More Purple!!!

Working on some more purple today, I decided to play with my Altenew Build-A-Flower Crocus stamp and Die set.  

I stamped the Crocus with Altenew Wisteria, Hydrangea, Ultra Violet, Fresh Lemon, Honey Drizzle, Firefly and Grass Fields.  Dotted Washi Tape from Altenew is one of my favorite backgrounds to use and it works great for this card.  The sentiment is also from the Build-A-Flower Crocus set and stamped with Jet Black ink.

Thanks for stopping by today

Nancy

Playing with a little Gina K today

Today I had a chance to play with the new Gina K January Kit.

Starting with the Friendship Hearts stamp set, I created a background with the stitched heart.

I love the "Galentine's Day" sentiment and just had to use it on the card. I sprayed a little glimmer mist and placed a few sequins to complete the design.

For my next 2 projects I used the 'A Big Hello' stamp set.

I typically don't select purple for my projects but it's 2020 and I need to step out of my comfort zone.  Lovely Lavender, Wild Lilac and Plum Punch inks from Gina K were used to stamp the images. By layering the inks I achieved the tone-on-tone effect. Clear Wink of Stella was added to accent the flowers.  

I stamped the hello sentiment and sub-sentiment in black ink.  

Three tiny silver gems finish off the card.

The last card started by using a water spray over the inked stamp from the card before this.  There was plenty of ink left on the stamp to achieve a watercolor look for this image.  You can see that the light color of Lovely Lavender is more prominent this time.  I needed a soft lilac Glitz Glitter Gel so I mixed a small amount of Lovely Lavender ink with White Glitz Gel. The stencil I used is Gina K Mandala Burst.  The sentiment and sub-sentiment was stamped with Plum Punch.  Again a few sequins complete this card.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Nancy

My New Favorite Copic Color Combo

I recently discovered a Copic Marker color combo that I wanted to try and can 

I say, I LOVE this combo.

I feel that you need to have a floral image that has a design that lends to this type of combo though.  For my project I selected Memory Box Rose Bouquet (CL5241).

My favorite new color combo is BG11, BG15, Y15 and R05.  

Learning after years of coloring that not everything has to be blended perfectly, 

 YG greens were selected for my leaves along with a few other colors for the remaining flowers.

The finishing touches are a some Lucy's Gems, Cantaloupe Mix.

Thanks for stopping by, now off to find some more floral images to color.

Nancy

Altenew - A Year In Review

WOW!  Can you believe that 2019 is almost over. 
 You should have landed here from the blog of Zinia Redo, if not please go back and see the fabulous inspiration she has to offer.

It's been a very busy and memorable year for me with having 2 scheduled eye surgeries, plus an unexpected move about 6 months ago.

The month of October was special for me because I was asked to film a series for the Altenew Academy, 'Modern Holiday Cardmaking'.  I must admit this was a little out of my comfort zone, but I enjoyed the process and was able to feature processes and designs that I love.

The first card I want to share, features the Build-A-Flower Camellia with the sentiment coming from the Build-A-Flower Anemone set.  I used the large flower for the focal point and then used it to make a subtle background print.  I love to use black in my projects so once again that makes the images 'pop'.

This second card is another favorite that features a monochromatic scheme.  This tone-on-tone uses the following Dies:

Watercolor Stripes Cover Die 

Leaf Canopy Die

Miss You Word Die

I stamped the floral images with Morning Frost, Evening Gray and Lava Rock Altenew Crisp Inks.

Can't forget those fabulous aqua enamel dots from Altenew.

The image for this bright card is from the Wallpaper Art stamp set.

Using my Altenew Artist Markers to color the image I selected those reds and warm yellow tones.

Once again I wanted to incorporate black in the card, so I mounted the image to a black card base and also chose a simple sentiment stamped in black.

This last card was featured in my Modern Holiday Cardmaking video series for Altenew.  I used black as my focus in my projects and this card received so many positive comments.

The stamp is Modern Poinsettia from Altenew and I used the Altenew Watercolor Brush Markers to color the fabulous blue-gray image.  The flower was mounted on a black base covered with the Altenew Circle Quilt Cover Die.

This basic design could be used for almost any large floral image and you could used so many colors for the focal image.

Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners!  Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog by 01/03/2020 for a chance to win.  Random winners will also be chosen to win a $15 gift certificate from the comments left on each stop on the hop so don't forget to leave me a comment.

All winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 01/06/2020.

I hope you have enjoyed my inspiration cards from 2019 and have followed along with all of the other Guest Designers.  Now on to your next stop, Kymona Tracey. If you started with my blog please go to the beginning Altenew Blog 

Thanks for joining today and Happy New Year!

Gina K Tall Pine Stamp

I fell in love with this recent released stamp from Gina K

It is the Tall Pine Stamp

When I saw this stamp I knew that I wanted to create a blended background  that resembled a winter/night sky.

I selected Moonlit Fog, Ocean Mist, Powder Blue, Lovely Lavender, Wild Lilac, Jelly Bean Green, Grass Green and Fresh Asparagus.

Using my blender brushes I created the background and then stamped the trees in black.

I decided not to use embossing powder on the trees and keep them flat black.

This is so basic and easy.

I've attached the video of my process.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Nancy

Holiday Seals

The last couple of cards I have to share for this week are the result of me just getting to play.  I have fallen in love with blending brushes.  

I pulled the Altenew Linear Stencil out and had some fun.

I continued my theme of using black, then added grays and blues on the first card.  

I wanted the stencil to be the focus of the card so I selected the 

Holiday Seals set by The Stamping Village for my center.

I added a little bling and gold paper for finishing touches.

My second card uses the same supplies, I just change the colors to Red.

https://altenew.com/products/holiday-seals-stamp-set-by-the-stamping-village#gallery-1

https://altenew.com/pages/search-results-page?q=linear+stencil

Thanks for spending the week with me.  

Nancy

Altenew Modern Holiday Cardmaking 6 - Final Day

https://altenew.com/pages/search-results-page?q=modern+holiday+cardmaking

Today is the final day for my Altenew Academy Class.

Today's focus is on Cover Plates and I'm sharing another inspiration card here on my blog.

Sticking with my black modern theme this card is simple and easy.

I used the Altenew Pegboard Canvas Cover Die for the background and mount it on a black top fold A-2 cardbase.  You can see how the black dots show through the holes to stick with my theme.

Then I cut several pieces from the Altenew Creative Edges: Evergreen Die

1 - Black

1- Gold 

2 - Forest Glades

I inked the edges of the green paper with Altenew Forest Glades and Evergreen inks, then I layered the green, gold and black trees as shown.

The 3 stars are from Altenew Starry Night set and the sentiment is from Altenew Happy Holidays.

https://altenew.com/pages/search-results-page?q=pegboard+canvas+cover+die

https://altenew.com/pages/search-results-page?q=creative+edges

https://altenew.com/pages/search-results-page?q=starry+night

https://altenew.com/pages/search-results-page?q=happy+holidays+stamp+set

https://altenew.com/pages/search-results-page?q=forest+glades+paper

https://altenew.com/pages/search-results-page?q=green+fields+mini+cube+set

It's been so much fun sharing all my inspiration here on my blog for this class series.  I hope you have enjoyed the projects.

Thanks for stopping by.

Nancy