Donna T Crafting: AECP Level 2 – Beautiful Details

As I am starting Level 2 of the Altenew Educators Certification Program, I am excited for the Beautiful details class. This class spent time going over how to create wonderful details in your images with painting, sketching, doodling, etc. These are all areas where I would like to learn more as I have not done much in these areas.

For today’s project, I decided to pull from technics taught in using vellum for no line coloring. Although I feel I have a lot to learn in this area, I am pleased with the end results seeing that it is my first time trying anything like this.

I chose to use the Altenew Build-A-Garden: Pristine Peonies Stamp Set and picked one of the stamped outline images. I then put my vellum in my stamping platform and prepped it by running my Pink and Main Magic Anti-static brush over it. I then used my embossing pad to ink up my image and stamped it on the vellum. I took advantage of the stamping platform and restamped 2 more times to make sure everything was covered. Then I used a clear embossing powder and embossed the image onto the vellum, being careful to keep the heat moving and not warp the vellum.

You really can’t see the image well on this, but it will be used as my outline for coloring. The embossing will actually be on the back, so will never be seen. I put my vellum on some black cardstock while coloring, so that I could easily see the image.

I used my Copic alcohol markers first. I laid down a light layer and then added dark and midtone layers. With the midtone layer, I tried to make my brush strokes long so they would cover the most of the petal and all go in the same direction on a petal.

Then I chose some colored pencils. At first, I started outlining my flower petals with a darker colored pencil. I thought I would like that as I just can’t seem to get away from having lines on my image. However, after looking at this, I took my erasure and got rid of those lines. The picture shows half of my image erased and half not.

I used the colored pencils to add some of the darker details on the petals and to fill in details on the leaves.

Next came the decision on how to put this on my card. I decided to fussy cut the image and then placed it on a white card panel cut to 3 ¾ x 5”. I cut off any parts that were overhanging this. You would not have to do this step, but that was my preference for this card. I used my tape runner to add small sections of tape under the darker areas of coloring so it would not show through the vellum.

I then put this panel on a plum colored panel cut to 4 1/8 x 5 3/8”. I used the “I hope you have a great day!” sentiment from the stamp set and stamped it in black ink. I put my sentiment on foam and put it in the bottom right. I then added 5 jewels from my stash, using two larger/darker jewels and three smaller/lighter jewels.