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We are in full swing of projects showcasing Prima Marketing products.  And, today I have for you a mixed media piece that will eventually be used as a card.  This started with actual product packaging that some of my Prima flowers came in.  This makes the perfect size for a large tag or card.  Plus, you know reuse, repurpose and recycle!  

I will try and keep it short and let the photos tell the story of the process.  I will provide a supply list at the end of the post.  IMPORTANT - make sure to comment on this post (and all posts this month) to be entered into a prize drawing for products from AlteredPages!!!!  

The process started with my product package as mentioned above, gesso and torn pieces of vintage text. 

Next, a bit more gesso then a few stamped images. Make sure to let your gesso fully dry before adding any ink or paint to it.  I used my heat gun as I am impatient and don't want to wait for it to air dry.  

 A bit more stamping...and you can see on the right side I began inking with sepia toned ink and a sponge.  This gives it just the right soft aged look. 

Next, I wanted the card to be a bit more substantial so I added a bigger base.  This was from my stash and was already scalloped.  I added gesso for texture.  While the gesso was still wet I added torn bits of gold foiled tissue paper right into it.  I then inked the edges with a sepia tone ink using a sponge.  In this pic the left half is inked and the right is just tissue and gesso.  

I attached the two together using my hot glue gun rather than double sided adhesive or glue.  I wanted some dimension between the two and the glue gun is a very easy way to achieve that.  You can see that I added a pretty little collage image as well.  This is fussy cut from the Foreign Currency collage sheet and I just inked it a bit to age it.  

   

 I added one of the beautiful paper flowers from Prima along with a bit of white ribbon. 

 I also added a little layer of shimmer matte medium.  I hope you can see that in this photo.  It just adds a little something when the light hits it. 

I must apologize here...I had so much fun creating this that I forgot to snap a few pictures prior to this next one.  You can see that I now have a cool steampunk feature added.  This began as plain laser cut chipboard.  I inked it in a muted blue and then added a layer of crystal embossing powder.  I also added a few pieces of Mica circles to the center of three of the gears. 

Then, more beautiful flowers.  I did drop a few little drops of Irresistible Texture Spray and more of the shimmer matte medium right on the flowers.  And the final touch, a single strand of pearls along the bottom edge. 

   

And, here we are...the finished vintage-y steampunk-ish card just ready for giving away.  

Thanks for joining me.  Be sure to leave a comment so you don't miss out on being entered into our prize giveaway.  Check out AlteredPages.com for all your art and craft supply needs! 

Have a great day!

Steph S.  

large tag

vintage text pages

white gesso

stamped image

ink in your choice of colors

foreign currency collage image

Prima paper flowers

chipboard piece

ribbons and trims