Hello crafty friends, happy Wednesday!
Welcome to the first day of the Altenew August 2017 Release Blog Hop!! We have 13 brand new stamp sets, 12 new dies, and medium & large storage pouches in August! If you arrived here from Kymona Tracey’s blog you are on the right track!
For my first and second card, I used the Thick and Thin Alpha and the Charmed stamp sets along with the Painted Butterflies stamp set.
I stamped my own sentiment “Save the date!” from the Thick and Thin Alpha set on the centre of watercolour panel in black pigment ink, and then outlined flowers (from the Charmed set) and butterflies (from the Painted Butterflies set) around the sentiment area in black ink as well. I loosely coloured the stamped images with Distress inks and a wet paint brush. Once the panel was dry, I mounted it on white card base using glue tape first, and then added water droplets using Glossy Accents.
In my second card, I stamped the word “Praying for you” from the Thick and Thin Alpha set on watercolour panel in black pigment ink, and then outlined flowers (from the Charmed set) and butterflies (from the Painted Butterflies set) around the sentiment area in black ink as well. I chose blue, green, and yellow Distress inks for watercolouring.
For my third card, I used the Circled Sentiments stamp set. I stamped 6 circled sentiments on watercolour panel in black pigment ink, and then roughly coloured around the stamped images with Distress inks in rainbow order. I added some ink splatters, then mounted the panel on navy card base using foam tape.
For my last card, I used the 3D Star die! I created a galaxy background using Distress inks first. I ink blended the panel with Faded Jeans, Seedless Preserves, and Black Soot Distress inks, then added metallic silver & opaque white ink splatters on the blended panel. I then die cut the 3D Star from watercolour paper, lightly coloured on it with Mermaid Lagoon Distress ink and a wet paint brush. Once the background panel was completely dry, I mounted it on white card base using glue tape first, and then added all elements as shown to the card front using foam tape.
GIVEAWAY 1!
To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to THREE lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog by Thursday, August 31st at 11:59 pm EDT for a chance to win. The winners will be announced on the Altenew Card Blog on Saturday, September 2nd.
GIVEAWAY 2!
I’m also giving away a $30 gift certificate to one lucky winner! Please leave a comment on this blog post by Thursday, August 31st at 11:59 pm EDT for a chance to win. I’ll announce the winner in this post on Saturday, September 2nd.
BLOG HOP LIST:
Your next stop on the hop is super amazing Galina Filippenko. We hope you have all enjoyed our fun and inspirational blog hop!
Altenew Card Blog
Jennifer McGuire
Vicky Papaioannou
Laura Bassen
Lilith Eeckles
Nina-Marie Trapani
May Sukyong Park
Therese Calvird
Terhi Koskinen
Virginia Lu
Mindy Baxter
Svitlana Shayevich
Kymona Tracey
Yoonsun Hur (Me!!)
Galina Filippenko
Isha Gupta
Flora Monika Farkas
Thank you so much for stopping by. Happy crafting!!
Keep smiling and be blessed! God bless you all!
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RejoicingCrafts 
Beautiful work. I always enjoy seeing your cards….especially your floral ones! :)
Wonderful cards and stunning watercoloring !!!
Although I love them all, the first two cards blew me away—stunning!
Beautiful Cards!! Each one is so different!! Absolutely love them all!!
Love these cards, beautiful florals.
I love all the water colored cards. The 3D star card is very cool.
What beautiful soft watercolor cards!
I absolutely adore your cards!I love your style!:) Thank you for sharing :)
Totally awesome cards! Each one is outstanding.
Lovely cards. Such happy colors.
What great cards. The first two cards with the flowers were just gorgeous… thanks for sharing.
These are awesome!
The distress ink watercolouring looks lovely.
the watercoloring with lovely flower stamps is gorgeous!!
Your cards are so beautiful! I just love your water coloring–it is stunning! Thanks so much for sharing!
All your cards are awesome. Your water coloring skills are amazing and I love much of this new release from Altenew!
Such beautiful cards. It’s always amazing to see someone turn a stamp into something breath taking. Love the water color work. Thank you.
All four of these cards are lovely! I was sure that one of the first two would be my favorite but then I scrolled down and saw the delicious star card and my heart almost burst! Love the galaxy background and the star is darling! TFS! 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞
Very pretty floral/butterfly cards and I like the other card designs too.
These are wonderful! I’m especially loving the first two, that floral stamp is my favorite in this release!
Beautiful use of the new release products! Love that floral set.. Sweet.
Oh Yoonsun!!! You’re amazing! I love your watercoloring so much!!
Beautiful!
I like the simple water coloring. Very pretty cards!
You rocked that watercolor! Beautiful!
Inspirational work, so creative
Love all your lovely cards thanks for all the inspiration.
Have a blessed day!
Kimberly
So many beautiful cards! The 3D start is so cool and with such a nice background too! Thanks for sharing!
Love your cards. the way you have coloured the flowers on the first two is beautiful, lovely words too. Then the coloured circles are bold colours and different. All of them give pleasure and inspiration.
So many beautiful cards. The one with the star is my favorite one.
You have done with the floral stamp exactly what I would want to do. It’s lovely. And I am so glad to see the star die in action–I was wondering what it looked like finished! Thank you.
Just love your watercoloring. The first cards are my favorite….so loose and soft with the colors. Dreamy! :) Thanks for sharing.
Your cards are all wonderful! The Charmed and Painted Butterfly stamps are gorgeous. I love how you used them and the colors you chose.
Awesome cards! so creative :)
I love the loose watercoloring. I am in awe of the lovely colors. Your cards are beautiful.
All of your cards are so beautiful. I love the star as well…so many possibilities for using it. Thank you.
So beautiful. The charmed stamp set is quickly becoming my favourite.
Very beautiful cards. I love the new Thick And Thin Alpha. Looks amazing!
Your floral cards are stunning, what a lovely way to save the date or encourage a friend!! So love your creativity!
Love the cards..
My favorite are the watercolor cards.
Love the colors and design…..
Jenny
so pretty!!
You did a beautiful job. The colors and designs you used with the Charmed stamp set are really pretty. Thank you for inspiring me.
Love all of these bit the star is amazing.
Each card you make inspires me. Your cards in this latest blog hop made with Altenew products inspires me. Your watercoloring always makes them little pieces of art!
Really love the way you painted the flowers on the charmed set cards. They are gorgeous!
The 3D star looks like a lot of fun. Thank you for sharing.
Your watercoloring is always so stunning!
I love the loose style with your watercoloring. It looks so effortless, but I know would require practice. I also liked the galaxy background and dimensional star. What lovely work. Thank you so much for sharing. This blog hop has been so inspirational.
Gorgeous cards. Love the watercoloring on the first two. Thanks.
That 3D Star looks terrific on your galaxy background. Thinking I could use that idea for a Christmas card.