Altenew: Birthday Card using ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Pens + Giveaway
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 |
Hong
The card is beautiful as always. On my craft wishlist, the NO. 1 what I wanted is Altenew floral stamps. I adore them. Thank you for the giveaway.
Jul . 17 . 2017NatQuebec
Hello, My wish list should be to have enough money to buy all the nice things that are always released and have your watercolor skills 😀Thanks for the chance to win.
Jul . 17 . 2017Jamie P.
Super cute card!!, and such a kind and generous giveaway!, Thank You for a chance to win!! With this still being summer and all (lol), I’m currently obsessed with all things ocean/mermaids/sun/beach and underwater scenes. 💙🌊🌴
Jul . 17 . 2017Cate S
Wow! What a great idea for a background, May! On my crafty wishlist there are always stamps and dies- at the moment I’m looking for large sentiment ones.
Jul . 17 . 2017Amye
Ultimately my crafty wish is to bless others with what I make.
Jul . 17 . 2017Charity Chamberlain
Beautiful card! Loving all the detail as well as the little black dots! As for my crafty wish, I have so many! My wishes go anywhere from growing my artistic talents all the way to growing my crafty supplies. My list is a mile long in products especially because of all the Altenew products I want and copic markers I need. Thank you so much for the opportunity to win this generous giveaway!
Jul . 17 . 2017Janpat
My crafty wish is to be like all the card makers I follow on instagram someday!!!
Jul . 17 . 2017Lorna C
Gorgeous card!! Lots of things on my wishlist, I’d like to try foiling, and the distress oxide inks!
Jul . 17 . 2017Ammarah
Beautiful cards! My wish list…honestly at this point I buy stamps and materials where I can get most for my buck. But really looking in to the hero arts and altnew new realeases. Plus I don’t have any alcohol markers so saving up for that as well.
Jul . 17 . 2017Rachel Vass
A-May-zing card as always May! Love the little black dots. Hmm… my wish list keeps getting longer and longer but too are some distress inks and the finger print animal stamp set by Simon Says Stamp.
Jul . 17 . 2017Dasha
Amazing card…and I feel you. I have obssesion with dots for a while now. I even put dot stickers on one of my wall 🙂 my wish list is loooooong (several stamp sets from altenew, N&t, mft and ME) but mostly I wish to have versatile stamps so for now altenew eingeneer stamp set, back to school (Im a teacher) stamp set from N&T and I love the hippos from mft – so cute ☺ thank you for the chance to win
Jul . 17 . 2017Christine Cooper
Love this sweet card! I am trying to be good at the moment but would love some Prismacolours. Cx
Jul . 17 . 2017Christina Magnusson
Om my wish list are flower stamps, distress oxides and a lot of Copics!
Jul . 17 . 2017Cheryl Ting
Wishlist…I keep having to adding to it with all these new products. I want the dies to go with my Simple Flowers. I would like the new set of Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks and his paper trimmer. Also, a 80 oak of Zig Clean Color markers. A ton of new stamps and dies. Love them all!
Jul . 17 . 2017Henriette
Love your style!!! You make such beautiful cards. On my wishlist are zigzags, gansai paints and so many stamp sets. Thanks for the chance to win.
Jul . 17 . 2017Hussena
What a gorgeous card May I love the way you have created the background and all the little details you have added to it.My crafty wishlist consist of Altenew , Wplus9 and the latest distress oxides that have been released. I absolutely love everything Altenew so not only are the stamps a priority but also their inks, dies , stencils and card kits are on my wish list 😊
Jul . 17 . 2017Karen B
My crafty wish list is too long to include here! I have to set a monthly budget or else I am in trouble!
Jul . 17 . 2017Maxim
I really want some more Altenew stamps as the ones I have are so beautiful, but they all work wonderfully together, as you showed in your recent watercolour video.
Jul . 17 . 2017I would love to try the Altenew stencils- so detailed and versatile!
I nice selection of Altenew inks would be nice- the colours are so soft and beautiful
I would also love the Reflection Scrapbook kit from Altenew as well.
Though I have the New Day Card Kit, I think they would work beautifully together and would be great for both scrap booking and card making!
I would also like a new paper trimmer.
Last thing, I would love the Beautiful day stamp set from Altenew, but whenever I make an order, it’s sold out!!
Those are the main things, but I could go on and on!!
Hope I bore nobody:)
Talida
Hello, May! What an a-may-zing card! I love seeing your black dots filling the background. Altenew stamps are high quality ones and I would love to add some more to my growing stash. I have already tried some and would love to get a hold on their markers too. For some time now, I have been thinking of getting one of their kits as they have a great selection of products.
Jul . 16 . 2017Thank you very much for the chance to participate in this giveaway.
Looking forward to seeing more inspiration from you as always!
Greetings from Bucharest, Romania.
tamara haverkamp
Wauw such an awesome giveaway!! Thank you for the chance to win <3. Your card is absolutely gorgeous as always. Love the coloring and the design!. My wishlist is way to long but i would like the altenew bold alphabet die set and some more copics and the Gansai tambi watercolors so i can practice my watercolor skills and hopefully one day be as good as you💖💖💖
Jul . 16 . 2017Angeline Choo
Your card is beautiful! Love the colors and stamps. My wishlist? Altenew stamps !! 🙂
Jul . 16 . 2017ivy
love the black dots! on my wish list? kuretake gansai paints!
Jul . 16 . 2017Nanna R Lauridsen
So pretty! On my wishlist is altrnew inks !
Jul . 16 . 2017Patricia &
Beautiful card!!! My wish list is Altenew Bold Alphabet die set
Jul . 16 . 2017Raluca Vezeteu
Gorgeous card and awesome giveaway! Thank you for this chance! ❤ My crafting wishlist is keep growing and I can’t buy anything from it, yet. I want more Altenew Stamps, WPlus 9, MFT and SugarPea Designs stamps and I really want some alcohol markers but I can’t afford them! 😭😭😭 Sending big hugs all the way from Romania! 😘
Jul . 16 . 2017