Paper and Fiber Arts: AECP - Seasonal Scene Building

Wow! Today's post is a celebration of sorts. I've completed the last of the ten courses for Level One of Altenew Academy's AECP. The last class was a jam-packed technique extravaganza taught by Nichol Magouirk. She has many innovative ideas about ways to build a scene on a card. It really was a worthwhile class and is probably my favorite out of all of the Level One classes.

Window Scene

For this project, I was inspired by a mash-up of some of Nichol's ideas. Cutting a window out of white cardstock and inking it made a great frame for whatever images would be placed in the four spots. I opted for my favorite real-life flower, a rose. The rose image uses a two-step stamping technique that is very simple to execute.

Stamping

All of the roses and the sentiment were stamped with permanent black ink. The color for each rose is the second layer of the stamp image. It was fun choosing a variety of colors. They are all listed below. However, any color will work well! The sentiment is from the same Life is Beautiful stamp set. I believe this stamp and die set is now retired.

The sepals and stems are colored with Altenew's B815, B802, and B635 alcohol markers. The window frame is popped off the black cardstock. Then the unit adhered to a white cardstock base. By using a thick glue dot for each rose, I was able to place a stem underneath the bloom and tuck them under the window frame. The frame was outlined with silver foil tape to dress it up a bit. The finishing touch was using a white gel pen to add some marks to the black cardstock and roses. Kind of like a splatter effect without the splattering.

Thank you for viewing my progress through the classes. Maybe you will be inspired to try some of the techniques, too? Or, if you'd like - there are some free classes on the Altenew Academy website. You can enroll and try them at your leisure.