A PURR-day Gift Card and Tag

Greetings! It's Tuesday, my day to share a project created for Topflight Stamps. This week the team is focusing on gift card holders, tags, or containers. Since December is only a few weeks away, I need several of these because there are family birthdays, friends' birthdays, and the winter holidays!

Here's my gift card that has a pull-out tag, made with AALL and Create's Ribboned Whisker Wonders Clear Stamp Set 1214, the Purrfect Gift Clear Stamp Set 121 (retired), the Totally Dotty Stencil 87, the Top of the Pops Die Set 45 and the Tag It Yourself Die Set 27. Brushos, PaperArtsy Infusions, and VersaFine Clair Inks were used as well.

Here's the card by itself:

Here's the card with the gift card pulled out of its hiding place.

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Ribboned Whisker Wonders Clear Stamp Set 1214 by AALL and Create

Totally Dotty Stencil 87 by AALL and Create

Top of the Pops Die Set 45 by AALL and Create

Tag It Yourself Die Set 27 by AALL and Create

Ultramarine and Violet Brushos by Colourcraft

Sleight Blue and Rusty Car Infusions by PaperArtsy

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Arctic, Very Peri, Blue Belle, Medieval Blue, Fantasia, and Lilac Bloom VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Paper

Bristol Paper by Strathmore

Avalanche Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

The Purrfect Gift Clear Stamp Set 121 by AALL and Create

Gathered Twigs and Lost Shadow Distress Ink by Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink

