Vertigo Christmas Gift Box with StazOn Inks

 

Vertigo is a beautiful translucent material to use in creating projects, in today's tutorial there will be tips and hints to make your project shine!  The perfect ink for this box is StazOn,  and is the only ink that will dry on Vertigo and other plastics. 

 Skill:  Intermediate

Time:  1 hours

Step1:

 

Vertigo can be cut with scissors OR with a simple die.  Complex dies do not work well with most plastics, vertigo included.  This particular box needed 8.5" by 5" section of Vertigo, 12" x 12" sheets can be purchased directly from Imagine Crafts website.  Recycled packaging may be substituted for Vertigo, however the results will not have the stunning effect the the patterns that Vertigo provides.   The Pebbles pattern of Vertigo was used for my box.

Step 2:

 

Place a few drops ink from StazOn Blazing Red inker on a plastic surface to use as a palette.  On the INSIDE  of the box use a cotton swab to color each of the pebbles from the center out.  A little goes a long way with the translucent colors. 

Step 3:

 

Metallic StazOn ink is slightly less translucent than the other colors.  To capture more shimmer apply a drop or two of StazOn Metallic Gold on the INSIDE of the box and move the ink with a cotton swab to color around the pebbles.

Step 4:

 

Continue to add StazOn Metallic Gold ink to cover the remaining areas of the inside of the box.  Set aside to dry, as the Metallic ink is a bit thicker and takes a longer to dry. 

 

Step 5:

The sentiment is stamped on the OUTSIDE of the box, keeping the interior of the box ink from lifting and to have the correct orientation.  Merry Christmas is stamped in StazOn Jet Black. 

Step 6:

Tear It! tape is perfect to hold the bottom of this gift box together.  Assemble box and determine the best placement for the Tear It! tape.  Unfold box and add Tear It! tape, my project called for five sections to hold the box in shape.

Remove Tear It! tape liner and assemble gift box.  Decorate with matching ribbon and fibers to close the top and keep your gift secure.

Art Supplies

Imagine:

Vertigo--Pebbles 12" x 12" sheet

StazOn Inkers--Blazing Red and Metallic Gold

 

StazOn Jet Black

 

Tear It! tape

 

Other:

Bakery Gift box die--Lifestyle Crafts

Cotton Swabs 

Sentiment--Christmas Blessings Taylored Expressions

Misc:  Gold Ric Rac and red fibers

Merry Christmas Warm Wishes for Retro Rubber

 Our last challenge of the year, and I am a bit late posting!  Please do check out the rest of the wonderful designs by the Retro Rubber Design Team. 

I had some fun with very old Hot Off The Press papers and a sketch from Callmecraftyal Sheetload.  

• The Stamps of Life Hotcocoa die and hotchocolate2Stamp from November of 2017 where used to create the cocoa mug and whip cream.  
• The whip cream is stamped on white cardstock with Memento Tuxdeo, then die cut.  
• The Mug is stamped on red glossy cardstock with StazOn Jet Black and die cut.  Memento Luxe Wedding White is stamped in the center of the mug and heat embossed with white embossing powder.  
• A standard A2 card base has the layers of patterned paper layered along with green cardstock to finish the sketch.

Please do come and join us!

 CHALLENGE GUIDELINES

• We require stamps older than one year.  If we feel you are using newer stamps, you may be disqualified from the challenge without notification.
• New papers/dies are OK – but you must use at least one stamp older than a year and describe the age in your blog post.
• Please note that all challenges require the use of at least one stamp older than a year.
• Post your new creation to your blog or online gallery.   Use keyword RRCB197.  No backlinking. 
• Link back to the blog using the Linky Tools by the due date. 
• Enter as many times as you like. 
• Feel free to combine our challenge with a maximum of 10 challenges.  Entries linked to more than 10 challenges will be disqualified without notification.
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Tic Tac Toe Challenge for Retro Rubber

It has definitely moved from fall to winter in my part of the country in a hurry!   One day is was fall (Oct. 31st) and the very next day we had snow on the ground heralding in the winter!  But I put my fall thinking cap on to play with this fun Tic Tac Toe Challenge from Retro Rubber. 

 

I choose the top line to make a CAS card in about 15 minutes!

