Dusting off my Silhouette/First Communion Card
Years ago, I purchased a Silhouette digital cutter. I loved my cutter…but over the past few years, found that I was using it less and less, for various reasons. I would go in from time to time…
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…
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…
Three sisters sharing their love of crafting with the world.
