Mixed Media Birthday Card with a 7 theme for the Studio75 June Challege

Welcome to my creative space!

It's time for a new challenge at Studio75. This month is special because Studio75 celebrates its seventh Birthday! We invite you to celebrate together and create a birthday project (the number 7 is optional). 

You can find the challenge details and enter your project HERE.

I have created a birthday card with the beautiful Forever in Love collection along with chipboard from the Studio75 Store. I have also used gorgeous Little Birdie Crafts flowers to embellish. Although this card is not for a 7th birthday, I have incorporated the 7 theme by using 7 flowers, 7 chipboard hearts, and by stamping loads of images onto the background that include the numeral 7.

Tips and Techniques

The gorgeous Scrapiniec chipboard Doily Frame and Confetti Hearts are painted with Cadence Antique Bronze Paint mixed with some Little Birdie Golden Glaze Metallic paint to lighten it up just a bit. I just gave the paint a quick stir so that there would be variations in the paint going from light to a little darker to add visual interest. 

The background stamping is 3rd generation in order to keep it light. (I inked up my stamp and stamped twice on a scrap of paper before stamping on the background.) If you look closely, you will see the numeral 7 repeated in the stamping. I've also used an Agateria Grille 3 stamp to create a border around the edges. 

I've arranged 7 gorgeous Little Birdie Crafts flowers to create this beautiful cluster in the center of the chipboard frame, and there are 7 hearts floating across the background as well.

Prills and Finnabair Microbeads are adhered with Bambino Glue to add lovely texture.

The birthday sentiment is cut from the Cutting Accessories 01 page. After stamping, I stenciled the background with Finnabair's Frosty Pearl Icing Paste through the Diamond Grunge Art Anthology Stencil. 

A close up of the painted chipboard and stamped/textured background.

One of Finnabair's Mechanicals butterflies, which goes so well with the rest of the card! The card front has been adhered to one of the fabulous Blank Cards from the Studio75 store. These card bases are super heavy duty and stand up well to the weight of my mixed media designs. 

Studio75 Supplies

Forever in Love ~ 6x6" Paper Set

Cutting Accessories 01

Scrapiniec ~ Confetti Hearts

Scrapiniec ~ Round Doily Frame

Agateria ~ Clear Stamps - Grille 3

Cadence ~ Dora Metallic Paint - Antique Bronze

Studio75 ~ Blank Cards - 15x15cm, 5 pls

Bambino Glue ~ 45 Gram Tube

Other Supplies

Little Birdie Crafts ~ Rosalind Flowers - Grape/Tan

Little Birdie Crafts ~ Renae Flowers - Grape/Tan

Little Birdie Crafts ~ Beaded Micro Petals - Grape/Tan

Little Birdie Crafts ~ Beaded Blooms - Moon Light

US Artquest ~ Mini Prills - Minnie Pearls

Prima ~ Finnabair: Mechanicals -  Grungy Butterflies

Prima ~ Finnabair: Art ExtraVagance - Microbeads: White Gold, Bronze

Liquitex ~ Gesso, White

Prima ~ Finnabair - Art Basics: Gesso, Clear

Prima ~ Finnabair: Art ExtraVagance - Icing Paste: Frosty Pearl

Little Birdie Crafts ~ Tinted Metallic Paint - Golden Glaze

Tsukineko ~ Versafine - Vintage Sepia

Art Anthology ~ 6x9" Stencil - Diamond Grunge

Seth Apter with Impression Obsession ~ Rubber Stamps - Rotators

Tim Holtz with Stampers Anonymous - Seamless Experience

Tim Holtz with Stampers Anonymous - Clear Stamp, City Central

Tim Holtz with Stampers Anonymous - Clear Stamp, Playful Journey

Tim Holtz with Stampers Anonymous - Clear Stamp, Purely Random

BoBunny ~ Stamps - It Is Written

Helmar ~ 450 Quick Dry Adhesive

Tombow - Mono

I hope you've been inspired to join the June Studio75 Challenge

to create a birthday themed project with the number 7.

