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1. Introduction: my friends. My name is Tammy from Sunny Southern California. I'm so glad you could join me. I have a project that I just love because it's great for busy people or great for people who want to be creative. But just can't use that last bit of your brain power to come up with something fun, creative, unique, one of a kind, you know, fill in that gap of adjectives because you still want something amazing. I've got the project for you. It's so easy. It's so quick. Anyone condone it, young and old get other people involved in This is your thing, but what you need is photo paper. Do you have a stash laying around? I did, and that's why I was so excited when I learned about this about two years ago. How to use my water soluble pins on photo paper? Don't worry, I think a pretty sure I've even seen photo paper at the Discount dollar stores. So go out and find some of that's what you really like to try and join me in the next video . I want to show you how to make a really unique crazy marble e abstract, maybe even a little time. Die looking effect on the photo paper and you can make it into a card. I can't wait to show you how it's done. Please join me in the next video for your supplies list.
2. Supplies List: Let's start with our supplies list. Obviously, photo paper. This is actually five by seven. That's where I'll be using today. This is a Ziploc baggie, and I've used it tons of times, something to wet your pens. So obviously we need markers. Also, water soluble markers. I'm not We're not doing sharpies were not known. Permanent would have water soluble markers. Today I'm using Crayola. I picked him up just this last week or two because they're super cheap because of back to school. I'm also using a Mr. This sprays a small fine miss Perfect for the baggy. We definitely need paper towels. We are going to get a little messy. Your workspace needs to be protected from the ink. This will help get the color off the card off your table. And then there's no cross contamination to make the card. You're gonna want some card stock. This is just plain card stock. Um, you can buy it pre made. I had some pre made. I also ran out. So get a piece of 8.5 by 11. Cut it to size. Now, if you're going to embellish. One thing I love to do is do splatter paint. So I have thes Page Martin's iridescent um, calligraphy colors, but their fund a spider because they're so shimmery, they add a really cool effect. You need something to it here, your picture to the card stock. And I really love the Tom Bo permanent adhesive. It's a poll tape. So easy, really strong if you've got stamps. If you've got stickers, you've got Russia tape. Do you want to go and embellish on their more power to you? You do not have to, but one thing I really recommend. If you're going to splatter paint with me, you need something to protect your area. And so I love using the backboards. The covers of some old watercolors, marker pads. Whatever pad you had that you've used up, I saved them and make a little backboard for me. So I don't get ink on the entire desk. The window, the shades, the curtains, the computer. You can really save yourself a lot of heartache if you find some way to protect. Maybe have a file folder, pull that out, set it up like a little tent, and you'll be good to go. Lastly, you need paintbrush in water, and that's all we need for our supplies. Join me the next video, and I'm gonna talk a little bit about color combining
3. Choosing Your Color Scheme: I did want to talk about a little bit about the color wheel and how you might want to use the colors that you have. One perfectly simple, easy way is to use colors as different shades or tones. Here's my little color will. It will actually show you the different color tones you can use. If you were gonna say, Do all green do a light, medium and dark green? Perfectly acceptable? We do know primary. Let's see what I got here. Red well and yellow. That's perfectly acceptable. Orange, green and purple. Another option looks cool together. Warm. I think of the I think of the sun, whatever's warm in a sunset, more talking yellows and orange and reds work well together because they all sit next to each other on the color wheel. That's a great combo baby shower, is it? Uh, Green and yellow is in blue and pink. I suggest when you're making your cards to do three colors, so maybe you could do three colors that way. Three colors this way, or even, maybe at the purple. In fact, this reminds me of another color combination. The red blue purple could be converted into the pastels. The blue, purple and pink, the blue, the violent, the red there, right next to each other Because the red and blue make the purple. That's a great combination. But if you just lay this up, pick three without even looking. I'm sure you'd come up with a three great combo. I can't wait to make something up as I go. And have you joined me in my process on how I make cards?
