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.
GIVEAWAY (NOW CLOSED)
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).
Be sure to leave comments on each stop by Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 11:59 PM EST for a chance to win! 13 winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the hop list and will be announced on the Altenew blog on Apr 14th.
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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Lovely use of colour and dimension Yana beautiful card.
Interesting solution!
Beautiful card. Thanks for the clear embossing technique.
Very beautiful.
Love it!
Your card is awesome and perfect as sympathy card!
You make such beautiful cards
Pretty card!
What a beautiful card and superb technique! Love the woodgrain card too!
Pretty card – love the technique.
really makes a special sympathy card. just lovely!
Great video and such a beautiful card.
Stunning card!
Thanks for sharing your creative designs.
I usually don’t think of adding gold to many projects but this card is beautiful! So glad to have the idea put into my head by your project 🙂
Beautiful! I love the flower with that gold piece in the background!
Love the card and technique
Beautiful card!
Beautiful card! Thanks for the tip!
I like how you used a lot if white soace here.
Beautiful!
Your use of focused color and shine brings these Altenew stamps to life. Absolutely beautiful!
WOWOWOWOWWOWOWOW!! SO BEAUTIFUL!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Design and the Neat Technique!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!! =)
Beautiful use of focused texture, shape, and color!
As always, Yana, a gorgeous card paired with a most captivating video! You work magic with Altenew!
~c
Beautiful card, Thank you for sharing.
Yana, what an elegant card – love all your techniques and that Altenew vintage trim makes an exquisite background.
Beautiful card! Love the clear embossing over watercolor, thanks for sharing this technique.
Love your card and color choices! So far I only have one Altenew stamp (the sketchy cities Seattle) but I am slowly adding more to my wishlist
Thank you for sharing your lovely card.
Absolutely gorgeous! TFS! 🙂
what a beautiful card!
Beautiful card. Love the colors with the gold and your lovely design. Great video too! Thanks so much for sharing.
What amazing color! I love it!
This is such a beautiful card. Thanks for the video.
Happy #2 Altenew, Stunning card Yana
Love your card and the simple layout you used! Just lovely!
Gorgeous idea! Thanks, as always, for sharing your lovely creations!!
Gorgeous!!! Love the gold!
So beautiful
I love the dimension to your cards!
I love the gold detail in the back!
it is the perfect sympathy card.
Beautiful vibrant colors. I really love this card!!
Great tip with the embossing powder over watercolour!
One more stunning card with a fantastic technique. Your videos always inspire me.
So much to love on this awesome card!
Thanks for the great video of a gorgeous card
What a beautiful card. It is sure to give comfort to your friend
I love the layers –especially the gold in the background! Add some beautiful watercoloring and a simple heartfelt sentiment and you have a stunning card!