Happy Friday! Welcome to Altenew’s A Year in Review Blog Hop. If you came from the fabulous Kristina Werner’s blog, you are right on track!
To celebrate the amazing year of 2017, today I’m sharing my favorite Altenew cards that I have created this year. If you want more details of a particular card, just click on the photo of the card to go to the original post.
I combined three flower stamp sets to build my own floral arrangement: Build-A-Flower Coral Charm, Remember This, and Beautiful Day. Then I watercolored my images with ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Pens.
To create my own stamped background, I stamped A, F, G letters from the Layered Letters AFG stamp set using four different ink colors: Mountain Mist, Volcano Lake, Lagoon, and Emerald.
I created a one-layer watercolor card using the Enchanted Iris stamps set and Crafty Friends stamp set. 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 created a floral one layer card featuring the gorgeous flower images from the Amazing You stamp set. Then I colored my images with Prismacolor colored pencils.
Don’t you love all the layers in different shades of red? I was surprised to see myself being able to color the images beautifully with colored pencils.
I created a one-layer Father’s Day card using ink blending and heat embossing techniques, inspired my own cards, THIS and THIS. I used the cool images from the Best Dad stamp set to create my own heat-embossed background.
I mixed the images from several stamp sets from Altenew: Garden Treasure, Remember This, Beautiful Day to create my own floral arrangement. Then I colored them with Kuretake Gansai Tambi 36 watercolor set using two different watercolor techniques.
I wanted to create a sort of Happy New Year card featuring Happy Dreams stamp set and Bold Alphabet die set , but not using the common greeting “happy new year. Then I came up with my own sentiment, You make it happen! This also can be used for the encouragement card.
To create a one-layer floral card, I stamped the images from the Smile More stamp set and colored them with Copic markers.
To create a bold pattern, I stamped fun fruit images from the Simple Fruits stamp set with Altenew Crisp dye inks: Warm Sunshine, Orange Cream, and Parrot. It took me about 20-25 minutes masking all the orange images, but I guess it paid off.
To celebrate a new release of Artist Markers Set B and Artist Markers Set C from Altenew, I created a floral themed card using the Adore You Stamp Set and the Halftone Hearts Stamp Set.
I wanted to color my images with a unique color combo, without any red colors. I mainly used the flicking technique to blend the colors.
With this Build-A-Flower: Rose, anyone can achieve a realistic look as it gives extra depth to the rose image with six layers. To create my own floral arrangement, I combined Build-A-Flower: Rose with another fabulous stamp set from Altenew: Remember This.
I created a quick and simple winter holiday card using the Halftone Stars stamp set and Happy Holidays stamp set.
I finished off my card by adding some dots with Jet Black marker from Altenew Artist Markers Set A. I just couldn’t stop adding dots to my card. They really added extra details to my card.
I created my own sentiments by stamping the sentiments from the following stamp sets: Smile More, Hug Me, and Halftone Hearts.
Then I stamped the multi-step carnation images, leaves, and a cluster of tiny flowers from Build-A-Flower: Carnation around my sentiments to create my own floral background.
I created a fun card with a stamped background using the Speech Bubbles stamp set. FYI, I stamped speech bubble images with Altenew Crisp Inks: Rouge, Warm Sunshine, and Volcano Lake which is my favorite color combo of this year.
I diecut the floral frame three times using the Layered Floral Cover Die A and adhered them together. Next, I blended some Distress inks on the die cut frame and added some shading using Prismacolor pencils. Then I mounted the colored floral frame on the patterned paper.
Well, there you have it…my favorite Altenew cards of 2017. I was really inspired by my own creations while going through all the blog posts. I hope you had fun revisiting them with me and receiving some inspiration.
If you want to see more of my Altenew cards, please click HERE. If you are more into watercolor cards, please click HERE where I shared 10 floral watercolor card ideas using Altenew stamps.
Giveaways
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It is now time to head on over to the fantastic Anna Komenda’s blog to see what creations she have to inspire you all. Wishing you a Happy New Year filled with much happiness and creativity!
