Over on Lindy’s YouTube Channel, I’m showing you how to create a galaxy inspired Jumbo Tag. I’m using the Outer Space Magicals set, which is the challenge set of the month to create a fantasy galaxy scene. I use water-colour techniques to paint the galaxy background, and add stamped details with embossing powder, inks and stencil details with texture past to build the scene. I also paint the stamped focal images and layer them on the tag to finish the scene. Hope this inspires you to create your galaxy inspired project and play with us this month.
With the Craft A Flower sets from Altenew, it is easy to craft stunning blooms. In my upcoming workshop, I use the Rhododendron to create a bouquet style card. We will explore several mediums of colouring- watercolours and pencils to create realistic looking blooms.
Workshop Details
Date- May 5th
Time- 11 am EST
Location- Virtual on Zoom
The class will be recorded and available for access and purchase after.
Mixed Media Cards are a lot of fun to make. I went all out, with pairing the new Sizzix Layered Stencils from Stacey Park’s latest release with my Lindy’s sprays! Yes you heard that right. I have painted through each layer of the stencil with my Lindy’s creating a nice organic abstract texture and then gone on to add layers using a whole lot of Sizzix Effectz pastes. I also added some ghosted stamping details to complete these cards.
Sizzix- Aditi Mahajan- Mixed Media Cards
Sizzix- Aditi Mahajan- Mixed Media Cards
Sizzix- Aditi Mahajan- Mixed Media Cards
Sizzix- Aditi Mahajan- Mixed Media Cards
Sizzix- Aditi Mahajan- Mixed Media Cards
Sizzix- Aditi Mahajan- Mixed Media Cards
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I am so thrilled to be sharing two cards I created using the Altenew Stargazer Craft A Flower Die Set and Inks.
I love the realistic look I achieved just with Ink Blending. I used detailed brinding brushes, and layered several colours together to achieve this blend. I am happy to share that this is available as a class. This is an upcoming live workshop, on April 7th. The recording will be available after the live Class. A PDF with instructions is also included.
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My name is Aditi. I work as an Intuitive Coach/Therapist and a healing professional.
When it comes to my style, I’m always attracted to deeper meaning of life and emotions and I connect that to my art and my creations. Therefore, every project has a story to tell. I use vibrant colours and splatter that denotes freedom and spreads radiance. I enjoy paper crafting, creating layouts, journal spread, tags, canvases, albums and altered art.
Today I’m sharing a card I created inspired by the Altenew Year in Review Challenge! What I love about this is the freedom to be inspired by any palette, and then think creatively. I was inspired by the August and September palette for my card today. Apart from that, I was inspired by the idea that a card can look like a piece of printed fabric. Inspired by the lovely prints we get here in India and from my travels to Thailand, I wanted to mimic that look onto a card.
Here’s a look at the card:
Doesn’t that look like a piece of printed fabric? I sure would love a dress like that!
I’ve used the masking technique to stamp the image across my panel, creating a continuous pattern. I then used the Altenew Inks and coordinated stencil to colour in the images. To bring it all to life I coloured in the background with an Artist Marker, and added gold splatter and flower centres. I framed the panel with gold mirror cardstock and added a sentiment form Uplifting sentiments. The sentiment is heat embossed with gold.
My name is Aditi. I work as an Intuitive Coach/Therapist and a healing professional.
When it comes to my style, I’m always attracted to deeper meaning of life and emotions and I connect that to my art and my creations. Therefore, every project has a story to tell. I use vibrant colours and splatter that denotes freedom and spreads radiance. I enjoy paper crafting, creating layouts, journal spread, tags, canvases, albums and altered art.
Oh well! Altenew Educators Certification Programme (AECP), has been an incredible journey! I’m so excited that I was able to complete the three levels within a span of 7 months. When I look back, I know I’ve put in a lot of effort, stayed up late to create, learnt so many tips and techniques, and bettered my craft along the way. This programme, gave me the necessary start I needed, to put myself out there and begin teaching.
Today’s post is a long one, I’m sharing my final project for level 3, all about the workshop I hosted.
About AECP?
