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Bright & Beautiful

By Pam Goodwin

I was determined to use these Vanguard

coloured cards, they had been in my box for

ages and presented quite a challenge. Looking

through my back issues of the Craft Creations

magazine I noticed they are rarely used. I love

the strong, bold colours of the cards but had

difficulty finding colours that looked good with

them – I think I’ve cracked the problem!

This collection is especially for those of you

who would also like to use these lovely bright

colours and may be having trouble finding the

subject to go with them. The success lies in the

hand painted paper layer which has been done

to match the card, also important is the use of

strong colours for the layers of toning paper.

Materials Required:

A variety of papers in strong colours matching as

closely as possible the vanguard colours. These

should include mulberry papers, metallic tissue

papers and plain papers.

Central Motif, this can be rubber stamped, peel

off stickers, torn from an old magazine, scanned

and printed or anything else you find suitable.

Metallic acrylic paints.

Water soluble ink.

Hand printed paper (instructions given later

in the article).

A pencil with a rubber on the end.

A piece of hardboard approximately A4.

Afew sheets of A4 White cartridge paper.

Spray mount adhesive.

P. V.A. Craft Adhesive.

Card mount: Any Vanguard colour card.

Main Picture: The centre motif is a flower scanned into

the computer, colour adjusted and printed.

To Make The Cards:

The designs are simply made from layers of

different papers glued one above the other and

an eye catching focal point glued into the centre.

Above: This flower was also scanned and printed out,

the edges of the paper have been torn before mounting.

For best results each layer should be around 1cm

smaller (5mm all round) than the one beneath.

For tissue or mulberry paper use spray mount

when glueing to the card as they tear easily.

A mixture of plain and patterned papers work

well. Mulberry papers look especially good with

torn edges against a plain, contrasting colour and

all papers usually look best torn rather than cut.

When tearing papers, cut them into a square

just a little larger than you want, then tear along

each edge, otherwise it can be difficult to get an

evenly torn square and it can simply look untidy.

Hand Printed Paper:

Roll out some gold acrylic paint (other metal-

lic colours are just as good) onto the hardboard.

Using a rubber on

the top of a pencil,

draw a strong design in

the gold paint, try criss-

crossing lines or swirls.

Place a piece of car-

tridge paper over the

design and press gently

onto the paint. Remove

the paper, taking it

straight upward, don’t

drag it or you will spoil

the pattern. The paper

will now be white with

a metallic pattern across

it, leave it aside to dry.

Above: The flower and background colours were adj-

usted on the computer, this one has torn edges again.

Below: These two designs are worked straight onto

painted paper, the peel off is simply stuck onto the

paper, the cross is rubber stamped.

Make as many

patterned sheets as

you think you will

want before tidy-

ing up. Re-roll the

paint, adding more

as necessary, and

make new patterns

with the rubber

topped pencil.

Now to colour

the paper, use

water soluble

paints or inks in

colours as close

as possible to the

vanguard card.

Paint the paper going right over the acrylic

paint, most of the water soluble colour will roll

off the acrylic surface so the colour will show

through nicely. Small amounts of coloured paint

will be trapped in the rough surface of the acrylic

paint, blending together to create a slightly

different sheen of colour in a few places.

Most effective is

usually to paint broad

bands of colours across

the paper, these contrast

well with the metallic

patterns and are not too

fussy. If you have done

a swirly pattern then

following the swirls

with bands of colour can also be effective. Here

are some examples of patterns I have used.

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