Altenew- All about Layering

Hello, crafty friends. I am excited to be a part of the Altenew Educator Certification Program. The AECP gives you the opportunity to improve and enhance your crafting skills, while promoting their wonderful products. Each class provides six in-depth, step by step video tutorials with exclusive projects. All classes are independent classes and can be enjoyed at your convenience! 

Today's 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" top folding note card was created out of a 8 1/2" x 11" 80 lbs cardstock cut in half and scored in the middle.

 I cut a 1 5/8" panel for my Build-A-Flower: Combine leaves and an additional 2" panel to layer under my 1 5/8" panel.

  I am in desperate need of dye inks for stamping my images and with our favorite brands currently out of stock, I needed to improvise. My solution, combine the few ColorBox dye inks I have along with my Tombow dual brush pens to create the layers of my stamped images. 

Using the Misti Stamping tool, in case my stamping was not perfect, I placed the base of the leaf image on the stamp platform and colored the stamp using the Tombow 133 dual brush pen. 

After stamping the first layer, I lined the second layer directly over the first stamped image, inked, and stamped creating my second layer. Next, I lined the third layer directly over the second stamped image, inked, and stamped for my third and final layer. I repeated the process until my entire panel was covered in leaves making sure to rotate the stamp image. 

The sentiment comes from the Build-A-Flower: Ballon Flower stamp set. Using the Misti, I stamped my sentiment using Gina K Amalgam Obsidian ink. 

For some added bling, I used the Pretty Pink Posh (Shamrock,Lemon Drop) jewels.

That wraps up my first card, until next time. Thank you for stopping by!