You know how you were always taught to read directions? Well sometimes, you forget what you were taught. The Altenew Academy courses for the first level were laid out in a syllabus style format. I "assumed" that the 1 and 2 courses were the qualified courses... Not.
All about layering 3 is a little more detailed in layering I would say. Both the 3 and 4 layering courses are taught by Lydia and show the student how to layer and then how to incorporate them into a card. The jest of the course is about how you line up your stamps for the more intricate stamps having multiple layers. I found that if you practice, as with anything, you get better at it.
The card I made is a 4 1/4 by 5 and a half side folded card. I used used Bazzill cardstock in a plum color for the back panel and the the word hello, which was cut 4 times and adhered with Altenew Double sided adhesive sheets. The floral images are from the Fresh Blooms stamp and die set. The Hello die is from the Craft-a-Flower Primrose Blossom. I used the Beveled Squares stencil to create a little contrast with Grape Agate Crisp dye ink then stamped the word hello from the Versatile vases stamp set in the rows that went horizontally. This was cut to 4 x 5 1/4 inches. I mounted the stenciled image onto craft foam and then placed vellum in the center to bring out the word Hello a bit more. The flowers and leaves were placed opposite of each other and lifted up by Altenew Instant Dimension foam tape. Some of the leaves were tucked underneath the vellum and some to the top of the vellum as well. For the floral images, I stamped them on solar white 110lb cardstock. I kept the colors fairly close together in the purple range using the Sugarplums set . The middles with stamped with Sicilian Amber and Snapdragon inks. The leaves were stamped with the Spring Bouquet greens and the Jewel Tone greens. The images hang off of the card a little but I liked it that way and plan to use a larger envelope to mail it. On the inside of the card, I used the smaller floral image to decorate the card as well.
I enjoyed seeing all of the creativity in the class inspiration pages. They get me thinking about creating more with the layering stamps and help me to see that it isn't difficult at all to use them.
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