ALTENEW ACADEMY LEVEL2: IMPRESSIVE HEAT EMBOSSING

                                   I was so excited to try this technique using clear embossing!

The stamp set that I chose for this project is

Altenew's Frosted Garden.

I randomly selected stamps and arranged them in

what I hoped would be a pleasing pattern and 

leave enough room for a sentiment and then stamped the first layer

using Altenew Deep Iris Crisp Dye ink and

was very pleased with the result.

I then chose a piece of purple card stock as close

to the color of the Deep Iris ink as I could find

and, leaving the stamps in the same place as

the first stamping, stamped using clear embossing ink

and heat embossed that.

Using a rectangular cutting die I cut the 

embossed piece to be small enough to 

allow the design on the first stamped piece 

to show and, after stamping the sentiment from the Altenew

Painted Inspiration stamp set, adhered foam tape and lined

the two pieces so that the designs overlapped.

I really love this technique and can't wait to use again!

Altenew Academy: Creative Watercolor Media

 I chose, once again, to use a repeat stamp design so that I can solidify the 

progress I made learning to make my previous card. 

I have to say I LOVE how it turned out!

It took a few tries to get it the way I wanted it, but finally got there!

The first thing I did was to clear emboss the outline stamping of the flower.

If you look closely you can just make out the outlined shapes.

Then I stamped a variety of the Altenew Crisp Dye Inks onto a pallette

and, adding water, used them to color the flowers.

It took a couple tries until I got the look I was trying for

But at last success was achieved

I trimmed and matted it onto a purple layer

and added the sentiment.

This is definately a technique I will use again.