1.28.2021

Winter card camp ~ Sticky fingers!

 

Hi friends!


*This is a picture heavy post! I took a lot of pictures because I had a lot of 

mishaps and what not to do ~ scoll down to see just the card

or ALL THE WAY THROUGH to see the whole process!*


It's the last day of winter card camp with our final class

and today's class from Jeanette is all about using glue!

It was a huge learning curve and took me awhile

but I decided to stick with it :)



Today's theme: Using school glue as a base coat for the card

and then blend a distress ink on top of that!




To skip the blog post, here is my card:




I'm a visual learner and tried my best to follow the tutorial 

but did have some struggles along the way.

 In case you are reading this and want to give this a go,

I'll share with you 2 problems that I ran into so you won't have them!


The technique requires an acrylic block, acetate or layering tool.

I didn't have an acrylic block and even used an old wooden stamp block

and didn't want it to smoosh around with acetate.

So I improvised and used this .........

a sponge brush.

You may remember that from this creative adventure! 



Next, I started swiping into the regular school glue and I ran 

into problem #2 ~ it's too thick.

I tried another glue (name brand, fancy schmancy) - same result.

I decided to just dilute it and added a teaspoon of warm water and

per-fec-tion!


The first couple 'passed' with the brush sponge were JUICY!

I mean, it was on there like stripes on candy cane!



For the next one, I squeezed a lot of it out before adding it to the base

and it gave it was beautiful lightwash texture -

a lot like what you'd see when you paint a wall.




I made 5 base panels and this reminds me SO MUCH of gesso.

I let them dry - they took over 3 hours total because there was 

one or two tiny spots that were persistent :)

Finally, I used the mini stamping tool to blend and just chose

random distress oxides because I had NO IDEA what I was going to 

make with the completed panels.

I thought "Choose blue!  You can't go wrong with something blue!"




Here are 3 and you can really see how the glue gives it

a great balance between the smooth parts and texture.

Because I'm not really in a creative spirit right now,

I took the easy way out and just went with flowers.




After stamping and die cutting the flowers,

I decided to use light blue as a background and teal blue for leaves.

And after glueing it all down, I added a sentiment and done!




And that's my card and the wrap up of our friends

winter camp with 4 different tutorials!

The hilarious part - as I was cleaning up and getting rid of the glue,

I maybe have accidentally invented another technique!


Stick around - it may be coming up soon in a blog post :)

Thanks for stopping by today!


12 comments:

  1. Your cards are stunning! I will need to try again and add more glue to my base. Your colors are awesome and of course you used flowers! Beautiful Card!

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  2. Oh my goodness, Kelly - your card is jaw-dropping gorgeous! And your step-by-step of the process is fabulous, too! Thanks for embracing this idea so beautifully!

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  3. Well, it certainly turned out beautiful!! What gorgeous blossoms, Kelly!! And an awesome card!

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  4. Fabulous florals! Thanks for the step by step - more sticky inspiration!

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  5. Beautiful colors! Glad you stuck with it. TFS!

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  6. Another fab technique, Kelly!! Great you changed it and have something new!! LOVE the result, your card looks just amazing! Fab colours, textures and flowers!!!

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  7. Beautiful floral card Kelly and the colours are amazing, beautifully designed, Kate x

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  8. A great read and love the end result Kelly. The flowers are beautiful and a gorgeous design. Have a lovely weekend. Big hugs and blessings, Carol S.xxxx

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  9. Such an interesting technique. The colors are beautiful. I love the flowers.

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  10. What a great series of tutorials you four ladies have provided, and I love your take on this one - and the results!! Fabulous work Kelly - looking forward to the new technique :)
    Stay safe
    Blessings
    Maxine

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  11. Beautiful card. Great description of the technique and it looks like an interesting technique as well. I think I'd like to try it. Great job on this.

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