Create a trio of fancy tags that will brighten the top of any Christmas gift or package.
In this video, Lisa shares experimenting with pigment inks, dye inks, and watermark inks to create unique looks over heat embossed backgrounds.
Sending a handmade card is a thoughtful practice. Give someone a Thank You when they have invited you to a special party, gathering or gave a special gift.
Running out of time for your holiday cards? Make a stack super fast with 3 colors of Delicata Inks and a holiday-themed embossing folder!
In this video, Lisa shares experimenting with pigment inks, dye inks, and watermark inks to create unique looks over heat embossed backgrounds.
A fun quick project of taking a wooden tag, adding holiday stamps, and heat embossing to create not only a gift tag but a Christmas ornament as well.
Create Modern christmas cards with Memento Luxe inkers.
Learn how to ink up your own color palette with Kaleidacolor un-inked ink pad.
Hi everyone, today I am showing you how I swatch out my favorite ink colors for my handmade Christmas cards.
In this quick ink swatching video, I used the Waffle Flower Swatch Stamp and Die set for Kaleidacolor Ink Pads to show how these multicolor inks can be used throughout the year.
See how to use StazOn ink pads to customize Window Cling Vinyl to wrap a mason jar for homemade bath salts.
Choose Delicata Sapphire Blue for a deep, shiny color result on gift tags that can be attached to any winter gift. The Mboss white embossing powder, in contrast with the deep blue stamped snowflake, enhances the sentiment.
Kaleidacolor ink and large sponge daubers make a great pair! Especially when making a wintery, snowy background. Add in some clear matte embossing powder and VersaMark Dazzle ink and your card is complete.
Keeping with my Berry, Blue and Silver theme I wanted to make wrapping paper and matching gift tags this year! The limited color palette is very aesthetically pleasing when grouped together under the tree.
Although red, green and gold colors are the most representative ones of Christmas, the last couple of years, I am quite fun of blue that combines so nicely with the silver and contrasts the white. Stars are favorite shapes of this season and using Delicata Sapphire Blue on lighter shades of blue, using MEMENTO bahama blue, give more depth on the card.
I love making easy Christmas decorations using my crafting supplies. And nothing beats the feeling when you can get your nieces and nephews together to help. This year I chose red and green with a touch of aqua and the end results are simply stunning and vibrant.
Hello crafty friends, today I am sharing a snowflake shaker ornament that you can use to decorate your gifts and/or Christmas tree. To create this, I am using a shaker dimension set with a snowflake design, VersaMark Clear Ink and Mboss Blue Icicle.
I love using VersaColor with large sponge daubers to get the perfect blend every time! You can make multiples of this card for any holiday in no time and everyone will think you spent hours on them.
It’s that time of the year to kick making into full gear. It is easier to create when you narrow your focus and choose a color scheme to work with. This year I have chosen Berry, Blue and Silver. I knew I wanted to make some “Mail-able Ornaments” for my far away friends. MBoss embossing powders are just the ticket!
Sometimes you just need a quick card or even set of cards to give as a gift. This background is the perfect way to create those at this time of year! And all you need is cardstock, painter's tape, and an ink pad!
Very soon it is the time of the year again when we start wrapping Christmas gifts for our loved ones. A handmade gift tag makes the present even more special! These adorable Christmas penguins by Joy Clair are the perfect addition to your personalized message.
Create a Winter Wonderland background using Clear Artist Creative Medium, StazOn Pigment ink and clear glitter. I love how the sparkly background shows off the Joy Clair Christmoose.
Use one stamped background for two cards with Joy Clair Stamps and Memento ink.
Create a snowy winter glow with Memento and inkblending.
Watch my video tutorial below to see how I used Memento Inks and a mask to create a wintery Christmas scene. Enjoy!
I am not normally a fan of green, but layered together with some shimmer this color is a real neutral gem. Use it for Thanks Giving and Christmas or all through the year celebrating mother nature.
Learn How to make a custom make up bag with a fabric liner using All-Purpose Inks. Download a free PDF!
Learn how to make a quick and easy Holiday card with a simple woodblock Snowglobe stamp. We love this clean and simple card design using a variety of stamping inks.
