Hello and Happy Saturday! I've had a play with mixed media and created a 5.5" square top folding card featuring the "Dress Up and Never Give Up" digital image and sentiment from the Polkadot Orchard.
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Saturday, July 23, 2022
Dress Up and Never Give Up
To start the card, I've created a mixed media masterboard that measured 11x7" using a sheet of copy paper and built up layers of torn paper napkins, acrylic paints, inks, stencils, and paint splatters. I've cut the masterboard into sections so they may be used on other projects as needed.
The dress image and sentiment were printed using a laser printer and foiled with toner reactive foil sheets and a laminator. I foiled the sentiment using black foil so it would appear embossed/shiny.
I fussy cut the dress, trimmed the sentiment and popped both on craft foam for dimension, then adhered to the card panel with liquid adhesive. To finish, I've added gold sequins for additional bling.
That's all I have for today. Have a great day and until next time, Happy Crafting!
Donna
**Challenges Entered:
Labels: cardmaking, papercrafting
Dress Up and Never Give Up,
Foil,
laminator,
laser printer,
Mixed Media,
Polkadot Orchard
Thursday, July 14, 2022
Keep It Real
Hello Friends and Happy Thursday..or should I say Friday Eve? Today I'm sharing a standard, top folding A2 sized card created using the Keep It Real digital stamp and sentiment from Polkadot Orchard.
To start my design, I've used a panel of Alcohol Ink paper; paper that is specially designed to allow the ink to move when applied..similar to Yupo. Using Pinata Alcohol Inks, I.ve blended a background and set aside to dry.
The image has been printed, colored with alcohol markers, fussy cut and popped on craft foam for dimension; the sentiment has also been popped up. I've had the Recollections Flowers in my stash for about 5 years and happened across them while looking for embellishments. They have been adhered flat to the panel.
I invite you to stop by the Polkadot Orchard Shop for so many adorable, lovely and fun digi images. I especially like the way I've colored this image; I wanted a "cartoon-like" appearance and I achieved it by not blending the shades while coloring.
Thanks for stopping by, until next time - Happy Crafting!
Donna
**Challenges Entered:
AYLI - prefer cool colors because I look good wearing them. Autumn and those colors are my favorite time of year so it's a toss up. Depends on my mood really.
Labels: cardmaking, papercrafting
Alcohol Inks,
Keep It Real,
Polkadot Orchard
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
Bloom with Joy
Hi Friends! It's been a busy day but I wanted to squeeze this post in before the night got completely away from me. I'm proud to announce I've joined the digital design team at Polkadot Orchard and I'm thrilled to be part of such a talented team.
I've had a play with Dyan Reaveley Ink Sprays and the Bloom with Joy digital image from Polkadot Orchard to create an Art Journal Page.
To start my page, I sprayed watercolor card with yellow and orange colors, let dry and sprayed white acrylic gloss spray over a Weave patterned stencil. I did a bit of stamping and added Washi Tape I recently purchased from Love My Tapes on Etsy.
While allowing the background panel to dry completely, I went to work on the floral image. I printed on mixed media paper as I wanted to water color the image; the journal page measures 5.75" x 7.75" so I printed the image to fit across the entire bottom of the page. I loosely watercolored the florals, fussy cut and adhered to the panel.
The sentiment is included in this digi set and I printed it large so I could trim it into 2 sections, which were adhered flat. To finish the design, I splattered the entire piece with white acrylic gloss spray and gold watercolor paint.
Thanks for visiting and I would like to invite you to visit Polkadot Orchard. There are lots of lovely and adorable designs. I'm certain you'll find something you love!
Until next time, Happy Crafting!
Donna
Labels: cardmaking, papercrafting
Art Journal Page,
Bloom with Joy,
Dyan Reaveley,
Love My Tapes Washi Tape,
Polkadot Orchard
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