 

• To start I die cut the Taylored Expressions Flourishing Frame Cutting plate from tangerine cardstock.  I believe it was a freebie from 2021 Black Friday's sale!
• I used the center block from the die cut and adhered it with temporary adhesive.  Using an ink blusher I inked the edges in memento Luxe Morocco.  I tried to make it darker at the edges blending to a lighter color toward the center.
• The die cut is adhered with a new to me adhesive, Sticky Specks that I purchased at the Hillsboro, OR CKC.  It was super sticky, and helps keep all the little leaves in place.
• The sentiment is from Recollections Many Thanks, 2019.  It is stamped in Memento Luxe and heat Embossed in clear embossing powder to make it pop on the white background.  By stamping it slightly off center it left room for the final embellishment.
• A scrap of dotted yellow ribbon is tied in a bow and adhered with a glue dot.

 Easy peasy; Orange, die cut, and ribbon!  Please do join us at Retro Rubber, but first go check out the lovely makes of the design team!

CHALLENGE GUIDELINES

• We require stamps older than one year.  If we feel you are using newer stamps, you may be disqualified from the challenge without notification.
• New papers/dies are OK – but you must use at least one stamp older than a year and describe the age in your blog post.
• Please note that all challenges require the use of at least one stamp older than a year.
• Post your new creation to your blog or online gallery.   Use keyword RRCB195.  No backlinking. 
• Link back to the blog using the Linky Tools by the due date. 
• Enter as many times as you like. 
• Feel free to combine our challenge with a maximum of 10 challenges.  Entries linked to more than 10 challenges will be disqualified without notification.
• If your project is posted on a private group site such as Split Coast Stampers or a photo sharing site not all DT members may be able to comment.   Thank you for understanding.
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Ombre Just a Note to Make you Smile

 For the next two weeks the challenge at Retro Rubber Challenge Blog is to use the Ombre effect.  Blend inks, find an ombre patterned paper, have some fun!  Check out how the Design Team interpreted this challenge!  As you can see by the graphic, you may go in any color direction you wish!

 I went with one of my favorite colors, purples to create my card.  I actually used snippets left over from other projects to pull this card together once I had the background completed.

 

• Using a Imagine Ink Blusher I added color to one edge of white cardstock (4 1/4" x 5 1/2") and dragged the color into the rest of the card.  The first ink I used was Versa Fine Clair Fantasia.  
• To lighten up the ombre effect I switched to Memento Luxe Sweet Plum to finish the background.  A little Ink Potion #9 helped blend the colors.
• The add interest the card front panel was die cut with the Concord & 9th Quilted Card front die and the Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle Stackables.  
• Taylored Expressions Background (Original) Simple Strips Sentiment was stamped in Versa Fine Clair Nocturne and heat embossed with clear embossing powder, then die cut with the matching die.  The first set of Simple Strips was released in April of 2019.  It is mounted on two more die cuts to add a bit of dimension.
• One of the snippets from my stash with a pink strip that had been border punched with the Tonic Butterfly border punch.  It glued to the card front and trimmed at the edges.  
• A butterfly is cut from white cardstock using Cheery Lynn Design Exotic Butterfly, and adhered with a rolled up glue dot under just the body of the butterfly.
• Impression Obession Butterflies die is used to cut another scrap that had very similar colors to the purple and are adhered with 1/8" dimensional foam adhesive.  These also happened to be in my snippets stash.

Please do come play along with our challenge at  Retro Rubber Challenge Blog.  We would love to see your projects!

CHALLENGE GUIDELINES

• We require stamps older than one year.  If we feel you are using newer stamps, you may be disqualified from the challenge without notification.
• New papers/dies are OK – but you must use at least one stamp older than a year and describe the age in your blog post.
• Please note that all challenges require the use of at least one stamp older than a year.
• Post your new creation to your blog or online gallery.   Use keyword RRCB194.  No backlinking. 
• Link back to the blog using the Linky Tools by the due date. 
• Enter as many times as you like. 
• Feel free to combine our challenge with a maximum of 10 challenges.  Entries linked to more than 10 challenges will be disqualified without notification.
• If your project is posted on a private group site such as Split Coast Stampers or a photo sharing site not all DT members may be able to comment.   Thank you for understanding.
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Thanks for stopping by, your comments are always appreciated!

Fall Welcome Home Wooden Sign with Versa Fine Clair

 

In today's tutorial you will learn to create a super easy wood sign using the ever versatile Versa Fine Clair inks.  The Versa Fine Clair worked beautifully for this project that took just under and hour from design concept to completion!  The ink pads are nice and juicy, so the first stamp image was perfect every time, which is helpful when free hand stamping with out a stamp platform.

