Hello, and welcome to the Altenew May 2017 Release Blog Hop! If you came from the amazing Joni Andaya’s blog, you are right on track! Today the design team girls and guests are sharing some fabulous projects to celebrate a release of stamps, dies, and embossing powders.
I created a one layer card featuring new stamp sets from Altenew: Enchanted Iris and Crafty Friends. These flowers are a delight to color with any medium, and I decided to color them with my favorite watercolors: Mijello Mission Gold watercolor set.
I’ve felt intimidated by no-line watercoloring for a while, and I accidentally tried no-line watercoloring for today’s project. You can watch my happy accident in my video tutorial below. 🙂
It took me about two hours to watercolor entire images. Of course I had so much fun watercoloring. Don’t you just love those paint splatters? I just love the beauty of randomness.
By the way, I made this card for my super talented friend, Debby Hughes. She taught me how to watercolor florals while we were on the craft retreat last month. Since then I became more confident with watercoloring.
I stamped the sentiments from the Crafty Friends stamp set. That’s exactly what I wanted to say to Debby.
Video
I made a video tutorial to show you how to create my card using the Enchanted Iris and Crafty Friends stamp sets. I’m also sharing an overview of Altenew’s new products and some watercoloring tips in the video you won’t want to miss. You can watch it below or on my YouTube channel:
Watercolor Card using Altenew Stamps and Mijello Mission Gold Watercolors
- Cut down Arches cold press watercolor paper slightly larger than A2 card size using Tim Holtz paper trimmer.
- Prep the watercolor paper with the EK Success Embossing Powder Tool to prevent any stray powder from sticking to unwanted areas.
- Stamp the flowers and leaves from the Enchanted Iris stamp set on the watercolor paper with Versamark Watermark Ink.
- Color the images with Mijello Mission Gold watercolor set. (I created a gentle gradient by starting with intense colors first with less water and then using a paint brush wet with clean water to diffuse the color. If you make a mistake with your watercolors, you can fix it by adding some clean water on the paper and picking up the colors with the paper towel or paintbrush.)
- Cover the images with scrap paper and add paint splatters over the background.
- Stamp the sentiments from the Crafty Friends stamp set with Altenew Crisp black ink.
- Mount the watercolor panel on the A2 sized folding card using double sided tape.
I also created a clean and simple card using the Layered Letters AFG stamp set. You can mix and match the letters and sentiments for endless possibilities.
I couldn’t stop playing with the Layered Letters AFG stamp set and ended up making more than 40 mini cards. Hehe..
These are new stamp sets from Altenew May 2017 release. Make sure to visit the Altenew store HERE to check out the rest of awesome new products.
Giveaways: There are two ways to win!
- To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to THREE lucky winners. Leave a comment on the Altenew blog by Thursday, June 1st at 11:59 pm EDT for a chance to win.
- And there is more! I have a $30 Altenew gift certificate to give away. Leave a comment below, telling me what’s your favorite stamp set from Altenew May 2017 release. I will announce one lucky winner on Thursday, June 1st. Good luck!
Facebook Giveaway
- I’m giving away the Crafty Friends stamp set on my Facebook page. The lucky winner will receive one Crafty Friends stamp set and some crafty goodies. Enter HERE by June 1st.
Blog Hop
It is now time to head on over to the fantastic Lydia’s blog to see what creation she has to inspire you all. Thanks so much for stopping by today. Happy hopping!
Supplies
I have listed the supplies I used below. I participate in several affiliate programs including Simon Says Stamp(SSS), Ellen Hutson(EH) and Altenew(AN). It means I get a small commission at no additional cost to you when products are purchased through links I share here. Thank you for your support.
