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Hello friends!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I have been chipping away at my courses for the Altenew Educator Certification Program<\/a> and I have another card to share for Level 2. The course I’ve been taking, called Beautiful Details<\/a>, focuses on adding extra details to cards and specifically to stamped images to make them your own and amp up their impact! I absolutely loved this class and learned sooo much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The technique I am using is to stamp layered images and then add extra shading and depth and details with colored pencils – it makes a huge difference! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I started by stamping the bloom from the Beautiful Day layering set. I did not use the outline stamp – just the three layer stamps. I used Blush, Rouge, and Coral Berry inks. I stamped the same flower 4 times so that I could experiment and practice with my colored pencil details. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flower #1 is simply stamped with the 3 layers. Flower #2 is also just stamped but I double stamped the base layer with blush to make it a touch more visible…. but then on flower #3 I added details with colored pencil to help define the curls of the petals and deepen the shadows between petals. On flower #4 I added even more colored pencil details and went even darker in some of the shadows. I was amazed at the different looks I could achieve and how much more 3D I could make the flowers look! wow! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I used Prismacolor pencils (you can see my swatches on the page as I was testing out the colors) which worked great over my inks. The outline stamp adds in the stamen in the center of the flower… I decided to just leave those out because I didn’t want to mess up all the coloring I had done so I just left them as-is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I used the same technique for the leaves from the same stamp set. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leaves #1&2 are stamped with two layers (I omitted the outline stamp again). For leaves #3&4, I added details and shading with my colored pencils again – see the numbers of the swatches for the colors I used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once my focal point images were finished, I started putting together my card design. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I stamped bold stripes in Blush ink on a panel of white cardstock. Then I die cut a label shape from Kraft cardstock and heat embossed the word “hello” across the front. This sentiment comes from the Blooming Bouquet set. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I fussy cut my flowers and leaves and arranged them on my card. I ended up using the most highly detailed flower (#4) and both detailed leaves, but I loved flower #3 also and will save it for another card – you can add as much or as little detail as you want but it all makes a big impact!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once I was happy with the arrangement I picked up the flowers with some press ‘n seal to keep them in position. I popped up the Kraft die cut with foam tape and also backed my flower cluster with lots of foam tape. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I adhered the floral grouping to the panel and finished things off with a few pearls. I love the result and the beautiful details I added by using the techniques I learned in my class! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I hope you enjoyed this lovely card – come visit me again soon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

xo,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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