Today’s card was totally inspired by the Altenew Academy Color Blending class taught by Kelly Latevola. I’ve included a link to this fantastic class in the supply list below. For less than $10 you get Kelly’s expertise. She is a super hero colorist! I used the October Simon Says Stamp Card Kit: Thankful Flowers to create this card… Read More »
I’m taking a Color Blending class through Altenew Academy and I’m loving it. It’s taught by Kelly Latevola who is one of my favorite colorists to watch. For the first lesson, she had us create a color wheel and color swatches. We did a lesson on color theory. I will share all of that tomorrow along with… Read More »
About a year ago, I picked up a book about Zentangle Pencil Drawing Techniques. I really wanted to learn to add these fun drawings to my bullet journal pages. You know how it is…life happens. You get busy, the kids need you to do this, you have to go visit family, the house needs a good cleaning, work… Read More »
I have a quick share of the second card that I created while taking my current Altenew class in Creative Coloring with the alcohol artist markers that Altenew sells. I’m embracing the imperfections on this one! It was my first time coloring a flower using alcohol markers in this way. We added the stem, grass and sky dots… Read More »
I feel like it takes a good amount of time to create a scrapbook layout, especially when I’m creating the papers, the background, the stamp and die cut elements. I love to scrapbook on weekends and most especially on Sunday. I actually spent some time yesterday in my craft room stamping and die cutting a bunch of random… Read More »
I have another scrapbook page to share with you. Actually, I’m sharing my homework assignments with you! In the Stamps Meet Scrapbooks class that I’m taking, Lesson 3 was about trying a watercolor emboss resist technique to create the background of your scrapbook. The technique gives an interesting effect for a background and I am not sure I… Read More »
I actually have several stamp sets in my collection that I purchased just to make scrapbook layouts with them. Using your stamps and dies to create scrapbook pages is just one more way to stretch your crafting budget and get more out of your stash. You get more bang for your buck when you have stamps and other… Read More »
I’m taking several classes at once right now, but only one of them is live. I’m taking a Stamps Meet Scrapbooks class. I’ve taught a Stamping and Scrapping class for years. I actually started out my paper crafting as a scrapbooker more years ago than I want to put in print! I still find it fun and inspiring… 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 »
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 »