Altenew Academy: Color Your Day

 

                    

  I loved making this card from the Color Your Day  classes. 

I got to use one of my favorite stamp sets "Peony Bouquet"as well as 

practice a technique I often struggle with, which is placement when stamping

multiple images.

     

        I used my Misti for help in

              stamping the images using the Altenew 

            "Shades of Purple" Crisp Dye Ink Cube set

Next I used gold paper to cut the Altenew THANKS die

 and two rectangle dies to cut a border the the THANKS 

                              die cut and mounted them to the card front                                 

I mounted the card front to an  Altenew

double sided sticky sheet to mount it to

the card front.

Altenew Academy Beyond Basic Backgrounds

 

I had to make two 

versions of this card because I had such a struggle getting it right!

The instructor used a ruler that I didn't have access to for creating a grid 

so I had to create my own.

I designed the grid lines using Cricut Design Space

and then poked holes at each join mark using a

"pokey tool"

There were several failed attempts before I got the patterning correct.

                                                                               

   I used one of the small squares from the Altenew 

Halftone Squares stamp set for the design.

The larger card was embellished using the Altenew Halftone Happy 

stamp set and cut using the Altenew HAPPY die.

                                                                       

                                                                               

                                                                And for the smaller card

                                                                   I used the Altenew

                                                                     Fancy Hugs Die

ALTENEW ACADEMY LEVEL TWO "BEAUTIFUL DETAILS"

  All of the classes in this section were so lovely and the techniques used were inspiring. Having to choose just one was difficult but my choice was made by having only a limited number of stamps to choose from.

The technique I used was Alcohol Ink Coloring. I used only the outline stamp from the large flower in the Lush Garden stamp set and stamped it using Memento Paris Dusk ink.

                                                        

                       After coloring the first flower using Copic Alcohol ink NOS. V01, V04, V15, V17, and    V20 ,I masked that off and stamped a second flower. 

The second flower was colored using Copic Alcohol ink markers B23, B29, and B32

After coloring both flowers I masked them and stamped the leaves which were then colored using Copic Alcohol Ink Markers G07, G28, G21, and YG11

                                               

The flower centers were colored using Copic Alcohol ink nos. Y06 and Y35

The flower layer was adhered to a solid green card stock layer and then both were adhered to an A2 white card base.

My original intent was to have the fold to the left but, after turning it around I liked the top fold orientation better.

Altenew Men's and Women's Cards Part 2

My Previous Post for the final submission for completion of section 1 of the Altenew Academy was rejected due to my misunderstanding of the requirements for the assignment. Although I was disappointed, I was excited to produce new Men's and Women's Card Sets.

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The theme of the Men's Set is Leaves. I chose several from the two Altenew Leaf Die Sets I have and featured unique backgrounds for each card

The Women's set uses a different technique for each card but they all contain elements from the

Altenew Craft Your Life Lush Garden Project Kit

This background uses the debossed side of the embossing folder and was colored with a combination of brown and orange inks applied wit blending brushes.

The sticker was made using the out line from a dark brown cut and the leaf petals from an orange cut. The edges were then inked using a darker orange ink cube and then adhered to an orange card base

The background for the tree card was made with embossing paste made by mixing white embossing paste mixed with gold alcohol ink.  

The background for the green leaf card uses the embossed side of the leaf embossing folder . Although the attached leaves appear to be black in the photo they are actually gold.

The background for the yellow and green card was made using a multi layered Argyle stencil

                                   The card holder was made using a pattern in Cricut Design Space

  

                                                  

All of the womens cards were made using elements from the Lush Garden Project Kit

A piece of vellum was embellished with red alcohol ink and stamped with the outline stamp using Versa Mark and then embossed with gold embossing powder. It was then die cut.

                      

The embellishment was then attached to an alcohol ink embellished piece of white card stock and adhered to a purple card base

This card has a gold heat embossed outline stamp which coordinates with the 

alcohol ink colored large flower stamp from the Blooming Bouquet stamp and

die set

                         

     

                                                   The purple card was made by using the 3D embossing folder with                                                                    white core card stock and then burnishing with a sand eraser.

 

                      

The last card was colored using Altenew Inks applied

with blending brushes through the stencil from

the Lush Garden Kit

The cards were boxed using a template from Cricut Desing Space

Altenew Men's &Women's Cards

I used the Altenew Sunburst Stencil as a uniting theme 

for the Men's and Women's card sets I made for the 

Altenew Academy Mid-Term Assignment.

Each set consists of four matching cards. Both sets

are made using  IZINK embossing paste.

The men's set using only the green and 

the women's set using green and pink 

For the men's set I chose to make Note Cards

rather than full size cards.

The embellished layer was adhered to gold foiled paper

and then  to the card base.

The envelopes and card holder were made using the 

We R Memory Keepers WORKS tool. 

The Thinking of you sentiment on

 the cards and holder were

embellished with gold embossing powder

The Women's cards are 5x7 with the

embossed layer mounted on

pink cardstock layered onto a green 5x7 card base

and embellished using the 

Altenew Itty Bitty Flowers Die Set.

        The envelopes for the women's set were embellished

                                                   Using the Altenew Envelope Liner Die                                           

                                        

                                             

The card box for the women's set was made using

the Cricut Maker. The base is heavy card stock

and the lid is clear acetate embellished with

a strip of gold foil tape.

Both sets contain a set of 12 sentiment lables to 

be used for the sentiment on the 

inside of the card.

These lables were made using the Cricut Maker

I thought it would be nice for the sender to

be able to personalize the card.

One of the main reasons I started making cards

was because I often could not find  a card 

that had both the outside I was looking for

and the sentiment I wanted.

 

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Altenew Scene Building

  `I approached this class with trepidation after seeing the examples

from several classmates. I have only recently

started my Altenew Stamp and Die collections and was 

concerned that I might not have sufficient supplies. But after 

giving it some thought I realized I could use some of the 

techniques from the Art Impressions classes I have been taking

and I was quickly able to put together a scene that I liked. 

An idea then occured to me which I thought would be unique

as well as make up for my limited supplies.

I used an acetate sheet to make the card base and adhered

the scene layer to the acetate base using Altenew

Double Sided Ahesive Sheets so that it would have a clean

appearance and then used small dots of glue to add 

the die-cut layer to the front to act as a door way

into the garden depicted on the inside layer.

 The sentiments are stamped on vellum and heat

embossed using Silver and Green to match the lattice layer

         

 

The cherry blossom branch and birds are stamped from the Altenew 

        Under the Cherry Blossom Tree stamp and die set, and are colored 

  using Warm Grey and Red Cosmos Altenew Crisp Dye ink cubes. 

 The butterflies are from the Altenew Painted Butterflies set and 

colored with oranges from the Golden Sunset Crisp Dye inks.

             The squirrels and grass clumps are from an Art Impressions stamp set

and were colored from the Warm Grey Crisp Dye inks

After making the scene using smooth cardstock I decided to make 

a second version with watercolor paper so that I could enhance 

the background.