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Good morning! Today, I am joining in the Altenew February 2019 Stamp and Die Release Blog Hop! As always, the designers at Altenew have created some absolutely breathtaking new flowers and other super fun designs for our creative enjoyment (you can see the entire release here), and I am so excited to be a part of this hop! You should have arrived here from Laurie Willison’s blog, and your next stop is Lillith Eeckles’s blog. Read all the way to the end to find out the different ways to win a shopping spree at Altenew!

For my first project, I used the beautiful new Exotic Tulips stamp and die set to create this fiery orange card! I stamped the blooms with Warm and Cozy inks, then die cut them out with the coordinating die set. For the card base, I blended some dark orange and Coral Berry ink in the top corner of the white card front using the Life Changing Blending Brushes from Picket Fence Studios and added a greeting (from Exotic Tulips) using Versafine and some clear embossing powder.

I arranged the blooms in the bottom corner of the card front and adhered them using foam tape and liquid adhesive to create lots of depth and dimension!

For my second project, I used the absolutely beautiful new Frilled Petals stamp and die set to do some no-line Copic coloring. I stamped the bloom and foliage using Ink on 3 Fadeout ink, then used RV21, RV23, RV42, RV55, V05, and W5 Copics to color the bloom a pretty shade of watermelon-y peach. (Is that a color? It is now haha!) I die cut the colored Frilled Petals images using the coordinating dies, as well as an oval frame from the Create A Wreath die set cut from white card stock.

I arranged all of the die cut pieces, as well as a sentiment strip stamped on more white card stock, onto a white A2 card front, then used dimensional foam adhesive to pop all of the elements up. Finally, I added some pretty gems for some sparkle.

For my third project today, I used the beautiful new Baroque Motifs stamp set and some fun embossing powder from WOW! to create a pretty, sparkly patterned background. I began by stamping Baroque Motifs on a pale gray card front using Fairy Dust embossing powder from WOW! Embossing.

I heat embossed the sentiment on some lavender card stock to bring out the lavender glitter in the embossing powder, then mounted the sentiment strip on a slightly larger piece of Tonic Matte Silver Foil card stock and popped it up on the glittery card front.

For my final project today, I wanted to do some pencil coloring using the breathtaking new Beautiful Peony stamp set. I began by stamping the blooms and foliage using white pigment ink onto some dark teal card stock. I wanted to create a seamless card front, with deep, vibrant color and just that pop of white for the sentiment, so I chose to color on colored card stock with my Polychromos pencils. I then cut the images out with the coordinating Beautiful Peony dies.

For the card base, I die cut the beautiful Thank You greeting from the Flower Arrangement die set using white card stock. I blended some Desert Night ink on the bottom corner of another panel of the deep teal card stock, then splattered it with some white liquid watercolors. I arranged the penciled Beautiful Peony flowers in a cluster and adhered them with dimensional adhesive, then added my greeting and a few gems with some liquid adhesive.

Well, that’s all for my projects today! Now, for some fun giveaway information. Altenew is giving away SIX $50 shopping sprees to the Altenew store! Simply comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog by 2/21/2019 for a chance to win. 6 winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 2/24/2019.

Altenew has also generously provided a $30 gift certificate for my to give away to my own blog readers, as well! All you have to do to win is 1) be a blog follower (either via email or wordpress, bloglovin, etc) and 2) leave me a comment telling me your favorite new product from today’s release! Winner will be announced on 2/21/2018, so be sure to be a follower to find out if you’re the lucky one! 

Your next stop is  Lilith Eeckels‘s blog. Thank you so much for visiting today, and happy hopping! 

Good morning! I have a special post for you today. While I was at Creativation, I had the opportunity to take a peek with several new-to-me companies, including an Australian company called Paper Rose. Their selection of gorgeous stamps and absolutely stunning dies (seriously, the dies are SO unique and really wonderful) immediately drew me into their booth, and Ellen Hutson decided to add several of their lovely products to the product lineup in the shop! The sweet ladies at Paper Rose were generous enough to share some of their beautiful stamps and dies with me, so I thought I’d take this opportunity to help welcome them to the Ellen Hutson store! I am over on the Ellen Hutson blog today with a couple of projects using new products from this wonderful company. I hope you’ll stop by and check them out!

