Altenew Educator Certification Program All About Layering 3

Recipe: Be your own kind of Beautiful

Ingredients:

Neenah Classic Crest Cover 100lb, Solar White/White cardstock of choice

Black Cardstock

Foam Tape

Glue/Adhesive of choice

Altenew Book Engravings Stamp and Stencil Set

Altenew Petal Palooza Geometric 3D embossing folder

Altenew Paint a Flower Paeonia Japonica

Altenew Fresh Dye Inks: Olive, Moss, Peachy Glow, Golden Honeycomb, Amber Blaze, Melted Butterscotch and Jet Black.

Card Base: Create a top folding A2 (4 ¼” x 5 ½”) landscape card from whit cardstock

Color Layer: Cut black cardstock to 4” x 5 ¼”

Card Front: Dry emboss a 3 ¾” x 5” piece of white cardstock with the Petal Palooza embossing folder.  

Flowers: Stamp one large and two small flowers from the Book Engravings Layering Stamp set.  Stamp  the first layer of the flower with Jet Black then, using the stencil, color the entire flower with Peachy Glow.  For layer two, use Golden Honeycomb, layer three Amber Blaze, and for layer four use Melted Butterscotch.  Fussy cut the three flowers.

Leaves: There are three options for leaves in the Book Engravings Layering Stamp set; there is a single leaf (B1/B2), a cluster of two leaves (C1/C2) and a cluster of three leaves (E1/E2).  Stamp two of the single leaves, one of the two leaf cluster and three of the three leaf clusters.  For all leaves, use Jet Black for the first layer then, using the stencil, color all of the leaves with Olive.  Stamp the second layer with Moss.  Fussy cut all of the leaves.

Sentiment: Cut a 1 ¾” x 3 ¼” rectangle from a piece of white cardstock.  In the center of the rectangle, using Jet Black ink, stamp the “Be your own kind of Beautiful” sentiment from the Paint a Flower Paeonia Japonica stamp set.  Lightly ink the outer edge of the rectangle with Jet Black.

Assembly: Glue/adhere black cardstock to card base then glue/adhere embossed card front to the black cardstock; center each layer, you should end up with a 1/8” reveal.  Arrange leaves on the left side of the card, focusing on the bottom left corner and branching out along the upper left side and along the bottom of the card.  Arrange the three flowers on top of the leaves, focusing on the bottom left corner and branching out; use foam tape to pop up the top flower to give some dimension.  In the top right corner, using foam tape, adhere the sentiment; set the sentiment back approximately 1/8” from the top right corner of the card front layer in order to be consistent with the 1/8th reveal of the other layers of the card.  Trim off any overhang from the sides of the card.

Recipe: Thinking of You (big die)

Ingredients:

Neenah Classic Crest Cover 100lb, Solar White/White cardstock of choice

Black 100lb Cardstock

Grey 100lb Cardstock

Vellum

Adhesive Sheets

Glue/adhesive of choice

Altenew Mini Delight Painted Posies Layering Stamp Set

Altenew Nature Splashes Add On Die Set

Altenew Thinking of You Die

Altenew Fresh Dye Inks: Polar Bear, Icy Water, Winter Lake, Arctic Mountain, Icy Lemonade and Limestone.

Stamperia Stencil KSG459 and Vellum

Card Base: Create a 4 ½” x 6” top folding card from grey cardstock

Color Layer: Cut black cardstock to 4 1/4” x 5 3/4”.

Card Front: Cut a  4” x 5 1/2” piece of white cardstock.  Using Limestone ink, stencil large flourish on the top center and bottom center of the card front.  Using the Mini Delights Painted Posies Layering Stamp Set, stamp the top left corner and bottom right corner with the flower cluster layering stamp.  Apply Polar Bear to layer 1, Icy Water to layer 2, Winter Lake to layer 3, Arctic Mountain to layer 4 and Icy Lemonade to layer 5.  Around the outer edges of the card front, lightly ink using Icy Water.  Apply the adhesive sheet to the back of the Vellum then die cut two leaves using the Nature Splashes Add On Die Set.   Arrange and adhere leaves to the center of the card front.  From black card stock cut the Thinking of You Die sentiment.  Adhere sentiment to the center of the card.

Assembly: Glue/adhere black cardstock to the grey card base then glue/adhere white card front to the black cardstock; center each layer, you should end up with a 1/8” reveal. 

