Altenew Educators "Giving Thanks" Blog Hop and Linky Party + Giveaway

Hello Everyone,

Hope you all are enjoying the blog hop . You have just arrived from the blog of Nancy McClelland

Today I have another project for Altenew Educator Blog hop.

Before going on to my project ,  I would like to thank all the front line workers who are working for all of us during this pandemic event.

For this purpose I have created a card to Thank everyone.

Materials :

For this card I have used the following materials.

Altenew Watercolor Brush Markers

Altenew Permamanet Ink

Altenew mini ink cubes

Altenew Adhesive runner

Black cardstock

White Neenah cardstock

Black fine point pen

White embossing powder

Versamark Ink

Beautiful day Stamp and dies

Build a Flower begonia 

Many thanks Stamps

Steps:

For my background I have created a video for you all to have a look how I created that.

For my colouring:

I have used Citrus Burst and Purple wine to Colour my flowers and for my leaves I have used Citrus Burst with sweet leaf.

Putting Together:

For my base I cut a black piece of card stock which is 4.25'x 5.5' and stuck the back ground which I created and is slightly smaller than black.

Then I arranged all flowers and Leaves the way I wanted . 

One of the flower which is on the top is stuck with the foam tape to give dimensions.

I heat embossed word thanks with white embossing powder, for the stamp I have used thank you word from the set called Many Thanks.

I have also used couple of water drops to give it a fresh look .

And lastly to finish my card I took a fine black pen to create a border around the area.

Prizes:

Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 3 lucky winners! Please leave a comment here on the Altenew Card Blog(https://wp.me/p6Dps1-bBV) by 6/17/2020 for a chance to win. 

 We’ll also draw a winner to receive a $15 Altenew gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below. All winners will be announced on the Card Blog on 6/21/2020.

 

There’s MORE! We will pick 2 of our favorite handmade creations from those who joined the linky party and they will each receive a $15 Altenew gift certificate!

 

Special offer:

FREE U.S. shipping with code HAPPY6T or $5 OFF international shipping with code SHOPPING6T at checkout on orders over $29. Offer valid from 6/10/2020 at 12:01 am EDT through6/11/2020 at 11:59 pm EDT. Shop HERE! Not valid on prior purchases. Cannot be combined with other promo codes. Not valid on Altenew Academy Classes and Virtual Workshops.

This is no ordinary hop! We want you to join in on the fun as well. There is a Linky Party going on at the Altenew Card Blog. All you have to do is link up your creations based on the theme of the hop, which is, “Giving Thanks” and mention that you are taking part in the Altenew Educators Blog Hopand Linky Party. So what are you waiting for?! Link up! 

Hop list:

 

Altenew Card Blog

Nenette S. Madero

Christine Pennington

Vicki Finger

Amy Hill

Nandini Karmarkar

Nancy McClelland

                                      NehaAggarwal   (YOU ARE HERE)

                         Terri Marie Koszler  (Next Hop)

Rosie Neustaedter

Helen Kalb

Laurel Beard

Maryam Sharara 

Teri Stokes

Nicole Watt 

Erin Thompson

Irina Fonina

Amber Rain Davis

Patty Mello

VirginiaLu

Thank you for Stopping by.

Please do leave me your beautiful comments , to really boost my morale .

Your Next stop is with beautiful Terri Marie Koszler 

Regards

Neha

Altenew Zentangle for Cardmakers

Zentangle for cardmaker! what an amazing class it was. I have done few cards before with zentangle but never had a chance to finish them. Few tips and tricks learned with Amber Davis at the Altenew Academy was just on spot to full fill all needs.

Today I created a card with Zentangle. For this Card I have used the Geometric landscape which is a new release from Altenew. As soon as I saw this stamp I thought this would be perfect to do some zentangle. Along with this stamp I have also used Altenew Henna Element set. 

So here I am with my card.

Here is the process on how I have created this card.

First I took a stamp from the Henna element and stamped them in a diagonal pattern on Nina Solar white along with its leaves. On a masking sheet I stamped flowers and leaves to cover the stamped images which I stamped on Nina solar white.

Now comes a bit of tricky part. The stamp was 6x6 so I had to bit struggle and expanding my lines with geometric pattern, I made a boo-boo but with Zentangle everything was hidden. 

First I stamped the 6x6 Image pattern and then I moved my paper little on right side so that I can stamp the 1/4 of the stamp again .Below is my picture which will show you what exactly I did.

All the lines which went missing from my this image I did create them when I started with  my zentangle on it.

