Altenew Educator Program

It’s been a while since I’ve posted here! I’ve been busy creating behind the scenes. Also pretty busy with work. I recently spent two weeks in another province, and was it colder than home!

I’ve been working away at my projects for the Altenew Academy Educator Program.

Here is my card for All About Layering 1.

Simple layering with striking results when the outline image is stamped in black. Altenew makes amazing layering stamps that are easy to line up.

Welcome back TCC Friends

This last year has been a bit of a crazy one with COVID, restrictions, and stress. You’d think with more time at home that I’d be more crafty but that hasn’t been the case.

Here are some recent-ish projects. Enjoy!

My newest obsession is ink blending with stencils. So easy but the results can be stunning.
Another favourite technique/product of mine is Nuvo Shimmer Powders. These are incredible with lots of depth and shimmer.
This was created with Distress Oxide inks and a beautiful stencil from Simon Says Stamp. Then I used Gina K Designs Glitter Glitz Gel in iridescent. The photo just can’t capture how shimmery and sparkly this is.

Upcoming Card Class

I’ve been working at a local scrapbook store for the last six months or so. I’m excited to announce that I have my first self-designed class taking place next month. If you are in the Okanagan, please check it out:

Christmas/Holiday Turnabout Cards

These are the cards that we’ll be making using the amazing Turnabout stamps from Concord and 9th.

Individual photos as well.

Colouring until I’m organized….

It’s been a couple months since we moved. Wow, maybe three months. It was so rushed at the end that I’ve been lazy about getting everything unpacked so the garage is full.

I’ve almost finished organizing my craft area but it’s not quite ready, still some things missing that are in boxes.In the meantime I’ve been colouring. Thought I’d share a couple images tonight.

This stamp is Gnome Pile from Stamping Bella. I’ve coloured these with alcohol markers, both Stampin’ Blends from Stampin’ Up and Artist Markers from Altenew.

I’ve used Copics in the past but prefer watercolour to alcohol. However I’m loving these. Simple to blend as they take the guesswork out with their colour families. Still have some practicing with blending since it’s been years.

Hopefully I’ll be making cards out of these guys soon.

Missing in Action

Hello dear readers. I’ve been feeling guilty about not posting but the reason is simple, I haven’t actually created anything to share! I’ve done some colouring of images but that’s it since I was at Scrap Camp!

We found a place to move to and that’s happening next month so I will be busy packing and moving. Tomorrow I’m packing my crafty corner but I have been busy cutting cardstock and stamping images as I will go crazy if I don’t have some sort of creative outlet until my room is unpacked next month. Here’s an image of what I’ve done.

I’ve used two different cardstocks: Strathmore bristol for watercolouring and Gina K’s Artist’s Choice 110lb white for Faber-Castell polychromos pencil crayons.

I’ve got a busy few weeks as I need to pack up the house, purge before packing, and normal day-to-day stuff as well. I’m also gone for four days before we move on a work trip! Eek!

Thanks for stopping by and I’d love to hear what your favourite stamp set is to colour.

Spring is on its way, finally

It’s been a long winter for so many of us! I live in the interior of BC so it really hasn’t been near as bad as many places but it is has been worse than is typical.

I haven’t been creating too much and even on my crafting weekend, I was slow moving; I only completed five cards.

The following are two similar cards using different colour mediums. I ❤️ them both. This beautiful floral image is by Concord and 9th.

I’ve coloured the first image with Arteza Real Brush markers after stamping with my favourite black ink, Gina K’s Jet Black Amalgam of course. Exciting news on that front; there are five new amalgam ink colours, including light colours for no line colouring. See all the colours here. I’ve matted the focal image on black cardstock and then on a Flirty Flamingo base. A few gems by Lucy’s Cards and it’s mostly finished. The Lovely sentiment is from the coordinating dies. I’ve cut three, glued them together, coloured with silver Wink of Stella and then covered it with Glossy Accents. Such a pretty look.

This next card is the same layout with a Poppy Parade card base. This stamp set comes with images meant to loosely line up with the outline. I’ve stamped these with Gina K dye inks but I didn’t keep track of which colours.

Thanks for stopping by. Be sure to comment and let me know which card you like best.

Back after a short hiatus

It’s been a couple weeks since I’ve posted. The weeks I have my boys are busier than weeks I don’t and a couple trips to the ER last weekend didn’t help with crafty time. Everyone is good though and hopefully no more visits to the hospital anytime soon.

I read online about a product to use that is similar to embossing paste so I had to buy it myself and it’s fabulous. It’s Gloss Gel Medium from Michaels and it’s in the fine arts section. I mixed it with glitter and got great results. Here are a few that I did using stencils.

First I squeezed out some product on a plastic plate and then put some glitter on top. I mixed it with a palette knife and voila! Glitter gel at a fraction of what standard glitter pastes/gels cost. I used four different colours of glitter and three different stencils today: red, teal, iridescent, and navy. The polka dot stencil is by Ranger; it’s a Tim Holtz design. The other two are by Hero Arts, Waves and Bold Daisy. I only have plans for the waves background so I’ll be posting that soon.

I was also busy tonight with some simple cards. These two are very similar but each has their own feel.

This stamp is gorgeous! The details are incredible for a stamp, which just shows how amazing Unity’s stamps really are. This stamp is Botanical Background by Brutus Monroe. He was some amazing background stamps made by Unity. Check them out here. The card on the left uses black and Cherry Cobbler cardstock. The card is 4.25×5.5 with the stamped layer at 4×5.25. The Cherry Cobbler layer is right in between the two. The card on the left uses black and Pool Party as well as Pool Party embossing powder that is no longer available. I stamped the image on the left in Onyx Black Versafine ink then embossed with clear powder. Versafine is a must-have product for detail stamping. It is a pigment ink so it either needs to be embossed or left to dry so it doesn’t smudge. Pigment inks are slow drying, which makes them perfect for heat embossing.

I won’t get into too many details on these so this post won’t be too long.

What have you been creating this weekend?

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