A Father's Day Card with the Craftwell USA eBrush and Latina Crafter

Hi everyone!  Barbara here on the Craftwell Blog with a fun card using my eBrush and stamps from our partner, Latina Crafter.  The style and theme of this card would be perfect for Father's Day.  The best thing about using the eBrush is that you can make your own background paper, and all of your embellishments to match that background.  There is just something about making things myself that gives me a good feeling.  How about you?

eBrush a piece of 5"x7" white card stock with B93 Light Crockery Blue through the chevron stencil.

Spread light molding paste through stripes stencil and let dry.

eBrush  B02 Robin's Egg Blue marker over the paste stripes to darken and enhance them with color.

Place stripes stencil perpendicular to the paste stripes and eBrush E33 Sand through the stencil.

eBrush YG13 Chartreuse lightly over entire background.

Lay chevron stencil down, slightly offsetting it, and eBrush E04 Lipstick Natural through it.

Stamp banner and SOUL with brown chalk ink, fussy cut and eBrush with E33 Sand.

Stamp "We have this hope" sentiment with brown chalk ink, cut out with label die.  eBrush label with E04 Lipstick Natural.

Stamp tiny anchor over background with chalk ink.

Stamp large anchor with blue chalk ink, fussy cut and arrange pieces over background paper.  Stick "You are the", "ANCHOR", and "of my" stamps onto an acrylic block, placing them how you want them to appear when stamped onto the background.

Stamp the phrase directly onto the background with brown chalk ink.  Stamp "ANCHOR" again onto a scrap of white card stock and trim around it.  eBrush the paper with E33 Sand marker to match the SOUL banner.  

Attach the pieces onto the 5x7 kraft card, as shown in the finished photo above.  Add a length of natural jute through the anchor and glue to the card. 

Adhere the die cut sentiment inside the card.

Craftwell USA eBrush
Latina Crafter Be a Blessing
5"x7" kraft card
Copic Markers
Stencils
Light Molding Paste
Brown and Blue chalk ink
HOTP label die

There will be more fun projects featuring the Latina Crafter, so make sure to check out the Craftwell Blog all month long for more inspiration from the team. 

Thanks for stopping by, and have a crafty day!

Mixed Media: Cards with ColourArte

Hello everyone!  Barbara here with more mixed media fun using my ColourArte products.  Just wondering if you all are warm enough wherever you live.  It was sweltering here in the mid-South a few weeks ago, and then something wonderful happened... it cooled down a bit.  I don't know about you, but I seem to have more energy when it is not so hot.  So let's play!!

Speaking of hot, mixed media is hot right now, and that even transcends into card making, so here are two cards I made using these techniques.

Supplies used:

Silks Acrylic Iridescent Glaze

Lemondrop
Plum Blossom
Kiwi
Sea Spray
Snap Dragon

Radiant Rains Color Concentrates (Dauber)

Nutmeg

Low Tide 12x12 paper pad (Me & My Big Ideas)
Cut n' Dry Foam (Ranger)
THS 004 Stripes Stencil (Tim Holtz)
Chocolate Baroque stamp sets: Seadragon, Underwater Kingdom
V237 Lone Bird rubber stamp (Stampendous)
Crackled Texture Paste (Wendy Vecchi)
Goosebumps Clear Texture Spray (Tsukineko)
Fancy Tags die (Sizzix)
Trellis Frameworks die (Tim Holtz)
Grungeboard (Tim Holtz)
Ink Pads: Memento Luxe Nautical Blue, Rhubarb Stalk, Lilac Posies; VersaFine Smokey Gray; StazOn Spiced Chai, Vintage Photo Distress Ink
Fantastix brush tip tool
Nautical silicone mold (Mod Podge)
Creative Paperclay®
The Robin's Nest dew drops

Blue Card directions:

Cut two pieces of white chipboard (our paint chipboard white) to 4" x 5-1/4".  Set one aside for the second card.

Cut piece of cut n' dry foam and, using rubber side, spread Sea Spray Silks across chipboard, then Kiwi Silks.  Cover paper with both colors until you like it.  The rubber side does not absorb any of the paint, so it merely sits on the surface, allowing you to make swiping motions.  The colors do not actually blend but, instead, simply layer on top of each other.  I like this technique a lot.

