Hi everyone! I am so excited to be the guest designer for the Poppy Stamps August Monthly Challenge. Poppy has the cutest dies! This month’s challenge is “Anything Goes” and so I decided to kick things off with my first Fall card of the year. I immediately fell in love with the Whittle Wood Picture Frames […]
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Hi everyone! Today I am excited to share a cute mini-slimline card featuring the new Pink and Main Flamillion Stamp Set from the latest June release. To start my card, I first stamped several images from the Flamillion Stamp Set in black ink onto Copic Xpress-It paper. Next, I colored my images using Copic markers before die
Today is the day I share my experience as a participant completing the Altenew Educator Certification Program (AECP). It has been a long journey… new techniques have been learned… many projects have been made… and at the end, I am a better more versatile crafter. About AECP The AECP is an Altenew-sponsored program that requires
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I made it! I completed my final class required for the Altenew Educator Certification Program (AECP). All I have left is my final project! My final course was Botanical Illustration Inspired Watercolor taught by the ever-amazing Jaycee Gaspar. I saved this course for last because watercolor is a skill I have the greatest difficulty with,
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Today’s post features a beautiful card I made for a close friend’s birthday featuring techniques I learned from the Elements of Floral Composition course I took for the Altenew Educator Certification Program (AECP). This class was taught by the wonderful Jaycee Gaspar and goes over card design from the various elements of art such as
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I am nearing the end of my Altenew Educator Certification Program (AECP) and these advanced technique classes have been so amazing. The project I am featuring today focuses on a card made using techniques from the Transcending Tattoo Techniques Course taught by the ever amazing Jaycee Gaspar. When I first signed up for the course,
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I recently completed the Altenew All About Layering 7 course as part of my Altenew Educator Certification Program (AECP) journey. While I often use layering stencils in my cards, the advanced techniques in this class were challenging, and I had to make a few projects until I landed on a card I was finally proud
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Well, I have made it to Academy 3 for the Altenew Educator Certification Program (AECP). I am getting so close to the finish line and I just can’t wait! For my first advanced techniques class, I signed up for Creative Coloring with Erum. She is definitely one of my favorite Altenew designers and I could
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This is a part-two post for my Altenew Educator Certification Program (AECP) Academy 2 final project. For this assignment I was tasked with making four masculine cards along with making either an upcycled project or an altered item. This post will focus on the process I followed for making my altered item, a photo journal.
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I am making great progress on my Altenew Educator Certification Program (AECP) and I just completed my final project for Academy 2. For this assignment I was tasked with making four masculine cards covering the four themes below using techniques I learned throughout my courses. I was also tasked with making an altered item that
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