Hello, and welcome to the Altenew May 2016 Blog Hop! If you came from the uber talented Lydia’s blog, you are right on track! Today the design team girls are sharing some fabulous projects to celebrate the release of new products: 16 stamp sets and 10 dies.
I’ve designed Spring Daisy and Lotus for the Altenew May release, inspired by the photos my older brother took in South Korea. He takes really beautiful photos like a professional photographer. 🙂 Anyway I can’t wait to see what you’ll create with my new stamp sets.
I created a bright watercolor card using Spring Daisy and Halftone Smile along with coordinating dies. I spent almost whole day to complete this card from brainstorming and sketching out the designs to testing out the cards. I really hope you love what I came up with.
I made a video tutorial to show you how to make this watercolor card from start to finish. I also filmed a behind the scenes video you don’t want to miss, inspired by Yana’s video. 🙂 You can watch it below or on my YouTube channel. Hope you find it helpful.
How to Make a Watercolor Card using Gold Embossed Images
- Stamp the images from Spring Daisy stamp set with VersaMark watermark ink on a piece of Arches cold pressed watercolor paper.
- Heat emboss the images using gold embossing powder. (If you are new to this technique, check out the Heat Embossing Technique Tips and Tricks HERE.)
- Watercolor the images with Mijello Misson Gold 36 watercolor set. (Before brining in color, wet your watercolor paper first with water. Use paper towel to remove the pigment between adding more colors. Let the paint dry with a heat tool before adding more colors to the images.)
- Die cut the flowers and leaves using Spring Daisy die set.
- Stamp ‘Smile’ from Halftone Smile stamp set with watermark ink, heat emboss it using gold embossing powder, die cut it with coordinating die.
- Adhere the die cut images and word on the card front using foam tape. (I used Woodgrain white cardstock for card base.)
- Heat emboss the sentiment from Halftone Smile with white embossing powder on a piece of Dark Chocolate cardstock.
- Finish off the card by adding some clear droplets from Pretty Pink Posh.
Giveaways: There are two ways to win!
- To celebrate this release, Altenew will draw three winners who will each receive a $50 gift certificate to the Altenew store. Please leave a comment on the Altenew blog by
Thursday, May 19, 11:59pm EST for a chance to win.
- And there is more! I have a gift certificates to give away a for $30 gift certificate to one winner. Leave a comment below and tell me what your desk or craft space look like at the moment. (If you watch my video above, you’ll know why I’m asking this question.) I will announce the lucky winner in this post on Friday, May 20th. Good luck!
It is now time to head on over to the amazing Nicole’s blog to see what creation she has to inspire you all. All the release products are now available for purchase in the Altenew online store. Thanks so much for stopping by today. Happy hopping!
Altenew Blog
Agnieszka Malyszek
Amy Gray
Anna Kossakovskaya
Lydia Evans
May Sukyong Park (you’re here!)
Nicole Picadura
Svitlana Shayevich
Sveta Fotinia
Therese Calvird
Yana Smakula
Giveaway Winner (Edited)
Congratulations, Sue! Please email Altenew at winner@altenew.com to claim your prize with a subject line : June 2016 blog hop winner from May’s Blog.
Supplies
 Be Creative Double Sided Tape Shop at: SSS |
 Mini MISTI Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS |
 Arches Cold Pressed Watercolor Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Silver Black Velvet Brush Shop at: SSS |
 Tim Holtz Tonic Paper Trimmer Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Embossing Gun Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Versamark Watermark Ink Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Ranger Multi Medium Matte Shop at: SSS |
 3M Foam Tape Shop at: SSS |
 Ranger Embossing Powder Super Fine White Shop at: SSS |
 Pretty Pink Posh Clear Droplets Shop at: SSS |
 Altenew Spring Daisy Stamp Set Shop at: SSS |
 Altenew Halftone Smile Stamp Set Shop at: SSS |
 Altenew Halftone Smile Die Shop at: SSS |
 Altenew Spring Daisy Die Set Shop at: SSS |
 Ranger Embossing Powder Super Fine Gold Shop at: SSS |
 Mijello Mission Gold Watercolor Set 36 Colors Shop at: SSS |
 Altenew Woodgrain White Cardstock Shop at: AN |
 Altenew Dark Chocolate Cardstock Shop at: AN |
 Fiskars Compact Staming Press Shop at: SSS |
 Inkadinkado Embossing Magic Powder Bag Shop at: SSS |
 Cuttlebug Die-Cut Machine Shop at: SSS |
 EK Success Craft Twezzers Shop at: SSS |
Jill M Belina
Gorgeous cards! Love the colors! Thanks for sharing!
