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Welcome to day 28 of the 30 mixed media
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card challenge. Um, I hope you've seen
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all the others. If you haven't, they're
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in description below on the screen on my
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channel. You'll find them. But today,
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we're going to be making this card here.
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So, let's get started. The first thing
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you're going to need is a piece of card
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folded in half to form your card or a
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card blank if you buy them. Now, mine is
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going to be 7 in x 5 in, but you can
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make this any size you like. And I'm
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going to use paint. Now, I've opted to
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use these watercolors that work really
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well and merge well together. And then
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it's really just a case of choosing your
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and getting a little bit. You can use
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the watercolors that you get in a
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palette, in a tray. Um, you could use
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acrylics. You can use whatever paint
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you've got. I mean, this channel is all
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about crafting on a budget. So, look
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what paint you've got available and give
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it a go. And as you can see, I've run
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from green through a reddy orange, a
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yellow, and hopefully a brown, but
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clearly I've never needed to paint brown
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before. And I've squeezed it too tight
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to get the lid off. Oh, I've got in a
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mess. Never mind. Let's put that to one
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I'm just going to get a brush, a really
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simple basic brush, and I'm just going
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to stipple, which means I'm just using
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the ends. I think stipple's the right
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word, but I'm no painter.
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And I'm doing an arc of brown and then
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the red. And make sure you overlap them.
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If you're going for a similar effect to
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me, you want to make sure you're doing
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some of the color on top of each other.
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And when it comes to the yellow, I've
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not let the red dry because I want them
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all to merge together. If you want a
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clear line, you have to let each color
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dry. But the effect I'm going for is all
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merged. So, I'm keeping it all wet at
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the same time. And you can see how
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I'm just going over making sure it's
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done. And then I've added a 3D element
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by getting some decopage glue, some PVA
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glue, an old napkin, a paper napkin, and
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just getting one layer of it. So, if
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it's two ply, open it up. And then just
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putting small pieces on. And you can see
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I'm not getting them flat. I'm getting
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them creased. And that's to give that 3D
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effect. I'm not going to cover the whole
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thing, but you could do. I'm just going
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to cover it all over the brown and the
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Just to give another dimension to it.
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You could, of course, not do this at all
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and just leave those colors and then
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carry on with me without adding the uh
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paper napkin. Once it's dry, you need to
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trim off any bits that are straggling
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over. And obviously, if you didn't do
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the decopage of the paper napkin, you're
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Anyway, just about here. So, we can
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So, the next thing I'm going to do is
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add some detail down the left hand side.
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I think I'm trying different angles, but
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I think I'm going down the left hand
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side. It's a tried and tested formula.
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And it's just some sticky um fancy tape
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that I've got really. And I'm just going
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to stick that down the left hand side.
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Any sort of washi tape would be great
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for this or a piece of ribbon, anything
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to just add some detail.
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Obviously, I'm just going to have to
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take it off to length,
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but I think that looks really nice.
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And again, at any point, you can decide
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your card's done. Maybe you don't want
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all the detail I'm putting on there.
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I'm going to use some old paper from a
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book. I have a few books that were just
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going for pulping and I ripped bits out
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of them. uh old encyclopedias and
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dictionaries and I just think they're
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going to look really nice stuck on
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there. Now, you might have card toppers,
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you might have something that matters to
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you, something that means something to
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you. And if you do, you could be
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sticking that on this card, but again,
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I'm just going to use the PVA glue. Um,
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this one's called a decopage glue, but
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it's just PVA glue really. And I'm just
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going to stick it under and over the
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paper so it seals on. You could just as
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well stick it on with a glue stick. Use
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what you've got available. Get creative
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at this point. Add whatever you want. I
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mean, you can see how this is becoming
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um a more in-depth picture, a more
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in-depth card. You you can see all the
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detail that's gone into it. We've not
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hidden it all. It's all still there, but
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we're just adding something else.
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Perhaps you could use a book that means
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something to the person you're gifting
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the card to. You could print something
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off the internet that means something to
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them. And at this point, you might be
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or you might decide to add a bit of
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detail around the edge using an ink pad.
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If you've watched the other videos,
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you'll see I often do this at the
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beginning. And this time, I decided to
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do it at the end. So, I hope you've
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enjoyed the video and that you feel
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inspired to make your own card with the
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supplies that you've got at home.