4. Quick Card: Hey, hello again. We're gonna get right on into it. Now you've got your photo paper, your plastic, your water, your paper tiles, 100 colors. Now take your plastic and I put it over my photo paper because there's no sense in putting color on the entire baggy. I just want to know how much color I'm going to need. So that's why I put it behind there. You don't have to, but to me it's really hopeful that to know where I'm going with this now, basically I just laying down color. I'm gonna be really random with this putting color. Wherever. I do have one tip I like. If I know I want a letter on here, I probably wanna have the lightest of my color in the center. I'm taking my light color now and making sure I get it in the center. Now, look how my colors. Even though my cap colors are very different, the colors on the page are very similar Now. I will say I tried not to leave too much white, but I also don't want toe get color over another color. And that's just my preference because I don't want to have to clean the tip of my pens. Um, I just want to keep going. I just want to keep scribbling. I'm tryingto be random with this, but if I got it into the dark purple, I may need to clean the tip of my pen. And I don't take the time to do that. I've got me, Mr Here and the water. The colors were going to start to smear and and then I lay it down on to my photo paper, and I like to do it this way. I could bring my photo paper up on late on top, but I want to see what I'm doing. I want to see that the color is smearing and bubbling and swirling. And then I've taken it off. I'm gonna take my towel and wiped my plastic because invariably I get it on something. The next card I make is gonna a color on it that I didn't expect or didn't want. Wife, Your table also. Now you can dry off your photo paper. Check that out. That is, it doesn't come off. It's already soft End of that photo paper. I find that so fascinating. And what an incredible. Isn't that dramatic? That is absolutely crazy. How so many different effects air going on it once. It's like a firework explosion. So that's how you make the art. Now you want to attach it to a card? This could be an all occasion card. This could be a birthday card. Thank you. Card. And I love you cards and type of valentine card. Maybe you want to cover it up and make bookmarks. Maybe you want to use a piece of it and make it a gift tag. Maybe you want to use a small piece and make a tent card for, ah, food display or a name card. Now I've got my tape runner over here. Here's a trick. Don't use Ellmers stick glue. I used the Children's glue and boy, was I disappointed. I don't know where the blue went because it never really adhered to the card stock. So the thing with the Tom Bow tape is it's very sticky, and there's no playing once it really gets onto your spot. So I'm gonna try to line this up the best I can. Nickel go from the bottom up. I give my bottom manage lined up. I'm good to go now. This is like perfect kids love crazy while colors the special effects made on here is just fantastic. I hope you enjoyed that very first simple class. Did I tell you it would take you no time at all to make one of these? And now you have a gift for someone?
5. Splatter Paint and Lettering: I want to make a 2nd 1 And I'm choosing some darker colors because I want a splatter. Paint something white. So just like our last card, I'm going to randomly laid down the different cool tones in different places. I'm not concerned about having the space where I want to write, but I am looking to just have fun with this one. We got your water. Okay. Oh, really? Loaded that one. OK, here we go. We're gonna lay it down. Oh, it's dripping a stripping if you do this with kids. Oh, my gosh. You just see how crazy excited they would be. Get to make a mess, and then it all cleans up. Oh, fine. I'm gonna dry this off because, like I said, boy, I did time, time, time of water on that one. So, yeah, it's not permanent, so that will wash up. I do not need a mess more than what I've made. Not a spotter paint. Make sure that your paint has been shaken real well. And get your paintbrush ready. And if you don't have a paintbrush, use an old toothbrush on old toothbrush. Would be really good for this. Get your It's your brush. Real wet. Find something to tap with. Oh, yeah, That's came out. Really need I'm gonna do a little more. That really soppy wet. Yeah, I can see it on the that came out great. Oh, it does look like little stars. I'm going to let this potter paint drive before I add any more embellishment to my cards. And since I've got white up here and down here, we're going to add another layer up in here. Now, I didn't the opposite because that's how it's gonna lay down. So think of it like a mirror image. Hey, get it up in here. Here, Miles dripping my color. Can you see the Oh, yeah, that's really need. Okay, how did that extra layer now embellishing is up to you? You could be done. You could call it good. But I think I think I do want to write maybe a thank you card on here. I'm going to use Mike Rayola So down strokes I'd like to make fatter, so I'm gonna lay it more to the side and lift up to the tip of this cone. Shape it now. This is fun. I like to connect my t and h a little fatter, skinny and my K could be a little bit flourished. You got a really big kicked in it. I love it. Check that out. I am out of card stock, So I want to show you how to make heart stock. I think I mentioned that these cards are five by seven and my paper is 8.5 by 11. So one is I need to trim it down. I'm gonna go from 11 to 10 and then the five mark, I'm taking this tool. If it's an m Bassir or a D boss, sir. But instead of running my blade, I'm gonna run this tool down that groove right where my razor usually goes now. It weighed my own and dense and I've made the card that might hurt can go on top of going to take my tape, Runner, get a hair on my card stock matchup. My coroners just eyeballing it. I'm going to rub in my table and there you have it. Now one trick I like to do on my cards is to personalize my name on the back because this is your art. You were the artist. This is an original piece. It can never be duplicated. I think that came out fantastic.
6. Final Project Instructions: time for your final project. Can, slut, you're gonna make a card or bookmark or name cards or a tent card or an invitation? Or maybe you just played and made tons and tons of art because it is so quick and simple. I hope you enjoy that process. Your final project. Just find some photo paper. Get your markers out. Use the plastic and spritz on some water. Apply it to your photo paper and show me the results. Did you do a layered effect? Did you do any splatter paint? Did you get wild and crazy? Were you embellishing? Did you do any lettering? Doodling stamps, stickers, washi tape? I know you probably pulled out your stash for this, and I'm excited to see what you come up with. Please share it in my project gallery. I want to be inspired and encourage you as you tried this old experience on photo paper. Thanks. I can't wait to see it.
7. Final Thoughts: I'm so glad you stayed with me and you watch through how to make a card with photo paper. It was easy, wasn't it? And kind of crazy and unique how all the different colors could just melt together. My goal for this class was just for you to find a way to use your stash, get creative, do something that didn't tax your brain too much, but yet gave you some really dramatic amazing results. I hope you enjoy it and please share your ideas and your projects in my project gallery. I'd love to see what you've made and get inspired And maybe try something that you've tried that I didn't even think of. Thanks for watching.
Tammy Prara, Created to Create
