Category Archives: Watercolor cards

Tropical Leaf Card

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Hello crafty friends!
Today I want to share with you my tropical leaf card with Altenew Hibiscus Garden 3D die set. I just used leaf dies in the set.

I die cut large leaves from watercolour paper first, then ink blended leaf die cuts with green & blue distress inks. I ink blended the leaf of top-left corner using Bundled Sage & Tea Dye distress inks. For large tropical leaves, I ink blended it with Evergreen Bough, Peacock Feathers and a bit of Pine Needles distress inks. As you know, distress ink reacts with water so, I lightly brushed over the ink with a water brush to lift some of the colour, giving the leaves a watercolour look. I mounted all leaves onto a white card base using foam tape, and then green ink splattered & opaque white ink splattered all over the leafy panel.

For the sentiment, I stamped the sentiment on a stitched circle panel using Walnut Stain distress ink, then heat embossed the edge of sentiment circle panel with gold. I also decorated around the leaves with PPP 4mm Clear Droplets.


Here in Sydney, Australia, we’re in the midst of autumn heading into winter, but since most countries are entering late spring and approaching summer, I made a card with a refreshing tropical vibe. :D

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Keep smiling and be blessed! God bless you all!
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Peony Dream

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Hello crafty friends!
Today I want to share with you a couple of my floral cards with Altenew Peony Dream 3D die set. I have several Altenew layering flower die sets, and without a doubt, they are all truly amazing!

For the first card, I made a watercolour floral card with the Peony Dream die set. I die cut all pieces from watercolour paper first, assembled flowers & leaves using fine tip glue pen. Set aside the assembled flowers and leaves for a moment before watercolouring, I dry embossed a A2 paper panel using SSS Lumen embossing folder, then lightly ink blended it with Scattered Straw & Bundled Sage distress inks. I added same coloured ink splatters as well.

Watercolouring time!! Of course, I have other watercolour supplies, but when I make cards, I habitually use distress inks or reinkers. For this peonies, I used Tattered Rose, Barn Door, Vintage Photo and Scattered Straw for petals, Bundled Sage and Mowed Lawn for leaves. I didn’t forget to add clear droplets on the card – Pretty Pink Posh 4mm clear droplets are also an essential in my floral cards. When I place these clear droplets on the flowers, it feels as if the paper flowers might come to life like real ones. :D



Here is another floral card with Peony Dream die set.

I made five petals and four leaves using coloured cardstock. I die cut the pieces and assembled them using fine tip glue pen. And then, decorated all petals & leaves around the sentiment banner. I used Neenah Smooth Desert Storm cardstock as my card base.

“GOD understands our prayers even when we can’t put them into words.” – isn’t it beautiful? When my heart is so heavy that I can’t even say, this phrase is truly comforting.

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Keep smiling and be blessed! God bless you all!
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Leafy Blessed Cards

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Long time no see, crafty friends!!
It’s been a whole year-I am finally back on the blog after such a long time! I had such a strong desire to connect with you all through cards every single day, but time just wouldn’t allow it. During this precious long Easter holiday, as I sat down to make cards again, I realised just how much joy cardmaking brings me. I’ve decided to reconnect with all of my crafty friends through cards once more. :D

Today, I will share with you three of my leafy “Blessed” cards. Can’t lie, I made them and I’m kinda obsessed! Haha!

The main supply for my today’s cards is the Altenew Floating Foliage 3D Embossing Folder – the leafy background is really gorgeous, even just this leafy pattern on the white cardstock is so pretty, don’t you think?!!

I ink blended with several green and yellow distress inks on the leafy background using ink blending tool and, to give it a watercolour look, I lightly touched the ink-blended pattern with a water brush. For the ink blended background panel, I used Mowed Lawn, Crushed Olive, Bundled Sage, Antique Linen, Scattered Straw and Aged Mahogany Distress inks.

For the first card, I added white and vellum Leafy Wreath from Altenew and gold “Blessed” sentiment from MFT on the A2 sized leafy pattern card.

I decorated the wreath using clear crystals from Paper Rose Studio. I love this bling-bling, shiny wreath so much!

For my second card, I added beautiful butterflies and “Blessed” sentiment from MFT over the A2 sized leafy pattern card. For the “Blessed” sentiment, I die cut it from kraft cardstock and applied Vintage Photo distress ink.



For my last card today, I added white Leafy Garland from Altenew and gold “Blessed” sentiment from MFT on the A2 sized leafy pattern card.

I decorated the wreath using PPP 4mm clear droplets. I love how sparkly and shiny this wreath turned out! :)

From now on, I plan to share cards I make on my blog, then give away through Instagram (@rejoicingcrafts). I want to give back the joy and happiness I’ve received from my wonderful followers by sharing it through my handmade cards. I hope for your warm support and interest! :D

Thank you so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!

Keep smiling and be blessed! God bless you all!
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Altenew February 2024 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

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Hello crafty friends!
Welcome to the Altenew February 2024 Release Blog Hop. I’m so excited to be a part of this amazing blog hop! Altenew flowers are always! always so beautiful!!

For my first card, I am featuring brand new Blooming Delight set. I love this large sized outline floral design so much!

I stamped the outline flowers onto white cardstock using black dye ink first, coloured the stamped images with alcohol markers, and then die cut it with the matching die. For the background, I dry embossed it with the Diamond Stars 3D embossing folder. For the sentiment, I used the Bold Thanks die.

I made colourful floral card with lots of alcohol markers. :)

For my second “Thanks” card, I used the new Craft-A-Flower: Hibiscus Layering die set.

I die cut petals & leaves from Gradient Cardstock Set – Rose Petal & New Purple. I then made Hibiscus by putting the pieces together.


Last (but not least) card for today’s hop is watercolour flower card!! You know what? I LOVE this card so much. I am very satisfied with the result, haha! :)

I die cut all pieces from watercolour paper using the Hibiscus Layering die set first, assembled them together, then watercoloured them. Behind the flowers, I die cut Reflections die from watercolour paper, coloured it using Vintage Photo distress ink.


GIVEAWAY!

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $100 gift certificate to 1 lucky winner and a $50 gift certificate to 4 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 02/13/2024 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 5 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 02/15/2024.

BLOG HOP LIST: Click here InLinkz Link-up

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Keep smiling and be blessed! God bless you all!
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Paper Rose Merry & Bright

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Hello crafty friends. Happy weekend!
Today I have another snowflakes card with the Paper Rose Studio Snowflake Trio die set.

Snowflake Trio Metal Die Set

I started by die cutting snowflakes from watercolour paper using the Snowflake Trio and Snowflake Set 2 die sets. I then lightly coloured them with Peacock Feathers and Faded Jeans Distress inks. For the background, I made patterns using the Hand Stitching Coverplate die and then distressed all edges of this panel.

I layered 3 watercoloured snowflakes as shown in the picture and decorated the card with white pearls and Clear Crystal Mix. :)

Thank you so much for stopping by. Have a great day.

Keep smiling and be blessed! God bless you all!
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