Hi, crafty friends! Today I have a cute, colorful watercolor card that I created with the Cake Love stamp set from Altenew. This time I brought my stamped background to the next level by stamping several words on the background and adding black dots between the images.
I started by stamping the images from the Cake Love stamp set with Hero Arts intense black ink on a A2 size Strathmore watercolor paper. Then I stamped the words from the Layered Letters AFG stamp set and the holly berries images from the Vintage Teacup stamp set to fill in the gap.
Next, I colored my images with ZIG Clean Color Real brush pens using Tim Holtz water brush. I didn’t put too much effort on coloring/shading but just let the water do most of the work.
I stamped the sentiment from the Sentiments & Quotes stamp set with watermark ink, heat embossed with Pure White Crisp embossing powder on a piece of black cardstock, and mounted my sentiment banner on the card front using 3M foam tape.
I finished off my card by adding some black dots between the images using a black marker from the Artist Markers Set A. If you are following me, you may already know that I’m kind of obsessed with black dots lately. Haha!
Giveaway
I’m giving away a prize pack of stamps and dies valued at over $50. Leave a comment below telling me about your crafty wishlist. I’ll announce one lucky winner on Friday, July 21st.
Altenew Promotion
Receive a FREE Enamel Dots when you order the Reflection Scrapbook Collection now through 7/18/2017 at 11:59 PM EDT. The free gift will be added to cart automatically.
That’s all for today. Hope you enjoyed my card. Thank you so much for stopping by. Have a fabulous weekend!
Supplies
I have listed the supplies I used below. I participate in several affiliate programs including Simon Says Stamp(SSS), Ellen Hutson(EH) , Altenew(AN), and Hero Arts(HA). Compensated affiliate links may be used at no cost to you where possible. Thank you so much for your support.
 Altenew Layered Letters AFG Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Cake Love Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Vintage Teacup Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Sentiments & Quotes Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Pure White Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Mini MISTI Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS | AZ | EH |
 Tim Holtz Tonic Paper Trimmer Shop at: SSS | AZ | EH |
 Wagner Embossing Tool Gun Shop at: SSS | HA | EH |
 Inkadinkado Embossing Magic Powder Bag Shop at: SSS | EH |
 ZIG Clean Color Real Brush 36 Set Shop at: SSS | AZ | EH |
 Neenah Solar White Cardstock 80LB Shop at: SSS | EH |
 Uni-Ball White Gel Pen Shop at: SSS | EH |
 Altenew Jet Black Cardstock Shop at: AN |
 Teflon Bone Folder Shop at: SSS | EH |
 Martha Stewart Mini Scoring Board Shop at: SSS | EH |
 Altenew Artist Markers Set A Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 3M Foam Tape 1/2 Inch Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Altenew Glue Tape Shop at: SSS | AN |
 Strathmore watercolor paper Shop at: SSS | EH |
 Tim Holtz Water Brush Shop at: SSS | EH |
Gemma C
Beautiful card! My wish list is as long as my arm! I’d love more dies for my stamp sets and a larger Misti
Jul . 16 . 2017Sindhu
Beautiful card….Tonic paper trimmer, MISTI,Altenew stamp set and Distress oxide are in my wish list….Thanks for giving the chance to win…
Jul . 16 . 2017kristinasartcorner
My wish list is long but No1 are oxide inks. I must have. No2 more Zig Clen Color Real brush (I have 24). No3 more Nuvo Crystal Drops (I just have 6).Thank you for Amazing giveaway!!
Jul . 16 . 2017Kathy H
I have a pretty big wish list too including stamps and watercolors. There are dozens of techniques to try!
Jul . 16 . 2017Katrina
My wish list is super long… I want to get Daniel smith watercolor, distress oxide, derwent watercolor pencil, MFT ink pads. I also want lots of stamps from Altenew, MFT, honey bee… Never ending, haha.
