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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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 |
Beautiful as always Yana! Cant wait to see Remember this stamp set done. Think thats going to be a favorite.
Great cards as always!
Love your creations always. I love this floral image too.
Hands down it is ‘Remember This’ stamp set!!! Dancing In the Rain is a close second!
Beautiful cards Yana – as always!
Paper Hugs,
Jan
The postcard style card is simply lovely! 😀 My favorite product is the Eid al Adha stamp set <3
Wow love these cards and your water color is amazing.
Excellent artwork! Love your creative style using water colors!
The encouraging words are super. Sometimes I need just a little something more to put on my cards for my friends. This could do the trick. I love your water coloring skills. I always get useful tips. Thanks
Wonderful cards – always inspirational
Lovely work. Great blog hop.
Love the roses. Very pretty layout
There are several sets that have caught my eye. I think I’ll have to go with the Painted Encouragement Stamp Set. I love to collect sentiments and this looks like it has lots of fun sentiments. Thanks for the inspiration. Your cards are beautiful. Have a wonderful weekend!
Fabulous cards, very colourful and inspirational
Great cards! Love how you combined the flowers with the postage stamp!!
Beautiful cards and wonderful water coloring!
Love Pretty Pink Posh added to these beautiful cards!
Wonderful release, fantastic projects, great blog hop!!!!
Always fun and interesting projects on your blog.
Beautiful cards. They have made me put the bamboo rose set on my wish list and the postage stamp set too. Wonderful inspiration.
The postcard is wonderful.
Lovely postcards.
Love your cards.
I’m drawn to florals-it’s a tough call between Tulip and Bamboo Rose for my favorite . Your renderings of Bamboo Rose are stunning, and show how these florals can indeed be used with a variety of sentiments.
How beautiful your
cards are. I love
that last one with
the gold stamping
on it.
Carla from Utah
super pretty, love the colors!!!
WOW Yana, these are fantastic! A great job on them all!
My fav. set is Remember This. So beautiful!
Wow! Beautiful work as always! I was loving the Tulip set but after seeing your cards with the Bamboo Rose I’m not sure now! I guess I’ll just have to have both!
Love your card and faux postcards!! Beautiful!!
Love your beautiful cards.
I love this stamp set! Roses are my favourite flower along with tulips. Love what you have created here!
These are both gorgeous! Love the gold accent on the second card!
Your cards are stunning as always, I really love your work! My favourite product from the new release is the Tulip stamp set, I actually bought it first thing this morning because I was afraid it would sell out. Thanks for sharing your gorgeous work!
More beautiful cards, great colorful coloring
Love both cards, especially the flower “stamp” in the corner of the first. Cute, and colorful and a fun way to create something different.
These are gorgeous Yana! I think I’m most intrigued by “Dancing in the Rain” stamp set! Look forward to seeing it used!
Great hop! Inspiring, beautiful cards!
Beautiful cards!! I love the postcard stamp.
Beautiful cards Yana! Thanks for sharing your creativity and a chance to win.
Oh my goodness Yana, I forgot to tell you my favorite in the new releases is the Remember Me set. I have the Beautiful Day set and this should go nicely with it.
Remember This Set.
Remember This set!
Dearest Yana, your creativity always puts me in awe of your work…
It’s hard to pick, but I think my favorite new set is the Tulip set. I love the clean and simple design of the images, and multi-stamping is always beautiful!!
Such beautiful, crafty cards! Thank you for sharing them!
Wonderful faux post card! Your water coloring is really cool. Thanks a bunch!
Beautiful cards!!! It’s really hard to pick just one but I really like Big World Stamp set!!!
Very pretty–I like how you used the postage stamp with these florals.
Beautiful cards! My favorite is Altenew Painted Encouragement Stamp Set, besides all the flowers of course! Thanks for the chance!
Beautiful cards! Thanks for sharing your creations. My favorite stamp set is the Coffee Ring along with the Coffee Love stamp set.
Lovely cards, the water coloring is really nice
Oh I live your card.my favorite set is the coffee
Love the cards!
Beautiful postcards! You always inspire me! TFS and for the chance to win!