Altenew 2nd Anniversary Blog Hop!
Hi everyone! Welcome to the Simon Says Stamp portion of the big three-day Altenew Anniversary blog hop! We are very happy to congratulate Altenew on their second anniversary, and also very happy to be part of the party! Today is day two of the event. CLICK HERE to visit the Altenew Blog to make sure you don’t miss anything. There are so many great projects and tons of prizes! Simon Says Stamp is one of the proud sponsors and all of us here at SSS love their products.
The card I’m sharing for the blog hop was made with the beautiful Brush Art Floral stamp set. I saw this one at the Altenew booth at CHA in January and wanted it right away! Pretty, soft brush stroke florals. That’s always a good thing! I used some of my favorite colors of Distress Inks to make a vintage inspired card.
I inked the large rose image with Worn Lipstick Distress Ink and stamped it directly onto watercolor paper. Then I stamped the leaves in Crushed Olive Distress Ink. I took my water brush and wet the colors and moved them around the paper to look as if they were watercolored. Next I took the smaller stamped pieces and stamped them in Candied Apple Distress Ink over the Lipstick ink. Then I blended some more with the water brush. You can see that adding the second color really gave the rose some depth.
I used the Label Love stamp set to make a crisp black sentiment for my card. Then I had fun layering pretty vintage papers and a doily. I gently inked the edged of all of my paper panels with a sponge dauber and Vintage Photo Distress Ink.
I used four copper brads to ground the bottom layer. The layer with the flower on it is adhered to the card with foam tape.
Here are the links for today’s hop! Remember this is a three day celebration! So be sure to check in on the Altenew Blog each day!
Altenew
Kristina Werner
Anna Kossakovskaya
Simon Says Stamp
Agnieszka Malyszek
Melania Deasy
Marika Rahtu
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L
Nicole Pikadura
Darlene DeVries
Pamela Ho
Leave comments along the way for the opportunity to win one of THREE prize packs valued at over $100 from Altenew! In addition, there are 8 companies who are celebrating with Altenew, and they are also offering awesome prizes! Be sure to leave comments on each stop by Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 11:59 PM EST for a chance to win! 13 winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the hop list and will be announced on the Altenew blog on Apr 14th. We are all using the hashtag #AltenewAnniversary on social media, so be sure to check on Instagram, etc for more inspiration!
Such a beautiful card! Love it!
Wanda, everything about this card was inspiring… the colors, the layers, the stamping… TFS!!!
Such an artistic flair…love this look!
Love how delicate and sweet this card is. The vintage feel is so appealing.
Beautifuuuuul <3 I'm in love.
This is a favourite stamp set of mine & your card is lovely!
I’ve always loved Altenew stamps!!! They’re so beautiful!!!
Wonderful card, another Altenew set that’s already on my wish list!
Wow.. so pretty! really like how all the elements work together!
I’m loving the faux demo label stamp set you’ve used here. The flowers are so pretty.
So very prettY!
Great card!
Lovely vintage style.
Those flowers in the new sets are so gorgeous! Great card.
Just beautiful as always.
Pretty card…
So wonderful card
Hughes Daniela
Very different idea. Very clever.
I love the pretty card.
Pretty pretty card!
You’ve used 2 of my favorite elements, Wanda, text and doilies! Added to the watercolor look, this card is dynamite in my eyes!
Love this beautiful card! Fabulous layers and texture.
Love this brush stroke effect and the colours!
I love the bold look of this stamp set! It makes a very striking card!
Love the colors, Altenew stamps are so detailed and gorgeous.
Amazing card. Love the new ideas.
Very pretty! Thank you
Lovely card!
What a pretty card! Love the watercolored look with the vintage background!
Great layout with such a pretty result!
Lovely card! Thanks for sharing :)
You are a busy lady with lots of creativity. thanks for sharing your talent.
Love the colors you used.
Oh, what a beautiful card!
I love the use of layering in this card and the bright colours used on the flower image that draws your eyes to it
such a fab card :)
Beautiful! Love the pink rose!
Beautiful pink rose!
So pretty. Love the layers. Hugz
Lovely layered card. Brads are perfect with brush art floral stamp.
Love the color choices on this card! :)
so elegant cards and wonderful stamps …
love to see more..
lovely greetings from gemany
Gorgeous card! Look who’s 2 – Altenew – Happy Birthday!
Gorgeous card and love all the layering!!
Super beautiful and such a wonderful use of texture and color!!
I loooove the background of the credit! And the doilies!!
Such a pretty vintage look! Love the layers!
So pretty! Beautiful colors, and love the vintage look!
Really pretty card
Beautiful card :)