As a part of Level 3 of the Altenew Educator Certification Program I'm challenging myself to try to fine tune some skills and try working with mediums that I'm not the most comfortable. I typically lean towards the standard ink and stamps, so I'm focusing on creating with watercolours and alcohol markers. This card leverages some… Continue reading Altenew Educator Certification Program (AECP) – Stunningly Simple Watercolor Techniques
A new month means a new challenge from Papercraft Challenges! The theme for the month of January is 'Anything Goes!'. For this month's challenge I opted to submit a Simple watercolour piece that I made as a masculine Christmas card. I started off with Altenew's Modern Poinsettia Stamp set. I prepped a piece of Simon… Continue reading Papercraft Challenge #25: ‘Anything Goes! ‘ – (January 2020)
So...level 2 of the Altenew Educator Certification Program focuses a lot on Color. The Color Your Day class is one fine example of that. There are a lot of different components of this class, but one lesson focuses on challenging yourself to use a different medium than you're used to. I typically use ink...dye ink… Continue reading Altenew Educator Certification Program (AECP) – Color Your Day (2)
I LOVE the look of watercolor, always have. Am i good at it? not really....but it doesn't mean I can't improve. I took Altenew's Creative Watercolor Media as a part of the Altenew Educator Certification Program. It's a good class! There were some very interesting techniques and it opened my eyes up a bit on… Continue reading Altenew Educator Certification Program (AECP) – Creative Watercolor Media
A friend of mine wanted a 'Welcome Baby' card to give to someone, but his request was that it feature a Squirrel. Yes...a squirrel. Well....I accepted that challenge! I started with Pinkfresh's 'Squirrel Friends' stamp set...which isn't specifically for babies, but it's got a couple of really cute Squirrels in there 🙂 I started off… Continue reading Welcome Baby – Squirrel Style!
I love watercolor. Am I really great at it? No.. But i love it! I was excited about Altenew's Irresistible Inking Techniques class as it had a few examples using water ink.. LOVE! I have quite a few September birthdays so I'm focused on getting those out the door. I knew I wanted to do… Continue reading Altenew Educator Certification Program (AECP) – Irresistible Inking Techniques
Working on a few 'Thinking of You' cards. I LOVE the Miss Ink's 'Magnolia Sympathy' Stamp set.. I love the shape of the flowers. I've been using the single blossoms on envelopes and have bern dying to use the full stem... So I finally did on the first card below. I felt the Magnolia looked… Continue reading Thinking of you…
Mother's day is just around the corner. So i made a few lovely (if i do say so myself) cards. Featuring: - The Colorado Craft Company's 'Tired as A Mother' stamp set - Distress Oxide Inks - Simon Says Stamp's Dye inks - Simon Says Stamp's 'Clear Fine Detail' embossing powder - Recollections' Silver Embossing… Continue reading Mother’s Day is around the corner… Here come the cards
#Ctd532: purple, lavender, kraft & grey Here is my submission : #ctd533 Featuring : Simon says Stamp's "Moments of Grace" stamp set (sss101951) Simon Says Stamp "Intense Black" dye inkRanger's Distress Oxide InksPoppy Stamp's "Blooming Rose" die (style 2013)
Okay.. So in attempting card Challenge #2 I stumbled across another card Challenge online and opted to try this one too CAS(E) This Sketch: Challenge #311 (#cts311) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes (#ssswc) Cts311My Submission: Sympathy Card#ssswcSimon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge #cts311CAS(E) This Sketch #311
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