Skill:  Beginner

Time:  1 hour

 Directions:

Step 1:

 

Remove twine from the sign so it will lay flat on your work surface.  With lines on the sign already in place it was easy to line up the sentiment and acrylic stamp block.  Once the stamps are aligned, place a large acrylic block over the stamps lining up the edges to allow perfect positioning.

Step 2:

Stamp the sentiment in Versa Fine Clair Pinecone and heat emboss with clear embossing powder.  Gives the sentiment a bit of shine and keeps it from smearing!

 

Step 3:

 

Using and ink blusher ink the edges of the sign with Versa Fine Clair Cheerful.  Start from the outside edge and blend toward the center to create a slight ombre look.

Step 4:

Using and ink blusher ink the edges of the sign with Versa Fine Clair Summertime.  Start from the outside edge and blend toward the center but not as far as the Cheerful layer.

 

Step 5:

The leaf images are stamped using a very old stamp that features fall leaves.  The Oak leaf is stamped in Versa Fine Clair Acorn, the Aspen leaf in Summertime, and the Maple leaf in Tulip Red.  The sign can be heated with a heat gun, or set aside until the ink drys.

Step 6:

 

Replace twine through holes in the sign and display! 

Art Supplies

Imagine:

Versa Fine Clair--Pinecone, Acorn, Cheerful, Summertime, Tulip Red

Embossing Powder--Clear

Ink Blusher

Other:

Sqaure 7" x 7" wood sign

Recollections Clear stamps sentiments from 2020

Judi-kins Fall Leaves Cube

A 90's Thank You

We have been working through the decades at Retro Rubber Challenge Blog during the challenges of the year, now up for your crafting pleasure, the 90's.

I went to my card kit scraps that I keep from finished projects and found a few that would fit the 90's color scheme.

• Trim brown cardstock to 4" x 5 1/4".  Edge with Versa Fine Clair in Pinecone.
• Trim gold cardstock to 3" x 4 1/4" and edge with Delicata Ruby Red.
• Trim patterned teal paper to 2" x 4" and edge with Delicata Ruby Red.
• Trim red cardtock to 1 1/4" x 4 and stamp sentiment from Recollections Clear Thank You Stamps form 2019 in Versa Fine Clair in Pinecone.  The edges are also inked in Versa Fine Clair in Pinecone.
• Determine placement of sentiment strips and stamp leaf and berry images from Recollections Clear Thank You Stamps form 2019.  Delicata Red for the berries, and Versa Fine Clair Pinecone for the leaves.

CHALLENGE GUIDELINES

• We require stamps older than one year.  If we feel you are using newer stamps, you may be disqualified from the challenge without notification.
• New papers/dies are OK – but you must use at least one stamp older than a year and describe the age in your blog post.
• Please note that all challenges require the use of at least one stamp older than a year.
• Post your new creation to your blog or online gallery.   Use keyword RRCB193.  No backlinking. 
• Link back to the blog using the Linky Tools by the due date. 
• You may enter no more than 5 times. 
• Feel free to combine our challenge with a maximum of 10 challenges.  Entries linked to more than 10 challenges will be disqualified without notification.
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This was a very fun to create from the scraps in my card making file.  Please join us at Retro Rubber Challenge Blog and show us your 90's booyah style!

Versa Clair Fine creates a beautifully Stamped Sunflower

Versa Clair Fine is now my favorite pigment ink!  So versatile and allowed me to create a beautifully colored card in just a few steps.  This is one of the few cards that my husband has asked me to specifically make for a friend, it was easy to do with just a few inks, stamps, and dies!

Skill:  Intermediate

Time:  2 hours

 Directions:

Step 1:

 

Stamp sunflower images on yellow cardstock with Versa Fine Clair Cheerful and heat emboss with clear embossing powder.  Stamp leaf images on light green paper in Versa Fine Clair Green Oasis and heat emboss with clear embossing powder.  Die cut with matching dies.

Step 2:

Place flowers and leaves face down in matching shaping mold and mist lightly with water.  As the images are heat embossed, they will stay sharp and crisp.  Close mold and pressure emboss.

 

Step 3:

Remove flowers and leaves from mold and set aside to dry.  Once dry assemble flowers with On Point Glue, adding black glitter to centers.  (Not shown)  Set aside to dry.

Step 4:

Ink the edges of an A7 size card with and ink dauber and Versa Fine Clair Green Oasis.  Set aside to dry, as the ink is very juicy.

Step 5:

Sunflowers are a rustic flower, so corrugated cardstock seemed to be a good choice for a background.  Versa Fine Clair in Cheerful and Summertime are inked randomly on the corrugated cardstock with ink daubers.

