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Welcome to day 20 of the 30-day mixed
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media card challenge. Making cards using
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the craft supplies that you've probably
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already got at home. If you want to find
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the other videos on screen description
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below, look on the channel. And this is
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the card we're making today. So, let's
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You're going to need a card blank or a
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piece of card folded in half. Now, I'm
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doing it such that my card is seven
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inches by five inches, but you can make
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it any size you like. It's entirely up
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to you. And I'm using watercolors. Now,
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there's two reasons I'm using
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watercolors. One is because lots of us
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have them. I mean, our children use
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them. Um, and they do give a good
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effect. And I'm using quite a fat brush.
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And I'm literally just stippling it on.
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And I'm just going to cover half of the
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card. And I'm doing it like this so you
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don't get such a flat color. So, the
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idea is it'll be a little bit more
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textured in appearance even though there
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won't be any texture there. Hope you
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know what I mean. And I'm just going to
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say I've just done it with the card as
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it is, but it is a good idea to put a
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piece of paper between the front and the
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back of the card so you don't get paint
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on the back. Now, as I say, I've done
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half of it red and now I'm swapping to
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green. I'm not letting it dry because I
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don't mind them merging in the middle.
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If you want a distinct line between the
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two, make sure that you let it dry
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before you add the next color. So, you
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can see they're sort of going on top of
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one another in the middle. And I'm quite
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happy with that. But it's up to you. And
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with all watercolors, if you add more
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water, you get a softer color, a lighter
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color. If you just have less water,
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you're going to get a stronger color.
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And once you've got all your watercolor
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on and you're happy with it, you just
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got to leave it to dry.
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And then I'm simply taking a piece of
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lace and gluing it on top. I'm going to
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use a PVA based glue. This one's called
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decopage glue, but it's basically just
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like Modge Podge or or similar. Just put
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a layer of it on top. Again, don't get
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too carried away because the glue is
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waterbased, so it's going to try and
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pull your watercolor paints off. Um, and
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then once you've got the lace down, a
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bit more of the glue on top. I'm just
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going to hold it down nicely. It's a
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light piece of lace that you can see
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through, so it's not going to take too
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much to hold it there. It's just giving
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And then it's going to be time for my
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topping in the middle. But one extra
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step you can do is if you've got ink
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pads, you can run them around the edge
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of the card and it just puts a border on
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the edge. And you can do it on just the
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front or you can do it on the front and
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the back. It's up to you. Hope you're
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enjoying this uh video. And if you are,
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could you give it a thumbs up so it
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spreads to more people, please? Thank
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you. So, you can see I'm put decided to
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put green all the way around. And I've
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decided to do it on the front and the
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back. It's all about personal preference
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here, and a lot of people don't like
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doing it at all. Some people will do it
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with um a pad rather than the ink pad.
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they'll use an extra pad with just a
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little bit of ink on it. So then I've
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got a nice little wooden Merry Christmas
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that I'm sticking on the middle. And if
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you're applying wooden ones, um an
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allpurpose glue is really good cuz you
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want it to hold. Um some of these wooden
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toppers can be a little bit heavy just
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for um a paper glue. So I'm just using a
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multi-purpose and I'm putting it in line
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with the line between the red and the
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green paint. I think that'll look best.
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For me, that's not got enough detail
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yet. So, I'm just going to do some
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stenciling, which is another great thing
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you can do on mixed media cards. I'm
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doing it very simply. I'm just using a
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black fine liner, and I'm just making
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Nothing too special, nothing too
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but it should look really pretty. And
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just add that detail. And you could do
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or you can choose just certain areas
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that you want to add a bit of detail. Um
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there are lots of stencils that you can
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buy. I'm just using one that I'd got
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already. Uh another thing you could do
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is do stamps here to add detail. You
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could even go on top of the lace. Um
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I've chosen to just stick to the
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corners. And then I'm going to use Pusca
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pens because they're really good paint
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pens. And they're just going to add a
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little detail. So I'm literally just
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using spots to add a bit more interest.
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And I just think it's going to bring
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you know, give them a bit more
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brightness, make them stand out a little
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bit more. And obviously you could do as
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many different colors as you wanted to
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here. So I'm adding a bit of red on red
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and green on green. And then a little
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bit of green on red and red on green.
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Oh, I don't know whether I've got all
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that the right way around, but I hope
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you can see what I'm doing. Um, but they
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are great for detail. So, I do recommend
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them and they are very vibrant.
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Um, yeah, let's get a bit of green on
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that red. So, I hope you've enjoyed this
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video and that you're going to make your
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own cards using your watercolors, your
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lace, your Pusca pens, stencils,
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toppers, and whatever else. And if you
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are making them for Christmas, have a
