Cards with Mixed Media Painted Strips

 Make these easy cards with mixed media painted strips.  It's like your own one of kind faux washi tape!  

I've posted directions for making the painted paper and cards HERE on Scrapbook Adhesives Blog today.

I applied Distress Paints using an old credit card and then added stenciling and stamping with black and white Distress Paints.  Once the paper was dry, I applied Adhesive Sheets 6x12 inch to back and cut paper into various width strips.  The strips are like stickers with adhesive on the back.  Simple pell away the liner and fasten to a card.  Add a simple greeting popped up with Thin 3D Foam Squares White Mix to finish each card.  So easy!  

I made a several sheets of painted paper to have on hand for a quick card.  Plus it's so fun to make!

Check out more details at Scrapbook Adhesives Blog today.

Thanks for stopping

Judy

Materials Needed:
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®

Adhesives Sheets 6 x 12in.

Thin 3D Foam Squares White Mix

Other: Ink: Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko (Versafine Onyx Black); Stamp and Craft Dies: Hero Arts (Message Strips Stamp & Cut XL); Stamp: Stampers Anonymous (Tim Holtz Grunged); Paint: Ranger Ink (Distress Paints - Shaded Lilac, Lumberjack Plaid, Uncharted Mariner, Carved Pumpkin, Kitsch Flamingo, Saltwater Taffy, Black Soot, Picket Fence); Stencils: Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz(Mini Stencils from Set 1,8,13) White Cardstock; White Drawing Paper or Cardstock

Stencils and Watercolor Play

 Last week one evening, I tried watercolor with stencils. I laid out some stencils on watercolor paper and colored them with watercolors.  Pure experimentation!  

I used a large 9x12 stencil by Pam Carriker with a small piece of watercolor paper to get just a portion of this face.  This photo shows stencil in place after I washed on color.

Here's what it looked like after removing the stencil. I really like the face! 

I decided to play and just let go and color it with watercolor !  I like watercolor but I'm still learning how to use it.  Not sure where I'll go with this next.  I may add it to an art journal with more stamping and some collage....  

I also worked with this Icelandic church stencil by Tina Walker.

I controlled the watercolor more with this than the face so it wasn't so wet.  In this photo, stencil is in place, it's wet and set aside to dry.

After drying, it looked like this.  I really like all the detail that came through even with watercolor!

But then since I was playing, I added more watercolor above the church and washed light brown over the ground.  Now, looking at the photos, I prefer it as it looked after stencil and before I added more color.  Either way, I really like this stencil!

It was fun art experimenting!

Judy