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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Wow! Beautiful
Love the colours you’ve used. Gorgeous and delicate card with the added pop of clear embossing on the flower, with the gold colour detail and the textured card. Thank you so much for the inspiration x
i love your cards. Really wonderful.
Your watercoloring is gorgeous! Thanks for sharing.
What a great technique using the clear embossing powder over the watercolor. This is one I will have to try. Thank you for sharing.
Love your cards. You are so talented. Thank you.
I love that unique color palette~!
Sympathy cards are always the hardest to make. You did a wonderful job.
Very beautiful! I love the embossing so clever.
Beautiful job.
What a beautiful and thoughtful card. Thank you so much for sharing it and the story behind it.
This is absolutely exquisite! I would not have thought to use the medallion on a card, but it works so well.
Love your card and using embossing over water coloring – what a great idea! Thanks for sharing!!
Gorgeous card and technique! Love the color combo with the gold, so elegant!
The layering is awesome. Thanks for sharing this card
Sympathy cards can be so difficult, I’m sorry for your loss. Your card has beautiful simple elegance and I especially love the subtle background.
The water coloring is beautiful, but that good just makes it stunning!
Simply gorgeous! Love your card!
gorgeous card! really love the effect of embossing over the watercolored piece. Very nice.
Breathtaking card! I love it, so very pretty. You did an awesome job.
What an elegant card, yet very clean and simple. It pops. I love it!
Wow, this is such a stunning card. I love your work!
That card is gorgeous.
Pretty card!
Gorgeous card!
Beautiful card!
Great idea to use embossing over watercolouring! So beautiful!
So elegant, bursting with colour and classy .. thank you for inspiring us during this Altenew celebration
Great job! Thanks so much for sharing and participating in the hop. So fun and inspirational!
The gold with those colors are just beautiful! Lovely card!
Gorgeous card!!
Stunning…the colors are unique and lovely. The card is perfect.
Gorgeous! I love the simplicity of this card. Thank you for sharing!
Great card
Amazing and light sympathy card.
What a great tip! Your card is lovely… very elegant! TFS!
Your card is so elegant and gorgeous!
Love the simple elegance of this card.
Such a beautiful card even if it is for a.solemn ocassion!
I love this beautiful, deceptively simple card, and using the embossing powder to intensify the colors is genius. I would never have thought of it, nor of using the embossing ink dabber, which I forgot I have. Thanks Yana. You rock!
What a great technique. Thanks for the amazing card and video!
A really beautiful card. Sympathy cards are difficult to make, I’m sure this one will be very appreciated by your friend.
I love the simplicity of this card, thanks for the inspiration!
Sorry to hear about your friends loss of her mother, I think it is one of the hardest losses in life… Your card however is beautifully vibrant..
Stunning card!
Sympathy cards are always hard. I love the sentiment you chose here. The card is very elegant.
So classy and elegant, bravo!
Very pretty and I love the colors!!
Of course jaw dropping card! Huge hugs, Heather
Love it, love, love, love it! There are a new pile of consumables as well as stamps and tools to add to my wish list. Thanks for the blog hop, video and awesome inspirations Karen x