Showing posts with label Altenew Beautiful Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Altenew Beautiful Day. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Playing Cards With a Friend!!!

Hello everyone!!

I am popping in some cards that I created on a virtual playdate with Michele from I Card Everyone. Michele and I picked a technique from a video by @lostinpaper, watercolor stamping, to try for making our cards. We also decided that we would use Altenew stamps because we both had a ton of them on hand.

For my first card, I used the stamp set Beautiful Day and Altenew watercolor pens (Fiesta) to create two cards. My first card I used first generation stamping and one of the layers of the large flower.


I chose to use purple and orange as my main colors for my card.


After stamping the colors, I stamped the black outlines. I then splashed some watered down acrylic paint and more watercolor onto the background. I actually used black acrylic paint on all my cards. Some I had a heavy hand in, some I  were more subtle.


On my second card, I used second generation stamping from the colors on my first card.



I actually like the lighter colors on this card than on my first card.


On my both my first and second cards, I finished off with sequins and gems.


For my second set of cards, I decided to try the same technique using the Build a Flower: Hyacinth and did the same technique using Distress Markers.


For my first card, I used two Seedless Preserves and Dusty Concord markers for my flowers, and Mowed Lawn for the stems.


I used Shaded Lilac Distress Stain and black acrylic paint on the background and surrounded the flower with a black frame die cut.


Dandelion Yellow Nuvo Crystal Drops were used for the middle of the flowers.

For my second card, again, I used second generation stamping for my flower.


I chose to make this card a little cleaner. I popped up a black sentiment strip with some foam adhesive.


I added some sequins around the sentiment to give it some presence.


For my third set of cards, I used Leaf Canopy and Oxide ink for this technique.


I stamped the leaves with Iced Spruce Oxide ink and then heat embossed it in silver.


I used an MFT background stamp for the stripes. I added some Speckled Egg Distress Oxide Spray over the front, as well as watered down black acrylic paint.


I added a die cut hugs and some silver glitter paper at the top.

For my second card, the leaves were stamped using the second generation of the first stamped card.


Again I used the MFT stripes background stamp in Iced Spruce and Speckled Egg Oxide Ink.


I added a blue butterfly that was in my stash to the front of this card.


I chose to add the silver glitter paper in the middle of the stripes at the top rather then where I placed it on the first card.


This was the last card I created using this technique. I loved trying this using all these different stamp mediums.

I am going to share my flower cards over at The Flower Challenge


I hope to play cards again with Michele another time this summer. It was so much fun stamping "virtually" with her and I would love to do it with someone else if anyone would like to do so. Be sure to pop in on her BLOG POST to see what she created!!

I thank you for taking the time for stopping by!!!


Sunday, April 22, 2018

Some Challenges

Happy Sunday!!

This weekend was just beautiful and had a chance to take two beautiful walks, each with a different friend. So much better on the waist then going out to eat.

I had a couple hours in the craft room yesterday and created a couple cards for some challenges. I decided that going forward I am going to try to make two cards when I get out a stamp set. I used the Altenew stamp set "Budding Thanks" for both of my cards.


I stamped the flowers with the Altenew "Shades of Purple" and "Green Fields" mini ink cubes on a white, top folding A2 card.



For the softer colored tulip, I used the Soft Lilac and Lavender Fields ink. The darker tulip was stamped with Lavender Fields and Midnight Violet.


I used a sentiment from Altenew's "Beautiful Day" stamp set in black. I could not photograph it but I covered the flowers with a clear sparkle pen and added some clear sequins.

I am entering the "Time Out Challenges: Spring," and the Altenew April 2018 Inspiration Challenge.


I used the same stamp set for my second card but instead of using just the purple shades, I used a combination of the "Rose Petal" mini cubes and "Tropical Forest" mini ink cubes. 


The left flower I used both the purple and rose colors. I originally stamped it with the pink BUT it was too light so I over-stamped it with the two lightest purples. For the purple flower I used "Midnight Violet" and "Deep Iris."


I stamped an Altenew sentiment from "Label Love" with black dye ink. I adhered it to the card with foam adhesive.


The last step was to adhere a few sequins around the sentiment.

This card was inspired by the CAS(E) this Sketch #268.


Well that is all for now. I thank you for taking the time to stop by. Have a FABULOUS night!!


Supplies:
(*affiliate links used, when possible, at no extra cost to you)
Stamps-Altenew *"Budding Thanks,"*"Beautiful Day," and *"Label Love"
Paper-Neenah Solar White
Ink-Altenew "Shades of Purple,"Tropical Forest,” and "Green Fields," Tsukineko "Onyx Black"
Other-*Ranger Ink Multi-Matte, Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Marker, 3L Scrapbook 3D Adhesive Foam Squares

Thursday, February 15, 2018

Happy Thursday and some MORE Valentine's Day!!

Hello everyone!! Happy Thursday. This week has been so looooonnnnng!! It felt like Friday on Tuesday!!

Today is my birthday and I am 49 years old. Blech. It is not the number that gets me but the wrinkles, the lack of eyesight AND the breaking down of my body that irritates me. Youth is wasted on the young!!

Anyway, I am posting some more of my Valentines that I made this year.


I used a mix of stuff that was on my desk for this card.


The flower is from Altnew's "Beautiful Day" and the sentiment is from I don't know-it was in the mix with leftovers I have!!

The next card I used scraps as well.


The pig is from LDRS designs and the sentiment is a retired Simon Says Stamp set.


I added a leftover heart from yesterday's post on his lap.


I used an MFT stamped pig on this card with a PaperTrey Ink sentiment.


The background paper is OLD Doodlebug Design that has been in my scraps FOREVER!!

Well, that is all for me today. Have a GREAT day!!


Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Split Coloring Cards

Hello everyone!! Today I am sharing four cards that I created using Jennifer McGuire's "Split Coloring" technique. When I saw this video I knew I had to try it. Making two cards out of one? Yes please!!

I created these cards a couple weeks ago but just never got around to posting them.

I actually pulled out some stamps that I have not used for both of these cards. The first one I used WPlus9's "Beautiful Bouquet: Dahlia" stamp set. Jennifer showed cards done landscape style but I did not have the beautiful stamp set she used so I made my first two cards portrait length.


I colored the blooms in with Copic Markers and used Stampin Up! "Coastal Cabana" (retired) card stock as the opposite panel to stamp in a similar colored ink.


The sentiment used on this card is from My Favorite Things "Deepest Sympathy" stamp set.


I highlighted the flower with a little Copic Opaque White and a paint brush.


This sentiment is from Altenew's "Beautiful Quotes" stamp set and is one of my favorite sentiment sets as of late.


I love the embossed gold with the card stock color too!!

My second two cards, I used Altenew's "Beautiful Day" stamp set and my MISTI to create a flower display landscape style. This was kind of a pain because I had to do a ton of masking. However, it was all worth it!!


I actually created the tag from this post AFTER I created these. I figured I would make a few more to give away as a set.


I chose to use the same color of card stock as the first set, as well as the same sentiments.


I did color the main flowers in a different color but chose to color the accent flowers in similar colors as the accent colors in my first two cards.


This was not only FUN to make but I got to practice my shading on the big flower. There are so many layers to it that it looks so cool in real life!!


I chose to use the same sentiments as the first cards to make it a bit easier on myself. It seems that I can never have too many sympathy cards in my stash. I guess that is the age I am at.

Well, that is all for today. I thank you for stopping by and taking a look. Have a FABULOUS day!




Supplies for Card #1 and #2:




Supplies for Card #3 and #4: