Design gorgeous layered cards that highlight your artistic flair! Follow along as designer Shari Carroll shows you techniques that add intriguing depth and visual appeal to your projects. Learn how to layer color for unique inked backgrounds and transform patterned paper into custom backdrops. Then, create texture with gel mediums and discover tips for achieving a shabby-chic look. Expand your creativity with embossing, crackle paste, and a pattern transfer technique for beautifying chipboard. Move on to making simple materials sing with cute and vintage DIY embellishments, and be ahead of the trend with Shari’s techniques for shaker cards and incredible “floating” cutouts! Lastly, discover Shari’s tips for finishing touches that will tie your mixed media cards together – and get ready to take these techniques to art journals, home decor, and more!
Class Sessions
Layered Ink Backgrounds
19:57
Meet designer Shari Carroll and preview the mixed media techniques you'll learn to make gorgeous handcrafted cards. Get started by creating three unique inked backgrounds using stamps and stencils. You'll also discover Shari's method of building up layers of color for stunning results.
Collaged Backgrounds
22:29
Transform patterned paper into textured collaged backgrounds that will elevate any card design! Learn how to create a clean and cohesive background. Then, pull out your gel medium to achieve a lovely shabby-chic effect with Shari's expert tips and tricks.
Layering With Mixed Media
17:10
Expand your creative possibilities by incorporating textural mediums into your work. Using embossing paste, crackle paste and more, Shari demonstrates how to add another layer of visual interest and texture to your cards for a variety of effects. Plus, discover an innovative pattern transfer technique to enhance chipboard!
Layering With Textural Elements
14:32
Discover how to bring simple materials to life! With Shari's guidance, learn how to craft a vintage-looking card featuring corrugated texture, gesso and crackle paste. You'll also get step-by-step instruction on turning canvas and burlap into charming butterfly- and heart-shaped embellishments.
Adding Movement: Shakers & Windows
15:03
Want to add a wow-factor to your cards? Shari shows you how with her three-dimensional shaker cards! Gain confidence using a die cutter to make a variety of shaped cutouts and attractive embossed backgrounds. Then learn a simple trick for suspending die cuts in midair.
Creative Dimension With Dies
22:34
Get your creative juices flowing as Shari walks you through a wide variety of eye-catching effects you can achieve with layered die cuts. In the process, you'll learn how to create balanced, sophisticated designs using stencils, stamps and colorful three-dimensional embellishments.
Finishing Your Design: Final Touches
14:17
It's time to put the finishing touches on your cards! Dress up your card sentiments with a splash of color or a lovely collaged effect. Shari also illustrates her process of adding unique embellishments to tie everything together.
Your Instructor
Shari Carroll
Shari Carroll has been a professional stamper and cardmaker for nearly a quarter of a century, beginning as a designer for Hero Arts in 1989. She has a drive for creating stamping and inking techniques, and has written monthly articles for beginning to advanced stampers. She is currently the Creative Director for Simon Says Stamp, where she designs stamps, stencils, dies and ephemera. Over the years Shari has been published in numerous magazines including Better Homes and Gardens, and she's the author of Layers: Inspired Collage for Paper Products With Meaning.
Bonus Material
Lovely Layered Cards From Top to Bottom - Supplies & Resources
Bonus Materials available for download after purchase.
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