Step 6:

 Ink the sentiment with Versa Fine Clair in Green Oasis and heat emboss with clear embossing powder.  Die cut with die from the Eyelet Frame Gateway set.  I trimmed off a portion of the sentiment, then edged the sentiment with Versa Fine Clair in Summertime.

Step 7:

Die cut a Border from the Regal Boarder set using light orange paper.  Gently shade the edges with Versa Fine Clair Summertime and an ink dauber.   

 

Step 8:

Adhere corrugated cardstock to base card with Tear It Tape!  Adhere border with On Point Glue  Adhere flowers with Tear It Tape!

Art Supplies

Imagine:

Versa Fine Clair--Cheerful, Green Oasis, Summertime

Embossing Powder--Clear

On Point Glue

Tear It! Tape

 

Ink Dauber

Other:

Light yellow, light orange and light green cardstock

Corrugated kraft cardstock   

Heartfelt Creations--Rustic Sunflower Stamp/Die/Shaping Mold, Regal Borders and Pockets Die, Eyelet Frame Gateway Die, Heartfelt Expressions stamp

Black Glitter

Die Cut machine

Stamp Platform

Thanks for stopping by!  The post from Oct. 11 you can see another way that I used these beautiful sunflowers, and the card looks totally different!

Anything Goes at Retro Rubber

 Everyone's favorite, Anything Goes for the next two weeks at Retro rubber.

I had a need for a quick birthday card for my mother-in-law.  Since we still have sunflowers blooming, I went with that theme.  I also had a few spares from another card that will publish on Oct. 21 for Imagine Crafts Design Team.  If you are interested in the tutorial to make the flowers you can check back later!

• Heartfelt Creations Sunflowers stamps, dies, and shaping mold are used to create the flowers.  VersaFine Clair in Cheerful is used for the flowers and Green Oasis for the leaves, both on complementary colored cardstock.  A quick heat emboss with clear embossing powder allows a mist of water in the shaping process.
• The background is stamped with the leaves in VersaFine Green Oasis, then pressure embossed with xxxx die.
• The Sentiment is from Heartfelt Creations and is stamped in VersaFine Cheerful on white cardstock and heat embossed before being die cut with a Spellbinders Standard Circle Large.  The edges are inked slightly with an ink dauber in VersaFine Clair Cheerful as is the card base.  
• After the flowers are dry, they are layered together, and wet glue is added to the center along with some black glitter.  
• The card is assembled using dimensional foam tape and glue dots to hold the flowers and leaves in place.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

CHALLENGE GUIDELINES

• We require stamps older than one year.  If we feel you are using newer stamps, you may be disqualified from the challenge without notification.
• New papers/dies are OK – but you must use at least one stamp older than a year and describe the age in your blog post.
• Please note that all challenges require the use of at least one stamp older than a year.
• Post your new creation to your blog or online gallery.   Use keyword RRCB193.  No backlinking. 
• Link back to the blog using the Linky Tools by the due date. 
• You may enter no more than 5 times. 
• Feel free to combine our challenge with a maximum of 10 challenges.  Entries linked to more than 10 challenges will be disqualified without notification.
• If your project is posted on a private group site such as Split Coast Stampers or a photo sharing site not all DT members may be able to comment.   Thank you for understanding.
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Tic Tac Toe Challenge for Retro Rubber

Tic Tac Toe boards are so much fun for creating cards, there is so much variety in the interpretations of the choices!  This is the board for Retro Rubber's Challenge:

I went with the diagonal of Stars, Pattern Paper, and Bling.  Technically I could also claim Stars, Die Cut, and Blue as well!

• The Patterned Paper is ancient, maybe over 20 years old, found in my 8.5" x 11" folders, it was made by Paper Patch.  It is trimmed to fit the front of an A7 size card 4.75" x 6.75".
• I have a favorite Spellbinders Cascading Stars die that was perfect, die cut in both white card stock and red glitter cardstock.  The red glitter covers the bling corner of the board!  It is a bit hard to see in the photo.
  
• A Double Fish Tail banner was trimmed from 1.5" cardstock.
• The Superstar is part of a stamp that says Superstar kid.  I masked the kid portion and stamped the image in Versa Clair Fine Glamorous.  It is made by Autumn Leaves Golden Moments by Maryanne Wise from 2006.
  
• Happy Birthday is from 2013 Hero Arts "It's Your Day", also stamped in Versa Clair Fine Glamorous.  Then the image is heat embossed with clear embossing powder.
• The edges of the banner are inked with a blusher in Versa Clair Fine Blue Bell.
  
