This post which includes a video shows how I use four different Altenew floral dies to create four cards. I tried a NEW TECHNIQUE of die cutting with fun foam to use as a stamp - see card #4

This post which includes four videos shows how I create 31 cards (!) using the Endless Ambition Release Collection. Welcome to the Blog Hop hosted by Altenew The release comprises hot foil plate sets, stencils, and stamps.

This post which includes 5 videos shows how I create a whopping 22 cards(!) using Altenew’s Marvelous Monthly Series Bundle - August 2022 release collection which comprises the monthly subscriptions.

This post which includes a video is about my Altenew Level 2 Final Challenge submission, Part 2, which is to create four masculine cards with specific themes - love, encouragement, birthday, and anniversary. Stencilling features in all of the cards.

This post which includes a video is all about the Part 1 of the submission for Altenew Educator Certification Program (AECP) Level 2 Final Challenge. The ask is an altered art project and I decide to create a crafty storage solution for my Altenew Watercolor Brush Markers - it is not only a space saver but it also looks so pretty!

This post includes four videos which will be released over a couple of weeks shows the 15 cards cards created with products from Altenew’s Bold & Beautiful Blog Hop.

This post which includes a video shows the four cards I created with Altenew’s Summer Love Mini Stamp & Die Bundle. Small stamps can create beautiful cards.

This post which includes a video shows how I make 15 A2 cards(!) for Kendra’s Card Challenge 6 which runs for a quarter from 1st July to 30th September 2022. It is a really cool challenge which requires you to pick six 6” by 6” patterned paper and make 15 cards following the 15 card sketches that Kendra provides. The sketches include measurements to cut your patterned paper, which is amazing. All measurements are for A2 cards which measure 4.25” by 5.5”.

This post which includes two videos shows how I create 17 cards (!) using the Summer Love Full Release Bundle. The release comprises stand-alone 3D embossing folders and stencils as well as a crafter’s scoreboard.

This post which includes two videos (first video on 12th July, and the second video on 15th July) shows how I create 15 cards(!) using Altenew’s July 2022 Marvelous Monthly Series Bundle - July 2022 release collection which comprises the monthly subscriptions. This release celebrates friendships with its charming images, flowers, and heartfelt sentiments. Show your bestie how much you care, or reach out to a long-lost buddy!

This post which includes a video shows how I create four cards with Tim Holtz layering stencils. I use three main stencils - Shifter Dots Layering Stencil, Shifter Hex Layering Stencil, and Splash Layering Stencil. A new product for me that I try with these stencils is Simon Hurley Lunar Paste - which I love!

This post which includes a video shows 8 ways to watercolour using different mediums. The first four ways (reinkers, watercolor pencils, watercolor brushmarkers, and wet on wet technique with watercolor brushmarkers. This was the free workshop run by Teri Duncan for her final AECP Level 3 Project. It was a fun workshop and I sure learned a lot and acquired confidence with using watercolours.

This post shows how I create 15 cards, all part of the Summer Sunshine Blog Hop. All layering guides for the stamps, stencils, and die cuts can be found at the Altenew site against the relevant product and it also comes with the product.

This post which includes a video shows how I create three cards using the Altenew Simply Spring Outline Stamp Set and coordinating die as well as the Altenew Spring Blossoms 3D Embossing Folder. All three cards show a different technique.

This post which includes a video shows how I bring together the three submissions (of 15 cards each) that I did for Kendra’s Card Challenge 6 - a total of 45 cards! When I came across this challenge I was looking for ways to use up my vast collection of patterned paper that I had accumulated…..over a decade and a half. I did not expect to enjoy the process of following the card sketches to create 15 cards, but I did! So I decided to participate with a set of cards for each month of the quarter (from Apr to Jun 2022) that Kendra’s Card Challenge 6 runs.

This post which includes a video shows how I make 15 A2 cards(!) for Kendra’s Card Challenge 6 which runs for a quarter from 1st April to 30th June 2022. It is a really cool challenge which requires you to pick six 6” by 6” patterned paper and make 15 cards following the 15 card sketches that Kendra provides. The sketches include measurements to cut your patterned paper, which is amazing. All measurements are for A2 cards which measure 4.25” by 5.5”.

This post which includes a video shows how I create five cards with the Craft Your Life Project Kit: Feathered Lilies. The cards focus on ways of using the embossing folder with a couple of cards also using the coordinating stencil set of three.

This post shows my take of the retiform technique, also known as the grid technique. This technique uses marks to build up an ordered grid to frame yout stamped images. It works best if the stamped image overhangs the gris and this helps give the composition some depth. While it’s stated that stamp images with more solid coverage is better, I have used both, i.e. stamps with a more solid coverage and with less coverage.

This post which includes a video shows how I create three cards with Altenew stencils. I use the Bitterroot Flower Layering Stencil to create one card and the Fower Garden stencil to create two cards with one stencilled panel. The Flower Garden stencil is not a layering stencil but I apply multiple colours to create depth to the flowers and images - smaller blending brushes required to achieve this effect.

This post which includes a video shows how I create 5 cards based on the online class by Sara Naumann - Magical Marker Techniques. It is part of the Altenew Educator Certification Program (AECP) for Level 2 and this is my last submission for this level. The technique I employed for the cards is ink smooshing with alchol markers with the aid of isoprpyl alcohol. It’s fun and fast with impressive results.