The Altenew Educator Certification Programmer crafters have gottent together for another fun Instagram hop. This time we were challenged to make a card inspired by one of the Altenew Acadmey classes were have previously taken as part of our certification process. This is perfect opportunity to show you you can CASE yourself for inspiration and I chose the All About Layering 2 class as I really loved the cards I created. With these cards, I showed 3 techniques with layering stamps and I have focused on one of those techniques today.
You can see the original cards here.
![IG Hop[26328]](https://i0.wp.com/prettylittlebutton.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/IG-Hop26328-p6fx7qd22bth7mo7onub280byypwkszmujjxno61hs.jpg?w=1200&ssl=1 "IG Hop[26328]")
CASE yourself for inspiration: faux watercolouring
For this card, create masks of the two flowers form the Book Engravings stamp set using the Altenew Masking paper. Make sure you fussy cut these out with no outline. Next stamp the outline of the largest floral in one corner of a piece of watercolour cardstock. I used Catherine Pooler Cummerbund for the outline.
Cover this with the mask you created and then stamp the smaller floral off to one side. Position the second layer of the largest floral over the image having removed your masks. Ink this up in Fiesta Blue and before stamping down, spritz this with water to bead up the ink.
As you stamp, this will spread a little creating a ‘faux’ watercolour painted look. Repeat this process for the last layer of the floral using Suede shoes ink. The water helps create a soft painted look. Cover the large floral with your mask and repeat for the smaller floral.
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To create the leaves, repeat the same process but instead use a combination of greens. Make sure your masks are covering the florals to ensure these are protected.
The outline images were stamped in Garden Party ink. The leaves only have one stamp layer along with the outline. To add a little varition, ink up with Lime Rickey ink and then add a little Grass Skirt ink towards to bottom off the leaves.
As you spritz the leaves with water before stamping, the two greens will blend giving variation. To finish the card off, add a heat embossed sentiment from the Hello & Hugs stamp set and embellish with sequins.
CASE yourself for inspiration
Supplies
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All other shops are not affiliated links: Bumbleberry Papercrafts (BP) and WOW! UK/US (WOW UK/US).
 Hello and Hugs – Altenew Shop at: ALT | SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) | BP |  Book Engravings stamp – Altenew Shop at: ALT | SB | BP |  Suede Shoes – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |
 Suede Shoes reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |  Suede Shoes Bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD |  Fiesta Blue Ink Pad – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |
 Fiesta Blue Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |  Fiesta Blue Ink Bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD |  Cummerbund Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |
 Cummerbund Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |  Cummerbund Bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB |  Grass Skirt Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB |
 Grass Skirt reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB |  Lime Rickey ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB |  Lime Rickey reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB |
 Lime Rickey bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD |  Garden Party Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB |  Garden Party reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB |
 Garden Party bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD |  WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink pad Shop at: CPD | CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |  Opaque Bright White -WOW! Embossing Powder Shop at: CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |
 Black Cardstock – Concord & 9th Shop at: BP | LPT |  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb Cardstock Shop at: SB | BP | LPT |  Original MISTI 2.0 – My Sweet Petunia Shop at: ALT | CPD | SB | HA | BP |
 Masking Paper – Altenew Shop at: ALT | BP |  Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive – Tonic Studios Shop at: HA | LPT |  Instand Dimension foam Tape – Altenew Shop at: ALT | SB | BP |
 WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (UK version) Shop at: CS (UK) | WOW (UK) | WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (US version) Shop at: CPD | WOW (US) |  Crafter’s Essential Bone Folder – Altenew Shop at: ALT | SB | BP |
 Tim Holtz 8.5 Inches Comfort Trimmer – Tonic Studios Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |  Trim and Score Board – We R Memory Keepers Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |
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DISCLOSURE
This post was NOT produced as part of any design team work and I have not been paid to make this post. However, I’m working towards my ACEP with Altenew and this was produced as part of this work. The information provided is based on my own personal experience – I am not an expert.
2 thoughts on “CASE yourself: Inspiration from previous Altenew Academy class (IG hop)”
Neat trick for the watercolor look. I didn’t think you had stamped the flowers until I read your tutorial.
Thanks!