Altenew Educator Certification Program: With A Twist

 

Hello Everyone!

Welcome to my Crafty Corner.  

Today's card is inspired by Altenew Academy's "With A Twist" class, offered by Therese Calvrid. In this class, Therese showed us how to stretch our supplies by using them in unique ways. 

I have been following Therese on utube for years. I was happy to see her class incorporated into the ACEP program. 

The card was quick and easy to make.  Therese made me think "what if".....

Supply List

Altenew:  Vintage Roses Stamp Set; Card stock - Dew Drops, Aqualicious and Brushed Gold:  Scripty Sentiment Die Set; Sticky Mat

Altenew Fresh Dye Inks:  Dew Drops and Aqualicious

From my stash:  Versamark Ink Pad, Gold Embossing Powder, Stamp Blocks , heat tool

Tips

• Use a well loved and used stamp set
• A layering stamp set would be a good choice
• Reference projects where the stamp set was used
• Then, use it in a different way - think "same but different"

I featured the Vintage Roses Stamp Set in the first two Level One AECP classes, All About Layering 3 and 4.  I looked at the cards and thought about how I could use the stamp set differently...with a twist!

Instructions

My goal here was to keep the card simple, but maintain the integrity of the stamp set.  I wanted to look at the finished card and recognize the stamp set.

The "twist"?  I stamped the images differently than intended.  I was not aiming for perfection, but for a more whimsical vibe,  Rather than stamping the last detail image in a dark color, I opted to add gold embossing for a different look.

I decided to create a one layer, monochromatic background with touches of gold.

• trim dew drops cardstock to 4 x 5 1/4" panel
• choose 4 layer image, but only use the 3 detail images
• stamp first image with Dew Drops 
• stamp the second image with Aqualicious
• stamp the third image with Versamark, apply gold embossing powder and melt
• stamp the leaf image with Aqualicious
• stamp the overlay leaf image with versamark, apply gold embossing powder and melt.
• die cut the sentiment from brushed gold c/s; the shadow from aqualicious c/s
• trim a small strip from the gold c/s, add to panel 
• adhere the sentiment

Tips

• Floral Image - use the rule of three to create a triangle pattern
• Stamp off the edge of panel to give the illusion of continuity
• Randomly stamp the leaves wherever they fit and look nice 

I adhered the completed panel onto brushed gold cardstock - 4 1/4 x 5 1/2. 

Bonus Card

As I was wrapping up this blog post, the thought of "what if" was running through my mind.

I love embossing folders, however until now, I have only used them separately.

I have seen others demonstrate this technique and decided to give it a try.

Here is the result.  Can you guess which embossing folders I used to make this card? 

I had a lot of fun with the "twist" concept and will definitely incorporate this into future cardmaking.

Thank you for stopping by. I hope I inspired you to create something new and different with your supplies.