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AECP: Let it shine
I was accepted as a member of the Altenew Educator Certification Program, and have been working hard at completing several of the classes. The first class I took was “Let It Shine”. This was a great class…
Clean and Simply Christmas
Greetings from snowy Michigan. Just a quick post showing a few more clean and simple cards for Christmas. Us a simple masking technique to provide structure and some pretty colors go a few quick cards.
Bling! Adding shine, shimmer and bling to cards.
My last blog entry was about simplifying my cards, and I was curious how my sister and I would both approach a simpler style of card making. That last about a week. Shortly after that post, I…
“Clean and Simple”…..
This blog is a shared blog with two of my sisters. Carina and I are the paper crafters. And we decided to challenge ourselves to create cards that require minimal supplies, layers, embellishments, inks, etc. It’s interesting,…
Metallic embossed die cuts
A few months ago, my sister and I went to a paper crafting mega meet and took a couple of classes and did a bit of shopping. I picked up a set of entwined circle dies from…
Using sentiment stamps to create a custom background.
Hello again! In spite of the crazy life September brings, I manage to continue to carve out time to create things. Part of the reason I started making my own cards was purely because I could tailor…
Quick and simple sympathy card
Sometimes it is amazing what a difference a week makes. A week ago, we were under heat advisories, celebrating birthdays, and I was enjoying my last couple of days before school resumed. Now, I am cold and…
His and hers (complementary) cards
I don’t know about you, but we have a few couples in our family who celebrate birthdays fairly close (actually, my parents’ birthdays are within three days of each other, so quite close) to each other. I…
More Inking Techniques
Hard to believe, but here we are, more than halfway through August already! In the midst of prepping my classroom and myself for school to resume, I have continued to try and experiment with new ideas and…
Ink blending
Hello again! I hope your August is going well. So this last week, I worked through another Altenew class, easy ink blending techniques. Here is my journey! The first class was on creating a basic ink-blended background.…
