Altenew | Faux Postcard Stamped Cards. July Release Blog Hop. Giveaway!

Hello everyone and thank you so much for stopping by today to help celebrate July 2016 release from Altenew (more about the hop below).

I have 3 projects to share today, all created using identical supplies, but each card is slightly different (all of them are faux-postcards). Supplies I used are linked at the bottom of this post.

FAUX POSTCARD – I CHERISH OUR FRIENDSHIP

For my first project I started by stamping a sentiment that reads “You Are Awesome” and “I Cherish Our Friendship” in Versafine Onyx Black ink onto watercolor paper. The first part of the sentiment comes from the new Painted Encouragement stamp set while the second part is from an older, Lace Up set.

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Once I had my sentiment stamped I knew where I could add flowers and I went on stamping several roses from the Bamboo Rose stamp set. This set features a perfect mix of sketched florals that are ideal for many occasions. I didn’t do any masking, although it might look like I did. These flowers fit together nicely for a seamless stamped look.

I knew I wanted to watercolor these images so I grabbed my Daniel Smith watercolors (I’m still using a sampler sheet – there is enough in one dot to watercolor several images) and a water brush and loosely watercolored these. After I mounted this stamped and watercolored panel onto an A2 card base I felt I needed to add something else and this is where I got the idea to use a postage stamp image from the Happy Mail set.

I stamped a few more images in black, added a round stamp in Morning Frost (it is barely visible on the photo). Instead of using flowers from the Happy Mail stamp set, I added another bamboo rose inside the postage stamp and watercolored it like other flowers. The background of the postage stamp was watercolored in light blue. I also added a bit of silver ink splatter using Distress Mica Spray (I am really loving this products lately!) and adhered several small and medium clear drops from Pretty Pink Posh.

FAUX POSTCARD – SENDING LOTS OF LOVE

My second project is very similar to the first one and is also a faux postcard-type card. The difference here is in the color of ink used for stamping. Instead of stamping bottom florals in black, I used Evening Gray Altenew ink, which turned out to be waterproof.

I used slightly different colors of ink to watercolor these florals, lighter colors. The round “Handmade Just For You” was also stamped in Evening Gray ink. I added silver splatter and clear droplets to dress up this card. Click the thumbnail images below to take a closer look at this card:

MISSING YOU

And finally my last project, Missing You, uses my “perfect cardmaking formula” and again, same supplies. After I stamped flowers and a postage stamp (this time I used Distress inks to watercolor these images), I cut images out with my scissors and arranged into a cluster.

I added an antique trim in gold, used some foam adhesive squares to add a bit of dimension to this card (the other cards are both one-layer) and of course I added several clear drops.

JULY 2016 RELEASE

This release features 16 new stamp sets. There’s a lot to chose from! My favorite sets are Bamboo Rose and Happy Mail (I used them for my today’s projects).

Altenew Bamboo Rose Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN	Altenew Happy Mail Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN	Altenew Painted Encouragement Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN	Altenew Big World Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN	Altenew Celebrations Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN	Altenew Coffee Love Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN
Altenew Coffee Ring Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN	Altenew Coffee Talk Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN	Altenew Eid al Adha Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN	Altenew Floral Shadow Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN	Altenew Floral Sprig Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN	Altenew Freeform Greenery Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN
Altenew Dancing in the Rain Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN	Altenew Remember This Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN	Altenew Tiny Hearts Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN	Altenew Tulip Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN

GIVEAWAY

For your chance to win a $30 gift certificate to Altenew store, please leave comment below and let me know your favorite product from this release! I’ll pick the winner on Tuesday, August 2nd. I’ll post winner’s name in this blog post and will also e-mail the winner.

The winner of $30 gift certificate on my blog is Dee Earnshaw. Congratulations! 

There are more chances to win! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to THREE lucky winners! Leave a comment on Altenew blog by Friday, August 5, 11:59pm EST for a chance to win. Winners will be announced on Saturday, August 6th on Altenew blog.

BLOG HOP

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If you arrived from Yoonsun Hur, you are on the right track! I am the last stop on this hop, but you can also start from the beginning on Altenew blog.

SUPPLIES

I’m listing the products I used below. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!

Altenew Bamboo Rose Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN	Altenew Happy Mail Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN	Altenew Painted Encouragement Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN	Altenew Lace Up Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN	Arches Cold Press Watercolor Pad 9×12″ Shop at: SSS | AZ	Altenew Woodgrain White Cardstock Shop at: AN
Altenew Fenstone Decorative Element Shop at: AN	Altenew Evening Gray Crisp Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | AN	Altenew Morning Frost Crisp Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | AN	Neenah 80 Solar White Paper Pack 250 Sheets Shop at: SSS | AZ	Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolor 238-Dot Color Chart Shop at: AZ	Tsukineko VersaFine Onyx Black Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | AZ
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad Peacock Feathers Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad Wild Honey Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ	Scrapbook Adhesives White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS | AZ	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad Fossilized Amber Shop at: SSS | AZ	Tim Holtz Distress Designer Mica Sprays Shop at: SSS | AZ	Pretty Pink Posh 6MM Clear Droplets (medium) Shop at: SSS
Pretty Pink Posh 4MM Clear Droplets (small) Shop at: SSS | PPP	Medium Water Brush Shop at: SSS	Sakura Quickie Glue Pen Shop at: SSS | AZ	Be Creative Tape 3MM ROLL Double Sided Sookwang Shop at: SSS