Hey crafty friends! So as you will have seen from my last post, I submitted my final challenge for my level 2 in the AECP program. Well I am back today with my first project for level 3. Yup....that means I passed level 2 and am now on my way to completing level 3! So I am very proud to display my newest badge 😃
Hi crafty friends..welcome back! Today I am sharing 2 gift boxes I made as my guest designer spot for the BastelTraum challenge blog #107. This months theme is recipes or gift boxes and anything to do with gift giving.
Hello crafty friends and welcome back! I have a bit of a longer post(and quite a few photos too) to share with you all today and a very exciting one too! So sit back, relax and come along for the ride! I have made my way through to the end of level 2 of the AECP program so I was met with the final challenge to move on to the next and final level. I have really enjoyed this program so far and have learned so much from it! I will definitely say that my card making skills have indeed improved with so many new skills and techniques!
Hi friends...welcome back! Today I have my last class to share with you before my final project for my level 2 AECP and this class was all about masking. This taught us all about the power of masking and how it can elevate your projects. She went over so many amazing techniques using different forms and ways to mask off parts of your project. For my project today I decided to use 2 different ways.
Hey crafty friends! Today i have 2 cards to share with you, using the Nativity Peace, Hope, Love Stamp Set from Maker Forte. I knew as soon as I saw this beautiful stamp set that the images/sentiments needed nothing more than a beautiful ombré watercolour wash as the background and nothing more...okay well a bit of heat embossing too. I have a video to share with you as well showing how these cards were made. Let's get started, shall we!
Hello crafty friends! I'm super excited to be joining Waffle Flower Crafts and the always lovely Rachel as a guest designer this week! They host monthly challenges and I am super excited to be co-hosting week 1 for the month of October!
This month is all about shaker cards and
this week in particular is to have 2 or more shaker pockets on your
project. Shaker cards are so much fun to make and even more fun to
shake...I absolutely loved this challenge!
Hey crafty friends...welcome back! Today I have my project for the second last class in level 2 for the AECP to share with you. This has definitely taken me longer to get to this point than I had originally wanted to....some things came up, it got put on the back burner for a bit and TBH...I just got sidetracked at one point, but I am determined to finish it now!
It's all about colour! Today I am sharing my card for the class Color Your Day in the level 2 AECP program. This class was taught by the very lovely and talented Therese Calvird. It was all about being inspired by colour all around and you never know where you may find inspiration and there were many more wonderful ideas shown in this class. For my card today I decided to turn to the ever inspiring Pinterest and my colour mood inspiration board, where I found a colour combo that never disappoints and is always perfect!
Hi friends...welcome back! Where has the time gone since my last AECP project and class??? Time to get back at it! This class was taught by the extremely talented Marika Rahtu and as you can tell from the title is is all about the beautiful details that will elevate your cardmaking! As they say...it's all in the details and in this case it is all in the beautiful details.
Hey crafty friends! I've got a card filled with happy rainbow colours today and lots of sparkle...black sparkle! For my card I used one of the new release stamp sets as well as a fun stencil from Maker Forte and both designed by Alex Syberia. It is a bit different than her usual gorgeous flowers, but it is filled with lots of fabulous big and bold sentiments.
Hello and happy Tuesday crafty peeps! Today I am sharing 2 quick and simple stencilled cards using some new products from Maker Forte. Stencils are one of my favourite, if not my favourite tools to use in my crafty toolbox. So when I saw this new stencil from Maker Forte called Cable Knit Cardigan which is part of their newest release, I knew I had to have it!
Hey crafty friends! I'm sharing a super fun technique
using stencils, re-inkers and shaving foam. That's right...shaving
foam! Go and raid your bathroom for the can of your husbands shaving
foam! This is such a fun technique and yes, a little bit messy...but
it's not fun if you don't get a bit messy! Just an fyi...the lighting
was horrible when I took this, please don't hold that against me 😆
Hi crafty friends...I'm sharing a floral slimline card
with you today. I'm a sucker for a beautiful floral and this one doesn't disappoint! This is a gorgeous large floral made to fit a slimline card perfectly. When it comes to cards, I usually just stay in my comfort zone of the usual A2 size, I don't make alot of slimline cards. I have 2 mediocre excuses reasons why....#1, I find them harder to photograph and #2, they use up too much of my precious paper lol.. But I had no excuse not to make one when I received this set!
Hello and welcome back! Today I have my project to share with you for the Creative Watercolor Media class for my level 2 in the AECP. This class was taught by 3 amazing and very talented artists....Jennifer Rzasa, Laura Bassen and Debby Hughes. I am always in complete awe of Debby Hughes' work...she is an amazing watercolorist (is that a word?), so I decided to do one of the techniques she taught.....ink smooshing with masking using Altenew inks.
Hello crafty friends....today I am sharing 2 cards plus a video using this months subscription box from The Hedgehog Hollow. I used both of the stencils and did a bit of ink blending to bring them to life. I wanted them to have more of a classic look. Throw in a bit of heat embossing and they are quick and simple.
Hello and welcome back! I am working my way through my level 2 AECP classes and today is With A Twist. This class is taught by the wonderful Therese Calvird. In this class she taught us to look at our supplies in a different way than we normally would, use colours we would not use and to think out of the box. For my card I decided to use a colour that I rarely, if ever use...brown and I especially don't ever use it for flowers. I think brown is always (or at least I do) thought of as a sad kind of meh boring colour and not so cheerful. So that is the colour I was using and on flowers too!
