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Friday, 23 August 2019

Card Making Tutorial with Jo

Hello everyone! It's Jo from Let's Art Journal here with this month's card making tutorial. I always make cards for family and friends, so I'm sharing a Shabby Chic style card that I made for a forever friend of mine. 


Here's how is came together ...


For the background, I cut a piece of Kraft Card to cover a 6x4" card and ran it through a Tim Holtz Botanicals embossing folder. It is covered with a thin layer of chalk paint using a baby wipe which highlighted the texture more.


Next I created a small panel using white card and pieces of Tim Holtz Collage Paper that I stuck into place using matte gel medium. When dry I cut any excess paper from around the edges and gave it an aged look by applying Tea Dye and Vintage Photo Distress Ink using a blending tool.


I had some leftover paper that I had coloured green and purple using various inks; they were created by stamping the ink pads onto a blending mat, spritzing with water and pressing white paper onto the mat to create a mottled ink effect. I used two sets of Tim Holtz Thinlets to die cut some foliage and the lavender flowers. I intensified the colour of the flowers and stems using some Milled Lavender and Mowed Lawn Distress Ink.


I applied some of the Tea Dye and Vintage Photo Distress Ink again, this time to the Botancials embossed background to give more of a worn look and highlight the embossed texture more. Then I had fun putting all the different layers together.


I added a piece of purple chiffon ribbon and a piece of lace to the bottom of the card and layered the collage paper panel on top. Next I bound the lavender stems together with some dyed ribbon; I got very messy colouring this gold ribbon with green Distress Inks. The lavender is layered on top of the foliage and I added a pretty heart embellishment to the panel.


To finish, I added a Tim Holtz Quote Chip which reads "Love this Life" and stuck the whole thing onto a 6x4" card which I made from white card stock.


I love this design and I'm really pleased how this came together! If you are interested, you can find a full list of materials that I used to create this card over at my blog here.

I hope you enjoyed my card making journey today, thanks so much for travelling with me. 
Don't forget that there is still plenty of time to join in with our current A Cup of Tea for your Art challenge and that you can also start creating your tags to join Tag Friday next week too; it would be lovely to see you there!

Happy and Creative Wishes! Jo x

13 comments:

  1. What a beautiful card Jo! I love the chalked embossed background and the lovely colors on your floral stems - so pretty in the purples and greens! Julia xx

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  2. Absolutely beautiful Jo, - lucky friend! The background looks amazing with that 3D folder and I just love how you finished it!!

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  3. I love that whitewashed kraft background, and the beautifully coloured lavender stems - a really charming card, Jo.
    Alison x

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  4. This is gorgeous Jo. Thanks for explaining how you made it. I love the purple lavender flowers and all the texture! hugs-Erika

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  5. Great job Jo - love this. A beautiful composition and adore the varied embellishments with their different textures xx

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  6. OOOOhhhh this is absolutely Gorgeous Jo !! Fantastic tutorial, thanks so much for sharing. Love the so fabulous design, and every detail, great textures! I wish you a very nice weekend, big hugssss,
    Caty

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  7. Great tutorial and card, thanks! xox

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  8. Your card is beautiful Jo, the whitewashed background sets those flowers and stems off so well. Excellent tutorial too! Hugs, Anne xx

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  9. Gorgeous embossing and I love the mat with the flowers, great design and tutorial Jo. TFS and huge hugs Annie xx

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  10. Love this card Jo! Fabulous work with the background! You inspired me! Barbara

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  11. Wonderful ! Jo. You have used a few of my faves- the EP and the stems. Teaming them up with your other well chosen elements has resulted in such a lovely card.
    x

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  12. A beautiful card Jo ! Love the colours and textures, everything in harmony. great work ! x

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