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…
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…
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…
More kaleidoscope stencil cards….
So in my last post, I featured three cards using the kaleidoscope stencil set (layer A only) from Altenew. I actually made five, and will describe the other two today. These are just like my teen card…
Stencils, shine, and die cuts. (AKA: Final Challenge)
Many of my recent posts have been focused on my journey through the Altenew Educator Certification Program. For my final challenge in level one, I was asked to create a birthday, graduation or encouragement card, and either…
A lifetime of love
To everything there is a season! It seems that I am in phase two of the wedding season of my life: my nieces and nephews, and the sons and daughters of my friends! A few months back,…
Scene building
My final class for the level 1 certification was Seasonal Scene Building. This class was focused on building a scene from the stamps you have on hand. The classes focused on masking, oversized scenes, background building, windows…
All about layering (stamps….)2!
So the second class on layering stamps was equally helpful in assisting me in lining up the layers of the different stamps. For this project I used the painted rose stamp set. I have always struggled with…