For this lesson we used a cover die to cut out a stencil and then stencil a background. I used the Moroccan Mosaic cover die for my project. I inked the background with Pale Mauve from the Sugarplums ink cubes set. I used the Vintage […]
On to my next Altenew Academy class. I’ve looked through this class, and although I’m a seasoned card maker I know I’m going to love this class. Sometimes, even though you know a technique, taking classes like these reminds you of techniques you’ve forgotten, or […]
This is the last lesson of this class. We used a brayer to create an interesting background. In my card that would be the green background. I also used the direct ink-to-paper for the pink background.
For this lesson we were to ink up an acrylic block, spritz it with water and stamp it on cardstock. This would have given it a spritzy, splotchy result, which can be cool. But instead on an acrylic block I chose to use a rubber […]
Moving right along to lesson 2. In this lesson we used ink like paint. I used yellow inks because I wanted to created a card using Pantone’s colors of the year, which is a yellow and a grey. I’m not sure of the exact names […]
On to my next Altenew Class. Now that I’ve really started taking these classes being locked down with this COVID-19 pandemic isn’t too very bad. I’ve got to look at the bright side of things, right? This class is taught by Sara Neumann. She’s been […]
Marika is all about the details. Oh wait, that IS the name of the class. She does a fabulous job of shading details. She seems to see wrinkles and folds in flowers that really bring her images to life. I can only aspire to be […]
In this lesson Marika asked us to color on vellum. I’ve done that before but not with as much details. Here is the card I created about a year ago before this class. I didn’t really do any kind of shading. I embossed the image […]
In this lesson Marika used a layering stamp image and used the medium shade of ink to stamp both the 2nd and 3rd layers. Then she used two shades of colored pencils, slightly darker, to add more details. I liked this technique. I used Prisma […]
Marika Rahtu, the instructor for this class, does absolutely beautiful work. The details she adds really enhances the card. I used the Beautiful Day stamp set from Altenew, which is one of my favorites. I chose not to put a sentiment on it. I have […]
