Altenew Academy Level 2 Course: In the Mood for Color

Hello and Happy Friday!  I know it's been a few weeks (months maybe) since I've posted a course project for the Altenew Certified Educator Program.  I'm back on track and today I'm sharing my project for the Level 2 Course:  In the Mood for Color.

This course was enjoyable and each class is a lesson on individual color and how it relates to our emotions.  I've always known that colors can affect our emotions and even our purchasing decisions; pay close attention to the next advertisment / Televison commerical you see...notice how they tie color to the theme and what they are promoting.  

Purple has always been my favorite color.  I'm immediately drawn to purples, lilacs and lavendars; I even love the smell of lavendar.  Purple has long been associated with Wealth, Royalty and Luxury but it is also Calming, Spiritual and Romantic.

For my course submission, I've chosen to use Purple as my main color choice and the Altenew Poppy Arrangement Stamp and Coorindating Die Set to create an A2 sized card.  This set is new to me and naturally, the purple poppy variety are my favorite, then I would choose the traditional red flower.

To start, I stamped the floral image using Memento Tuxedo Black ink; which is an alcohol marker compatible ink, onto a snippet of specialty cardstock that's recommended for alcohol markers. I colored the image and die cut using the coordinating dies.  

I've created a panel by stenciling and ink blending with 2 shades of purple ink.  I sprayed the panel with black and white gloss acrylic spray and set aside to dry.

I've stamped the sentiment, from the same set, and die cut using an oval die.  I've trimmed and adhered the inked panel flat to a cardbase of 110 lb. heavyweight cardstock.  The sentiment and floral were popped on craft foam for dimension and arranged on the card panel.  Lastly, faux violet pearl gems have been added to more interest and shine.

I love color and incorporate color into my projects, home decor and clothing.  I'm drawn to certain colors; specifically reds, yellows and blues but purple is my number one choice every single time.  I have many of the personality traits that represent purple also:  Introvert, Creative, Sensitive, Compassionate, Dreamer, Emotional.  If you haven't checked on your Color Personality, do so.  You'll find it interesting and will discover you ave many of the personality traits that your color represents. 

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

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Cardz TV

Creative Fingers

Outlawz Festive Fridays

Krafty Chicks

Crafty Catz

Through the Purple Haze

Creatalicious

Altenew Challenge - December

NBUS

Your Scrapbook Place

Mini Poppy

Hello and Happy Thursday!  Today's make and share features a mini poppy, heat embossing, ink smooshing and scrap card.

To start, I stamped and heat embossed Altenew's Mini Poppy stamp on a snippet of card.  I thought about coloring with alcohol markers but decided on a more organic theme so I decided to ink smoosh (one of my fav techniques).  

Using shades of purple and green Distress Inks, I smooshed until I was happy with the panel.  I added more snippets of lavendar card, mounted the mini panel on top using foam pads and added all to a purple card base.  Finally, added a piece of black licorice twine and lilac gems for interest.  The sentiment is from the same stamp set.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Aud Sentiments

Outlawz Color Challenge

Time Out Challenges - Inspired by a Vase of Purple Flowers on my Dining Room Table

Craft Rocket

Lil Red Wagon

Simon Says Stamp Wed. Challenge

House that Stamps Built

Double D Challenge

Penny's Challenges

Sisterhood of Crafters

Word Art Wednesday

Avenue 613

Everyday Is A Gift

 Happy Sunday!  I hope your day is going great and you find time for yourself.  Today's make and share features Butterflies, Heat Embossing and Ink Blending.

I recently purchased a box of unbranded stamps from a Church Tag Sale and this butterfly and floral stamp set was included.  I started with ink blending a panel with Wilted Violet Distress Oxide Ink and splattered it with water.  After drying, I stamped and heat embossed with Bronze powder and matted the focal panel with black card.  The sentiment is from a Cardz TV set which I stamped on a tag and added Bakers Twine for an embellishment.  The A2 card is simple and understated for me....I like lots of DSP and coloring so I'm pleased with this one.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends

NBUS #17

Angie's Digital Stamps

All Fun Challenges

613 Avenue Create

The Paper Girls Challenge

Crafty Sentiments

Ike's World Challenge

Creative Knockouts

Cute Card Thursday

Aud Sentiments

Dragonfly Dreams

Grand Garden

 Hello and Happy Tuesday!  I hope you're well and your week is humming along.  Today's make and share features a beautiful, large flower and sentiment from the Gina K. Designs stamp set Grand Garden.  

This is my type of CAS and clean and simple isn't my style but I am trying to branch out and try new things.  I started by watercoloring a panel, then heat embossed the floral image and sentiment.  Lastly, backed the focal image with black card, added sequins and sprayed the project with Shimmer Spray, which you can see some of in the picture.  My Grand Garden card is complete!

