At Impress, we love sharing creative ideas for making handmade cards! Enjoy looking through the archives at some of our
favorite projects from seasons past. Let them inspire you to create your own one of a kind handmade greeting!
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Warm
wishes
The winter images shown here have been discontinued but the basic card
design is a fun one that shows a great way to use the mini clothespins. Stamp the solid
bar with chocolate brown ink and then attach the clothespins with crafter's pick. It's our
favorite glue for a project like this, the paper will tear before the clothespin will fall off.
Items used:
Crafter's Pick
4813E - thick stripe
Clothes Pins - natural
Encore ink - honeydew |
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Circle
Card Invitation
The circle cards are fun to work with. Here we used
one willow one and one natural white one to make a party
invitation for the holidays. The base of the card is
the willow circle. Layered onto that is a natural
white circle that has been folded so an equilateral
triangle remains in the center. We cut a triangular piece of green
vellum to overlay the image.
Items used:
4538B - invitation
Brilliance ink - rocket red
Encore ink - honeydew |
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A
Christmas presence . ..
Click on the card to see the surprise inside. What a fun
photo card. The present was made by stamping two of
the blocks on a rectangle of white cardstock. The
bottom block was masked off and the holiday cheer stamp
was multiple stamped over it. Three sides of the
block were cut around with an exacto knife, the remaining
edges were scored. A picture was then glued behind
the box opening. At this point two slits were made
at the top and bottom of the box for ribbon to pass
through.
Items used:
4835B - holiday cheer
4836C - small rectangle block
4545C - rectangle block
4747B - wishing you
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Three
Presents
We love to use the blocks in creative ways. Here three
different sized blocks were stamped with gold and merlot
inks. After masking each block, word stamps were
stamped over them. Notice how the words are offset
so they appear to wrap around the box. Slits were
made for the ribbon and each box was then wrapped with
different but coordinating ribbons.
Items used:
4546A - small rectangular block
4545C - rectangular block
4547B - block
4835B - holiday cheer
4831B - merry christmas
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Peace
on Earth
Stamp the oval with Encore honeydew ink, stamp your favorite image with Colorbox merlot and then color in with prismacolor
pencils. Mount onto a piece of printed text weight
paper and then onto a rectangle of crimson cardstock.
Items used:
4838E - fat oval
Colorbox ink - merlot
Encore ink - honeydew |
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Mitten
Card
The stripe stamp is one everyone should have in their
stamp collection. It makes a great background and
adds wonderful detail to a card. Imagine the mitten
card without the stripe. It wouldn't be near as
interesting. The white snowflake was attached with a metallic red eyelet. The bow was glued
on with Crafter's Pick Glue.
Items used:
4813E - solid stripe
Eyelets - metallic red
Encore ink - honeydew
Brilliance ink - white |
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Our
Best Wishes . . .
Stamp the rectangle block using Encore honeydew ink four
times to start this card. Then stamp the diamond
background on a colored tag. Edge
the tag on three sides with a pinking scissors.
Mount the tag onto the card with double stick mounting
tape so it will stand out a little from the card.
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Items used:
4759F - diamond pattern
4548C - rectangle block
Encore ink - honeydew |
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Happy
Holiday tag
These tag cards are quick and simple to make. Stamp
the snowflakes and blocks with a gold pad. Then go
back and stamp the fun winter images over the blocks of
gold. Finish off the card with a bit of ribbon to
add a festive touch. These tags fit in Memory Box
slim envelopes.
Items used:
4547B - block
4821D - happy holidays
4723B - snowflake
Encore - gold
Colorbox ink - merlot, alpine
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Beaded
Hanukkah Card
We started this card by inking and stamping a solid block
with Encore Champagne. We then glued
on beads using Crafter's Pick to
represent candles.
Items used:
Brilliance Ink - mediterranean blue
Fabriano Cards
Encore Ink - champagne |
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Swirl
Star Tree Card
Don't forget to use the idea of attaching a tag to a card for an embellishment. We love to use our favorite silver
metallic cording to further enhance the project.
Items used:
Impress Ink - olive green
Metallic Cord |
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Holiday
Happiness
Colorbox olive and ruby were used to make this
contemporary card. After the two images were stamped two
small red and clear beads were
glued in place to accent the sparkle designs.
Items used:
Crafter's Pick
Colorbox ink - olive, ruby
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Rudolph
the Red Nose Reindeer
Ink and stamp the block stamp. Then take a snowflake stamp
and stamp it onto the inked block. This pulls
away the color on the solid block. Clean the snowflake
stamp and repeat stamp it 2 more times onto the block. Now
stamp the block onto the white cardstock. This fun technique
lets you create many different background stamps using your blocks.
Items used:
4589D - block
Sparkles - red
Silver paper
Encore Ink - blue, Colorbox - colonial blue |
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Sticky Stuff
Create holiday magic using a fun product called
Sticky Stuff. It's a powder that when heated, becomes
sticky. To make this card, first stamp an
image and color it in. Then take a block stamp and
stamp it over the image using Versamark ink. Apply
the embossing powder as usual. Heat it until it gets
shiny and then sprinkle on the prisma glitter for a
perfectly shaped oval that sparkles!
Items used:
Sticky Stuff
Prisma Glitter
4838E - Oval Stamp |
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Heavenly
Joy
To make a card like this, use canvas white PolyShrink.
First lightly sand the Polyshrink. Then stamp your image
onto it using black Brilliance ink. Color the image with prismacolor pencils and cut it
out. Use a heat gun to shrink the plastic. A stencil was
cut out of paper and blue ink was applied to the edges to
create the clouds.
Items used:
PolyShrink - Canvas white and Sanding blocks
Silver paper
Prismacolor pencils
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