Today I found out that I am officially an Altenew Educator. I passed! Hopefully this will be another new journey for me. Today I want to share some cards I’ve been working on for my own pleasure. I recently purchased the Craft Your Life: Feathered […]
Almost 1 year ago to the day I started AECP, Altenew’s Educator Certification Program, and today I can say I finished the last assignment, which was to teach a card making class. This past Saturday I had 6 students and the two coordinators of the […]
My Altenew Educator Certification Program, AECP, is nearly at an end. The last step to do to be fully certified is teaching a class. Here’s a description of the class that I’ll be teaching. “Bits & Pieces, Getting the Most From Your Stamp Sets.” When […]
This is my last class for the Altenew Educator Certification Program. It’s been so fun learning new techniques and making cards on this journey. In all, I’ve taken 24 of their classes and learned something in every one. For today’s card I chose to do […]
This is my penultimate class for part 3 of AECP. One of my favorite coloring mediums is watercolor. I’m still a beginner but getting better with every class and every project I do. For this card I used, among other techniques, the wet-on-wet technique. I […]
One of my favorite Altenew Designers is Jaycee Gaspar. You can find him at https://jgaultier.wordpress.com. One the classes he taught was Elements of Floral Composition. Because I do a LOT of floral cards this class was very helpful. I recently purchased the stamp and die […]
Because I’m a Certified Zentangle Teacher, certified by Zentangle, Inc., I very much love this class. Taking one art style/medium and mixing it with another is always creatively expanding. If you read my last post you know that creativity is always difficult for me. I […]
I think I say this for every class I take, “This is the best one yet!” Nicole Watt is the instructor and she is awesome. I am an experienced paper crafter yet I learn something from every class I take. My biggest problem is that […]
Last week my husband and I went to Chicago for his nephew’s wedding. We were in Chicago for 6 days and had a fantastic time. We stayed at the Hotel Lincoln, which is right across from Lincoln park, on the 12th floor with a view […]
I’m so excited to be sharing my final projects with you. For this round we had to choose any 3 components from the classes we have taken, explain the 3 components and use them in the cards. The cards we needed to create were four […]
