Hello and welcome to my stop on the Altenew 4th Anniversary Blog Hop! We’re so glad you’re here! I have a super fun card and a video to share with you, so let’s hop to it!
As soon as I was invited to join in the hop I just knew what stamp to use — the Stunning Cosmos set! It has such pretty flowers and a beautiful Happy Anniversary message, too! It’s a 6×8″ set of stamping goodness — check it out:
I paired it with Altenew’s Happy Blooms set and I used their new watercolors directly on the stamp to “ink” them up. I just may have gotten a little carried away making flowers — I was having way too much fun! :)
Here’s a quick video so you can see how it’s done — I just love this soft watercolor look! Watch below or over on YouTube.
Here are the key tips:
- Mist your watercolors about 10 minutes before you use them for this technique. They’ll form a thick paint so that you can apply them with your brush and they won’t be too wet. I used Altenew’s new watercolor set which will be coming soon, but any pan watercolors should work just fine. I’ve tried this technique with a set from the craft store and many others.
- Then as soon as you’ve stamped it, go over a few petals with a damp brush to pull some of the color out.
- Be sure to leave a little white space so that the flowers sparkle!
Annnnd here’s my finished card!
I used a pale pink cardstock to make my base card and then heat embossed the sentiment with rose gold — love that tone-on-tone look! To get the proper positioning I used my trusty MISTI tool like so:
Did you notice my fancy cutting? I trimmed off little bits of the petals and even the sequins for an unexpected touch.
Can’t wait to make another card with all those leftover flowers — I’m thinking I’ll get a head start on Mother’s Day since the Stunning Cosmos set has a sentiment for that too!
Special Offers & Prizes!
You can get FREE U.S. shipping with code HAPPY4TH or $5 OFF international shipping with code ANNIV at checkout. Offer valid from April 3rd until April 8th at 11:59 pm EDT. Not valid on prior purchases. Cannot be combined with other promo codes.
And that’s not all!
Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 5 lucky winners and one Altenew Academy class to 5 lucky winners. There are also 13 awesome companies/crafty friends who are celebrating with us, and they are offering so many awesome prizes! See the list at Altenew!
Hop On!
Your next stop on the hop is Galina Filippenko’s blog — just wait until you see what she’s made. Here’s the full list if you encounter a broken link or are just now joining us:
- Altenew
- Jennifer McGuire
- Ellen Hutson LLC
- Sandra Dietrich
- Virginia Lu
- Anna Komenda
- Lisa Spangler <– you are here
- Galina Filippenko
- Reiko Tsuchida
- Joni Andaya
- Scrapbook & Cards Today
- Yoonsun Hur
- Raquel Bowman
- Amy Tangerine
- Happy, happy anniversary, Altenew!! Here’s to many more! xoxo
Supplies
Note: [AN] links to the Altenew Shop and [EH] links to Ellen Hutson. These are my affiliate links so if you make a purchase by clicking the link I’ll receive a small commission at no charge to you!
- Altenew Stunning Cosmos Stamps [AN] | [EH]
- Altenew Stunning Cosmos Dies [AN] | [EH]
- Altenew Happy Bloom Stamps [AN] | [EH]
- Altenew Happy Bloom Dies [AN] | [EH]
- Altenew Watercolor Paint 36 Pan Set [EH]
- Altenew Embossing Ink [AN] | [EH]
- Altenew Crisp Rose Gold Embossing Powder [AN] | [EH]
- 6mm Cupped Metallic Rose Gold Sequins [EH]
- 4mm Cupped Metallic Rose Gold Sequins [EH]
- Pale Rose Cardstock [EH]
Love the bright watercolored flowers!
beautiful card Lisa! & i love all the bright, happy colors! Thanks for the video- i’ve never stamped with watercolors- can’t wait to try it!
This is a neat way to use water coloring with the stamps. Didn’t realize this would work so well. I’ll be trying this. Thanks
Love all the water colored flowers you created and then made that amazing card!!
thanks for a new way to color the stamps.
Will be trying this one.
The flowers are wonderful. I can
understand why you got carried away
and made so many – but you are prepared
for the next card you might need to make
in a hurry. thanks for sharing
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Beautiful card with gorgeous products. Congratulations to my favourite stamp company! I’m so glad I discovered Altenew early on with one of my all-time favourite stamp sets – Vintage Roses. Since then I have been stunned again and again by their beautiful products – especially their layering flowers. Here’s to many more happy years!
Such a pretty card. You made the watercolor technique look so easy even for a control freak like me! :) Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful idea to ink with watercolors.
Great ideas, thanks.
Fabulous happy and bright flowers!
Wow! Your card is lovely! I’m excited about Altenew’s watercolours!
What a cool technique – love how the flowers turned out! It’s a beautiful card!
You created a beautiful garden! Will have to try this technique. I’m not very good at watercoloring, but your tutorial made it look pretty easy. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing all these inspiring ideas and techniques!
Carol B
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very pretty water color technique – thank you for sharing.
Those flowers look amazing!
Love all your creativity!
Love the watercolor technique and your card is so beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
gorgeous card and terrific technique … thanks for the video tutorial
I have looked at this cosmos set over and over again wanting to buy it. You just gave me more reasons to want it.