Imagine You're a Mermaid!

Happy July 4th! I hope you're safely celebrating in style! 

It’s summer, which makes me want to go to the beach to cool off in the ocean and imagine that I’m a mermaid. Let’s make a card that fulfills those dreams using inks, stencils, and stamps!

Imagine Crafts Supplies:

Nocturne, Morning Mist, and Summertime VersaFine Clair Inks *

Blue Breeze Kaleidacolor Ink Pad

Bahama Blue, Teal Zeal, Desert Sand, Toffee Crunch Memento Dew Drop Inks

White Shimmer Delicata Ink

Sponge Daubers

Tear It! Tape

Craft Mat

Other Supplies:

Guinevere Clear Polymer Stamp by Lavinia Stamps *

Skeleton Trees Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Lavinia Stamps *

Faerie Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Visible Image *

Small Sunshine Stencil by Darkroom Door *

Currents Stencil by A Colorful Life Designs

91% Isopropyl Alcohol

W3, W4, W6, BG45, BG57, E93, E95 by Copic Markers

Ultramarine, Orange, Yellow Orange, Rusty Orange Triplus Pens by Staedtler

Marine and Black Stardust Gelly Roll Gel Pens by Sakura of America

Low-Tack Tape

Magnet Page used for die-cut storage

Misti  Stamping Platform by My Sweet Petunia

Please Note: Products marked with an asterisk ( * ) are available at Topflight Stamps!

Instructions:

Step 1:

Use a craft knife to cut a piece of Low-tack tape in a curved pattern. Place the tape at the bottom of a 5.5” x 8.5” piece of white cardstock (no photo).

Lightly apply Bahama Blue Memento Ink to the white area of the cardstock.

Steps 2A & B:

Place a magnetic page onto the craft mat. Use low-tack tape to secure the cardstock panel to the magnetic page. Use magnets and low-tack tape to secure the Currents Stencil to the cardstock panel. Use a Sponge Dauber to apply the lightest blue ink from the Kaleidacolor Blue Breeze Ink pad over the stencil onto the cardstock panel (2A). Randomly apply Teal Zeal Memento Ink over the stencil onto the cardstock to deepen the colors.

Step 3:

Remove the stencil, then spritz the panel with 91% Isopropyl Alcohol to blend the inks and add white splatters and splotches.

Step 4:

Remove the low-tack tape and replace with the negative part of the tape cut in Step 1. Sponge Desert Sand Memento Ink over the tape onto the image panel to create the sea floor. Remove the tape.

Step 5:

Place the panel onto the base of a stamping platform and secure with magnets. Position the mermaid stamp from the Guinevere Clear Polymer Stamp Set so that it’s face down along the lower right side of the image panel. Press the platform’s lid onto the back of the stamp, lift, and ink the stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink. Stamp. Re-ink and stamp again if necessary to attain a good impression.

Remove the panel and thoroughly heat set the ink.

Step 6:

Use Copic markers to color the mermaid’s rocky throne. Usually I don’t use Copic markers with any ink other than Memento, but since I had duplicate markers, I gave it a shot and it worked!  Sorry! No photos!

Step 7:

Use Triplus pens to color the mermaid’s hair. Use Marine and Black Stardust Glitter Gel Pens to add detail the mermaid’s scales. The ink of both pens work well with most inks. Sorry! No photos again!

Steps 8A & B:

Place the image panel back onto the base of the stamping platform and secure with magnets. Use low-tack tape to cover the top of the ocean floor to the left of the mermaid.

Position the mid-sized Skeleton Tree stamp from the Skeleton Tree Clear Stamp Set facedown on the top left. Press the lid of the platform onto the back of the stamp and lift. Ink the stamp with Summertime VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp (8A). Remove the tape.

Remove, clean and dry the stamp. Reposition the mid-sized Skeleton Tree stamp so that it’s facedown on the bottom left of the image panel. Position the smallest Skeleton Tree Stamp from the facedown on the bottom right of the image panel

Press the lid into the back of the stamps and lift. Ink both stamps with Summertime VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp (8B). Remove the stamps from the platform.

Step 9:

Position the bubbles stamp from the Faerie Clear Polymer Stamp Set facedown on the image panel slightly above the mermaid’s outstretched hand. Press the lid into the back of the stamps and lift. Ink the stamp with Morning Mist VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. Remove the panel from the platform. Heat set the panel.

Step 10:

Place the image panel back onto the magnetic page. Use magnets and low-tack tape to secure the Sunshine Small Stencil over the image panel as shown. Sponge White Shimmer Delicata Ink over the stencil onto the image panel. Remove the panel and heat set.

Step 11:

Use Tear-It! Tape to adhere the image panel to a black A2 card.

Finished Card

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Reach for the Stars

Greetings! It's Tuesday, my day to share a project created for Topflight Stamps. This week my teammates and I are focusing on the stars.

