Tutorial – Mixed Media Masculine Cards
Method
I began by making myself a watercolour background. I added blobs of paint to the 12 x 12 before spraying water over out. I let it run in various directions before blotting off the excess. I dried it off with my heat gun before repeating with another colour. I used 3 colours in total.
Once my paper was finished and dry, I began adding random stamping around the page in black ink.
Next I added more stamped images but this time using the wow embossing pad and bonding powder as I wanted to add some colour and sparkle using the wow foils
I used different coloured foils. Also, my 12 x 12” cardstock was textured so added a grungy texture to the foil. The photos below really don’t do the pics any justice, the sparkle is amazing.
Once I was happy with my background, I cut it up into 5.5” x 5.5” pieces to add to card blanks. I matted one on white cardstock and one on kraft card stock.
I die cut out a bunch of grungy shapes and painted them to match my watercolour background.
Then I began to layer up the cards with patterned paper, cardstock, the die cuts and embellishments
Card 1
Card 2
Hope you like how the cards turned out after my experimental background making session.
Thanks for looking! Sarah
Materials
AALL & Create stamps #336 bold alphas, #338 Background Noise
IndigoBlu Stamp – Bubbles background
Wow Bonding powder
Embellishments such as dynamo tape, badges, calendar tags, clear stickers, Washi tape
6 x 6 card blanks in white and craft
A4 card stock in white and craft
12 x 12” white cardstock
Patterned paper, dotty
Water spray
