Tutorial - Mixed Media card

Hello :)

As promised I have a Mixed media card tutorial for you today :)

The card was made using this months Colour Inspiration Pom Pom.

Here's what you will need :

Card blank (any size)

Cardstock cut slightly smaller than your card blank

Cardstock die cuts (I used butterflies and flourishes both Tim Holtz dies)

Modelling paste

Stencil 

Cheesecloth

Ink or paint (I used Dylusions Ink Sprays)

Heat tool (optional)

Embellishments ( I used a paper rose, chiffon ribbon, die cut flourish, punched leaves and butterflies, crystal pins, flat back gems and a little more cheesecloth) 

Stickles or glitter glue

Adhesives (PVA or matt medium)

1. Adhere cardstock die cuts to the cardstock along with some cheesecloth.

Allow to dry or dry with heat tool.

2. Once dry add modelling paste through a stencil randomly over the piece.

Allow to dry or dry with a heat tool.

You are aiming to get lots of texture so don't be too perfect!

3. Using your chosen inks add colour to the piece. I choose just two colours from the Dylusions range.

Blend the colours using water and dab off any excess with kitchen towel. When you are happy with the colour allow to dry or dry with a heat tool.

I have a video HERE which shows how I add my inks.

4. Adhere the piece to your card blank.

Add your embellishment cluster to the piece. I tied two bows with chiffon ribbon, added the rose to the centre of the bow then added some cheesecloth, punched leaves, pins and flourish.

I added 3 small punched butterflies to the left side of the card, finishing them off with a small flat back gem.

Finish off the card with a touch of Stickles around the edges, on the rose and butterflies.

Please feel free to share this post on Pinterest etc.

If you would like to share your completed card please leave a link in a comment and I'll stop by.

Thank-you for stopping by

Have Fun!

Michele :)

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Mixed Media Weaving Card Tutorial

Hello :)

I have my DT card for this weeks C4E Recipe Challenge to share with you today.

I remembered to take photos along the way so I have a quick tutorial too!

All the challenge details can be found HERE.

My card this week is a mixed media birthday card featuring paper weaving.

First step was to weave some strips of pattern paper. These papers are from a Tim Holtz paper pad which I'm not too keen on.

I wove strips of 1/2" paper on to a square card base, sticking the ends of each strip with glue.

As you can see it's not perfect lol! I missed some weaves! 

But I was going for texture rather than perfect weaving.

A coat of Gesso, not too thick I still wanted some pattern to show was added next.

Next, using black Stazon ink and a script stamp I randomly stamped over the piece.

I then added Modelling paste through a stencil and let it dry.

Using Lime green and Black Dylusions I coloured the piece. When that was dry I added some Gesso circles using a bottle lid and some silver accents using Viva Decor Inka Gold paint.

The chipboard cog was coloured with Viva Decor Maya Gold Silver paint and the small black card cogs 

were coloured with the Silver Inka Gold. Some wrapped wire and a sentiment finished off the card before adding it to a card base.

You can still see some of the pattern and colour on the paper weaving.

Although the weaving was a little fiddly overall the card was fairly quick to complete.

If you have any questions please leave a comment :)

Have a wonderful day

Thanks for stopping by!

Michele :)

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Use some scraps

Good morning :)

Today I have my DT card for the C4E recipe challenge to share and a quick tutorial :)

The challenge this week is to use up some scraps, my paper scraps are sorted into zip lock bags in colour groups and size.

I pulled out various pieces in a variety of sizes, then began to adhere them to a piece of white cardstock (A5 size).

For this piece I stuck with pink tones. 

It's all very random, no uniform shapes or sizes, just cut and stick until the cardstock is covered.

At this stage you can add some stamping if you wish. The piece I used for my card had some random stamping on, this pink piece did not.

Once it was dry I got out the sewing machine, threaded it with a burgundy cotton and using a straight stitch, stitched over the whole piece in random directions. 

Because I knew I was going to be cutting this up I gave the back of the cardstock a coat of Matt Medium, this was to ensure the stitching didn't unravel when it was cut up.

I worked on several pieces at the same time using up lots of scraps!

I forgot to include the red one in the photo sorry!

I trimmed a section for my card, matt it onto black cardstock and added a handwritten sentiment to finish.

After the card was made I diecut some shapes to use as embellishments for other projects.

So now I have a little stash of diecuts ready for future projects and a lot less paper scraps lol!

If you have any questions please do leave a comment.

If you would like to join in with this weeks challenge hop over here, and please feel free to use this tutorial for your entry :)

Thanks for stopping by have a great weekend!

Michele :)

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Inky Fingers Layout

Good morning :)

My project this week is an un-named layout I did for a C4E workshop recently.
It is also my DT project for this weeks C4E challenge ~ Inky Fingers! You can enter the challenge and see all of the gorgeous DT creations HERE.

I have used Dylusions Ink sprays and stamped with Stazon ink over a Gesso background of cardstock shaped.

The cardstock shapes gave the background lots of depth and interest.

 

 The little girl in the photo is my niece at my wedding nearly 6 years ago, so she's grown a lot since then lol!

I have a second layout to complete to make this a double spread of my two nieces who were flower girls.

 I didn't use much paper or embellishments for the layout. There are some inked flowers, painted chipboard flourish, crepe bandage, tracing paper, 1 piece of DP, wood veneer leaves and some flat back gems.

 I love Dylusions ink sprays! You can have the really bright colours or tone them down to make pastel shades. I did a quick video tutorial for making the pastel shades with Dylusions very bright colours you can see it HERE.

I will be teaching two workshops tomorrow at the C4E all day crop a gorgeous passion flower class and a 3 hole pamphlet stitched journal. There are a few spaces left, if you would like to join us email me at crafts4eternity@aol.co.uk

Have a lovely weekend

Thanks for stopping by!

Michele :)

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Bake Them flower tutorial

 Hello everyone  :)

As promised I am back today to show you how to make the fab flower from the Bake Them! layout.

Here's how to make the flower

 Cut about 8 circle shapes from double sided pattern paper.You can use any circle punch or die such as scalloped circles, doilies or plain circles for a more masculine look like mine.

Fold each circle as shown in the photo above.

Punch a 1" circle from some cardstock and adhere the folded circles to it carefully lining them up.

The number of circles you need to complete the flower will depend on their size.

Add a brad or button to the centre of the flower to finish.

These would look great finished with a chipboard centre too!

Have fun!

Michele  :)

C4E R#8 - Easel Card Tutorial

Hello everyone :)

I hope you have had a great week :) 

This weeks Recipe challenge has been posted HERE and this week we are asking you to make an easel card.

There are a few ways to make an easel card here is how I make mine.

EASEL CARD TUTORIAL

You will need two pieces of cardstock - 6x12" and 6x6"

1. Fold the 6x12" cardstock in half to make a 6x6" card base. Open the card and fold the front in half towards the centre (spine) of the card.

2. Add adhesive to the card as shown and attach the 6x6" piece of cardstock so that the bottom is adhered to the card base and the top is free as shown below.

3. Your card should look like this

4. Decorate both the base and front of your card.

You will need to add something to the base for the top of the card to hold the top of the card upright this can be almost anything, chipboard, buttons, flowers or sentiments.

Here are a few I have made recently.

For this card I used a decorated scallop circle to support the card.

You can make any size or shape easel card. I used Nestibilities dies to create this one.

For this card I used a rosette on the base for the card top to sit behind.

Visit the challenge blog to see more fabulous easel cards.

Now it's your turn! share your easel cards HERE to be entered into the prize draw. This week we have a fabulous prize from DeeDee's Designs!

Have Fun!

Michele :)