Here's my card:

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

JOFY Mini JM70 Cling Rubber Stamp by JOFY for PaperArtsy

Ink and the Dog MN123 Cling Rubber Stamp by PaperArtsy

Eclectica ENB02 by Nicci Battilana Rubber Cling Mounted Set by PaperArtsy

Marilyn Clear Stamp Set 475 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create

Ink Drops - Midnight 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad by Craft Consortium Ltd.

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Violet Chalk Elements Ink by Lavinia Stamps

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Avalanche White Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Eclectica EDY08 Cling Mounted Stamp Set by Darcy for PaperArtsy

Platinum Planet and Moonlight White Brilliance Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Champagne VersaMark Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Golden Glitz Delicata Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Clear Crystal and Detail Gold Embossing Powders by Stampendous

Copic Markers: 

Skin: BV0000, BV000, E50, E21, E11, E00, E000, R000, R20 (Cheeks)

Lips: E04, R32

Hair: B41, B45, C4, C55, C6

Eyes: B41, B45

Eye Shadow: BV02, BV04

Collar: E04, R32

Base: BV04, BV09

Crown and Stars: V11, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28

Repositionable Sticker Paper by Avery

Low-tack Tape

Stamping Platforms

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of Avalanche White Textured cardsock to 8.5" x 5.5", score at 4.25", and fold to form an A2 card. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the Queen from the JOFY Mini JM70 Cling Rubber Stamp  twice — once onto white cardstock and once onto repositionable sticker paper. 
3. Use Copic markers to color the image. 
4. Fussy-cut the repositionable sticker paper version and place it over its counterpart as a mask. 
5. Place a piece of low-tack tape around the Queen's collar. 
6. Sponge or brush Violet Chalk Elements Ink by Lavinia Stamps around the masked image onto the image panel. Set the image panel aside.
7. Choose a piece of patterned paper from the Ink Drops - Midnight 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad for your background panel.
8. Trim the patterned paper to 4 x 5.25" and rub an anti-static bag on it,
9. Place the patterned paper panel onto the base of a stamping platform. 
10. Position the Ink and the Dog MN123 Cling Rubber Stamp (cluster of stars) facedown on the top right of the patterned paper background panel. 
11. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp, ink the stamp with Moonlight White or Platinum Planet Brilliance ink, and stamp. 
12. Carefully remove the background panel from the platform.
13. Add crystal embossing powder, dump the excess, and heat set. 
14. Clean and dry the stamp. 
15. Place the background panel back onto the platform.
16. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp, ink the stamp with Moonlight White or Platinum Planet Brilliance ink, and stamp. 
17. Carefully remove the background panel from the platform.
18. Add crystal embossing powder, dump the excess, and heat set. 
19. Clean and dry the stamp. 
20. Repeat Steps 15 - 19 until the shimmery star clusters fill the patterned paper panel.
21. Remove and clean the stamp.
22. Position the stars stamp from the Eclectica ENB02 by Nicci Battilana Rubber Cling Mounted Set facedown on the upper right of the image panel. 
23. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp, ink the stamp with Champagne VersaMark Ink, and stamp.
24. Carefully remove the background panel from the stamping platform.
25. Add gold embossing powder, dump the excess, and heat set. 
26. Clean and dry the stamp.
27. Place the image panel back onto the base of the stamping platform.
28. Position the stars stamp facedown on the topleft of the image panel.
29. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp, ink the stamp with Champagne VersaMark Ink, and stamp.
30. Carefully remove the background panel from the stamping platform.
31. Add gold embossing powder, dump the excess, and heat set. 
32. Clean and dry the stamp.
33. Place the image panel back onto the base of the stamping platform.
34. Position the sentiment from the Eclectica EDY08 Cling Mounted Stamp Set facedown along the bottom of the background panel. 
35. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp and lift.
36. Use low-tack tape to cover the excess verbiage after "stars". 
37. Ink the stamp with Champagne VersaMark ink, remove the tape, and stamp. 
38. Add gold embossing powder, dump the excess, and heat set.
39. Set the background panel aside.
40. Place the image panel onto the base of the stamping platform.
41. Position the "Shine" stamp from the Marilyn Clear Stamp Set 47 on the upper left side of the image panel. 
42. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp and lift.
43. Ink the stamp with Golden Glitz Delicata Ink and stamp. Re-ink and stamp if necessary for a good impression.
44. Sponge Golden Glitz Delicata along outside .5" perimeter of the reserved white textured  A2 card. Heat set. 
45. Cut another piece of white textured cardstock .25" larger than the image panel. 
46. Sponge Golden Glitz Delicata Ink along the outside perimeter of the panel then heat set. 
47. Use the small panel to mat the image panel.
48. Adhere the background panel to the gold A2 card. 
49. Adhere the matted image panel to complete the card.

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