Christmas is quickly approaching so I have stocking stuffers on my mind. I knew the instant I saw the Deer Friends stamp set from Joy Clair it would make a perfect little magnetic playset.
Create a lovely gift card holder for the holidays using Memento Markers and Delicata ink in Emerald Green.
Rinea foil is a fun product to work with, but because it is a nonporous surface it can be a bit tricky to stencil on. I am sharing three different ways to add stenciling to your foiled projects in my video tutorial today! They're all different and have different results, so everyone can find something that works for them!
Create a Warm Wishes Holiday Card with a Mason Jar element.
The metallic shimmer in Delicata inks is perfect to create a shimmery winter background. Watch my video below to see exactly how I did it. Enjoy!
Doodlestix, embossing powder, and Fireworks spray team up to make the most wonderful wintery background for the cute snowman! I really love making impressions with stamps in embossing powder. You can get some very exciting and sometimes unexpected results. The Doodlestix worked perfectly to help create a swirling winter snow scene for this mixed media card.
I adore blue and silver as a holiday color scheme (or any time of year, for that matter). I created this card with a frosted-looking inside scene (courtesy of Creative Medium mixed with VersaColor) and a fun spinner element in the front-panel frame. The Rinea foiled paper is sturdy enough to hold its shape, even when cut so delicately, making this card a real display piece for the holidays.
For today’s card, I used the Sparkle Embossing Powder to create the beautiful snowflake on a bright red cardstock. This is a perfect project to be mass-produced for your Christmas cards.
Creating a monochromatic card was easy when using some Delicata Celestial Copper and Copper Embossing powder. Watch my video below to see exactly how I did it.
Today, I show you how to create a simple overlay background with Rinea foil paper over a Fireworks Shimmer Spray background for a Christmas card. In addition, I teach you how to use a simple masking technique to double your stamping effect as well as Memento markers to create dimension. Enjoy!
I created a wintery background with Doodlestix, a Gelli Press, All-Purpose Inks, and Fireworks sprays from Imagine.
Die cuts and a few choice supplies combine to create this darling little gingerbread house garland. Not only is it perfect for the holidays, it’s an ideal craft to let kids help decorate (after the embossing is done!) See how I make this holiday craft.
Stamping over Delicata Inks with another ink like VersaFine Clair or Memento Inks creates such a cool shimmery effect.
Watch my video below to see exactly what I mean. Enjoy!
VersaFine Clair Ink and large sponge daubers make great patterned background papers for all of your projects! Check out this video to see how I used them to make a beautiful, distressed background for my Christmas card and matching envelope. The colors are so rich and vibrant and create the perfect matching set.
These cards use patterned stamps that are not holiday-specific and simple shapes you can cut with basic dies, punches, or even just scissors. These simple shape cards are also perfect for crafting with kids in preparation for the holidays!
Ink is not just for paper. You can use it on fabric, metal and more specifically Polyform clay. You can use inks to transform polymer clay projects into a wide variety of pieces. Use ink to simply color your clays projects, use with stamps to add designs, or blend it into the clay to create a new color clay.
Seasons Greetings! I am sharing this Kids Craft project that is totally up my alley because my children and I make crafts together all the time. So my daughter and I put on our thinking caps and came up with this sweet Christmas Lights card.
Using Neon Radiant Amplify on holiday cards is a fabulous way to create a snowy effect. On my card today I used Amplify in white with a stencil and some Dark Brown Shimmer Delicata Ink. I am really loving how the pinecone on my card looks like it is flocked with snow!
Neva shows you how to use StazOn inks to color votive glass.
Embossing is the easy way to create texture in papercrafts. But, did you know you can layer different embossing powders on the same paper? Double embossing is simple, fun and you only need to understand embossing basics to achieve this cool effect.
This project was inspired by some gorgeous wire, metal, and glass lanterns we spotted in a shop last year. They were not for sale (more’s the pity), but that never stops a crafter—at least not for long! With some paper maché houses and the help of shimmery Delicata inks, these holiday houses have a perfect patina of aged metal.
