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Hi, welcome to day four of the 30 mixed
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media card challenge. It's using all
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those craft supplies you've got at home.
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It's just different ways of using them.
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And today's card is this one here. If
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you want to find the other videos,
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you'll find on screen in the description
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below or on my channel. But today, we're
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going to work on this one.
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So, for this card, just find yourself
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some nice paper that you really like and
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then you can rip it up, cut it up, but
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we're going to use it to decorate the
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card. But before we do that, we're going
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to add some effects to the card. Now,
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one way you can do this is using ink
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pads and a little brush. Now, what
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you'll see here is these ink pads are
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not great. Um, but I wanted to try them
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out because I quite like the different
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colors. So, I'm giving that a go, but
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I'm not very impressed. So, what I'm
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going to do is go to my watercolor
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paints. Now, they're just ordinary
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watercolors like your children might
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have or you might use at home. Um,
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nothing special, nothing expensive.
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Choose the color you want and then just
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dab it on the page. So, you can see the
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card. I'm just dabbing it all over
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because I want this color all over. Now,
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obviously, what you could be doing here
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is putting one color in one place,
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merging colors together, whatever you
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fancy. So, I'm going to put that ready
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orange color all over because I think it
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goes with the poppies nicely on the
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paper. So, what you're trying to decide
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is what sort of color background you
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want with your paper. And you can also
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be thinking about how much of it you
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Do you want your color very soft? What
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I'd call wishy-washy, in which case have
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plenty of water. If you make it quite
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dry, you're going to get this stronger
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color like I'm adding now. So, do play
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around with watercolors because you can
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get all sorts of effects and I am no
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Let it dry and then once you're happy
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with it, and again you could have added
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several colors, prepare your paper. Now,
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I fancy just ripping mine,
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as you can see, in sort of the shape of
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the poppies and then placing them so
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So, you might have put your paper in
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lots of pieces. You might just be
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sticking one piece on. It's entirely up
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to you. So, I'm going to stick them on
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just with the basic glue stick. Nothing
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The whole theme of these cards, this
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whole series, is being able to do it
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with your basic crafting supplies and
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not needing to go out and buy a thousand
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new things. So, if you're enjoying it,
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please give me a thumbs up and then
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it'll spread to more people. And as you
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can see, I'm just lining that one up
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And I've made the decision to put the
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And it is just a case of gluing them and
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smoothing them down. Obviously, you
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could use any glue. I just think most
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people have a glue stick kicking about,
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especially if you've got children in
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school. Or is that only in the UK they
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require them to have a glue stick and
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stick things in their books? Perhaps
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So, get that one in place. So, you can
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see they've overlapped and I'm quite
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And then I'm going to add some more
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detail. I think it needs a little bit
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more just just to bring the background
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together with the foreground.
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So let's go back to the watercolors.
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Let's get rid of the bulk of the water
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So now I'm going to go back to the same
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color I did before and I'm just going to
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add a bit of detailing on the top. For
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me, I think that's just going to bring
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the foreground and the background
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together. And obviously, you could use
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lots of different techniques and
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sweeping and maybe a sponge, but I'm
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just doing a few dots. And for me,
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that's the card finished. I may add a
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greeting later um because I don't know
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who's going to get this card at the
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moment. But that's the beauty. I can
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just keep that all ready and add a
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greeting later. Good luck with your
