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Peace Filled Christmas Art Journal Collage by Nadine
Hello creative friends! As Christmas is just around the corner, I want to share with you this fun art journal project using collage papers. Wild Whisper designs has such a variety of papers and it’s fun to combine some of these together in one project. Using the NWD Baubles and Bows and Pam Bray Winter & Christmas collections, tear the patterned paper into pieces of various sizes. Using gel medium, add gel medium to the art journal surface and to the back of the collage paper. Stick it to the surface and brush gel medium on top. For more detailed...
Mixed Media Shaker Card by Nadine
Hello Creative Friends! Today I am sharing how to make a mixed media shaker card. This easy card is perfect for Christmas and uses the beautiful paper from Nicole Wright Designs Baubles & Bows collection and a variety of the Wild Whisper Designs sequins. Cutting the Card Window The finished size of this card will be 5” x 7”. To start, cut a piece of black and white patterned paper to 4.75” by 6.75”. For this project I used the Nicole Wright Designs Baubles and Bows collection that has a variety of black and white paper designs. You could also...
Art Tag Using Doodling with Stencils by Nadine
Hello creative friends! Today I want to share with you a way that I work on my drawing and doodling skills using the Wild Whisper Designs stencils. I love the Wild Whisper Designs Disjointed Stencil and with the big open areas of the stencil it is perfect for using on an art tag. I started with blending Distress Inks onto the surface of the tag using Salty Ocean, Picked Raspberry, Blueprint Sketch and Wilted Violet. Placing the NWD Disjointed stencil to the surface, I added Speckled Egg Distress Oxide ink to the surface. This created variation between the more translucent...
Mixed Media Fall Greeting Card by Nadine
Hello Creative Friends! Today on the blog I am sharing a mixed media fall greeting card that is so easy to create! Canadian Thanksgiving is this weekend and it seemed like the perfect time to share a fall card with you. I have been so inspired by the beautiful leaves, textures and colors as the trees change, these colors have greatly influenced this card project! I originally shared this demo at the Creative Scrapbook Carnival in September, but I thought I would create a video and share it with you today. This mixed media fall greeting card uses watercolor paper,...
Quick Coloring Technique with Distress Crayons by Nadine
Hello Creative Friends! Today I’m showing you a quick and easy coloring technique using Distress Crayons. If you visited the Creative Scrapbooking Carnival in Calgary a few weeks ago and stopped by the Wild Whisper Designs booth, this was one of the cards that I was demonstrating. What I love about this quick coloring technique how easy it is to add color to the Wild Whisper Designs paper. The Wild Whisper patterned paper is so smooth, it works incredibly well for blending Distress Crayons. This technique is meant to be used on patterned paper or in places where you want...