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Finally, I’m here with my 5th class of level 3. Ashley Tucker has named it as “Cards in Motion” This class is filled with wonderful inspirations and ideas, cool tips, and tricks on how to create various interactive cards to boost your creativity . Grab a chair because this is going to be a huge one. I can definitely say that this is the most interactive and time consuming project I have done for a class. Those who know me, knows that I am in love with interactive cards. This is going to be my last Class. Next step is the Ultimate one. Final Challenge, Live session. So I’m very much excited for the card. Today I’m going to follow LESSON 7 – Combination of All Lessons . Here, I’m trying to inculcate 3 interactive features on this card. They are, Shaker element, pop up feature and String Spinner. So let’s get started.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Take a 5 ½” x 10 ¾” cardstock. Score at 2 ⅛” and fold. Flip the cardstock over with the folded edge on the left-hand side, score at 4 ¼”, and flip the cardstock again. Then, fold along the scored line.
2. When you try to fold, it won’t fold over the cardstock, so mark and trim off the excess cardstock from the half panel. You will end up with the card base.
3. Take two dies from the Halftone Circles Die Set, secure them together, onto the card front with the half flap, and run it through the die cutting machine.
4. Remove the die from the half panel, close the panel, and place the die right back into the circle you just cut, but this time, secure the die to the panel underneath the flap. Very carefully, pull out the half panel and open up the card base. Run this through the die cutting machine.
5. Die cut a piece of acetate using the larger of the circle dies.
6. Apply liquid adhesive at the back of the frame, and adhere a piece of acetate to it.
7. Now, double the layer of your foam tape, and adhere it to the back of the circle frame.
8. Put some sequins onto the stamped panel.
9. Adhere the frame over it, and you have your shaker piece
10. Place a acetate sheet, facing down in your stamp positioner where your cardstock normally goes.
11. Now, stamp on it the image of the stethoscope from Healthcare heroes stamp set in Permanent Black Crisp Ink. Stamp a few times till you get a good crisp image.
12. Place a cardstock over this, and press it a bit so that the image from the stamp transfers onto it. This is how you can get a mirror image of your stamp.
13. Now stamp another stethoscope but this time directly on the cardstock in Permanent Black Crisp Ink
14. Use Artist Marker, B802 to color the stethoscope
15. Once done, die cut the normal stamped image, flip it over, and then use any light source to place the mirror stamped image on it, and then fussy cut it out.
16. To make your spinner element on the panel with the circle cut-out, adhere a thread with tape right above and below the die-cut; make sure this is taut. To make it last, pull the string back over on itself, and add another tape over it. Repeat with the other side, as well .
17. Adhere the stethoscope images together with the thread in between to complete the spinner.
18. To create better dimension apply nuvo crystal glaze over it.,
19. Make a 5 ¼” x 4” top folding card ,Trace out the shape and size of the circle from the spinner element and mask it using a masking paper.
20. Place Spring Garden Stencil over card base and mask outlines with masking tape.
21. Take some embossing paste on the watercolor palette and add few drops of Aqualicious Alcohol Ink and blend it well
22. Apply the paste on the cardstock over the stencil.
23. Wait until the paste dries , blend Aqualicious Crisp Dye ink over it
24. Remove the masking.
25. Open the card, and Place Spring Garden Stencil over the top part of the card base and mask outlines with masking tape.
26. Blend over with Aqualicious Crisp Dye ink
27. Trim out a piece of 5 ¼ x 4 and blend Paper bag Crisp dye ink over it and run it through the die cutting machine placing it in between Deck Planks Embossing Folder
28. Grab a piece of cardstock and stamp 5 doctors with Healthcare heroes stamp on the cardstock with jet black ink 
29. Color them with artist markers. You may make small changes to make the doctors look like from different ethnicities.
30. Take 5 piece of strip of half inch width.
31. Score two of them at 1/2 , 2 1/2 , 3,5 1/2 and 6
32. Take another 2 strips and score them at 1/2, 3, 3 1/2, 6 and 6 1/2
33. Take the last strip and score it at 1/2, 3 1/2, 4, 7 1/2 and 8
34. Trim the ends and adheres the overlapping flaps to form a rectangular shape.
35. Adhere it to the base of the card in order and close the card. Once its fully stuck, stick the die cut of the doctors .
36. Add sentiment strips to the card.
37. Color the cardstock with Artistic marker and stamp the sentiment from the same stamp set with Black artistic marker.
38. U may use small die cuts or stamps as embellishments.
39. Just stamp the image and die cut it. Add nuvo crystal glaze or nuvo crystal drops to create dimension to it.
40. Adhere the completed 5 ¼” x 4” top folding card to the middle section on the inside of the card.
41. Take a classic crest white card stock and stamp the main flower from Build a Garden: Dear Dahlias set using jet black ink
42. Place its coordinating Stencil over card base and secure it with tape.
43. Add patterns to your project by ink blending with, Paper bag Crisp dye ink, Aqualicious Crisp Dye ink , Vineyard Crisp Dye ink , Just Green and Crisp Dye ink Coral Bliss Crisp Dye ink .
44. Gently pull the stencil off from the project area to see the result
45. Using the coordinating dies, die cut 4 bunch of flowers.
46. Position it over the card and trace out the circle part.
47. Place the circle nesting dies and cut out the circle part
48. Stick the remaining part of the flower to your main card base.
49. Make sure that you have sufficient flowers for the inside part of the card too.
50. Thus your interactive card is ready you may use nuvo drops to create droplets over the flowers.

