Hi there! I’m back again for a blog hop featuring the January 2020 Altenew Release. You should have arrived here from Norine Borys and your next stop is Kymona Tracey. This month’s release is absolutely gorgeous, of course featuring some incredible florals! You can find all of the details on this release here. I have two projects for you today, so let’s get started with the details!
For my first project, I did some no-line watercoloring using my Daniel Smith watercolors and the new Wild Flora stamps and dies! I began by stamping the flowers using some pale ink on watercolor paper, then watercolored the images using several Daniel Smith watercolors.
I die cut the Lace Doily Edge die from some white cardstock, then layered the floral watercolored die cuts on a white A2 card base using foam adhesive. I adhered the lacy doily die cut over the top of the floral die cuts using liquid and foam adhesive.
I stamped a greeting from the Sentiment Strips stamp set and added it to the card front. Finally, I adhered some gems for a bit of extra sparkle!
For my second project, I used the new Simple Beauty stamps and dies to create this vibrant floral cluster. I began by stamping the main floral image twice on some Copic-friendly cardstock, as well as several of the smaller sprigs of flowers on the white Copic-friendly card base. I then used my Copic markers in shades of shocking pink, peach, and deep greens to color the images.
Before adhering the die cuts to the card base, I used a blender brush to blend some Magenta ink around the edge of the card front, creating a deep pink halo. I adhered the floral die cuts using foam adhesive for lots of dimension.
I die cut a super thin “hello” using Handwritten Hello from some black cardstock, as well as white embossed a greeting, again from Sentiment Strips on a strip of black cardstock. I adhered both of these over the top of the floral cluster using liquid adhesive. Finally, I used a very thin black marker to add some clusters of black dots to help fill in some of the gaps in the floral cluster.
Well, that’s all for my projects today! Now, for some fun giveaway information:
To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog by 1/30/2020 for a chance to win.
We’ll also draw a winner to receive a $20 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 2/2/2020.
Here’s the full blog hop list in case you get lost:
Altenew Card Blog
Erum Tasneem
Nicole Watt
Nathalie DeSousa
Amber Rain Davis
Therese Calvird
LauraJane
Ashlea Cornell
Kelly Griglione
Maryam Perez
Jenny Colacicco
Nicole Picadura
Jen Schow
Jaycee Gaspar
Altenew Scrapbook Blog
Laurie Willison
Lorilei Murphy
Lydia Evans
Isha Gupta
Virginia Lu
Svitlana Shayevich
Lilith Eeckels
Agnieszka Malyszek
Keeway Tsao
Reiko Tsuchida
Keren Baker
Norine Borys
Emily Midgett
Kymona Tracey
Teri Wilson
Zinia Redo
Sveta Fotinia
Jennifer McGuire
Love the pretty colors on your cards.
Bright and beautiful cards, stunning colors!
Wonderful stamp sets! Gorgeous creations!
Love your cards. The amazing colours, wow x
Just so pretty cards! I especially love the first with that gorgeous watercooring!
Use of color is beautiful. Nicely done! This release is amazing. I want to all.
Beautiful, colorful cards. thank you
So lovely – your florals are beautifully coloured!
Oooh, love the soft pretty watercoloring on the first card!
Amazing projects…such incredible creative inspiration!
Beautiful!
Beautiful cards! Can’t wait to try some of these new sets. Especially the floral background, the tartan set and the incredible floral set.
Stunning creations!!
Emily, you are a rock star! What fabulous cards and colors. You always blow me away.
GORGEOUS cards and colors.
Your cards are beautiful! Love those scrumptious colors.
Your watercoloring is so beautiful! Love your cards.
Stunning coloring on both! I LOVE the VIVD magenta one!
The magenta is so beautiful! Love all of these cards. So pretty
Such beautiful coloring on these cards. tfs
Love all these flowers..very vibrant colors!
Your watercolor card with the Wild Flora set is so pretty! I love the light colors you used for this elegant card!
Love your lacy and vibrant colored cards!! So much beauty!! Your Simple Beauty is making me drool over that magenta bg blending and coloring!!
Everything in this release is amazing, love the new dies but it is really hard to avoid falling in love with the stamps too! your card is fabulous, love the vibrant colors.Thanks as always for the fabulous inspiration Emily!
Your cards are so lovely and colourful.
Such pretty cards!
Very nice no line watercoloring. I like the bold pop of color on the second card’s flower.
Beautiful cards, your colours and colouring is amazing!
Wow, Emily, I love how bright & cheery these gorgeous cards are! Love the awesome design ideas!
Your card designs are top notch! Love both of these cards so much.
Beautiful cards. The first is delicate and
the second is powerful. thanks for sharing
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Gorgeous cards. The colors and the layouts are beautiful.
Gorgeous creations! Fabulous release!
Amazing job coloring!
Great ideas and I love the lacey border die cut on the one card.
the no line coloring card is beautiful! What a lovely stamp set! Colors are so cheerful. Come quickly Spring!
Beautiful cards!! Your watercoloring is simply gorgeous!
Your watercoloring is incredible. Loving the latest Altenew release 🙂
Beautiful eye catching cards. Just amazing what you created.
I really like the soft colours on your first card & then the bold eye-popping pinks on your second one. Wonderful! I think this is my favourite release yet.
Lovely set of cards! I love the pinks!
gosh your cards are so pretty – love the coloring:)
You’ve created some real beauties. Love this new release. Thanks to all the blog hop designers for sharing their talents!
Gorgeous floral cards with such beautiful coloring! Love these fabulous designs!
Love the vibrancy you achieve with your bouquet of flowers. The halo around the card looks stunning
The colors in your Simply Beauty card are AMAZING!!!! Love the watercolor flowers too!
Such beautiful coloring!
What stunning cards! I love the Wild Floral flowers! They are so lovely!!!
I am in awe.
Beautiful cards.
Fantastic coloring.
thanks for sharing
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Stunning! Absolutely adore your watercolored floral.
Beautiful cards! I love the watercoloring on the Wild Flora set.
Beautiful cards and amazing coloring, love the water coloring and the alcohol marker coloring.
Such pretty designs I love how you used the border.
Both so beautifully done, love the designs.
Ooh so vibrant and amazing coloring, as always!! Lovvve them 🙂
These are both beautiful!!
The Wild Flora stamp set is a favorite in my mind from the new release, and you’ve designed a beautiful card using it. The lacey edge die cut is the perfect embellishment!
Beautiful cards! Love the colors!
Both are beautiful cards. Thanks for sharing. Love Altenew January release.
Love both of your cards. Your anniversary card is simply stunning oh, and your second card is colorful and vibrant one could not smile receiving it.
Magenta is my favorite color. You did a marvelous job. I like the magenta for the background matching the flowers!
Bold, vibrant and stunning cards – gorgeous!
That wild flora stamp & die that you water colored, is just beyond the prettiest! I am not sure that is correct grammar but it is so lovely I am having trouble composing a complete thought! I love how you got it and that you accented it with the lace doily trim! I really like the contrast of the thin hello die on your second card with the bright colors! !!
so beautiful!
Beautiful cards! I love that anniversary card – such a gorgeous design and beautiful colouring!
Love how you’ve used these flower stamps here! Your no line watercoloring is spectacular, and love that dainly scallop die border you used, too!
Beautiful cards and I just love the soft pinks on your first card and the vibrant pink on the second card, so pretty! Thanks for the inspiration!
Love this new release and your beautiful cards make me wish for the products you used! 🙂
I love them all! The lace doily die adds so much interest.