Clean & Simple Boutique Card - Altenew Education Certification Program Project

 

Today's card features a city very near and dear to my heart.  My home town of Sydney, Australia.  This is the first stamp set that I purchased from Altenew.  I was so excited because not only did it have Sydney, it also had Shanghai which happened to be a city I was planning on visiting soon, and that my brother and his family were currently living in.  It is a fantastic stamp set that represents these two cities beautifully. 

This is a very quick and simple, one layer card.  I did a little stamp surgery on one of the sentiments to create the "my favorite place to be is" stamp and lined it up in my MISTI.  I then took the Sydney stamp and placed that where I wanted it.  I put an A2 sized card into my MISTI and stamped the sentiment.

Using a long acrylic block I stamped the Sydney Skyline stamp just above the sentiment, and then with a ruler and black pen I created a border a short distance from the top of the buildings.  This would create a focal point in which to add some color.  I kept it simple by focusing the color on the natural elements.  The sky was created with a variety of Copic colors that are listed below and then I used a dark and a light green to color the shrubs.  The final touch was to add clear Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen to the rest of the image.  Unfortunately it doesn't show up in the photos, but it added just the right touch to the card.

Links to all of the products are available below.  Check out Ellen Hutson as soon as you can.  When I am writing this she has Copic Markers at a great price on her website.  The links are below.

Thank you so much for spending your time with us today.  Have a wonderful, crafty weekend!

Love,

Joanne and Penny

Neenah Cardstock Shop at: EH | SSS	Tim Holtz 8.5 Paper Trimmer Shop at: EH | SB | SSS	MISTI Shop at: EH | SB | SSS	Tombow Dots Tape Runner Shop at: SSS
Altenew CDI - Jet Black Shop at: EH | SSS	Altenew - Sketchy Cities Abroad Stamp Set Shop at: EH | SSS	Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Pen Shop at: EH | SSS	Copic Sketch Marker - BG000 Shop at: EH | SSS
Copic Sketch Marker - BG02 Shop at: EH | SSS	Copic Sketch Marker - BG11 Shop at: EH | SSS	Copic Sketch Marker - BG13 Shop at: EH | SSS	Copic Sketch Marker - BG15 Shop at: EH | SSS
Copic Sketch Marker - B02 Shop at: EH | SSS	Copic Sketch Marker - B04 Shop at: EH | SSS	Copic Sketch Marker - G03 Shop at: EH | SSS	Copic Sketch Marker - G09 Shop at: EH | SSS