Jul . 16 . 2017Maggie B
Hi May ~ Love your card!! My crafty wish list seems to be never ending…lol. I love the look of layered stamps and am just starting to be brave enough to give them a try. Thanks for the inspiration. ~HUGS~
Jul . 16 . 2017#kindnessmatters
Farida
Beautiful card! Love the added words on the background, it makes the card so classy and cas! On my wishlist in general is the Tim Holtz stamping platform but I’m anxiously waiting for the new Altenew release, especially the inks! Also hoping that the inline letters die set comes back in stock soon 🙂
Jul . 16 . 2017Kassi
Love your card! On my wish list is good colored pencils and more alcohol markers
Jul . 16 . 2017Christine Piechura
Thank you for the giveaway May, great idea. My crafty list includes the new bundle of distress oxide from Ranger. Also on my list is the new release from Altenew, I would like a couple of flowers at least, it depends on my bank account when they do the release.
Jul . 16 . 2017Laura Johnston
Lovely card! Thank you for the giveaway! My crafty wishlist includes the Misti additional tools & more copic markers! Cheers!
Jul . 16 . 2017Renee
My crafty wishlist has nothing on it right now. I’ve been blessed with an abundance of things plus got two packages in the mail this weekend ❤️❤️
Jul . 16 . 2017Oksana
Thank you for the opportunity to win these goodies! Stamps are always on my wishlist but but also a big shot so I can finally start using dies…
Jul . 16 . 2017suzettemariet
Your cards is Adorable!!!! My crafty wishlist always includes stamps and inkpads (like I need more). Thanks for your inspiration.
Jul . 16 . 2017Stacey
Stamps that are always on my wish list include food, flowers and dogs
Jul . 16 . 2017Yukiko Sugiyama
Beautiful card!!!! I love your coloring!!!
Jul . 16 . 2017My wishlist is pretty long, but top one is inks!
I want to collect all the inks from Altenew!
I used some mini ones, and they were so good!!!
zsokamarko
I finally treated myself to a Cuttlebug, so now on my wishlist there’s mostly dies! Any dies really but I love florals. And a Misti bc I hardly ever get anything right for the first time 😢. Thanks so much for the opportunity! X
Jul . 16 . 2017Karen
My crafty wishlist has the Altenew Iris stamp and die set that I am patiently waiting to be back in stock !! Does it still mean you are patient if you check daily and are also on the email alert list? 😂
Jul . 16 . 2017Your cards are lovely.
Lisa Green
I’ve been going overboard treating myself lately to so many of the new releases (my wallet is taking a big hit!) but there’s always more on the wish list as every amazing company seems to be releasing more and more fabulous stamp sets every time I blink! I’d love to have The Ton’s new mermaid stamps, quite a few of the Under the Sea stamps & dies by HoneyBee that I didn’t add to my cart when I placed my recent order with them, and I haven’t looked too closely at the latest from Altenew because I didn’t want to get tempted – I’m sure there are quite a few items in their collection I’d love to have, including their gorgeous inks!
Thanks so much for doing this great giveaway – and I just love your creations!
Jul . 16 . 2017Yvonne m
You always have such amazing cards! My wishlist would include fun sentiments and copic markers. I would also love an organized craft room 🙂
Jul . 16 . 2017Trina P.
Beautiful card and colouring. My wish list is endless because majority of the craft companies keep coming out with amazing new releases each month! I’m always adding stamps with matching dies to my list. It bugs me when there is not a matching die offered. 😂
Jul . 16 . 2017Haejin
My crafty wish list is full of floral stamp sets and watercolors, cuz you can’t have enough color, right?? 🙂 Love this card, btw! So clean and simple and beautiful! The black dots are so uniform!
Jul . 16 . 2017Crystal Thompson
Love it May! I recently bought some altenew inks and it’s on my wish list to finish buying all of them!
Jul . 16 . 2017Trissa
I love your sense of style! What a great card! My wishlist always includes flowers and critters. And interesting and fun sentiments!
Jul . 16 . 2017Jennifer Archambault
The colors you used just make that card ‘pop’!
Jul . 16 . 2017My wish list is long, but at the moment some new embellishments and a new set of markers to replace my 15 yr old set are at the top of my list! Having a hard time deciding which brand is best. Zig or Altenew? Do you have a favorite?
Juli
It’s so kind of you to a giveaway of crafting supplies 🙂 my wish list always consists of flowers!! I love water coloring flowers, it’s definitely my way to relax!
Jul . 16 . 2017