Altenew Educator Certification Program, Level 1 Easy Die Cutting Techniques

Recipe: Love Your Way

Ingredients:

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

Black 80lbs to 100lbs cardstock

Altenew Loving You Sentiment Stamp, Die and Embossing Folder Set

Altenew Inks: Arctic, Persian Blue, Sapphire, Fresh Leaf, Reindeer Moss, and Permanent Black

Embossing Ink

Clear and white embossing powder

Card Base: Create a 4 ¼” x 5 ½” side folding card base from white cardstock. From black cardstock, cut a 4 x

5 ¼” panel and adhere to the card base.

Card Front: From white cardstock, cut a 3 ¾” x 5” panel. Emboss panel using the Loving You Embossing

Folder; adhere embossed panel to black panel. On white cardstock, apply the Love stamp to the cardstock

with Permanent Black ink and emboss with the clear embossing powder. Once cooled, use the stencil to ink

the stamped image. Die cut and adhere the stamped image to the center of the front panel.

Sentiment: On black cardstock, with embossing ink, stamp the sentiment “your way”, and emboss with white

embossing powder. Cut sentiment into 2 ½” x ½” strip and apply to the center of the card with foam tape.

Recipe: You Are Special

Ingredients:

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

Kraft cardstock, 80lbs to 100lbs

Altenew Magnificent Magnolias Outline Stamp, Simple Coloring Stencil and Layering Die Set

Altenew Inks: Warm Sunshine, Honeydew Glow, Antique Olive, Swamp Green, Mangrove Root, Sea Forest,

Marshland, and Permanent Black

Foam Tape

Card Base: From Kraft cardstock, create a 5” x 7” side folding card base.

Card Front: From white cardstock, cut a 4 ¾” x 6 ¾” panel. In landscape position, stamp branch with leaves,

multiple times, across the top half of the card with Mangrove Root Ink. With stencil set, color in branches and

leaves, using Mangrove Root for the branches and Antique Olive, Swamp Green and Green Opal for the

leaves. From white cardstock, cut one each of the full bloom and two of the small bud, magnolias. In the

center and about half way up the petals, ink with Honeydew Glow and Swamp Green-ink this darker color with

a light hand and only halfway up the Honeydew Glow. Ink the center pieces of the flowers with Warm

Sunshine and the top piece with Marshland. Assemble all but one of the small buds. Adhere the three full

flowers amongst the branches. Adhere the full small bud in the lower right hand side of the card. On the lower

lefthand side of the card, around an 1 ½” in, stamp your sentiment of choice with Permanent Black Ink. With

the pieces left over from the other small bud, cut out three petals, adhere them around the sentiment. Adhere

the card front to the card base with foam tape.

Recipe: Welcome Home

Ingredients:

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

Black cardstock, 80lbs to 100lbs

Bronze pearlized cardstock

Altenew In the Woods Layering Die Set

Altenew Itty Bitty Branches Die Set

Altenew Wrought Iron Gate Die Set

Altenew Detailed Starburst Debossing Cover Die

Altenew Inks: Citrus Burst, Fresh Lemon, Maple Yellow, Forest Glades, Evergreen, Parrot, Olive, Heart Beat,

Morning Frost, Evening Grey, Moon Rock and Lava Rock

Card Base: From black cardstock, create a 4 ¼” x 5 ½” side folding card base. From white cardstock, cut two

4 x 5 ¼” panels, adhere one panel to inside of card base, the other panel will be used for the card front.

Die Cuts: From black cardstock, cut your sentiment of choice twice and adhere together. From bronze

cardstock, cut the panels from the Wrought Iron Gate Die Set. From white cardstock cut the following:

-In the Woods Layering Die Set:

4 of the tall grass dies. Ink with Forest Glades and Evergreen

2 of the rocks, full set to create 2 rock piles. Ink with Morning Frost, Evening Grey Moon

Rock and Lava Rock

16 of the rock base die, these will be used to create a rock pathway. Ink with Morning

Frost

-Itty Bitty Branches Die Set:

2 each of the dies with flowers (there are 3). Ink flower buds with Heart Beat and the

stems and leaves with Parrot and Olive

2 of the tallest leaf stems (has 5 branches with elongated leaf clusters). Ink with Parrot

and Olive

Card Front: Run the remaining white, 4 x 5 ¼” panel, through the die machine with the Detailed Starburst

Debossing Cover Die. Ink panel with Citrus Burst, Fresh Lemon and Maple Yellow, radiating from the center,

lightest to darkest. From white cardstock, cut a 3 ¼” x 1” piece of cardstock, ink the entire piece with Morning

Frost. On the small panel, lay out the 16 rock bases for the path, trim as necessary; the rock bases will extend

beyond the panel, they should hang over enough to disguise the panel. Adhere the panel to the bottom center

of the card front, you should have about 1” open on either side of the panel. Trim down the Wrought Iron

Gates, taking off the top flourishes and the bottom part of the gate, at the end, they should measure 2 1/8” tall

– nothing needs to be taken from the sides of the gates. Center and adhere gates over the stone pathway. On

each side of the gate, adhere the tall leaf bundle, the flowers (3 on each side), 2 of the tall grass dies and the

rocks, in that order. In the opening above the gate, adhere the sentiment