Hello all! Today I’m sharing three cards on the Altenew Card Blog and wanted to share them here as well!
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For today’s post, I’m showcasing the Breezy Bouquet stamp and die set, and once again, I love the versatility of Altenew designs and sets!
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For my first card, I stamped with Moon Rock ink onto watercolor paper, stamping the bouquet first, and using a mask cut to the bottom edge of the bouquet to stamp the paper wrapper.
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I used Altenew watercolor paints to paint the image, adding a mix of the colors used in the image to create the shadows behind the bouquet. Once the paint was all dry, I splattered with more of the same colors.
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I did a thing with this card panel that you might not notice unless I point it out. I painted the first card panel and was unhappy with the rose, which is kind of the focal point, so rather than paint the whole card over again, I stamped the bouquet again on another piece of watercolor paper, painted it (more to my liking) and then fussy cut it on the exact outline. I ran the side of a black brush tip marker along the cut edge so that the white paper edge doesn’t stand out or distract. Then I popped up the hand cut rose with some thin foam tape and it kind of reminds me of the paper tole trend from the 80’s!
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I used a sentiment from the Dainty Swiss Dots background stamp set and heat embossed with platinum embossing powder. Then I cropped the card panel slightly smaller than an A2 sized card and matted it with some coordinating grey cardstock.
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My second card also involves watercolor painting but is done a little differently. I wanted to stamp in the actual colors and simply paint over the lines with a clean wet brush to re-activate the inks but that can get a little tricky with a design that includes more than one color. I remember back in the day, coloring a whole red rubber stamp with markers, huffing on it and stamping, and getting a hit or miss result. I don’t know that you could do this technique today as effectively without a stamping tool such as the MISTI.
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As above, I stamped the bouquet first. I positioned the stamp and watercolor paper in my MISTI and then colored the rose and buds with Ranger Barn Door water-based marker. I used a combination of Tombows and Ranger Distress markers and as soon as I stamped, I ran my brush over the stamped outlines with a wet brush to draw color from the edges into the shape.
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Next, I colored different portions of the greenery with a couple of shades of greens, a dark blue-green and an warm olive shade, referring to the printed design included in the packaging to know what to color where. Because I was using a MISTI, I could color one set of leaves, stamp and paint them, before moving on to another set.
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I used the bouquet mask again, and this time I stamped the vase and stems separately. I used Aqualicious ink to stamp the vase, and more of the same green markers on the stems as I’d used for the leaves in the bouquet, painting each time with a wet brush. I used a sentiment from the same Breezy Bouquet stamp set, once more heating with platinum embossing powder.
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For my last card, there is no painting or coloring but does come together in a kind of backwards way! I began by using the coordinating die to die cut the design from the textured grey-brown cardstock, positioned where I knew I would want it to be. Then using that die cut cardstock as a shim in the MISTI, I could place the stamp exactly into the opening and know that it was going to be positioned perfectly. I used Evening Gray ink to stamp with and stamped onto Neenah Classic Crest Natural White (cream) cardstock.
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The next step was to die cut another 3 layers of cardstock (next time I’d use fun foam and die cut ONCE) so that I could pop up the gray cardstock layer. Before adhering all the layers I stamped a sentiment from the same Breezy Bouquet stamp set and heat embossed with my favorite platinum embossing powder.
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I trimmed all the die cut panels down to allow a generous 1/8th” edge to show, and adhered everything to the stamped front of the card base.
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I found some sparkle gray enamel dots in my stash that matched the platinum embossing powder and added those. It’s a very simple but effective technique to make a quick and elegant card.
Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!