This is my next card I have made for the Altenew Educator Certification Program. I am so please with the way these lessons push me outside of my comfort zone. This card I made inspired by the Easy Ink Blending Techniques course. These colours are definitely not my go to colours but one of the first classes is about doing a nice blend with Altenew crisp dye inks and the example card totally inspired me to give this a go. I was also inspired by a later lesson in the class to add some more texture and depth to the ink blend.
This card is the result and I am so happy with the way it looks :D
I started by blending straight onto my card blank. I used 3 colours of crisp dye ink (Bamboo, olive and Moss) to have a bit of an Ombre effect but then also picked up ink on my brush and dabbed the darker colours randomly across the section I had inked to give a dappled feel rather than a completely smooth blend.
The flowers and leaves are all from the Vintage Roses stamp set and I stamped the flowers in the oranges that are in the Warm & cozy ink set. Then went wild for me and did the leaves yellow using Fresh Lemon and Honey Drizzle crisp dye inks.
I laid them all out across the left side of my card to work out where I wanted them and then used a piece of press and seal to hold them all in place for me to be able to stick them down. I popped a few of the roses at the front up on foam pads to add a bit of depth. Lastly I used the sentiment that comes with the set and stamped it in some grey versa fine ink before adding some sparkle and texture with some nuvo drops.
