Geometric genius

 Geometric genius

This week Jen Rzasa from Altenew  Tuesday #Altenewchallengelive is Geometric genius.

I used Altenew Modern circles circles for my geometrics.  I made an easy set of four cards. 

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Pattern clash

 Pattern clash

This week for Jen Rzasa Tuesday #altenewchallengelive with the theme pattern clash.  Create a project using two or more patterns that would not normally go together, and make them work beautifully. Play with color, scale, and placement to bring harmony to the mix. 

For my card I used cardstock, fabric tape, pattern paper, stamping, and pitcher cut out with metallic cardstock. The kraft carstock was embossed with an embossing folder. 

I also had to make a tag, because that's me.  I do like my tags.  I punched out different size circles with several pattern papers, and glued them to the top of this oversized tag.  I added a scallop black circle.  The bottom of the tag was embossed with an embossing folder.  I also glued on a strip of washi tape, and ribbon below all the paper circles.  I made what I call a funky house.  That just means it is created with different papers, and cardstocks.

More tags

 More tags

Yes, I made more tags for #altenewchallengelive with Jen Rzasa on Tuesday Tag You're It challenge.

These two tags are my favorite of all the tags I created for this challenge.  First I stamped, stenciled color, then die cut the Altenew Dancing Poppies.  Next I glued the poppies to tag, then ran it through die cutting machine with embossing folder to get texture on the tags.

 

Here I collage printed tissue paper onto a manilla tag, glued paper collage pictures from CB Afternoon Tea junk journal & ephemera book ... that I cut out. Glued on one of the Dancing Poppies on it, too.

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Tag You're It!

 Tag You're It!

This week for Jen Rzasa Tuesday #altenewchallengelive  the theme is Tag You're It!  This is right up my alley ... because I really like to make tags ... any size and any shape.  To start off I did a 5 1/2" square tag, next is a layered arch tag.

The next two tags are again arch shaped tags.  For all four of these tags I used Altenew Dancing Poppies stamp/die/stencil set.  

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3 cards 1 stamp set

 3 cards 1 stamp set

 This challenge is for Altenew Fan group on Facebook for Niki's challenge .  She took over the Fan group this past Saturday, and showed us how she made 3 cards using only one stamp set.  So she challenged all of us, who were watching to do the same thing. 

 I used one stamp set,  Altenew Dancing Poppies for this challenge. For my 3 cards I did the spotlight technique.

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Grid cards

Gird cards

I've been making grid cards since 2009 ... yes, that far back ... 17 years!  There are different names, and ways to do the grid technique. 
 

This most recent technique I saw Gina K  do on one of her weekly LIVE event.  This one uses masking paper to create the grid sections, but back in the day before maksing paper we used post it notes.  If you go here where I used post it notes.  You can type grid in the search bar, and a lot of post will show up for you to check out.

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Waffle Flower fun

 Waffle Flower Fun

I have been having fun with all the Waffle Flower ... new to me postage style stamps.

The big peony postage stamp is terrific!  I'm on a roll with doing more with tag/bookmarks lately.  I did do a card with this big postage style image, too.

Here is a look at the big postage stamp with Hedgehog image.  He is wonderful.  Need to do more with him.

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Blackout technique

 Blackout technique

This is a technique that blocks out all the white on a card.  Jen Rzasa from Altenew Tuesday #Altenewchallengelive with the theme White Out.  White out theme just means there is NO white anywhere on your card/project, so I did the Blackout technique.

Basically all you do is emboss a white panel with an embossing folder.  On the debossed side sponge on some color in the image.

Next take a black dye ink pad and lightly rub it across the card panel till the background is all black. You can see more of this blackout technique here back in 2024.  

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White out

White out

 This week for Altenew challenge with Jen Rzasa theme is White out.  That just means NO white space.

I did ink blending on both these tags.  If you look at the skinny tag I took one blending brush with color to shade the vanilla card a melon color.  Next I added texture with bubble wrap in the background, then punched out a mushroom for fun for this tag/bookmark.

For the tag below I made it an oval shape ... just for fun.  Ink blended the white oval with yellow, and green inks.  Stamped flower stamp in black, then added color with my Prisma color pencils.

I am going to add these tags into Altenew  challenge for this week.

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Shine on

 Shine on

A couple of cards for #altenewchallengelive  Jennifer Rzasa's Tuesday shine on challenge .  

Used Altenew stencils, dies on these two cards.  I did a fun idea, that Nicki from Nicki hearts card blog did with embossing paste, and embossing folder.  You can see it here.  Easier to see then explain.

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Metallic Fun

 Metallic Fun

I am having fun with metallic cardstock, and embossing folders.  Here are a couple of bookmarks.

 Don't worry I haven't stopped making cards.  Cards are my go to projects.  Used Altenew stencils, dies, and paste to make all the bookmarks, cards, and tags.

Also made a couple of tags.

For all of these samples I used eighter gold, or silver cardstocks, and pastes.

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Metallic glow

 Metallic glow

I am obsessed right now with this technique using metallic colored cardstocks.  Don't know who orginated this technique so for now I am calling it Metallic Glow.  

            supplies used:  Altenew walnut branch embossing folder,                                     botanical 3D embossing folder

Basic instructions for this technique is to use metallic color cardstocks.  I found that TH metallic cardstocks that come in a pad worked the best for me.  I first tried this technique with inexpesive metallic cardstock from craft store, and they just didn't emboss well, or the cardstock cracked!  Sometimes it is just best to go for the brand name product, and this is one of those times.  

                        Altenew Magnalia dreams embossing folder

Run the metallic cardstock with embossing folder through your embossing/die cutting machine, I have Gina K machine, and I really like it. Use a sanding block to sand off the raised areas, then drag a pigment ink pad over the raised embossed image...this is what gives the image the glowing effect.  Much better in person.  For my cards I used Hero Arts unicorn white pigment ink, a couple of very old Encore copper, gold ink pads.  I tried Lisa Horton metallic ink pads but wasn't satified with the coverage of ink ... sometime new isn't better than old.  My Encore ink pads have to be at least 20 years old, and they are still juicy!  For this technique you need to keep in mind that pigment inks DO NOT want to dry on glossy metallic cardstock ... so I let them sit overnight then sprayed them with a fixative spray which work just fine for me.

This last card I am showing was done on regular white cardstock with copper ink.

Altenew Decorative florals embossing folder

In all my cards I used Altenew 3D embossing folders but I'm sure you could do this Metallic Glow technique with any company embossing folders.  Experiment with what you have in your stash.

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