Fresh Altenew Ideas by Jen Rzasa!
Hi friends! Happy Tuesday! Please join me in welcoming special guest Jen Rzasa to our blog today to share two gorgeous projects featuring Altenew products! Read on for more information and enjoy!
Hi there, this is Jen Rzasa from Altenew and today I have two fun projects to share with you!
The first one features the gorgeous Floral Mandala Stencil, which I temporarily adhered to a 4.25″ x 5.5″ white card base with painter’s tape. I then blended ink through the stencil using Maple Yellow Ink in the center, transitioning to Honey Drizzle towards the edges. Once I removed the stencil, my design was revealed!
I then selected various colors of enamel dots, from the Pocketful of Sunshine, Red Cosmos, and Cool Summer Night packs. These were adhered in the center of the medallion. To finish off the card, I embossed a sentiment from Stained Glass Window on to a strip of black cardstock with Pure White Crisp Embossing Powder and adhered it with foam tape. I love how the black and white strip contrasts with the colorful background!
The second card was quick and easy to create. The background is a piece of confetti paper from the Pastel Dreams 6×6 Paper Pack, which I trimmed to 4.25″ x 5.5″ and adhered to a white card base. Next, I cut a strip of pink cardstock and embossed the word “birthday” from Birthday Builder using Pure White Crisp Embossing Powder.
The following step was a bit fiddly, but I love how it looks! I took the word “happy” from the Sweet Hearts Adhesive Wood Veneer set and placed my sentiment strip beneath the “
To finish the card, I added two hearts from the wood veneer set. I hope these projects inspire you to get crafty!
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Studio Monday with Nina-Marie: Mini Love Notes for Any Occasion
Hello crafty friends, it’s Nina-Marie here with you, and today I wanted to share some inspiration for using the Doodlebug French Kiss collection to make adorable (and easy!), mini love notes!
These mini notes are perfect for many occasions! Some ways I think would be perfect to use them are:
- Put into your kid’s or grandkid’s lunch box with a little note written inside.
- Tucking money or a gift card into for a sweet surprise.
- Leave on someone’s desk as a thinking of you note.
- Give as Valentines.
These are simple to create which means even kids can put these together!
Each of these cards feature the versatile, Petal Envelope die (a Simon exclusive!) This clever die has four tabs that can either be tucked into each other for a petal effect (and stays closed on its own!) or tied closed with some cute twine or ribbon. I used both techniques for these cards.
I even decorated White Mini Envelopes to match some of my cute notes! Once folded, the petal envelope fits inside the mini envelopes perfectly (and looks so adorable!). The new French Kiss washi tapes can be used to close the flaps of the envelopes; the border stickers in the 12×12 paper collection also look cute on the envelopes!
Be sure to check out the video below to see how I put these cuties together! I hope they inspire you to make some sweet mini notes of your own. They are so much fun to create, and even
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Winter Wonderland Mixed Media Scene: isabel z!
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Winter Wonderland Mixed Media Scene
Hi friends! Happy Sunday! Thanks for stopping by our blog today! Here at Simon HQ in Columbus, Ohio we had a taste of Spring weather last week but are back to the winter cold. Sometimes amongst the dreariness of winter it’s easy to forget the beauty it brings. Special guest Anna-Karin Evaldsson really showcases that beauty in her special project! Read on for step by step instruction and enjoy!
Hi everyone! I am so happy to be here today with an easy and fun mixed media tutorial. I was planning to have done a different project, but I was inspired by the very heavy snowfall we had here over the weekend, and two beautiful walks that I took, and changed my mind and made a peaceful winter project instead.
There is something very peaceful about snow and the world becomes brighter and quieter at the same time. I’d love to stay for a little while in the cottage on this canvas. The techniques in this tutorial can be used on any type of project, and not only for winter themes. All you need is a sturdy enough background. I used a Ranger Dina Wakley Media Board, 4×6 in, but heavy watercolor paper or cardstock, such as Heavystock Mixed Media, will also work well.
After I remove my Christmas decorations, I often leave out winter themed décor pieces, such as the one here, and only remove them once spring is here. Some of them might even stay up year around.
Start by coating the board with gesso. I wasn’t planning to add more paste layers on top of the gesso at first, which is why I formed the gesso into snow heaps. You can skip this and use a thinner layer of gesso instead.
When dry, add a layer of Ranger’s Texture Paste Opaque Crackle to the sky. I love the look of a crackled sky. Cracks will appear as the paste dries and the thicker the paste, the larger the cracks.
Smear fairly thick layers of Texture paste to create the snowy ground. Use a palette knife and to form the snow into heaps. Let dry.
Paint the sky with watered down Distress Paints, starting with the pink.
It is hard to get a good stamped impression on a textured background, so instead, we are going to stamp on ordinary tissue paper. Stamp on the glossy side of white tissue paper, using Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink. Tear around the images instead of using scissors, since a torn edge disappears better.
Use gloss medium to adhere the tissue paper to the background. Start by painting a layer of gloss medium on the background, where the image will be placed. Carefully place the tissue paper image into the medium and then add another layer of gloss medium on top.
Paint the snow with white paint and the house with brown and yellow. Add thick layers of white paint to the branches of the trees using a toothpick.
When the first layer of paint is dry, add a few areas of pink and blue to the snow, to connect it to the colors of the sky. Also, add some shadows with Hickory Smoke paint.
Adhere to the branches and sentiments with the same technique as before. The reason for not adhering them earlier is that I wanted to paint most of the background first so that I wouldn’t paint over the words or branches.
Splatter white paint on the scene to create the look of snow. Avoid the text.
Here you can see a close up of the crackled sky and splattered snow. Note that the edges of the tissue paper aren’t visible. Most tissue papers work well for this technique. Some are a little opaque and might not disappear completely, so experiment on a small area first. If the edge of the tissue paper is slightly visible, you can hide it by painting over it.
I added some black marker lines here and there, to bring back lines that were hidden by paint.
You could add even more details to the scene, but I wanted to leave it fairly uncluttered and peaceful.
I hope this tutorial inspired you to try out some scenic stamping in combination with mixed media techniques.
Thank you so much for looking!
Happy crafting!
Anna-Karin
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