Congrats Mixed Media Card

I recently attended a great mixed media class taught by Altenew Educator Carrianne Banul. It was fun to play with stencils, paste, ink, and metallic thread! Everyone in the class had a unique card, and I loved seeing everyone's take on Carrieanne's techniques.

I started by spritzing Altenew Warm Sunshine Metallic Shimmer Ink Spray on 2 watercolor panels cut to A2 size. Then I spritzed some Brutus Monroe Coral Chroma Mist onto the panels. I really love the combination of Yellow and Coral together!

For the panel that would become the card front, I spread Altenew's Brushed Pyrite Shimmer Relief Paste through Altenew's Scattered Tiles stencil and then used my heat tool on it to dry it slightly. Normally I would have left it to dry overnight, but we were doing everything in real time during the class, and the instructor also stamped over her shimmer relief paste before it was dry. The stamping actually left a cool impression in the paste that looks like tiny dots since I was using Altenew's Dotted Pinwheel stamp to stamp in random spots on the panel. 

The next step was to add a flower die cut and a sentiment to the panel, but I felt like my Craft-A-Flower: Daisy got lost against the similarly colored background. I decided to try out a new die set I just purchased recently called Fine Frames: Squares from Altenew. It die cuts a very thin frame as well as the inner square, and so I used it on black mixed media cardstock I had sprayed with Altenew's Antique Gold Shimmer Ink Spray as well as on plain black cardstock. I die cut two layers of the plain black cardstock, adhered them together, and then adhered the frame from the sprayed mixed media cardstock around the plain black square. I added black metallic thread with foam tape and then popped up the daisy onto the foam tape. 

For the "congrats" sentiment, I die cut the words "congrats" twice out of black cardstock using Altenew's Versatile Greetings 2 set and adhered the die cuts together. Then I trimmed the word into 4 sections and adhered them to the card beside the daisy. 

For the inside of the card, I took the other piece of watercolor cardstock I had sprayed with Warm Sunshine and Coral sprays and stamped "You...are amazing, inspire me every day, are shining" using sentiments from Altenew's Vintage Garden. Then I added a gold die cut from Altenew's Zero Waste: Berries & Branches die to finish the inside of the card. 

This special congrats card is going to my oldest daughter. She recently competed in the Cheese Monger Invitational in New York City and took first place in two of the events. I'm so proud of her for all the hard work she did to prepare for the contest and for her bravery to go to NYC and compete. She is on the spectrum, and events with unfamiliar people in unfamiliar places are extra tough. 

I've recently become an affiliate for Altenew, so if you are interested in ordering something lovely from Altenew and would like to use my link, thank you very much! Here's the link: Carrie's Altenew affiliate page 

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Challenges I'm entering: 

fourseasons: ATG Summer (ends at the end of the month)

Paper Rocks Scissors: ATG with paper and/or scissors (2/5; ends at the end of the month)

Mix It Up Challenge Blog: ATG with optional Mixed Media (2/5; ends at the end of August)

Love To Craft Challenge Blog: ATG (2/5; ends at the end of August)

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog: ATG (2/3; ends at the end of the month)

Classic Design Challenge Blog: ATG (unlimited entries; ends 7/12/25)

A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: ATG (unlimited entries; ends at the end of the month)

Art Impressions Blog: SPRITZ, SPLATTER AND PAINT! Challenge #407 (ends 7/16/25)

Cardz 4 Galz: Welcome to summer (1/3; ends 7/9/25)

Crazy is our fame - STENCILS are our game!: ATG with stencils; optional theme to add your flag colors (1/3; ends at the end of the month)

Tic Tac Toe Challenge - Inspiring creativity 8-ways each week Layers (I have layers of sprays, paste, and stamping), free, summer colors (2/3; ends 7/17/25)

Word Power: ATG with words as the focus (1/3; ends at the end of the  month)

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog: ATG (3/3; ends 7/11/25)

Crafty Catz: ATG (3/3; ends 7/11/25)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (3/5 for the week; 3/10 for the challenge; ends 7/16/25)

The Paper Funday Challenges: ATG with optional twist of Fun with Stencils (I used a stencil with Shimmer Relief Paste on my card) (1/6; ends at the end of the month)

simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/: Sending Flowers (2/5; ends 7/9/25)

little red wagon: Bold or bright colors (ends 7/8/25)