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Welcome to day 21 of the 30 mixed media
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card challenge. All these cards can be
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made using supplies you've got at home
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in your craft stores and you'll find
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them on the screen or linked below. And
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this is the card we're making today. So,
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let's get started. You'll need a piece
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of card whatever size you would like and
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fold it in half or use a card blank if
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you buy those. And to start with, we're
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going to mark out our geometric pattern.
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Now, you could do this in pencil and
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then go over it later, but I'm just
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going to go straight away with the pen.
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I'm just using a fine liner black pen,
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and I'm making it up as I go along. So,
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if you've got some particular design in
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mind and you want to be really careful,
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feel free, but you can just get creative
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and go for it. And you'll see I'm not
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measuring those lines. I'm not working
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out that they're all the same gap. I'm
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not even making sure they're parallel.
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I'm just doing it all by eye. And that's
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sort of part of the pleasure of this
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And this is only one way of doing a
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geometric card like this. What you could
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do is use masking tape to mark off the
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lines like I did in some artwork on some
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canvas, which I'll link on the screen
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and in the description below. But I'm
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doing it this way this time. And all I'm
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going to do is use acrylic paint. So,
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I'll just put some paper down so I don't
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get the paint on my desk because I'm not
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a particularly tidy worker and I want to
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get to the edges. And I'm just going to
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use quite a small brush and literally
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just color those shapes in. Now, I'm not
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the best. And I'm going to go over the
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lines. If that's a really stressful
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thing for you, then I recommend using
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the masking tape thing. But if you quite
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like painting coloring in and you want
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to try and stick between the lines and
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you're not worried if you have a little
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bit of a rough edge, then you can do it
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this way. So, the reason I chose to do
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it this way on the card was cuz I'd done
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it the other way on my canvas and I like
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to share different ways of doing things.
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Um, this can also be really good to do
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with children, getting them coloring in
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and staying in the lines and doing
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straight lines with their their
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So, it's entirely up to you, but you can
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see what we're going for is the big
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blocks of color. I'm also doing it all
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orange. Nothing to stop you going
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I'm just really using it as a backdrop
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to put some more detail on over the top.
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I've also left the card closed, which
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means there's a danger I'll get paint on
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the back of the card. So, what you can
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do is open the card up and and just
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color on the front, and you'll be sure
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you won't get any on the back then. So
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again, these are all things that are up
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to you. It's really important that you
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do your crafting your way and you enjoy
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So once it's dry, it's time to add some
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detail. So I'm just using some black.
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Again, colors entirely your choice. And
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I'm just going to flatten it out just so
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that I've got it ready to use a shape.
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And all I'm using is the center out of a
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toilet roll just to give me some nice
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circles. Now, you could look around and
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use what you like. Perhaps you've got
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the top of a pot or a um what the word
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I'm looking for? A bobbin out of your
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thread, anything. But obviously, we all
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tend to have toilet rolls around. And
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then you're just adding that wherever
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you like, as much as you like. You could
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even squeeze the toilet roll and make
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them not circular. So you could do a
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And then I'm also going to get a little
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bit of paint on the brush.
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And just dab it on and give a little bit
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more of the Oh my goodness. Right.
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Emily's going to help with this card. I
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hope nobody minds. She seems to think
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she needs to be involved.
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So we'll just have that little ginger
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tail flicking and hopefully it won't get
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in the paint. Equally hopefully she
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won't knock the water over. You'd think
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a cat would be very graceful. This one
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could be a little bit clumsy. So, if
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you're enjoying this card, please give
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me a thumbs up. Oh, I think she's
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Oh, maybe not. Um, so that it can spread
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to more people and we can Oh, Emily,
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really, we don't all need to see your
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bottom. I think she's just hanging
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around now. She's just trying to be
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Maybe she's going to go. So, you could
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leave it there. I mean, you could be
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quite happy with that, but what I'm
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going to do is add some watercolors in.
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So, I'm just going to get a little bit
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of watercolor and dab that on just to
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add another layer, another bit of
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detailing. So, you can see those little
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dots that I'm putting.
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And I've just gone for very similar
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color to the orange acrylic to be
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honest. I'm just adding more detail. And
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this is where you're getting creative
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and artistic. I'm not artistic at all
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and I'm managing. So, you certainly can.
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So, I hope you've enjoyed it and you
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feel inspired and that you're going to
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make your card using geometric shapes.
