Altenew’s 3rd Anniversary Blog Hop + Giveaway
Welcome to the Altenew 3rd anniversary blog hop!!! If you’re coming from Amy Lee’s blog, you’re in the right place!!
In celebration, I created a card using the Altenew Hibiscus Bouquet stamp set where I’ve used the center (solid) images to create watercolor effects.
The watercolor technique is simple, first I layered on light tones of ink, then stamped a second time with ink in a specific area for a darker tone. When everything was dry, I stamped the outline images overtop in black.
I’ve filmed a video that you can view below or on our YouTube channel HERE.
Prizes
Altenew is giving away $50 gift certificates to FIVE lucky winners. There are also 12 awesome companies who are celebrating with us, and they are offering the following prizes:
- Spellbinders: Three $100 Gift Certificates
- Online Card Classes: Three Class Spots
- My Sweet Petunia : Mini MISTI
- Pretty Pink Posh : $30 Gift Certificate
- WOW! Embossing Powder : $30 Prize Pack
- Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L : $30 Prize Pack
- Tombow USA: 1 pack of 10 Dual Brush Pens
- Chameleon Pens: 1 Pack of 5 Chameleon Pens
- Butterfly Reflections Ink: $25 Gift Certificate
- Ellen Huston LLC : $25 Gift Certificate
- Freckled Fawn : $25 Gift Certificate
- Simon Says Stamp : $25 Gift Certificate
Be sure to leave comments by Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 11:59 PM EDT for a chance to win! 15 WINNERS will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the blogs listed below and will be announced on the Altenew blog on April 28th, 2017.
The anniversary celebration continues the rest of the week, just follow the links below!
Thanks for stopping, your next stop on the hop is to SVETA FOTINIA. Enjoy!!!
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This, I have to try!
Wow! What a stunning card! Love it!
Beautiful card I always love how you group your elements on your cards. I love the loose watercolor look of Altenew stamps
Beautiful water coloring! Thank you for sharing.
Lovely card with a stunning effect!
such a beautiful, soft looking card!
Wow! I love this card. Thank you for the very informative video – I’m going to have to try this.
Beautiul! I think I NEED that stamp set!
I absolutely adore your card. Great colors. Great technique. Great card. Thanks for the inspiration.
Like this technique, pretty card! Thanks
Love how this looks against the fog background. Beautiful!
I really love how your card came out. Just beautiful! This is a great technique that I’ll have to try. Jil
Simply stunning!
Lovely card! :)
I love your card Shari and the stamp set from Altenew. The watercolor technique has been a favorite of mine for a long time. Thanks for the great video.
I would love to try this! AltNew has the best stamps to watercolor! Thanks!
Wow, this card is stunning!!!
I love this technique! I must try it! I love the fact that we can use regular inks to create a water color look without having to go out and buy water colors!
Love this watercolor technique and thank you for sharing.
Wonderful inspiration and beautiful card.
Fantastic card Sheri! I really appreciate your videos. Very informative and clear – and most of all inspiring. I love this company! Congrats Altenew! And so happy that all these other companies have joined in on the hop likeSimon says stamp.
Such a beautiful card with soft colors! I love it
Oh my gosh. This card is beautiful. I am so excited to try your “backward” technique. You make it look so easy…but I know it takes practice. Thanks so much for sharing your technique and talent with us…again!! You never disappoint!
I love your card!! The water color card is so pretty!!
Beautiful card and a great technique. Thanks for the video tutorial.
Such a cute card, love the watercolour :)
Congratulations Altenew. Shari your card is gorgeous. Thanks for all the great inspiration.
Very pretty
Beautiful card!!!
Gorgeous – thanks for the video!
This is drop dead gorgeous
Such a pretty card!
Oh how I love this card. Thanks for sharing it!
What a delightful card! The colors are so bold and lovely.
Wow, such a stunning card. I love to watercolor flowers. I think Altnew makes the b st flower stamps.
Pretty cards.
Such a fun technique, thank you Shari!
What a lovely card. . .your tutorial was a great help showing me how you did the water coloring of flowers and leaves as well as creating the sentiment and layout design. Thanks for sharing both the card and video!
Beautiful card. It’s amazing how each layer of color intensifies the image, but it’s the outline that really makes each flower & leaf pop.
I love these pretty flowers! Being a Floridian, we have them in all colors here – in abundance!
Your card is beautiful.
Really gorgeous Shari. Altenew has such wonderful floral stamp sets. I have several and am now going to give this a serious go. Thanks Shari and a big congrats to Altenew!
Beautiful Shari! These cards look so elegant!
Beautiful card!
Love the colors!
Very pretty watercoloring!
Beautiful, stunning card!
Your card is stunning and I love that technique! It’s a favorite of mine. Absolutely gorgeous card and design, I love this stamp set so much I may need it. Thanks so much for the inspiration!
Love how you used this watercolor technique for this beautiful card.
Beautiful! Great technique!!
I didn’t even know I liked hibiscus flowers until my daughter-in-love gave me one for mothers’ day! It is so beautiful–first pics I took with my new smart phone, and the picture I chose for my screen saver. I must need this stamp set, right! Thanks for showing such a fun way to showcase it.