Hello everyone and welcome back! So, here is a little update on my Altenew Educator Certification Program, or commonly known as AECP; I have successfully completed all the classes in Level 2 and in order to move to the final Level 3, I need to complete a final challenge. This final challenge is truly fun, [...]
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Yahoo! We made it to the very last lesson in Level 2! I am so beyond exited and I am so happy to have the ability to share that with my audience! But, this is not over! There will be a final challenge after this, which I will have to prepare for and I honesty [...]
Hello, and welcome back! Getting closer to the end of this level and there is only one more card in the series left before the big challenge! Today is all about alcohol markers and how to use them creatively. And today, I am sticking to my motto "simple and quick". In this class Sara is [...]
Howdy! We are getting closer and closer to the end of Level 2! There will be two more lessons left and my excitement is growing! Today's lesson is all about embossing. I have heard many times horrid stories about heat embossing: warped paper, burnt paper, leftover residue all over the design, uneven embossed image or [...]
Hello everyone! Welcome! Today's lesson is all about color and bringing some vibrancies into your projects. This class was held by Therese Calvird, and if you have been following me along, you have most likely heard of her and her brilliant designs. As much as I love Therese's work and creations, today's design is not [...]
Hello everyone! I hope you are doing well this fine Tuesday! Today's card is about beautiful details and it is taught by Marika Rahtu who is an amazing artist! If you are interested in taking this class, you can totally do so by going to Altenew website and pick this class. I highly recommend it! [...]
Hello and welcome back! With today's lesson I have reached the exact half of my educator program for Level 2! Five more lessons to the final challenge and I can hardly wait! I am getting more and more exited by day! So today we start a count down!! Today's class is been held by Nina-Marie [...]
Hello everyone and welcome to a new blog post! This is Lesson 4 and slowly, but surely I am moving along. Today's lesson is about watercoloring and one of my favorite coloring medium. I have to admit that I have been avoiding this technique for quite some time until I got "brave" enough to try [...]
Hello everyone! Happy Easter! Even though it's a holiday, I decided to spend a little bit of time to connect to my audience. Today's lesson is called With a Twist and I have to admit this is my favorite lesson in this course. This design totally caught me by surprise and truly helped me look [...]
Another day, with another card. This card came out great and it truly didn't take that long to complete. My project inspiration was a card made by Stephanie Klauck. I truly love the simplicity of this card. I love the bright colors of the flower, and the bold sentiment stamped in black just ties everything [...]
Lesson 1 - Beyond Basic Background with Lydia Evans Hello Everyone and welcome back! For today I have two simple and quick cards for you. For my project inspiration I chose a card made by Lydia Evans. Lydia is one of Altenew's educators and people who are on their design team. Her classes and YouTube [...]
Hello Everyone, I am so happy to announce that I have successfully completed Level 1 of AECP, and this is my badge: Tomorrow is a new day and it will come with a first lesson in Level 2. I am so exited and happy that I can share this with all of you, and that [...]
Easy Way to Create Boxes Howdy! Welcome to the Part 2, the very final part of AECP Level 1. Today I will show you how to quickly and easily make boxes for your gifts. I learned this technique of making boxes a while back just by watching an old video on YouTube. Unfortunately I was [...]
Stretch Your Supplies - 5 Techniques, One Die Hello everyone. It seems like it's been a while. Well, I hope it is worth the wait because in today's post I will show you how 5 different techniques that you can create with using just one die. This works especially with cover dies but keep in [...]
Howdy and happy Saturday! Today is the last class of the Level 1. I am getting closer and closer. So before I move to the Level 2 I will have to fulfill an assignment. I am still not sure what that assignment is but am I so super exited to find out! This is going [...]
Hello friends, I am getting closer to completing the first level of Altenew Educator Certification Program. I so thrilled to announce that there is only one more class left, and if everything goes to plan, I will be finishing tomorrow or Saturday the latest. Hopefully I will start the new week with a new level. [...]
Hello all and happy Hump Day! Today is all about scene building and without going overboard I decided to make a quick but whimsical card. This card here, created by Nichol Magouirk was my inspiration for today. I love what Nichol did here. I truly believe that there is nothing that speaks "scene" better than [...]
Hello everyone and welcome! Today is all about bling and shine! It is time to bring that extravagant gold shades and SHINE OUT LOUD! Today, I have to cards to share with you and one of them surprise me quite much. I tried something new and it payed off, so I guess I will be [...]
You know that moment when you do something so brilliant that you surprise yourself and kind of pat yourself on the shoulder? Well, this is that very moment and I have to admit that this card is going to the file of "Most Favorite Cards I Have Ever Made". I have to be frank with [...]
