By Ceil Pritchett Hey everybody!It’s Ceal, here. Today I am sharing a card using a technique that I am calling “faux watercolor” because the end result look like it was water colored to me. Skill: BeginnerTime: 30 minutes Directions: Start by gathering your supplies. You will need a A2 card base, a white panel, a ..read more

By Kathi Rerek It’s summer and the roses are in full bloom. Let’s make a Rose Postage Card with VersaMagic and Delicata Inks! Skill Level: Intermediate Time: 1.5 hours Directions: Step 1: Use the Postage Collage die to cut Desert Storm cardstock. Steps 2A and 2B: Place a magnetic panel onto the cardstock panel. Use temporary adhesive to secure the Rose Postage Collage die-cut to a piece of scrap paper. Use magnets and low-tack tape to secure the first Rose Postage Collage Stencil to the die-cut. Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Pink Grapefruit VersaMagic Ink over the stencil onto the die-cut (2A ..read more

By Anna Escalada York In today’s post, I am sharing a card that features a summer scene. Skill: Intermediate Time: 1 hour Directions: Step 1: Use Memento Markers–Dandelion, Cantaloupe, Morocco and Lady Bug to color the sun and sun rays through a stencil onto watercolor paper. Blend some of the colors together by coloring a lighter color over a darker one to create even more color variety. Use some ink blenders to ink blend the sky with Pearlescent Sky Blue Brilliance (closer to the sun) and Ocean Depth VersaMagic Chalk Ink (farther away from the sun. Use a sparkly clear gel pen to add sparkle ..read more

By Alison Heikkila Hello! I’m Alison Heikkila and today I have a fun card with a foliage theme today that you can use for pretty much anyone, and almost any occasion. We’re going to use a variety of greens and a couple of fun tricks. *Some affiliate links are used in this post. That means that if you shop through these links, I may receive a small compensation, at no cost to you. For more information, please see my Affiliates page, where I also have some coupon codes. Skill Level: Beginner Time to Complete: 20 minutes Supplies: Imagine: Shady Lane VersaFine Clair Golden Meadow Vers ..read more

By Jessica Lin Hi everyone! Summer is finally here and I’m so excited for the sunny weather! What reminds you of summer? I think of pools, ice cream and acai bowls, which is the inspiration for today’s card. Most of my creations are more advanced with lots of tools and techniques, but I thought today I would do a simple card with just stamps and inks. Skill: Beginner Time: 30 minutes Directions: Step 1: I’m using two stamp sets today: Sweet Strawberry and Berry Blessings. I stamped the fruit outline images with VersaFine Clair ink in Nocturne. This is my favorite black ink! Today’s card is a ..read more

By Kathi Rerek It’s summer, which makes me want to go to the beach to cool off in the ocean and pretend I’m a mermaid. Let’s make a card that fulfills those dreams using inks, stencils, and stamps! Skill Level: Intermediate Time: 1.5 hours 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 ..read more

By Ceal Pritchett Today I am sharing a card that uses VersaFine Clair inks to create a dramatic sunset. You will need to gather the following supplies to recreate this card. I have them pictured below. Skill: Advanced Time: 1 to 1 ½ hours Directions: Step 1: Cut the window die out of black cardstock. Step 2: Using the large stamp in the layering stamp set, place it near the bottom of the panel and ink one third of the top portion with Cheerful ink. Next ink the middle portion with Pink VersaColor. The bottom portion should be inked with Charming Pink and Glamorous.  The very edge of th ..read more

By Helen Gullett Hello crafty friends! This time, I want to share an idea on how you can personalize your own marker bag simply using Fabrico Markers and stencil. It is a fun project. You can do it in your free time and it is quick because the markers do not require a long time to dry. For my project today, I got the fabric bag from a craft store and I picked just one color to use but you can pick any color you want to use depending on the stencil design you use. Skill: Intermediate Time: 30 minutes Direction: Step 1 Pick a plain fabric bag that is made to be personalized. You can iron it if ..read more

By Monica Edwards Welcome back to the Imagine blog. Today, I will show you how to use your VersaColor ink cubes to make a fun and creative background to celebrate America’s birthday. Skill Level: Beginner Time: 30 Minutes Approx. Directions: Step 1 Take a sheet of white cardstock cut it to 4×5 (set aside) Step 2a Take your VersaColor ink cube in Neptune and blot the color onto the stamp.  I applied the blue to the kids, grass border and bit of the flag.  Step 2b Next, I blotted on some Memento Luxe in Love Letter on the flag.  This will give you the two-tone color stampi ..read more

By Ceil Pritchett Hello crafty friends! It’s Ceal here. Each year I have my family over to celebrate July 4th and I send out invitations, this is the invitation for this year, and I am sharing how I made it. Skill: Intermediate Time: 30 to 45 minutes Directions: You will need to gather the following supplies. Red and blue ink, stamp/stencil set, celebrate word die cut, VersaMark ink Hologram MBoss embossing powder. Step 1: Prepare the paper by using a anti-static tool, then ink up the background stamp (fireworks background used here)with VersaMark ink and stamp on panel. Step 2: Cover the p ..read more