Hi there! You’ve seen the sneak peeks on Instagram and the Ellen Hutson blog all week… now all of the fabulous new stamps and dies for the February 2019 Essentials By Ellen release are available for sale! We have some adorable new coffee themed products, some lovely new word dies, and a gorgeous new addition to the Mondo Flower line (that you’re going to see a lot of from me!!).

Up first, I have a chalkboard card using the new A Breve Note stamp and die set. For some reason, coffee themed sets always put me in mind of a trendy coffeehouse chalkboard. I began by die cutting and heat embossing the French press coffee pot and lovely floral patterned coffee cup onto some black card stock using white embossing powder. Next, I used a plain white pencil to create some shadows and “chalk” lines.

I heat embossed the greeting from A Breve Note  onto a panel of black card stock, then popped up the cup and coffee pot after stamping some coffee beans and steam using white pigment ink. I also used my T-square to add some white lines around the edge for a frame.

For my second card for today’s post, I thought I’d showcase that gorgeous new Mondo Gerbera Daisy. It paired beautifully with the Mondo Hydrangea stamp set. The bouquet on this card was almost my wedding bouquet; I was waffling between blue and yellow and blue and white for my wedding, so this combination has special meaning for me! I stamped the Mondo Gerbera Daisy on some masking paper as well as on an A2 panel of Arches Cold Press watercolor paper, then mounted the daisy mask on the watercolor paper and added some hydrangeas and foliage from the Mondo Hydrangea.

I then used Daniel Smith watercolors to watercolor a bright yellow daisy and some pretty blue-y purple hydrangeas. (I will link individual colors at the end of the post.) I also die cut the “hi friend” from the coordinating dies for the Mondo Gerbera Daisy (I love that they filled in that empty space of the quite large die by adding those pretty calligraphic word dies! More bang for your buck that way!) using some black card stock, then adhered it to the watercolored panel using liquid adhesive. I also added some Crystal Lacquer to the word die cuts for a bit of shine.

Isn’t that daisy just gorgeous?? These Mondo flowers are some of my absolute most favorite stamps. The scale is so perfect for practicing shading.

Well, that’s all for my projects today! I have several more using some of the new sets, but I’ll share them in a few days. 😉 Be sure to stop by the Ellen Hutson blog for more details on all of the different stamp sets and to see more inspiration from my fellow Design Ambassadors. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous weekend!

Good morning! Today is Day 1 of the Honey Bee Stamps Brie Mine blog hop! Today, we have a great lineup of projects featuring the new Brie Mine release that went live in the shop a few weeks ago! You should have arrived here from Cathy Zielske’s blog, and your next stop is Galina Filippenko’s blog. Honey Bee Stamps is providing some fabulous giveaways, so be sure to read to the very end of the post! Today, I’ve created a cute little watercolored cupcake, so let’s get started with the details!

For my project today, I couldn’t wait to color that darling, delicious looking cupcake in the new Piece of Cake stamp set! I began by stamping the cupcake and stand onto some watercolor paper using Ink on 3’s Fadeout Ink. I love this ink for no-line watercoloring, particularly.

The trick to no-line watercolor is to keep the wet sections separated until they’re dry. I began by watercoloring the bottom of the cake stand, then working on the cupcake liner, then the frosting, allowing the top of the cupcake stand and the cake part of the cupcake to remain unpainted until those other sections had dried. This extra step keeps the definition in each section crisp. Otherwise, the sections and colors would bleed into each other and create a muddled mess.

I created a greeting using the Sweet stamps and dies, then popped these stark black sentiment components up using dimensional foam adhesive to really help them stand out from the background.

That’s all for my project today! The Honey Bee Stamps team has tons of inspiration for you, though, and Melissa has designed a sweet little mouse that will just steal your heart! Be sure to check out all of the stops! Honey Bee Stamps is also giving away two $30 shopping sprees to the Honey Bee store! Simply leave a comment on each stop on the blog hop to be eligible to win! The winners will be announced on this page on February 1, 2019. Your next stop on the hop is Galina Filippenko’s blog. Remember to leave a comment on each stop to be eligible to win the giveaway!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a marvelous day!

1. Winners will be announced on this page of the HBS blog on February 1st .