Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Card Concept Guestie - It's Me! Sunshine Mixed Media Card


I'm so so so excited because the amazing Lesley asked me to be a guestie for the Card Concept!! >>insert happy dance here<< Their design team is SO talented and filled with top-notch cardmakers from ALL aesthetic backgrounds. CAS, shabby chic, mixed media - you name it!


I was thrilled when I saw the inspiration image because I'd just purchased the Rise Above set from Verve stamps and knew exactly how to put the adorable little sun to use.



I started by creating some faux grungy polka dots on a group of tags. 


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 First, I sprayed my tags with a trio of yellow Distress Spray Stains - Scattered Straw, Squeezed Lemonade and Fossilized Amber. Then I ran them through a polka dotted embossing folder and used the Vintage Photo Distress Crayon to highlight the raised areas. 


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Next, I made a background using Distress Spray Stain (Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Scattered Straw), gesso, texture paste and heated embossing powder. 



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I die cut the sun from my Rise Above set and embossed a sentiment from the same set. I outlined my sun and the tags with a bronze metallic Faber Castell Pitt Artist Pen and added some cork letters. 


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I backed the image with some DCWV printed burlap and put the whole thing together. It's so bright and fun and textural. I definitely loved playing and trying new techniques to create this little lovely. 

I'll be a guestie with the Card Concept for the whole month of May so you'll have to stay tuned to see what else I've created. In the meantime make sure you head over to see what the rest of the incredible design team produced!

I'm also going to send this over to the Anything But Cute Challenge, who are having a Anything Goes Challenge Mixed Media Challenge . 



Thanks for popping by! I hope you'll leave me a comment or follow my blog so I can return the favor!

39 comments:

  1. Absolutely stunning, Becca!! The colors and texture are amazing!! I love the design and those shine tiles!! What a gorgeous project this is my friend!! I love, love it!! Congrats on your guest design spot!! Thanks so much for playing along at Anything But Cute!! Have a great day!! Big hugs :)

    Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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  2. congrats on your guest card today - well deserved - you are the mixed media queen!!

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  3. Congratulations Becca! Your card is amazing!

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  4. Can you say......FABULOUS. Oh dear, Becca, this is just gorgeous.

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  5. Gorgous!! Love your stenciling and the colours!!

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  6. What amazing details! I LOVE all that texture. So happy you are joining us as a guestie this week!

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  7. I just adore your card, Becca. Love the many special details that went into this beauty! Hugs and thank you for guesting with us! xo

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  8. Fantastic mix of textures, Becca! And I love the sunny colors and the tile sentiment! Well done!

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  9. Love EVERYTHING about this project Becca! Congrats on your guest gig!

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  10. This is a really neat looking card and love all the textures

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  11. YAY for your guest spot Becca, I'm so HAPPY for you!! You certainly rose above the challenge with this work of art. Love seeing the steps that got you to this little beauty!!

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  12. Lovely mixed media card Becca, love all the different elements you added here. Happy to see as a guestie with us The Card Concept.

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  13. What a fabulous make Becca - love the vibrance of the colours and the wonderful textures.
    Blessings
    Maxine

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  14. Congrats Becca!! Your card is absolutely fabulous! I loved how you got inspired from the letters and the tags look brilliant! :)
    Suchi xx

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  15. Congrats Becca ! Loved loved the bright ,grungy ,sunny card a lot !

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  16. Congrats on your GD Becca, a very sunny and cheery card! x

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  17. Congrats on the GD spot, Becca!!!! And what a beautiful card with such fantastic texture, you have made!!!! Love all the rich gold and yellows and the fun cork letters!!!! That printed burlap is awesome!!!!
    Have a great day!!
    Hugz

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  18. Decca, Congratulations on your Guest Designer spot! What a bright and sunshine-y piece of artwork this is! I just love those textured tags and brilliant colors! Thank you for joining our Celebrate Your Style challenge at Anything But Cute. Hugs! Sara Emily DT

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  19. Congratulations! You're going from scrappy strength to strength! LOOOOVE this....all that yummy distress grunginess....& those layered tags. GORGEOUS!!

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  20. So excited to have you guest Design this month at The Card Concept. I can learn so much from your Mixed media skills Becca. LOVE the stack of tags and textures on this one!

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  21. Fantastic card! Love the distressing and layers!

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  22. Yay for guesting!! This is so awesome!

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  23. Congratulations on your GD role! I love when you get all mixed media messy on us, because the results are stellar! Like this one. The colours...the textures...the tags...the Scrabble letters...work of art, my friend! You've got 'combination creativity' like no one else! Love this!
    Hugs~c

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  24. So cool, Becca! Lots of cool textures! Love it! Thanks for being are guest designer! =)
    Lilian
    The Leaf Studio

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  25. Fabulous creation Becca, love the colors you chose. This does shine!

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  26. Congratulations on your GDT spot, Becca! I am simply in love with your bright and vibrant creation! What beautiful textures and an awesome design! It's stunning!
    Thank you so much for joining in our Celebrate Your Style challenge at Anything But Cute! Hugs! Branka DT xx

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  27. Yay! Congrats on your GDT spot Becca!! You have made such a super cool design with your texture and mixed media!! Great take on the challenge!! :)

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  28. Congrats on being a guest designer, Becca! Your card is Awesome! Wonderful take on the inspiration!

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  29. This is fabulous, Becca! Love all the texture... I think I need to go dig out my distress crayons again! Those cork letters are the bomb, too! So glad to be designing along side you this month at TCC.

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  30. This is so cool Becca!! I want to come over and play at your house. You always do the most FUN things on your cards. I need a lesson!! I have those darn crayons and cannot seem to make a card I LIKE with them!!! Totally fabulous design!!

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  31. A gorgeous creation Becca, love all the textures. Carol x

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  32. Wow! I love all this gorgeous color and texture Becca! Welcome to the new team here at The card Concept!
    Take care!
    Michele

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  33. This is simply incredible!! Such amazing detail....wow!

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  34. I am loving all this fabulous texture!!!! Gorgeous card! I'm so glad you are guesting with us the Card Concept! You rock!

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  35. LOVE this! The colors, the texture... yes! And the design is so cool too... awesome!

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  36. Becca, congratulations on your prize win at Anything But Cute. Please check our winners post for details on how to receive your package! hugs :)

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