Vibrant Mixed Media Artist Trading Cards Tutorial | 12 weeks of Christmas Week 5
Thank you so much for joining me for this How to Create a Vibrant Mixed Media Artist Trading Cards Tutorial | 12 weeks of Christmas Week 5, Let's jump right in.
I started with a 5x7 piece of watercolour paper and added some texture and interest to the background with some texture paste, after that was dry I sprayed the background with Hocus Pocus, Ominous Twilight, Merry Mint and Fortune Teller Mica Sprays. I also splashed on a little Salvaged Patina Oxide ink for some added colour. I then trimmed the watercolour down to the 2.5x3.5 Artist Trading Card size.
I trimmed out snowflakes from this fun fabric sheet I found and set them aside to be used on the ATC's. Next I used some Resin in the Grungy and Baroque Frames Moulds to create a frame for each ATC. After they fully set I used some Acrylic paint on them to help them stand out against the background in Bright Aqua Green, Deep Violet, Turquoise Blue and Dioxanine Purple. I also added some Old silver wax on top of the frames to help some of the details stand up against the bright paint. I used my hot glue gun to adhere the frames on top of the fabric and the ATCs.
For some finishing touches I added a Merry Christmas sentiment, and some silver snowflake embellishments. I LOVE how these turned out and I mailed them out to some wonderful people signed up to my happy mail list on my YouTube channel!!
Thank you so much for taking this quick look at my Vibrant Mixed Media Artist Trading Cards Tutorial | 12 weeks of Christmas Week 5. If you would like a more in-depth look please check out the video below, I also have a complete supplies list in case you want to know exactly what I used. I hope to see you again very soon!!
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Supplies
Strathmore Ready Cut 5x7 watercolour panels
https://shrsl.com/3lui6 (SSS)
Opaque Texture Paste
https://shrsl.com/4al8p (SSS)
Glad Press and Seal
https://shrsl.com/3ervs (SSS)
Palette knife
https://shrsl.com/3gi0r (SSS)
Snowflake Mixed Media Paper
https://amzn.to/3MqLGyM (Amazon USA)
https://amzn.to/40smsFU (Amazon CA)
Splat box
https://shrsl.com/3oz67 (SSS)
Distress Sprayer
https://shrsl.com/3ot3v (SSS)
Distress Mica Stain Merry Mint
https://shrsl.com/3qzsb (SSS)
Distress Mica Stain Hocus Pocus
https://shrsl.com/4al8q (SSS)
Distress Fortune Teller Mica Stain
https://shrsl.com/3tegm (SSS)
Distress Mica Stain Ominous Twilight
https://shrsl.com/4al8s (SSS)
Salvaged Patina Oxide Spray
https://shrsl.com/4al8v (SSS)
Ranger Heat Tool
https://shrsl.com/3oz6i (SSS)
Amazing Casting Resin
https://amzn.to/3CxcmbM (Amazon CA)
https://amzn.to/43xNSLf (Amazon USA)
Prima Grungy Frames Mould
https://shrsl.com/4al8y (SSS)
Prima Baroque Frames Mould
Resin Mixing Kit
https://amzn.to/49lmbIV (Amazon USA)
https://amzn.to/3MupROP (Amazon CA)
Flat Paint Brush
https://shrsl.com/43zu3 (SSS)
Ceramic Flower Palette
https://amzn.to/3OD9twG (Amazon CA)
https://amzn.to/44SRNmt (Amazon USA)
Bright Aqua Green Permanent Liquitex Acrylic Paint
https://shrsl.com/4al9u (Blick)
Turquoise Blue Permanent Liquitex Acrylic Paint
https://shrsl.com/4al9z (Blick)
Deep Violet Permanent Liquitex Acrylic Paint
https://shrsl.com/4al9x (Blick)
Dioxanine Purple Permanent Liquitex Acrylic Paint
https://shrsl.com/4al9w (Blick)
Tim Holtz mini Snips
https://shrsl.com/3fl4w (SSS)
https://amzn.to/3Anj4iM (Amazon USA)
Tim Holtz Shears
https://shrsl.com/3z1s9 (SSS)
Prima Old Silver Metallic Wax
https://shrsl.com/4al9c (SSS)
Tim Holtz SnowFlake Adornments
https://shrsl.com/3bh3d (SSS)
Acrylic Block
https://shrsl.com/45fkw (SSS)
Versafine Onyx Black ink
https://shrsl.com/3oz6k (SSS)
Simon Says Stamp Joy to You and Yours stamp set
https://shrsl.com/44sb4 (SSS)
Art Glitter glue
https://shrsl.com/3uxxt (SSS)
Fine Glue Tip
https://shrsl.com/3uxxu (SSS)
Hot Glue gun
https://shrsl.com/43ztx (SSS)
Tim Holtz Glass media mat
https://shrsl.com/3fm87 (SSS)
https://amzn.to/3QVPecd (Amazon CA)
https://amzn.to/3TnVj2Y (Amazon USA)
Tim Holtz paper trimmer
https://shrsl.com/3oerw (SSS)
https://amzn.to/3CEhSdS (Amazon USA)
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