Hello friends and thank you for joining us for the Altenew 2nd Anniversary Blog Hop (more below). I have a very simple and elegant card created using supplies mostly from Altenew, I incorporated a few of my favorite products plus a favorite technique.
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VIDEO TUTORIAL
I am explaining everything in detail on my video, you can watch it below or on my Youtube channel:
CARD DETAILS
A dear friend of our family lost her mother recently and I needed to make a sympathy card. I’ll be honest with you, those are always very difficult to make and even more difficult to give. I tried to make this project as simple as possible and used a few of my favorites. I tried to make this card so that it would be very light and full hope and comfort.
I used one of the flowers from the Botanical Garden stamp set and stamped it using Hero Arts Intense Black ink, which is a waterproof one among other things. The flower was colored using Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolors, I used 3 colors only here. Instead of going with traditional green for the stem and leaves I ventured into red and used yellows for the petals.
The flower image was fussy cut (although there are matching dies) and coated with one layer of clear embossing powder. This added a lot of glossy shine and also made the watercolors appear more vibrant and saturated. I adhered the flower onto one of the Altenew vintage trims using Multi Matte Medium adhesive and foam mounted that onto an A2 top folding card base created out of woodgrain cardstock.
Sentiment, we are here for you, came from the Thinking of You stamp set and was heat embossed in Brass Embossing powder onto watercolor cardstock to match the color and texture of the card to the one used for the flower. The card was also embellished using a few mini gold sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.
BLOG HOP
Hop along with us to find loads of creative inspiration from Altenew designers and guests!
If you arrived from WOW! Embossing Powder the next stop on the hop is my very talented friend Taheerah Atchia.
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Leave comments along the way for the opportunity to win one of THREE prize packs valued at over $100 from Altenew! There are also 8 awesome companies who are celebrating with Altenew, and they are offering additional prizes (read more about that on Altenew Blog).
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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!
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A absolutely lovely and thoughtful sympathy card. I’ve never seen the embossing ink that way. It looks like a good way for larger areas. Thank you
Beautiful card, fabulous design
I love your use of nontraditional colors . . . Beautiful!
OMG, this card is GORGEOUS. Love all the gold elements and the beautifully colored flower:)
Very elegant! This is a lovely card! Thanks for sharing!
This is going to sound strange, but I love the simple way you tucked the sentiment in behind part of the floral image. Such a simple way to tie everything in together.
Adorable cards!
Beautiful sympathy card ! Thanks for sharing the tip about clear embossing powder !
I usually don’t like those gold kind of embellishments but you made it work! I really like your card!
Beautiful card. Sympathy cards are so difficult to make, so thank you for sharing this card and the video for inspiration.
Beautiful card–I always enjoy your videos. Altenew creates such beautiful floral stamps.
So elegant! I love the idea of using clear EP over the top. Thanks for sharing this idea!
gorgeous coloring!
Such a beautiful card!!
You’re absolutely right–the embossing does make the colors pop! Stunning card!
WOW! I’m in awe with your card. It is gorgeous, as everything you do! Love it!!!
Wow! Absolutely stunning card!!!!
Your watercoloring is so much fun to watch! Thanks for sharing!
So lovely. Great technique about embossing.
Wow this is beautiful!
This is an absolutely beautiful card! I am so sorry for your friend’s loss!
Very nice!
Your card is beautiful! I didn’t know about brass ep – what a lovely effect!
Great embossing technique <3
Beautiful <3
Nv tot of embossing the whole surface! Will try this soon!
Love your clear embossing idea – colours just pop!
Beautiful! Lovely work!
Elegantly simple is best for sympathy cards in my opinion… like this card. It’s lovely!
Lovely card, Yana.
Creative and Inspiring!
Very stunning card with the gold embossing!
You’re so creative…lovely card.
Your card is stunning! Thank you for the video showing how you colored the flower. I really like the vintage finding too!
Beautiful–these stamps are so cool!
So beautiful card ! Many thanks for the video !
Amazing card…….so pretty!
Your card is so beautiful.
Love it!
Gorgeous design with great dimension!
OH my that is such a beautiful card, yellow just makes me happy~!! Thank you for sharing~!
So lovely, this blog hop takes my breath away.
Lovely card! Wonderful technique. Love it!
Such a beautiful card! Love it!
Very elegant card!
Love the rich, regal feel of your colours here. A gorgeous central cluster, beautifully executed.
Love the layering … Beautiful catd
Simple and elegant – just right for a sympathy card.
Beautiful card. Thank you!
I love your card! It’s beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
Gorgeous, the pink and yellow together looks fabulous!