Copic Markers:
Left Cat: C6, C6, C4, C2, YG21, YG01

Middle Cat: C6, C5, C4, C3, C2, C1, YR23, YR21

Top Cat: YR27, YR23, YR21, YR20, YR14, YR12, YR02

Cats' Noses and Ears: RV3, RV91, R32, R30

Cats' Tongues: E04, R32

Presents and Ribbons: Y26, Y23, FB2, B16, B06, B04, VF2, YG45, YG41

Nameplates by Spellbinders Paper Arts

Essentials and Elements Tag Set 277 by Studio Light

Arrow Die by Elizabeth Craft Designs

Mister

Make-up Brushes

Red Liner Tape

Repositionable Sticker Paper

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the cats and presents from the Ribboned Whisker Wonders Clear Stamp Set 1214  twice — once onto white cardstock and once onto repositionable sticker paper. 
2. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version and place it over its counterpart on the image panel as a mask.
3. Positon the lounging cat from the Ribboned Whisker Wonders Clear Stamp Set 1214 atop one of the gifts then stampe it twice with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. 
4. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version and place it over its counterpart.
5. Place a piece of tape under the gifts.
6. Brush Lost Shadow Distress Ink over the tape and masked images to color the background.
7. Reposition the tape to cover the top part of the image panel.
8. Brush Gathered Twigs Distress Ink over the tape onto the bottom of the image panel.
9. Use the plain flag die from the Top of the Pops Die Set 45 to cut the image panel. 
10. Lift the masks and color the images with Copic markers. Set aside when done.
11. Mist a piece of Bristol paper with water. Sprinkle Sleight Blue and Rusty Car Infusions onto the wet paper.
12. Mist the paper again to activate the dyes and get them to move around a bit. 
13. To get more of a blue and purple background, sprinkle Ultramarine and Violet Brushos onto the wet paper, mist the powders with water to activate them, then heat set. 
14. Repeat this process with both the Infusions and the Brushos until the background is pleasing.
15. Thoroughly heat set the paper, cut it with the second largest flag die from the Top of the Pops Die Set 45, then place it under a heavy box to flatten it completely. 
16. When flat, use Fantasia VersaFine Clair Ink to edge the flag. 
17. Mat the image panel flag with the inked flag. Set aside.
18. Start the background panel by using a make-up brush to apply Arctic, Very Peri, Blue Belle, and Medieval Blue VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko onto another piece of Bristol paper working from the heaviest application of the lighter blues to the lightest application of the dark blues. The paper was heat set. 
19. Place the background panel onto the STAY-tion, place the Totally Dotty Stencil 87 over the inked panel, and brush Fantasia and Lilac Bloom VersaFine Clair Inks over the stencil onto the background panel. 
20. Trim the inked and stenciled background panel to 4.75" x 6.75" and edge it with Fantasia VersaFine Clair Ink. Heat set the panel and set it aside to make the gift tag.
21. Brush Arctic, Very Peri, and Blue Belle VersaFine Clair Inks onto another piece of Bristol paper and heat set.
22. Use the smallest tag die from the Tag It Yourself Die Set 27 and a pocket die from the Essentials and Elements Tag Set 277 to cut the inked paper from Step 21.
23. Use the slot die from the Top of the Pops Die Set 45 to cut a slot on the top of the tag.
24. Edge the tag and the pocket with Fantasia VersaFine Clair Ink.
25. Brush Fantasia VersaFine Clair Ink onto a scrap of leftover Bristol paper, then cut the scrap with one of the fancy slot dies from the Top of the Pops Die Set 45 and the arrow die. 
26. Apply adhesive and red-liner tape to the bottom and sides of the pocket. Do NOT use adhesive on the top of the pocket!!!
27. Adhere the pocket to the tag as shown. 
28. Adhere the fancy slot die  over the slot at the top of the tag. 
29. Thread a strip of left-over blue-inked paper into the slot, fold, and adhere to itself.
30. Adhere the arrow die-cut to the strip. 
31. Place a gift card into the pocket of the tag.
32. Create a 5" x 7" card from white cardstock.
33. Brush Fantasia VersaFine Clair Ink around the outer .5" of the card. Heat set. This step ensures that your card will match the rest of the elements perfectly.
34. Adhere the stenciled and inked background panel to the card.
35. The matted flag die (Step 17) will be used upside down to create a pocket for the pocket tag.
36. Apply adhesive and red-liner tape to the bottom and sides of the matted flag die. Leave the v-shaped top adhesive free so that the tag can be slipped into it.
37. Adhere the matted flag to the background panel/card front as shown.
38. Slip the completed tag (Step 31) into the matted flag as shown.
39. Use Fantasia VersaFine Clair Ink to stamp the sentiment from the Purrfect Gift Clear Stamp Set 121 onto leftover blue-inked paper. 
40. Use a nameplate die to cut the sentiment.
41. Edge the sentiment with Fantasia VersaFine Clair Ink.
42. Adhere the sentiment die-cut to the card to finish it up!

Thanks for visiting today!

You Rock

Here's my second card for Gnome-Vember over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity. I've created a scene where the Mini ZZ Top Gnomes from the Mini Gnomes 2 Rubber Stamp Set by Lost Coast Designs have just finished their performance to a standing ovation and is telling the audience "You Rock!

Here's the card.

Products Used:

Mini Gnomes 2 Rubber Stamp Set by Lost Coast Designs

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Raven (Black) Texured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Purple Velvet Paper from Ye Olde Stash

Patterned Paper from some 6x6 Pad from Ye Olde Stash

Silver Metallic Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Tuxedo Black, London Fog, and Dandelion Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Deco Glitz Stencil by Funky Fossil Designs

Take the Stage Die Die-namics Die Set by My Favorite Things

Vintage Alpha Die by Top Dog Dies (what an unfortunate name!)

Circle Nestabilities by Spellbinders Paper Arts

Copic Markers:

Noses: BV000, E50, E21, E11, E000, R02, R01, R00

Sunglasses: N6, N4, G99, G46, G48

Left ZZ Top Gnome's Hair/Beard for : E59, E57, E55

Left ZZ Top Gnome's Hat, Guitar, Shoes: R39, R27, R24

Left ZZ Top Gnome's Pants: B97, B93

Left ZZ Top Gnome's Guitar Strap: B16, B04, R27, R24

Right ZZ Top Gnome's Hat: E79, E77, E74, E71

Right ZZ Top Gnome's Guitar and Shoes: B16, B04, B02

Right ZZ Top Gnome's Pants: C6, C4

Right ZZ Top Gnome's Guitar Strap: B16, Y04

White Gelly Roll Gel Pen by Sakura of America

Repositionable Sticker Paper by Avery

Repositionable Scotch Tape by 3M

Low-tack Tape

Two Sided Tape by Sookwang

Foam Tape: Source unknown

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Stamping Platform

Note:

There are larger versions of the ZZ Top Gnome 1 and ZZ Top Gnome 2 Rubber Stamps available as well. 

