April 13, 2017

Altenew 3rd Anniversary Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to my stop on the Altenew 3rd Anniversary blog hop! I am excited to be sharing in the celebration! Make sure to check out the Altenew blog for links to all of the hoppers today - and all of the rest of the days this week! You should have arrived here from Vera's blog.


For my card today I used one of my favourite Altenew stamp sets: Peony Bouquet. I love the large florals in this set and really enjoy colouring them using various colouring mediums.


When I stamped my flowers I knew I wanted to manipulate the stamped lines and make them a lot bolder and darker so I completely covered each of the stamped images with Distress Oxide inks, not worrying that I was really muting the lines.

Once I had the ink down, I used a water spritzer and added water to all of the images to give them a distressed look. I love the added texture and dimension that you get when you add water to these inks. Once I had them all inked and they were dry, I used a 0.5 black Copic Multiliner and traced over all of the flower and leaf lines added thicker lines in various places to really make the black inking the focus of the flowers.


I added a black and white striped paper piece to the side with a strip of sparkle silver cardstock and then I adhered the flowers and leaves to the card base. I stamped and adhered the label sentiment over top with foam adhesive and finished it off with some sparkly gems that I picked up from my local craft store.

Special Offer at Altenew for their 3rd anniversary: 
FREE U.S. shipping with code HAPPY3RD or $5 OFF international shipping with code ANNIVERSARY at checkout. Offer valid from April 11th through April 16th at 11:59 pm EDT. Not valid on prior purchases. Cannot be combined with other promo codes.

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:


Be sure to leave comments by Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 11:59 PM EDT for a chance to win! 21 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 next stop on the hop is: My Sweet Petunia

Happy Hopping!! ;)

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Meralyn said...

This beautiful peony stamp set is truly my #1 flower set to go to. Long ago, when I resided in the Northeast, I couldn't wait until Spring when my peony bushes came into full bloom! It was the only time I wished it wouldn't rain and ruin my beautiful peonies. You always provide the right inspiration, thank you.

Jennifer B. said...

I love my Peony Bouquet set as well, and Distress Oxides are my new favorite go-to inks whenever possible! Great project!

Jeanne Beam said...

Beautiful card. I love the use of the Distress Oxide ink. Thanks for sharing.

Linda said...

This is a wonderful flower set and the colors you chose are so pretty. Thanks for sharing.

Linda D.

Patty said...

OH I love the colors you chose for your flowers!! And the stripe down the side is such a nice touch!!

Unknown said...

So pretty!

Unknown said...

Your black and whit border is so effective bringing out the beautiful flowers!

Stacy said...

Love your choice of colours. That stamp set is an essential :)

Unknown said...

Pretty. Really like the layering.

Golda said...

Nicely done!

Penny said...

Beautiful cards!

Unknown said...

Such a fun surprise to click on to see the pretty colored flowers. Would not have thought of the black and white striped edge-love it!

Teri S. said...

Peony flowers are such beauties, aren't they? I keep seeing what artists like you do with Distress Oxide Inks & would so like to have them. Your peonies are prizewinners!

Terri Trotter Earley said...

I enjoy your graphic design

Mitzi said...

I just purchased some Distress Oxides and haven't even open them yet! Now I want to try this. LOVE the colors you chose.

Evelyn said...

Love the color choices!

FD91354 said...

Very pretty.. Love the colors.. Sping :)

Laura Peddicord said...

The flowers on your card are so simple yet so very pretty. You're work is beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

Heather said...

So pretty! Love the unusual colors on those beautiful blooms!

Leanne in Cali said...

I always enjoy seeing what you create! Such beautiful cards and ideas. Thanks so much for sharing on this amazing blog hop!!

Cat Craig said...

Sweet design.

Dawn T said...

Gorgeous. Love the idea of darkening the outline. Really makes the flowers pop.

cindybearj said...

The beautiful colors of the flowers look great beside the stripes down the side.

Marjorie DUMONTIER said...

Nice card.

Lizzie T a/k/a Wifelady said...

So pretty!

D. Warren said...

Isn't it amazing how adding a simple striped piece on the side can be such an eye catching embellishment. Thanks for sharing.

Kathy J in Ellicott City said...

Beautiful card! Love it!

MishT said...

Great card. Love the color pop.

Unknown said...

Beautiful flowers. Nice idea with the black liner, makes it go nicely with the striped left border!

Unknown said...

So pretty and beautifully bright!

https://adiecrafty.blogspot.com/ said...

love this card, this was my first Altenew stamp set and I love it

Anonymous said...

Using complementary colors adds pizazz! Maria B

Angela said...

This card was so wonderful and your coloring is really amazing. The silver glitter and the black and white stripe is absolutey fantastic.♥ Many thanks for your inspiration.
Hugs
Angela

Ashley Wells said...

I haven't purchased distress oxide inks yet but seeing fun projects like this definitely tempt me. Thanks for sharing such a pretty card!

