Happily, I completed the Altenew Educator Certification Program Level 2 and I am now officially on to level 3. I started with a class on Clean, Simple and Colorful Techniques that was just full of ideas and stunning examples of how to use them. Laura Bassen taught a lesson on Ink Blending and Copic Flicking that takes me… Read More »
If you have been following my blog the last few months, you know that I am taking a ton of classes at Altenew Academy. You also know that I am enjoying them immensely and I believe they are transforming my crafting! I recently completed a couple of scrapbook classes. I completed a class called “Stamps Meet Scrapbooks” and… Read More »
Every time I take a class at the Altenew Academy, I think that it’s my favorite class so far. Then I take the next one! My latest class as I work toward completing the Altenew Educator Certification Program, was called “Muse”. I really loved this class. The instructor taught lessons on finding inspiration in various ways. She used… Read More »
My task for the final project for the Altenew Educator Certification Program for Level 2 is to create a home décor project and a coordinating card. I was also encouraged to include a video. I had so many ideas of home décor projects that it was really hard to decide which one to choose. I made a list… Read More »
I’ve been playing with my Simon Says Stamps March 2018 Card Kit this week. It is such a great spring inspired card kit. It has beautiful pastel and natural colors along with two fun stamp sets and pastel ink cubes that just make me long for spring. Here in the north east corner of the US, it feels… Read More »
With all of the classes I’ve taken over the last several months, one tip that I’ve gotten from the experts teaching the classes is that they all have little systems in place to keep them organized and to inspire their crafting. I noticed that many of them had ink swatches that they had created for each color and… Read More »
I’ve been making it a point to do some kind of coloring or inking practice every day. Today I could not resist playing with the other Simon Says Stamp set from the March Kit called Showers and Flowers. I just dabbled with my watercoloring and did not actually get cards made. It was quite a relaxing evening to… Read More »
I’m trying to sneak this card and blog post in before we lose electricity! We are in the middle of yet another Nor’easter here on eastern Long Island. We are getting a crazy amount of snow and wind. The lights have been flashing on and off all day so I thought that I better get this card made… Read More »
I finally had time to sit down and play with the Simon Says Stamps March Kit called Choose Joy. You know that I love craft kits of all kinds. The Simon Says Stamps kits are always a great value, but the last two months Simon Says Stamps has been knocking it out of the park! These kits are… Read More »
The final Altenew Academy class that I have taken for the Level 2 Certification Program is called Magical Marker Techniques. Alcohol markers are pretty amazing tools. You can use them on so many different surfaces. I’ve experimented with these markers on metals, velum, enamel dots, rhinestones and pearls, window sheets…the list goes on. You can use them for… Read More »
The project that I meant to create today is for the Impressive Heat Embossing class at the Altenew Academy. I say the project I meant to create because I fell in love with the technique the instructor used in lesson 2 and meant to create a similar card. The two cards that I have to show you today… Read More »
My latest Altenew Academy class was called “Masking Unleashed”. I’ve done masking techniques before, but I had no idea the variety of products available to use for masking projects. I’ve created masks to cover images and layer stamps together to add dimension to my scene. I’ve also used masks to allow me to ink blend in one area… Read More »
Lucky me! I had a box of crafty goodness waiting for me when I got home from work today! What great timing. We are in the middle of this crazy Nor’Easter winter storm and it is nice to have time to just experiment with some new tools in my craft room. Many of the instructors of my classes… Read More »
The next class that I have taken at the Altenew Academy is called Polychromatic. This was another class that presented lessons in several coloring techniques and effects with several lessons using watercoloring or faux watercoloring. My new favorite technique!!! I was delighted to get more tools and techniques to add to my creative repertoire! The first lesson focused… Read More »
As you know, I’ve been really enjoying Watercoloring the past few weeks. I’ve been trying all kinds of techniques and materials to see what results I get. My latest class at Altenew Academy was a class in a Creative Watercolor Media. I actually had a really hard time deciding which lesson to make my class project from. The… Read More »