SUPPLIES

• Neenah classic crest white card stock
• Misti stamping tool
• Sizzix big shot die cutting machine
• Guillotine Paper Trimmer
• Glue stick
• Scissors
• Masking paper
• Double sided foam tape
• Nuvo crystal glaze
• Nuvo Crystal Drops
• Glittering Star
• Aqualicious Alcohol ink
• Spring garden stencil
• Healthcare heroes stamp and die set
• Build a Garden: Dear Dahlias bundle set
• Fine liner pen
• Acetate sheet
• Paper bag Crisp dye ink
• Jet black crisp dye ink
• Aqualicious Crisp Dye ink
• Vineyard Crisp Dye ink
• Coral Bliss Crisp Dye ink
• Just Green Crisp Dye ink
• Jet black Artistic Marker
• Mountain Mist Artistic Marker
• Volcano Lake Artistic Marker
• Emerald Artistic Marker
• Peach Perfect Artistic Marker
• Ruby Red Artistic Marker
• Rocky Shore Artistic Marker
• Mocha Artistic Marker
• Dark Chocolate Artistic Marker
• Limestone Artistic Marker
• Lagoon Artistic Mar sssssssssker
• Morning Frost Artistic Marker
• Galactic Stream Artistic Marker
• Sea glass Artistic Marker
• Volcano lake Artistic Marker
• Blush Artistic Marker
• Deck Planks Embossing Folder
• Circle Nesting Die
• Score Board
• Bone Folder

Thank You!

Hope you liked my card. Have a wonderful day and I hope to see you all soon with another project from AECP. Until then happy stamping and thanks for stopping by! If you like what you’ve seen from me, please give me a follow over on my Instagram (@shahicreationz) and/or subscribing to my vlog and YouTube if you haven’t already.

-shahi

Hey, Good day to u all. No-line water coloring is a technique many of us love the look of but may not know how to achieve, but there is a way to bulk up our no-line skills without even inking up a stamp. That’s the reason why I choose to take this course by Jennifer Rzasa and Ashlea Cornell. This is a perfect class for those who love watercolors! In this class, we are going to do look deeper into various water coloring mediums you can find at Altenew and learn about how to use them for multiple techniques! This is great for those who are wanting to get more out of their current watercolor supplies and get fresh inspirations! I am also submitting this post to the September 2022 Inspiration Challenge. Check out the challenge at https://blog.altenew.com/fall-inspired-card-inspiration-challenge/

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Create a “4 1/4 x 5 1/2 ” card base from Watercolor Cardstock .
2. Stamp flower from Build-A-Garden: Pristine Peonies in Buttercream Crisp Dye Ink onto Watercolor Cardstock.
3. Tap the ink pads on a watercolor palate and use a water color brush to color your flowers and leaves.
4. Pick up pigment from Coral Berry Altenew Crisp Dye Ink and apply it onto the base of the petal.
5. Next, use clean water to pull the pigment out
6. Color all the petals in the same way, skipping the adjacent petal and coloring the next until the first one dries.
7. Apply more pigment to areas where you want to show shadow or depth and less where you want to show highlights.
8. For the flower center, simply color it with a combination of Buttercream and Coral Bliss
9. For the leaves use , Parrot Altenew Crisp Dye Ink for the base and Forest Glades Altenew Crisp Dye Ink for highlights
10. Finally, Draw black strips using black artistic marker and fine liner pens .
11. To fit the inspiration challenge of September i have added a watercolor layer with Coral Bliss Altenew Crisp Dye Ink adjacent to the black strip.
12. Stamp the sentiment on the right most corner with jet black ink.
13. Any embellishments of your choice can be added to enhance the look of the card

