Adding colour to your chipboard

Join Michelle in this video as we break out that CHIPBOARD STASH and add colour to our chipboard embellishments for our mixed media projects, art journaling and more. Michelle runs through the different types of chipboard, using gesso to create a good foundation.

Then she demonstrates four different ways to add colour to your embellishments, making sure they match your art journal background or mixed media canvas perfectly!

It’s so easy to collect craft supplies and NOT use them but with a few hints and tips like these, you will be ready to get the chipboard out of your stash and put it to good use!

Materials list:

Mixed media tag – Wine

This project was created by Lisa Toffoletti with products supplied by Mixed Media Art, as part of the Mixed Media Art Design Team 2021.

Materials list & craft supplies:

Creating your tag

Back of tag

Using double sided tape adhere book paper. Spray with Aloe gloss spray, stamp lines stamp with Manganese Archival ink and attach tracing paper with double sided tape.

Front of tag

Spray with gloss sprays, use chipboard words as stencil and Stars stencil. Stamp the glasses stamp on the front with versa mark ink pad, heat emboss with gold embossing powder.

Using a chipboard star shape, cover the star with Deco foil Transfer Gel Duo, allow to dry clear, cover in gold foil, run through the Big shot and peel off foil, star will be covered in gold foil.

Cut out book paper words attach to the foiled chipboard.

On Digital Paper stamp grapes with versa mark ink pad, heat emboss with blue embossing powder, colour and cut out. Spray a strip of book paper with Sky spray gloss and ink edges in Cobalt Archival ink. Adhere the grapes and star with gel medium to the front of the tag. Smudge some metallic lustre over the front. Attach ribbon. Highlight with Fude ball pen where desired.


Lisa Toffoletti has always dedicated a space in her life for art and craft, from a child making greeting cards using pressed flowers to art in many forms including small papercraft projects, scrap booking and card making, to create things that have a purpose and are useful.

Lisa is married with three children, whilst raising the children as a stay-at home-mum she worked for the family upholstery business and lives in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne. She many other interests and hobbies including gardening, reading, photography, tracing her family tree and spending time with family.
To view Lisa’s creations, log onto Facebook at Handmade Greeting cards by Lisa T