Altenew Academy Stencil Class

I am participating in some online courses to improve my card making/ paper crafting skills through Altenew Academy.  Altenew has a lot of free classes but also many classes you can pay a small amount for to get amazing training.  

This card here is my first homework assignment - to take a die I have in my collection and die cut the image and then use that die cut as a stencil.  I used the Altenew Edged Wildflower Die.

I had fun with this stencil and have a few more ideas I want to try.  With this stencil I did some ink blending.  I used Altenew Fresh Dye Inks - Tickled Pint, Cherry Sweet, Tangerine Dream, and Lemonade Stand for the flowers.  Peachy Keen for the area around the flowers.  Lettuce Celebrate was the green ink used for the leaves and stems and Berry Cool for the bottom edge of the card near the leaves.  I left the right side white except for the ink blended images.  Hard to see in the picture but I used a little glimmer spray on the right to add a bit of shine. 

I cut the original piece down to slightly less than 5 1/4 x 4 and then mounted on some sparkly copper colored designer paper and finally mounted it all on a light orange card base.  I die cut the sentiment and used foam to mount it on the bottom edge of the card.  Finally, I just added a sprinkle of sequins.  This was a fun project and a good reminder to think outside the box and use my supplies in multiple ways.

Let me know what you think.

Thanks,