My final assignment for level two of the Altenew Academy was to make four men’s cards and an altered project. I decided to make a card box as the altered art project. The assignment called for specific topics for the cards, but since I will be the one using them I wanted to keep them generic so I could use them for occassions that might arise in the future. Any one of these cards could easily be adapted for any occassion.
For this I cut the box using my Cricut Maker. I then embossed the box lid using the Altenew Shine embossing plate. To keep the project masculine, but also add interest, I used both shiny and glittered gold ribbon to add a geometric design to the lid.
For the first card I, again, used the geometric embossing plate for the front. I then added a black panel and heat embossed the SHINE LIKE THE STAR YOU ARE sentiment to the center.
Below is the embosing plate I used for the card box and the first card as it makes it so much easier to pass the sandwich through the embossing machine.
The second card was inspired by a birthday card I received from a friend. I was so excited to recreate using altenew products. I quickly ordered one of the Altenew Plaid Cover Dies ( I can't wait to get the other one). Before adding the die cut to the A2 card base, Using the large flower stamp from the Altenew Fragrant Flowers Stamp and Die set I inked it using a light gray from the Altenew Crisp Die Ink mini cube set to serve as a background under the Altenew Plaid Die cut. The plaid die cut in medium gray card stock was then adhered to the front of the card. I next placed a diagonal piece of the same gray card stock used to cut the plaid die to the right side of the card. The Wonderful wishes sentiment was stamped and hand cut and then placed at the top center of the card. Lastly I stamped and cut an outline die cut of a flower and leaves stamp from the Altenew Beautiful Day stamp and die set to the lower part of the card.
I am so grateful to a fellow crafter who encouraged me to buy the Altenew leaf collection and thought it made a wonderful addition to the men's card set. In hindsight I would have preferred to have the two side leaves angled and closer to the center leaf. Having said that I still love this card and am happy to include it in the set!
Last, but not least, is the HUGS card. I LOVED using the Altenew Slim Line large stamp which was used to make the squares placed diagonally onto the card front and then overlapped with the Altenew Fancy Hugs Die. When my card class made this card some of them added a rectangle of red card stock behind the design and I thought that was a wonderful addition to the card. (Wish I had thought of it!).
