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How to make a card using a Mask Stencil | Altenew Beautiful Peony Set | Video

by alex February 17, 2019February 17, 2019

Hello Everyone!

Today I share cards using Beautiful Peony Stamp Set and Beautiful Peony Mask Stencil from the Altenew February 2019 release. There are lots of great products to pick from – new stamp sets, coordinating dies! You can find the ENTIRE NEW RELEASE HERE!

Also, I filmed a video for you showing my process from start to finish. I’m hoping you’ll enjoy it!

I started off by stamping the flowers on a panel of white cardstock. I then masked off a rectangle in the middle of the panel.

I used the Altenew mask stencil to lay over the stamped images, and then carefully did a bit of ink blending. I have to say you should add this Mask Stencil to your MUST-HAVE list. This stencil is thinner than ordinary stencils, and include both the negative and positive die cut!

I removed the masking tape. I then colored the stamped images with Copic Sketch markers and Kuretake Zig Art&Graphic Twin markers. When I was done coloring, I stamped leaves using clear inks and gold heat embossed. To finish off the cards, I stamped a sentiment.

Video

If you’re interested in seeing how I made the card, I have a video to share! Watch it below or in HD at my YouTube channel.

Supplies

Below you will find links to the supplies used to create the projects. Click on the letters to go to a favorite store: Ellen Hutson (EH), Altenew (AN), Studio Katia (SK), Amazon (AZ). Where available I use compensated affiliate links. This means that I receive a small commission when products are purchased through links I share here (at no additional cost to you). If you like my projects, please consider supporting me by clicking through these links when you shop. Thank you so much!

Beautiful Peony Stamp Set Shop at: AN	Beautiful Peony Mask Stencil Shop at: AN	Tonic Comfort 8.5 Inch Guillotine Paper Trimmer Shop at: EH \| AZ	Tim Holtz Tonic Mini Snips Shop at: EH \| AZ	X-Press It High Tack Double-Sided Tape Shop at: EH \| AZ
Neenah Cardstock Shop at: EH \| AZ	Ranger Emboss It Ink Pad Shop at: EH \| AZ	Hero Arts Embossing Gun Shop at: EH \| AZ	Ranger Ink Blending Tool Shop at: EH \| AZ	Ranger Ink Blending Tool Replacement Foam Shop at: EH \| AZ
Studio Katia Glue Shop at: SK	Delicate Multisurface Masking Tape Shop at: EH	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue, 0.88 oz Shop at: EH \| AZ	Altenew Ink Cubes, Cool Summer Night Shop at: AN \| EH	Altenew Ink Cubes, Cherry Blossom Shop at: AN \| EH
Powder Tool Adhesive Deactivator Shop at: EH \| AZ	WOW Embossing Powder, Metallic Gold Rich Shop at: EH	Memento Ink Pad, Tuxedo Black Shop at: EH

Markers

Zig Art & Graphic Twin Tip Marker, Light Gray

Zig Art & Graphic Twin Tip Marker, Warm Gray 2

COPIC Sketch Marker Y11, Pale Yellow

COPIC Sketch Marker YG13, Chartreuse

COPIC Sketch Marker N4, Neutral Gray No. 4

Weekly Sale

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Enjoy these great deals and save up to 45% off on select items in the Sale collection from now through 2/17/2019. While supplies last.

This is it for today. Thank you for spending time with me! Have a wonderful day!

February 17, 2019February 17, 2019 2 comments

Altenew Copic Markers Floral Cards Watercoloring

Altenew February 2019 Stamp | Die | Stencil Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

by alex February 14, 2019February 15, 2019

Hello everyone and Welcome to the Altenew February 2019 Release Blog Hop! I’m so excited to join this hop!

You should have arrived from Nicole Picadura, but if not don’t worry there is a hop list at the bottom of my post. You may consider starting from the beginning at the Altenew Card Blog.

Release

There are lots of great products to pick from – new stamp sets, coordinating dies! You can find the ENTIRE NEW RELEASE HERE!

Projects

I always like to create many projects with different techniques and today I’m going to share 9 cards with you. The rest of the cards (I made 16 cards) I’ll show you one of these days, because otherwise, it will be a very very long post..lol. Please, be sure to follow me for the latest updates YouTube | Instagram

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Thank you to everyone who will be with me until the end of this post! I hope to inspire you and help with some of your wish-list decision today!

Baroque Motifs Stamp & Die Bundle | Beautiful Peony Stamp & Die Bundle.

