How to add a mixed media look to your cards

 Hello Friends,

I would like to share a tutorial I made for Amazing Paper Grace Encouragement Community on Facebook in April 2021.

So it is not seen obviously however I played with modelling paste and some color painting and would like to share with you some tips.

I started with die cutting the roundel with S5 - 446 Sweet Rondure Dies  in the middle of my cardbase and covered the backside with blue dots cardstock from Maja Design.

Then I placed some smaller parts of die cuts from the set. I used the negative and silhouette forms too.

I applied watercolors around the die cuts I placed.

Then using the stencil and the modeling paste by 13 arts  I created a texture on my background.

I added more of die cuts and added the color with the mists and my brush

and here what I've got

I like this texture on mu card

Shaker Card Tutorial - Amazing Paper Grace

 Hello Crafters,

I guess, you have noticed I like making shakers for my projects, so today I want to share a process.

To create this card I started with S5-405 Filigree Drop In Circlet Doily Etched Dies Set.

I started with fixing the Circle grid on my cardstock base at the right side.

Then I arrange the Filigree Inserts, I will use only them, so it's important to place them correctly using the Circle Grid.

I remove the Circle Grid and fix the Inserts with washi tape.

I die cut the Circle Grid on silver Glittered cardstock and I am going to use only the half of it, so I cut it in a half.

You need to repeat the die cutting the Inserts on 2 cardstock bases, and for an option, you can make one piece smaller .

After that I adhere shrink plastic on the backside of my smaller cardstock.

Then I adhere my cardboard leftover pieces, however you can use foam pads. It is important to cover the surface so that there is no space around the filigree part. if there is any hole, the sequins and microbeads, that I am going to add later, will spill out of the shaker.

Now I fill in the shaker with microbeads and sequins.

You can wipe the plastic with talk or any antistatic powder, so that the sequins won't adhere to the plastic and will flow easily in the shaker.

Here is the video how it looks like after the card is finished, and you can hear the sound of the beads.

I embellished the card with ready flowers and the flowers I made using S4-1015 Candlewick Rosebud Etched Dies. 

The silver leaves are from the same die set.

Supplies:

Kaisercraft Silver Glittered cardstock

Prima Marketing Flowers

S5-405 Filigree Drop In Circlet Doily Etched Dies 

S4-1015 Candlewick Rosebud Etched Dies

Life is beautiful Canvas Video Tutorial - BoBunny

I am waiting so hard for the time when the bike riding season will be open again. But it seems that it is going to be very soon, but of course it depends on the weather.
  That is why this canvas is an inspiration for this particular season

Доброе утро.
Я, кажется , снова серьезно заболела. а начиналось все с безобидного насморка, подхваченного от младшего .
Вчера на улице было +20 , и конечно же нужно было гулять  и наслаждаться этим солнцем. 
вот я и догулялась.

Но зато покажу вам свой холст, коих давно я уже не делала. 
Специально для блога BoBunny c  очень красивой , прямо летней коллекцией и кучкой разных , но зато очень клевых , баночек

I made it for BoBunny blog, featuring the beautiful Aryia's Garden collection, glitter paste and wax pastes from Pentart

 It's exciting to create your own background with the sprays and acrylic paints.

Я уже вам как-то признавалась в любви к глиттерным пастам от BoBunny,  и буду продолжать делать это снова и снова. потому как это на самом деле чудесная штука - сохнет быстро, не осыпается, очень красивая палитра цветов.

But, actually the glitter pastes and wax pastes are great products to add the shimmer and shine to your project.

I like that everything glows and it creates even the summer feeling, so carefree.

Но зато сейчас BoBunny выкупили новый бренд Pentart, нам пока не очень известный, но вы бы видели сколько у них разных средств, для любых поверхностей. Я пока еще во всем богатстве этом только разбираюсь, но пока вот не в первый раз тестирую и очень нравятся восковые пасты.

