As you know, I’ve been taking a lot of classes. Besides Altenew Academy, I’m taking classes with 3 other instructors as well. I just felt like it was time to explore the world beyond Stampin’ Up! and see what other products are out there. I can’t be an expert without continuously expanding my knowledge and skills base. That… Read More »
Boy do I have a lot to share with you today! As you know, I have been participating in Altenew’s Educator Certification Program. This has allowed me (or should I say, given me the excuse) to take 10 classes in their Altenew Academy. I had actually completed 2 other classes prior to being accepted into their Educator Certification… Read More »
After spending three productive days unpacking and organizing my craft room and cleaning the house, I treated myself to an entire day in my craft room! I’ve been working on my final challenge for the Level 1 Atlenew Educator Certification Program. I was given a final project to create 2 specific types of cards using a certain number… Read More »
After a flurry of two weeks of focusing on trying new techniques and making cards, it was time to get back to work unpacking and organizing. I’ve made so much progress since installing my sticky tile floor over Thanksgiving. I’m so happy that I added the sticky tiles to the concrete floor. It just feels cleaner and finished. … Read More »
My last class for the Level 1 Altenew Educator Certification Program is called Seasonal Scene Building. I’ll be honest, I usually avoid creating scene cards since they are a bit more time consuming than a nice clean and simple card. I’ve purchased a few scene building stamp and die bundles and they tend to sit idle on my… Read More »
My card for today uses elements from the Let It Shine class at the Altenew Academy. I’ve been anxious to give foiling a try since I purchased some Minc foil in the clearance bin at the craft store a few months back. One of the class days was spent on foil techniques without a foil machine. I shared… Read More »
It’s in the details. How many times have I said that before? I had one of those, “DUH!”, moments today while creating my card. I just finished the All About Layering 2 class for Altenew Academy and I really wanted to play with my Peony Bouquet stamp and die set. I spent some time playing with the stamp… Read More »
One of the recent Altenew Academy classes that I have taken is called Irresistible Inking Techniques. Most of the techniques shown in the class are techniques that I’ve used before, but that I haven’t done recently. It was nice to be reminded of some nice, classic techniques! My card layout for the day uses this week’s Paper Craft… Read More »
I’ve actually now taken two classes through Altenew Academy in die cutting techniques. I took their Die-Namic Die Cutting Techniques first and then took the Easy Die Cutting Techniques class as part of the AECP program that I’m doing. I made 3 cards to share with you today. I gave up on the first card because I added… Read More »
The next Altenew Academy class project I want to share with you is the Celebrations Stencil Techniques. I’ve shared many cards that use stencil techniques over the last month, but there was one stand out technique in the class that I had never tried before: Embossing Paste. I bought the Shimmery White Embossing Paste as soon as it… Read More »
One of the classes that I recently had the opportunity to take at the Altenew Academy was called, “For The Guys”. I think many of us struggle to make masculine cards. It’s just so much more fun to make beautiful florals or cards with ballerinas. When I make cards for guys I tend to stick to very neutral… Read More »
If you follow my blog on a regular basis, you already know that I’ve been taking some classes from Altenew Academy. If you’re new here, now you know!! I finished the Easy Ink Blending Techniques class a couple of weeks before I got accepted into the AECP part of the academy. I wanted to create a new ink… Read More »
Certainly, the first Altenew stamp set that I ever saw was the Vintage Rose set. A crafty colleague at work took a card making class at a local craft store and brought in her goodies to share with me. Her card was stunning. It looked like she spent a great deal of time creating it. Then she told… Read More »
I’m participating in the Altenew Educator Certification Program and I’m taking a number of really fantastic classes. I recently completed the Clean and Simple Boutique Cards class. I created cards for each lesson and I’m supposed to pick my favorite to submit and share. I’m going to share all the cards with you here today, but the one… Read More »
Buy one Fast Fuse Adhesive and get two Fast Fuse Adhesives for FREE! The Fast Fuse 5-Day Sale Is Coming! (NA ONLY) As you may remember, the response to the Stampin’ Up! Fast Fuse promotion last fall was phenomenal. In fact, your enthusiasm was so overwhelming Stampin’ Up! simply didn’t have the inventory to keep the deal running! … Read More »