I suffer from a nearly lifelong love of poetry. Okay, the suffering? Not so much. The thing I love about poetry is that a single, simple wellturned phrase can take me someplace far away. Such is the case with much of the poetry by Robert Frost, but especially with his poem, “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening”.
Everybody loves Christmas cookies! With Christmas right around the corner, I love to have several decorated kraft bags at hand to give my homemade cookies to family, friends or teachers. A pretty packaging makes the cookies taste even more delicious, doesn’t it?
It is so fun to create a beautiful ornament during the busy Christmas holiday. I often craft hand-made gifts for friends or co-workers to celebrate the season, as well as new ornaments for our personal Christmas tree. This Vertigo ornament is also perfect for an ornament exchange and is easy to produce with just a few supplies and tools.
Gift this lovely DIY box. Perfect for holidays, birthdays, anniversaries and more!
Despite winter’s chill, there are two things warming my heart these days: Christmas fun and the upcoming SciFi goodness of both Star Wars and Star Trek. Since I have quite a few fellow geeks on my Christmas list, I thought--why not combine the two? After all, what’s colder than space? This card is also perfect for any long-distance holiday greeting, space-fan or not.
I live in the Northwest and one of my favorite things to see is snow layering the fir trees up in the mountains. Add a crisp moonlit night to the mix and it’s magic! I managed to capture some of that feeling using stencils and Creative Medium.
This tutorial is about Creative Medium and using it to produce amazingly textured designs. This box is Christmas-themed but these keepsake gifts can be made for any occasion..
I love the scent of gingerbread baking on a cold, frosty day, so I wanted to evoke that feeling in an art piece. I also think that red and green are kind of overdone during the holidays so in keeping with the gingerbread idea, I decided to stick with that color scheme too.
One of my favorite holiday traditions is the choosing of the Christmas tree! We could take the easy route and go to a lot and select a pre-cut tree but it so much more fun to traipse around acres of trees and find the “perfect” tree. Well, I think so anyway, don’t ask my husband.
Create personalized stockings for each member of your family. Today I wanted to share two different techniques for creating fun stockings for every member of your family!
It’s always nice to have little gifts on hand for last minute gifts. These “charming” dog tags can be made quickly and depending on the jewelry findings you add they could be used for necklaces, earrings, charm bracelets, zipper pulls, or even key chains.
Burrrr, who’s a better authority about the cold than polar bears? Nobody I know! Use Amplify in White on this holiday card!
Christmas is soon coming and I really like how much depth and dimension can be achieved by using the vibrant and lovely colors of Kaleidacolor inks. Perfect for Holiday season :)
Hello Imagine Crafts friends. Tags are all the rage this time of year, so I wanted to show you how you too can make a tag with just a few supplies. Super easy to make and it will look G O R G E O U S on your gifts this year.
Or maybe you are not a tag person…turn it into an ornament instead! :)
I just love the Mother of Pearl look you achieve when using Iridescent Creative Medium, but wanting more choice of colors, I made my own. With the wide arrange of inker colors to choose from, you can make new colors until your heart is content.
When we were asked about holiday traditions in our family I instantly thought of cookies. Since I can't share cookies with you over the net I thought I'd do the next best thing.... share how to make holiday cookies into Faux Ceramic Glazed Ornaments instead!
Who says you can’t add texture without the bulk. This card is jam-packed with all sorts of fun textures and dimension both real and faux to create a treat for the eyes and hands.
Create interesting backgrounds using resist effects with StazOn Studio Glaze. It’s quick and easy and the effect is amazing. For this Vintage Christmas card I used a blue and brown combination with white resist giving this card a lovely old world feel.
Cathy Andronicou shows you how to knock out multiple cards in one go. This stunning and time saving technique will have you creating wonderful holiday ready cards in no time!
For International Day of Peace, I wanted to create something airy, with a positive mood subtending this sad situation. There is confusion but also hope everywhere.
For those of us in the U.S. the Labor Day weekend is a marker as the end of summer. If you are fortunate enough to be invited to a party of some sort you'll probably want to bring a small hostess gift. This little bag fits the bill!
