All About Layering 2 - Altenew Crown Bloom Stamp Set
This post shows how I make cards inspired by the AECP All About Layering 2 online class. Check out this online class, it’s free on Altenew Academy. The main stamp I use is the Altenew Crown Bloom combo. Also used are various other Altenew stamps for sentiments - Courageous You, Paint-A-Flower Hydrangea, and Sentiment strips.
Do check out the video below to see how I created these cards.
The key thing that resonated with me from the online class, All About Layering 2, is that for the more complex layering stamps, following the layering guide with clearly highlighted markers will result in rather perfect layering of colours with the four shades of colours in Altenew colour combos that make up an ink set.
This is the first time that I use the Altenew stamp conditioning eraser and am impressed wiht it. Using it requires only one stamping as the ink adheres to the stamp well providing a crisp stamped image the first time.
I enjoyed trying various colour combos for the flowers and shall keep in mind the combos that I like for future projects. The ink swatches that I have created for the Altenew inks have helped greatly in choosing the colours for cards.
Card #1 - Dare to be different
For this card I followed the layering guide that came with the stamp set. The outline layered flowers are stamped with Jet Black. Ink colours used for front flower that is full are the flowers are Sapphire Blue, Volcano Lake, and for the flower centre, Icy Water and Arctic Mountain. For the partial flower on the back, ink colours used are Mountain Mist, Starlight, and for the flower centre Icy Water and Polar Bear. The outline bouquet was stamped with Silver Stone.
The leaves outline is stamped with Evergreen and first layer stamped with Frayed Leaf and second layer Forest Glades - part of the Green Fields set.
Trimmed stamped panel to 9.5cm by 13.8cm, adhered some fun foam on the back of the panel with double-sided tape for some dimension and adhered to a black A6 (10.5cm by 14.8cm) side fold card.
Softened the outline bouquet stamped with Silver Stone, by colouring from the centre with flick movements using Prismacolor pencils PC1063 (50% Cool Grey) and PC1021 (Jade Green).
Sentiment from the Courageous You stamp set, stamped with Jet Black. Finished card with colourless dew drops which was adhered with Art Glitter liquid glue with a fine metal tip and Marvy Jewel Picker.
Card #2 - Happy Anniversary to the Lovely Couple
This card is also for the Altenew June 2021 Challenge. The steps to make this card is the same as card #1 but colours and composition are different. Flowers and leaves outlines are stamped with Jet Black. Colours used on front flower are Chamomile and Marigold and the flower centre are Misty Moor and Sea Forest. Colours used for the partial back flower are Sea Glass and Ocean Waves and the flower centre are Misty Moor and Sea Forest. The right leaf stamped with Limestone and Industrial Diamond and the leaf on the left stamped with Limestone and Silver Stone. Finally the outline bouquet stamped with Silver Stone.
Softened the outline bouquet stamped with Silver Stone, by colouring from the centre with flick movements using Prismacolor pencils PC1063 (50% Cool Grey).
Trimmed stamped panel to 9.5cm by 13.8cm, adhered some fun foam on the back of the panel with double-sided tape for some dimension and adhered to a black A6 (10.5cm by 14.8cm) side fold card.
Sentiment from Sentiment strips stamp set, stamped with Versamark ink, sprinkled with Ranger Superfine White Embossing Powder and heat set with WOW heat tool.
Finished card with colourless dew drops which was adhered with Art Glitter liquid glue with a fine metal tip and Marvy Jewel Picker.
Card #3 - Anything is Possible
The steps to make this card is the same as card #1 but colours and composition different. Flowers and leaves outlines stamped with Jet Black. Colours used on front flower are Ocean Waves and Desert Night and the flower centre are Chamomile and Marigold. Colours used for the partial back flower are Sunray and Chamomile and the flower centre colours are Misty Moor and Sea Forest. The right leaf stamped with Morning Frost and Lava Rock and the leaf on the left stamped with Morning Frost and Evening Gray. Finally the outline bouquet stamped with Lava Rock.
Trimmed stamped panel to 9.5cm by 13.8cm, adhered some fun foam on the back of the panel with double-sided tape for some dimension and adhered to a black A6 (10.5cm by 14.8cm) side fold card.
Sentiment from the Paint-A-Flower Hydrangea stamp set, stamped with Jet Black. Finished card with colourless dew drops which was adhered with Art Glitter liquid glue with a fine metal tip and Marvy Jewel Picker.
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