All About Layering 1 Project Fun

Hi everyone! I just finished taking All About Layering 1 and wanted to share my finished projects.  This is a great class teaching how to use all your different layering stamps and the different things you can do with them.  

The simplicity of this first card made it come together quickly.  I wish I would have stamped the larger leaf cluster with a darker green and a bit off set but I can always do that next time. 

I used a medium grey for my base card and popped up the three flowers and two ferns.  I then went in  with a smaller stamp and stamped some extra leaves around the images. After stamping the sentiment I finished off the card with some sequins.  I love how they add just a little sparkle to the design. 

A close up of the dimension. I really like how this looks. I always feel like I need big images on my cards. Now I know I can so have smaller ones and have a beautiful card. 

I must admit this card gave me a bit of trouble. I was able to stamp and layer the larger flower but the smaller one just didn't want to work for me.  It took me a few try's before I finally got this card.  I triple layered the white behind the black happy and adhered it to my card. I added a few sequins to give a bit more flair. 

This stamp set is one of my new favorites. Spring Daisy has such beautiful blooms and the script on the two sentiments is so pretty.  I stamped two of the flowers in the lighter blue and one in the darker. For the smaller closed blooms I used a water color brush and ink pad to color in since they don't have a second image. 

I have to say out of all the cards I made this one is my favorite. I used jet black and stamped off four different times to get the greyish looking flower.  I will definitely be doing this technique again

I've never been one for masking. I always thought it was to much work.  During this class we did masking on a couple of the cards and this was one of them.  I love how it turned out. I always thought the detail image was supposed to be in black but now I tried it using the darkest color in the color family and it turned out great. That left the black open for using on the sentiment. 

My final card is using a newer stamp set called Watercolor Blooms. It took me two tries to get the arrangement the way I wanted. The first sample I did I ended up with two even rows lol.  Not what I was going for. This one turned out way better. I stamped the image in embossing ink and used the gold embossing power to make it pop.  I added some gold sequins to finish it up 

Thanks for taking the time to look at my projects. I hope you'll come back again to see what I create in the next level of All About Layering 2!!

Artist Watercolor 101 Lesson 4 Miss You

Back at it in the Altenew Academy working on my Artist Watercolor 101 class. This week I learned the wet on wet technique.  I loved doing the background as it was basically just adding colors to make it look like tye dye.  Coloring the flowers in, on the other hand, was a lot harder for me. 

Learning what colors go well together and how to blend them is going to take me some time to get the hang of but I'm happy with how my card turned out. 

Love & Hugs

Hi. I'm back with another card using a new set (to me) that I got this week. I am having so much fun making these beautiful flowers and can't seem to get enough of stamping! 

I was watching a bunch of Altenew youtube videos yesterday and got a great idea to leave some white space on one of my flower to give it a little different look. I love how it gives the flower a little added dimension. The pictures make it look as if I used blue hues but I used purple. 

I wanted to use some of the new washi tape that Altenew came out with this month and I have to say, I love it!! The sweet pea palette is such a pretty tape with a hint of gold to it. Unfortunately, my flowers cover most of it up so I'll have to use it on a different card soon.

I took this close up to show a bit more of the dimension that I created using foam tape and one less color on the upper flower. I did this on a couple sets of the leaves as well.  I used the two lightest colors of the green family and, for me, it didn't give enough of a contrast. Next time I'll do the lightest and the third darkest. 

Supplies: All By Altenew unless otherwise stated (these are affiliate links at no cost to you)

Stamp/dies: Build-A-Flower: Ranunculus

Ink: enchanted oval crisp die set, green valley oval crisp die set, jet black oval crisp die

Access: marsh land washi tape, sweet pea palette washi tape

I had a lot of fun making this card. I hope you found something you liked and think about adding it to your next card or layout!

Ombre background Hello

Hi everyone! I'm here again with another Artists Watercolor 101 for Paper Crafter's project to share.  I had so much fun making this ombre background.  I have to say it was one of the easier techniques for me.  I can't wait to give it a try with some of the other paint colors.

I used my mega hello die for the front and it's just way to big for this card. I added it anyway as I didn't have much time to finish this card and I didn't want to leave it unfinished and forget what I was doing.

I also used the Watercolor Roses stamps and die bundle. This was the stamp set used in the class as well as the Mega Friend die (I don't have it, hence the hello). I also used the Artist's watercolor 24 Pan set. 

I had so much fun with this card and I would love to do this class along with you! Check out the link at the beginning to see if this is something you'd like to give a try.

There's no one like you

I just finished my second project for my water color class (actually my first card).  I am still trying to figure it out so this is a little raw but I'm happy with it being my first actual water colored project.

It definitely takes some practice and patience. Both of which I sometimes forget to have.  I took my time on this card and used the same colors she did in the class video just so I didn't have to guess about color matching.

The stamp set that I used has some large blossoms in them and this made it so much easier to get the color going.  I have some more blending to do on future blooms but I would still mail this card out.