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

"All Good Things" Mixed Media Home Decor for ScrapBerry's

Welcome to my creative space!

I've created a mixed media card holder featuring ScrapBerry's gorgeous Cherished Jewels Collection and beautiful paper flowers.

I'm always on the lookout for things to alter and found this oversize "clothespin" on clearance after Easter. Of course it had cute little bunnies with colorful eggs covering both sides. I've also seen large "clothespins" in the unfinished wood section of our local craft stores, so if you would like to create one of these card holders, you don't have to wait for the Easter clearance sale.

I took the metal spring out to separate the two wooden pieces and gave them each a couple coats of white gesso. I trimmed this wonderful teal paper from ScrapBerry's Cherished Jewels 6x6 Paper Collection to cover the front and back before adding the embellishments. This sweet clip can be used to hold up a variety of things from recipe cards to Scripture verses, or even encouraging quotations. It also makes a lovely decor piece without holding any cards at all. 

Close-Ups

ScrapBerry's has gorgeous flowers including this Sky Blue Gardenia, Blue and White Cherry Blossoms, Pink and White Stemmed Lily, Turquoise Daisies, and tiny Pink Chrysanthemums. The flowers are lightly dry brushed with white gesso to soften the colors and to give a mixed media feel.

I've also tucked in a Floral Embroidery Crystal Sticker as well as a sweet Elegy Polymer Butterfly which I highlighted with Prima Vintage Gold Metallique Wax, I used molds with paper clay to create the feathers and leaf, which I painted and highlighted with several colors of Prima waxes as well. Microbeads and glitter shards are added to fill in around the edges.

I stamped a sentiment onto watercolor paper using StazOn Jet Black Ink and colored the background with Prima Water Soluble Oil Pastels then darkened the edges with coordinating Distress Ink colors.

The back is lovely too. Here you can see a little better how I applied molding paste with one of my new favorite stencils by Art Anthology over the patterned paper to add texture, then spritzed with a teal color mist.

ScrapBerry’s Supply List
Cherished Jewels ~ 6x6 Paper Collection (SCB220612008X)

Elegy ~ Set of Polymer Items - Butterfly (SCB26002103)
Crystal Stickers Decoration ~ Floral Embroidery (SCB53000007)
Paper Flowers ~ 1 cm Chrysanthemum - Pink
Paper Flowers ~ Cherry Blossom ~ Blue and White (SCB300210)
Paper Flowers ~ Stemmed Lily - Pink & White (SCB300204)
Paper Flowers ~ Gardenia 5cm - Sky Blue (SCB290115)
Daisies ~ Turquoise (SCB281407)

Other Products
Royal & Langnickel 9x12" Watercolor Artist Pad
Prima Floral Lace Trim: Magnolia Daisy
Martha Stewart ~ MicroBeads - Apaite
Ice Resin ~ German Glass Glitter Shards - Primrose
Wood Clothes Pin ~ Found Item
Golden ~ Light Molding Paste
Prima ~ Art Basics Mixed Media Essentials - Gesso, Clear, White
Prima ~ Art Basics - Soft Matte Gel
Prima ~ IOD - Water Soluble Oil Pastels
Prima ~ Art Alchemy - Sparks Acrylic Paint - Mermaid Sparkle
Prima ~ Art Alchemy - Antique Brilliance Wax - Mystic Turquoise
Prima ~ Art Alchemy - Metallique Wax - Brushed Iron, Vintage Gold, Aged Brass
Ranger ~ Distress Oxide Ink - Broken China, Cracked Pistachio
Heidi Swapp ~ Color Shine - Teal
StazOn ~ Solvent Ink - Jet Black
Art Anthology ~ 6x9 Stencil - Keyhole
Penny Black ~ All Things Great Stamp Set
Martha Stewart ~ Crafter's Clay Silicone Molds - Antique
Vipe ~ Silicone Mold (Feathers)
Helmar ~ 450 Quick Dry Adhesive

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~