I'm a little embarrassed to admit that I have never delved into the glorious world that is Altenew florals until now. I've admired and swooned over Pinterest images of their cards. I've gasped at the gorgeous makes I see on Instagram. Finally, I purchased a stamp and die set from an Altenew Buy & Sell group and it sat for awhile. I always have 50 cards in my head that I want to make, but sometimes it takes weeks or months to get to them. I found a nice color challenge online and decided now was the time to break out the Altenew Beautiful Day stamp and die set. I was not disappointed.
I stamped on watercolor paper, die cut to provide a stitched edge, and painted the flowers with Stampin' Up! Blackberry Bliss ink (per the challenge). I have also, until now, never watercolored through a stencil. I saw Kristina Werner do this and thought it was amazing! Finally, I pulled out a Tim Holtz stencil and used a water brush to paint on color from my Zig Clean Color Water Brushes. I was happy with the results. I wanted to add a splatter of the colors from the flowers but somedays I am terrible at splatter. I tried it on a spare piece of cardstock and it was a mess, didn't land where I wanted it to, and got in my eyes (I was even wearing glasses!). I pulled out two of my trusty "splatter" image stamps from SU and stamped off the color, then onto the watercolor paper. I glued all the die cuts in place and added a sentiment strip.
Frankly, I could play with this stamp and die set for days on end. And watercoloring through a stencil (using a spray adhesive to keep the stencil in place) is my new favorite technique.
Ingredients:
Cardstock: Canson XL Watercolor Paper
Ink: Versafine Black Ink, Stampin' Up! Blackberry Bliss and Lucky Limeade (with a water brush), variety of grays from Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers
Stamps & Dies: Altenew Beautiful Day stamp and die set, Stampin' Up! Glorious Grunge & Awesomely Artistic (splatter stamps)
Stencil: Tim Holtz Flourish Stencil
Sentiment Strip: Paper Roses
This is just fabulous! Altenew have some amazing stamps and there's a couple in my stash too that don't see enough light. The watercoloured stencil background is subtle and glorious at the same time, making a great backdrop for that amazing flower. Thanks so much for joining in with us at As You See It Challenge.
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DeleteThis is absolutely gorgeous! You need to get those other forty-nine cards out of your head and onto a card front. I love that subtle background. (this is what you watercolored??) Thanks so much for playing with us at the Seize the Birthday challenge blog!
ReplyDeleteYes, watercolored with some color from Zig markers. So fun! Thanks!!
DeleteWhat a beautiful card! I love the subtle background pattern and your coloring on the bloom is really lovely. Thanks for playing at Time Out!
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So beautiful...just love all those gorgeous flowers. Thank you so much for playing along with us at Time Out!
ReplyDeleteAll I can say is "WOW"! If this is your first attempt with Altenew florals, I think you'd better continue on, because you have the knack of coloring these beauties perfectly! It's gorgeous! Can't wait to see some more! Thanks for sharing this with us at As You See It!
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DeleteYour watercolouring technique is gorgeous, Janet! Altenew is the perfect vehicle for you to demonstrate your talents for sure! And what a cool background method that is as well! Thanks for playing our Colour Challenge at As You See It Challenges!
ReplyDeleteJust gorgeous!!!! I have this set and I have never mastered anything close to this beauty! Thanks for being with us at Seize the Birthday!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card Janet, your water coloured stencilling makes such a pretty soft background and the flowers look amazing! Thankyou for playing along at Seize the Birthday, Cathy x
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous floral - you truly did this stamp justice! love the idea of watercolouring through a stencil too, I've never tried it but must add that to my list - it's so effective! Thanks for sharing with us over at As You See It this week!
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