SUPPLIES

• Sizzix Bigshot die cutting Machine
• Misti stamping tool
• Distress Sprayer / Water Spritzer
• Altenew Watercolor Paper Pad (9”x 12”)
• Build-A-Garden: Pristine Peonies 
• Buttercream Altenew Crisp Dye Ink
• Forest Glades Altenew Crisp Dye Ink
• Coral Berry Altenew Crisp Dye Ink
• Coral Bliss Altenew Crisp Dye Ink
• Black Artist Alcohol marker
• Fine Liner Pen Set
• Watercolor Palette – Medium
• Sticker Embellishments
• Watercolor brush
• Guillotine Paper Trimmer

Thank You!

Hope you liked my card. Have a wonderful day and I hope to see you all soon with another project from AECP. Until then happy stamping and thanks for stopping by! If you like what you’ve seen from me, please give me a follow over on my Instagram (@shahicreationz) and/or subscribing to my vlog and YouTube if you haven’t already.

-shahi

Hi, let’s explore the this part of my Altenew Educator Certification Program’s Level 2 challenge . Today I’m presenting something a little different from what I usually post, but it’s a project I’ve been wanting to do for a long time. This section’s task was to produce an Altered Item/Upcycled Project. I had tons of ideas running inside my head after getting the challenge details mail from erum. But was confused about finalizing into something specific. I wanted to explore into something unusual. Dint want to take the same track of my other aecp friends.

Finally!!!!! it’s time for the big reveal.

We all know that, there are various varieties of domino sets in use all over the world and a great number of games that can be played with them. But today I am presenting before you a different one .” DOMINOES FROM ALTENEW “

The Game

The dominoes are ritually shuffled face down . Each player draws 6 dominoes and places them so that the other players can’t see their value. The first person to play is that person holding the double picture. The tile played must be the double tile that permitted the player to take the first turn. If none of the players hold a double picture tile, then the tiles are reshuffled and re-drawn. Each player must in turn then play a tile onto the table positioning it so that it touches one end of the domino chain which thus gradually increases in length. A player may only play a tile which has upon it a picture showing at one end of the domino chain or the other . If a player plays a domino with the result that both ends of the chain show the same picture (normally a number which is useful to the player and distasteful to the opponents), that player is said to have “stitched up” the ends.

The way that the tiles are placed provides a small part of the entertainment. Each tile being placed must be positioned so that the two matching ends are adjacent. Unless, the tile is a double, the tile can be placed square in any one of the three directions as long as the two matching sides are touching fully. Doubles are always placed cross-ways across the end of the chain. A tile played to a double must also be placed accordingly – perpendicular to the double touching at its middle. The shape of the domino chain develops snake-line at random according to the whims of the players and the limitations of the playing surface. If a player can lay a domino, then it must be played. Otherwise the player “knocks”, or raps the table and play passes to the next player. The opposing players will, of course, make mental note of the numbers currently available on the table and try to ensure that they are available in future too…..

Normally play stops when one player “chips out” (plays his last domino) . Anyone who can’t go has to miss their turn. The winner is the player who gets rid of their cards first.

Planning

This is a project which requires lot of planning in the beginning stage. Each dominoes set contains 28 pieces. So I made a pattern for 28 tiles with 7 patterns. I choose different pictures from various stamp sets . I also created a list of how they should be combined. Total of 28 tiles with 2 divisions makes a total of 56 pictures. Thus each pattern was to stamp 8 times including doubles. Next step was to create a pattern for them. Below is the rough sketch of the pattern I made.

Making domino cards

This is definitely not a simple project. But I promise you this is something worth all your effort. Initially I bought some wooden tiles from a local store. Then traced it onto a classic crest white card stock . And trimmed it of in the shape of tiles I did the same for all 28 tiles. Then measured the middle point and drew a line across it using a black pinpoint pen. Then i stuck them on to the tiles and stamped the images on it. I positioned the stamp on my misti tool and stamped it using jet black ink . Some pictures were also stamped with crisp dye inks. For stamping the pictures on the right side, I placed a tile vertically towards the corner of the stamping tool and then positioned the second tile on its left thus the picture gets stamped on the right side of the second tile. But if you want to stamp it on the left side, then remove the first tile and then move the main tile towards the corner of the stamping tool. Thus we get the image stamped on the left side of the tile. Then I colored those pictures with artistic markers.

