Hello, and welcome to the Celebrating Parents card drive blog hop. If you came from the amazing Aga’s blog, you are right on track! Today the design team girls are sharing some fabulous projects using new stamps to support seniors who are in nursing homes or shelters.
Altenew is donating 20% of all profits from these stamp sets to support seniors. You can find more details about the card drive HERE and I hope you can join this great cause by sending handmade cards.
I created a Father’s Day card using the Best Dad stamp set. While I was making this card, I wished I could send it to my dad. It’s been 12 years since he died unexpectedly. I wasn’t close to my dad at all and I wasn’t a sweet daughter either which I deeply regret.
Since I’m into watercoloring these days, I decided to go out of my comfort zone by trying new watercolor medium which is Tim Holtz Distress Inks.
To be honest, I almost gave up and went for Copic coloring. But I’m glad that I stuck with watercoloring until I finished my card. That doesn’t mean that I love how it turned out, though.
I made a video tutorial to show you how I created my watercolor card. You can watch the video here or in HD on YouTube:
Giveaways: There are two ways to win!
- Altenew is giving away TWO $50 gift certificates to the Altenew store. Please leave a comment on the Altenew blog by Friday April 8th for a chance to win.
- And there is more! I have a gift certificate to give away for one winner: $30 gift certificate to Altenew. Please leave a comment below, telling me your best memory of your father. I will announce the winner in this post on Sunday, April 10. Good luck!
It is now time to head on over to the talented Lydia’s blog to see what creation she has to inspire you all. I am sure she has something amazing made up. Thanks so much for stopping by. Happy hopping!
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- Yana Smakula
- Agnieszka Malyszek
- May Sukyong Park (you’re here!)
- Lydia Evans
- Nicole Picadura
- Sveta Fotinia
Giveaway Winner (Edited to add)
Congratulations, Kathy! Please email Altenew at winner@altenew.com to claim your prize with a subject line : Celebrating Parents Card Drive Blog Hop Winner from May’s Blog.
Susan
Lovely cards!
Apr . 11 . 2016TracyM #6773
CONGRATULATIONS Kathy 🙂
Apr . 11 . 2016Myra
That was a lot of work and effort. You are very talented.
Apr . 10 . 2016Joyce B.
Some of my best memories are when we would go motor cycle riding together. He had two motor cycles and when I would come home for a visit we would hop on the two of them and go riding together. I loved it.
Apr . 10 . 2016Great card. I would have been proud to be able to give him a card like the one you make.
Sue D.
Great card and video. These images are great, and love how you created the overall background with them. Thanks!
Apr . 09 . 2016Larissa Heskett
WOWOWOWOWWOWOWOW!! SO FUN!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Design!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!! =)
Apr . 09 . 2016Mary Wong
Very cute card. Thanks for sharing your creation with us.
Apr . 08 . 2016Kate B
This is a fantastic card – great layout and coloring!!
Apr . 08 . 2016Gaylynn
May, this is awesome. I like how you combined multiple images and colored them so perfectly.
Apr . 08 . 2016Miriam Prantner
I love when you create stamped backgrounds! Everything fits so perfectly!
Apr . 07 . 2016Brenda
Love the distress ink watercoloring!
Apr . 07 . 2016Daria Z.
What a fun Father’s Day card!
Apr . 07 . 2016Ma. Cristina Merino Frias
Beautiful card with a great technique, my father is a great cheff and I always remember his nice cuisine and the way I learn how to cook watching at him. Thanks Dad!!
Apr . 07 . 2016Kris in Alaska
Such a fun card! My dad was the best gardener and I learned a lot from watching him grow tomatoes!
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Apr . 07 . 2016hasanamna
Its so wonderful to see how everyone has a totally different style and how you can create a different look with the stamp set. Love your cards and your videos! thank you so much for all the inspiration!
Apr . 07 . 2016Gail B
Wonderfully, fun card! So colorful and bright! Love the watercolor! Great job! Luckily, my dad is still in good health at 86. Some of my best memories are our summer and weekend camping trips while growing up.
Apr . 06 . 2016Pat eifert
What a fun card!! Love how you stamped all around the card ..Great background for your sentiment!!
Apr . 06 . 2016craftychark
beautiful stamping, looks like patterned paper!
Apr . 06 . 2016Carol McGregor
Love your Father’s Day card. You did a great job with the painting. Thanks for sharing.
Apr . 06 . 2016jlingraham
More is better in your background. So nicely done.
Apr . 06 . 2016Joni M
I ADORE the background design! You are just so CLEVER! Great card!
Apr . 06 . 2016Charity Chamberlain
Love, love, love! The watercoloring is so fantastic!
Apr . 06 . 2016Kathy Mc
Love your masculine collage, May, and for such a good cause! So sorry you’re dealing with regrets but know there are lots of people in this world that don’t/didn’t have a good relationship with their parent(s). Both of mine lost their cancer battles years ago, and I miss them every day. My Dad will always be remembered for his delicious Tom and Jerry’s at Christmastime and his campground cooking on his specially-made gas stove. So glad are seniors will be the happy recipients of this drive!
Apr . 06 . 2016May Park
Hi Kathy, you won a $30 gift certificate to the Altenew store. Please email Altenew at winner@altenew.com to claim your prize with a subject line : Celebrating Parents Card Drive Blog Hop Winner from May’s Blog. Congratulations!
Apr . 11 . 2016Rosemary D
what a wonderful father’s day card! I lost my dad unexpectedly 26 years ago… still miss him! some of my favorite memories of my dad are all the jokes and funny things he used to say!
Apr . 06 . 2016