ALTENEW: CELEBRATION STENCIL TECHNIQUES, FINAL PROJECT

I love using stencils but this class was a little difficult for me.  And by difficult, I mean, I had so many ideas after watching the lessons in this class and didn't know where to begin.  I ended up using the Altenew Inky Bouquet stamp set and Halftone Stencil to make this lovely day card.  I used white texture paste and mixed it with some ink from my yellow ink pad.  Then I placed the halftone stencil on white cardstock and smeared the texture paste all over it.  I cut a piece of it to make the strip behind the floral image.  Then I used the inky bouquet stencil to color in the flower with distressed oxide inks and a blending brush.  This was a fun class and I'll definitely be using more of my die cuts as stencils as well as just using stencils itself to create fun backgrounds.

On to my next class!  😃

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ALTENEW: EASY DIE-CUTTING TECHNIQUES, FINAL PROJECT

Die-cutting can be so fun!  I forgot just how fun!!  

I created two different cards for this class' final project.  I used these Altenew stamp & die sets: Warm Heart (Penguin) stamp set & die and Wild & Free stamp set & die.  I've used dies before but never to create dimension or a background in this latest class.  Have a look!

On this penguin card, I wanted to add something to the background, so I pulled out my cloud stencil and used Salvaged Patina distress oxide ink and mini blending tool to create a cloudy sky.  Then I used white pearl paint and added some splatters with a small paintbrush.  I then stamped the penguins on white cardstock and adhered it to the grey card base.  Then I took the cloudy sky layer and used double-sided foam tape to give it some dimension.  It came out soooo cute!
For this wild & free card, I used the flower dies included in the die cutting set and positioned them on white cardstock to cut out the various shapes.  I had to do this several times to create a background for my sentiment to sit on.  After cutting everything out, I used Altenew's Woven Stencil and Spun Sugar distress oxide ink and a mini blending tool to create another dimension to the background.  Then I adhered it to a piece of white glitter cardstock and then onto a plaid printed cardstock.  Finished it off with some matching sequins and liquid pearls.
Now onto my next class...

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