is layered into an embossed panel using the Celtic Weave Spellbinders®  3D M-Bossabilities™ folder. 

I have used an aluminium pie dish for the embossed layer, this has then been sponged using 

IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® StazOn® Solvent Inks in Black to give it an aged appearance.

Finishing off with a recycled button and Bakers Twine. I have used Scrapbook by Adhesives by 3L- E-Z Runner and 3D Foam Squares.

This card is for the following Challenges:

Altered Eclectics - Anything Goes 

 Cards Galore Encore - Use a stamp or digi stamp

  Crafters Companion - Monochrome

 Flat Friends Challenge - Cards 4 men

Treasured Times Rubber Stamps & Scrapbooking - Anything goes with Layering 

Allsorts - All about the boy

Catch The Bug - Photo Inspiration - inspired by colours

Brown Sugar –  Anything Goes 

Creative Corner - A Little Texture

 Delicious Doodles - Black plus One Other Color

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

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AIR #2 December Holiday Project

It is time for my theme tutorial as an Artist in Residence for IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko®- this month the theme is - can you guess it - Holidays - and at this time of the year it just has to be Christmas for me. 

 

 I have used some of the fabulous IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko products to create a Nostalgic Christmas Ornament.

Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko Supplies:

• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Delicata™ Pigment Ink in Golden Glitz;  StazOn® Solvent Inks in Olive Green; Brilliance™ Pigment Ink in Galaxy Gold; IMAGINE Crafts® GooseBumps™ Texture Spray; Sponge Daubers™; Jumbo Daubers™; Monterey Pine -  Star
  

Preferred Promotional Partners:

• Spellbinders: GC-001 Grand Calibur Cutting Machine;  S4-415 Delightful Circles Spellbinders® Decorative Elements Nestabilities; S5-055 Layered Poinsettia  Spellbinders® Shapeabilities®
• Authentique™ Paper - Joyous Collection 12x12

Other: 
Want2Scrap© - Baby Bling - red; Liquid Glue; Sanding Block; Recycled Vintage Button




Step 1: Cut/emboss two (2) Delightful Circles using white card.

Step 2: Sponge around the inside and outside edges of both Delightful Circles using Delicata Pigment Ink in Golden Glitz and a Jumbo Dauber. 

Step 3:  Sponge the lace pattern using StazOn Solvent Inks in Olive Green using a Sponge Dauber.  Repeat the layers until you get the depth of green you are wanting.

Step 4:  Add Baby Bling to as shown in the photo below.

Step 5: Repeat for the second Delightful Circles

Step 6: Sponge Monterey Pine Star using Brilliance™ Pigment Ink in Galaxy Gold using a Jumbo Dauber

Step 7:  Drill a small hole in the top point of the Monterey Pine Star

Step 8: Add small jewelery link

Step 9:  Thread through narrow ribbon

Step 10: Remove shank off the back of a recycled button and adhere to the front of the star. 

Step 11: Using Glue Dots, adhere the ribbon across the centre of one of the Delightful Circles

Step 12: Line up and adhere the second Delightful Circles on the top.  Adhere sentiment across the middle of the ornament.

Step 13:  Cut/emboss  one (1) Spellbinders® Shapeabilities® flower using #1 #2 #3 #4 Flower Dies, in Authentique Paper and two (2) leaves in green card.

Step 14: Lightly sand the leaves using a Sanding Block and apply Goosebumps.

Step 15:  Lightly Sand the Flower Petals and layer the flower using liquid glue.

Step 16:  Adhere to the top of the 'wreath' using Liquid Glue

Step 17: Adhere bling to the center of the flower

 Step 18: Pop leaves under the Poinsettia and adhere with Liquid Glue.

I hope you are feeling a little bit nostalgic and feel inspired to create your own Christmas Ornaments and Decorations - 'Art from the Heart' creating a beautiful legacy for your family.

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

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AIR Tutorial - Vertigo

It is exciting to be sharing this months Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko Artist In Residence Challenge - we are using a brand new product called Vertigo™.  Each of the AIR's will be sharing a project using this amazing product - be prepared to be inspired!

 Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko Supplies:

• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Vertigo™
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Sponge Daubers™
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® StazOn® Solvent Inks in Sunflower Yellow
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® StazOn® Solvent Inks in Blazing Red 
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® StazOn® Solvent Inks in  Cactus Green
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® VersaMark™ Watermark Ink  
  IMAGINE Crafts® Embossing Powder™ in Iridescent 
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Fantastix™ Multi-Purpose Applicators
• IMAGINE Crafts® GlazOn™ Layer Protectant

Preferred Promotional Partners:

• GC-001 Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur Cutting Machine
• S4- 334 2011 Heirloom Ornaments Spellbinders® Nestabilities®
• EL-014 Holiday Magic M-Bossabilities Folder 
• F-012 Precious Metals Premium Craft Foils Assortment Spellbinders® Premium Craft Foil 

Other:   Want2Scrap© - Swirls Finesse - Creme, Heat Tool, Seam Binding, recycled chain, star embellishment, glue


Using the Spellbinders 2011 Heirloom Ornaments Shapeabilities, cut one (1) #5 Die from the Vertigo™.  Run this through the Grand Calibur Cutting Machine once, then turned it 90 degrees to make sure it had cut right though.

NOTE:  Vertigo™ is available in 6 patterns- Taffeta, Tilted, Rattlesnake, Prism, Pebbles and breeze.  For my project I have used the Taffeta and comes in either 12x12 or 6x6 sheets.

  

The cut and embossed Vertigo™ has then been embossed using the Holiday Magic M-Bossabilities Folder.

 

The raised edges were sponged using the IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® StazOn® Solvent Ink in Sunflower Yellow and an IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Sponge Dauber - be careful not to cover all of the ornament.  Once the ink was dry IMAGINE Crafts® GlazOn™ Layer Protectant was applied using a IMAGINE Crafts® InkBlusher™.  A thin coat dries very quickly and enables layering of the StazOn Ink without the ink bleeding or smearing.

NOTE:  Vertigo™ works best with StazOn or pigment inks.
 

IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® StazOn® Solvent Inks in Blazing Red is applied to the 'star' areas using a IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Fantastix™ Multi-Purpose Applicators.  Once again the IMAGINE Crafts® GlazOn™ Layer Protectant was applied using a IMAGINE Crafts® InkBlusher™

Turn the ornament over and apply the IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® StazOn® Solvent Inks in Cactus Green to the swirls using a IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Fantastix™ Multi-Purpose Applicators.

Using the 2011 Heirloom Ornaments Die and the Precious Metals Premium Craft Foils Assortment cut the top of the ornament and glue in place - leave to dry.

Finish off by adding a Seam Binding bow to the top of the ornament.  Punch a small hole in the top portion and add a chain for hanging.  I have used a recycled chain.

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

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