Month: February 2025

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AECP – Polychromatic

Welcome Back!!

Today’s class is Polychromatic, which means of two or more colors; multi-colored.  I am very excited about this class.  My mind immediately went to butterflies and flowers using two specific Altenew Craft Your Life Project Kits: Butterfly Garden and Seasonal Blooms.  These are both amazing and beautiful kits.

I used the stencils to color blend the butterflies from the kit with Altenew Fresh Dye Inks: Persian Blue, Caribbean Sky, Sapphire, Blush Rose, Mauve Toasted Mauve, Dew Drop, Aqualicious, Alpine Aster, Water Hyacinth and Alpine Aster.  The kit includes a Zero-Waste die to cut out the entire background.  I colored the flowers from the Seasonal Blooms using the stamp and stencils from the set, then cut them out using the die from the set.

Using an Altenew Large Blending Brush I ink blended using Arctic Fresh Dye Ink on a 5.25″ x 6″ card base.  This is a non-standard size but I wanted lots of room for the flowers and butterflies on this card.  I then ink splattered using Altenew Metallic Watercolor using Topaz.

I put the card base and all the pieces in my Misti to see how I wanted everything to be arranged and where I thought the sentiment would fit.

Using glue and dimensional foam tape I added everything at different heights.

I also added a couple Pinkfresh Studio glitter dots to add a bit more dimension and interest.

Using color is so much fun and in these winter months a bit of Spring makes me smile.

I hope you enjoyed today’s card and have a fantastic day.  Thank you for stopping by.

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AECP – Creative Watercolor Media

Howdy!  Hope you are doing well today.  I am glad you stopped by.

My latest class from Altenew is Creative Watercolor Media.  I was very excited for this class as I love watercolor.  I chose the stamp set Painted Butterflies from Altenew.  The butterflies are so whimsical and have a beautiful flow to them.  It has a matching die set but I did not use those today.

I used the outline images of the butterflies and stamped the images on Canson XL Cold Press watercolor paper with watermark ink and embossed with gold embossing powder.  Since I was water coloring the images I did not use the layering stamps this time.

The water colors I used were a set I have had for a long time and I am not sure of the brand.  Use what you have, even if it’s your kids Crayola set for school.

I used blues and purples to paint the butterflies with the wet-on-wet technique.  This is a technique where you paint the image or area with clean water then come back with wet paint on a wet brush and tap the paint to the water you put on the paper.  The paint will flow and move magically, it is so much fun.  I added several colors and allowed them to mix.

Once dry I used the same technique on the background but with a very pale blue and lots of water.  Once dry, I added gold splattered paint for some shine.

I did not have a colored cardstock on hand that worked well with the colors of the butterflies.  I taped off A2 size card base and ink blended the edges with Altenew Sapphire Fresh Dye Ink. I felt it needed some green tones so I added some Altenew Teal Cove Fresh Dye Ink as well, then added some gold paint splatter for a little more sparkle.

I cut the card panel to 4″ x 5.25″ and added the sentiment from the stamp set “You Inspire Me”. and some sequins for embellishment.

I am inspired by so many crafters and artists.  We should take time to tell those people how much they mean to us because we could all use kindness and encouragement.

Thank you for being here today.  I hope your day is amazing.