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Welcome to day 18 of the mixed media
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card challenge. 30 cards using craft
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supplies you'll have at home. So today
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we're going to be making this card. And
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if you want to find any of the other
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videos, they're in the description
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below. But today, let's get started.
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I'm just using a piece of card folded in
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half. Or you could use a card blank if
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you have them. And I've simply cut lots
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of images out of a magazine that all
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relate to weddings cuz I'm doing an
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anniversary card. Now, you could do this
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style of card for another event and have
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different sorts of images in the
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background. But really, all I'm doing is
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So, whatever images you've got, whatever
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shape you cut them out, you can build
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your own collage. So, you can see all
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I'm doing is placing them on, having a
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go, having a feel, letting them overlap.
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So, don't be afraid to do that. Equally,
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don't be afraid to leave gaps. Or maybe
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even before you collage, you might want
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to color your card in. You might want to
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paint it, perhaps have a little design
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in the background that shows through.
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This is all about getting creative and
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doing your own card. You'll see I've
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left a little bit on the top of the card
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there that's not covered. And that's
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deliberate because I'm going to put a
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bit of detail in there, which I'll show
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you later on really towards the end. And
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you can see I've nearly covered it, the
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whole thing. And that's the idea for me.
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Now, you could leave some of the
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background showing, but I just wanted to
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cover the whole thing. And I'm just
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using an ordinary glue stick. Nothing
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fancy. It's just paper. And you could
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then add a greeting on top. And these
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greetings are available for free on my
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website. So you can follow the link on
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the screen or in the description below.
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But I want to cover some lace over. I
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think it makes it very weddingy. So I've
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got this very fine, delicate stuff here.
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It wasn't expensive. In fact, it was
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very, very inexpensive at a local fabric
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shop. Um, and I thought it'd be perfect
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for crafts. And I'm just going to cut it
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so that it approximately fits. I'm not
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too worried because I'm just going to
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make it so it pretty much fits. You
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could do a small piece of this. You
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could bunch some up and make a little
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decorative feature like a flower out of
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it, but I'm just going to cover the
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whole thing. Um, yeah, I'm just going to
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trim it down a little bit more before I
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put it on. But it's about your
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creativity. So, don't feel it has to be
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exactly the same as mine. just because
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I'm covering pretty much the whole
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thing. So, if you're enjoying this
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video, could you give it a thumbs up
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below so it spreads to more people cuz
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that's how the YouTube algorithm works.
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And you can see that's given a really
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nice effect. You can see the pictures
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underneath, but it's put a nice lace
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cover. So, I'm just going to use the
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same glue. And that'll be absolutely
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fine if you've got a fine lace like
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this. If you have a big heavy piece of
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lace that you're putting over a small
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part of the card, you'd probably need to
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use an allpurpose glue or a hot melt
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glue gun. But for some fine lace like
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this, it'll be be great just with the
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ordinary glue stick. And so let's pop
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Yeah, I like that. And then it's time
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for the greeting in the middle. So to
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give a bit of depth, I'm going to use
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the small foam pads, which I'm sure
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you've seen. Um, there is a list of what
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I've used underneath anyway, so you can
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take a look, but they just pop your
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greeting out off the card a little bit.
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And they're self adhesive on both sides.
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You just got to take the protective
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paper off and then position it where you
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want. I'm going for the middle. Depends
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what else you've got going on. And then,
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as I say, I've left a little bit at the
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top. Oh, hang on. That lace is sticking
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out. I'll just cut that off.
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I've left a little bit of card at the
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top and I'm just going to draw
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little sweet hearts, just cuz it's a
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wedding anniversary card. So, I hope
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you've enjoyed it and I hope you've
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enjoyed making yours alongside
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and that you'll enjoy this whole series
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of cards. So, happy card making.