Hi there and welcome back! Today I am sharing my card I made for the class In the Mood For Color which is part of my level 2 AECP. In this class we learned to create cards using colours to convey a feeling, as all colours represent a certain feeling and/or message and the moods associated with them. For my card I went with a different colour palette than what was shown in class. We have been having quite abit of rain here this month...May is always kind of rainy for us. So because of this I wanted to convey that rainy and kind of dreary and neutral feeling that gray brings....although there is a wee bit of other colours hidden in the flowers, as the sun has peeked out a few times. Like The Carpenters say in their song...Rainy days and Mondays always get me down.
Hi there and welcome back! I'm sharing a slimline card using a new stamp set featuring a gorgeous dahlia flower and a bit of stencilling. I adore the look of a stencil and some white texture paste to make a background for a beautiful floral! It adds that little bit extra to it without distracting your eye from the floral. And just something about the crisp and clean white paste on a white background is absolute perfection!
Hello crafty peeps! I'm sharing a fun card using some fun new stencils from Maker Forte and the super cool Marshmallow paste! There is a brand new designer over at Maker Forte and she is the very talented mixed media artist Mansi of Mansi Makes. She has designed these new stencils that I really enjoyed playing with and especially when I paired them with the awesome marshmallow paste from Maker Forte. Have you tried this paste yet? It is sooo much fun!
Hi crafty friends and welcome back! Today I am sharing my project for the next class in my AECP journey, Beyond Basic Backgrounds. This class was taught by Lydia Evans and was packed full with so many great tips and techniques for making amazing backgrounds! The technique that I decided to do was one I have seen many times but never attempted....until now!
Hello and welcome back! It's been a few days since I have posted but I am back with a very exciting post.....I have my first project to share as a new member of the Polkadoodles design team! I discovered this company not too long and their absolutely adorable images, so was over the moon to become a part of their very talented team! And also because it is Friday, that means it is time for a new Friday Challenge over at Polkadoodles Craft Challenge blog and the theme is Anything Goes.
Hello friends! I'm sharing 2 cards made with the Calming Cosmos stamp set from the April release from Maker Forte. This stamp set is designed by Alex Syberia in collaboration with Maker Forte. If you’re not familiar with Alex Syberia, she designs the most beautiful floral images and this absolutely does not disappoint! It has 2 bigger floral images as well as 2 smaller ones and some beautiful sentiments to match. I also paired them with the A2 Spotlight Oval Stencil and the All Seasons Sentiments 6×6 paper pack.
Hello crafty friends...today I am sharing a card made using the Hedgehog Hollow box for April. It is always so hard to find great stamps geared towards to men, but this month's box has you covered! This box is filled with lots of goodies that will make it so easy to help build up your stash of masculine cards.
I mean come on...how utterly fabulous and glamorous is Marilyn from the new release over at La Casetta Sull'albero! I am absolutely head over heels in love with this girl! And since diamonds are a girls best friend after all she needed lots of of sparkle...in this case it's black diamonds.
Hello and welcome back! Today I am sharing a slimline card made using one of the new stamp sets from the newest release from Maker Forte, called Live Live in Full Bloom. This stamp set has a variety sentiments perfect for A2 size cards or slimline cards, but also has a super pretty floral image and and a big sentiment that are superb on a slimline!
Hello crafty peeps! Today I am sharing my 4th card from the March release from Rachel Vass Designs. This time I used the beautiful rose image from the Ravishing Rose digital stamp set. There are 2 rose images in this set, but I decided to just use one to make this elegant card.
Hello and happy Saturday! Today I am back sharing my version of a galaxy card for La Casetta Sull'albero. And of course I turned to my alcohol inks to help me out with this.
Hello crafty friends! I'm popping in today with my first design team project and post for The Hedgehog Hollow! Every month you get a box packed full of crafty goodies and they are a different theme very month...it is pretty fabulous! I am so very excited and honoured to be working with them and part of a very talented team! This month the box is pretty magical....it's all about the fairies!
Well we are at the halfway mark for this month's challenge over at the Clever Dexter Challenge blog. Our sponsor for this month is Stampers Delight and I used their beautiful floral image Rose 1 for my card for today.
Hello crafty friends! I'm popping in today to share a card made using the Freshly Picked digi, one of the new releases from Rachel Vass Designs. This is a really pretty cluster of flowers....I like to think they are big and fluffy peonies. I used my alcohol inks for these and but not using the normal paper that you associate with the inks.
Hello and happy March 1st! Yeah to a new month and 1 day closer to Spring! Today I have a card to share with you as an official member of the Casetta Sullalbero design team. I am so excited to be part of this team...their images are fantastic!
Today is release day over there and I have used the Jessica Fletcher digital image for my card. Have you been on any adventures lately? This explorer has her magnifying glass in hand and is ready to go!
Welcome back crafty friends! Today's post is a fun one as it part of a blog hop within the AECP family....those that are certified Altenew instructors and those that are participants still going making their way through the program (speaking of which I really need to continue on with level 2). You should have made your way here from Saundra Rega.
Hello crafty friends and welcome back. Today I am sharing a card made with the Happiness in a Cup digi from PolkaDotOrchard. I love this arrangement of sunflowers in the rustic tin pitcher!