Supplies
I have listed the stamps, dies, coloring mediums 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 Adore You Stamp SetShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Happy Dreams Stamp SetShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Beautiful Day Stamp SetShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Amazing You Stamp SetShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Smile More Stamp SetShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Simple Fruits Stamp SetShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Hug Me Stamp SetShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Best Dad Stamp SetShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Enchanted Iris Stamp SetShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Crafty Friends Stamp SetShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Layered Letters AFG Stamp SetShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Halftone Hearts Stamp SetShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Garden Treasure Stamp SetShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Remember This Stamp SetShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Speech Bubbles Stamp SetShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Build-A-Flower Coral CharmShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Build-A-Flower: CarnationShop at: SSS | AN |
 Altenew Build-A-Flower: RoseShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Halftone Stars Stamp SetShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Happy Holidays Stamp SetShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Bold Alphabet Die SetShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Layered Floral Cover Die AShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Artist Markers Set AShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Artist Markers Set BShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Artist Markers Set CShop at: SSS | AN |
 Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi 36 Color SetShop at: SSS | EH |
 Mijello Mission Gold Watercolor SetShop at: SSS | AZ |
 Copic Sketch Markers Shop at: SSS | AZ | EH |
 ZIG Clean Color Real Brush 36 SetShop at: SSS | AZ | EH |
 Prismacolor Colored PencilsShop at: SSS | AZ |
colleen
such cheery colours
Dec . 23 . 2017Pai
so many amazing cards with all different styles!
Dec . 23 . 2017memalagene
Awesome cards I especially love the Layered Cover Die card, lovely colors!
Dec . 23 . 2017Cynthia Cole
So many beautiful cards from this year!
Dec . 23 . 2017acraftyperson411
So many amazing cards! Thanks for sharing, looking forward to 2018.
Dec . 23 . 2017Emily g
What a wonderful bunch of card, so very talented
Dec . 23 . 2017Kristine Boydstun
Beautiful cards, May! It was fun to see them all again. Thank you so much for sharing!
Dec . 23 . 2017Melodie Hennig
This year has been a very trying year for myself. But, with seeing your cards each day has helped me get through it all. Thank you May May! I love your work. You are a very talented woman. TFS!!!!
Dec . 23 . 2017Tammy B
So many amazing cards May! Thank you for sharing your creativity with us.
Dec . 23 . 2017Carrie Erickson
I always love your cards, there so bright and colorful and make me happy!
Dec . 23 . 2017Janelle
What an amazing variety of cards! Your coloring is wonderful. Love the flowers!
Dec . 23 . 2017Kirsty Vittetoe
Absolutely a fun year with all your gorgeous cards! Happy Holidays!
Dec . 23 . 2017Pam
Wow! Your cards are truly beautiful!
Dec . 23 . 2017DeafSheltieMom
Love all of your cards… they are so different and pretty! Especially love your simple halftone stars holiday card… I want to make that for next year!
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Dec . 23 . 2017ANDREA HASTILOW
You were the first Altenew designer that I ever saw & became addicted with the tiny details you do on your cards & how delicate & realistic your florals look, can’t wait to see what you create in 2018 x
Dec . 23 . 2017Becca Yahrling
Absolutely stunning cards! Your coloring is amazing and I
Dec . 23 . 2017always feel inspired by your work. The Iris card is my
favorite; I love that beautiful flower on your card and in real
life.
nanagretchen
May you are such an inspiration to me with you beautiful! Thanks for sharing your talent with all of us. Merry Christmas and a Blessed;New Year!
Dec . 23 . 2017bj
Your watercoloring makes me want to try it! 2018 will be perfect for that. thank you for your inspiration.
Dec . 23 . 2017Patty Eifert
OMG..you went plumb crazy!! All your cards are always so beautiful I’m sure Altenew loves how you showcase their stamps and dies!!
Dec . 23 . 2017Ruby N
I just love all your work, May!!
Dec . 23 . 2017Jo Ann Usey
You cards are always so amazing. I love that you create your backgrounds. My favorite card of the ones you selected is the pansy card. Such vibrant colors. Amazing! Happy Holidays!
Dec . 23 . 2017Deb L
What beautiful cards, I love the layered look.
Dec . 23 . 2017Ruth
May……your art is so gorgeous. I love florals and your images are beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Dec . 23 . 2017Helen Holmes
What an amazing year of spectacular cards, thanks for all the inspiration
Dec . 23 . 2017