Instructions:

1. Create an A6 card from Raven cardstock. Set aside.
2. Place a piece of white cardstock onto the stamping platform.
3. Position the ZZ Top gnomes from the Mini Gnomes 2 Rubber Stamp Set facedown about an inch from the bottom of the cardstock.
4. Ink both stamps with Tuxedo Black Memento ink and stamp twice — once onto the image panel and once onto repositionable sticker paper.
5. Fussy-cut the sticker paper versions of the gnomes and place them over their counterparts on the image panel as masks.
6. Remove the image panel from the stamping platform and place it onto the STAY-tion.
7. Place a piece of low-tack tape across the bottom of the image panel.
8. Sponge or brush London Fog Memento ink over the tape and the stamped images to create a grey background.
9. Place the Deco Glitz Stencil over the masked gnomes and sponge or brush London Fog Memento ink over the masked gnomes and the stencil to create a subtle tone on tone background.
10. Remove the low-tack tape and reposition it so that it's covering the gnomes.
11. Sponge or brush Desert Sand Memento ink over the tape onto the base of the image panel to create the "floor".
12. Use small circle dies from the Nestabilities die set to cut repositionable sticker paper.
13. Trim the repositionable sticker paper to leave semi-circles apertures on the sticker paper.
14. Place the apertures under the gnomes' feet, but covering the rest of the stage.
15. Place Repositionable Scotch Tape on a diagonal from the top of the image panel to the edges of each circle.
16. Sponge or brush Dandelion Memento ink over the tape and the sticker paper to create a yellow spotlight.
17. Remove the tape, sticker paper, and masks.
18. Use Copic markers to color the Mini Gnomes.
19. Use a white gel pen to add white highlights to their guitars.
20. Back a 2" wide strip of velvet paper with two-sided tape.
21. Use the curtains and swag dies from the Take the Stage die set to cut the velvet paper.
22. Back a scrap of silver metallic paper with two-sided tape.
23. Use the tie-back die from the Take the Stage die set to cut the silver cardstock.
24. Adhere the curtains and swags to dimensional tape.
25. Adhere the curtains die-cuts to either side of the image panel.
26. Adhere the swag die-cuts over the curtains.
27. Adhere the tie-backs to the curtains.
28. Adhere the image panel to a piece of 4.25" x 6" patterned paper.
29. Back silver metallic cardstock with two-sided tape.
30. Use the alphabet die to cut the silver cardstock.
31. Adhere the "You Rock" sentiment to the card front. Try to make it straighter than my version!
32. Adhere the card front to the reserved black card to finish it.

Thanks for visiting today!

I hope you get a chance to play with our Gnome-Vember Challenge 191!

Go Away

Greetings! It's Gnome-Vember over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity. I've created a snarky card with the Gnome Go Away Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Designs. You might think he's crude and rude. I think he's funny, sad about the end of daylight savings time, and needs some time to chill. Kind of Definitely like me.

Here's my card.

Products Used:

Gnome Go Away Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Designs

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Bristol Paper by Strathmore

Raven Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Vellum: Source unknown

Tuxedo Black*, London Fog, and Lulu Lavender Memento Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Copic Markers:

Skin: BV0000, E50, Ew21, E11, R01, R00, R000

Beard: C3, C2, C1, C0

Hat: YG67, YG63, YG61, B34, B32

Shirt: B37, B34, B32

Pants: N6, N4

Boots: E89, E79, E77, E74, E71

Sign: E23, E21, W1, W00

Dreamy Manor Die Set 66 by AALL and Create *

Sharp Tongues 4 White Ephemera by AALL and Create *

Iron Fence Die by Spellbinders

Grass Green, Oasis Green, and Nocturne VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko *

