Six Valentine card ideas that you still have time to make; three that are romantic and three that are cute. Valentine Heart To make this beautiful card we’ll begin by stamping the rose heart onto a white card panel with multi-media ink. Next we’ll color the images using alcohol markers. Then we attach a black […]
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You can make remarkable Valentine cards with our inspiring examples and tips. We share them to help you create your own Valentines. This is the last of five articles that are being written as part of Altenew’s Educator Certification Program. This one shares tips and tricks associated with the cards created while taking Creative Coloring
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Watercolor painting is so beautiful! Do you want to learn how? We share hints, tips, and links to help with your water coloring. Don’t put it off, learn now. Inspiration for the cards in this article comes from an advanced watercolor class from Altenew called Botanical Illustration Inspired Watercolor. You can find more on the
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Setting monthly goals increases your chances of successfully achieving your New Year Resolutions. Make these rainbow cards to document them for each month. Ink Blending the Rainbow Background We’ll begin by selecting the inks we want to use. Rather than going with our usual brights, let’s tone it down a bit and use muted tones.
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Use different tattoo types for inspiration to make unique, daring, and beautiful cards. You’ll find step-by-step instructions on how here. All of the cards in this article were inspired by Altenew’s Transcending Tattoo Techniques online class. Prior to taking the class, this author thought that using tattoos to inform cardmaking seems like a kind of
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Learn how to use graphite on your greeting cards to create optical illusions of depth and dimension. Step-by-step instructions are here. We’ll begin making the card by doing some partial rainbow blending with a stencil. We’ll do this by taping the A2 card panel to Altenew’s Woven stencil from the backside. Then, we’ll begin to
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