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Welcome to day 16 of the 30-day mixed
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media card challenge that I set myself.
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Um, if you want to find all the others,
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you can find them in the description, on
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the screen, wherever. You know the form.
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But today's card is this one here. So,
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I'm using these paint samples that you
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can get from any DIY store. Uh, it
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doesn't matter what size they are. You
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can make them what size you want. You
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can cut them down. and just an ordinary
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card blank or a piece of card folded in
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half. And then you can just use them as
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they are, but what I like to do is rip
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the edges. I think it gives a really
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nice effect. Now, what you'll notice is
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the easy way I'm going to say in quotes
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to do this is to use a nice sharp edge
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like a metal ruler and just rip it down.
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Did you see how beautiful that was? If
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you try and take too little off, that's
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when you have trouble. And that's what
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you can see me doing here, wrestling
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with it. So, ideally, take a reasonable
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amount off and it'll just rip down and
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give you a nice nice edge. So, I'm just
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going to do that to all of them
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and then I'm ready. So, I'm going to
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think about where to position them. And
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at this point, you could stick them on
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and and that could be your design. And
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you can see I'm just thinking about
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laying them like that, but I want to get
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the background a different effect. So,
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what I'm going to use is watercolors.
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So nice and simple bit of water on the
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watercolor palette and then just color
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it in. You could of course use crayons,
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pencil crayons, acrylic paints. You
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could do some sort of stamping on there.
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You could do absolutely anything and
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it's a backdrop. I like watercolors
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because you get that different um
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effect. It's not just a a flat color.
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And I do like the brush strokes. And I
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also tend to leave the card closed which
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does cause a problem. You will see in a
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moment. What you could do is open the
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card up and put a bit of washi tape or
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masking tape down the center and just
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color the front. So, let that dry and
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then finalize your design and stick
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those cards on. I'm just going to use an
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ordinary glue stick and just stick them
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down flat. You could use the little foam
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pads and raise them up if you want that
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3D effect or use whatever glue you've
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got to be honest. And then it's just a
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case of gluing them all down where you
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want them. Now, obviously, I've thought
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a little bit in advance that I want to
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write a word on these. So, I've picked
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the right number. And again, just give
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that a little bit of thought if you do
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want to add more detail. If you're
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enjoying this video, could you give it a
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thumbs up so it spreads to more people
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and they can use up all those little
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little chips they get from the DIY
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store? Because we'll keep them thinking
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we're going to use them. And here's a
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great way to use them.
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So before I do my stamping onto those
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cards, I'm just going to put an ink pad
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around the edge of the card. I like the
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effect. So I do it on some of my cards
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and not others, but it does give a
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if you have an ink pad.
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And then I'm also going to use an ink
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pad on the actual cards,
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but I quite like the effect of drawing
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around the cards. So, I'm just using an
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ordinary black fine liner. Nothing
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fancy. And you can see I'm not using a
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ruler cuz I've gone for the rough edges
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on the cards. I think a rough straight
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And I'm just outlining them. You could
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add any detail you like with a marker
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pen, a fine liner, felt tips, Sharpies,
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anything you've got to hand. Just think
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it adds a little something. It's all
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about being mixed media and adding more
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detail and more layers. And then I'm
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stamps and an ink pad. Now, I've got
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some quite dry ink pads, so I pressed
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that in far too hard and got the extra
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bit as well as the L. And then I've
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learned, and so I'm just pressing them
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gently. If you're good at stamping, you
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will do much better than me. But as you
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can see, even if you've never done it,
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you can get a good effect. And you learn
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as you go along. And then there you go.
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You will have a card that you're happy
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with. Now, I mentioned earlier a little
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problem you can have if you paint it
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And you will see there's some paint
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So, the way you can deal with that is by
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adding more paint and but it looks like
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an effect or I'm just going to use my
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ink pad and run that down. And I'm just
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overlapping to the the front of the card
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quite well and just make it look like it
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was meant to be like that. A bit of a
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rough and ready finish, but I quite like
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that. And then there you go. So, I hope
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you've enjoyed this card and I hope
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you've been inspired to use up your
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little paint samples and enjoy.