I would like to remind you of the challenge currently going at The Paper Funday Challenges.  The theme is Anything Goes with an Optional Twist of Back to School.  There is still plenty of time to enter as it's a Monthly challenge and you can enter up to 4 times with unlimited entries in other challenges.  The best bit...the Sponsor this month is Bugaboo Stamps!  Hope to see you there.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna
**Challenges Entered:
Crafty Sentiments
TTCRD
Digi Choosday
Lemon Shortbread
Stinkin Inkers
D.L Art August Linky Challenge
Cardz 4 Galz
QKR Stampede
CAS on Sunday
Creative Friday

Everything's Rosy

Hello and Happy Saturday...it's been raining for 2 days here with rain predicted for the next 7!  What better way to spend a rainy Saturday than at the Craft table with a beautiful image and some Alcohol Markers.  

Today I'm sharing a Swap Buddy card created using Power Poppy's Everything's Rosy Digital Stamp Set.

This card measures 5" square and simply matted with minimal accents; Nuvo Drops and a bit of Gelly Roll Glitter pen.  I started with 2 colors of green for the leaves but didn't like it so I switched to a green palette with some yellow tint and I like it much better.  The focal image is stunning and enough for this card along with a nice sentiment which is included in the collection.  

I hope you are having a great day and getting some time to yourself.  I'm off to cook supper for the family - the work is never done around here but at least I got some time to myself today.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges:

Crafty Friends

Crafter's Castle

Crafty Catz

Polkadoodle

QKR Stampede

Cardz TV #116

Colour Crazy

Creative Fingers

CCEE Stampers

Cute Card Thursday

Aud Sentiments

More Mixed Media Challenge

All Hallows Eve

Happy Saturday Everyone!  It's getting closer to All Hallows Eve and today I'm sharing a quick and simple card I created using the Cricut Potions and Spells Cartridge.

I kept it pretty simple using Traditional Halloween colors and some gems,  I colored purple with an alcohol marker, for the skulls' eyes.  The card measures the standard A2 (4.25" x 5.5") and the inside is finished with a stamped sentiment.  

I have one more festive Halloween card to share before the 31st of October so stay tuned.  

Until Next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Entered in the following Challenges:
Hiding in My Craft Room #376
Jo's Scrap Shack #257
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge
Snarky Stampers #121

Creative Knockouts Challenge - Boo..I Can See You

Good Morning and thanks for stopping by.  Today begins another challenge at Creative Knockouts and the sponsor for our challenge this round is All Dressed Up Stamps.  I had the pleasure of using the Boo..I See You digi stamp for my design team project this challenge and it's an adorable image!  

The theme for this challenge is Halloween, using the colors Purple, Black, Orange and Green.  I incorporated all those colors in this project and I'm thoroughly pleased with how the card turned out.

This card measures the standard A2 size (4.25" x 5.5") and is black card matted with a digital paper print I had in my stash along with a green mat for the focal image.  I inked around the image with Spiced Marmalade Distress Oxide Ink and added some sequins in the colors of purple, green and orange to finish it off.

I hope you'll join us in the challenge at Creative Knockouts for your chance to win some cute images from All Dressed Up.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:
Aud Sentiments #214
Little Miss Muffet Challenges
Crafting With An Attitude
Sasayaki Glitter Stamps Challenge
D.L. Art October Challenge
Brown Sugar Challenge #283

There's a bunch of Hocus Pocus Going On!

Hello and thanks for stopping by.  Today I'm sharing another Halloween card that has been paper pieced.  The three dancing witches remind me of the witches from Hocus Pocus; the images are from the Cricut Cartridge Potions and Spells.

The images are 3-layered:  purple, orange and black.  I embossed a mat of gray card with a Halloween embossing folder and added a strip of patterned paper to give these witches a dance floor.  This card is the standard A2 size (4.25" x 5.5") and was a simple one to create, no extra embellishments added as I thought the image was enough.

I hope you were inspired and will try your hand at paper piecing.  Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Project entered in the following challenges:
City Crafter
Digi Choosday
Through the Craft Room Door
Lemon Shortbread #78
Retarte #130
Ike's World #113
Unicorn Challenge
Cardz TV #68

Creatalicious Challenges - Shaped Card

Hello!  Today it's time for challenge #149 at Creatalicious Challenges.  The theme is Anything Goes with an option of using the color purple.  The sponsor this challenges is the incredible Simon Says Stamp!