Light Indigo, Warm Grey 1, Warm Grey III, Gold Grey I, Lilac, Light Skin, and Ice Blue Pitt Artist Pens by Faber Castell

Silver Ingot Metallic Marker by Spectrum Noir

Cloud Stencil by My Favorite Things

Dimensional Foam Adhesive

Instructions:

1. Create a 5" x 7" card from Raven (black) cardstock. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp  Gnome Go Away onto white cardstock.
3. Fussy-cut the Gnome Go Away.
4. Color him with Copic markers, edge him with a black marker, and set him aside. He'll be perfectly happy on his own and will use that time to meditate.
5. Cut a panel of Bristol Paper with the Dreamy Manor Die Set 66.
6. Use Pitt Artist Pens and the Silver Ingot Metallic marker to color the die-cut.
7. Adhere patterned white vellum to the reverse of the Dreamy Manor die-cut to cover the windows.
8. Smoosh Grass Green VersaFine Clair Ink onto white cardstock.
9. Tear three times and edge the torn top of each strip with Oasis Green VersaFine Clair Ink.
10. Use the gate die to cut white cardstock. 
11. Color the gate die-cut with Silver Ingot Metallic marker.
12. Cut a piece of white cardstock to 5" x 7" to create the background panel.
13. Place the Cloud Stencil towards the top of the white cardstock and sponge London Fog, then Lulu Lavender Memento Ink over the top of the stencil onto the background panel.
14. Rotate the stencil, move it downwards, and sponge London Fog and Lulu Lavender Memento Inks over the stencil onto the background panel.
15. Repeat Step 12 until the panel is covered with ink and looks like a cloudy sky.
16. Layer the three green strips of paper onto the bottom of the background panel.
17. Adhere the Dreamy Manor Die-cut to the background panel.
18. Adhere the silver fence die-cuts to the bottom of the background panel.
19. Trim the background panel to 4.75" x 6.75". **
20. Use foam adhesives to adhere the gnome over the fence and house die-cuts, taking care to cover the Memory-dex holes with the gnome. 
21. Choose three sentiments from the Sharp Tongues 4 White Ephemera, color with the Light Indigo Pitt Artist Pen, and edge with a black marker.
22. Adhere the sentiments to the top left, not as shown. Make them straight. Unlike mine. Which are crooked. Alas.
23. Use a scissor blade to distress and tatter the edges of the background panel.
24. Apply Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink to the tattered edges.
25. Adhere the background panel to the reserved black 5" x 7" card.

I hope you get a chance to play with our Gnome-Vember Challenge 191!

Notes:

• Products marked with asterisks (*) are hot linked and can be purchased at Topflight Stamps.
• When I trimmed the cardstock, my trimmer did not cut cleanly.  Hence I resorted to tattering/distressing the edges to camouflage the wonky cuts.

Thanks for visiting today!

Warm Winter Wishes

It's Tuesday so it's time to share a project created for Topflight Stamps. This week the team is focusing on Christmas or Winter. Topflight Stamps is a super-sponsor for the 2024 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and is giving away a $25 gift certificate to one participant in the blog hop. In honor of the 2024 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop, products in the Coffee/Tea/Cocoa categories are on sale. 

Here's my second card created with the Holiday Cheers Clear Stamp Set by Jane's Doodles for Creative Expressions and the Distress Plaid 8x8 Paper Pad by Taylor Made Journals for Creative Expressions. This time I'm using the two coffee-themed stamps in the set. The arch and snowflakes are from the Winter Scenery Die Set from the Arctic Winter Collection by Studio Light. The sentiment is from the Stay Cozy Clear Stamp Set 814 and the holly stamp is from the Miss Merry Clear Stamp Set 608 -- both by Janet Klein for AALL and Create.

