Monday, May 18, 2015

Mixed Media Card

I needed to get some ATCs out to friends in distant lands and thought it would be a nice touch to make a card to go with them.  I love Buru.  Not only is he charmingly weird and quirky but he is relatively easy to fussy-cut.


Last year I started an art journal in a reclaimed planner.  I had ripped out some of the pages to make it possible to add bulky stuff and (of course) I saved those ripped out pages.  They started my background on these cards.

Pulling out various colors of acrylic paints, I swiped, dabbed and pressed using various implements (hotel key card, bubble wrap, empty tape roll, and a mystery cardboard circle).  After those dried, I applied gold crackle paste through a stencil.


Next, Buru was stamped onto white cardstock using black dye ink, I cut him out and then glued him onto the card over a strip of washi tape.

I'm going backwards in the SDC challenges this month and adding this to #194.

Easy, breezy cards are ready to go postal.  Hooray!
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3 comments:

  1. Corrie HerrimanMay 19, 2015 at 1:23 PM

    These cards are wonderful !
    Lucky recipients !
    Corrie x

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  2. *Arwen*May 19, 2015 at 9:40 PM

    Awesome cards Julie! Love Buru too :)
    Thanks for joining us at SDC this week!

    xx Arwen

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  3. KathiMay 30, 2015 at 8:23 AM

    These are both fabulous. I love the backgrounds you created for Buru!

    Thanks for playing along with us at Stampotique Designers Challenges!

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