The wax paste works great on porous surfaces, such a canvas especially on textured surfaces It has a smooth color and shade, it's best to apply it with your finger tips. Start with just a little then apply more as needed.  It goes pretty far!

Они абсолютно разных видов есть, в этой работе я воспользовалась светло розовой пастой хамелеон - очень нежный оттенок и металичческой медью, абсолютно другйо эффект.
Кроме того, наносить ее лучше пальчиками и растирать, и текстура тогда получается почти бархатная на поверхности.

You can also combine 2-3 colors to achieve a more gradient look. And the same can be done with the glitter paste- simply add/mix 2 colors while spreading them on the surface through the Stickable Stencil.

Еще мне нравятся трафареты, которые имеют липнущую поверхность, что очень помогает зафиксировать его и не смазать рисунок

Yellow is the color that I mostly escape in my life, but this color combo makes it look quite attractive.

 To add more colors I used the acrylic paints, they help you to make it look more even.

Так что я уже во всю тут разошлась, но и бумага- то ведь очень красивая, и сочетание цветов такое стильное.

I used some of the Stickable stencils to create the texture at the background, and then colored everything with acrylic paints abd wax pastes.


Но больше всего мне понравились акриловые краски, во-первых , из-за цветов, очень нежные и цвета , даже не базовые. кроме того, они такие кремовые по текстуре, и работать с ними - одно удовольствие.

All of my paper layers are mounted on the card pieces , to give the canvas some great dimension.

На фото от преломления цвета все сияние смотрится более темным, в жизни все светелее и, конечно же, в заивсимости  от освещения меняет цвет постоянно.

These are some of the products I used to create my canvas:
 Glitter Pastes not pictured.

Вот какие баночки я использовала, но сами пасты глиттерные - забыла сфотографировать

You can find the process of my creation from start to finish in my video

Весь процесс создания в этом видео. Полный список использованных продуктов смотрите ниже.

Hope you have liked my canvas end enjoyed watching the tutorial.

Thank you for stopping by!

BoBunny Supplies: 

12" Petal Lane Love Notes, Hooray, Sunshine.

Petal Lane Noteworthy and Layered Chipboard

Cascade and Love Stickable Stencils

Blush, Gold Glitter Paste

Gold Glimmer Spray, Sugar Glimmer Spray

Gold Pearlscents


Pentart Supplies:

Graphite, Baroque Gold , Rose Acrylic Paint Metallic

Rose Acrylic Paint Semi-Gloss

Wax Paste Chameleon Peach

Metallic Wax paste Copper

Primer paste White

Happy Birthday Card - Donna Salazar Designs

Hello friends,
I've a got a new card to share with you that I made for Donna Salazar Designs blog


Доброе утро.
и снова я , и снова с открыткой. И снова видео мастер класс .
Пока отрываюсь на открытках, скоро за альбомы снова примусь.

I used some new products from Winter release.  I wanted to create something cold and soft at the same time, so that is the reason for the color choice.

Here is a from start to finish tutorial I made for you

Продолжаю экспериментировать с папками для тиснения и не только.

Product used:

Donna Salazar Designs® with Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® product used:

Girlie Grunge Gauze

NEW - Girlie Grunge Art Medium

Pigment Powder Silver

Pigment Powder Blue

Girlie Grunge Twine 

Spellbinders  - Rose Creations

Partner Products

Premium Double-Sided Tape 1/8" Permanent

 3D Foam Squares - White, Regular

Graphic 45 Design Team Audition 2016

Hello dear friends,
it's not easy to start creating again after all those events and accidents that I came through ,
I can not miss the opportunity to apply for a Graphic 45 Design Team. Some of you know that I have done it before, and not at once.

And now I know exactly, that the results are important for sure, who doubts,
but  I feel myself more mature just to create especially for this annual event.
  It gives me a huge mobilisation, excitement and tons of inspiration as well as some ideas to think out of the box.

