Hi Everyone!
The new Altenew Paint-A-Flower is here and it’s a BEEEUUTTTYY! This month the set features Tulips, but they’re not alone – they’re part of a pretty bouquet of florals and foliage, absolutely perfect for coloring in. Today’s post is part of a blog hop, and comes with a giveaway – stay tuned for details! If you are just joining this hop here, you can start at the beginning over on the Altenew blog. Altenew is also releasing gorgeous Calla Lily Gel Pens, Stamp Conditioning Erasers and Retractable Erasers – I’ll give you a closer look at those too – needless to say, you’re going to love them!
I just love the Paint-A-Flowers – I like to grab a cuppa and paint on a clipboard in front of a new movie on the sofa (except when splattering paint, I have to pop back in the craft room). I really love when they land in my mailbox! (If anyone’s interested, I watched the show ‘Undone’ while painting this).
Paint-A-Flower is part of a monthly subscription plan. When signed up, you are guaranteed a spot on Altenew’s monthly Paint-A-Flower releases and will receive a set each month – at a specially discounted price! ($15.99 →$12.99)
As there is a lot of open space on this image I decided to heat emboss it before watercoloring it. I used Altenew Platinum Crisp embossing powder to heat emboss the image onto hot press watercolor cardstock. At the same time, I heat embossed the multi-part sentiment down in the corner.
I used the Altenew 36 Pan watercolor set to paint the image, dropping in color and then letting it dry, then building up the color, in a sketchy blotchy way. I added lots of paint flicks when done, using colors I’d painted with, as well as white for a fun almost ‘bleached’ effect. When dry I mounted it onto a white notecard.
For my second card, I used Altenew Warm Sunshine cardstock on which to stamp the Tulips. I stamped them twice in Permanent Black and colored them with Artist Markers. I also used touches of white gel pen for the daisies and little white flowers, then fussy cut it out leaving a quarter inch border.
I grabbed another panel of white cardstock and placed it in the Ornamental Feature 3D embossing folder, lining it up with yellow panel over the top first to make sure I the embossing in the right place, then dry embossed. I stamped the sentiment from the set at the bottom in Obsidian Black ink, and mounted the yellow panel over the top with foam tape.
To finish, I added a few clear Confetti sequins, yellow Nuvo Drops in the centre of the daisies, and some Glossy Accents on the blueberries.
I also have a closer look at the two new craft tools you need for your stash. The first one is the Stamp Conditioning Eraser. This is somewhat like a super bendy eraser, and you simply rub it over your stamp and it conditions it, allowing it to stamp without the blotches you sometimes get on newer stamps or those with very large surface areas. See below! I conditioned, inked up once and stamped and this is the great impression I got. I have one of these on my craft desk constantly now. These come in a pack of three.
The second essential must have for the craft desk is the Retractable Eraser. It’s great for erasing pencil (and I also use it to remove over-foiling from hot foiling). It also has refills available when you need them. I use pencil to ensure I get clear aligned images on occasion and mark the centres of cards too.
Lastly, let me introduce the Calla Lily Gel Pens. These are black ink, and a set of three. They’re stunning and great for writing or using in your photography honestly! A very unique gift for the holidays too for the artsy people in you life.
Giveaway
There are $200 in total prizes up for grabs! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 1 lucky winner and a $15 gift certificate to 10 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 12/28/2020 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 11 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 12/30/2020,
Your next stop on the hop is Colleen! Enjoy all the wonderful inspiration!
Jenny
Supplies
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Looking good, thanks for the photos!!!!!
Oh my! Love both cards but your second card is Unique! Love it!
Really like the subtle platinum embossing and cool toned tulips with the splatter. The yellow background with orange tulips so opposite, bold and striking!
I love your yellow card the best. Looks like I must try those conditioning stamp cleaners and erasers.
Oh my gosh, the yellow background is such a cool idea!!! It is striking!!! I have never done that before.
This is an amazing stamp set. Both of your unique looks are gorgeous! This stamp is gorgeous water colored, but stamping in on colored paper and using alcohol markers is just stunning!
Love both cards! The colors are awesome!
Oh, that yellow card is so pretty..you should sell it as a card set. Outstanding. So very elegant. Thanks. And happy holidays.
Wow, what gorgeous cards! Great colors!
Stunning cards, absolutely gorgeous
Absolutely gorgeous Jenny!!!!! Your photography is incredible!
Your splattering technique really sets your first card off…. but the second Yellow card absolutely floored me! WOW! Just WOW! Thank you for sharing….I’m going to try one like this!
I LOVE the warm colors!!! These are beautiful!
Jenny, your cards are very bright and vibrant. The second card is different with the colored cardstock. I wish I could color while watching something on TV, I find I have to give one my full attention and then either the coloring won’t happen or I miss what is going on on the TV. Thanks for sharing your wonderful talent and ideas with us. Merry Christmas to you and yours. 🙂
Jenny, your cards are just so enchanting but I literally can’t stop staring at the yellow one! WOW! I love the design, the bright pop of color, all of it! Gorgeous! TFS!
Amazing!
Pretty colors!
These are so pretty! I love your cards with these beautiful tulip bouquets! Great color combos!
Fantastic cards. I am especially amazed at your 2nd yellow card and would love to see a video of you coloring it! So bright and cheerful.
Your cards are gorgeous, as usual!! That second one though….so sunny and happy! Delish!!
What a fun contrast between your two cards. One very artsy and the other bright and skillfully designed. Great job featuring this new set.
love how you turned and trimmed your image to get a new look. WOW
I never would have thought to use yellow as a background for an image I was going to color. Beautiful sunny card and I also love the exuberance of the first card with all the splattering.
Beautiful colors on the first card, great design on the second card!
Gorgeous colors! I absolutely love the background and splatter technique. Love it!
OMG Jenny! I thought the first card was the bomb and then I saw the second one!!! Are you kidding me??? GORGEOUS
The yellow & orange card is gorgeous! Thanks for sharing.
Gotta try the heat embossing…
Spectacular cards! Both are great! I especially like the second card with the yellow background. Fantastic tulips!
Well I would never have thought that was yellow cardstock for your second card! That turned out wonderful! I will have to try that sometime!
I like both cards but especially like the second one with the partial cutting and partial stamped images. It looks stunning on a background of yellow card ~ Stef
Beautiful cards. Absolutely love the second card. Thanks for sharing
I really like the second yellow one. Great set ideas.
Your cards are lovely! I love the splatters on the first card and the yellow one is so bright and cheerful!
Such beauty! Love the platinum embossing and the vibrant yellow with the orange blossoms!! Gorgeous!
Gorgeous cards. I so love the colors (hopefully some day I’ll be brae enough to try “splatters” — they are so amazing on that first card).
Love your card colors and layout. Just a nice group of colors highlighting this set. Also like the extra tools in the release. Great helpers in getting that stamp ready to create.
Both cards are so lovely & the sunshine background on the second one is unusual & so pretty Love them both!
I love the paint splatters on the first card and that fussy cutting on the second.
I never think to color on colored card stock. I have to give it a go.
So beautifully done. Great Inspiration.
Both cards are pretty but the one on coloured card stock is absolutely stunning. Wow!!!
Oh I love the splatters, and that yellow background is amazing!