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Hi, and welcome to day three of the
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30-day mixed media card challenge using
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those craft supplies that you've got
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hanging around. So, today we're going to
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be making this card. So, let's get
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started. I'm just using an ordinary
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piece of card that's folded in half, so
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you can do it any size you like. This is
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7 in x 5 in. And I'm going to start by
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taking an ink pad and just running it
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around the edge just for effect. Lots of
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different ways that you can do this. And
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if you see the professionals, they will
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show you all sorts of tools and
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techniques to make sure you get a really
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quality job. All I'm showing you is if
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you've got an ink pad, you can just run
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it around and there you go. Might be a
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little bit more rough and ready, but
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that's sometimes the effect you want. So
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that's what this series is all about,
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not needing a thousand craft supplies.
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What we are doing today is some
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stamping. So whether you've got stamps
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or not, I suggest you watch and see what
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you think cuz maybe you'd like to have a
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go. And I'm going to use these stamps
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that you apply to an acrylic block. It's
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much cheaper and much more flexible. So
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you can see I've got the flower there.
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And all you do is stick it onto the
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acrylic block. It just holds itself
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there. You just place it on. And then
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I'm going to cover it with ink using my
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ink pad. And because it's on a clear
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you can place it exactly where you want.
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There's no guessing. There's no
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wondering which bit it's overlapping
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with. And then there we go. A nice
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flower print. So obviously you could do
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that with lots of different things. So
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don't think stamping's difficult.
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There's easy ways of doing it. And I'm
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going to show you now by adding my
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message, my greeting, thinking of you as
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a stamp. So normally you'd just use
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another block or clean it all up, but
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I'm just going to carry on to show you.
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So, I've now applied that to the block,
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and you could see how easy it was to
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take one off and put the other one on.
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The only difficulty I've got is picking
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it up off the table. Um,
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and then I can place it because I can
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see through the block. So, I can place
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it perfectly directly over my flower.
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Bit of pressure. And there we go. And
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that's how easy it is. So, that's one of
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the skills I've included in this video.
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And I'm now going to make some 3D effect
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at the bottom just using a PVA glue and
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tissue paper. And all I've done is tear
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up my tissue paper into small pieces and
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then I'm going to stick them on. Now you
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could draw a design, draw leaves, stems,
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whatever you want. I'm literally just
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gluing them on. And you'll see I'm
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folding them up. Deliberately getting
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them screwed up a bit. And that's to
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give a bit more texture.
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So you can imagine kids would love doing
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this to a card. So it is a great one to
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involve them with. And I'm just going
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for an overall green effect down here.
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So I've sped the the film up a little
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bit so you don't get too bored. But as I
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say, you could do a fancy design. You
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could do sky, clouds, anything you
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wanted using your tissue paper. So, if
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you're enjoying this video, could you
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give me a thumbs up so it spreads to
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more people? And then we can all be
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making cards, even though we're not
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really card makers. And then once I'm
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happy that I've got enough done there,
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I'm going to turn my attention to the
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stem. And I could just get a green
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marker and draw a stem on. That would be
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absolutely fine. But I think I'm going
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to go for more 3D by rolling up some of
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this tissue paper to form a stem. Just
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going to try and get it nice and tight
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because I don't want a really fat stem.
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I'm not sure it's going to be long
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enough either. So, yeah, I'll do two.
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And I'll stick them both on and that'll
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give me a little bit more texture on
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And because they're tissue paper, even
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though they're rolled up, they won't
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take much gluing down. And you won't
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need any specialist glues. You can just
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stick with your PVA. Mine's an actual
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something called a decopage glue, but
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any PVA glue will do it. Oh, it's very
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green. So, I'm just going to rinse it in
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my water, get that brush rinsed, dry it
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off a little bit, and then back in the
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glue. So, I'm just going to dab some
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exactly where I want the stem to be.
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And then the other one.
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And then I think yeah, a little bit more
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glue. And just make sure it's completely
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pressed down, completely covered. And
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there's the card. So I hope you've
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enjoyed it. And I hope you'll enjoy
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having a go at those two techniques and
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making your own flower card today.
