AECP Inspired

Today there is an Instagram Hop (with a giveaway) for the Altenew Educator participants participating in the program and the certified educators. We are sharing a project made with the Altenew Academy class which has inspired us the most in mind. I recently took the With A Twist class taught by the talented Therese Calvird. I really was inspired to try to go outside of my comfort zone and use some unconventional colors both to me and florals.

I started this card by ink blending the grays from the Rock Collection Inks with the Stripe Builder Stencil onto soft stone cardstock. I then splattered the background with After Dark Izink. I then die cut the florals and fauna from the Climber Florals Die Set, coloring the floral with red Copics and the fauna with shades of blue violets.

I arranged the color die cuts onto the card base and then finished the card with a die cut from the elegant Signature Word Die Set and a stamped sentiment from the Many Thanks Stamp Set.

This card has already been placed in the mail and received by the recipient, a super good friend that is always encouraging and even surprised me with an Altenew set I've been wanting for forever! I've never met her in person but really hope to some day. 

 

Details for the Instagram Giveaway!

**GIVEAWAY!**
Welcome to an AECP Family Hop where we are sharing the Altenew Academy class which has inspired us the most.
We are all at various points in our AECP journey, but we are united in wanting to celebrate the inspiration and knowledge we've gained from the classes in Altenew Academy. The class which I chose is With a Twist taught by Therese from @lostinpaper. We are all so proud to be able to represent @altenewllc in this way and share our love of their products with you all!
Altenew are generously sponsoring this hop and to be in with a chance to win one of FOUR $25 gift certificates to their online store you need to:
1. Follow @Altenewllc and me @kmskerve 2. Like this post 3. Comment with your favorite Altenew supply (mine is the floral stamps!) 4. For extra entries, TAG your crafty friends, one per comment and/or SHARE this giveaway
Next up on the hop is: @altenew_planner_girl
Previous: @mylittleatticstudio
If you want to start from the beginning of the hop, or get lost along the way head over to @handmadebytasha13
The giveaway will run until 9am EST 6th May. FOUR winners will be selected and each will win a $25 GC. Winners will be announced on or before 10th May.
Open internationally. Giveaway accounts do not qualify. This giveaway is not sponsored, administered, or associated with Instagram or Facebook. By entering, entrants confirm they are 13+ years of age, release Instagram and Facebook of responsibility, and agree to their terms of use.
#AECPFamily #AECPFamilyIGHop #InspiredByAltenewAcademy #Altenew  #AltenewAcademy #linkinbio

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Moving Clouds Interactive Shadow Box Card

Jennifer McGuire is a pure genius. I enjoy watching her videos on a weekend morning, with a cup of coffee in hand, before my boys wake up. I recently viewed her Easy Shadow Box Cards: No Speciality Dies Needed, and had to try it with the April Showers Stamp Set and coordinating April Showers Dies from Catherine Pooler Designs April Showers Bring collection.

I followed the simple directions and scored tow panels of Ultra Smooth White Cardstock to create an A2 card. I die cut a circle from the front panel, bordering it with a smaller circle die cut panel. On the back panel, I stenciled Hot Tub Ink over the Bear Grass Stencil-which I thought looked like rain! I then added a sun from the  Sunburst Die covered in Sauna and a cloud from the April Showers Stamp Set and coordinating April Showers Dies. I added a cloud underneath the front of the front card panel as well.

The next step in the tutorial was to add the sliding element, so I adhered an acetate strip between two die cut clouds and then affixed the two panels together. The inks for the clouds were Skylight and Daydream. The last step was stamping a sentiment from Abundantly Blessed in Hot Tub and  Skylight. When you pull and squeeze the card together, the cloud moves in the left side of the circle to the right side, in front of the sun. 

This sure was a fun card to make, and definitely different then what I usually make. The greeting will be on the back of the card, as Jennifer mentions that she does as well. I've never made a card like this in all the years I've stamped!

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AECP:: Beyond Basics Backgrounds

I was so excited to pass Level 1 of the Altenew Educator Certification Program, and equally excited to continue the journey for Level 2. The Beyond Basics Background Class was certainly fun and educational! I really liked the trick of creating a stencil with a small die to build a background. Lydia also mentioned that small stamps/dies work better for this technique, so I found a pretty little flower trio from Remember This. Rather than inking the "stencil" with one color ombre ink, I used a blue toned green on the stem and leaves and purple ink on the flowers. I then stamped the image over the inked stenciled areas.

I then stamped the outline leaf image from Remember This in the background, and splatter some blue ink as well. I finished the card with a die cut sentiment from Majestic Blooms that I heat embossed with silver. For a bit of extra interest, I backed the die cut with another ombre colored die cut and added a corresponding sentiment from the Sentiment Strips Stamp Set.

This class was a lot of fun, and Lydia, the instructor, offered so many different and unique ideas to create custom backgrounds. I can't wait to try more of them out on future cards.

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Raindrop Interactive Card

April showers bring fun and cute stamps! This month's theme with the newest release from Catherine Pooler Designs is all about the weather...sunny mornings and cloudy afternoons. The April Showers Bring collection is available at 9am EST today!

Today I'm showcasing the April Showers Stamp Set and coordinating April Showers Dies with an interactive rainfall card! My fellow teammate and I were inspired in similar ways to use seed beads, you can check out Allison's post here!

As usual, my card today started with a Ultra Smooth White Cardstock base. I die cut some clouds from the April Showers Dies and did the ink to paper technique to create custom cardstock. The colors of the cloud base are Hot Tub and Skylight. Then I used the coordinating April Showers Stamp Set to stamp some fun textures onto each of the clouds, with Skylight or Daydream Ink. These three colors are a rainy day dream!

To assemble the card, I adhered the smaller cloud and a sun die cut from the previously released Sunburst Die to the card base. I adhered some dimensional adhesive on the back of the two largest clouds, not yet removing the release paper. I then threaded some seed beads (a mix of mine and CP's...did you know that some of the sequin mixes have beads in them?!) onto fishing line and securely adhered the line to the back of each cloud with double sided tape. I then removed the release paper and stuck the clouds down to the card base. I finished the card with a few sequins from the Crater Lake Sequin Mix and a stamped sentiment from April Showers Stamp Set.

The beads move up and down when the card is tilted for a fun raindrop effect! My son was sure impressed when I showed him the card, and I think it is such a fun, interactive card!

I hope you've enjoyed seeing my projects from the April Showers Bring collection and are inspired to create some of your own! Please check back for more inspiration! Did you know that Catherine Pooler Designs has an awesome essential tools collection, new items and restocks are usually added every Wednesday...check out the whole collection of new items here!!

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