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 card!
Very pretty. I agree, the embossing added a lot to the image.
This is a very pretty card. I like the simplicity of it.
Lovely card and interesting use of embossing powder to make flowers pop.
Yana, your card is beautiful! I love the dimension and placement of the pieces which create a single focal point. Very clever!
I love these terrific, bright colors and your beautiful embossing technique too! Just gorgeous!
Take Care!
Michele
What an elegant card. I love it!
Great layers!
such a stunning card – love everything about it!
What a stunningly beautiful card Yana! Great video to explain the technique. Thanks so much.
Beautiful! I’m sure it will bring a smile to their face. Thanks for sharing all your tips and tricks.
Love the vibrant color of the card, the image is gorgeous!
This is absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for the video too!!!
A sharp looking card…The gold trim and the clear embossing really makes the image “pop” on this lovely card!
I like that you are thinking outside the box and coloring the leaves in red instead of the usual green.
Very elegant card. Thanks for the tip of clear embossing over the watercolor – will have to try this !
Yana, this is so beautiful! You did such a wonderful job and I’m sure your friend will appreciate it! These are the hardest cards to make, but you did such an amazing job!
The watercoloring and embossing was inspired. Thanks for the tip.ptip.p
So pretty, Yana!!
Stunning card. Love the bright colours.
Love the colors and metal accents!
Wow! beautiful! Love it!
Your cards leave me speechless. So beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing your immense talent. I’m sure your friend will be very touched by your card.
I have not yet tried water coloring but I am glad to see that the embossing powder brings it to live.
Thank you for sharing.
What a beautiful card. Such talent you have. Thanks for sharing.
Good color combination and layers.
This is so beautiful! Love how intense the colors are. Thanks for the inspiration.
Awesome card.
Wow! This looks incredible – love your color against the gold and then all that luscious white! Quite fabulous.
Absolutely stunning Yana!
Beautiful! This is such a sunny, uplifting card.
Love your card, it is so delicate!
Beautiful card! The colors are gorgeous.
This is beautiful! Happy anniversary Altenew!
gorgeous!
Stunning …the most beautiful card, love the colours..thank you for the wonderful inspiration x
I love the colors and shine on your card, beautiful.
Absolutely Stunning! Loved your video too!
You’ve done a wonderful job on what I also think is a very difficult sort of card to make. So beautiful!
Beautiful yet subtle card! The Gold accent peeking out from behind the vibrant flower added a very eye catching touch! Thank You for the video and sharing!
That is why I make Sympathy cards to have on hand because they are so hard to do when you need them. Great idea using the embossing over watercolor.
beautiful card!
Love your cards ! I just started subscribing to your website !!
Your creativity has no limit, I just love your card. It will warm your friends’ heart in this difficult time.
Yana, your card is just beautiful and I really love the way you colored it!
I love your videos Yana. They are terrific teaching tools. The Altenew stamps are classic images.
Your card is very unique. Great technique.
Very interesting and unique. Thank you for the ideas.
Stunning card! Love it so much!
Hana thanks for sharing the embossing technique. Love the card