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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Such a stunning creation with that gold accent and bright water colours. thanks for sharing the embossing tip.
Beautiful card and technique. Thanks for sharing the video and showing an option for the use of one of the Altenew stamps. They are gorgeous!!!
Good job.. such a good design! I need to read me into your blog.. your card is very beautifull!
Beautiful card. Love the simplicity.
BEAUTIFUL card Yana – WOW – the heat embossing really makes the colours POP on the flower and the golden trim a pretty background!!!
I feel your pain in making sympathy cards and struggle making them. I think your DELIGHTFUL design will bring comfort. I plan on making several when I don’t need them so that when I do I will have some ready and waiting.
THANK YOU for sharing your CREATIVE INSPIRATION & video and for helping to celebrate Altenew’s 2nd Anniversary 🙂
As always very beautiful card.
Elegant card….Red leaves leaves looks nice…
Yana, your card is adorable! i think it’s difficult to create smth encouraging, but your card is filled with hope!
gorgeous card..just loved how the colors pop up..thnx fr sharing
Gorgeous card!! Thx so much for video!!
Your cards are always so elegant, Yana. I love the colors and simplicity of this card – thank you for sharing with your video!
Gorgeous Card good tip for embossing die cut
Love,love, love this card. So gorgeous; thanks for sharing.
This is gorgeous! I love how you colored the flowers and leaves and then embossed them. Stunning!
there’s a royal air to this card, it’s gorgeous! and the sentiment is so kind. thanks for sharing your work!
Such an eye catching card.
As always, your cards are beautiful
How elegant this card looks with the vintage trim!
I just love the simple elegance of this card! Kudos for using non traditional colors too! Thanks!
Gorgeous card! Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful card.
Nice
I think you created a very nice, sincere sympathy card. The watercolor on the flowers is beautiful!
Gorgeousness with the use of gold, absolute show stoppers here! love the cards.
Such a gorgeous card! Absolutely stunning! xx
What a stunning card. Thanks for sharing.
Great layering of the flower stem and the gold embellishment. It is a total stunner!
Wonderful, love the embossing and colors. Thanks for sharing.
just one word: AWESOME!
Gorgeous card, I am sure your friends appreciated such a lovely card to comfort them
Wow, you have so much talent! Beautiful work!
Such a gorgeously elegant card. I really love how the embossing enhances the colours. Thanks for this great tip.
Loved the video tutorial. Your card is simply beautiful! And you’re right, it’s so much brighter with the embossing powder!
Stunning sympathy card!
Beautiful cards!!!
I love your use of an embellishment on your card!
This is just a beautiful card! I love everything you create.
Just gorgeous! As are all your cards!
Yana, I totally share your feelings regarding sympathy cards… Your card is gorgeous!!! Thank you for sharing & for inspiration!
Love the gold piece! Your choice of stamp matches perfect.
Wow Yana… this card is gorgeous and I love what you did with putting the embossing powder over the image! Great color you got there afterwards! Thanks for sharing!
Hugs,
Jo
Thanks for the video tutorial…very helpful. Love your card.
I love your card Yana, as always, so elegant and still so colourful. Thanks for sharing your talent with us, I am a big fan of yours. Hugs from Budapest, Zsofi
Beautiful design! How fun to use brass ep!
Gorgeous details on this card!
As always, your work is amaziing!!!
So simple and lovely!
Beautiful card! Love the colors!
Absolutely gorgeous Yana! Love the colours you’ve used!
always blown away by your gorgeous cards… this one is no exception!! stunning!