Hi, Friends!
Altenew is releasing some fabulous products today, including an all new Watercolor Essential Set of 12 vibrant and smooth colors, watercolor paper and the Paint-A-Flower: Iris set. Be sure to check out the Altenew Blog for all the information! The entire Watercolor Essential collection and Paint-A-Flower: Iris set can be found HERE.
I meant to use the new watercolor cardstock and completely forgot! It’s a more smooth cardstock and is whiter – which I love – and comes in 2 different size (a full 9″ x 12″ pad and A2 loose sheets)! I’ll be sure to remember to use it the next time! I used the new watercolor set to paint the Paint-A-Flower: Iris set after stamping it with a light gray ink. I used 4 colors to blend and add interest with color gradients on the petals and leaves using Deep Iris, Persian Blue, Forest Glades, Emerald, and Warm Sunshine.
After watercoloring my iris, I added some water all around and added color from the leftover paint I had in my palette – dabbing different colors all over to create an organic background. It’s definitely different for me, as I usually paint in a very controlled manner and don’t mix paints.
To add interest, after embossing and attaching my sentiment, I added some shimmer over the flowers and embellished my card with some clear confetti sequins.
Promotion:
2 days only! Receive a FREE Watercolor Brush – Large(value $4.99) with every order of Watercolor Essential Set from 3/22/2020 at 12:01 am EDT until 3/23/2020 at 11:59 pm EDT or while supplies last. The free gift will be added to cart automatically.
 ALT Artist Watercolor 24 Pan Set |
GIVEAWAY INFORMATION:
To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 5 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog for a chance to win. We’ll also draw a winner to receive a $15 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below. All winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 03/31/2020.
BLOG HOP LIST:
Altenew Card Blog
Vicky Papaioannou
LauraJane
Virginia Lu
Nathalie DeSousa
Ashlea Cornell
Caly Person
Therese Calvird
Norine Borys
Lilith Eeckels
Emily Midgett
Laurie Willison
Altenew Scrapbook Blog
Svitlana Shayevich
Nicole Watt
Maryam Perez
Amber Rain Davis
Mindy Eggen
Sveta Fotinia
Jaycee Gaspar
Kymona Tracey
The Hedgehog Hollow
Agnieszka Malyszek
Thank you all for stopping by today!
SUPPLIES:
*NOTE: To view where these items can be purchased, click on the linked abbreviations below (ALT for Altenew, SSS for Simon Says Stamp, EH for Ellen Hutson, AMZN for Amazon, etc.). Affiliate links may be used (at no additional cost to you) – thank you for your support! To find out more about how affiliate links work and the companies I’m affiliated with, please check my Shopping/Affiliate Disclosure Page.
 ALT Paint-A-Flower: Iris |
 Watercolor Essential 12 Pan Set |
 ALT Watercolor Paper Pad (9’x12′) |
 ALT Watercolor Paper Set (A2 Loose Sheets) |
 Silver Brush Black Velvet Brushes SSS | EH | AMZN |
 Ink On 3 Fadeout No Line Coloring SSS | EH |
 Wagner Heat Tool SSS | AMZN |
 Embossing Powder Bag SSS | EH | HMSB |
 Versamark Ink SSS | EH | HA | HMSB |
 HA White Detail Embossing Powder HA | SSS | EH |
 ATG Gun SSS | EH | AMZN |
 Double Sided Foam Tape AMZN | AMZN |
 Mini Multi Medium Matte Glue SSS | EH | HMSB |
 Absorber |
 MSP Mini MISTI SSS | EH | MSP | HA |
 MSP Mini MISTI Mouse Pad SSS | EH | MSP | HA |
 Mini Score Board SSS | EH |
 Teflon Bone Folder SSS | EH | HMSB |
 Tim Holtz Tonic Guillotine Trimmer TS | SSS | EH | HMSB |
 TH Glass Media Mat TS | SSS | EH |
DESTASH SALE!
If you’re interested in buying some lightly used or unused products in mystery destash boxes, please check out my Destash Sale Page!
Caly Person 
When I first saw your card, I was wondering how you got that kind of “fuzzy” look, but then you explained that you added water around the project. Ahhh. It really did change it up. Now I wish you had a video so I could see the before and after you did that. No matter. Thanks for crafting for us this week. The blog hop has been fun to do. Staying home, crafting and being safe. My schedule until we come out the other side. You take care also. 🙂
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I love your card – even though it wasn’t on the smoother cardstock (lol!). It is so beautiful and full of texture. And what you chanced with the background – stressing your boundaries – turned out perfectly! Very nice!! God bless!
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