Altenew Educator Certification Program Clean and Simple Boutique Cards
- Kim Darling
- Apr 22
- 2 min read
Updated: Apr 30
Recipe: Have A Beautiful Day
Ingredients:
Neenah Classic Crest Cover 100lb, Solar White/White or cardstock of choice
Altenew Tranquil Trail Outline Stamp Set
Ink On 3 Fadeout No Line Coloring Detail Ink
Versafine Onyx Black

Card Base/Front: Using white cardstock create a 4 ¼” 5 ½ “ side folding card base.
Flowers: Stamp the floral branch along the top and down the right side of the card front using the Ink On 3
Detail Ink.
Sentiment: On the lower left had side of the card, up approximately 1/3 rd of the card, stamp the sentiment using
Onyx Black Ink.
Envelope: Pair with a cream-colored envelope with a shimmer finish.
Recipe: Be Yourself
Ingredients:
Neenah Classic Crest Cover 100lbs, Solar White/White or cardstock of choice
Black 80-100lbs Cardstock
Grey 100lbs Cardstock
Altenew Perfectly Perfect Stamp Set
Altenew Dainty Swiss Dots Stamp Set
Altenew Plants and Vases Silhouette Stamp Set
Versafine Onyx Black Ink
Metallic Pewter Diamond Dots

Card Base: Using grey cardstock create a 4 ¼” 5 ½ “ top folding card base.
Color Layer: From black cardstock, cut a 4” x 5 ¼” layer.
Card Front: Using white cardstock, cut a 3 ¾” x 5” card front. From the Perfectly Perfect Stamp Set, choose a
flower and stamp in the lower right-hand corner of the card front. In the center of the flower, adhere a cluster of
Diamond Dots. Using a scoring board, on the left-hand side of the card score three lines, one at 1/8 th , one at
2/8ths and one at 3/8ths.
Sentiment: On the upper left-hand side of the card, approximately 1/3 rd of the way down from the top and just to
the right of the score lines, stamp the sentiment.
Assembly: Adhere the black cardstock to the grey card base and the white card front to the black cardstock
layer.
Envelope: Pair with a white envelope. Using the branch stamp from the Plants and Vases Silhouette Stamp
Set, stamp the envelope on the front, lower right-hand side, using Onyx Black Ink.
Recipe: Grateful
Ingredients:
Kraft 100lbs cardstock
Altenew Stamp Sets: Carnation, Leaf Clusters, Perfectly Perfect, and Vintage Garden
Altenew Leaf Bed Stencil
Grateful Honey Bee Stamps
Versamark
Versafine Onyx Black
Distress Oxide Torched Timber
Carbothello Pastel Pencils: 1400/100, 205, 560, 570, 575, 585 and 590
Pitt Pastel Pencils: 1122-173, 1122-174

Card Base/Front: From Kraft cardstock, create a 4 ½” x 6 ¼” side folding card.
Leaves: From the various stamp sets, choose several leaf clusters and stamp along the top of the card using
Versamark. The leaves should come down about 1/3 rd of the way from the top with at least one leaf cluster
draping down the left side and a little over halfway down the card. Using the Pastel Pencils, color in the leaf
clusters. Lightly edge the card with Torched Timber.
Sentiment: Using Onyx Black ink, stamp sentiment a little more than halfway down the card front and slightly to
the right of center.
Envelope: Pair with Kraft envelope. Using the stencil, emboss the envelope flap; lightly ink the raised leaves
with Torched Timber.
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