Hello everyone,
It has been a while since my last post for my Altenew Educator
Certification Program. Besides COVID in
the world, there has been a lot going on with me personally. Thankfully, things are slowly getting better
and I can return to crafting. Not quite
crafting full time as before, but soon. Today’s card is for the “With A Twist” class. This card was inspired by one of the class demonstrations. I really like the stamp set and the technique. The technique was a kind of faux
embossing.
The images and the sentiment are from Altenew’s Bamboo Rose
stamp set. The instructor used the stamp
set and matching dies. I do not have the
matching dies (yet…lol). I used my
cutting machine to cut out my images. This
stamp set has nice thick lines, so if you cannot get the dies and you do not
have a cutting machine that will outline, fussy cutting is a breeze! The card base is a standard A2 size (4 ½” x 5 ¼”). I used Alcohol markers and pencils to colour
the images. Tip: to make sure my
sentiment would fit in the space I wanted, after I cut the images out, I used
some temporary adhesive on the back of my images to arrange and tack them down
to the card base. Then I lightly drew
the outline of the inner edges (the part that would be closest to the sentiment)
of the roses. After I drew the outline, I took a picture of
the arrangement so I could place them back once I stamped my sentiment. I am usually not a wet glue person, but for
this card I had to use glue to make sure all the edges of the images were
fastened securely to the base card. This
way when I cut off any excess the image would not lift from the card;
especially, the outer edge or borders of the card.
I really enjoyed making this card because I got to practice
combining markers with pencils. The
colouring was the most time-consuming part of the card; although, it did not
take long at all to colour the roses. If
you plan to make this card, which I highly recommend you give it a try, I would
definitely make more roses than you think you will need. You could use any extras roses in the inside
of the card or save them for another project.
If you are interested in the Altenew Educator Certification
Program or any of the Altenew products used to make this card, you can find
information here.
I did not use Altenew for my colouring; however, for your
one stop shopping convenience Altenew has many options for colouring here
Joyce
