Hello crafty friends, TGIF!!
Welcome to the Altenew July Product Release Blog Hop! You should have arrived from so amazing Lydia Evans!!
Today I want to share a couple of watercolour cards that I’ve made using the Celebrations stamp set.
For my first card, I used the masking stamping technique to make stacks of rainbow macaroons!! I stamped the macaroons from the Celebrations set on watercolour paper panel in VersaFine Pigment Ink Onyx Black, and then watercoloured them with Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolor. I mounted the panel on an A2 sized white card base using double-sided tape first, and then added the sentiment banner on the card front using dimensional foam tape.
For my second card, I used the rose image from the Celebrations stamp set. I simply stamped the rose along with the sentiment on watercolour paper panel in black pigment ink, then coloured the roses with Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolor. I added black ink splatters. Once the panel was dry, I mounted it on kraft card base using dimensional foam tape.
Your next stop on the hop is super talented Yana!! We hope you have all enjoyed our fun and inspirational blog hop!
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Laura Bassen
Therese Calvird
Patricia Roebuck
May Sukyong Park
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Keeway Taso
Flora Monika Farkas
Svitlana Shayevich
Evelyn Yusuf
Amy Gray
Agnieszka Malyszek
Eunyoung Lee
Lydia Evans
Yoonsun Hur (Me!!)
Yana Smakula
GIVEAWAY 1!!
To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to THREE lucky winners! Leave a comment on the Altenew blog by Friday, August 5, 11:59pm EST for a chance to WIN. The winners will be announced on Saturday, August 6 on the Altenew blog.
GIVEAWAY 2!!
I’m also giving away a $30 gift certificate to one lucky winner! Please leave a comment on this blog post by Friday, August 5, 11:59pm EST for a chance to win. I’ll announce the winner in this post on Saturday, August 6.
GIVEAWAY 2 Winner: CraftedBySteph!! Congratulations, Steph!
Thank you so much for stopping by. Happy crafting!!
Keep smiling and be blessed! God bless you all!
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The topic of her hop is “Celebrating Kindness” because she wants to give back to everyone who has been so supportive over the past few years, so it’s really about celebrating all the awesome people in our community who are so generous with taking the time to comment, encourage, send cards and just be wonderful – I totally respect and admire her opinions!!
For my card today, I made a watercolour flower card with the MFT Grand Peaceful Wildflowers stamp set – Watercolour is definitely my most favourite painting medium!! I heat embossed the flowers from the set on cold press watercolour paper panel in white, then loosely coloured around the flowers with Distress inks using a wet paint brush. Next, I heat embossed the sentiment from the MFT Delicate Pretty Poppies set on black card stock in white, then cut the small banner. Once the watercoloured panel was dry, I mounted the panel on an A2 sized white card base using double-sided tape first, and then added the sentiment banner using dimensional foam tape.
The sponsors have been extremely generous, and this is the list of prizes which Julia will be giving away:
To start, I stamped the scene, as you can see in the picture, on an A2 sized watercolour paper panel in 
I hope someone or something makes you want to jump for joy today!!
To start, I placed a circle die on an A2 sized watercolour paper panel, then traced a circle very lightly with a pencil (or mechanical pencil).
Next, I stamped the leaf from the 
I then basically coloured them with Distress markers and 
I added more colours and more water! Because I wanted to have a more subtle watercolour effect!! I ripped out the bottom of the panel, inked the edges of it with 
Here is another card with the same design on kraft base. I stamped the leaf along the circle line using 
For my first card, I created a watercolour butterfly card with the Butterfly Notes stamp set – it is one of my favourites in the Lovely Notes Collection. First I stamped the large sized butterfly from the Butterfly Notes set on an A2 sized cold press watercolour paper panel with Distress inks: (from the top) Dried Marigold, Tumbled Glass, Victorian Velvet. I then added more colours to each butterfly with Distress inks using a wet paint brush:
For my second card, I used the Lovely Flowers and Handpainted Thanks (designed by Neat & Tangled) stamp sets. To start, I randomly stamped the flowers and leaves from the Lovely Flowers set on an A2 sized white paper panel with MFT hybrid inks using the Mini MISTI stamping tool. I then added some opaque white ink splatters over the stamped images. Next, I stamped the sentiments on the bottom left corner of the stamped panel using VersaFine Onyx Black – “thanks” from the (Neat & Tangled) Handpainted Thanks stamp set and “You Made My Day” from the Butterfly Notes set. Once the panel was dry, I mounted it on white card base using double-side tape, then added some clear droplets on the stamped flowers using Ranger Glossy Accents.
For my last card, I used the Wonderful Wreath stamp set. To start, I created my own background with the musical notes – I stamped them on white paper panel in Altenew Evening Gray dye ink. For my focal panel, I die cut from watercolour paper using the banner die in the Lovely Flowers die set first, and then stamped the leaf wreath from the Wonderful Wreath set on it with Altenew Frayed Leaf and Forest Glades dye inks. I also prepared the birds, fruits, pine cones for decorating the wreath. I mounted all elements as shown to an A2 sized white card base using dimensional foam tape, then embellished with a few PPP clear sequins.
Hmm, it looks like a Christmas card, don’t you think? :D
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