Donna T Crafting: AECP Level 2

Monday, November 20, 2023

AECP Level 2 - Polychromatic

The course today was called polychromatic and was really about using color in different ways. I found the course interesting and am looking forward to incorporating the techniques into my future projects.

For my project today, I decided to do a monochromatic background and then use my color wheel to choose my flower color to bring a pop of color.

I started with a turquoise A2 card panel and stamped the flower image outline using a color similar to the card panel color. I actually tried two different colors and picked one after all was stamped for this project and saved the other for a later project.

Then, looking at the color wheel, I chose triad colors of yellow-orange and red-violet. I used these to blend on my stencil for the flower and then added the green leaves. This is a layering stencil, so it made a beautiful end result.

I decided to stamp the "You are the" directly onto the card panel. Then I glued down the "perfect gift" I had die cut in black right under the stamped sentiment. Then, I die cut the flower and put it on foam tape and adhered to my card panel after trimming it down to 4 x 5 1/4".

Since I lost the dot on the "i", I used a jewel for this and added some more pearls and diamonds around the flower to add some interest. Last, I added some turquoise stickles to the middle of the flower to give a little more sparkle and dimension.