I’ve been making my way thru the Level 1  classes of Altenew’s Academy.  Today’s class was Easy Die Cutting Techniques.   I’ve found myself using my little Cuttlenug more and more so this class was definitely a help!  I used the Golden Garden stamp set and simply stamped the leaf bunch three times.  I die cut them. Sometimes it’s difficult when thin stems are involved but these were so easy and turned out great!   

I used some pattern paper from Kaisercraft’s succulent collection.   I smooshed some ink on a cube and flicked it on some white paper.  I don’t use the flick often enough.  It’s a great way to add coordinating color and fill some white space.

 After diecutting the bottom edge to create a little interest, I tied the three bunches together with a scrap piece of twine and added some enamel dots.

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Calling all unused backgrounds ... there's still hope!

I'm still perfecting my card-making work flow.  Sometimes I make a background and it sits, and sits, and sits, until it is called to duty and I find a good use for it.  That's what happened with this background.  I actually made it about 3 months ago in a class and filed it away.  I have been practicing my layering techniques so I pulled out Paper Trey Ink's Grans Garden set.  I love this set!  I used some Altenew inks and wahlah!  A card is born!

I TOTALLY did not see the little boogie in the lower right corner until after I took the pic.  Blame it on the chocolate!  I used my sand eraser and it's good as new!  The background is blended with Tim's Distress Oxides of course. 




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All About Layering

The Altenew All About Layering class was full of useful tips and tricks.  I used what I learned in the class to create these sweet, clean and simple cards using the indoor garden stamp set.  Some were just two layers and other were three.  I used a few nontraditional colors to keep it fun!

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What's on my desk today ...

I got this Taylored Expressions set on sale a few weeks ago and finally got around to using it ... although I could probably say that about most of my stamps!!  They all will have their day, that's my plan!  I love the scene sets that have multiple seasons and multiple reasons.  So much fun to mix and match.  I'm not ready to say goodbye to summer yet but, it's been a weird one but I am looking forward to the change into fall.

Because Taylored Expressions uses the red rubber for their stamps, scenes like these could be hard to line up.  I used my Misti tool and stamped the flower image on a piece of clear plastic film first and lined it up that way.  Seemed to work well this time!  I colored the image with colored pencils.

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Altenew Layering Class

I created this card for the Altenew Academy Layering class.  I love using the layering technique!  I am still perfecting it but this Roses stamp made it easy!  Using Altenew's coordinating ink colors are made for this technique! I used a stencil to create the blended background. 





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