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Hi, welcome to day eight of the mixed
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media craft card challenge. 30 days.
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I've set myself 30 cards. So, we're
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going to use all those craft supplies
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you've got, things around the home. And
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this is the card we're making today. So,
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So, all I'm using is some ordinary card.
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Now, it could be a card blank you've
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bought or just a piece of card you've
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folded in half. Mine's 7 in x 5 in 5 in,
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but you can do any size you like. And
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all I'm going to do is take some acrylic
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paint and cover the front. Now, I quite
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like the brush strokes. And you'll see I
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keep adding water so it's not just one
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solid mass of dark purple. Uh you could
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use watercolors. You could use pencil
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crayons, felt tips. It's entirely up to
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you, but I'm just trying to get that
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block of color um as a base and then we
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can build on top of it.
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And as I say, I like those vertical
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And then to add a little bit of detail,
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I'm going to take some yellow acrylic
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paint. And then I'm going to add that
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So the first thing I'm going to do is
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use some bubble wrap. You know the stuff
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that your parcels come in. And I'm just
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going to put a little bit of the yellow
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acrylic on there and then use it like a
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little stamp just to give some texture.
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I'm not being fussy about how much goes
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on or indeed how hard I press it on. So,
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we'll get some different effects. So,
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gently, we'll get those nice spots.
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Press it on quite hard, you'll get the
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paint in between. And if you don't keep
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putting more paint on, you get less and
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less. And then I'm going to use an old
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cotton bobbin, but you could use a
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toilet roll or indeed anything you've
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got around the house. So, go get looking
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and use it to simply make some circles.
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Now, you can go find things of different
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shapes and use them as little stampers
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like that. Do you remember cutting out
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potatoes to give you the shapes you
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wanted? Well, it's the same idea. And
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I'm just adding it in one corner as I
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think that's quite sweet. And to build
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up, which is all we're doing here is
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just building up more effects to give it
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more depth. I'm using a stencil and I'm
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purely using a black mark pen. So, it's
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not dramatic. It's not going to make a
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huge difference, but it's just adding
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that bit more detail. I'm just adding
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some little flowers. I just quite like
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Then next I've got some tissue paper.
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Now tissue paper is great to put on
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because if you just put a thin layer on,
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you can actually see the color through
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it as well as getting the effect of the
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paper. So I'm just going to use some
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decopage glue, which is a PVA glue,
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and just glue that down.
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And just glue that over the top. And
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when it dries, you'll be able to see
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through the tissue paper to the purple,
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but also be able to tell the tissue
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paper's there. And I rather like that
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effect. So that's why I've put a square
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of that on. So I do encourage you to
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experiment with tissue paper and doing
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effects like that. And I'm going to glue
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on these flowers. Now, I've had these
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flowers so long and I never use them. So
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I'm just using some multi-purpose glue.
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You could use your glue stick. You could
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use your PVA glue. The reason I've gone
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for a multi-purpose glue is because I'm
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going to put some little tiny stars in
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the middle as flower centers and I've
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realized as I've done this and decided,
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oh yeah, I better talk over it or you'll
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not have a clue. I didn't film the
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stars. So, I apologize in advance when
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they appear as if by magic. But that's
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why I've swapped to the multi-purpose
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glue. You just use whatever glues you've
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got and whatever you've got to stick on
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the front. The only reason I'm using
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these is because I've still got them
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after a long, long time. And I do think
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they go well with the purple. But then,
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as if by magic, the centers appear. So,
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I apologize for that.
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And then, finally, I'm just adding some
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washi tape. Now, if you've never come
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across it, it's fabulous. You can get it
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in so many designs and it's so
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inexpensive. And I'm just going to put a
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strip up that side. I just think it adds
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a certain balance. And then it's time
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for a greeting. Now, you can get these
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greeting greetings that I'm using for
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free off my website. There'll be a link
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in the description and on the screen.
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And you could add any greeting you like
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and wherever you like. I like to use
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these little foam pads to raise it up.
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But you could just stick it straight on
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with whatever glue you've been using.
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So, I hope you've enjoyed making your
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card along with me, and I hope you're
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feeling inspired, and you're going to
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use your supplies to get creative and
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make something that's special to you.
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So, good luck with your card and
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hopefully I'll see you in the next
