Welcome to class 3 of our Card Making 201 series! Today, we’re excited to introduce Blending Brushes, a versatile and fun tool for card making. Featuring velvety soft bristles, these brushes are perfect for seamlessly blending ink onto cardstock, adding color and dimension to your designs. Affordable and easy to use, Blending Brushes are a must-have addition to your crafting toolkit.
In class 3 of our Card Making 201 series, we’re using Blending Brushes to:
- Add a pop of color using the masking technique
- Highlight a stamped images
- Color with Decorative Masks
Want to learn more easy techniques to improve your card making? CLICK HERE for our full Card Making 201 series, where we introduce simple techniques and fun new tools to make your handmade cards stand out.
Card Making 201, Class 3
In this video class, I (Jackie, an experienced card maker) teach Jesi (my daughter, a beginner card maker) fun ways to use Blending Brushes to add color and dimension to her handmade cards. We hope that if you’re also a beginner card maker you can learn alongside Jesi and build your knowledge and confidence as she does.
There’s a lot more information shared in the video class than what’s written below. So make sure to give it a watch to learn everything you need to know to color with blending brushes confidently!
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Blending Brushes & Masking Technique
The first card we made in the video class used the masking technique. There are many different ways that you can do masking, but this is Card Making 201 and we’re keeping it easy! We made our mask using a Circle Punch, which we had learned about in Class 10 of Card Making 101. You can notice in the pictures below the different shades of the blue circles. The darker one was Jesi’s first go with Blending Brushes, she had a heavier hand. The lighter one was me with a lighter hand. Blending Brushes can give many different looks, depending on how much ink you layer on and how hard you press. Make sure to watch he video class for tips on the best way to use them!
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Blending Brushes & Water Painters
The second card we made in the video class used blending brushes to subtly highlight the stamped image. CLICK HERE for my full supply list to make this sympathy card. And make sure to watch the video tutorial to learn how to add the speckles to the card using a Water Painter! Jesi had a lot of fun doing this… I now expect to see speckles on all of her cards.
Card Measurements:
- Card Base: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″, score at 4 1/4″
- Basic White: 5″ x 3 3/4″
- Coordinating Layer: 5 1/8″ x 3 7/8″
Blending Brushes & Decorative Masks
And finally, here is the bonus card I shared at the end of the video class. This card was made using Decorative Masks and Blending Brushes. CLICK HERE for my blog post featuring the Layers of Beauty Decorative Masks and to learn my tips and tricks for creating with them!
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