• The die cuts are adhered with liquid Zig glue, and the banner with dimension foam adhesive.

Once I made my decision to use stars and bling the card came together quickly.   Please join us at Retro Rubber and play along with this quick and easy sketch!

CHALLENGE GUIDELINEs

• We require stamps older than one year.  If we feel you are using newer stamps, you may be disqualified from the challenge without notification.
• New papers/dies are OK – but you must use at least one stamp older than a year and describe the age in your blog post.
• Please note that all challenges require the use of at least one stamp older than a year.
• Post your new creation to your blog or online gallery.   Use keyword RRCB186.  No backlinking. 
• Link back to the blog using the Linky Tools by the due date. 
• Enter as many times as you like. 
• Feel free to combine our challenge with a maximum of 10 challenges.  Entries linked to more than 10 challenges will be disqualified without notification.
• If your project is posted on a private group site such as Split Coast Stampers or a photo sharing site not all DT members may be able to comment.   Thank you for understanding.
• Turn off Word Verification.  We love to comment but word verification can make that difficult.

Thanks so much for stopping by, your comments are always appreciated!

 

Kaleidacolor Fall Thank You

 

Learn how to make a vividly fall colored Thank You Card using Kaleidacolor ink pads.  There are many Kaleidacolor pads that are in the autumn themed pallet.  Even though this card is multi-layered it comes together in a short amount of time considering all of the inked embellishments!

Skill:  Intermediate

Time:  2 hours

 Directions:

Step 1:

 

Trim cream cardstock to 5" x 5" and center the overlay and stamp on the center rotation point of the Turn About Stamp.  Place on stamp platform to pick up stamp, and remove overlay.

Step 2:

Ink up the stamp with Kaleidacolor in Autumn Leaves with the green end of the pad and stamp the image.  Rotate the paper 90 degree to the right.
 

Step 3:

Ink up the stamp with Kaleidacolor in Desert Heat with the orange end of the pad and stamp the image.  Rotate the paper 90 degree to the right.

Step 4:

 

 

Ink up the stamp with Kaleidacolor in Cappuccino Delight with the brown end of the pad and stamp the image.  Rotate the paper 90 degree to the right.

Step 5:

 

Ink up the stamp with Kaleidacolor in Desert Heat with the red end of the pad and stamp the image.  Rotate the paper 90 degree to the right.  After I started the card I realized it can also be completed with two complementary Kaleidacolor pads, just by using opposite ends to ink the image.  Die cut the completed wreath with a circle die cut.

Step 6:

Ink the sentiment from the red end of the Kaleidacolor Desert Heat pad and stamp.

Step 7:

 

Die cut the sentiment.  The edges are then blended in with an Ink Dauber and the yellow end of the Kaleidacolor Desert Heat pad.  

 

Step 8:

 

More embellishment is added with included stamps from the set from various sections of all three Kaleidacolor pads.

Step 9:

Spritz a section of cream cardstock with Ink Potion No. 9.  This will allow the ink to spread more uniformly on the cardstock.  Generally glossy cardstock works best, but the rest of the card was regular cream cardstock, this is a good work around.

Step 10:

Using a 2" rubber brayer add ink liberally to the white cardstock until fairly well blended.  All three Kaleidacolor ink pads are used on one piece of cardstock with the intention to have several colors to die cut the coordinating leave dies.

Step 11:

 
Decorate the front of the 5" x 7" card front in the same way the sentiment die is inked and stamped in Step 8.  

Step 12:

Arrange die cuts from the brayered section of cardstock on the card base.  Use repositionable adhesive to pick up the edges of the die cuts and flip over the entire front circle wreath.  Add dimensional foam adhesive to secure die cuts in place.  (You will notice that the reverse side was the first try, however it wasn't the best, so it is simply flipped over and the other side was used.  You only see the mistake in the demonstration step!)

Step 13:

 

Adhere stamped wreath to card front.  Adhere the sentiment to the center of the stamped wreath with dimensional foam adhesive.

Art Supplies

Imagine:

Kaleidacolor--Autumn Leaves, Desert Heat, Cappuccino Delight

 

Ink Potion No. 9

 

Ink Dauber

Other:

Cream  Cardstock

Concord & 9th--Harvest Wreath Turnabout Set and Dies

Elizabeth Craft Designs--Stitched Circles

2" Rubber brayer

Temporary repositionable adhesive

Dimension Foam adhesive

Die Cut machine

Stamp Platform