Mechanical Greetings

Mechanical Greetings

Hi Everyone!

Brrr!  It is getting chilly out

there now.   Time to snuggle

up to the fire............. should 

have bought some muffins

(the ones that are a bit like

pancakes of course).  

Now when I say mechanical

greetings I probably mean

kinetic greetings but either

way movement is involved!

To start us off, Angela Radford

 has come with a greeting card 

that is just right for the 

mantelpiece ...........

Hi all, Angela here to show you one

 of my favourite ways of getting

 movement in my cards.

 I started with a sheet of watercolour paper

 but lightweight card would work too. 

Use your distress inks on a craft mat and

 smoosh the card through it until you

 get a light coverage.

 Once this was dry I used a Paper Artsy Christmas

 stencil by Kay Carley with several colours of 

Distress Oxides.

Looks okay but I just couldn't resist adding more!

So clear Gel medium next through

 the same stencil and allow it to dry.

 Now at this stage I could not decide on the

 colours I wanted to use so cut the paper 

into two and then added the colours with 

Distress Oxides.

Splatter water over the colour and 

allow to activate and dab off.

And here are the two samples.

 If you buff the card a little the gelled 

areas will show up more.

 I couldn't resist it! One more technique: 

Splatter thinned paint onto the surface

 and allow it to dry.

At this stage I folded the front of a card blank

 to make a Z fold card and layered this with

 the Masterboard and matching coloured card. 

You will also need a piece of card for the front 

slightly smaller than the size of your chosen

 card blank. 

This front section is not completed

 at this stage as can be seen below.

Now for the fun part using the Elenazinski 

Christmas set 19. 

Stamp these onto card and heat emboss 

with clear embossing powder.

 How cute are they?!

Next the colouring.

 I like to use watercolour pencils for this. 

When these were dry I also added 

glaze to the eyes.

Now cut three strips of clear acetate and

 attach three of the figures to this and the 

other two on each side of the front section. 

I also stamped the sentiment at this stage.

Turn the front section over and attach

 the acetate strip to the back with the 

stamped figures facing you.

Turn this over and bend the acetate 

towards you. Use a bone folder to smooth

 the acetate into position and then it 

can be mounted onto the white card 

and attached to the front.

And here is the finished card. 

It only takes a little draught to make 

these little guys wobble which I just love.

A side view of the Christmas family

 sending their sentiment. 

Hope you enjoyed watching me make 

this fun card xXx

Products used for the Mechanical Family

Elenazinski Stamps

Paper Artsy Stencil

Distress Oxides

Distress Ink

White card blank 

Watercolour paper

Clear Acetate

Watercolour pencils

Clear embossing powder

Black Ink

White Paint

Gel Medium

Coloured card

Bone folder

Palette knife

Glue

Glaze

Such a fun card!  Thank you

so much Angela

I could just see them bobbing about

on my mantelpiece ......... you

have to hand it to PaperArtsy, they

come up trumps every time ....

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx