Showing posts with label Window cards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Window cards. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

AECP-Level2-With A Twist

 I have completed another fantastic class in the Altenew classroom!  These classes are wonderful and each one is filled with techniques and tips to take your cardmaking and crafting up a notch.  This class is named With A Twist and was such a delight.  Therese Calvird is the instructor and so easy to follow. 



My first example is using a stamp in a slightly different way than it's designed use.  I started by stamping the Ranunculus outline stamp with Versa Mark ink and heat embossing it onto a blue cardstock.  For the second layer, I used only one of the shadow stamps and stamped it in Sapphire Ink. For the background, I ran two pieces of cardstock (one silver and one white) through my die cutting machine using the Dotted Scales Debossing Die.  I adhered these to my card front and attached a matching cardstock strip for added detail.  I then popped my flower and added a sentiment from the same set heat embossed in silver as well.


Here is a close up of the Ranuculus bloom.  I really like how this turned out and have another one in my stash for another card.


The above card used a different cut from the normal A2 design.  I have had this Ornamental Bliss stamp set for awhile and only used the sentiments.  That is really the reason I purchased it, but decided to use it for this design.  I think it worked well.  It is very easy to line up the layers.  The most difficult part is deciding which colors to use!  My color choices were Vineyard Berry, Amethyst, Caramel Toffee, Maple Yellow, Sweet Leaf and Galactic Stream. A few of my colors were not bright enough for my liking, so I brightened them up with Prisma Color Pencils.  After die cutting my stamped pieces, I adhered them to my circle card front.  The card front is ink blended in Sweet Leaf and the sentiment is stamped in Galactic Stream. I also added a few gems.


My final card used the twist of "inside out".  The front of the card depicts an indoor scene and the inside of the card is an outdoor scene.  I used five different stamp sets for this card and some of them are discontinued.  I mix and match my sets and I encourage you to try it as well. I did place a piece of acetate in the window for my glass.


I used Kraft cardstock for my window and lightly ink blended a darker brown for added detail.


After stamping the inside, I colored my images and used a Versa Mark Pen to the trees. I then heat embossed some white for snow.  The sentiment is from the Holiday Flower set and the Altenew ink colors used were Hunter Green, Just Green and Heart Beat.  If you would like the details of this card, please email me and I will give them to you.

Happy Stamping!

Tuesday, July 13, 2021

AECP-Seasonal Scene Building


Another wonderful class is complete & I thoroughly enjoyed this one too! I knew I wanted to make a shaker card using the Tropical Toucan. Four colors of Distress Oxide Inks were blended onto 2 different pieces of 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" white cardstock-Wilted Violet, Kitsch Flamingo, Squeezed Lemonade, & Spiced Marmalade. On one piece, I used a small star stencil & some sparkling embossing paste for a few stars in the sky. The sentiment is from Altenew Beautiful Quotes.  The sentiment & tree branch are stamped in black ink & the blossoms are stamped in Wilted Violet Distress Oxide Ink.  I also stamped the toucan in black ink & colored him using Copic markers.  I fussy cut the image & adhered him with foam dots for added dimension. I cut this piece down & added several frame layers in black cardstock, adhering a piece of acetate between 2 of them. Tiny confetti stars were placed into the framed area before adhering it closed & then it was mounted onto my ink blended card front.


Below is another card using techniques from the class.  I used an old background stamp in my stash for the wood look.  I stamped the image on 2 different shades of brown cardstock using Mocha ink.  Using layering circle dies, I cut the window from the lighter one & a frame from the darker one.  I also used this piece for a plank & the circle behind my sentiment.  The seaweed is stamped using Just Green & the coral is stamped in Coral Bliss (naturally).  I colored the sea creatures using pencils, cut everything out & placed them on a piece of light blue cardstock.  A few bubbles were stamped using light blue ink. This is not a shaker card, but I did adhere a piece of acetate between the window & my "sea". This was then adhered to an A2 card front.



My last (but by far, not the least) card for today goes to a very special boy in Texas!  He loves "woof-woofs", so I hope he enjoys it.  This card utilizes a lot of masking as each image is an individual stamp.   After stamping & coloring the images with Copic markers, I again masked each piece to ink blend the wall & floor. The wall was ink blended in Arctic ink & the floor in Sand Dunes ink. I also added some print to the wall using Arctic ink on a small stamp to make it appear like wallpaper.  The sentiment is stamped in Ultramarine ink & is from the Dotted Blooms set. I cut it out in banner form & adhered it with foam dots.

Below is the inside of the card.  These images were also masked as each stamp is individual. Coloring was again done with Copic markers. In this picture you can see the shadows added under the dogs.  I did this in the card front as well but couldn't seem to capture it in the photo.

Happy Stamping!















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