Things With Wings Fly Away, Card By Dot

Hi everyone,
I hope you are all having a crafty weekend.

Today I'm sharing a tutorial with you that shows my step x step thinking for a mixed media card that I've made.  It's important, I think to show you what works and what doesn't, and how it can be changed.

Here is the end result ...


I am having so much fun with the Mix a Sentiment set of words! The best part is, if you need the same words again you just stamp them again! It is so easy.  Sometimes I think it is the simplest of things that makes life so much easier.

Okay, grab your cuppa, and here we go ...


Step 1:  I love this bit, you just pop some paint onto your craft sheet and start finger painting.  A layer of gesso was put onto the card first as it seems to bring out the colours in the paint a lot better. Using white acrylic paint I've added some paint through a stencil.





Step 2:  It seemed pretty bright to me so I decided to add some gesso to tone the colour down.




Step 3:  I've added some more stenciling using the same colours that were on the base.




Step 4:  As I was using the colours of our challenge this month, I decided to add a reddish border with a brayer.  It looked shocking to me!




Step 5:  So I got rid of it with a generous amount of white paint. After this I went in with a baby wipe and let more of the underneath colour show through.





Step 6:  I stamped some images from Weed Love and Crazy Flowers #2 for the background. These lady bugs, from Things With Wings, have been capturing my eye for a little while, so I stamped where I would like the large one to go.  The reason for this is because I needed the antennae. It saves me having to cut around them.  I am going to add a coloured bug over the top of it.




Step 7:  Here are the coloured bugs!  They are simply made by swiping the stamped images through some distress ink on my craft sheet.  The reason I used Distress Ink, instead of Oxides, is because they don't cover up the stamped image.  Oxides tend to sit on top of the black ink.




Here is a close up of the leaves.  Again I've used the colours from our challenge this month. 
I had a relaxing time colouring with water colour pencils. The same colours as the paint.





I liked how this has turned out.
It is always nice to have a couple of images going of the edge of your page, or card.  So I did this with the smaller lady bugs. All you do then is turn the card over and trim off the excess.
Words were added from Mix a Sentiment and some sketchy lines around the border.
An after-thought was to add a little more blue so a little blue Oxide was randomly added around the edges too.

I hope you enjoyed seeing how this came together.
Warts and all.

The lady bugs are gorgeous and look just as great on a card as they do on a journal page.
They are so versatile!

Stamps Used Are:

        

Other Products Used Were:
DecoArt Paints
Distress Ink and Oxides
Water colour pencils


Just a reminder that our challenge for this month is well underway.
You can enter over on facebook to be in with a chance to win a prize.


Happy Stamping!
Dot x

Comments

ingunnsinekort said…
This is beautiful! (and I cant help but laugh when you flat out tell that the red looked choking to you, and then show what you did to fiks it:))This is why I love the blog. Her we get to read about the proses.
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Susanne Rose said…
Awww!!! This card is so amazing! Thank you for the great tutorial! Love it!
Thursday, June 20, 2019
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