Celebrate!

Hello Crafty Friends!  It is Christmas Day and I wish you all a very Merry Christmas.  Soon it will be the New Year and I pray the coming year brings an end to the COVID pandemic with peace and love in our communties.  Soon it will be time to Celebrate and that is the theme of my polychromatic card today....Celebrations for new beginnings.

For my card today, I've used the Altenew Floral Fantasy Stamp and Coordinating Die set and the Mega Label Love Sentiment Set to creat a colorful celebration card.

To start, I ink blended a background panel using Catherine Pooler inks.  After the panel dried, I wanted an appearance of texture so I smooshed deeper shades of blue inks onto the panel and splattered with black and white acrylic gloss spray. 

The florals and leaves were stamped using Catherine Pooler inks; for the last stamp layer on the florals, instead of using a darker ink, I stamped with watermark ink and heat embossed with fine detail silver embossing power.  The focal images were then cut using the coordinating dies.

The sentiment was stamped, cut and popped on craft foan with a nest of Altenew Metallic Thread attached behind for interest and texture.  Lastly, white, irridescent sequins were added for shine.

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope your holiday is blessed.  Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Alphabet Challenge

Creative Fingers Blog Candy Giveaway

Creative Moments

Happy Little Stampers Die Cut Challenge

Sweet Stampers

River of Creativity

Crafter's Cafe:  Favs - Everything Altenew!

QKR Stampede

Altenew December 2021 Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Wed. Challenge

Altenew Academy Level 1 Course: Seasonal Scene Building

Hello Crafty Friends!  Todays card is my submission to the Altenew Educator Certification Program Course:  Seasonal Scene Building.  The course covered various ways to create scenes in order to bring cards to life.  

For my card today, I created a scene using the Altenew Build-A-Flower:  Fashion Monger Dahlia Stamp with Coordinating Die Set and the Altenew Megal Label Love Sentiment Set to create a summer sky full of clouds for my flower to sit against.

To start my design, I ink blended clouds using a Cloud Stencil, blue ink, a blending brush and a light hand on a card panel measuring 3.5" x 4".  The stencil is 4 sided, so as I blended down the card panel, I turned the stencil 1/4 turn in order to get different cloud shapes.

The Dahlia image and leaves are layering stamps so using my stamp positioner, I stamped the images using yellow, orange and green shades of inks.  I die cut the images with the coordinating dies, adhered the leaves and mounted the floral on craft foam. 

I mounted the blended panel and sentiment strip on craft foam and adhered all to a card base of Neenah Solar White 110 lb. card.  Lastly, I added sequins for a bit of sparkle and shine.

This was a wonderful course that reminded me scene building does not have to include lots of images but can be as simple as my design here today...a simple sky and a floral to create a tranquil scene.  

Thanks for visiting me today.  Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

Products Used:

Altenew Build-A-Flower:  Fashion Monger Dahlia Stamp with Coordinating Die Set

Altenew Megal Label Love Sentiment Set

My Favorite Things Mini Cloud Edges Stencil

Catherine Pooler Inks

Neenah Solar White Classic Crest 80 lb. and 110 lb. Card

Makeup Blending Brushes - Amazon

Sequins - Hobby Lobby

Versafine Onyx Black Pigment Ink

**Challenges Entered:

Avenue 613

Chocolate Baroque - Fav stamps are Altenew Florals

Stamping Sensations

Moving Along with the Times

NBUS - 1st time using stamp sets

Crafter's Cafe

Crafts Galore Encore

QKR Stampede