Coloring Beyond Boundaries

Another Altenew Educator Certification Program level 3 class. I enjoyed this class and learning some coloring techniques.

Card 1 - Monochrome Shading Pencils

For this card we learned monochrome shading using pencils and blending stumps. With this technique you can create shading and shape to each of the flowers. Once the shading was complete we used black ink to splatter the card front. The card front is layered on a black layer of cardstock, then attached to a card base. 

Pencil is soft and will rub off with handling so it will need to be sealed. I used Krylon Kamar Varnish to seal the image.

Card 2 - Ink & Graphite Alchemy

For this card we used Altenew Sulfur Cosmos to stampthe image and used the coordinating stencil with Altenew Fresh Dye ink to color the image. Then using pencils we shaded in the image for additional depth. After creating a mask for the image we used the background stencil that is part of the coordinating stencil set for Sulfur Cosmos to create a background with blending brushes. Again we used black ink to splatter the card front before attaching it to a card base.

Card 3 - Metallic Stenciling Magic

For this card we used the Altenew Rustling Leaves Simple Coloring Stencil. Using the Altenew Sticky Mat to hold the black cardstock piece and the stencil. We then used the Altenew Metallic Watercolors and a foam applicator to "paint" in the leaves starting with the gold moving to the copper and then to the garnet to get a varigated blended look. Then using a thin brush and gold watercolor we painted in the stems for the leaves. Heat embossed the sentiment on the black panel. Layered the black piece on to a piece of Altenew Brushed Gold cardstock. 

For the background we used the Sulfur Cosmos stencil to embossing a white panel. Layered the embossed panel on to a card base and layered the gold and black panel on to the top. 

Card 4 - Metallic Watercolors

For this card we used the Rustling Leaves 3D embossing folder set off to one side of the card front. Using the metallic watercolor paint and a small brush we started at the top painting the leaves & stems and going from gold to jade and then to topaz slowly going from full color to a blended color by mixing the colors with each other. Using the 3 paint colors the card front panel was splattered.

We used a white piece of cardstock and blending the 3 paint colors. When that piece was dry we used the Altenew Birthday Wish die set to cut the sentiment. Using the Hero Arts circle dies I cut a small black circle to fit inside the embossed circle then layered the sentiment on top for a little bit of depth.

SUPPLIES USED

Stamps, Dies and Embossing: Altenew Sulfur Cosmos, Rustling Leaves Embossing Folder
Paper: Hammermill cardstock, Taylored Expressions cardstock, Neenah cardstock
Ink: Altenew Obsidian Pigment, Altenew Fresh Dye, Versamark
Misc: Altenew Metallic Watercolor, watercolor paint brush, Altenew Antique Gold embossing powder, Staedtler Mars Lumograph 10B pencil, blending stump, Altenew small and mini blending brushes, blending tool and foam, Krylon Kamar Varnish