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Welcome to day two of 30 mixed media
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cards to make with your craft supplies
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at home. You don't need to be a
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specialist card maker, but every time
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we're doing a different card. So, today
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we're going to be working on this card
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with some really simple techniques that
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you can adapt with all the materials you
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have. Okay, so let's get started.
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This card couldn't be simpler. It's
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literally sticking, cutting, and
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sticking. It's great to do with kids,
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actually. is using decopage. So, you
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just need a PVA based glue. You might
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get a decopage glue like Modge Podge,
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but to be honest, any PVA glue, and you
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cover the front of your card with the
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PVA glue, place on some bits of paper
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and cover them over with glue to stick
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them down. And that's it. Now, the idea
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I've got here is using old book pages
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and old music notes, so you get a really
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vintage feel to your card. Now,
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obviously you could use whatever you
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want. Um, another great source for cards
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like this is magazines and newspapers,
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especially if you want kids to make
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loads of them. But, as you can see, you
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just keep adding your glue to the card,
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place your piece of paper, and then glue
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over the top. Now, I tend to make sure
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they all overlap, and I'm going to make
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sure the whole front of the card's
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covered, but again, it's your
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creativity. You could leave gaps. You
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could do some stamping, some painting,
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some coloring in anything you like. But
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as you can see, I have done a sort of
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basic plan of right, I'll do some music
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to the left, music to the right, and
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just try and make it a little bit uh
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but that's up to you. You don't have to.
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Another idea is to use wedding pictures.
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If you're wanting to do a wedding cards,
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you could take them from wedding
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magazines and broches and things. um or
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even use photographs, but just be a
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little bit careful that you don't make a
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mess of your photos. Remember, they'll
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be quite thick unless you print them out
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yourself, in which case you might make
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the ink run. So, just be a bit cautious
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with photos. But you can see this is
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building up. And you could even add more
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layers. You could do what you wanted. Um
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so, I hope you're enjoying this and
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please give me a thumbs up below if you
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are. This is only card two of 30, so
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we've got lots more ideas coming.
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And I'm hoping that you'll see how easy
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they are. And it is literally using
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supplies you've already got. And you'll
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notice as I'm getting to the bottom,
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there may need to be a little tweaking,
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a little cutting something down to go
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in. So, I'll just do that and then leave
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it all to dry. And that's the front of
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the card done. And then it's a case of
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adding a greeting if you want to. Now,
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if you want some of the greetings I've
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got for free, there's a link in the
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description below and hopefully on the
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screen if I'd remembered. And I like to
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stick my greeting on using the little
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sticky pads that raise it up to give you
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a bit of a 3D effect. You could, of
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course, just stick it straight on using
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your PVA glue or a glue stick. And I've
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gone for happy retirement. And I think
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that fits nicely with the old music and
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old book pages. There's certainly a
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whole raft of people that would be very
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suitable for. So, I hope you've enjoyed
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it and if card three is available
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already, it'll be on the screen for you
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to watch now. And I hope you'll join me
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for the series. There's a whole playlist
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and the link will be in the description
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Happy card making. You really can do
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this without loads of specialist
