PGCB #102 - Fancy Folds

 Today I'm hosting at the Paper Girls Challenge blog and I wanted to show you this fun card I made for the Fancy Folds Challenge. It's called a Pinwheel fold card and the great part about it is that you can use it without an envelope if it's a hand delivered card or attached to a gift. And bonus, it takes no time at all to make!

This is a view of the card open. It would be really easy to slip a gift card into also. The full tutorial by Dawn Olchefske is posted at SplitCoast Stampers. Definitely check it out.

Make sure to link up a project at The Paper Girls Challenge Blog after you finish your project.

PGCB #101 Mixed Media

This challenge took a little bit of time to get into the right mindset to work on but once I was in the zone I had a lot of fun. Here are the products I worked with: 12x16 Canvas, Gesso, Dylusions Ink spray, Mixed media paper, Ken Oliver's Color Burst and Gel Medium

I learned a few things while working on this so I'll share my process. I primed my canvas with Gesso. After that was dry, I spritzed my paper with Dylusions spray ink. I absolutely love this stuff. Seriously, the pigment is so concentrated it only takes a little to get a saturated color. I used London blue and Lime green. The rest is paper, I custom dyed my papers for two reasons. #1 I just really wanted to play around with these powder pigments more and #2 I wanted the variations in tone were desirable for the look I was going for. I proceeded to glue everything down with Gel Medium which is amazing. Throw away your Mod Podge now.  LOL The main thing I found out was that the Gel Medium picks up the Dylusions spray pigment. So, if you try something like this put a coat of Gel Medium over the tip and let it completely dry, then work on the rest of your canvas.

Thanks for checking out my post, make sure you go to the Paper Girls Challenge post to enter your project.