Today, I am playing along with Altenew's Inspiration Challenge found HERE. I used a coloring page fro. Altenew's Exotic Blooms marker coloring book.
Today, I am playing along with Altenew's Inspiration Challenge found HERE. I used a coloring page fro. Altenew's Exotic Blooms marker coloring book.
For this homework assignment I used Stencil Art: Charming Delight layering stencil set and Sketched Lines stencil. I created this card after taking #altenewacadamy class Stunningly Styled Stencils and All About Layering - stencils edition. I incorporated several of the lessons in this card, including flipping the stencil over, using embossing paste through a stencil, stenciling the image, and fussy cutting.
I colored the embossing paste with Desert Night Watercolor marker pigment. I used Fresh Dye inks that correspond to the colors in the #altenewinspirationchallenge and even added a little Iridescent Shimmer spray to the flower bouquet to account for the snow in the inspiration photo.
I really like how this turned out. What do you think?
To participate in Double Trouble Challenge #163 - Let the Troubles Begin I began by using Kraft cardstock as my card base. (Thing 1) I watercolored the debossed side of my card panel. Inspired by Inspiration Station Prompt #60 photo of the world in hands I chose to color all the area around the florals (continents) blue ( Starlight Alcohol marker) symbolic of the water that fills our earth. (Thing 2- Double Dare) The blue around my image is for Thing 3 - shades of blue. Lastly I added Iridescent Shimmer Spray to simulate the shine of water.
What a fun class. I have had a lot of fun with my 3D embossing folders. I have several cards to share today - a few of the cards I created were because of the teaching of Laurel Beard and a few were just ideas I had floating around in my head.
For my first card I used Altenew's Mega Bloom stencil and with a few fresh dye inks I stenciled this beautiful flower onto white cardstock. Then I took Peony Sunshine 3D embossing folder and ran it through so that the peony was EMBOSSED on the stenciled side. Then I took the same inks I used to stencil the bloom I used to drag across the raised peony image. I think this card turned out rather interesting and I will definitely be trying this again. (stay tuned as I already have a card lined up with this technique).Using a 3D Embossing folder packs a lot of punch for the amount of effort you put forth.
Then taking a dark ink pad - typically black - you drag the ink pad across the debossed image. This adds the black ink to the edges and to the raised areas of the debossed image creating some shading.
A close up of the debossed image
I used black for this method but in the next examples I was eager to try some other colors and see how they appeared.
What do you think? Which is your favorite?
I'm using this card as my entry into the Altenew March Inspiration Challenge.
For the past few nights, I have been watching the videos in Altenew's Modern Watercolor. I am intrigued by watercolor and thought this would be a perfect Level 3 course for me. It was a fun and interesting course. Preeti Chandran has a very soft soothing voice and is a good instructor. I learned a lot from both instructors, but I really do love Laurel Beard. She is funny and I love the way she approaches the classes she teaches.
For my first card the method I used was using Altenew's Woodless Watercolor Pencils to color on a stamp, spritz with water and then stamp it onto the watercolor cardstock. (All products I use are from Altenew unless otherwise stated.) The stamp set I used is Mini Delight Plants and Vases. This set has 4 images that are different branches or twigs of leaves. I wet the watercolor pencil in a jar of water and then colored onto the stamp. After I got the image where I thought I wanted it I spritzed it with water and then stamped it on the cardstock. The second method I used on this card was to use a template and watercoloring. I used the vase dies in this set to deboss into the cardstock and then colored in the debossed images. The last thing I did for this card was to add a light wash of color around the vases and branches before stamping a sentiment in Black Obsidian Pigment ink.
This week I worked on the second of five courses necessary to finish the Altenew Educator's Certification Program. Demystifying Mixed Media taught by Tania Ahmed.
My second entry for Altenew's January Inspiration Challenge .
Again, I started out with an Altenew Coloring card.
Today, I am playing along with Altenew's Inspiration Challenge found HERE. I used a coloring page fro. Altenew's Exotic Blooms ...