First of all, major props to Traci for coming up with some techniques and ideas I have never seen before! This was a super fun class! I had absolutely none of the supplies used for this class, so I improvised a lot. Let's start with the first card, the large metallic daisies.
I embossed a panel of brushed silver cardstock, placing it upside down in the Daisies embossing folder so that the silver was on the debossed side.
From that point, using various Fresh Dye inks in shades of dark and teal blues, I watered them down and dripped the dyed water into the debossed areas, adding more here and there to gets different shades and tones as it dried into the metallic cardstock. As the dyed water dried, I poured Crystal Clear Crisp Embossing powder into it and hit with my heat gun. Yes, you can use embossing powder with water! This process was repeated over and over until I had achieved a look I liked.
When I was done I fussy cut the daisies out and set the piece aside.
For the background I double embossed a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" panel of Jet Black cardstock using the Crossweaves and Organic linen embossing folder. I then used the metallic watercolors to splatter pinks, blues and golds all over the panel. I didn't splatter first because I didn't want the paint splattered areas to tear in the double embossing process. I used a fan brush held about 8" above the panel so the splatters would be super small, like stars.
When this dried, I attached the panel to an A2 Jet Black cardstock card base.
To finish this card, I added double sided foam tape to the back of the daisies and attached them to the card. I trimmed the overhanging petals. For the sentiment I used the Scripty Sentiments die set, cutting the base out of brushed silver cardstock and the words out of Brushed Gold cardstock. After attaching them together, I used metallic glitter Nuvo Drops to the entire sentiment.
For more details I cut leaves out of Brushed Silver cardstock using the leaves from the Fresh Flowers die set.
For the second card I started with a panel of 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" Jet Black cardstock. To create a background of "planets" I used the blobby shapes from the Sun-Kissed Blooms stencil and the Daisies stencil. These were embossed on the panel with Crystal Clear Crisp Embossing powder. I also used the Milky Way stencil in the same process to add stars into my planets.
Next, I used the Milky Way Stencil and Antique Gold embossing powder to add the stars across the panel. I attached the panel to another A2 Jet Black cardstock card base-top folding.
Using the same watered-down ink with the Crystal Clear embossing folder, I used the same blue colors as well as some yellows to add the color to die cuts from the Fresh Flowers die set. However, on these flowers and leaves I also scrubbed some ink straight into the embossed areas of the die-cuts with the Detail Blending Brushes.
The sentiment was created the same way as in the first card and using the same metallic cardstocks, but this time on the silver background I used blue inks with the Crystal Clear embossing powder and the yellow inks over the Brushed Gold cardstock with the Crystal Clear embossing powder.
Instead of raising it up on adhesive foam tape, I cut 4 sentiment backgrounds from the Jet Black cardstock to layer up the sentiment.
Again, major props to Traci for teaching this old crafty dog new tricks!! If you try any of these techniques, be sure to tag me @scrappystampthefunup and @Altenewllc on Instagram, we would love to see your work! Also, head over to the Altenew Fan Group page on Facebook for all the classes and workshops and contests and challenges and crafty shenanigans we get up to!! Have fun crafting!!
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