Monday, September 2, 2019

Stay Beautiful

It's a long holiday weekend so that means I had the opportunity to work on my next Altenew Educator Certification program project!  This class was called Polychromatic.  As you can imagine, this class focused on ways to use multiple colors on your projects.    The instructor is the fabulous Nina-Marie Trapani!

My favorite lesson was the one that did watercoloring with similar colors.  Plus, I recently got my hands on some black watercolor paper and I was itching to try it out!


Let me walk you through my process.

I chose to use the lovely Leaf Clusters set.  My watercolors are Finetec Mica watercolors.  These show up so well on the black watercolor paper.  I added small amounts of water to the paint pans.  Then I used a damp paint brush to pick up the color.  I dabbed the paint gently onto the stamp.  I stamped it onto the watercolor paper and held it in place for a bit.  This was so that the paints could absorb into the paper.

Once the images were dry, I cut them out using the matching dies.  Now that I could see the stamp outline clearly, I went back with some lighter, similar colors to add a bit of detail.


I cut another piece of the black watercolor paper and got to work on a background.  I used three of the same colors I had used on the stamps to create a wash background.  I then cut it out with a scalloped rectangle die.


I cut a scalloped white oval as a centerpiece for my card.  I played around with the layout until I was happy with it!


I adhered the watercolor wash panel onto a top fold, A2 white card base.  I added foam tape to the back of the white oval and glued it in place.  Then I used liquid glue to add the flowers.  I did trim off the leaves that hung over the edge of the card.

Now to add the final touches!  I stamped the sentiment using Stay Beautiful from Geometric Flowers and Friend from Frosted Garden.  I then glued the sentiment rectangle onto a piece of vellum just slightly larger.  I also added foam tape to the back of it before adhering it on top of the flowers.  And last, but not least, I added a sprinkling of sparkling clear sequins.


I hope you have enjoyed my project today!

~Kristina

Supplies used:


Geometric Flowers - Altenew
Geometric Flowers - Altenew
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Tombow Mono Multi Liquid glue
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid glue
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SBC | EH
Therm O Web Foam Tape
Therm O Web Foam Tape
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Frosted Garden - Altenew
Frosted Garden - Altenew
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Leaf Clusters Stamps - Altenew
Leaf Clusters Stamps - Altenew
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Leaf Clusters Dies - Altenew
Leaf Clusters Dies - Altenew
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4mm Sparkling Clear sequins
4mm Sparkling Clear sequins
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EH
6mm Sparkling clear sequins
6mm Sparkling clear sequins
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EH

1 comment:

  1. This is a very different looking card Kristina! A very unique approach and I am glad you chose a dark coloured cardstock and metallic watercolours to try this look. In terms of layout, however, I would suggest that when you are going for scallops along the ovals, avoid them on the border as to not over do them and also not to take away the attention from the focal point. This is just a tip :)
    Thank you for entering you work to the AECP assignment gallery. Keep it up.

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