This is the first card we will be making: This card has an acetate window. It is colored with Altenew 36 water colors as are all of the cards. Holes are punched at each side of the lid so twine can be strung through and wrapped. The jar in card #2 is die cut and…
My new interest in journaling pages made it easy to decide what I wanted to make for the upcoming Instagram Educators Blog Hop . . . a journaling page! I started this artistic journey as a scrapbooker way back when the supplies were limited to stickers, decorative scissors and plastic templates with geometric shapes. Next…
I thought the colors for this month’s challenge were difficult. However, when I actually got out my alcohol markers and started to color, the colors worked very well. This method of coloring with Alcohol markers was introduced to me by Yana Smakula. It is my favorite. I want to color every new Altenew floral stamp…
We used the Cattleya stamp and die set for a workshop with Nicole Watt. Nicole selected the Warm Gray and Sugar Plum families for the inks . . . just beautiful. I used the Leaf Drops stencil and two Mega Letters, BO, which is my granddaughter’s name. The two Mega letters fit the slimline card…
Nicole Watt focused on Simple Coloring Stencils Day One. While I owned a couple Simple Coloring Stencils, I had never used them. So this was undiscovered territory for me. Homework: Kind Reminders was a Simple Coloring Stencil in my stash. I really had to study it, flip it around and hold it on top of…
February 2, 2021 3-4 pm Eastern Time Register at altenew.com go to classes . . . . drop down list and click on virtual Supplies for class include: Gatefold Card: Altenew Torch Ginger Build-A-Flower Real Gray Cardstock Cut 5 1/2 x 8 1/2″ scored 2 1/6″ from each side ending in an A2 size. A2…
The new color challenge is a combination of pink, magenta and brown. When a new Altenew product comes into my house I open it immediately and drool over the tri-fold guide that comes with it. It stays on my desk until I use it. When this challenge was announced, Snowdrops Craft-a-Flower was sitting on my…
It’s New Years Eve Day. It’s a holiday but COVID sequestration keeps us home with some open time. The Christmas tree is still decorated. The wreath is lit in the window. Yet I am looking the other way. They can wait. I’m taking these two days to play. While I’ve been making Christmas cards and…
Preeti Chandran and Laurel Beard’s class called Modern Watercoloring offers some technique twists that are new to me. These cards are my interpretation of a technique Preeti teaches in Lesson #3. It has several steps including gold heat-embossing on acetate and die cutting the flower from the card front. I am really obsessed with it…
I mailed the Christmas tags yesterday, December 19th. I’m hoping they will get to the three California destinations in time for Christmas. Tim Holtz products Tim Holtz products including Snarky Cat and Tiny Houses. Products from Tim Holtz including Tiny Houses and ephemera Alpine, Christmastime and Holiday Village My last tag for Christmas, 2020. I…