Faithful Cards by Ruth

I crafted this card for one of my homework submissions for the "Let It Shine" class towards my Level 1 Altenew Education Certification Program (AECP). I decided to start with layer D2 of the Altenew Climbing Clematis stamp set as a single bloom. I stamped four blooms horizontally using Versamark ink and heat embossed them in white.  Then I filled in the blank spaces around the blooms by ink blending Distress Oxide Kitsch Flamingo and Altenew Coral Bliss and sprayed just that area with water. I also sprayed it with a shimmer spray that I made myself by combining water and Ranger Perfect Pearls powder in white. That gave me a couple layers of shine - the shine of the heated white embossing powder and the homemade shimmer spray. Next,  I die cut Poppy Stamps Slim  Leafy Collage in red cardstock and glued it to the top of the card panel.  I selected a two sentiment stamps from among those that are part of the Climbing Clematis stamp set. I stamped the first part of ...

Geometric Design Works for the Guys In making another card for the guys, I turned to a set of Altenew stencils that when used together create a distinctive geometric design. The Deco Diamonds Stencil Set are part of a two-step stencil set and I selected Gina K. Designs dye ink cubes in Turquoise Sea and Sea Glass in separate steps to produce the geometric pattern. I felt the two colors would work well together but present a contrast as well.  After stenciling I cut the panel down to 3.75" x 5.0". Then I cut silver glitter cardstock to 4.00" x 5.25 and adhered the stenciled panel to the glitter cardstock for a bright border.  Next, using Cricut Design Space, I selected a text phrase, and  added an  0.25 inches offset surrounding the text. I used the Cricut to cut the letters in black cardstock and the offset was cut from vellum. I adhered the die cut phrase to the vellum shadow layer  using glue behind the letters to avoid the glue showing  and then adh...

Layers, Layers and More Layers! I truly enjoyed using layered stamps, layers of die cuts and an embossed card panel to obtain a multi-layered look with dimension.  After stamping the outline layer in Memento Black Tuxedo, I selected four coordinating shades of red and pink inks to use on this big beautiful Altenew Crown Bloom Stamp. I used Altenew Crisp Dye Inks in Ruby Red, Coral Berry, Cotton Candy and Pink Diamond one at a time for each layer.  I used a   Zig  Clean Color   marker to add yellow accents around the base and petals. Then,  I selected three green Altenew inks in Limeade, Grass Field and Green Leaf for stamping and coloring the huge leaf and detailed spray.  I dry embossed a 4.0 x 5.25 card panel of red cardstock from Recollections using Spellbinder's Botanical Diamond and then gently brushed over the embossing using Delicata's White Shimmer Metallic Ink directly to the paper, just adding a gentle shine to the raised pattern. I also cut ...