Dab Sea Spray Silks over the top, leaving these cool "crackle" like textures.  Now that I look at it side ways, and having a beneath the sea theme in mind, I think they look like jellyfish.  What do you think?

 Next, I began stamping my mermaid and underwater plants using Memento Luxe Nautical Blue ink pad.

My mermaid did not stamp really well, so I used a Fantastix brush tip tool to add more Memento Luxe Nautical Blue to her.  You could have restamped her with a stamp positioner, but I liked having the control of adding the color and shading.

 Next, I stamped the coral and plants with Memento Luxe Rhubarb Stalk and Lilac Posies.  I discovered that if you make a mistake, the ink wipes right off using a baby wipe or damp paper towel without disturbing the Silks acrylic glaze background, thereby taking all the fear right out of the equation.  Love it!!!!

Spritz Goosebumps clear texture spray over background and let dry.  This gives the whole background a "wet" look.

Stamp "Secrets of the Deep" onto a scrap of tan card stock with StazOn Spiced Chai ink.  Sketch a design around the words to make it appear as though it is a piece of wood, rotting away underwater.

Cut it out roughly, ink edges with Vintage Photo distress ink, and adhere to card with foam dots.  I also added some blue dew drops as air bubbles.

Edge chipboard with the Nautical Blue inkpad to finish the edges off.

Cut a 4-1/4" x 6-1/4" piece of print paper from the Low Tide pad and adhere to a 4-1/2" x 6-1/2" folded blue card.  Adhere chipboard to card, aligning to the right.

 Add twisted leaves to the left side, as shown below.

 Make underwater embellishments pieces using a Mod Podge silicone mold and Creative Paperclay® air dry clay.

Paint paperclay pieces (starfish, shells, sand dollar, octopus, seahorse) with the Silks Acrylic Glazes, mixing colors and adding water to make a wash for each piece.

Sand Dollar (Radiant Rain Nutmeg mixed with Lemondrop Silks)

Octopus (Radiant Rain Nutmeg mixed with water)

Large shell (Radiant Rain Nutmeg,Plum Blossom, and Lemondrop Silks)

Small Shell (Lemondrop and Snapdragon Silks)

Starfish (Radiant Rain Nutmeg, Plum Blossom and Lemondrop Silks)

Seahorse (Kiwi and Sea Spray Silks)

 Here you can see what I mean by mixing the colors together with water to make a very light wash.

 Adhere dried Paperclay pieces to the bottom of the card, as shown.

Pink Card directions:

Cut piece of cut n' dry foam and, using foam side this time, spread Lemondrop Silks across chipboard, then Plum Blossom Silks.  Because the foam holds the paint, the two colors blend more rather than laying on top of each other.  Cover chipboard with both colors until you like it.

Use a spatula to spread crackled texture paste through Stripes stencil, let dry.

Here is a close up of those crackles after they dry.  Do not use a heat gun for this step, crackle pastes don't like heat.  For best results, be patient and let it dry on its own.

Place a dot of the Nutmeg dauber onto your craft sheet, use a wet brush to pick up the color and apply lightly to the crackle paste.  Wipe excess with baby wipe or damp paper towel.

Continue to pick up the Nutmeg color from your craft sheet with a wet brush to add color to the grunge board Trellis die cut, then adhere this to the background.

Stamp the lone bird onto a scrap of cream card stock with Smokey Gray ink.  Die cut the image with the Fancy Tags die.

Now for some fun. Did you know you can use ColourArte Silks like watercolor?  I colored the bird image by adding a bit of water to a tiny dollop of the Sea Spray Silks, and the Kiwi Silks was used to color the leaves in the same way.

Ink the edge of the die cut Fancy Tag with the Smokey Gray ink on a baby wipe.  I wanted a very pale inking.  Adhere this to the background, over the trellis, with foam dots.

Ink edges with Nautical Blue ink pad and adhere the embellished background piece to a 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" folded, olive green card.

Finally, I chose some small paper flowers that I colored with a wash of the same colors of Silks Acrylic Glaze to help them match my background.

All flowers need leaves, so I punched three leaves from a scrap of white card stock, colored both sides of the leaves with Kiwi Silks, and placed them around my flower bouquet.  (See photo above).

Well, that's about it.  I really am enjoying working with mixed media, and I have found it to be useful not only in canvas works, but as I have shown here, in everyday card making.  You could also apply these techniques in your scrapbooking and home decor projects, as well.  

