Hello, hello and welcome! This week we are creating feminine cards at The Watercooler Wednesday Challenge and we would love to see your creation in our gallery. Michelle is our hostess this week. I\'ve had my eye on the Altenew Hibiscus Garden 3D die set for sometime and finally bought it. I wanted to use seasonal jewel tones so I… Continue reading WWC296 – Michelle\’s Challenge: Anything Feminine Goes
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WWC295 – Karen\’s Challenge: All About Occasions
Hello, hello...so glad you stopped by! I am the hostess this week at Watercooler Wednesday and am excited to share this card. I hope to see your card in our gallery.I\'ve admired this stamp set for quite a while, finally ordered it in April and am just now using it for the first time. The flowers… Continue reading WWC295 – Karen\’s Challenge: All About Occasions
WWC294 – Marsha\’s Challenge: Anything Goes With a Masculine Twist
Hello, hello and welcome! This week we are creating masculine cards at Watercooler Wednesday. I\'ve made a fun mixed media card using Altenew\'s Mega T Aphabet die and thanks die.My Process:I started with a 140 lb weight watercolor panel and then die cut the T. With a wide rough brush (I used a house painting trim brush) I applied a… Continue reading WWC294 – Marsha\’s Challenge: Anything Goes With a Masculine Twist
Ink Blending and Inlaid Die Cutting with Altenew\’s Hibiscus Garden 3D Die Set
Hello, hello and welcome! I’ve had my eye on Altenew’s Hibiscus Garden 3D Die for sometime and finally bought it. I thought it would be helpful to take Therese Calvird’s 3D Floral Focus Class while I was playing with my new dies. Therese has six wonderful lessons and I would like to share my 3D creations in… Continue reading Ink Blending and Inlaid Die Cutting with Altenew\’s Hibiscus Garden 3D Die Set
WWC293 – Tristan\’s Challenge: All About Occasions
Happy Fall Y\'all...that\'s what we say here in Texas. I have the Jane\'s Doodles Pumpkin Spice stamp set and thought it would be fun to fussy cut three of the pumpkin images and mount them on masked inked squares. This card is up on the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge Website and we would love to see your creation… Continue reading WWC293 – Tristan\’s Challenge: All About Occasions
Multi Media Cards With Loads of Gorgeous Texture
Hello, hello and welcome! I am excited to share a couple of cards that I made after taking Demystifying Mixed Media at Altenew Academy. I think I can safely say this is the most fun class I\'ve taken to date. Tania Ahmed is a wonderful and inspiring instructor and I went crazy making backgrounds! I made… Continue reading Multi Media Cards With Loads of Gorgeous Texture
WWC292 – Dawn\’s Challenge: Anything Goes With a Feminine Twist
Hello, hello and welcome! I created this card for this week\'s Watercooler Wednesday Challenge. I recently took Altenew\'s Artist\'s Watercolor 101 course taught by Emily Midgett and the last class was on painting \"white\" flowers. Such a pretty look but I had never attempted anything like it. I started by heat embossing these big beautiful blooms… Continue reading WWC292 – Dawn\’s Challenge: Anything Goes With a Feminine Twist
Quick and Simple Cards
Hello, hello and welcome! I just completed Laurie Willison\'s Altenew Academy Class called Quick and Simple Cards and I wanted to share two of my creations. I love making backgrounds and both of these cards focus on the backgrounds. This first card was my homework assignment for Faux Watercoloring. I recently purchased Altenew\'s Block Print stamp set and… Continue reading Quick and Simple Cards
WWC291 – Fifth Week Anything Goes Challenge
Summer technically just ended but I have one more card with the summery colors I love. I had a scrap of striped background left from a card I made a few weeks ago that was too pretty to throw away so I made it into a card for Watercooler Wednesday\'s Anything Goes Challenge. I think bright and… Continue reading WWC291 – Fifth Week Anything Goes Challenge
Finding and Incorporating Inspiration Into Your Project
Hello, hello and welcome! Today I am blogging about a fascinating class I took at Altenew Academy called Mission Inspiration. Nicole Watt was our instructor and instead of focusing on technique, this class was all about finding inspiration for our creations. For this post I wanted to use a combination of color and layout inspiration for… Continue reading Finding and Incorporating Inspiration Into Your Project
