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Thursday, July 30, 2015

On Trend - Card Tutorial

Hi everyone, I have a cute card share for you today. I had a comment on one of my YouTube videos from Anna, AsianTiger513. She asked me to do a card tutorial, in real time. YIKES I haven't done that in a really long time! I quit doing them, because I felt they were too long, and I could cover more ground by speeding up the process. Some of my projects take hours!

So for you Ms. Anna - I have accepted your challenge.

For my card, I chose to use the My Mind's Eye On Trend 6x6 Collection. I have seriously been hording this collection for a while. I used it a little in a Ustream a few months ago, but the paper is so beautiful, I wanted to keep it forever! AHHHH but I can't.

These are truly my all time favorite colors, mint and coral. I mean seriously so delish, then add the gold foil - my heart literally stopped for second when I saw it!

Ok - back to the tutorial! It is no secret that I love to use my scraps when creating cards. Since the paper collection was fairly new, that meant I must spend some time, looking for items that have been around for a while to help the card come together.

Deep into the bucket of scraps and one hit wonders I went. I pulled out a tube of Prima Flowers - they have been here since early 2009, and a scrap of gold rick-rack. Look at how simple and beautiful, things came together.

I know everyone who has paper-crafted for a while, has a stash of Alpha bet stickers/chipboard pieces that are still lingering around, and may not match. The H and I were from two different sets 1 was lavender the other pink. Never fear - I made them play nicely together with my card, by heat embossing them with Gold. Now they are trendy, and match!

The Inside of my card was simple, I created a border with the paper from the collection, then added a piece of white card stock in the center for my hand written message. The final card is an A2 4.25 x 5.5 top folding card.

I added a little Lindy's Stamp Gang in Cocklebells Coral in the negative areas. This spray is also among my favs as it has this nice peach pigment with a gold shimmer (perfect right!).

Here is the video tutorial (warning it is long - because I ramble -LOL)

Watch on YouTube

Thank you Ms. Anna for the challenge, I really appreciate it. I love that you left comments, so that I could get to know you better. It was delightful speaking with you, and I look forward to seeing you around!

Thanks,

Tonya

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