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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So gorgeous! I really love your cards!
So unique, beautiful! X
What beautiful colors you chose, and that gold embellishment is just perfect!
Fab card! 🙂
The Gold really makes things Pop.
Your card is so beautiful. Love the gold layer. Happy 2nd anniversary Altenew. Thanks for sharing.
So very pretty!
As always a wonderful video. Beautiful card! Thanks for sharing your talent with us.
Your card is so pretty!
How beautiful!
Awesome card. I love your red leaves and stem. I never had heard of embossing ink in a bottle but now I have. I have already checked it out. Great job
That unexpected color combination is stunning … just perfect!
Beautiful design.
Fantastic card Yana Love the pretty flower with the gold frame. Lovely!
Happy birthday such an awesome, amazing 2 years! Keep it up!
Such beautiful cards & techniques!
God bless!
Beautiful sympathy card! Love your unusual color choice!
Love the idea of clear embossing your water coloring. Very pretty!
Very nice card. I have had to make more sympathy cards than I wanted to in the last few months.
Very beautiful!
Stunning card, so elegant!!!
Wow – your card is so majestic, Yana! Love the colors and the thought is super sweet.
Yana, I’m so sorry you are going through a difficult time, but if there is one thing I know through personal experience is that by you putting your heart into creating this beautiful card, it will mean a lot to your friend and she will know you are there to support her. That is all you can do sweetie. Take care of yourself and until next time Yana, God bless.
Thanks for the great tip, of using clear embossing powder to intensify color. The finished card is lovely and I always love watching a video of the process.
Love the design and the colors. A superb card!
I love this card and the touch of gold is perfect!
I love the color u mixed for the flowers. it’s just matched with the trim at the bsvk
Very classy card. TFS!
Beautiful card. I must try this technique.
That is a great idea to use clear embossing powder over you coloring. A beautiful card.
Gorgeous card, very classy.
Beautiful card. I appreciate your videos – I always learn something new. This technique really makes the flower pop!
Gorgeous card! Great tips!
Lovely texture and dimension!
Sympathy cards are difficult for me to make. Your card is beautiful. I can see myself using this as a guide.
Beautiful card using watercolor with a layer of embossing powder to make it pop! Looking forward to trying that.
(I don’t think my first comment came through – I apologize if you get entries.)
Thank you for doing a video – I always learn something new. This technique really does make the flower pop.
Beautiful card. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful card. My original comment didn’t post
Very pretty card!
Very pretty card
Very pretty card.
I just bought painted flowers yesterday!
Really love this and love the idea of making the colors more vibrant with the embossing powder! Can’t wait to try that!!!! Thanks!
Beautiful card. Sympathy cards are always hard to make. Finding the right balance is hard & you have done a wonderful job…as usual.
As usual, Yana, your cards are stunning and this one is gorgeous.
Oh wow…I love the brass look of the card!
Wow, so pretty. Love the gold accent behind the pretty flowers
Such a beautiful card. Thanks for the video – I learn so much from them.
What a great classic card…..love the colors.
Such a beautiful card. I loved your video – learn so much from them.
Definitely a statement card! Beautiful!!!