Topflight Stamps Products Used:
Holiday Cheers Clear Stamp Set by Jane's Doodles for Creative Expressions
Distress Plaid 8x8 Paper Pad by Taylor Made Journals for Creative Expressions

Winter Scenery Die Set from the Arctic Winter Collection by Studio Light

Stay Cozy Clear Stamp Set 814 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create

Miss Merry Clear Stamp Set 608 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko
Pinecone VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Other Products Used:
Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers
Brown and Cream Cardstock by Bazzill Basics
Copic Markers: 

Green Coffee Cup and Holly Leaves: YG61, YG63, YG67, E70, E71, E74

Star Anise: E59, E57, E55

Cinnamon Sticks: E27, E25, E15, E13

Candy Canes: R39, R35, R32, R27, R24

Holly Berries: R39, R27, R24

Gingerbread Mug: R39, R37, R35, R22, R21, E41, E40, W1, W0

Gingerbread Man: E57, E55, BV20

Lily White Mini Jewels by Doodlebug Designs

White Gelly Roll Gel Pen by Sakura of America

Nestabilities Label 11 Die Set by Spellbinders Paper Arts

Black Copic Multiliner

Low-tack Tape
Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Create an A6 card from brown cardstock. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento In to stamp both festive coffee-themed stamps from the Holiday Cheers Clear Stamp Set onto white cardstock. 
3. Fussy-cut coffee cups.
4. Color the coffee cups with Copic markers, edge with a black marker, and set them aside.
5. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the "Warm Winter Wishes" from the Stay Cozy Clear Stamp Set 814 and the holly and berries from the Miss Merry Clear Stamp Set 608 onto cream cardstock. 
6. Use one of the smaller dies from the Labels 11 Nestabilities Die Set to cut the sentiment/holly. 
7. Color the holly leaves and berries with Copic markers. 
8. Use a white gel pen to add highlights to the holly berries.
9. Use Pinecone VersaFine Clair Ink to edge the sentiment/holly die-cut.
10. Use the arch die from the Winter Scenery Die Set to cut brown cardstock.
11. Position the snowflake arch die on the scalloped arch die-cut, secure it with repositionable tape, and run it through the die-cut machine.
12. Trim a piece of brown plaid patterned paper from the Distress Plaid 8x8 Paper Pad to 4.25" x 6.25". Use Pinecone VersaFine Clair Ink to edge the cardstock.
13. Adhere the edged plaid paper to the reserved A6 brown card. 
14. Adhere the snowflake arch to the plaid paper. 
15. Adhere the coffee cups and the sentiment die-cut as shown. 
16. Add white rhinestones to the centers of the snowflakes on arch to finish the card.

Thanks for visiting today!

I shall enter this card into the following challenges:

• 2024 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

• Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenges: Coffee + Red + Green

• Merry Little Christmas Challenge 59: Anything Goes

Beware! A Halloween Card

Greetings! My card was created for Day Four of the Lost Coast Portal of Creativity's 31 Days of Halloween Challenge. I used the Clown with Balloon stamp by Lost Coast Designs and the Medium Keyhole stamp from Carmen's Veranda. 

Here it is!

Products Used:

Clown with Balloon Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Designs

 Medium Keyhole Rubber Stamp by Carmen's Veranda

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

140 Lb. Mixed Media Paper by Strathmore

Light Grey Cardstock 

Tuxedo Black and London Fog Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Stormy Sky and Dusty Concord Distress Ink by Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink

Lightning Black Brilliance Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Clouds Stencil by Virginia England

Time Tunnel Stencil by Visible Image

Copic Markers: 

