AECP - Magical Marker Techniques

I was able to finish up another class for the Altenew Educator Certification Program today. My hope is to finish all of level 2 before the end of the year so I can start level 3 fresh in the new year.

Sara Naumann gave several different terrific ideas for creating on your cards using alcohol markers in the Magical Marker Techniques class. Creating splatters, coloring on non-porous surfaces, and using stencils were just a few of her techniques. We all think about using our alcohol markers to color in images but this class will give you some ideas for creating backgrounds and do other things with the markers.

I use 3 of Sara's techniques to create my card. I did a splattered background, coloring on a non-porous surface (vellum), and spritzing the colored image with alcohol. 

For this card I started out by creating the splattered background and then set it aside to dry. While that dried, I used Altenew Fresh Flowers to die cut the flowers and leaves out of vellum. I prefer a heavy vellum for this type of project but any vellum will work.

Once I had everything cut out and sorted the matching flower pieces, I used my Altenew Alcohol Markers in Pocketful of Sunshine, Cherry Blossom, Green Valley, and Beach Garden sets to color each piece on the back side of the vellum. You can use any brand of alcohol markers you already have to do this technique.

After they were colored, I used my spray bottle of isopropyl alcohol and lightly spritzed the pieces giving them a mottled, splattered look. I used liquid glue to build each flower following Altenew's keyhole system and the layering guide provided on the packaging. The keyhole system makes creating the flowers so simple.

I die cut the sentiment in black cardstock using Altenew Waterbrush Hello die. After everything dried I was able to play around with the layout of the flowers and sentiment until I was happy with how they looked. I used liquid glue to attach all the pieces. And at the last minute decided the flowers needed a little something more so I dug out the Ranger Glossy Accents and used it on the flower centers.

SUPPLIES USED:

Dies - Altenew Waterbrush Hello, Fresh Flowers 
Paper - Vellum, Taylored Expression cardstock, Hammermill cardstock
Misc - Altenew Alcohol Markers, Ranger Glossy Accents

Tools - Bearly Arts liquid glue, Spellbinder Platinum 6 die cut machine