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Hi, and welcome to day 22 of the 30-day
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mixed media card challenge. If you want
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to find all the others, they're in the
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description below, on the screen,
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wherever. But today's card is this one
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here. So, let's get started. You're
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going to need a large piece of card that
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you folded in half or a card blank.
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Mine's 7 by 5 in this card. And then
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you're going to need some buttons.
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So, you could use any card blank or any
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piece of card, any colors you like. I've
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gone for white just because I think it's
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nice and and bold with the little little
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flowers. What am I talking about? Little
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buttons that are going to be our
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flowers. Just arrange them however you
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like. And just a little word of warning,
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if you're thinking of sticking anything
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on like a greeting, just position that
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before you glue anything down. Um I've
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got some free greetings if you'd like
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them. So there'll be a link on the
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screen in the description below and you
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can print those off. And then you're
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literally going to glue those buttons
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down. I'm using a cool melt glue gun,
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which is just like a hot melt glue gun,
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but the glue is a little bit cooler and
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doesn't burn your fingers. But you could
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use a multi-purpose glue. You could
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probably even use a glue stick, but they
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wouldn't be as secure. It's just about
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getting them to stay on there. And it's
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your pattern, your design. Just think a
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little bit about where your stems are
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going to go. If you put any of the
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flowers above the others, you might have
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a stem that runs behind one, and that's
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that's fine, but just give it a little
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And once they're all in place, we can
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give them stems and leaves. So, I'm just
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checking my little greetings going to
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fit. And it has one of those sticky pads
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on the back, and I've kept it far too
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long, and it's no longer sticky. So, if
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that happens to you, just do what I'm
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doing. Apply some glue and use it
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anyway. There's nothing wrong with the
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greeting or the topper. It's just the
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glue on the foam pad.
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And then that's in place. Let's get some
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stems. Now, I'm using a fine green pen.
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You could use more of a marker pen. It's
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all to personal choice, but don't use a
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ruler. You want your stems to look
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natural. So, they're all going to curve
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a little bit. They're going to curve
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different ways. I tend to take mine
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right down to the bottom.
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And then I don't have to worry about
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what they're in. They're just flowers.
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And I think those stems are a little
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narrow. So if you've got stems and
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you're not happy with them, just go over
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them with your pen. You can see I'm just
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coloring it in basically and making it a
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bit stronger, a bit more prominent.
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Obviously, if you're using a thicker
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marker, you're not going to need to do
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that. If you're enjoying this card,
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please give it a thumbs up. And if you
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like making cards, I've got a whole
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selection of these, all very, very
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different. I do recommend you take a
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look. So, I'll link to that as well.
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Now, once I've got stems, I like to add
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my drawing is not great, so I just stick
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to nice little simple leaves just like
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that one. And you can add as many or as
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few as you like to your stems. And
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you're just going to keep repeating this
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all the way along them all
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and building it up. And what you'll see
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with your leaves is that you might go
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back later and add them. It's the
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overall composition that you're trying
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to get to look how you want. So don't
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feel fixed that, oh, I finished that
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stem, I can't go back to it. Because of
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course you can. And it's worth sometimes
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just stepping back, having a look, see
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It's your creation. You could also add
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petals around your flowers if you wanted
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around your buttons, which is another
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thing that you can do to create a bit
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more interest. I've chosen to just keep
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my buttons as the flowers, but you could
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draw petals. You could draw them to
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match. You could draw them to contrast
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You could add a background to this. You
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could have put a square or probably a
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rectangle of a different colored paper
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or perhaps a scene you printed off a
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field. Then you could add these on the
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front. This is just a basic card for you
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to go away and create whatever you would
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like. And once you've got those on,
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you're done. You've got a beautiful card
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that anyone would love to receive. And
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what I would say is you can use this
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technique for art as well. So, I'm just
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going to show you some button art that
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I've done. So, I've just done a simple
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picture just the same as the card. And
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I've also done one where I drew a heart
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and then stuck the buttons in the heart
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shape. And you can do that with anything
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you like. I do have a video about that
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which is linked on the