Unknown said...

Love the coloring with the oxide distress inks. It really adds to some very beautiful flowers.

Tasha Vovchuk said...

Nice card! I love these flowers!

Lindarub said...

Love the colors on your flowers.

Dana said...

Sweet card!! Love how you used the oxide ink to color the flowers!

Jean said...

Such pretty flowers!

Bobby said...

The heavy black lines make the flowers so dramatic, Stephanie.

Penny said...

Beautiful card. Like the way you used the oxide inks on the peonies and the black and white strip paper really makes the flowers pop.

LC Lamothe said...

Gorgeous! Love the colors of your peonies and the effect of the Oxide inks. That you traced over all the lines is super impressive and really makes the images pop.

TracyM #6773 said...

BEAUTIFUL card!
LOVE the colours of your flowers, LOVE your ELEGANT design!

mandalj said...

Love the unusual colours you've used for your peonies!

D.Ann C said...

What a fun color combo! Congrats to Altenew on their 3rd anniversary!

Hsin-Yi said...

Love the vibrant and contrasting colors on the flowers! Thank you for sharing!

LPickerel said...

Pretty card! Beautiful colors.

Lieve said...

Beautiful card ! Great tip about making the lines thicker with the multiliner; thanks !
Happy Easter Greetings from Belgium.

Unknown said...

Thanks for sharing this cool technique! I really like the bold, graphic look of your flowers (and love the addition of the little black and white striped paper strip: perfect!).

Patt H. said...

Beautiful card! Just got my oxides & have not played with them yet. Thanks for the inspiration!!

Miriam Prantner said...

Beautiful colors! I love the combination and the strip of striped paper.

Laraine R said...

Beautiful card!

Jane S. said...

Very pretty, I love the dark black line

Jo Ann Danchik said...

Very pretty! I love the look of the distress oxides.

Jeanette said...

I love the peony stamp set, such a lovely card. The distress oxide inks worked well on this card. Thank you for sharing!

Lady Joyful said...

Fabulous card. Love the colours you chose.

Mary-Anne V said...

This is a very pretty set and love the bold colour you used.

Marina said...

Great card idea!

Kim Faucher said...

I love the set too!!! Great combination of colors and the border rocks!

Isabel Z said...

You are so talented.

Maja said...

Beautiful card.

jan metcalf said...

Can't wait for my oxide inks to arrive! Very pretty card!

littlesavedgirl said...

Love your elegant design !

Robin P said...

Very pretty card.

Kleri said...

Beautiful design!Thank you for sharing!

Lynne in NI said...

Beautiful card - I can see why that stamp is your favourite!

Viola Leary said...

I have everything I need to make this card. No shopping? Dramatic card.

Rebecca Romines said...

What a cute card. Thanks for taking time to share it with us all

turbito said...

I love the peony set, too. Your card has such pretty colors. The black outlines really stand out!

Zelda said...

Love how you used the oxides - will have to give it a try. Thanks for the inspiration!

McStamper said...

The peony is my favorite. Gorgeous card.

Gretchen Wilson said...

Sheer beauty Stephanie, love these new inks! TFS

Jackie S said...

Thanks for the inspiration. Like the bold outline

Monika Reeck said...

beautiful flowers
beautiful coloring
and lovely Design
Awesome card you made..

Anonymous said...

Very pretty - love that you used Distress Oxide ink for coloring !

Diane Bakehouse said...

Love the colours and the distress oxide look of the flowers. Lovely stamp set.

MelissaF said...

Beautiful cards, love these colors, so soft and pretty!

Denise Bryant said...

Gorgeous color combo! Beautiful flowers!

Anonymous said...

Love the sentiment set you used, they look so great in a card

Nandini said...

Gorgeous card. Love the colors.

Arianna Barbara said...

Awww!!! Simply stunning!!!

Unknown said...

nice card, thank you

Barbara McDonald said...

A very bold card. I love the repetitive use of black. Very beautiful.

Sandy Hentzel said...

I love this! You did an awesome job!
Thanks for Sharing,
Sandy Hentzel

Dana M said...

Fabulous card! I love how you used the black to really let the florals shine.

Katia said...

beautiful card!

Valerija said...

Very beautiful. Love the flowers.

Lisa's Creative Niche said...

This looks so pretty on the flowers!

Kathy Mc said...

Such a unique color combination for your beautiful peonies, Stephanie. I'm afraid I'd screw up my card tracing the lines after coloring them, but looks like no worries for you. The touch of silver strip really adds to the bling.

hilhashi said...

Pretty & vibrant card!

mtscrapgal said...

I like the color combo you used. Great shading too.

Holly Jackson said...

Stephanie,
I love the way you used the black stripped paper on the side to really make the card come "alive". Beautiful!

Kanan Pandya said...

Gorgeous colors on those flowers!! Beautiful card. :-)

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