Supplies: All by Altenew unless otherwise specified
Incredible stamp/die/mask bundle - http://shrsl.com/258r7
Delicate Mandala die - http://shrsl.com/258r9
Artist Watercolor 24 Pan Set - http://shrsl.com/258ra
Tinseltown sequin mix-Catherine Pooler Designs
Primary ebony embossing powder-Catherine Pooler Designs

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Watercolor 101

HI everyone! I have started a class over at the Altenew Academy called Artists' Watercolor 101 for Paper Crafter's.  

I recently got Altenew's Artist Watercolor 24 Pan Set and didn't have any idea of what to do with them.  I have always wanted to learn how to watercolor but just couldn't quite get it down.  I love that they have classes you can take to help you learn to use your supplies and then go beyond and learn more techniques so that you'll keep using them.

My first lesson was to see what the paint does when using different techniques. This was pretty cool to watch the instructor do and then doing it myself.  I already feel a lot more confident.

Here is what I did following the instructor. I can't wait to share with you the next lesson's!!

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Daisy Thank You

Welcome back to another project using some new to me Altenew products. I am having so much fun with the flower layering stamps.  I can't seem to get enough of watching these flowers come to life with each additional color added.

Today's card uses the Spring Daisy stamps/dies. I stamped the daisies and leaves and die cut them out.  I placed them on my panel to see where I'd like them and then using nuvo glue I adhered them down.

I used distress oxide in spun sugar and added some light color to the base. I love how it gives the card just a little bit of pop and leaving the center white really helps the sentiment stand out.

I used the fancy thank you die and cut it three times. I glued two together and then used distress oxide shaded lilac on the third and glued it to the other two to give some substance to my sentiment.

The yellows on this card make me so happy. It's been a crazy up and down winter so looking at these gives me a little hope that it will soon be spring!! I hope you'll give one of these techniques a try!

Supplies: Atenew unless otherwise stated
Spring daisy stamps/dies http://shrsl.com/255ye
Simply Thank you die http://shrsl.com/255yl
buttercream crisp ink http://shrsl.com/255z2
warm sunshine crisp ink http://shrsl.com/255z5
caramel toffee crisp ink http://shrsl.com/255z9
firefly crisp ink http://shrsl.com/255zf
grass field crisp ink http://shrsl.com/255zh
Tim Holtz DO shaded lilac http://shrsl.com/255yr
Tim Holtz DO spun sugar http://shrsl.com/255yu

Thank You!

I am so excited to share this card with you today.  I've gotten some new Altenew products and finally sat down to play with them.  I have to say that I was a bit intimidated with their line of build-a-flower stamp sets and didn't think I'd ever be able to put them together and make the cards look good.

I sat down and just started pulling out different supplies and got to work. At first I wasn't sure if the two stamp sets I pulled would work together but I really like the way it turned out. I couldn't be happier with the color combinations and how well they go together.

For this card I used the new Dotted Diamonds stamp set along with the Build-a-flower: Begonia stamps and dies. When I first saw this begonia set last month I knew I had to get it and play.  It has such beautiful images and it makes putting flowers together so easy.

Supplies: all from Altenew unless otherwise stated. 

Stamp sets: Build-a-flower: begonia stamps/dies, dotted diamonds

Ink: firefly, grass field, dew drop, aqualicious, teal cave, frosty pink, cotton candy, coral berry, limestone, jet black

CS: basic white cardstock

ACCESS: inspiration point sequins-Catherine Pooler Designs

This post does contain affiliate links at no cost to you.

I have more techniques coming your way over the next few weeks. I've gotten a few different media products and I can't wait to give them a try and then share my projects and experience with you!!

Hello partner in crime

Good morning! Another great day to craft! I am still playing with the color challenge over at Stampnation and using some new products that I haven't had a chance to use from Altenew.

I have a hard time coming up with ideas sometime but this card just crafted it's self.  It came together so quickly.

I used my inkpads for a direct to paper coloring and then cut out the leaves and flowers from that paper. I attached them after adhering down the hexagon shaped black strips. 

I cut out the background for the hello and used a blending brush in limonchello to create a muted background for the hello. I did cut out two of the hello and attached them together to give a little more depth. Loving the way this turned out!!

Hello There Friend FMS422

I was so happy to be able to play with this cute stamp set from Catherine Pooler's club sursee subscription.  I love all things winter and this set has a cute little penguin (but I didn't use it lol)

The sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches was a great choice for this card and it came together quick fast. I like how it has the long panel that you can use for your stamped images. A lot of different things can work for it.

Here is my finished card. I colored in the dear using different ink pads and a blender pen and then die cut him out and popped him up. Instead of string or ribbon I used sequins that matched the colors I used.

Dream Big #sncolorchallenge

Good morning!! I finally finished the 87 wedding invites and rsvp cards and now I get to make new projects!! Today I used the Stampnation color challenge to create this cute dream big card.  It took me a few times to get the sentiment to cut out correctly, but once I pulled out my precision plate it cut perfect!

The colors I used for this card are Catherine Pooler-mint to be, aquatini, queen for a day, lemongrass and limoncello.

Supplies:

dies: Catherine Pooler: dream big sentiment & chevron divide cover plate

cs: Catherine Pooler: black and white