AECP - Tis The Season

I know it's not Christmas but I have a card to share from the 

Altenew Academy Class  

Tis The Season

Working through the classes I decided to focus my project on the 

Rustic Holiday Theme.

Not having but two Altenew holiday stamp sets in my collection, 

I decided to use the Wood Pallet Stamp for a background to pull the rustic look together.

I started my process by using 5 different stamp colors to achieve the wood pallet background. I then stamped the pine leaves in the lover right corner to create a cluster to lay under the pine cones.  

Stamping the pine cones (Poinsettia & Pine stamp set) on a beige paper I used Altenew Artist Markers to color them as realistic as possible. 

Not having the dies for my stamp sets, I used my Brother Scan-n-cut for the pine cones and the word sentiments. The sentiment came out of the Majestic Mistletoe set, which was stamped on red card stock using Espresso ink. 

 The small 'and' word was pulled from another stamp set since that's the size I needed.

Finished the card off with a red gem to dot the 'i' and added Nuvo White Blizzard over the pines leaves. 

Thanks for stopping by

Happy St. Patties Day

Blessing,

Nancy

wood pallet

majestic mistletoe

poinsettia & pine

Branching Out

Spending time in my craft room is so cherished for me, why does life have to get in the way.  Sorry I haven't posted lately.

I thoroughly love trying new techniques and today's post is my result.

I'm obsessed with the new Color Burst product from Ken Oliver and all the fabulous results I can get.

I stamped this bird image from Martha Stewart on watercolor card stock. I have been experimenting with Versafine, Ranger Archival and StazOn inks to see if there's any difference for me or if I like one better.

I do like Versafine and Ranger the best because they are easier to clean up. but StazOn works fine.

I used Versafine and my Misti to stamp this image and sentiment.

I sprayed water on the card and then sprinkled the Color Burst pigment on the card front.  I continued to spray more water until I got the background I liked also focusing the red in the area I had stamped the bird.  After the paper was completely dry I spritzed bleach on the paper to achieve the spotty effect.

I used a brush to bleach out the flowers and branches.  Using Distress markers I placed color back on the branches and then added some bling to finish the card.

I had a great time making this card and will do this again!

Thanks for hanging in there and stoping by my little blog today.

Nancy