Hello and Happy Wednesday! I created a card for my daughter, who is moving into a new home, and thought it would be perfect for this week\'s Watercooler Wednesday All About Occasions Challenge. There are so many different cardmaking occasions and we would love to see your card in our gallery.Supplies Used:Altenew Garden Grow stamp and… Continue reading WWC284 – Dawn\’s Challenge: All About Occasions
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Altenew Academy – Impressive Heat Embossing
Hello! I just completed another course at Altenew Academy called Impressive Heat Embossing. So many great cardmaking techniques from Svetlana Marchenko!This card is from lesson #3, Heat Embossing for Resist.I love to ink-blend so I chose to ink blend over my embossing. For ink blending it is best to start with light colors and then… Continue reading Altenew Academy – Impressive Heat Embossing
WWC283 – Tristan\’s Challenge: Anything Goes with a Feminine Twist
Happy Wednesday! Today we are making \"feminine\" cards at The Watercooler Wednesday Challenge and Tristan is our hostess. I\'ve made a floral birthday card:I handstamped the background with three different inks and attached a daisy from Altenew\'s Smile More stamp and die bundle.Thanks for stopping by!Karen
Altenew Academy: Color Your Day
I just finished this card for Altenew Academy\'s Color Your Day and I wanted to share it. This is the second class I\'ve taken with Therese Calvird, and she is an excellent instructor! She is creative, calm and explains her lessons well.Today\'s card was inspired by Lesson #1. Therese showed us some loose watercoloring and… Continue reading Altenew Academy: Color Your Day
Altenew Academy: Beautiful Details
Hello! I just finished the Altenew Academy Class \"Beautiful Details\". I have to say our instructor, Marika Rahtu, is quite the artist and her cards are amazing! Marika taught us that adding details can elevate our cards.My style is more colorful and bold, but I incorporated several of her suggestions into my card.Details I added to… Continue reading Altenew Academy: Beautiful Details
WWC282 – Fifth Week Anything Goes Challenge
Happy Wednesday! \"Anything Goes\" this week at Watercooler Wednesday and I chose to focusing on coloring. This mandala was so fun to Copic color.We would love to see your creation this week on our website!Thanks for stopping by!Karen
Altenew Academy: Polychromatic
Hello! I just completed the Polychromatic Class at Altenew Academy and I have some cards I would like to share. Our instructor, Nina Marie Trapani, taught us about color and color combinations. The cards in this post are from lesson #4 \"Watercoloring with Similar Colors\". I will say this monochromatic look is difficult to photograph… Continue reading Altenew Academy: Polychromatic
Altenew Academy: Creative Watercolor Media
Hello and welcome. I just completed The Altenew Academy \"Creative Watercolor Media\" class and wanted to share this card with you. In class #4 we were taught how to watercolor with shimmer sprays. I don\'t have any shimmer sprays so I hydrated some shimmer powders and used that instead. In class #5, we learned to make… Continue reading Altenew Academy: Creative Watercolor Media
WWC281 – Heidi\’s Challenge: All About Occasions
Hello and welcome! This is my design team card for Watercooler Wednesday\'s All About Occasions Challenge and Heidi is our hostess.I\'ve created a birthday card using a faux watercoloring technique. I used bright summer colors and added a bold birthday sentiment die-cut using navy cardstock. Supplies Used:Altenew Inked Lotus stamp and die bundleAltenew Golden Peach Embossing PowderDistress Inks: … Continue reading WWC281 – Heidi\’s Challenge: All About Occasions
Altenew Academy "With A Twist"
I just completed Altenew Academy\'s Class \"With A Twist\" and I created a bunch of cards. The class was all about trying the unexpected. I am sharing my favorite card from the series and it was from Class #6 \"Die Cutting With a Twist\". Our instructor, Therese Calvird, showed us how to do faux embossing… Continue reading Altenew Academy "With A Twist"