Clown: T0, T1, T2,T3, W00, W0, E40, BG90, G0000, YR12, YR15, YR16, YR18, R22, R24, R35, R39

Keyhole: Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28

Yellow and Red Triplus Fineliner Pens by Staedtler

White Gelly Roll Gel Pen by Sakura of America

Black Multiliner by Copic

Woodgrain MBossabilities

Red Alphabet Rub-ons by Doodlebug Designs

Halloween Idea-ology Remnant Rubs by Tim Holtz for Advantus

Repositionable Sticker Paper by Avery

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of pale grey 12x12 cardstock to 10" x 7", score at 5", and fold to form a 5" x 7" card. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the Medium Keyhole twice — once onto white cardstock and once onto repositionable sticker paper. 
3. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version on the inner outline of the keyhole.
4. Place the sticker paper over its cardstock counterpart to mask the outside of the keyhole while keeping the center open.
5. Place the clouds stencil towards the top of the opening of the keyhole.
6. Sponge or brush Stormy Sky then Dusty Concord Distress inks over the stencil onto the cardstock. 
7. Rotate and move the stencil downward.
8. Sponge the same inks over the stencil onto the cardstock.
9. Repeat this process until the opening in the keyhole was filled with a stormy cloudy sky. 
10. Place the Time Tunnel Stencil over the opening of the keyhole.
11. Sponge London Fog Memento Ink over the stencil onto the cloudy sky in the keyhole, sponging heavily in the center of the tunnel and lighter as the tunnel goes outwards.
12. Remove the repositionable sticker mask.
13. Use Copic markers to color the outside of the keyhole to look like brass.
14. Fussy-cut the keyhole and edge with a dark marker. 
15. Use red alphabet rub-ons to add a sentiment to the bottom of the opening of the keyhole.
16. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the Clown with Balloon onto white cardstock.
17. Fussy-cut the clown, color him with Copic markers, and edge with a black pen. 
18. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp just the balloon area of the Clown with Balloon several times onto white cardstock.
19. Fussy-cut the balloons and color them with Copic markers.
20. Use a white gel pento add highlights to all the balloons. 
21. Set the colored Clown and balloons aside.
22. Use Lightning Black Brilliance Ink, a brassy metallic ink, to ink a piece of mixed media cardstock to look like an escutcheon. 
23. Trim the panel, edge with Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink, and heat set.
24. Use Halloween Idea-ology Rub-ons to add sentiments to the upper left of the panel.
25. Mist a 5" x 7" panel of light grey cardstock (left from Step 1) with water. Place it into the wood-grain embossing folder, and run it through the die-cut machine.
26. Adhere the embossed panel to the reserved 5" x 7" light grey card, and edge the card with Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink.
27. Adhere the Clown with Balloon and his extra balloons  to the Keyhole as shown. 
28. Adhere the keyhole to the brass escutcheon, then adhere the escutcheon to the wood paneled card.

I sure hope you play along with the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity's 31 Days of Halloween Challenge!

Thanks for visiting today!

Vampire MemoryDex Card

This week's Topflight Stamps theme is Halloween, which makes me unreasonably happy as I love, Love, LOVE Halloween! I've created another card for my MemoryDex Halloween mini-album with AALL and Create's Spring Sprouts Die Set 49, the Weird Science Clear Stamp Set 957 by Janet Klein, and the Pumpkin Party Clear Stamp Set 1055 by Autour de Mwa.

Here's a close-up!

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Spring Sprouts Die Set 49 by AALL and Create

Weird Science Clear Stamp Set 957 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create

Pumpkin Party Clear Stamp Set 1055 by Autour de Mwa for AALL and Create

Tuxedo Black Memento Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Medieval Blue, Grass Green, Oasis Green, and Nocturne VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Bristol Paper by Strathmore

Scraps of white and black cardstock

Copic Markers: 

