Altenew | Watercolor Sympathy Card and Video. 2nd Anniversary Blog Hop
Hello friends and thank you for joining us for the Altenew 2nd Anniversary Blog Hop (more below). I have a very simple and elegant card created using supplies mostly from Altenew, I incorporated a few of my favorite products plus a favorite technique.
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VIDEO TUTORIAL
I am explaining everything in detail on my video, you can watch it below or on my Youtube channel:
CARD DETAILS
A dear friend of our family lost her mother recently and I needed to make a sympathy card. I’ll be honest with you, those are always very difficult to make and even more difficult to give. I tried to make this project as simple as possible and used a few of my favorites. I tried to make this card so that it would be very light and full hope and comfort.
I used one of the flowers from the Botanical Garden stamp set and stamped it using Hero Arts Intense Black ink, which is a waterproof one among other things. The flower was colored using Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolors, I used 3 colors only here. Instead of going with traditional green for the stem and leaves I ventured into red and used yellows for the petals.
The flower image was fussy cut (although there are matching dies) and coated with one layer of clear embossing powder. This added a lot of glossy shine and also made the watercolors appear more vibrant and saturated. I adhered the flower onto one of the Altenew vintage trims using Multi Matte Medium adhesive and foam mounted that onto an A2 top folding card base created out of woodgrain cardstock.
Sentiment, we are here for you, came from the Thinking of You stamp set and was heat embossed in Brass Embossing powder onto watercolor cardstock to match the color and texture of the card to the one used for the flower. The card was also embellished using a few mini gold sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.
BLOG HOP
Hop along with us to find loads of creative inspiration from Altenew designers and guests!
If you arrived from WOW! Embossing Powder the next stop on the hop is my very talented friend Taheerah Atchia.
 GIVEAWAY (NOW CLOSED)
Leave comments along the way for the opportunity to win one of THREE prize packs valued at over $100 from Altenew! There are also 8 awesome companies who are celebrating with Altenew, and they are offering additional prizes (read more about that on Altenew Blog).
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.
SUPPLIES
I’m listing the products I used below. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!
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Elaine
April 12, 2016Enjoyed your spin on this card. It truly gives the feeling of hope and comfort.
Liz mcallister
April 12, 2016Love the red stems. So pretty
Anna
April 12, 2016Happy Birthday! I wish you lots of ideas and inspiration too!
Thuy ngo
April 12, 2016Your card is stunning.
dana driscoll
April 12, 2016Yana this is a gorgeous card. Thank you!
Jennifer D
April 12, 2016Wow I haven’t visited your Blog before but will be again love your work. Love the way you have layered up your Gorgeous Card and your colours are Beautiful!
Karthikha
April 12, 2016Fantastic card!!! I’m in love with it 🙂
Shilpi G. Shivhare
April 12, 2016Beautiful Sympathy card Yana…. so elegant and full of hope….
Rina
April 12, 2016Lovely!
Tatyana Cectri4ka
April 12, 2016So beautiful and elegant cards! Thanks for video tutorial!
Charlene Yount Runge
April 12, 2016Absolutely gorgeous. I love the gold embellishment that brings it all together.
Kathy BM
April 12, 2016What a lovely, elegant card. Thanks for sharing.
Lea
April 12, 2016Very elegant card. I love.
Trisha
April 12, 2016Beautiful. Thanks for sharing!
Kanan Pandya
April 12, 2016I really love those bright colors on flowers and the fab technique you used. Fabulous card. 🙂
Sue
April 12, 2016Beautiful colors Love the Altenew stamps great products
wirianta
April 12, 2016Yana, this is stunning! Your designs is simply amazing.
Kate B
April 12, 2016Gorgeous card! I have one of those embossing daubers & have been wondering how I could use it – thanks for the idea of embossing over watercolored images!
tomandmiriam
April 12, 2016Holy WOW! Just gorgeous! I am in love with Altenew!! Thanks for the inspirations!!!
Dorthy Barber
April 12, 2016Embossing and watercolor really make a nice statement. Thanks for sharing that idea. Lovely card.
cheryl goshorn
April 12, 2016very pretty, i like the embossing over the flower
Karen Rice
April 12, 2016How stunning! I like how you bucked the trend of green stems! I’m going to try that too!
Heather Hoffman
April 12, 2016WOW! Love this! Clean and simple, but elegant and layered as well! Gorgeous!
Karen Wood
April 12, 2016I remember seeing this card on my Instagram feed and was blown away at how simply gorgeous it is! LOVE!
Monia
April 12, 2016Bright like gold. Nice!
Denise D.
April 12, 2016What a beautiful card and I love how you used the clear embossing powder to make it more vibrant.
Lori Hefner
April 13, 2016I am so sorry for your friend:( Your card is beautiful and I am sure will give comfort! Love the technique, thank you for sharing!!
Shannon Camp
April 13, 2016Beautiful card. Great job.
Naomi Sams
April 13, 2016Beautiful card =)
Adaline Banks
April 13, 2016Oh I love the goooooold :)))) this is a very swee and bright greeting.
Margarita
April 18, 2016beautiful!! Just beautiful