The AECP programme has three levels and is self guided. People can complete it at their own pace. Each level consists of multiple courses that help in learning specific techniques. Apart from creating a project for each course, at the end of each level there is a challenge that needs to be completed. At the end of Level 3, we are to host a workshop, and you can call this a test.
With these courses, I have not only acquired new knowledge, but also brushed up on my existing skills. It has helped me tie up things together and better plan my classes. It gave me a reminder of some techniques I forget to use, and helped me explore my products and stretch my supplies.
Level 3 Final Project
The final task was to hold a 2hr workshop, in person or virtual, showing and teaching techniques that I like. I chose the virtual route via zoom. I decided to teach techniques using a cover die, focussing on a variety of textures that can be created with it. I included several mediums, to showcase mixed media techniques. Creating backgrounds with these techniques, using a complimentary colour palette, and layered stamping was what I focussed on. In a span of 2 hrs, I taught 2 cards to a group of 10 participants. These cards are packed with techniques, that can be applied to any season, any occasion cards as well as other projects like art journal pages and scrapbook layouts.
Here are some of the key points of this final project
2hr workshop – virtual
demonstrate a technique or techniques with 2-3 cards
create a lesson plan for approval and distribution
must have 4-10 participants
Distribute lesson plan to participants
once workshop is complete create a post about the workshop, and AECP with photos from participants
To execute this, preparation was most essential. Once I picked the theme of my cards, I focussed on creating samples, showcasing the techniques of my liking. Once that was done, it was easy to write the lesson plan and create a PDF. After this was approved, I fixed a date and advertised the class, and to my surprise I had 10 sign ups within a few hours. That truly made my day. Once that was done, I sent out a couple emails with the supply list, PDF, and zoom link to the participants. On the day of the workshop, I had full attendance, laughter, cheer, enthusiasm and so much fun with everyone.
Project Cards
Let me show you the cards now, and what the participants created. It is always a sight to see everyone’s work and how they used colours, or different products but similar techniques.
Card 1
For the first card, we used the Snowflakes Cover Die as a stencil. Along with that, we used the Golden Sunset Inks as watercolours to stencil and create an ombre background. Exploring the complimentary colour palette was easy using Golden Sunset Inks and Sweet Dreams Inks. Orange and Teal is such a beautiful combination. Using the wispy joy stamp set, we also looked at layered stamping, and mixing ink colours to create a newer blend. the stamped florals were then arranged in a bouquet across the card, and adhered with foam tape and liquid glue to further enhance the textures and create depth and dimension. The card was completed with a sentiment, splatter, and sequins.
Participant Cards
Card 2
For the second card, we explored ink blending and stepping up the background using heat embossing. We used the same cover die as a stencil for the resist embossing and then cut it down abstractly to use as a layer on the background. The flowers stamped earlier were used to create a floral composition along the card. The card was completed with a sentiment, splatter and sequins. Apart from that, this card also focussed creating a mini slim line card and how to approach the composition for such a size.
Participant Cards
Bonus Card
In the PDF that I shared with the participants, I shared instructions on creating a third card as a bonus. This card was created using similar techniques, but the inlaid pieces of the cover die. This was something for them to enjoy and create at their leisure. Two of the participants from the workshop, created this as well.
Participants Cards
As you can see, every participant used either a different cover die, or a different floral stamp, sentiment, or even different colours of inks and colour combinations; and yet, created with the same technique. Every card is unique and special and in my opinion, changing it up with just one product makes it special and unique to them. I thank Walter, Traci, Ruby, Linda, Pam, Leslie, Saskia, Jennifer, Tina and Helen for joining my workshop and sharing such amazing samples. I thank Erum for her constant support, and encouragement throughout this journey. I thank Bridget for providing me with a platform and group to put my skills of teaching out there! And of course thank you Altenew for the fabulous course and products you’ll make!
Teaching this workshop was a fantastic experience for me! My journey with Altenew began a while ago, I’ve had the chance to guest design twice and now I’m thrilled to share that I will be teaching a class at retreat put together by Bridget as well! With the AECP programme my journey and association with Altenew has surely levelled up and I’m so ready for any new chapter that it brings forth!
Thank you for all for sticking by me and supporting me!
