- Vicky Hattingh
- 2 days ago
- 5 min read
Hi crafty friends! Today I am sharing a postage themed, mixed media, Easter card. After making this card, I’ve decided that I need to play around with mixed media projects a lot more often. There seems like lots of steps to this card, but if I wanted to make it again, I’m certain it would go much more quickly than it did to make the first one! I tend to be very indecisive when it comes to which stamps, papers, inks, and dies I want to use which causes delay, delay, delay…. I hope you enjoy the end result.
The supplies used:
Waffle Flower – Postage Collage A6 Die
Stampers Anonymous – Mr. Rabbit Stamp Set
Stampers Anonymous – Bunny Hop Stamp/Stencil Set
Sizzix / Tim Holtz – Vault Hippity Hop Die Set
Hero Arts – Sparkle Weave Stencil
Spellbinders – Tuscan Cardstock
Spellbinders – Timber Cardstock
MFT – Grapesicle Cardstock (dyed with ink to be Fairy and Plum Cardstock)
Simon Says Stamp – Allspice, Cozy, Plum, & Fairy Ink
Altenew – Obsidian Black Pigment Ink
Ranger Ink / Tim Holtz – Vintage Photo & Black Soot Distress Ink
Ranger Ink / Tim Holtz – Distress Translucent Texture Paste
Altenew – Carbon Black Artists’ Gouache
Kuretake Starry Colors Metallic Watercolor Paint – Gold No. 903
WOW! – Clear Gloss Super Fine Embossing Powder
Taylored Expressions – Anti-Static Powder Tool
Altenew – Mini Blending Brush
WOW! – Dual Speed Heat Embossing Tool
Scor-Tape Double Sided Adhesive
Altenew – 1” x 1/16” Instant Dimension Foam Tape
Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue
Tonic / Tim Holtz – Mini Guillotine Trimmer
MISTI Stamp Positioning Tool
Anna Griffin Empress Die Cutting Machine
Creating the Background Panel
First, I used the die from Waffle Flower’s Postage Collage A6 Die and placed it onto a piece of Spellbinders Tuscan cardstock and loosely traced around the outside of it using a pencil. This will give me an idea of where things will fall on the postage collage layout once I die cut it. I proceeded with adding a layering of stamping. Using Simon Says Stamp Allspice ink, I stamped the rabbit from Stampers Anonymous’ Mr. Rabbit stamp set in the lower left corner. Next, I decided the stamp the larger Easter Egg Dyes text stamp from the same set onto the upper right corner using Simon Says Stamp Plum ink. I stamped the smaller Egg Dyes text stamp in a vertical direction on the lower right corner of the panel using Simon Says Stamp’s Fairy ink. I inked up the polka dot pattern stamp from the set and free-hand stamped it in random locations using Simon Says Stamp Cozy ink and did the same with the plaid patterned stamp. Once the stamping was completed, I used the Waffle Flower Postage Collage A6 Die and die cut the stamped panel.
I placed the inked panel on a sticky mat to hold it in place, then I positioned the Hero Arts Sparkle Weave Stencil over the cardstock panel and added Ranger/Tim Holtz Distress Translucent Texture Paste in random locations across the stencil and panel. Once the paste dried, I used an Altenew Mini Blending Brush and Ranger/Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink to ink the edges of the card background panel.
I used the Waffle Flower Postage Collage A6 Die to cut a second die cut from the Tuscan cardstock and I glued it behind the first want for substance. Once glued, I used Altenew Carbon Black Gouache and Kuretake Starry Colors watercolor paint No. 903 and spatter both onto the background panel and set aside to dry.
Creating the Focal Point
For the focal point, I simply chose to die cut one of the rabbits from the Sizzix/Tim Holtz die set called Vault Hippity Hop. I die cut the rabbit two times from Spellbinders Timber cardstock, glued them together, and used Ranger/Tim Holtz Black Soot ink to blacken the edges of the rabbit. After the edging, I spattered the die cut with Kuretake Starry Colors No. 903 gold watercolor paint so it would blend in with the card’s background panel.
Creating the Sentiment
For the sentiment, I used the “Happy Easter” stamp from the Stampers Anonymous Bunny Hop Stamp/Stencil set. I placed a piece of Fairy ink colored card stock that I made by dragging the Simon Says Stamp Fairy ink pad across a small piece of cardstock and placed it into my MISTI tool. I applied a generous amount of anti-static powder to the cardstock and stamped the sentiment using Altenew’s Obsidian Black ink pad. Once stamped, I applied WOW!’s Clear Gloss Super Fine embossing powder to the sentiment and melted the powder with the heat tool. I used the Tonic/Tim Holtz Mini Trimmer and cut the sentiment to size then cut a couple additional layers from the same Fairy ink cardstock to glue behind it for dimension. To finish the sentiment, I used a foam ink blending tool and edged a little bit of the Vintage Photo to give it a some-what grungier appearance.
Assembling the Card
I wanted to add the card’s background to a piece of the Simons Says Stamp plum ink, alas I did not have that color (or anything close to it) so I had to get creative and make my own by dragging the Plum ink pad across an entire piece of 5” x 7” cardstock because if I didn’t ink the entire panel I would be able to see the un-inked areas through the postage collage holes – thank heavens for reinkers! Once the inked dried on the new plum cardstock panel, I die cut it with the largest die from Waffle Flower’s A6 Lacy Layers Die set. I adhered the Plum panel to a side-folding, A6 card base using strips of Scor-Tape. I added strips of Altenew Instant Dimension Foam Tape to the back of the decorative, postage collage panel and removed the backing to adhere it to the Plum cardstock panel. I added liquid glue to the back side of the sentiment and placed it on the lower right of the card, then positioned the rabbit die cut over the top of it. I didn’t want to add even more dimension to the rabbit/card, so I cut the rabbit’s left leg (as seen in the photo) and glued the top half of the rabbit directly to the card background (minus the trimmed portion of its leg), then trimmed the end of his left foot and glued it under the sentiment as if it were literally placed behind the sentiment.
Thank you for stopping by and checking out today’s blog post, I really do appreciate. Until next time, happy crafting!
