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Altenew Classic Imagery Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

May 18, 2021

Hello and welcome back to my blog!

I’m so glad you’ve stopped by today to take a peek at the cards I made with some of my favorite new Altenew products. They have just released the Classic Imagery collection of beautiful 3D embossing folders and stencils and a group of designers are celebrating with a blog hop to show off some of the many creative possibilities!

Let’s take a look at my projects:

STENCILING WITH WATERCOLORS

My first card uses a new layered stencil set, which have been so popular lately. This is called Greenwood Flower Stencil Set and features two head-on blooms and several configurations of leaves.

Instead of inking through the stencil, I decided to try watercoloring through the layers instead and it produced a totally different, organic, loose result that I really love.

I used some pixie spray to tack down my stencil and I tried to use minimal water to prevent too much bleeding of paint under the stencil. I was also sure to dry my panel with my heat tool between colors so that I could retain the detail of each layer.

Two things I absolutely love about this technique:

  1. it is super forgiving… this is loose watercolor giving an impression of a floral image, but nothing needs to be lined up perfectly or inked just so – have fun with it and enjoy different results each time!
  2. no masking required! When I added the leaves, I just painted around the edges of the flowers with my brush. Again, this is a loose suggestion of a floral composition and nothing needs to be perfect! That’s the beauty of it.

BUFFALO PLAID BACKGROUND

For my second card, I used the new Buffalo Plaid 3D Embossing Folder to create a white-on-white textured backdrop for my focal point.

The embossing folder creates a beautiful buffalo plaid design that is deeply pressed into the paper as shown below.

… but I chose to cut it into strips that showed off the diagonal stripes of white on white. I popped three strips of the embossed cardstock up on foam tape for even more dimension, creating the perfect background for any focal point I wanted to add. I had a few extra flowers on my desk that I had inked with the Bitterroot Flower Stencil from a recent release so I arranged them on my embossed panels with a few ink splatters and a simple sentiment (from the new Tropical Jungle Stamp Set). Voila!

I just love all the texture and I am a sucker for any combination of florals and stripes – it’s always so striking!

GIVEAWAY

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $25 gift certificate to 8 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 05/24/2021 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 05/26/2021.

BLOG HOP

If you’ve been following along on the Blog Hop, I thank Christine Pennington for referring you over to me, and your ***next stop is with Helen Kalb .

Of course, you can find the full list of participants over at the Altenew Card Blog as well.

Thank you so much for visiting me today and checking out my projects. I hope that you’ve found some inspiration here on my blog or maybe just got a happy little break from your day. I so appreciate the time that you spend here with me! Let me know if you’ve ever tried watercoloring with stencils and what kind of results you got. I also encourage you to try chopping up backgrounds of any type to get completely different looks – let me know how it goes 🙂

see you soon! xo,

Tricia

SUPPLIES

38 thoughts on “Altenew Classic Imagery Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway”

  2. Love your use of the Buffalo Plaid embossing folder for raised texture behind your focal image. I like the imaginative way you used the folder by cutting up the panel.

  3. gorgeous cards – thanks for sharing how you made the first card – I am going to give this ‘loose’ water coloring a try

  6. Lovely cards. Love the look of the watercolored stenciled flowers. Like your creative use of the buffalo plaid embossing folder, too. Thanks for sharing!

  9. Watercoloing through layering stencils…I gotta say I like the look. Thank you for thinking outside the box.

  19. Gorgeous cards. I especially love the first one. I’ve never tried water coloring with stencils, but your result is amazing — I’m definitely going to give this a try!

    1. Great idea watercoloring in lieu of blending on first card and adorable card cutting buffalo plaid into strips for background. They are beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

  22. Beautiful cards and coloring! You should do a class so we can learn how to do the watercoloring with a stencil. Love this release but don’t know what to get first!

  29. WOW! I love the watercolored greenwood flower stencil. I definitely need to try that. The white on white textured background for your second card is also wonderful. Thanks for the inspiration and water color hints.

  32. Both cards are really beautiful! I especially love the use of the embossing folder in the second card.

  36. Lovely cards- thank you for the inspiration! The watercolour stencil technique is great!

  37. Great texture on your second card. I am inspired to use Altenew’s embossing folders and I like how you used part of one to highlight the flowers. So clever and pretty.

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