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Mixed Media Card with Easy Pinched Coffee Filter Flowers and ColourArte Radiant Rains

Hello everyone!  Barbara here with an easy mixed media card, and even easier pinched flowers made from coffee filters and beautiful colors of ColourArte Radiant Rains.  Did you know that Radiant Rains come two ways, in a spray bottle and in a dauber bottle.  The colors in both are very highly pigmented and yes, a little goes a long way.

I made the mistake of buying the wrong type of coffee filters, so  I had this huge package of cone style filters when I actually needed the basket style.  Ho hum, I hate to throw perfectly good things away, so I needed to figure out some way to use these.  I think I have found at least one perfect use, making flowers with them.  I wonder what else we can come up with.  Let me know if you have any more ideas.

Spray a piece of  7-1/2" x 5-1/2" watercolor paper with Radiant Rains Shimmering Mists in Ginger Peach, Teal Zircon, Snapdragon and Elderberry.  Dry with your heat gun.

Trim watercolor paper to 4-3/4" x 6-3/4".  Dab white gesso through stencil, dry with heat gun.

Spritz over the stenciled area with Radiant Rain Sweet Whisper shimmering mist.

Edge watercolor paper with Radiant Rain Egyptian Gold dauber, and then shake dauber onto background, leaving these gorgeous shimmery gold specks.  Set aside while we make some flowers.

 Oh my gosh, can you see those gorgeous gold splotches in this closup?  They look almost like gold coins.  Oooh la la.  I love them.  I think I even captured some of the beautiful shimmer in the background colors.  Okay, I digress.

Die cut flowers in different sizes from coffee filters.

Spray with Radiant Rains Pink Grapefruit Shimmering Mist.  Dry with heat gun.

Pinch the large flower in the middle and give it a twist to make something like this.  Dab white gesso over the petals for a shabby look.  This one reminds me of a cabbage rose.

This flower was made in a similar way by layering two of the flowers (shown in white) and pinching in the middle, then giving it a twist.  This one looks a lot like an azalea bloom to me.

Continue to make flowers in different sizes and colors.  I used the Elderberry and Snapdragon for the purple flowers, and added some Ginger Peach to the centers for color variations.

Cut leaf shapes from left over sections of coffee filters.  I did not worry about the crimped edges because these will be the part of the leaf that gets glued beneath the flowers.  Lay them all out and spritz with water first.  Then spritz with Radiant Rain Spanish Moss shimmering mist.  Dry with heat gun, then fold down the middle and twist the bottom to give them dimension.  See the three at the bottom and center of  the pic.

Ink the bare "Hello Dear" wood veneer (pic 1) with archival black ink (pic 2).  Let dry.  Add white gesso over the wood and let dry (pic 3).  Add Hydrangea and Forget-Me-Not archival ink with a makeup sponge and, when dry, dab Egyptian Gold over the wood (pic 4).  Wipe off excess.

Make a 5" x 7" card from purple card stock.  Adhere watercolor paper to front.

Arrange your flowers and leaves in a pleasing manner, and

adding some bits of coiled twine and a twine bow.

And here is a close up from the side of these beautiful, easy to make, coffee filter flowers.  Aren't the colors luscious.  I only wish the camera would show what can only be seen in person.  They are even more shimmery than the picture demonstrates.

Adhere the wood veneer sentiment at the top.

And one last look at the card.

ColourArte Supplies Used:

Radiant Rain Shimmering Mists:  Elderberry, Snapdragon, Teal Zircon, Sweet Whisper, Ginger Peach, Spanish Moss
Radiant Rain Color Concentrate Dauber:  Egyptian Gold

Other Supplies Used:
Purple card stock
White 90lb hot press watercolor paper
Ink Pads:  Archival Jet Black, Forget-Me-Not, Hydrangea
White gesso
Wood Veneer (Studio Calico)
Coffee filters (white)
Tattered Flowers die (Sizzix)
Twine

I hope you enjoyed my project today, and believe me when I say that mixed media is easy with ColourArte products.  I hope you will stop by their website and check them out.

Before I go, though, I want to remind you that we will be having an extremely fun blog hop at the end of this month.  The design team will be sharing their renditions of altered shoes. Should be pretty interesting, don't you think?  So save the date and be sure to come join us for lots of inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by, and until next time, have a fabulous weekend, and stay crafty, my friends!

Barbara