There are days when we are pressed for time and others when we our schedules are less trying. On those rare days, when I find an hour or so of time in my craft room I like to make a motherboard. Not the computer kind. Definitely not.
A motherboard is a large piece of cardstock, watercolor paper or some other heavy weight paper that is created for card backgrounds or die cutting.
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| Detail from Motherboard |
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| Detail from Motherboard |
Painting gesso all over seals my paper and helps other products move and blend more easily. I covered my mixed media paper with it. Then I grabbed turquoise paint and yellow paint, squirted it on my paper and spread it with my brayer.
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| painting with a brayer |
I doodled on the paper with white pan pastel and my favorite Sharpie ball point pen. That pen writes over everything! Using my smallest Doodle Blossoms Flowers I stamped all over the paper.
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| Doodle Blossoms |
Now it's ready for any and everything. On those busy, busy days when I need to make a card I'm halfway there.
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| quick card! |
Try using your favorite colors and make a motherboard. It's fun and stress free, and saves you time.
Blessings,
Carolyn
Here's another example of a motherboard here.
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Materials: all materials come from my Etsy shop Pink Bunkadoo or are Amazon affiliate links where I buy most of my supplies.