Mixed Media Brayer Background
Hi friends! Happy Tuesday! Please join me in welcoming back special guest Cheiron Brandon to our blog! Read on for all the details on these fun mixed media cards and enjoy!
Hi there crafty friends! It’s Cheiron Brandon here to share another project with Tim Holtz products today. For my cards today, I used the Tim Holtz Distress Brayer and Distress Spray Stains along with the newest Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Inquisitive stamps to create a set of guy cards with a fun Mixed Media background. When I make these types of cards with lots of products and layers, I always make a batch to have some on hand. Each one comes out just a bit different and it’s a great way to build your stash.
To begin, I created the backgrounds with a brayer by spraying my Peacock Feathers Distress spray stain onto the craft sheet portion of my glass mat. I took the brayer and rolled and lifted it through the stain, coating the brayer with drips, then applying the brayer to my card panels which were cut to 3 ¾ x 5. I dried the paper with my heat tool and added the Vintage Photo Distress Spray stain the same way and dried the panels again.
Once the panels were dry, I stamped the panel with stamps from the Inquisitive and Observations sets with Distress Oxides in Peacock Feathers, Vintage Photo and Tea Dye. I dried the panels again then stamped and embossed the ‘bullseye’ from the Inquisitive set onto each one and embossed them using Antique Linen Distress Embossing Glaze.
To complete the cards, I stamped and fussy cut out one of the men from the Inquisitive set using Vintage Photo Archival ink. I gave each one some shading with Distress Inks ink Antique Linen and Dye using a Detailer Waterbrush. Once they were dry, I adhered them to the cards using foam tape. I stamped the sentiments and added a different one to each card, also using foam tape. I adhered the panel to an A2 card base of kraft cardstock.
I hope you enjoyed this fun and easy way to create a background with your stains and brayers for a mixed media look on your cards!
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Making the Cut: Interactive Tropical Magic Iris Card
Hi friends! Happy Monday! Please join me in welcoming back special guest Nichol Spohr for our monthly edition of Making the Cut, our blog series that highlights the love of die cutting! The stars of this gorgeous card are Lawn Fawn’s brand new Magic Iris Tropical Leaves Add-On, (to go with the Magic Iris die) Tropical Leaves stencil, our own Hooray die, and that sweet little Picture Book Monkey! Be sure to watch the video for all the details, and enjoy!
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Not a Card with Nina-Marie: Crêpe Paper Flowers!
Hello friends! It’s Nina-Marie Trapani here with you! I am creating a dimensional home decor piece that involves making crêpe paper flowers. I love these because they are easy and SO realistic looking!
I made my flowers with the Sizzix Ranunculus die set, but there are many other flower die sets to choose from. I also picked out the Color Splash pack of crêpe paper to cut my blooms from. Some of the flowers have stamens attached to them.
All of the florals were adhered onto an Etcetera Tag from Tim Holtz, which was covered with a combination of Rustic Wilderness Distress Paint, Tim’s Stone layering stencil, Translucent Grit-Paste, and Walnut Stain Distress Ink. As an additional embellishment, I spritzed the tag with Antiqued Bronze and Ground Espresso spray stain.
The word “bloom” was die cut with Simon’s Everett Solid Letters set; I also tucked Fanciful buttons and Heart Adornments around the florals for some additional texture and interest.
This piece is SO gorgeous and would be PERFECT for displaying in your home for the summer season! Be sure to watch the video to learn exactly how I made it!
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