AECP Level 3: Stencils Unleashed

Today, I'm sharing a card I made for the Altenew AECP class, Stencils Unleashed. I ink blended over these stencils to give me a starting point, but then used watercolour pencils and a water brush to get a new look. 

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AECP Level 3 - Artist watercolor 101

 Today, I'm sharing a card I made for the Altenew AECP class, Artist Watercolor 101. 

 

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AECP Level 2 - Impressive Heat Embossing

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 Today, I'm sharing a card I made for the AECP class, Impressive Heat Embossing. I stamped and white embossed the floral image from Billowing Peonies onto Bristol cardstock, and then watercoloured with Distress watercolour pencils and a waterbrush. 

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Floral hello for Paper Rose

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 Today, I'm sharing a card I made for Paper Rose Studio.

I began with some watercolour paper. I stamped and white embossed the Blossom Bouquet clear stamp four times around the edge of the panel. I used the ink smooshing technique to add some soft colour to the background, before adding more intense colour to the flowers and leaves using watercolour pencils. I cut the Fancy Script Layered Hello die from dark pink cardstock and adhered it to the centre of the panel, and adhered the panel to a white card base. 

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Best Wishes for Hero Arts

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 Today, I'm sharing a simple birthday cake card for Hero Arts.

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New release from Stampendous and Spellbinders

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 The new release from Spellbinders and Stampendous includes some gorgeous background stamps. I made these two cards using the background stamps and Distress Watercolor pencils, and added Betterpress sentiments.

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Colour my world forA Blog Named Hero

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 This month's Stay Crafty Challenge with A Blog Named Hero is all about colour and colouring. I made two cards that have the same stamps and dies, but totally different colour schemes!

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Hero Arts May 2024 My Monthly Hero kit

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The May My Monthly Hero kit is perfect for making a bunch of birthday cards! This kit is packed with amazing products - I mean PACKED! It is bursting at the seams! 

 

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Free shipping today at Colorado Craft Company

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Today, I'm sharing a rainbow card using the new release from Colorado Craft Company.

Colorado Craft Company has Free Shipping Days on April 29th and 30th. Free US Shipping and $6.95 off International orders, flat rate of $10.

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Beautiful Roses

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I recently bough this beautiful press plate designed by Emily Midgett for PinkFresh Studio. I decided to watercolour it with Distress watercolour pencils - hoping for a new set of these pencils to fill in some of the colour gaps! (I really wanted Worn Lipstick, but it's not there). EDIT: after I wrote this, but before this post was scheduled to go live, three new sets of Distress watercolour pencils were released!! Yay!! 

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Spellbinders Betterpress release

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The new release from Spellbinders today includes the most gorgeous Betterpress plate! Santa brought me a Betterpress for Christmas, and I've been playing with it so much since then! This plate also comes with a coordinating layering stencil set - I didn't use it on today's card, but I will share some cards using the stencils very soon! On this card, I watercoloured the image using Distress Watercolor pencils. This card also uses a sentiment from a new Betterpress sentiment set that I absolutely adore!

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Stamptember - Simon Says Stamp x Paper Rose collab

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The Simon Says Stamp Stamptember collab of the day today is Paper Rose! I received this stamp set yesterday, so I had just enough time to make two cards!

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Anita Jeram with Colorado Craft Company - free shipping days!

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 I'm sharing another card for the new End of Summer Fun release from Colorado Craft Company and Anita Jeram, and posting to remind you that there is free shipping today and tomorrow!

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Anita Jeram "End Of Summer Fun" release from Colorado Craft Company

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 There's a new release from Colorado Craft Company - some playful designs all about fun in the sun designed by Anita Jeram! (Scroll down for the hop info and a chance to win!)

There are 2 Giveaways today:

1. Colorado Craft Company will give away one free clear stamp set per designer. Leave a comment below to be in the running!

2. If you use my affiliate link below to make a purchase, you will be entered to win the entire release ($202 Value) . You must use my link to be entered.

3. You can comment up until Midnight (MT) SEPT 11th.

4. Colorado Craft Company will announce the winners SEPT 13th on their blog.

Here is the list of stops on the hop: 

Amy Young
Daniel West
Amy Tsuruta
Kelly Taylor
Jenn Shurkus
Nancy Sheads
Michelle Lupton (you are here!)
Jennifer Kotas
Kassi Hulet
Donna Hitz
Jennifer Gross
Kelly Griglione

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Adam Karle 
Joe Sysavath
Laura Inguz

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