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Hello everyone, thank you so much for visiting me today! I have some super exiting news to share with you. I have successfully completed Level 2 of AECP and I will be starting a brand new, Level 3 pretty soon. As of right now, I only know that I will be doing 5 classes,…

Hello everyone and welcome to the very final part of AECP Level 2! In my previous post I described what the challenge is, so if you are not familiar with what I am doing today, I suggest you read the previous blog post first for more insights. Here are the items I used…

Hello everyone and welcome! Today I am sharing my final designs for AECP level 2 challenge. It truly has been a wonderful and exiting challenge. Once I had an idea, somehow everything fell into place, just like a puzzle. So, let me explain what the Level 2 final challenge is, so you can better…

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…

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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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.…