May . 16 . 2016Pamela
Thanks for your inspiration.
May . 16 . 2016Claudia M.
Beautiful card! I love both of the sets that you designed. Lotus is my favorite set in this release. 🙂
May . 16 . 2016lynnhardy56
I really enjoyed watching your video and love your pretty watercoloured card! I can’t wait to get the daisy stamp set now!
May . 16 . 2016knottedscraps
I loveeeee your card! And I’m so happy Coz I bought the same set ^_^v
May . 16 . 2016Sandy Small
Great card! Love the colors and the daisy stamp set!
May . 16 . 2016Linda
Beautiful stamp sets and gorgeous cards,
May . 16 . 2016dawnnz
Fabulous, loved the video May and I’m happy to say that my desk looks like that all the time when I’m creating too. Just wish my finished projects looked as good as yours.
May . 16 . 2016Lori Danieski-Bellotti
So beautiful as always…thanks for sharing
May . 16 . 2016Adrienne
Love it. The colors are beautiful together. I think you did a wonderful job.
May . 16 . 2016karteach
I love to watercolor these flowers.
May . 16 . 2016ar0se4u2
Beautiful card. THIS Halftone Smile is definitely on my wish list.
May . 16 . 2016Aimee
Beautiful!!. Absolutely beautiful!!. Love the bright colors used for flowers!!!. Nice and bright and spring like!! Made me smile
May . 16 . 2016Robyn I
Such beautiful stamp sets — lovely work, May! I love how you colored these too.
May . 16 . 2016Daria Z.
Love these two new sets you created, May! And the card you made is so bright and happy!
May . 16 . 2016Marilyn
Thank you so much for the awesome video and your comments.
May . 16 . 2016Mary-Anne V.
Gorgeous blooms I love the colors. I especially love the gold embossing on this card so so pretty.
May . 16 . 2016Izzy Scrap
What a gorgeous card May ! For the moment my craft space is abnormally tidy (we had some friends at home this WE 😉 ), but in general when I start a new project it becomes very quickly a real mess !
May . 16 . 2016Ana S
Lovely colors and so beautiful cards. And my craft room at the moment is tidy. YEEEE. Not super tidy, but better then most of the days. 🙂
May . 16 . 2016MarjR
I love your card. The video was great. And as for my craft space–I’m in the process of rearranging and sorting my craft supplies, and my craft table is too full to work on, so I’m using half of the dining room table right now, and it’s pretty messy when I’m making cards (the whole table). When it is time to eat, I layer the supplies on other supplies on half of the table, so there is room for the food!
May . 16 . 2016bethholt4
Beautiful card! I love your videos – thank you for taking the time to film, edit and upload these. I really look forward to them.
May . 16 . 2016TracyM #6773
CONGRATULATIONS May, your stamps are BEAUTIFUL, your card is too!!!
May . 16 . 2016LOVE your inky flowers and really appreciate your tutorial, I have SO MUCH to learn about watercolours!!!
THANK YOU for sharing your INKY AWESOMENESS and CREATIVE INSPIRATION 🙂
PS – my crafty space is our dining table, so at the moment it is looking clean & tidy … a few hours ago was a completely different story, it was smothered with cardstock, inks, glues, glitter, dies, punches and more!!! It was great to see your space and WONDERFUL to hear you mention your husband. I think mine is tuned the same as yours when it comes to crafty feedback 🙂
raggiodiluce82
2 comment. Unfortunely, I haven’t a craft room at the moment so I use to create my cards on my table in the living room.
May . 16 . 2016Rahmat
Vibrant card with gorgeous blooms May!
May . 16 . 2016Renee VanEpps
My desk is very much like yours, so you’re definitely not the only one! I really loved the video, and your beautiful card!!!!
May . 16 . 2016