Is your husband or son still thinking your hobby is just for women? I've made a men’s shirt, perfect for summer time, that will convince them otherwise! Since Martin (my husband) has seen it he’s attended to my colors, stamps and stencils in a whole new way. This shirt is a great way to involve everyone in your crafting endevours.
Baerbel Born uses Fabrico Markers on fabric to create fun cross stitch patterns and designs without sewing – fun project for the entire family!
A few days after we were asked to do an upcycling project I got hold of an old and ugly plastic picture frame. This technique using Creative Medium and Embossing Powder is very easy to do and gives a true metallic retro effect.
Use Creative Medium with three different application techniques to create your own stunning gift box.
This was a class that IMAGINE Crafts taught at the Winter 2015 CHA Show featuring our newest releases.
Savannah O'Gwynn adds a little bit of VersaMark ink, a touch of embossing powder and some heat setting to take simple greetings to the next level.
Baerbel Born transforms a blank clock kit from RubberMoon Stamps into an antiqued masterpiece! For an added bonus, watch Baerbel create a simple, custom gift bag for the clock that can be easily adapted to any gift. Watch the video!
Leave it to Savannah O'Gwynn to show us just how easy it is to create gift boxes and note cards that are perfect for any occasion.
Upcycle those old lightbulbs into this fun and festive ornament created by Artist In Residence Tina McDonald!
Savannah O'Gwynn shares with you how to create these fun Santa cards using VersaFine ink along with irRESISTible Pico Embellishers and Tsukineko markers.
Simple stenciling and stamping techniques create this festive card.
Learn how easy it is to transform ordinary into extraordinary with IMAGINE Crafts sprays.
Add a new dimension to your Holiday greetings with GooseBumps and Shimmer Spritz.
Use this fun upcycling project for fun home decor pieces for the Holidays.
Create your own jewelry organizer from an old picture frame.
Simple and fun, these postcard invitations will be the talk of the party!
A CAS card made with VersaMark, Gold Embossing Powder and Dreamweaver Stencils.
Make an eye-catching necklace out of light-but-sturdy Vertigo. John is here to show you step-by-step how to create this fun necklace that was inspired by our Artist In Residence Kazuko Kocho.
A little Brilliance ink goes a long way in this clean and simple card for the holidays. Easy to make to send to all your family and friends.
It's easier than you think to decorate fabric -- check out this video tutorial for step-by-step instructions.
Get creative with the irRESISTible Pico Embellisher to make your own ornament featuring Tinkerbell. This would be a fun project for decorating around the home or office for any time of the year.
Use Dew Drop Inkpads as both inks and stamps to create a 3-D looking Christmas tree and wreath.
Create a frame of die cuts for your scrapbook.
Adorn your tree with this holiday ornament.
Create this versatile project that can be used as a bookmark or even as a home decor piece.
A card with an ornament made from Vertigo expresses the feeling of the holiday season.
Blend Memento Inks to create a denim look on cardstock.
Make a large batch of these cards for holiday greetings that will impress everyone on your list.
Add a special touch to your holiday gifts with a handmade gift tag.
Emboss, die cut and ink Vertigo with StazOn Inks for a lovely ornament.
Share some sparkle with this gorgeous, detailed holiday card.
Ink a die cut flower for a beautiful center to a holiday card.
A lovely holiday/winter themed card.
Handstitching adds a beautiful accent to this card.
Brilliance Inks in Starlite Silver and Galaxy Gold are the perfect accent for this holiday card.
Creative Medium in Shimmer adds sparkle to this decoupaged box.
For this Christmas card, use a masking technique to stencil the ornaments in two colors.
Add sparkle and glimmer to some pretty patterned wintery paper for a lovely Christmas card.
Multiple patterns combine for a festive wintery card.
Transform plain white cardstock into a colorful hanging tag with embossing and inks.
CAS greetings with a Monterey Pine embellishment colored a gorgeous red with Memento Luxe ink.
Take an old photo -- or a new one -- mount it on canvas, and dress it up with color.
An Eiffel-tower themed winter card.
A simple, cheery card to ring in the season.
