Altenew All about layering II

I finally got a few photos done and have so many more to do... but I'm not disappointed in how many. I have most of the class projects completed, yet struggle with time to get them uploaded and detailed info to go with them. Life stuff.

So to the project shall we? In the All about layering II course, Nicole has a lot of tips on getting your layers to line up. She did such an amazing job explaining the steps and cheering you on to keep practicing. I have enjoyed her as an instructor! I definitely want to keep up the practicing! The layered images are too beautiful not to.

I'm gonna get long-winded her but I tend to be over the top in explaining how I did things. For this card, I used Nina Solar White 80 pound cardstock for my card base and panel. I used quite a few ink colors. For the flower, I used Pale Mauve, Amethyst, Grape Agate, and Plum crisp die inks. For the leaves, I used Pistachio, Limeade, Green Onyx crisp die inks and the Sprays on the card base, I used contour ink by Hero Arts. I tried my hand at masking so that I could lay the leaves and spray of flowers down as close the flower as possible without stamping on that gorgeous flower. Btw, the stamp and die set I used was the Build-A-Flower: Coral Charm stamp and die set. When I was done, I wasn't happy with the flatness of it. So, I did another flower and leaves set and trimmed the card base down to 3 1/2 by 4 3/4. After I had stamped and cut the images out, I Added foam tape to each of the elements and layered them over the original flower. Added the extra die-cut leaves as well with foam tape to give them more dimension. For the sentiment, I chose to stamp it on vellum with Altenew obsidian ink. Then used clear embossing powder on the stamped sentiment to give it more pop. I trimmed down the main element to balance the size with the card base. I used some liquid glue to adhere the vellum to the flower, making sure the area I added glue to, would not show through the vellum. I then added a piece of craft foam to the back of the card base and mounted on to the A5 card base. I am so glad I didn't trim the leaves hanging from the bottom because it didn't end up being longer than the card base, which I love! Thank you for sticking it out and reading my explanation on how to make the card.

Comments

Erum Tasneem said…

Beautiful work, Jami. Looks so elegant!

November 7, 2022 at 3:15 AM

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