Good morning! Today, I have the pleasure of taking part in Altenew’s Refresh Your Markers Blog Hop! You should have arrived here from Svitlana Shayevich‘s blog, and your next stop is Kymona Tracey’s blog. There are some fabulously talented crafters on the hop who will help showcase the different ways that you can use the new Artist Marker Refills from Altenew! Not only do I have inspiration for you today, but Altenew has generously donated prizes for their own blog as well as a prize for my blog readers! But first, let’s get started with my project.
I love cards that are just saturated with color. I have difficulty deciding whether I like clean and simple, with lots of white space, or if I prefer cards that are entirely saturated with deep, vibrant colors. I have wanted to do a card like this for awhile…. I have some absolutely gorgeous dresses that have beautiful, colorful floral patterns that I’ve wanted to emulate on a card front, and the new Artist Marker refills gave me the perfect opportunity to add an abundance of color to my card front without having to worry about buying new markers because I’d used up all of the ink in my markers!
I started by stamping all of the flowers and leaves from Perfectly Perfect onto some masking paper, then fussy cutting them. I wanted to create a lovely, full panel of floral pattern. I then used the masks to stamp the background on a panel of white card stock using Copic-friendly ink. The masking allowed me to create little bouquets or clusters of flowers and foliage. Once that was done, the fun part began…. coloring all of those beautiful flowers from Perfectly Perfect using the Artist Markers.
I colored the flowers a beautiful shade of pinky coral using the Red Cosmos marker set, then the foliage using the Green Fields set. I then used the darkest shade in the Red Cosmos set (Grapevine) to color the entire background of my floral panel and really make those pretty pink flowers pop. There was quite a bit of space in the background of this pattern, so I used the Grapevine refill to make my marker nice and juicy and really saturate that panel with color!
For the greeting, I wanted to keep it very simple so as not to draw the eyes away from those pretty flowers that I’d just spent so much time coloring (haha!), so I simply heat embossed the greeting from Perfectly Perfect in white on some strips of black card stock, then popped them up on the card front using dimensional foam adhesive.
The final step was to add a few gems to add some more texture and sparkle to the card front!
Well, that’s all for me today! Now, for some giveaway information!
Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to six lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog by Wednesday, September 26th for a chance to win. Six winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 9/29/2018. Altenew has also generously donated a $20 gift certificate for me to give to one of my blog followers! All you have to do to enter is 1) follow my blog via email or wordpress (I will check!) and 2) leave a comment on this post by 9/23/18. I will announce the winner on 9/24/18!
Here’s the full hop lineup in case you get lost:
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Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous Thursday!
Such a beauty, a stunning card. Beautiful design and terrific colouring, thanks for sharing xx
Stunning colouring as usual, Emily!! Love it. This would be fabulous as a print for fabrics too!
You did an incredible job with coloring on this card… wow… I love that it is a full panel card! So pretty!
I love to create inked backgrounds like this so now I’m not afraid to use up my pens!!!
Gorgeous card with fantastic coloring!! <3
Beautiful, and I love that the pen matches so perfectly 🙂
Wow!! Love the bold background with you beautifully colored Perfectly Perfect blooms! Gorgeously done with just the touch of sparkle too!!
Wow, great job fussy cutting! That takes patience. lol
And the coloring is just gorgeous; love that beautiful
Grapevine color you used for the BG.
Your card is stunning! I can always count on you to provide beautiful inspiration for when I want to make a special card. The Altenew markers and refills are fabulous for this. Thank you!!
Deep vibrant color definitely. I love this card. Best one of the hop without a doubt.
Wow! What a gorgeous card! I love the deep rich color for the background! Thanks for the fantastic inspiration!
I had a skirt of that colour that I made when I was 13 that had a pattern almost the same! Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Made me think of my late beloved Mum. Your card is a work of art… as usual. Thank you for the inspiration.
Stunning card! After coloring that background it’s so lovely that Altenew has the refills to re-ink your marker. TFS.
This is absolutely gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.
Love what you’ve created!
Such a gorgeous card. Love the colors.
Thanks for sharing…
Gorgeous – great choice of colors – great card Emily
I think your card is just “perfectly perfect”!! love the colors and design – and love that Altenew now has these refills.
What a gorgeous card!! I have to admit that I don’t own any of the Altenew markers but I am more intrigued to get them now that I have seen all the beautiful techniques and cards.
Beautiful flowers.
The colors are SO RICH and vibrant! Gorgeous!
Breathtaking!! Your card caught my EYE right off the bat! Beautiful coloring. I KNOW it took a long while from start to finish but the results are fantastic.
I think I have a new favourite. Love the rich background against beautiful pink flowers as it really makes them pop..
That deep background really compliments the flowers. It’s a gorgeous card Emily. I love the colors you chose!! Perfect!!
That card is stunningly gorgeous!
Beautiful card, love your color choices.
Such vibrancy! Love this beautiful card!!
Nicely done. I love the shape of the refill bottles. The colors are so vibrant!!
stunning work – LOVE your coloring:)
Your card is absolutely gorgeous!! The deep colored background makes those beautiful flowers pop! Love it!!
Lovely card Emily! Love the background color, it truly makes the pretty blooms pop! Thanks for the inspiration!
Absolutely stunning card Emily! Love the rich background and gorgeous color palette.
Your card is fabulous! I don’t blame you for not creating a card like this until now….. Now you have refills. I’ve also wanted to do something like this too, but….. Didn’t want to use all my ink. Once I get some refills… Then I can.
Wow! I am very impressed with your beautiful card!
Your card is fantastic ! I love your work on the background color, it’s really beautiful with the lighter colors of the flowers.
Your colors are so pretty together, and the Cosmo is such a lovely flower.
These are amazing in deed .
gorgeous card!
I really like the background saturation of color. It looks velvety.
Thank you
So beautiful and bold! Love the background colour!
Gorgeous card, Emily! Love all the vivid colors & those flowers are pure perfection!
Simply lovely colors!
I am a follower. Also, this card is gorgeous! 🙂 Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful card and coloring!
I love these deep, rich colors! It really feels like a fall card, and looks gorgeous!
I just became a follower today! Love your pretty ideas!
stunning card,loved the colors, I am so glad to follow you,your work is inspiring!!
Love the colors of your beautiful card!
Beautiful card, such a beautiful red!
Beautiful card so elegant
The flowers are gorgeous. There is so
much depth to them. Fabulous card.
thanks for sharing
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Beautiful card!
Beautiful card. You really did make the flowers pop! Thank you for sharing.
Gorgeous card! I love the custom background; the red is beautifully vibrant! Thank you for sharing!
Stunning card ! I love your floral cards, they are always so delicate, detailed, full of depth in each petal. The background shows a great suede like texture with all that saturated colour. Thanks for sharing & you know i already follow you .
Love very beautiful
Such a pretty card! Love those rich, vibrant colors. The flowers are so pretty.
Beautiful–love the colors.
Wow!! Stunning! Those colors are so rich and elegant!
Very beautiful card. The panel looks like fabric. Love the new markers.
for sure that could be a piece of fabric! great idea for inspiration!!
Hi Emily! I love your beautiful monochromatic colored card 🙂 It’s stunning! Thanks for sharing 🙂