I finally found some time to work on my second class in the Altenew Educator Certification Program (AECP) "All About Layering 2" taught by Nicole. Nicole is a great instructor and shows you some of the best ways to line up your stamps for perfect layering (of course for me, it took some practise!). Thankfully, I already owned many of the stamps sets discussed in this class. I was really torn on which set to use for my project and decided to use my "go-to" set Peony Bouquet stamp and die set. I seem to reach for this set repeatedly!


KimG/All About Layering 2


For my project, I made an A2 top folding card using Neenah Solar White for the card base and the top layer of the card. I did a light ink blending of Spun Sugar Distress Oxide ink leaving some white space in the center. I then took a small mister bottle and gave it a couple of spritzes of water.

I stamped the outline of the peony flower and leaves in VersaMark ink then heat embossed it with WOW Metallic Gold Sparkle Embossing Glitter (I love this stuff!). At the bottom of the card I added an additional peony using Rose Quartz, Puffy Heart and Cosmic Berry inks using the matching die to cut it out.

I pulled the sentiment from Altenew's Persian Motifs and heat embossed it with the Gold Embossing Glitter.


KimG/All About Layering 2

Lastly, I used gold mirror board to give my card a little more shine. I love pink and gold together.

Supplies Used:
Cardstock: Neenah Solar White, Mirror Gold Cardstock
Altenew inks: Rose Quartz, Puffy Heart, Cosmic Berry
Other inks: Spun Sugar Distress Oxide ink, VersaMark ink
Embossing Powder: WOW Metallic Gold Sparkle Embossing Glitter
Altenew Stamps & Dies: Peony Bouquet, Persian Motifs

2 comments:

Virginia L. said...

Hello Kim, welcome to AECP Gallery! Love the layering and embossing! I encourage you post more photos in your future post! Watch out for the photo guidelines in the AECP Forum, too! Thanks so much for entering your beautiful work in Altenew AECP assignment Gallery. Beautiful colors and design. Well done!

Erum Tasneem said...

Your card is pretty Kim, I like the addition of the subtle pink in the background and the gold embossing too! However, I think if you would have added a couple of leaves to go with the flower on the right corner, the card would have looked complete. Also, to go with the entire card design, you could have stamped the outline stamp with gold on the stamped flower. Please take note of this in the future. These are small things but can really make a huge difference.

Thank you for entering your work to the AECP assignment gallery.