It's getting close to All Hallows Eve so I created this shaped card using the Cricut cut image Spooky from the Autumn Celebrations cartridge.  I did use the color purple in my design team project and added the die cut Witch as an extra embellishment.  I also added Wink of Stella for a bit of sparkle and Ranger Glossy Accents to the middle of the eyes.

This shaped card measures 4.5" x 7" and I made an envelope from black card.  When I mail, I will address the envelope with a gold marker.

I hope you will join us for the challenge at Creatalicious; a huge thank you to Simon Says Stamp for sponsoring this challenge.  

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Entered in the following Challenges:
Cardz TV #68
Pammie's Inky Pinkies #1841
Double Trouble #12
The Paper Girls #162
Fantabulous Cricut
Whoopsie Daisy

You're a Scream

Hello Everyone and thanks for visiting today!  It's getting closer to All Hallows Eve and I've been busy creating some spooky cards for the occasion.  It's been a while since I've used my Cricut for cutting files and paper piecing so for this card, I used the Potions and Spells Cricut Cartridge.

Two spooky Owls perched in an old tree, set against an glowing moon!  I do love paper piecing and forgot how much I missed it so stayed tuned for more paper pieced cards coming soon!

Until Next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Card entered in the following challenges:
Crafty Catz #431
Polkadoodles #39
QKR Stampede
CardzTV #66
Creative Fingers

Shaped Cards

Hello and thanks for visiting!  Today I am sharing shaped cards I created using the Cricut Design Space.  First up is a cute Witches Boot image that I doubled in order to create a front and back, then welded together back to back to create a fold.

The image can be found in the Cricut Happy Hauntings cartridge.  It is a paper pieced project which means the base of the card is the purple, another piece to layer is the orange piece and the last to layer is the black piece.  I added some die cuts; the spider and the bat as extra embellishments and applied clear Wink of Stella to them.  The little pumpkin is a sticker from the Dollar Tree.

I'm pleased with the outcome of this card and I definitely see more shaped cards in my future.  I hope you have been inspired to try some shaped cards as well.  If you don't have access to Cricut Design space or other cutting machines, try using dies or even drawing yourself an image.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Card entered in the following challenges:
Paper Craft Crew #304
Watercooler Challenges #184
Creative Inspirations
QKR Stampede #309
Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #1833
Cardz TV #61

Sketch Saturday Challenge Week 2 - Biker Girl

Hello and Happy Saturday!  Today I'm sharing my design project, as a Guest Designer, on Sketch Saturday Challenge Blog.  Every week there is a new challenge sketch to follow and several designs to gain inspiration from.  I will guest designing during the month of August and here is my design for this weeks' challenge:

The Sponsors for this weeks' challenge is LeAnns World 101.  I chose to use the Biker Girl Digital Image.  She is adorable and stylish with her biker gear, helmet and fingerless gloves.  

In addition to using the image, the sketch to follow for this weeks' challenge was a tricky one, or at least for me! 

When I saw the sketch I thought wow, that's going to be a fun challenge.    I couldn't figure out how I was going to incorporate those squares.  I had a breakthrough moment when going through some scraps in my stash.  I came across some Gelli prints and the lightbulb went on!  

I used squares from the Gelli print and colored my biker gal based on the print. I used Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers for the little Biker and her Scooter.  Dry embossed a black mat using the Cricut Swiss Dots folder and stamped/heat embossed the sentiment, which I thought was totally appropriate for a Biker...Free Spirit!

I hope you'll pop over to the Sketch Saturday Challenge Blog and join in the fun.  Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

** Card entered in the following challenges:

A Perfect Time to Craft
CardzTV ATG #60

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #391 - Design Team Project

Hello!  Today I'm sharing a card I created for the Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge Blog using a beautiful image of African Violets from one of the challenge Sponsors this week Fred, She Said Designs.

This was a joy to color with my Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers; purple and all shades thereof are my FAV!  This image set contains many images such as the flowers in a pot, single flowers and this image - the grouping.  

I embossed the mat and die cut the focal image, then backed with a couple of lace doilies.  For embellies, I added ribbon, tied a bow and added clear Wink of Stella to the Violets.  For the final touch, I scattered small, white pearls.  I'm very pleased with how this card turned out and the images from Fred, She Said Designs are wonderful.

I hope you'll join in the fun at Penny's Paper Crafty Challenges this week.  My design team sisters created some wonderful cards with their sponsor images and we hope to inspire you this week.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna 

**Card entered in the following challenges:  Cute Card Thursday, Crafting with an Attitude, A Perfect Time to Craft, A Bit More Time to Craft #73, Digi Choosday, Digi Doodles Studios, Crafting with Friends, Crafting by Designs, Cards Galore Encore #54