Hello, and welcome to the Altenew & Tombow USA collaboration blog hop! If you came from the amazing Therese’s blog, you are right on track! Today the design team girls are sharing some fabulous projects using both Altenew and Tombow USA products, and here is what I came up with:
I love creating my own stamped background and I went further this time to achieve a gallery style look. Instead of stamping the images directly on my card base, I watercolored and popped up my images on the card front.
I used Tombow Dual Brush Pens to watercolor my images and I spend less than 10 minutes watercoloring. You’ll see how easy and quick watercoloring can be in my video. You can watch it below or on my YouTube channel.
How to Make a Watercolor Card using Tombow Dual Brush Pens
- Stamp the images from Garden Grow stamp set with with black ink on some watercolor paper. (Make sure to use waterproof ink for watercolors. Or you can heat emboss the images with white/clear embossing powder.)
- Watercolor the images with Tombow Dual Brush Pen Set : Primary. (I tried to color loosely and not to overcolor the images.)
- Die cut the watercolored images with Garden Grow die set.
- Die cut the frame out of Woodgrain White cardstock using Scallop Frame Die and adhere it on the A2 size top folding card using foam tape. (I also used Woodgrain White cardstock for my card base.)
- Stamp the sentiments from the same set and mount the die cut images inside the frame using foam tape.
Giveaways
- There are TWO $30 Tombow USA prize packs and TWO $30 Altenew gift certificates up for grabs. Winners will be picked randomly from the comments left on any of the blogs listed below. Please leave your comments by Friday, June 3rd and winners will be announced on the Altenew and Tombow USA blogs on Saturday, June 4th.
- And there is more! I have a $15 Altenew gift certificate to give away to one winner. Leave a comment below and I will announce the lucky winner in this post on Saturday, June 4th.
It is now time to head on over to the talented Cynthia’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!
Tombow USA
Altenew
Jennie Garcia
Serena Bee
Marika Rahtu
Smitha Katti
Therese Calvird
May Sukyong Park (you’re here!)
Cynthia Banessa
Agnieszka Malyszek
Lauren Fitzmaurice
Sveta Fotinia
Beth Watson
Amy Gray
Anna Kossakovskaya
Giveaway Winner (Edited to add)
Congratulations, Denise! Please email Altenew at winner@altenew.com to claim your prize with a subject line : May 2016 Collaboration blog hop winner from May’s Blog.
maria f.
Just love when you make this kind of card. I could watch you for hours. (your music is great too)
May . 31 . 2016cmayne
Your collection of garden images has me smiling, especially as I absolutely love to garden! I have a handful of Tombow markers (and an ever-expanding wishlist of both markers and Altenew products!), so I’ll definitely be taking a cue from you and trying your technique! Thank you for the marvelous inspiration!
May . 31 . 2016~carol
Sandra Bannert
What a fun card 😀 Kinda different. Thanks for sharing <3
May . 31 . 2016Laura Greig
LOVE your card!
May . 31 . 2016KraftyChick
Love how you used all the smaller stamps – I never know the best way to showcase them – TFS!
May . 31 . 2016Chelsea Cooper
great watercoloring! I would never know it wasn’t pre-printed!
May . 31 . 2016lostinpaper
I bow in awe, you have truly made this stamp set shine (again). Thanks for the inspiration and all the hard work, this hop was a complete success and I am loving all the fabulous projects (and videos / instructions) along the way!
May . 30 . 2016Video : Altenew and Tombow Collab Blog Hop & Giveaway! | Lostinpaper
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May . 30 . 2016Sandy Small
Nice watercoloring! Love the colors!
May . 30 . 2016Sue D
Very cute–love the garden theme.
May . 30 . 2016Clelie
A fun and lovely card.
May . 30 . 2016Sharon Gabel
I should do this card with gardening theme… My DH is an avid gardener.
May . 30 . 2016Helen Gullett
What a pretty card and great watercoloring technique with Tombo markers. Thank you for sharing it 🙂
May . 30 . 2016Nana Griffin
A cute idea for this set and the tombo markers.
May . 30 . 2016Marianne
So sweet! Love how you framed all of your popped up elements.
May . 30 . 2016Christine
Super cute card….Spring is just around the corner .Loving the look that everyone is achieving with these Tombow pens.
May . 30 . 2016Kristina Song
Sweet card! Great design for using lots of little stamps.
May . 30 . 2016Joan M
I just love those garden grow stamps. What a cute card!
May . 30 . 2016Jeannie H
Love the look you achieved with the pens. Your coloring is beautiful.
May . 29 . 2016Laura B
I always love your cards and today’s card is no exception. Very cute.
May . 29 . 2016Kathy Britain
Cute card! Thank you for sharing!
May . 29 . 2016Teresa Doyle
What a great set and May, what you’ve done with it is just amazing! TFS!
May . 29 . 2016Marsha S.
Fabulous card! Love the layout!
May . 29 . 2016Carol Mc
Your card is adorable. Love the coloring and images.
May . 29 . 2016Andrea Shell
Beautiful coloring!
May . 29 . 2016