Once everything was finished I managed to die cut my sentiment happy cutout 4 times on a back cardstock to layer them on top of each other and used "Birthday" from Birthday builder stamp set.

To finish it I just added few bits of sequins to add sparkle to finish.

Hope you all like my card and would love to join Amber for her beautiful class for some more fun and learning.

Untill next time. happy Blogging 

regards

neha

Watercolor Basics & Beyond using my watercolour Pan as Ink

Welcome back to my blog. 

Today, I am sharing another technique which I learned from Jennifer Rzasa. Absolutely amazing technique. In this one I have used my pan colours as my inks and spritzing with water before stamping. The results are really beautiful.

For this card , I used the stamp set called Dainty bouquet stamp. First taking the big stamp on my acrylic block  and using the teal colour along with the waterbrush pen I applied it on my stamps. TIP: make sure when you are lifting the colour it should not be watery otherwise it will get smudged when stamped therefore it should have lot of pigment in it.

Once I finished doing with my large one . I placed the big one in such a way that they look like one stem and did all the same step as the first one.

Once I applied the colour I sprayed a bit of water on it so that the dry colours are all reactivated.

Now with the layering of just the flowers I have used the second medium and darker teal from my ink pads to have their layers stamped on top of each other.

For my sentiments I have used it from Build-A- Flower camellia with a jet black ink. Also a bit of splatter with black was done to finish the card.

Hope you all like it. Don't forget to leave me some comments.

regards

neha

Creating background magic with Altenew Background stamps

I am once again back this month with my another step towards my AECP course Completion. 

Today I have created a card using the Altenew background Stamp Pinstripe. For this wonderful technique I would like to give credit to the awesome lady Laurel Beard for sharing her knowledge through her class about using background stamps in different forms. 

Here is my card.

For making this card I have used a piece of Vellum where I stamped with my Pinstrip Stamp using versafine and white embossing powered. Now here is a trick I rotated the same stamp 90 degree and stamped again using versamark and white embossing powder. ( Since it was already stamped and embossed once so i have few blank spaces in between which added extra features to it when I heat embossed it again.) 

Once the embossing is cooled down I used my Altenew Artist markers Mango Smootie and Ruby red on the embossed side of the vellum ( I know I have also used a blue but later on I did not like how blue turned so I cut that out from my final card view LOL ) . Once all colored I took rubbing alcohol in my spray bottle and sprayed onto the vellum which is why you can see in the picture it was bit curled. Then to get the final picture I trimmed out the blue and got this mat on a back cardstock to put them on a neenah solar white card base. 

For My sentiments I have cut out word happy ( Scripty word 2 ) on a foam and also on a white cardstock. And my birthday stamp is heat embossed with white from Birthday Builder Stamps.

Hope you all like the card. Please do not forget to leave me your beautiful comments.

Regards

neha

Altenew Heat Embossing card

Hello Everyone,

Hope you all are having nice crafting week. 

I am back with another card which I did for AECP Level 2 with Heat Embossing. Likewise the masking techniques I enjoyed this technique of playing with my embossing powders.

In this card I have made a background with my Persian motif stamp using clear embossing powder and then I coloured two flowers with my Zig markers to make as a toppers

In my card I have used Altenew Persian Motif stamps along with the dies , Many Thanks Stamp, Gold Nuvo embossing powder, Ranger Clear embossing powder.

This picture does not clearly show my back ground . So here is a pic for the background.

Hope you all like it. Please keep leaving your lovely comments below.

Happy Blogging and Crafting.

Regards

Neha

Altenew Educator Certification Program Challenge 1

Hello Everyone,

Finally I have come to an end of my level 1 Classes . After completing 10 wonderful classes with wonderful teachers , it was definitely a very hard choice for me to just select three techniques and make one card.

But overcoming that difficulty I have selected my three techniques in one card.

And this is my go.

My first technique Showcase All about layering flowers where I have used Build a Flower Anemone Coronaria along with its dies. I have also used the Sentiments from the stamp set called Birthday Builder, a very nice stamp and it has different font which can be used to write Happy Birthday on your cards.

Then I chose the techniques which lets me put a glitter washi on my card and gave my card a bit of Shine so I will let it shine on my card for that extra sparkle. 

And the Last technique was Easy Die cutting where I have used my Cozy Flannel Cover die to emboss for my backgrounds.

Hope this will be my lucky card to let me win my challenge.

Until my next post

Take Care

Regards

 neha