I have a fun mixed media card being shared over at the Hero Arts blog today and over here I'll be sharing the step by step to make it. Hero Arts products are a fantastic way to start dipping your toes into mixed media if you're new to it all. The card I'm sharing is actually quite simple, too! So, Beginners, you're in the right spot.
Over at Hero Arts today they are showcasing the Mixed Textures stamp set. This is one of Hero's extra large clear sets and can be used in so many ways. Here are the steps to create my card:
Die cut a tag with Tag Infinity Dies from Watercolor Paper. Then pick a couple of the texture stamps in the set and stamp in Intense Black Ink. The ink needs to dry completely to be waterproof, so I blasted the tag with a heat gun (safely) before moving forward.
Next, pick out a stencil! I used the beautiful Decorative Tile Pattern Stencil and spread some White Hero Paste on top. You can see that I did not fill the entire tag with the stencil and paste. I am a big fan of leaving some space blank to make it look more "random". Blast the tag again (safely!) with your heat gun!
With the Hero Paste dry, ink blend the edges of the tag with Summer Sky. I only blended the bottom edge, right side, and top edge. So I kind of followed the same pattern as the stencil. Then take your tag over to a splatter box and give it a few sprays of Bright Yellow + Copper Metallic Spray. Blast this baby with the heat gun again!
The Mixed Textures set has a lot of smaller images that should not be forgotten! I took any circle shaped stamp from the set and heat embossed them on watercolor paper with Black Detail embossing powder. Then take that back to your splatter box and spray first with Fuchsia + Gold Metallic Spray and then with Bright Yellow + Copper Spray. Any ink that mixes will just make a beautiful orange shade. Hit it with the heat gun to dry!
Thankfully, the Nesting Circle Infinity Die Set has soooooooo (so!) many sizes that I was able to die cut them all except for the stopwatch shape, which I just fussy cut. Add these in little groups to your tag with some liquid glue.
The sentiment is inked in Indigo and comes from the set Art Journal Messages. The two stamp sets used today definitely go perfectly together. If you own one, you need the other! I also sprayed the sentiment with Bright Yellow + Copper and then fussy cut each word.
Ok, it's basically the last step! Cut an A2 card panel from Windy cardstock and start stamping the edges with Dusty Blue. I used a mix of the larger stamps from the set and since it's mixed media, it doesn't matter if it overlaps a little. The center is unstamped because it's covered by the tag. I then did a small amount of splatter with the Fuchsia spray.
Glue the tag to the card panel and tada! You made a mixed media card!
Thanks for stopping by and I highly encourage you to dive into a little bit of mixed media fun :)
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