Altenew Educator's certification Program - Beautiful Detail

 Good afternoon and happy 4th July!!!! We are having a quiet weekend at home - well not so quiet if the neighbors fireworks count!

I'm spending my time working on my AECP. The class this time was Beautiful Details by Marika Rahtu. Using different coloring mediums to add detail to your cards. Marika is a fantastic artist I could watch her color all day!

My first card is using techniques from lesson 3 using pencil to add detail:

 I used Crown Bloom Stamps and stamped the first layers with ink before using pencils to add the striations and addition shading to the flower and leaves. This does take time to do as you have to blend the layers of pencils but it gives for depth to the stamped images.

Once I was happy with my work I die cut the leaves and flower before moving on to the next stage of my design. I wanted to add further detail to my card but didn't want to distract too my from the flowers. I added pink washi tape to the side of an A2 white card base. Then using the beach towel stripes stencil I added very light ink blending to a card panel. I cut this doe to 4x5.5inches and adhered it to my card base. I worked out where I wanted my colored images leaving enough room for my sentiment which was stamped directly onto the card using a darker ink than the flower. Finally I added my leaves with wet glue and my flower with foam squares to give dimension.

My next card using a technique from Lesson 5 monochromatic:

The image is almost an 'extra' flower from the Peony Bouquet stamp set I think it is a peony bud but also looks like a sweet pea flower.

Using a pale blue ink I stamped the image multiple times on a piece of watercolor card. I then colored these with one watercolor pencil, I didn't apply the pencil directly to the card but used my paint brush to pick up color. Layering the color by using more or less water gave me the look of shading and detail. you do have to let the the card dry in between layers to stop the color blending out too much. while my images were drying I cut a strip of pearl vellum and stamped my sentiment with embossing ink and heat embossed in silver powder on to this.

Not wanting to distract from the painted flowers I wrapped the vellum around the case of the card and added this to my A2 card base. A few iridescent sequins were adhered to draw the eye in to the card.

 

I wasn't going to add my last card as I cased Marika's she designed in lesson 4 but I thought it was too pretty not to blog about.

This card uses vellum instead of stamping card for the flower and leaves.

I stamped on the vellum with embossing ink and then used clear embossing powder to heat emboss the image.

Turning the vellum over and placing on a piece of black cardstock I was able to color the images using Copic markers without damaging the nibs of my markers. I also used pencil to add detail to the images. The flower center was stamped in brown ink on the side I had colored and I used pencils to give it more dimension.

These were fussy cut as I don't have the dies for this stamp set.

I used grey cardstock for my base and a piece of cream cardstock for my mat. I die cut a fancy square from this before adhering it to my base. Using foam tape I then added the fancy square turning it 90 degrees do the grey showed through.

I added my leaves and flower to this using a tape runner so the glue didn't show through.

My sentiment was added directly to the bottom of the card using the same ink I had used to stamp my flower center. Finally I added a few gold sequins.

I love this class, coloring is my favorite crafting technique and I have loved watching and learning new ways to use my coloring mediums. Marika is mesmerizing to watch!

Thank you for stopping by!

Altenew products I used:

Crown Bloom Stamp and Die Bundle Purchase From: ALW	Just for You Stamp set Purchase From: ALW	Beach Towel Stripes Stencil Purchase From: ALW	Crisp Dye Ink - Dark Chocolate Purchase From: ALW
Spring Daisy Stamp Set Purchase From: ALW	Peony Bouquet Stamp Set Purchase From: ALW	Faithful Feather Stamp Set Purchase From: ALW	Crisp Dye Ink - Sea Glass Purchase From: ALW
Crystal Clear Embossing Powder Purchase From: ALW	Crisp Dye Inks - Red Sunset Purchase From: SSS | ALW	Heartfelt Sentiments Purchase From: SSS | ALW	Crisp Dye Ink - Forest Glades Purchase From: SSS | ALW
Crisp Dye Ink - Frayed Leaf Purchase From: ALW	Embossing Ink Purchase From: ALW	Silver Embossing Powder Purchase From: ALW