 Altenew Enchanted Irs Stamp Set Shop at: AN |
 Altenew Crafty Friends Stamp Set Shop at: AN |
 Arches Cold Pressed Watercolor Pad Shop at: SSS | AZ | EH |
 Tim Holtz Tonic Paper Trimmer Shop at: SSS | AZ | EH |
 Versamark Watermark Ink Shop at: SSS | HA | EH |
 Mijello Mission Gold Watercolor Set Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Altenew Jet Black Ink Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Dahle Self-Healing Cutting Mat 18×12 Shop at: SSS | EH |
 Be Creative Double Sided Tape Shop at: SSS | EH |
 Silver Black Velvet Brush #2 Round Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah Solar White Cardstock 80LB Shop at: SSS | EH |
 Hero Arts Blush Mix Layering Papers Shop at: SSS | HA | EH |
 Teflon Bone Folder Shop at: SSS | EH |
 Hero Arts Acrylic Block Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Absorber Cleaning Cloth Shop at: AZ |
 Altenew Layered Letters AFG Stamp Set Shop at: AN |
 Altenew Crisp Dye Inks Shop at: SSS | AN |
 Mini MISTI Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS | AZ | EH |
Tim Holtz Tonic Paper Trimmer Shop at: SSS | AZ | EH |
Altenew Jet Black Ink Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
Dahle Self-Healing Cutting Mat 18×12 Shop at: SSS | EH |
Absorber Cleaning Cloth Shop at: AZ |
 Altenew Moonrock Cardstock Shop at: AN |
Haley Dyer
Your card is gorgeous! Thank you for the video showing your technique. I really want to try this out myself now.
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Jul . 13 . 2017Carolyne Thrasher
Gorgeous!
Jun . 23 . 2017Vicki
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Jun . 09 . 2017Dawn Becker
The iris watercoloring is just beautiful!!
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Jun . 05 . 2017Lurdez Castello
Beautiful creations.
Jun . 01 . 2017Farhana S
Beautiful cards!
Jun . 01 . 2017Kanan Pandya
Gorgeous card and love the video!! Wonderful coloring. 🙂
Jun . 01 . 2017nancy f
what a beautiful card. I too have hesitated with the no line watercoloring technique. Now I will give it a whirl… Thanks for sharing
Jun . 01 . 2017Karen
The enchanted iris is amazing! I love the crafty friends sentiments too, but irises are mesmerizing 😊
May . 31 . 2017Diane Maki
You inspire me! Thanks for sharing.
May . 31 . 2017Janet F.
Love your watercoloring!
May . 31 . 2017Cynthia Koop
I really love the Iris card you watercolored. The paint splatters make a great compliment to the design.
May . 31 . 2017Jennifer Archambault
I’ve got to say that your Iris the Enchanted Iris stamp set has got to be my favorite. So beautiful and elegant!
May . 31 . 2017Ivette Bello
Your no line water color. Wow!
May . 31 . 2017Maria B
Lovely iris. Good job with watercolor shading.
May . 31 . 2017CraftyNatalie
Beautiful creations, so pretty.
May . 31 . 2017Stefanie White
Beautiful card. I’m very interested in your watercoloring journey as I’m on mine at the same time! My favorite stamp is the argyle background and I live the plaid die cuts and embossing powders too!!
May . 30 . 2017Sarah Greber
I will have to watch your video because the no-line watercoloring is intimidating to me, too! I think yours turned out beautifully!
May . 30 . 2017Kim M Jacobs
Amazing watercolor design. Thanx for sharing
May . 30 . 2017Teresa Godines
Your flower card is stunning. Love your color choice and the splatter background. TFS
May . 30 . 2017Lisa A creations
Cute cards! I like the ones with the alphabet letters. Very clever!
May . 30 . 2017Gail Plaskiewicz
Your Iris is so pretty! It almost looks real! I love the colors! I didn’t realize you did it in water colors until I read it more carefully. I want to learn to do that. I have some beautiful watercolors that I love to use. I wasn’t so sure about the stamp set with the alphabet, I wasn’t sure if I liked it. However, I like what you did with it so I have decided I do like that set. Thanks for showing us all your cards and for giving us a chance to win something. I want that Iris stamp!
May . 29 . 2017