Hello everyone! You have just come from the talented Lilith Eeckels . Altenew is collaborating with the amazing Kathy Racoosin from The Daily Marker to inspire crafters to find joy through coloring. Kathy is celebrating her 14th 30 Day Coloring Challenge until the end of November 2019. If you have time, come and participate in the 30 Day Coloring Challenge by coloring something and share it on social media using the hashtag #thedailymarker30day. I hope you will find some “me time” and enjoy the benefits that coloring will give.
I’m in the middle of preps for an Altenew Workshop that I will be teaching in but still wanted to join this hop so I created some CAS cards using easy coloring techniques that didn’t take too much time to create.
MAKE A WISH CARD
MATERIALS:
- Altenew Potted Plants
- Altenew Layered Snowflake Stars A and B
- Altenew Watercolor Brush Markers
- Altenew Dye Inks
- Arches Watercolor paper cold press 300 gsm
I enjoyed doing no-line coloring with these plants using the technique that I saw some days ago by Erum Tasnim. I stamped the leaf image on watercolor paper using Sand Dunes dye ink or any light colored ink to define the outlines of the image then I used both dye inks and watercolor brush markers to color in.
Faber Castell Polychromos colored pencils were also used to add depth. The ombre background was colored using Altenew dye inks and a blender brush.
I’M HERE FOR YOU
MATERIALS:
- Altenew Potted Plants
- Altenew Leaf Frame Cover Die
- Altenew Sentiment Strips Stamp
- Altenew Dye Inks
- Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
- Scrapbook Adhesives Foam Squares small
- Altenew Watercolor Brush Markers
- Faber Castell Polychromos colored pencils
I wanted this potted plant to be the main focus of this card so I kept the background pretty simple. The image was stamped with a light colored dye ink then colored using watercolor brush markers and polycrhomos colored pencils. The leaf frame cover die was adhered to a dark-coloured cardstock. It helps adding an image to a dark colored cardstock for more contrast. The image was added using foam squares for more dimension.
MONOGRAM CARD
MATERIALS:
- Altenew Classic Alphabet Die
- Weekend Doodle Stamp and Die Bundle
- Altenew Watercolor Brush markers
- Altenew Metallic Watercolor
- Tim Holtz Distress Crayons
- Sizzix Embossing folder
- Scrapbook Adhesives Foam Squares
- Tombow Mono Multi Liquid glue
- Canson watercolor paper
- Altenew Rose Gold Embossing Powder
- Versamark Ink
I liked the look of the dark background against a stamped image so I made 2 more cards using the same navy blue cardstock. You probably know by now that blue is my FAVORITE color 🙂 I used some blues and greens from the Distress crayons to color the watercolor paper then added water to activate the colors. After drying it with a heat tool, I stamped the images using Versamark Ink then embossed with Rose Gold embossing powder. I then colored specific areas with brush markers and metallic watecolors. The letter N was die cut 4 times and stacked on top of each other to add dimension.
SENDING HAPPY THOUGHTS
MATERIALS:
- Altenew Weekend Doodles Stamp and Die Bundle
- Altenew Circle Quilt Cover Die
- Altenew Rose Gold embossing Powder
- Versamark Ink
- Altenew Watercolor Brush markers
- Altenew Metallic Watercolors
- Vellum
- Scrapbook Adhesives Foam Squares
Don’t you just love gold on blue?!?! 😄 I had extra watercolored paper so I stamped another image from the Weekend Doodles Set then embossed with rose gold embossing powder. Certain leaves were made darker using the watercolor brush markers and the metallic watercolor. The sentiment was stamped on vellum then added behind the colored wreath. These were attached to the card front using foam squares. The sides of the circle quilt cover die cut was embossed using Versamark ink and rose gold embossing powder to add high contrast.
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I love your sweet potted plants cards and myvery favorite is the blue monogram floral card!!!!
Thank you for your kind words, Lagene <3
Wonderful set of cards with lovely colors and great backgrounds! 🙂
Thank you so much, Karthikha!
Your cards are so unique. Love the coloring but really love the cards.
What a gorgeous array of watercolored cards showing diverse use of the dies and the stamp designs. Beautiful!
I’m happy you liked them, Barbara! Thanks for dropping by!
Beautiful cards – I really like the textured detail in the background – it gives nice graphic contrast with the coloured pieces
Thank you so much, Bonnie <3
All of your cards are lovely. I especially like the first one. What a great design!
Glad you liked them, Cathy! Thanks for dropping by!
The potted plants with the snowflake dies is just stunning! And good on blue always looks classy!
Thank you for sharing all your beautiful cards!
Yay!!! Glad you liked them, Lauri!
