YASSSSS! You Grow Girl!
WHY Recently my niece graduated from nursing school. I am so proud of this young lady! She worked multiple jobs and just continued to persevere until she finished. CARD BASE I set out to make a very…
Translucent Embossing Glazes and Magicals: Creating a Sympathy Card
Magicals FunI recently purchased a few colors of embossing glaze and some Lindy’s Gang Magical Powders. Using Distress Watercolor Paper, I created a background panel using the Magicals (I no longer remember exactly which colors I used…..,…
Finally…Back at it (also known as Magical Marker Techniques!)
It’s been a while, and we will just chalk it up to the fact that sometimes life is challenging, and we need to meet it head on. So after 8 months or so, in spite of the…
Color Your Day…..
The Color Your Day class offered by the Altenew Academy is awesome! Theresa Calvird, the instructor, offers so many tips and ideas! I have several take-aways from this class, from finding inspiration, to balancing color, and more…
Polychromatic
Continuing on my AECP Level 2 journey, the next class I tackled was Polychromatic, taught by Nina Marie Trapani. It is all about using color. I chose to utilize two techniques: monochromatic colors and a pop of…
Beautiful details
Beautiful Details is a class that focuses on adding your own details to a card. I created one (well, three) back in May using the first technique taught in the class, and then one just recently using…
With a twist
After a brief restorative break from school and some family time, I am back! Continuing on with my Altenew academy journey…..my next class was “with a twist. ” This class was so fun! It is all about…
Coloring and Mama Elephant
In my stash, I own Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and Prismacolor Premier Pencils….neither of which I have used extensively. I recently decided it was time to work with those a little more, given that it…
Quick and easy wedding card
I recently purchased the Altenew layered floral cover die set, and I have big plans for it. I suspect I will be using it a lot! However, I used it very simply today as I needed a…
Embossing techniques
I love the magic of heating embossing powder…..watching a powder melt into shiny, shimmery goodness! The first time I tried heat embossing, I fell in love with this process. So I was excited to take an embossing…