Recipe: Just a Note

Ingredients:

Neenah Classic Crest Cover 100lb, Solar White/White cardstock of choice

Vellum

Foam Tape

Glue/adhesive of choice

Altenew Plants and Vases Stamp Set

Altenew Basic Blooms Stamp Set

Altenew Beauty Within Stamp and Die Set

Altenew Fresh Dye Inks: Golden Honeycomb, Peachy Glow, Amber Blaze, Melted Butterscotch, Evergreen, Moss,  Mossy Meadow, Wisteria, Hydrangea, Ultraviolet, Andromeda and Jet Black

Hero Arts Fancy Dies Cover Plate Garden Gate

Just a Note sentiment and die set of choice

Card Base: Using white cardstock create a 4 ¼”  5 ½ “ top folding card base

Card Front: From white cardstock, die cut using Hero Arts Fancy Dies Cover Plate Garden Gate 

Flowers: Stamp 3 medium flowers (D) using the Basic Blooms Stamp set.  For the first flower, use Peachy Glow for layer 1, Jet Black for layer 2 (center of flower), Golden Honeycomb for layer 3, Amber Blaze for layer 4 and Melted Butterscotch for layer 5.  For the other two flowers use Wisteria for layer 1, Jet Black for layer 2, Hydrangea for layer 3, Ultraviolet for layer 4 and Andromeda for layer 5.  Fussy cut flowers.

Foliage: From the Mini Delight Plants & Vases stamp 3 floral sprigs, 2 in Melted Butterscotch and 1 in Ultraviolet.  Fussy cut all, then cut the Ultraviolet spring in half longways (splitting the branch).  Stamp 3 of the round leaf stamps, 2 in Moss and 1 in Evergreen; fussy cut all.  Stamp 3 of the long leaf sprigs, all in Moss; fussy cut.  From the Beauty Within Stamp and Die set, stamp 2 of the small sprigs in Moss and 3 of the large sprigs, two in Moss and one in Mossy Meadow; use the dies to cut out the springs.  With the same dies, cut three of the large sprigs from Vellum. 

Assembly:  Adhere the Cover Plate Garden Gate die to the card base.  Cluster the 3 flowers in the center of the card in a diagonal formation using foam tape being sure to leave room to tuck the foliage under the flowers.  Glue foliage to card front, slightly tucked under the flowers, creating multiple layers that will extend diagonally to the top right and bottom left of the card front.

Sentiment: Using Jet Black Ink stamp sentiment then use die to cut sentiment.  This “Just a Note” sentiment is split into 3 individual words.  Arrange words diagonally starting at the top left corner going down  to the bottom right corner.

Recipe: Thinking of You

Ingredients:

Neenah Classic Crest Cover 100lb, Solar White/White cardstock of choice

Black card stock

Glue/Adhesive of choice

Altenew Fresh Bloom Layering Die Set

Altenew Fresh Dye Inks: Morning Frost, Evening Gray, Moon Rock, Lava Rock, Arctic, Caribbean Sky, Persian Blue, Sapphire and Jet Black.

Stamperia Stencil KSG483

Gina K Designs Master Layout 2 or rectangle dies: large stitched 3.5” x 4.75”, small stitched 2.25” x 4”, large plain 3.625” x 4.875”, small plain 2.375” x 4.125”

Card Base: Using white cardstock create a 4 ¼”  5 ½ “ top folding card base

Card Layers/Front: Using white cardstock create a 4 ¼”  5 ½ “ sheet;  all layers will be cut from this sheet once all of the stamping has been completed

Stamp flower from Fresh Bloom Layering Die Set 3 times on the card front.  Place 1 flower in the top left corner, 1 in the middle on the right side of card front and 1 in the bottom left corner.  Each should be slightly off the page.  For all flowers, stamp layer 1 with Jet Black, layer 2 with Arctic, layer 3 with Caribbean Sky, layer 4 with Persian Blue, layer 5 with Sapphire, layer 6 with Evening Gray and layer 7 with Moon Rock. 

Mask off the 3 flowers and stencil over the front of the card using the Stamperia Stencil and Morning Frost. 

Stamp the leaf (B) next to each of the flowers.  Place the leaves so they create a circular motion around the card: just under the flower on the top left, to the right side of the flower on the bottom left and sightly over the top of the middle right flower.  Stamp layer 1 with Jet Black, layer 2 with Morning Frost, layer 3 with Evening Gray and layer 4 with Moon Rock.

Using the Gina K Designs’s Master Layout 2 die set, center the largest stitched die (3.5” x 4.75”) on the completed card front and tape down, then center the smallest stitched die (2.25” x 4”) within the largest stitched die and tape down; run through your die machine.  Die cut a piece of black cardstock using the large plain die (3.625” x 4.875”) then die cut another piece of black cardstock using the small plain die (2.375” x 4.125”). 

Adhere the smallest white rectangle to the center of the smallest black rectangle.  Adhere the “medium” sized white rectangle (stitched) to the largest black rectangle  Adhere the largest white rectangle to the card front, center and adhere the “medium” rectangle, then center and adhere the smallest rectangle. 

Sentiment: Stamp sentiment with Jet Black ink and die cut.  Adhere the sentiment “Thinking of You” to the smallest rectangle, aligning on the left, using one word per line.