Mixed Media Birthday Card Using Texture Paste Resist Technique

Welcome friends and visitors! Today marks the start of a new challenge at A Vintage Journey  The theme 'Stencil It' was chosen by my talented teammate, Astrid. 

Astrid describes her challenge: "Create a project using at least one stencil, in a style that fits our challenge focus - vintage, shabby, mixed media, art journaling; industrial, timeworn or steampunk. There are so many possibilities to be creative with stencils on your cards, journals, layouts, ATCs or 3D projects. Stencils offer endless possibilities, be creative and have fun!"

I met a lovely lady recently who asked that I make her sister a birthday card using some products from her own stash (shown above). In addition and not shown, there was a store bought card with a butterfly she wanted me to include. Her rules were to use her goodies, use blue, and include '70' so it would be quite noticeable.

I started by gluing 'birthday' die cut on a blue designer paper that just happened to be on my desk after dipping 'birthday' in a puddle of Peacock Feathers DI. I used a stencil and Transparent Gloss Texture paste over the paper and allowed to dry. I blended with Faded Jeans ink and wiped the ink from the glossy areas to reveal the stenciled flowers.

I layered the stenciled card over the pink, embossed designer paper which I colored with Distress paints in Picket Fence and Weathered Wood, dried and edged in Ground Espresso ink. This was layered over the provided vellum paper which I blended with Tumbled Glass and Peacock Feathers inks.

My frame was made using Tim's Ornate Frame #2. I'll have a full tutorial on how this frame was made in future post, so be sure to check back. I tucked in a scrap of the vellum blended with Peacock Feathers DI. I sanded the raised parts to reveal the hearts, and finished by splattering with Ground Espresso and Peacock Feathers inks and gesso and adding some Remnant Rubs.

The little blue butterfly was fussy cut from The Funkie Junkie's business card Linda attaches to her thank you goodie bags. I simply edged it in Ground Espresso ink.

A  flower made from  punches and some faux art stones from my stash, the heart die cut and the butterfly from the store bought card embellish the card. The butterfly was altered by coating it with gesso, spritzing with Mermaid Lagoon Distress Spray Stain, edging with Ground Espresso ink and splattering with gesso.

That's all for me today! If you haven't come by way of A Vintage Journey I hope you'll take a few minutes to pop over to see all the amazing inspiration by my fellow Creative Guides! And then it's over to YOU! I can't wait to see what you'll make for our 'Stencil It' challenge!

Challenges entered:

Mixed Media Art May challenge - "Juicy"

Cropstop May Link Party - #39 Anything Goes

Scrapy Land Challenge #90 ANYTHING GOES

Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes - Weeks #336-#337

Die Cut Divas April Showers Bring May Flowers

Daring Cardmakers Handmade Flowers

Double D - Bling It Up

Thank you for your visit and for your lovely comments!

Hugs and Blessings,

Sara Emily

These products were used in addition to the one's provided and can be purchased at The Funkie Junkie Boutique:

Tim Holtz Sizzix ORNATE FRAME #2 Bigz Die 661195	Tim Holtz Layering Stencil FLORAL THS077	Ranger TEXTURE PASTE TRANSPARENT GLOSS	Distress Ink Peacock Feathers	tim holtz distress faded jeans ink pad
TH Distress Ink Tumbled Glass	Ranger Tim Holtz Ground Espresso Distress Ink Pad	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Spray Stain - Mermaid Lagoon	tim holtz distress paint picket fence	Weathered Wood Distress Paint
Idea-Ology Remnant Rubs Rub-Ons Numbers