Today I’m sharing a CAS card, with all the highlight and emphasis on my watercolored Iris. To be able to draw from nature, and then paint, is such a beautiful feeling.
Here’s a look at my card
As a part of my AECP 3, I tool the Botanical Illustration Inspired Watercoloring- Advanced techniques class by Jaycee Gaspar. This was a great class, with insights on maintaining a colour mixing chart, to finding the right colour when colouring a flower. The lessons on keeping a real life specimen, observing all the colour layers and details, and rendering that into the art. I have enjoyed the lessons, and I’m happy with my water colouring. If you’re looking to learn such water colouring, I highly recommend this class.
For my card, I used the Bearded Iris Outline image. I stamped it with a light purple ink on watercolour paper. I stamped the leaves separately. I then coloured the images. Beginning with a light wet on wet technique, laying the base layers, building areas of highlight. I then added more layers, deepening the colours adding shadows and the depth. Once I was happy, I die cut the flower and leaves. I used a separate card front, blended purple ink in an faded ombre effect, and adhered the flower with foam tape. I clustered a few sentiments and completed it with sequins and splatter.
Today I’m sharing something different. A slimline card and a layout inspired by the card. This is offbeat for many reasons, first being, I always hesitated working on Kraft, and I stepped out of my comfort zone, next, I used a background pattern stencil, and was able to translate it into a layout.
Here’s a look at the two:
As a part of the AECP level 3 course. I love slimline cards, something about their shape and size, that really attracts me to creating them. I decided to take the Re-imagining Slimline Cards into Memory Keeping Class by Nathalie and Maryam. I loved this class for all the tips and tricks I picked up. Using a pattern stencil on a layout, creating my own pattern paper, being able to stretch it out and sticking to the same set of materials, yet creating two different projects, are some of the things I learnt. This surely has pushed me out of my comfort zone, and I’m glad I was able to explore and challenge myself.
Here are a few close ups of the card:
Here are a few close ups of the layout:
Apart from the inks, I’ve used Artist Markers on both my makes. They were handy in colouring the mushrooms. I was going for a monochromatic look, inspired my Amy’s live class on Monochromatic Holiday Cards.
I’m back with a series of cards and a class announcement. Recently, Altenew gave me an opportunity to create using the August 2023 Craft Your Life Sweet Buttercups kit. I have created a set of 5 cards that I’m offering as a class on my website. Sign up to the newsletter on the home page to get all the details of the class.
I’ve used both White and Black cardstock for my cards, to show how the colours and elements work on both backgrounds.
As a part of AECP 3, I took the Elements of a Floral Composition by Jaycee Gaspar, and I have to say this is one of my most favourite classes. He takes us through all the elements to keep in mind to achieve a great floral cluster. I was aware of a few techniques and have been using some sub-consciously in all my creations. However, taking this class, put it all in perspective and makes me more mindful now.
In my cards, I’ve incorporated the element of colour- using the 60-30-10 balance; the element of value- changing colour values, placing the elements according to their values and using the value and contrast to create a sense of depth (foreground and background); the element of lines both actual by bringing in a heavy black outline to my clusters and perceived when placing the elements to create a sense of direction and movement and anchoring the sentiment with the composition; the element of shape- by incorporating imaginary triangles in all the floral clusters; element of texture- dry embossing and heat embossing, watercolour wash background effect; and the element of space- making sure there is a balance between the elements and the background with enough room for movement, negative space and focal composition. With all this applied, I have this gorgeous set of cards.
For this hop, I’ve created a Christmas Scene Journal Page. I have used Angels Bells Collection from the new release along with the Falling Snow Stencil and Smile & Wave collection from an older release. The mix up of the two, really brings this scene alive. I’ve used several mixed media techniques and layers on this page. Below is a slide show showcasing the journalpage.
My name is Aditi. I work as an Intuitive Coach/Therapist and a healing professional.
When it comes to my style, I’m always attracted to deeper meaning of life and emotions and I connect that to my art and my creations. Therefore, every project has a story to tell. I use vibrant colours and splatter that denotes freedom and spreads radiance. I enjoy paper crafting, creating layouts, journal spread, tags, canvases, albums and altered art.
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