Altenew Educator Certification Program - Layering 2

 January 4, 2021

Happy New Year, 

Today, I have a card for you for my Layering 2 Class. I flipped through all of my Altenew Layering sets and felt so inspired by the Lotus Stamp. I have been loving the beautiful font of the sentiments in the Sakura Blossom Build-A-Flower Set so I picked one of those for my card. 

Inks Used: Desert Night, Ocean Waves, Baby Pink, Magenta, Lavender Fields, Midnight Violet, Limeade and Fresh Leaf.

I mixed a bit of all and did some ink smooshing for my background and once I was happy with the look I let that dry. I arranged my flowers and adhered them to a piece of vellum. I cut around the vellum and then adhered that to my card. I wanted to give a little transition between the flowers and the background. I also added a bit of white gel pen to the flowers, background and white nuvo drops to add more interest. Since I wanted the bud to be higher than the other flowers, I just drew in the stem and colored it to match the stamped images. I stamped my sentiment directly on the card panel with VersaFine Clair Nocturne Ink. 

I loved this set so much I had to make a second card for a design team project. I used all the same inks but added Altenew's Gold Splatter Blush Washi, a Love From Lizi Gold Peel Off, paper from Trimcraft's Wild Flower pack and a Recollections Gold Embossing Powder. I added Nuvo Glitter gloss Marker to all of the flowers and leaves. 

Thank you so much for joining me today. Do you have a favorite card, let me know!

Have a great week,

Alli