AECP - Irresistible Inking Techniques

Hi everyone!

Today I'm sharing two cards with you for the AECP Irresistible Inking Techniques course. I got triggered by the use of a brayer in one of the classes, which reminded me to use my gel plates more often. I love playing with gel plates, there are so many possibilities and different mediums you can use with it.

I used the gel plate to create the background for this card. I inked up the plate with Distress Oxide Inks Tumbled Glass, Mermaid Lagoon and Blueprint Sketch. I used a brayer to even out the ink and get a nice ombre blend. I put the Leaf Bed stencil on top of the inked plate and took a print of it. Then I removed the stencil and took another print for this card. The second time around you get a print of the negative of the stencil. You can easily create a bunch of backgrounds in a short time.

I used the Peaceful Reverie stamp set, it's hard to believe that every flower has only two layers. There's so much depth in these flowers! I used Cherry Blossom and Nurate's Wonders Crisp Dye Inks. The sentiment is from the Amazing Things stamp set.

This was my last card for the AECP Level 1 courses, now I will have to do a final assignment before I will start Level 2. I've had so much fun so far already and can't wait to continue!

Thank you for stopping by and enjoy your weekend!

AECP - Easy Die Cutting Techniques

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I'm back today with two cards for the AECP Easy Die Cutting Techniques. For some reason die cutting is not my favorite thing to do, but I always do love the final result and I really enjoyed the videos in this course.

For my first card I used the Garden Trellis Cover Die cut out that I already made for the For The Guys course, where I only used the negative squares for my card. I ink blended a piece of 4.25" by 5.5" with Cerulean Skies Crisp Dye Inks and created an ombre effect. Then I used the cover die.

The flowers, leaves and sentiment are from the Strength Blooms stamp set and I used the Crisp Dye Inks sets Nature's Wonders and Summer Afternoon. The leaves are one layer stamps, so to give them a little more interest I used a lighter and darker color for each print.

For the second card I used a Layering Flower Die for the first time. I stayed away from them until recently, because I love stamping so much, but I have to say that I totally fell in love now! I used the Hibiscus Garden 3D set and it turns out so beautiful! I don't have a stash of all colors of card stock, so I inked white card stock pieces that I used for the die cuts. This way you get the exact colors that you want. For the leaves I used Nature's Wonders (yes, this is my absolute favorite set for leaves!) and for the flowers I used Summer Afternoon and Sugarplums.

I placed the bouquet on a piece of white card stock that I die cut with a faux stitching pattern. The sentiment is from the Layered Laurel stamp set.

Thank you for stopping by today and enjoy your weekend!

AECP - Stencil Techniques

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Today I'm sharing two cards for the AECP Stencil Technique Course. I love stencils and I have more of them than I should have :) but they add such beautiful detail to your projects in often a very simple way.

For the first card I used the Stripe Builder stencil, just to cover the top left corner of my card and ink blended it with Pale Mauve ink. Starting out of the bottom right corner I stamped the Sweet Rose Bouquet with the Rose Petal Crisp Dye Ink set and Nature's Wonders Crisp Dye Ink set. The sentiment is from the Amazing Things stamp set. As a finishing touch I added some gold watercolor splatters.

For the second card I used the Honeycomb stencil, this time with modeling paste. First I colored the molding paste with Warm Sunshine Crisp Dye Ink, so that the stencil print would match the flower on top. The flower and leaves are from the Build-A-Flower Rose stamp set and I used the Summer Afternoon Crisp Dye Ink set and the Nature's Wonders Crisp Dye Ink set. The sentiment is from the same Rose stamp set.

Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

AECP - Seasonal Scene Building

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Today I did the AECP course Seasonal Scene Building. I found it very interesting because I sometimes have a hard time building a scene with flower stamps, which most of my Altenew stamps are.

First I ink blended a blue sky for the background and I die cut a frame that I ink blended with some yellows and browns. I used the Vintage Flowers stamp set with Crisp Dye Inks sets Coffee Break, Golden Sunset and Cherry Blossom. The sentiment is from the Strenght Blooms stamp set.

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AECP - Let It Shine

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This time not one, but two cards I made for the AECP course I did today. Surprisingly, because the glitter and bling theme of the Let It Shine course is usually not really my thing, but I made it work for me with lots of gold embossing powder.

For the first card I used the Gradient Sunset stamp set and stamped the sunset with the three lightest colors of the Summer Afternoon Crisp Dye Ink set and Grapevine Crisp Dye Ink. The bottom stamp is gold heat embossed and I added some clear droplets for some extra shine.

For the second card I used the Mega Happy Die, cut it 5 times and stacked the die cuts to create a die cut that really stands out. On top of that I gold heat embossed the die cut. To finish the sentiment I gold heat embossed the anniversary stamp on a black strip of card stock. For the background I ink blended the Mega Rose stencil with inks from the Rose Petal Crisp Dye ink set. I added some clear droplets to this card too.

Thank you for stopping by and have a great day!