Skin: BV000, YG11, YG000, G000

Eyes: YR18, YR16, YR12, Y35, Y08, R24

Fangs: YR31, YR30

Hair: N6

Cloak: C7, C6, C6, C4

Cloak Lining: YR18, YR16

Shirt: V09, V06

Trousers: BV23, N7, N4, T3

Pum;kins: YR01, YR02, YR04, YR07, YR12, YR14, YR15, YR16, YR18, YR21, YR24, YR27, YR56, YR68, W3, Y06, Y08, Y23

Vines and Stems: E70, E71, G11, YG21, YG23, YG25, YG91, YG93, YG95

Circle Nestabilities Dies by Spellbinders Paper Arts

Edging Dies by Stampendous

Bats Die: Source Unknown

White Gelly Roll Gel Pen by Sakura of America

Dr. PH Martens Bleed Proof White

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the vampire from the Weird Science Clear Stamp Set 957 and the Pumpkin Vine from the Pumpkin Party Clear Stamp Set 1055.
2. Fussy-cut both the vampire and the pumpkin vine. I trimmed off what wouldn't fit on the MemoryDex card.
3. Use Copic markers to color the images.
4. Edge the images with a black multi-liner.
5. Use a white gel pen to add highlights to the vampire's eyes.
6. Set aside the vampire and the pumpkin vine.
7. Use the main MemoryDex die from the Spring Sprouts Die Set 49 to cut Bristol Paper four times.
8. Sponge or brush Medieval Blue VersaFine Clair Ink over one of the MemoryDex cards to create a night sky.  Heat set. 
9. Put a little Doc PH Martins Bleed Proof White Paint/Ink into a little dish and mist with water. 
10. Use a paint brush to blend the water and ink/paint.
11. Add some of the mixture to a paint brush and tap the paint brush over the MemoryDex card  to spatter (splatter?) it to add white stars to the night sky background.
12. Use a hill edger and two other edger dies to trim the other MemoryDex cards to different heights. 
13. Sponge all three cards with Grass Green (new!!!) VersaFine Clair Ink to create  grass.
14. Use Oasis Green VersaFine Clair Ink to edge the top of each of the trimmed die-cuts.
15. Layer grassy-green trimmed die-cuts onto the bottom of the blue MemoryDex card. 
16. Use Oasis Green VersaFine Clair Ink and a small brush to add shadows and detail to the layered grass.
17. Adhere the vampire and the pumpkin vine as shown.
18. Cut a scrap of white cardstock with a small circle Nestabilities die. 
19. Cut a scrap of black cardstock with a bats die. 
20. Adhere the circle to the upper left of the MemoryDex card as a moon. 
21. Adhere the bats to the sky area of the scene. 
22. Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink to edge the MemoryDex card.

Notes: 

• Imagine Crafts has come out with twelve new colors of VersaFine Clair Ink. Oasis Green VersaFine Clair Ink (older ink) is slightly darker than the new Grass Green VersaFine Clair Ink. They blend beautifully together.
• My MemoryDex album will be bound with disks on the left side, which means that I've turned the MemoryDex die-cuts 90° to the left. Keep this in mind when die-cutting layers! Don't ask how I know that. 

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Steampunk Father's Day Card Tutorial

I’m continuing my experimentation with Imagine Crafts' Metallic Brilliance Inks and created this Father’s Day card using two of my favorite themes – cats and Steampunk! My somewhat lengthy and verbose tutorial is below!

Here's my card!

Imagine Crafts Supplies:

Starlite Sillver, Starlite Black, Lightning Black, and Cosmic Copper Brilliance Inks 

Turquoise Gem and Mango Madness VersaMagic Dew Drop Inks

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink *

Sponge Daubers

Fantastix

On Point Glue

Tear-It! Tape

Craft Mat

Other Supplies:

140 lb. Black Mixed Media Paper by Strathmore

Raven Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Designs

5” x 7” Gel Press

4” Brayer by Speedball *

Foundry 3D Alterations Foundry Embossing Folder by Tim Holtz for Sizzix

Gears Alterations Embossing Folder by Tim Holtz for Sizzix

Sprightly Sprockets Shapeabilities Die Set by Spellbinders Paper Arts

Sentiment Labels Die Set by Spellbinders Paper Arts

Nuts and Bolts Craftables Punch Die by Marianne Designs

Mini Gears Die Set by Memory Box

Premier Ink Blending Tools by Hunkydory Crafts *

Premier Ink Blending Sponges by Hunkydory Crafts *

Steampunk Pets Clear Stamp Set by Funky Fossil Designs

Classic Sentiments Clear Stamp Set by Hefty Doodle *

Copic Markers:

 Cat's Fur C00, C0, C1, C2, C3, C8

 Cat's Ears and Nose: RV91, R30, R000, R00

 Cat's Eyes: B23, YG01

 Helmet and Jacket: N5, N6, N7, N8

 Goggles and Ornaments: BG11, BG13, BG18

 Goggle Lenses: BG10, BG90

 Brass Bits: Y11, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28

Spray Mister

Curved Craft Scissors by Fiskar’s

Heat Gun

Misti Stamping Platform by My Sweet Petunia

Please Note: The products marked with asterisks ( * ) are available at Topflight Stamps!

