I chose her card for an adopting father as the best submission to the gallery for the month of November.
I love this card! What’s even better is that the beautiful medallion is created from “leftovers” or negative space from another diecut Gill was making. Great use of “scraps”!
Gill’s only had her CraftRobo a short time, but she has made some beautiful cards. Check out her member profile (with a link to her homepage) for even more great cards.
Make your own unique one of a kind stamps using your diecut machines! We have test cut this material on several machines, including a Wishblade, CraftRobo and Klic-N-Kut! If the video tutorial below does not load up, you can also try clicking the link directly HERE.
LINK IT UP!
Each month we will try to spotlight a favorite link in the crafting world that one or more of our designers love visiting!
This month, we would like to highlight a great resource for some wonderful pop up and decorative patterns you can use to create cut outs on your machines! Take a look at all of the great projects on Canon's Creative Park site! You can make these projects by creating Print and Cut patterns from their templates, or by selecting patterned paper and using their templates to create files of your own! Check out the holiday stocking box pattern and star box pattern! Click HERE to find hours of cutting possibilities!!
I'd like to tell you about one of my favorite scrapbook products.It is the VersaMark Watermark ink pad by
Tsukineko. This versatile ink can be used with embossing powders, pigment powders, chalks or to make
watermarks. When applied to cardstock it will turn it a shade darker, making it perfect
for adding shading to your cut outs. What I love about this product is that it makes the need
for a lot of different colors of ink unnecessary. With VersaMark you always have just the right
shade of ink! Of course the intended use of this ink pad is for rubber stamping but I found that
by using a small sponge and tapping it on the ink pad then applying it to the edges of the cuts that it gave it a nice shaded look. If you prefer to use chalks or pigment powders then applying the versamark
first will help them to stick better.
Another product by VersaMark is the VersaMarker. It is a double ended pen that is great
for adding details to your cuts. One end is medium point and the other is brush tip. This pen works the same
way as the Watermark ink, creating a tone on tone appearance. You can use this pen for shading, outlining or even journaling. I like to use the pen to doodle on my pages. You can draw on
your cuts and emboss for extra detail but embossing is not necessary, it just depends on what kind of look you are after. I prefer the VersaMarker over regular embossing pens because it goes on clear, not blue like
some other embossing pens on the market. This makes it possible to use it with clear embossing powder instead of
having to use a colored powder to cover the blue and you still get that great tone on tone look of a
watermark.
Here are some samples of different cut outs that I have used either the VersaMark Watermark Ink Pad or the
VersaMark Pen. On the "Swirling Snowflakes" and the "Snowflake Corner" I used the VersaMark Pen and was able
to apply the ink in such a way that it looks like the snowflake is behind or in front of the swirl giving the
cut more dimension, I then embossed with a glittery embossing powder. On "Hanging the Ornaments" I used the
point tip to draw designs on the ornaments and also on the ornament hooks and caps before embossing with silver
embossing powder. I also used the VersaMark ink add depth to the tops of the ornaments and the tops of the
letters in the title. Please note that the effect is subtle but when compared to a cut that has not had the
VersaMark ink applied to it you can tell that it looks flatter and without as much dimension.
To give your cuts more depth and dimension try using VersaMark Watermark ink and the VersaMarker!
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Sometimes getting the realistic feel of snow on your scrap and other craft projects isn't the easiest to acheive! There are so many products out there that can get you close to the look you want, but sometimes knowing how to use the product is the hardest thing to work through.
Carrie takes you through a step by step process of getting snow on her project in this quick and easy tutorial on applying snow! Check out the products she uses for this project and the great end results!