Доброго времени суток.
И я тоже решила не пройти мимо. Хватит покупать в стол , сказала я себе, и наслаждаться бумагой только в неизрезанном виде.
И снова я собрала силу воли и подаю заявку.
Первый миник я делала для он лайн вебинара, который , к сожалению, не сомгла провести из-за болезни. Но надеюсь когда-нибудь еще предоставится такая возможность.
А дальше все понятно.
Ну и мой люимымк в этот раз -страничка. Маки моя страсть, не первый раз экспериментирую с ними. Но надеюсь и вам интересно будет.
ПРиятного просмотра.

Meanwhile I am not going to bother you with many words, but I will try to express what kind of artist I am.

  For the past 5 years I have thought that I am very gentle and soft person. I would never choose something bright and extravagant. But it seems that I become more mature and today I choose something that keeps me more in a balance with myself .
So here is the mini album purse I've created for my on line webinar , but unfortunately I felt so hard and sick with influenza , that I have been forced to cancel my meeting with you. Anyway I wanted to share this very special mini album and to suggest you to recreate it with me , with my step by steps instructions. Hope that I will be able to do it in the future.

I'm very curious on extraordinary shapes and forms of mini albums, and I have found something sweet and nice to keep the photos and the notes inside.

I used an old but a very mysterious collection for me - Old Curiosity Shop. It's full of rich and beautiful colors, so perfect for creating something vintage.

I adore the pictures of these vintage ladies, and the butterflies are an excellent embellishment for them.

I like creating flaps and pockets for my mini albums. I have to confess that mini albums have captured my heart and mind, and they are the most often made creations for the past years I guess. I am still searching for the new and complictaed forms. Ok, who knows, I have already invented many special and exra pages for my albums that you might have seen in my creations. But I keep on going .

You can check this video for a full version of my mini album

Not only the mini albums are my passion. Cardmaking , busy and textured, are my all time favorite projects that I have much fun and enjoy while creating them

What I like about Graphic 45 papers, that fussy cutting is the most great  process, moreover it  gives you an ability of therapy of any kind. So I made these cards especially for this Audition. One of my fav, and so happy that  Once Upon a SpringTime is in a Deluxe Collector's Edition List.

I have created 3 cards, so different , but so in my style, with many details, accents and flowers.

Cardmaking is my passion and it keeps me cheerful all the time while I am working on the cards. I always think about the fact that so many crafters all over the world create tons of cards daily, and they can not stop to astonish me with the ideas. I adore cardmaking for that fact.

some details to hang on

My next project is a book cover I created using Ladies Diary collection

As I have already mentioned I like doing mini albums, sometimes creating the covers for them turns to be a separate process, and it gets more and more tremendous to find new ways to represent the album

Time flows, but memories stay with us. This why it seems to be very important to keep some keepsake in beautiful handmade books.

I feel that I am a shopoholic, but  not a traditional one. I buy each collection by Graphic 45, I like the idea of a possesing. Don't lough on that fact, but I spend a lot on  all of the collections by G45.
Anyway, when I use and cut the last collection I have, I buy another one and keep it for a long time.
Children's Hour was an exclusion. I bought and used it immediately.
Here is the result -  this LO - my third passion in scrapbooking - Layouts

I liked the idea of a combining the poppies and a marine theme in one. I found a photo of my youngest son taken by the sea and started creating this colorful watercolor Layout.

Oh those baby and kids pictures are so cute  and lovely. I couldn't stop cutting them out from the papers.

I also decided to add some watercolors on my background. So I just took the watercolor pencils and..
draw some poppies  and embellished them with some fussy cut out poppies from the papers.

The coloring and drawing was a very easy one, so I made a tutorial from start to finish for you .

Here is a link to my YouTube channel where you can check how I created this LO

Well, it's time to keep my fingers crossed

I wish everyone luck and thank you Graphic45 for an amazing opportunity and a chance to create more with your awesome products.

Elena.