For the box , I took a wooden box from my kid’s storage and then transformed it to a dominoes box. The box had a peace of cardboard sliding in and out to open and close the box. I measured the size of the cardboard and then trimmed a classic crest white card stock in its size. Then I ran it through a 3d embossing folder from Altenew. The remaining part of the paper, was left blank so i stuck glitter tape as a border. Then i colored the embossed paper with the artistic markers from Altenew. The finished paper was stuck to the cardboard. To add little more glitter to the cover, i sprayed Shimmer craft spray over it. As it’s been used by kids,I also stuck a clear coat of transparent sheet over the tiles, as it acts as a protective filim and it’s easy to clean.

Once the tiles are placed inside the box, it turns out to be a perfect handmade gift for any toddler. My 3.5 year old daughter loves it . As I said before, its not as simple as it looks but seeing my daughter play with it ,makes me feel like its definitely worth all my efforts.

Supplies

Stamps

• Sweetest Peas Stamp Set
• Build-A-Flower: Wild Rose Layering Stamp Set
• Get Well Soon Stamp Set
• Wild Flora Stamp Set
• Trophy Life Stamp Set
• Piles of Presents Stamp set
• Poppy Garden Stamp Set

Artistic Markers

• Jet black Artistic Marker
• Emerald Artistic Marker
• Evergreen Artistic Marker
• Frosty pink Artistic Marker
• Corral berry Artistic Marker
• Dusk Artistic Marker
• Velvet Artistic Marker
• Grapevine Artistic Marker
• Caramel toffee Artistic Marker
• Orange cream Artistic Marker
• Volcano lake Artistic Marker
• Bamboo Artistic Marker
• Olive Artistic Marker
•  Puffy Heart  Artistic Marker
• Purple wine Artistic Marker
• Deep iris Artistic Marker
• Midnight violet Artistic Marker
• Crimson Artistic Marker
• Autumn blaze Artistic Marker
• Forest glades Artistic Marker
• Moss Artistic Marker
• Orange cream Artistic Marker
• Fire brick Artistic Marker
• Ruby Red Artistic Marker
• Ocean waves Artistic Marker
• Desert night Artistic Marker
• Mountain Mist Artistic Marker
• Volcano Lake Artistic Marker
• Warm sunshine Artistic Marker
• Mango Smoothie Artistic Marker
• Cotton Candy Artistic Marker
• Paper bag Artistic Marker

Inks

• Versa fine black ink
• Tide blue crisp dye ink
• Star light  crisp dye ink
• Maple yellow crisp dye ink
• Carved pumpkin Distress ink

Other Products

• Wooden tiles
• Wooden box
• Scissors
• Glue
• Guillotine Paper Trimmer
• Scale
• Glitter tape
• Pencil
• Black pinpoint pen
• Sheer shimmer craft spray
• Clear coast stickers sheets

Before I finish, If you are looking for an altered project as a display piece . Here is one below.

Artistic markers from Altenew are something I always reach out with. If you are someone like me, then its refills are a must buy and It’s something that you should definitely catch hold of. But organizing them was kind of tricky for me. I wanted to see all the colors in a single sight. It helps me to choose the right one. That’s why I choose to create my own stand for that. Altenew is always best for its products. Buy it once, you can never stop buying things from them. It’s not just their products, their packaging is also always on my favorite list. So I decided to create a stand for my refills, using their own boxes. And it definitely came out great. Do give a try for yourself. All you need is to stick the boxes together and create a stair like stand. The boxes are strong enough to hold your refill markers in its place. when you buy new ones, all you need to do is add an extra layer of boxes and they are good to go.

So That’s the end of my level 2 final challenge . Hope you liked my take on the altered project too. stay tuned to my Instagram and YouTube page for a making video reel on this project.

Thank You so much!

Hope you liked my cards. Have a wonderful day and I hope to see you all soon with another project from AECP. Until then happy stamping and thanks for stopping by! If you like what you’ve seen from me, please give me a follow over on my Instagram (@shahicreationz) and/or subscribing to my vlog and YouTube if you haven’t already.

-shahi