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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Such a pretty card!
Great video and stunning card. Thanks for the great inspiration!!
Your card is beautiful as always. Love watching you do your cards!
Thank you for sharing your card. It is so cute!
I am not big on tons of embellishments but I do like that gold piece it really helps everything pop
Beautiful colors in this card and ai love the embellishment!
Beautiful card!
your cards are amazing
Perfect sympathy card.
What a gorgeous card.
Wooow! Awesome card!!! So elegant.
Thanks for sharing. Hugs 😉
Beautiful card. What an awesome hop. you’re all so talented.
Such lovely work here! Love embossing – TFS Happy Dance 2 year anniversary!
So simple, but so georgeous card!
Very elegant sympathy card..I’m sure it brought some comfort to your friend!
Very nice card
I love the embossing over the watercoloring! Very pretty color combo too!!
Very lovely card.
Like what I see? Love what I see! Thanks so much for sharing, beautiful card and love the instructions on how you made it too.
XO Nana
Your card is perfect and I’m sure your friend appreciates it. I was interested to see you clear embossing over watercolouring – I must give that technique a try. Thanks for the inspiration!
Really, really love your card! Beautiful coloring, colors and contrast 🙂
Very regal looking card. Quite stunning!!!!!!!!
love the elegant look of this card, thanks for the tip to intensify the color
Simple. Elegant. Perfect.
Love the card, very pretty!
This card is beautiful! Thanks for the inspiration!
What a lovely card for your friend. Thank you for sharing!
What a beautiful card. I love the stamp set you used.
Gorgeous card!
I already left a comment in another spot…but I love this card so much, I don’t mind doing it again!!! I can’t wait to see the video to see how it all goes together.
This is beautiful. The colored and fussy cut flower looks awesome against the die cut.
I know your friend will appreciate the rich details on the card. Wow!
Quite elegant. I’m sure your friend will love it.
This lovely card of yours should bring comfort. It is uplifting and pretty.
A beautiful card!
Unfortunately we need those cards from time to time; I’m sure it gave your friend comfort and a warm feeling.
Thank you for sharing.
Your cards are always lovely!
Thanks for sharing! Your card was really lovely! I wouldn’t have thought to use your color choices, but they turned out great. I need to think outside the box – thanks for the inspiration!
very unique. beautful!
This is just stunning! I love how the flower looks with embossing powder on it! Great tip 🙂
Really neat idea to add the clear embossing to the flower. I think the colors came out so well, too. Tfs! 🙂 ~ Andrea
An absolutely stunning card, perfect for a sympathy card, love it.
Hi, love the idea of clear embossing over your coloured images, certainly gives a lovely shine and added texture. Thanks for the helpful video on this very pretty card. x
Beautiful design and colors. Love how you used the products.
Gorgeous! Love the idea of adding a layer of embossing to make the colors pop!
Wow, just wow.
Love this beautiful card!
I agree, sympathy cards are difficult and lately I seem to need lots of them. This is a beautiful example.
Amazing cards.
Beautiful cards for an emotional occasion. I love the gold with the water colored image.
What a beautiful card. Very elegant. Love how it’s not drab like most sympathy cards are.