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This is day 30, the final day of the
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mixed media craft card challenge that I
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set. So, it's the last card we're going
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to be sharing. If you want to find all
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the others, they'll be in the
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description below, playlist shown on the
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screen, wherever. You can just go and
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look on my channel. So, it's the last
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one and this one specially for my mom.
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So, if you want to join me, let's get
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started and make one of these.
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You're going to need a piece of card
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folded in half or a card blank as your
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basic card. Mine's 7 in x 5 in, but you
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can make any size you like. And then you
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want some pretty papers. And that's all
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we're using here really. And you can see
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some pens if you want to draw on it. So
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I quite like to rip my papers up by
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putting a metal ruler on it and just
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pulling along and you get a really nice
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edge. Just gives it a bit more interest.
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That's all. Obviously, you could just
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get the scissors out and cut nice neat
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rectangles, but the whole concept of
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this card is built on lots of different
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rectangles, different sizes, and just
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glued in place. All I'm using is an
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ordinary glue stick. So, you've probably
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got one in your drawer somewhere, and
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it's a great way of using up those
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little bits of paper that you keep
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because you know they're going to be
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useful. You know, you're going to use
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them up, but you can end up with quite a
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stack of them. And this is a great way
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to get creative and enjoy using them.
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You can see here I've got some scraps of
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um handmade paper with a bit more
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texture. So, I've cut that with scissors
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cuz it'll not rip along the ruler quite
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so well or at least I don't find it
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does. So, I'm just putting my rectangles
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um all in the same direction if you
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like. I'm not doing them at jaunty
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angles. They're either vertical or
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horizontal, but you can experiment and
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do what you like. But if you stick to
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the same sort of color palette and just
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rectangles, you can't go wrong. It will
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Now, if you don't have a ready supply of
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scraps of paper left over, you can
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always get papers that coordinate by
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just getting one of these little
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booklets or something that I've got here
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where they all go together. And then you
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could just use those to build up
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whatever effect you want. Um, if you're
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enjoying this video, please could you
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give it a thumbs up so it spreads to
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more people. I need to try and remember
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to ask that in my videos. Um, but yeah,
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as you can see, I'm just carrying on
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with the rectangles. I'm back to using
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my ruler, but it's all really simple and
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straightforward. And I'm having them so
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they overlap, but I'm not worried about
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some of the white coming through at the
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back. I think it all just adds to give
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it a bit more detail, make it even
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prettier. And then what I'm going to do
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now is use this paper more than once and
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that will bring it together even more.
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So I'm going to add another bit of this
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in that top right. I think we'll see how
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it looks. What you will have noticed is
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this is really organic. I'm just trying
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them on, seeing where I like them, and
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then sticking them in place. So it's
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actually really relaxing to do. It's
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And then if you want to, you can also
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draw on it as I'm going to here. And I'm
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simply going to do some nice hearts. And
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I'm going to do them all over so it
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brings it all together. You can do
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shading, a bit of paint, whatever. It
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just can bring it together if that's
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what you like. And then it's simply a
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case of adding a greeting. Now, I've got
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lots of these greetings and you can get
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them for free from my website. So, I'm
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going to put a link in the description
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below and one on the screen. They're for
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all different occasions, not just for
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your mom. Um, so yeah, please feel free
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to go and get those and download them
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for free. And you'll see I'm sticking
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this on with the little sticky foam
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pads. Just gives it a little bit of
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depth. Makes a bit more interest on the
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card. And I just like that. But if you
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haven't got any, just glue it on with
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your glue stick. It's absolutely fine.
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And there we go. A really pretty card
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that I know my mom will love to receive
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in the post. So, good luck with your
