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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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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Your card is stunning, and I am sure your friend will fins much comfort in it’s beauty and thoughtfulness.
Yana, your cards are always a feast for the eyes.
simply beautiful, Wish I was rich I would buy it all!!!
Your card is absolutely elegant and beautiful!!! Love everything about it!
Your card is stunning, and I am sure it will be much appreciated by your friend.
Gorgeous card! I just love the gold
Beautiful classic card. Love the embellishment.
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Beautiful card!
I feel the same way about sympathy cards they are so hard to make. Beautiful card with a great sentiment.
A lovely card – perfect for bringing comfort and beauty. Thank you for sharing.
Paper Hugs,
Jan
wow thank you for your great tutorial splendide card
Wow, this card is gorgeous! The gold is stunning.
Very beautiful card.
These are so pretty!
I love the layers and colors you used!
I am sorry to hear about your friends mother. Sympathy cards are so hard to make, but I think you have mastered it perfectly here, the gold and pink tones just work so well
Gorgeous card love love love the gold in the background so pretty. Thanks for sharing your techniques!
Wow. That’s all I can say.
Beautifully stamped!!! That gold filigree embellishment really makes the image pop!
Wonderful card! Love the gold embellishment!
Such a beautiful card. Love your work!.
That is so beautiful.
This is a gorgeous card – so elegant. Sympathy cards a very difficult to make, but I think you got it just right.
What a lovely card. I hope it brings joy to your friend at this sad time.
Simple elegance!
Another new idea for me to try. Thanks. Lovely card.
Thanks for all the inspriration!
Such a beautiful card……!!
that gold is so elegant!
Perfectly elegant.
I love the idea of embossing over watercolor. Thanks for sharing.
It’s the card I make the most lately. Yours is just beautiful.
Your card is absolutely gorgeous! Enjoyed your video.
Such a great idea. Love the look. I will have to try it 🙂
As always your cards are beautiful.
Beautiful cards created.
Love your style, very nice
This is so lovely
Awesome technique tfs
Very pretty card.
Always GORGEOUS…..ALWAYS!
Just beautiful! Thank you for the inspiration!
Lovely card!!
Very different! A lovely card.
What a beautiful sympathy card. Thank you for sharing.
Loving the gorgeous colours and with the hint of gold. The clear embossing on the flower sets your card off beautifully. Such a gorgeous card. Thank you for the inspiration.
Very elegant card. The clear embossed shine is very striking.
Stunning! Thanks for sharing great details of creating it.
Beautiful card. Classic.