Tutorial:

Step 1:

Use a brayer to apply Starlite Silver Brilliance Ink to a 5” x 7” Gel Press. Place a piece of black mixed media paper onto the Gel Press. Smooth the back of the paper to transfer the ink and pull a print.

Step 2:

Repeat Step 1 to enhance the coverage.

Step 3:

Clean the brayer, then use it to apply Starlite Black Brilliance ink to the Gel Press. Place the print back onto the Gel Press inked side down. Smooth the back of the paper, then pull the print. Heat set the inked paper, then clean the brayer and the Gel Press.

Step 4:

Place the inked black mixed media paper into the Foundry 3D Alterations Embossing Folder. Spritz the back of the paper with water. Close the folder and run it through a die-cut machine.

Step 5:

Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Cosmic Copper Brilliance Ink to the high points of the embossed paper. Heat set.

Steps 6A and 6B:

Use Fantastix to apply Turquoise Gem VersaMagic Ink randomly to the high points of the embossed paper (6A). VersaMagic Ink has a matte chalk finish which comes out when it’s heat embossed. 

Use another Fantastix to Apply Mango Madness VersaMagic Ink randomly to the high points of the embossed paper (6B). Heat set the panel and set aside.

Step 7:

Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the cat from the Steampunk Pets Clear Stamp Set onto white cardstock. 

Step 8: 

Fussy-cut the image and use Copic markers to color it. Use a dark marker to edge the cut image. Set aside.

Step 9:

Use the largest die from the Sprightly Sprockets Shapeabilities Die Set to cut black mixed media cardstock two times. You will end up with two cogs and two circles.

Step 10:

Sponge Lightning Black Brilliance Ink over one of the cog die-cuts and one of the circles. Heat set both.

Step 11:

Use On-Point Glue to adhere the inked cog atop the other one.

Step 12:

Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Starlite Silver Brilliance ink to one of the circles from Step 9. Heat set.

Step 13:

Place the silver-inked circle into the Gears Alterations Folder and run it through a die-cut machine.

Step 14:

Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Cosmic Copper Brilliance Ink to the high points of the embossed circle. Heat set.

Steps 15A and 15B:

Use Fantastix to apply Turquoise Gem VersaMagic Ink randomly to the high points of the embossed paper (15A).

Use another Fantastix to Apply Mango Madness VersaMagic Ink randomly to the high points of the embossed paper (15B).

Step 16:

Use Tear It Tape to adhere a slightly larger circle to the back of the stacked cog die-cuts.

Step 17:

Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Starlite Silver Brilliance Ink to a strip black mixed media paper. Sorry that there’s no photo. Use cog dies to cut the silver-inked black paper.

Step 18:

Use a C2 Copic marker to color a piece of white cardstock. Use magnets to secure the colored cardstock onto a stamping platform. Place the “Happy Father’s Day” sentiment stamp facedown on the colored cardstock. Ink the stamp with Turquoise Gem VersaMagic Ink and stamp. Repeat inking and stamping if necessary to attain a good impression. Remove the stamped cardstock from the stamping platform and heat set the ink.

Step 19:

Use a rectangle die to cut the sentiment. Use the matching nameplate die to cut the Lightning Black circle. Adhere the sentiment die-cut atop the nameplate die. Sorry that there’s no photo.

Step 20:

Use Tear-It! Tape to adhere the embossed circle and the Steampunk Cat onto the cog die-cut. Use the tape to adhere the sentiment as shown.

Step 21:

Use On Point Glue to adhere the gears, cogs, and screws to the sentiment die-cut.

Step 22:

Cut black cardstock to 10” x 7”. Score at 5” and fold to form a 5” x 7” card. Use Tear-It! Tape to adhere the image panel to the front of the card.

Close Up of the Finished Card

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