Hello Crafty Friends!
I am excited to say that I completed Level I of the Altenew Educator Certification Program. I have acquired numerous techniques from Level 1 and am eager to begin Level 2 to enhance my card-making abilities.
My first Level 2 card is from Beyond Basic Backgrounds with Lydia Evans. Lydia discusses numerous techniques that will help you create a background and take it to a whole new level.
For my card, I used Altenew Dainty Sprig, which has been discontinued. Lydia created a beautiful card by creating a stencil from a die, and I was inspired to try this technique.
I began with a panel of Neenah Solar White 80# and positioned the large die from this set with washi tape to keep it in place while I ran it through my Big Shot Plus machine. I repeated this step two additional times until I had successfully achieved my stencil. I then placed a panel onto the Altenew Stampwheel with the stencil and did a little ink blending. I chose Altenew Fresh Dye Inks, Rouge and Chamomile for a more subtle vintage look.
After completing this step, I removed the stencil and applied anti-embossing powder to the blended stencil images. I then proceeded to stamp the matching image in Versamark ink. I heat embossed it with white embossing powder, then repeated the process two more times.
The panel was framed using a reverse stitched scalloped frame die and was then lightly blended with the colors mentioned above. I added another frame and adhered them together for dimension. I adhered my panel to the card base and then adhered my frames directly to the panel using glue.
The sentiment is from Altenew Timeless Sentiments 2. For dimension, I cut it twice on white cardstock and blended Altenew Fresh Dye Ink Sunny. I cut the shadows on vellum and attached them together with glue. I applied foam strips to the back of the vellum and adhered it to the panel. I completed the card by adding several Altenew Satin White sequins.
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A very pretty card in lovely pastel colours
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining in at the special birthday celebration week at Allsorts x
This is so very pretty and a lovely colour combo. Thanks for sharing with us at Allsorts 15th birthday challenge.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on passing Level I and thank you for sharing the details of how you created your stencil. Thank you so much for joining the challenge at Allsorts.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing our celebrations at Allsorts with this gorgeous card. A really delicate look and wonderful layout. Sarah
ReplyDeleteThat's a very clever technique and your card is beautiful. Thanks for sharing it with us at we love stamping and congrats on achieving your level 1 educator certificate. That's quite an achievement xx
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card. Lovely technique and design. Thank you for joining us at A Place to Start this month. Hope to see you beautiful art work back here again soon. Judy DT https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteVery pretty in the soft pinks. Thanks for sharing your lovely card with us at The Beautiful Blossoms Challenge. We hope to see you again soon.
ReplyDeleteDonna xx
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Thank you for explaining your process of completing this beautiful card. Love your colour choices too. Thank you so much for joining us in our challenge at We Love Stamping. Good Luck and I hope you will join us in our next challenge.
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Such a pretty card, Carrianne! LOVE how super soft it looks. The addition of vellum adds to the softness. Well done!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Erum!
DeleteThis is so pretty! Very nicelty composed! Thanks so much for sharing with us at A Place to Start!
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Carrianne, congrats on completing level 1 and you've made a lovely floral background for your card.
ReplyDeleteWe always love to see your flowers at Beautiful Blossoms Challenge!
Thank you for sharing with us!
xoxo, Aimeslee DT