Altenew Educator's "Alphabet Name Game"

 Hi there.  Over at Altenew's blog, the Altenew Educators are having an "Alphabet Name Game".  Basically we were supposed to use the first initial of our name and use a technique or style to start with that letter.   The Altenew Educators have a blog hop to inspire.  And they have challenged us to have a go. 

So Dawn.... D for - dry embossing and die cutting

I am in love with mini slimlines at the moment.   And I'm in love with Altenew's 3D Decorative Floral folder.  I die cut a panel and ran it through my trusty Cuttlebug with the 3D folder.  It really is stunning.  I then stamped and die cut some flowers from the Playful Plumeria.  I used some gorgeous reds to make the flowers with a touch of browns for the final layer to add some depth.  I added a sentiment from the Playful Plumeria set. The only embellishment I needed was a black gem in the centre of each flower.

I enjoyed this challenge which allowed me to play with everything I love.  Thanks Altenew Educators.  

 

Inpsired by Altenew Educators Blog hop...

I've been following along the blog hop by the Altenew Educators... Here..  So totally amazing inspiration and there is a Linky Party so you can share your "For the Love of Flowers".

I also, this week saw a fabulous technique by the incredible Laura Bassen (you can see her Youtube here)- using Distress Oxides, a stencil and some white pigment ink.   So together these two inspired me to create a card or two!

CARD 1;

For this one I used Distress Oxide inks in a variety of greens with a little touch of blue to add some blending on the background.  I then took the Altenew stencil - Rose Bouquet and used Colorbox Frosh White pigment ink and a blending tool to pounce the ink.  Added a little stamped sentiment from Best Sentiments ( the little gift from Altenew a while back)   I added some Lucy's Little Things Ice Cube jewels.

So I was wondering if this technique would work with Altenew Dye inks as I didn't have the colours I wanted to use in DO inks.  I was looking at the Altenew March challenge

 so onto
CARD 2:

And I'm happy to say the Altenew inks were a moderate success.  Next time I would try some slightly darker inks.... but still really happy with the results I got.   I used some Fresh Leaf, Ultra Violet and Persian Blue inks to blend before adding the white pigment.  I added some splatters with the white ink and Andromeda inks.  Sentiment is from the same set as the first card.

Both cards are being added to the Linky Party and the second one to the monthly challenge.    I LOVE my Altenew flowers so will be doing some more over the weekend I'm sure.

I'm also adding the second card to the Anything Goes challenge at The Flower Challenge

Thanks for stopping by.