Final Project AECP Level 2 part 2

Welcome back, today I am sharing my final project for Level 2 at Altenew Educator Certification Program.  For the assignment, I was asked to create an Upcycled Project.  I had an old clock that neither I nor my husband liked, so I thought it would be a great way to give a new look to an old clock.

Here is the finished piece I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. I chose Masking Unleashed, Beyond Basic Backgrounds, and Polychromatic as my classes to create my project.

Let's move on to how I created it. 

TIP: Before I began I knew I would need some masks, so I removed all of the stamps from the index sheet and ran it through my scanner and printed a couple of copies. 

Next I fussy cut the main outline image to use on my project.  I had a few old ones done in post its, so I grabbed those too! You can never have enough masks when you create!

Here is a picture of all the products from Altenew that I used on this project.

Inks: Permanent Black, Sweet Leaf, Just Green, Dew Drops, Aqualicious, Dusk

Stamp: Build a Flower: Gardenia

Stencil: Grid

Paper: Our Family Kit (Blue/Green 12x12 print)

Other items: Acetate Butterflies Die Cuts, Iridescent Ink Spray, Cool Summer Nights Enamel Dots, Altenew Glue Tape, A liquid adhesive for the butterflies! 

Well, I finally had a plan and got started stamping the first image.  Jet Black ink came in handy to give me clear stamped images. 

 Then the second... with the mask I made from printer paper, as explained in my tip!
You can also see the pencil outline of my circle which I needed to fit into the clock. 

Finally all three of the stamped images from the Build a Flower: Gardenia stamp set was coming together very nicely. 

 This is my first layer of color in Dew Drops and then Aqualicouis.

 Followed up with my center flower top layer in Dusk ink color. 

 I've gotten the mask back on to complete the images. 

 While I didn't free hand stamp perfectly,  I loved how it looked at this point in the project. 

Then I began with the process of stamping the leaves. 

Here's the second layer of leaves. 

My images are all done. 

The big view of the project to this point... However, this is when I noticed something was off, and stopped the project, and started it again. 

Ah, back on track and creating the way I like, clean and neat!

Here is a close up of where I messed up on the leaves, I bumped the stamp and it went wonky!

Here is a close up of the stamped image in the center, with Ink Sprays in Iridescent. 

Finally, here is the finished Upcycled clock! You can see that I've added two butterflies, from the Acetate Die Cuts: Butterflies and lots of Cool Summer Nights Enamel Dots for the hour marks. 

I really hope you've enjoyed my project and I am looking forward to the next chapter in my Crafty Education at Altenew! 

Until next time,

Eva Bussom