AECP Level 1 Final Challenge - Part 2 Feminine Card Set

Hello and welcome to Part 2 of my final AECP Level 1 challenge. I'm so glad you are here! Today I will be sharing with you the Feminine card set I created. These cards took a lot less time to make than the Masculine set and I had so much fun making them. As you can see from the photo above I am a big fan of white cardstock. My Masculine cards all had a white base as well. Rarely do I use colored card stock but I think I may go out of my comfort zone and change that this year.  So grab a cup of coffee, sit back and relax. I hope you enjoy my cards! Design elements taken from the following courses:Clean & Simple Boutique CardsEasy Blending TechniquesCelebration Stencil TechniquesLet...

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AECP Level 1 Final Challenge - Part 1 Masculine Card Set

 Hello and welcome! I have completed the first level of the Altenew Educator Certification Program. Although I have been creating cards for the last 13 years and I did know most of the techniques discussed in the lessons, I did pick up a few tips along the way. These classes have made me think about the creative process a little differently.For my final challenge, I am to create one set of Masculine cards and one set of Feminine cards using at least three techniques that were discussed in the ten courses from Level 1. Also, I am to create packaging for my cards using a recycled item. Each set must include at least four to six cards each. Today I will discuss the Masculine card set...

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Framed Scene

 Hello dear friends! Today's card is a submission for the Seasonal Scene Building course taught by Nicole Magouirk. There are six lessons and I chose Lesson4: Framed Scenes for my card today. This also happens to be the last course in the AECP for level 1 and I am looking forward to starting Level 2 soon.I started off by pulling out an older stamp set by Altenew called Modern Cats. I love this set and its perfect for all my cat loving friends. I'll be sending this card to a friend of mine that has a birthday coming up and this cat looks almost identical to the one she has. I created the frame with 2 rectangular dies and did some ink blending with the Sunburst Stencil and teal ink. I centered...

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Metallic Paper

Hello and welcome! Today I would like to share a card inspired by Carissa Wiley in my next AECP course called Let It Shine - Level 1. There were six lessons in this course and since I really didn't learn anything new I chose Lesson #5 (Metallic Paper) to create a card. I love to foil but unfortunately I do not own any foiling plates from Altenew otherwise I would have created a card with foils since I recently bought  the Glimmer Hot Foil System from Spellbinders. I kept my card clean and simple. This is my preferred card style although I do dabble in other styles from time to time. First, I did some ink blending using the Leaf Burst Stencil with blue and teal inks....

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Stenciling With Dies

Hello friends! I'm so glad you are back. Today I am sharing a project inspired by one of the techniques that Yana Smakula demonstrated in a class she taught at the Altenew Academy called Easy Die Cutting Techniques that is part of my Altenew Education Certification Program (AECP). There were six lessons and I chose the one I have not done before which is stenciling with dies. I don't own any cover dies like the one Yana used so I went with a stamp and die bundle called Focus On You. I bought these products a while back and never used them so today was the perfect day to bust them out.I used one of the flower dies and placed it on a small piece of typing paper with a full sticky note on top....

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Stamp Block Inking

Hello and welcome! I created this card after watching the Irresistible Inking Techniques class that is part of my Altenew Educator Certification Program (AECP)  Level 1 taught by Sara Naumann. There were four lessons in this class each showing a different and unique way to use your inks.  For today's card I am using the Stamp Block Technique. I used Distress Oxide Inks and had to do this several times before I was able to get a good rectangular shape. I was spraying too much water onto my block and the inks were seeping out the sides. I should have used the other side of the stamp block since the side I used is showing the grid marks of the block. I...

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Stencil Techniques

 Hello and welcome! It's been a long time since I have posted a card for my Altenew Education Certification Program (AECP) for Level 1. Today I created this card after watching a course taught by laurel Beard. She showed four different stencil techniques and I chose the stencil overlay technique for my card today.The first thing I did was to mask off the edges of my card panel with wide tape. I did some ink blending with yellow ink I had on hand. I then masked off the edges of the card panel yet again with thinner tape, laid my stencil over the card panel and stenciled with red ink. Next, I stamped my vase and floral images and cut them out with my ScanNCut machine and adhered...

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