Nanette there is some really interesting work here. You’ve surprised me with some of your choices for stamps that I have and really inspired me to try some of your layouts and color combos. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much, Kimberly! <3 Glad to help!
I love your cards. Your color combinations are fantastic. I think my favorite card is the “make a wish”.
I enjoyed making that card <3 Thanks for dropping by, Carol!
Wow!! I love these cards!! Those potted plants are fabulous!! I love the gold on blue. Gorgeous!!
Thank you so much, LIsa!
I love those awesome potted plants & the Happy Thoughts card really did give me happy thoughts! 🙂 Love the blue & gold & amazing design!
happy you liked them, Patt! Thanks for dropping by!
So many fun projects and a lot of great inspiration! Thank you so much for shaing!
Thank you so much, Nancy!
Sooooo many gorgeous cards and coloring! I love all your backgrounds~
yay!! Glad you liked them, Meghan!
Such gorgeous cards! I love your choice of materials, coloring, and inventive techniques!
Thank you so much for your kind words, Lynnette! <3
Your cards are all nice but the first one is my favorite. Love the snowflake cover dies and the gradient background. Well done.
Happy to know that, Susan! Thanks so much!
Wow – amazing cards!!
Thank you!
Love all the cards. The plant ones are my favorite. I love growing plants.
I don’t have any luck with plants… I tend to forget to water them!!! ha! ha!!! 🙁 Thanks for dropping by!
The dark backgrounds truly make your designs pop! I love your color choices and coloring.
Thanks so much, Vikki!
Beautiful cards, Nette!! Love them all 😍
Hi Anna! I realized that I didn’t do much coloring for some of the cards so the potted plants was a last minute card. Super busy with preps for the workshop so not much detail in the coloring. 🙁 But simple kind of coloring is still coloring, right? 🙂 Looking forward to seeing you on Sat!
Despite being busy you have treated us with many beautiful cards !! Loved the bold color combos.
Your cards are so beautiful! I love the blues—especially the navy backgrounds,
Lovely cards, nice coloring 🙂
These cards are beautiful. I’m inspired to pull out my alcohol markers and see if I can replicate. I’m still a newbie learning, but this was very lovely.
Love how you put the potted plants on your cards. The first one is super cool with some on a shelf and the other inside the banner a bit lower. Love it! Great set a cards.
These are all wonderful! The greenery in the pots are colored so lovely! Gorgeous!
Girl, seriously, you always rock it! That monogram card is fabulous!
Boy have you been busy. So many beautiful cards. To start with the plant cards are so pretty. My favorite though is the blue ones. Gorgeous.
Beautiful cards! Your coloring is gorgeous
What a gorgeous set of cards, Nenette! They are all so eye-catching with their bright colours! It’s amazing how different they all look while sharing the same die cut background! So inspiring! Thanks so much for sharing!
Love the different looks you created with simple coloring techniques! Just beautiful!
Delightful cards!! I especially like the last one.
Lovely! I’m a huge fan of blue as well. Thank you for sharing your talents. Thanks also for using the metallic watercolor. I’ve recently purchased them, but haven’t taken time to play.
Wow. All of your cards are awesome!
I love how you blended the background and the use of those cover dies for your first card.
For your second card, I love the die cover as well.
Your third card is my favourite, I really love that dark blue and that monogramed N with those awesomely stamped and painted flowers.
Your last card is my second favourite due to the gold embossing, use of vellum and again that wonderful colouring you did that quilted circle die tied it up perfectly.
Thanks for taking the time to create and share with us.
A beautiful display of works of art. Beautiful colors and backgrounds. Love the blue and gold flowers and the no-line potted plants.
Wow! So many wonderful projects. My favorite is the first one. I love the dimension, all the colors, but especially the ‘greenhouse background you created. Gorgeous!
What a beautiful collection of cards! Lovely designs and wonderful coloring.
Wow what striking pieces! I love the gold against the dark colors!
Wow Nanete! You really, really went above and beyond with these cards, very inspiring. I especially love the cover dies, I not always use them but they make a card more sophisticated.
Cheers!
Absolutely loved your cards. Partially embossing on dark background die is lovely.
What a set of beautiful cards using a variety of colouring techniques. Your designs are terrific. Love the potted plants sitting on the shelf and the gold and blue cards especially.
Beautiful cards! Wonderful coloring with the brush markers and metallic watercolor accents.
Very beautiful. Love the gorgeous coloring.
Wow Nanette 🙂 Your cards are awesome and you’ve given me some new ideas to try!!! Thanks 🙂
Your cards are gorgeous! I love your navy card with the white leafy frame!
All your cards are so beautiful and unique. I’m inspired!
Thank you so much, Cyndi!
Thank you ,for sharing .
Good ,thanks