Let’s start with these products: Baroque Motifs Stamp Set , Baroque Motifs Die Set, Beautiful Peony Stamp Set and Beautiful Peony Die Set.

My absolute favorite of this release is the Baroque Motifs Stamp Set ! I made 3 cards with it.

My first card is a simple one-layer card. This card was so easy to make. I stamped the image using Hickory Smoke Distress Ink onto a white card base. I added some light pink color to the image using Almond Pink Zig marker. I then stamped and colored a bloom from the Beautiful Peony Stamp Set (used Zig markers in following colors: Almond Pink, Oatmeal and Light Brown) and die-cut it with the coordinating dies. I stamped a sentiment. I then adhered the flower onto the card base and finished off the card with Clear drops.

When I first saw the Baroque Motifs Stamp Set my first thought was – gold and black! It looks so gorgeous! I love black backgrounds.

So, here is my second card. I made a panel out of black cardstock and heat embossed images on the panel using the Antique Gold Embossing Powder. I also heat embossed a sentiment.

The next card is my favorite card. It took a long time to make it, but I’m happy how it turned out!

I stamped several baroque tendrils, the flowers, and leaves with Memento Ink and then cut them out with their coordinating dies. I then colored all the tendrils with English Lavender Zig Marker. The flowers and leaves I colored with Copic markers in the following colors: Y11, Y15, BG11, BG13, V12, V15.

After I was done, I connected them together with glue to create a card front. I then foam mounted all the glued elements onto a white square card base and cut out the excess. I added gold sequins to accentuate the card. This time I decided to stamp a sentiment on the inside.

Beautiful Peony Stamp & Die Bundle

I enjoy a bit of messy watercoloring as I don’t have to worry so much about depth and shadows. I started this card by stamping images from the Beautiful Peony Stamp Set in Hickory Smoke Distress ink on watercolor card panel and loosely watercoloring to get an abstract look. I used Kuretake Zig Art & Graphic Twin markers and Winsor&Newton watercolors.

I then stamped the outline images from the set in clear embossing ink, sprinkled with Antique Gold Embossing Powder and heat set.

To keep with the random, abstract look, I didn’t worry too much about how accurately the outlines of the leaves and flowers aligned with the painted versions. I added the panel to a gray card base and popped up a sentiment, gold heat embossed on gray cardstock. As a final touch, I added a few sequins.

The next card is a long card. I stamped the images from the Beautiful Peony Stamp Set on watercolor paper using black waterproof ink.

I watercolored them with the Kuretake Zig Art & Graphic Twin markers. I adhered a white panel onto a gray card base. I mounted the images with foam tape and then stamped the sentiment. To finish off my card I added sequins.

Dotted Blooms Stamp & Die Bundle

When I first saw the Dotted Blooms Stamp & Die Bundle I thought about cherry blossoms – ‘sakura’, and then thoughts about Sumi-e Art came to my mind. ‘Sumi-e’ is a Japanese monochrome ink painting or “ink wash painting”. The origin of ‘Sumi-e’ paintings have roots in Chinese calligraphy. Traditionally, Sumi-e was painted only in varying shades of black and white. Modern ‘Sumi-e’ includes a wide range of colors and hues alongside the shades of black. This is very beautiful and unique. I love this amazing technique so much and I’d love to learn it someday.
So, It was my inspiration for the first card in this kit.

I stamped the flowers from the Dotted Blooms Stamp Set and colored them with Sugared Almond Pink Zig marker. I painted mountains with Zig Markers in the following colors: Warm Gray2, Gray and Black. I then stamped a sentiment from the set.

To make next two cards I stamped the images (for the branches I used: Memento black ink for the “blue” card and Caramel Toffee Altenew ink for the “green” card. For the flowers I used Altenew Pink Diamond ink). I die cut them with the coordinating dies.

For the “blue” card I blended a panel with Altenew inks in the following colors: Ocean Waves, Dusk and Sea glass. I added gold and water splatters. I then glued the flowers onto the panel and stamped a sentiment.

For the “green” card I blended a panel with Altenew Sweet Leaf ink, added water splatters. I stamped extra branches onto the panel with Caramel Toffee Altenew ink and glued my colored images. I then stamped a sentiment.

As a final touch, I added a few gold accents using gold watercolor.

And finally, here is my last card. I stamped onto a card base the second layer of the flower using Soft Lilac and Lavander Fields Altenew inks . I then stamped a sentiment and added sequins.