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 |
Love the postcard. Beautiful coloring.
I love your designs! They inspire me! The beautifully showcase Altenew’s new release!
Oooh, these are gorgeous!
I love it all! Great designs & the creativity is really inspiring!! This is a great blog hop & I’m so glad I didn’t miss it 🙂
One of my favorite stops on this blog hop 🙂
Love the postcard and the last card with your “perfect card” formula 🙂 I’ve started learning my own perfect formula and it’s been a nice way for me to stay consistent in how I create cards 🙂
Love your beautiful cards – thanks for the inspiration!
Gorgeous projects…the postcards are so sweet. My fav. set is painted encouragement set!
These are beautiful creations. I watched your perfect card formula and I plan to adopt it. Thank you for your talent.
Your perfect card formula does work for you, I think I will have to try it. Thank you for sharing it with us. Your creations are beautiful.
Beautiful cards! Thanks for the inspiration!
Such gorgeous creations Yana! I have just lost an hour perusing your beautiful Pinterest boards!
flawless as usual 🙂
Beautiful cards. I really like that faux postcard.
The postcard is my fave. Great idea!
Your card is gorgeous. My favourite stamp set is Bamboo Rose. Another great release from Altenew!
I love the stamp set! Love the roses too. Great cards
My Favorite is the Dancing in the Rain set, because it is different and versatile. I also like the Happy Mail set you used to add a great touch of fun.
Your cards are always so pretty. I like the colors you chose.
As usual, you created beautiful cards! Altenew NEVER disappoints!
Very pretty postcards. My favorite set is the tulips.
I love the colors you used, beautiful!
LOVE the BIG WORLD set the most but all are GREAT! Thanks for sharing and for the chance to win!
I think I like the coffee themed stamps the best!
Very very nice work thanks for sharing!
Yana, your cards are always inspiring and never fail to cause me to fall in love with whatever stamp set you are working with. I was liking the Floral Shadow set was my fave, but also want the Bamboo Rose set now!
i love the layers on that first card! I like the encouragement set.
As always you inspire me to try new things! My favorite is the Happy Mail aND a close second is the painted sentiment stamp sets. I love Altenew and buy what I can when I can, they never disappoint!
Yana, I love watching your videos you ARE so talented thank you soooo much for sharing with us.
Yana, I love your videos you ARE soooo talented. Beautiful works!
beautiful cards, thank you for sharing;…
Delightful work, Yana! Inspiring!
beautiful cards. I always love how you use the gilded frames. Jil
So hard to choose a favourite, I do love the Coffee Love and Remember This stamp sets but they are all so amazing, as are your cards!!!
I love your Faux Postcards. This is such a fun and unique idea. They are both beautiful, as well as your third card you created!
Gorgeous faux postcards! Lovely colours!
Beautiful creations.
These are so lovely! My fav is the layered earth!!
Beautiful cards!
Such beautiful cards!! You truly make the roses look like you can pick them up directly from the card. I bet your cards bring joy to whomever you send them to.
I was not sure I liked this tamp set until I saw it used.
So very pretty!! Love them!
Well, I thought that it was “Painted Encouragement. However, now, I’m learning towards “Happy Mail”.
The faux postcards are a lot of fun!
I always love the Altenew florals but the Big World set is awesome.
Love your loose watercolor style!
Simply beautiful!!!
Both cards are amazing and so beautiful!!!
These look like they were fun to create. Great job.
Fabulous cards as always Yana! On a previous post I stated that Happy Mail was my favourite, but having seen what you have done with Bamboo Rose, I would have to say that has also become a favourite. Thanks for the inspiration and chance to win.
Lovely cards, Yana. I always enjoy seeing what you create! 🙂 I’m with you, I like the Bamboo Rose set with the Happy Mail set a close second. Altenew has great designs always!