Altenew Watercolor Brush Markers Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello, crafty friends!

I am so honoured and excited to be joining Altenew for their Watercolor Brush Markers Release Blog Hop today. If you’ve arrived here from the blog of Laura Volpes, you’re on the right track. If you’d like to start at the beginning and not miss a thing, click on the Altenew Card Blog link.

Altenew is releasing another amazing Watercolor Brush Markers Set! The Tropical Fiesta Set is full of cheery, bright, vivid tones. Here is a colour swatch for the Set:

I have two cards to share today for the hop, so let's get going!

My first card features the Garden Picks 3D Die Set and

the Dotted Scales Debossing Cover Die.

To create this card, I started by die cutting the roses and foliage from the Altenew Garden Picks 3D Die Set from 300 GSM cold pressed watercolor paper. Them, I used the shades: Sunkissed, Crimson, and Paper Bag from the Tropical Fiesta set to colour my roses. Do keep in mind, that these markers are VERY concentrated, so a little goes a long way. I coloured the leaves the same way using a mix of Sweet Leaf and Lime. They are such pretty colours!

Next, I embossed a piece of white cardstock using the Altenew Dotted Scales Debossing Cover Die. 

I gave a light colour wash on the embossed panel using the Lava Rock Brush Marker to add some depth to my background. Once that was done, I arranged my flowers and leaves and adhered them on the panel.

 All that was left to do now was, add a sentiment to my card. I chose one from the Sketchy Floral Stamp Set. It was stamped on a strip of white cardstock and then popped on my card panel using foam tape. I added few black paint splatters and enamel dots to finish off my card.

For my second card, I have taken the watercoloring route and used the Perfectly Perfect Stamp set. 

I am not much of a colorist, so forgive me, if this looks very amateurish! To create this card, I first heat embossed the flowers and leaves from the Perfectly Perfect Stamp set using White Embossing Powder on 300 GSM cold pressed watercolor paper.

Then, I went in with the Purple Vine Brush Marker and coloured my flowers. What I really love about working with the Altenew Brush Markers is that, they are super concentrated and extremely easy to blend and work with. I tried to give the flowers some shadow and depth using only one colour and got good results. I did the same for the leaves. I used a combination of Lime and Sweet leaf to colour them and then fussy cut them out.

I wanted to add some subtle texture to my background, so I used my Cube Cover Die to give an embossed effect. I really love stretching my supplies to get more mileage out of them and this is a great technique to do with all your Cover Dies.  I created my own grey background by using the Lava Rock Brush Marker on white cardstock and diluting it with a lot of water. This resulted in a soft, grey color cardstock colour which went well with my flowers.

I used the Simple Alpha Die Set to die cut the letters 'Hi' from black cardstock and white fun foam. I adhered them one on top of the other, so that I could get a raised effect. The other part of the sentiment came from the Sketchy Floral Stamp Set. I added a thin strip of silver glitter paper to the sentiment strip to add some interest to my card design. Finally, I added few clear sequins and black paint splatters to complete my card.

Prizes:
Altenew is giving away a $40 gift certificate to SIX lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog by Thursday, March 28th for a chance to win.

Additional Giveaway:
The generous folks at Altenew will also draw a winner to receive a $20 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below. All winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 3/31/2019.

The next stop on the hop is, Svitlana Shayevich's blog. I have also included the full blog hop list, incase you have just started the hop from my blog!

Blog Hop Order:

Altenew Card Blog

Vicky Papaioannou

Norine Borys

TaeEun Yoo

Erum Tasneem

Lisa Spangler

Therese Calvird

Kelly Latevola

Altenew Scrapbook Blog

Kathy Racoosin

Caly Person

Lydia Evans

Kristina Pokazanieva

Nicole Picadura

Maria Willis

Kymona Tracey

Janette Kausen

Lydia Fiedler

Amber Rain Davis

Lilith Eeckels

The Hedgehog Hollow

Laurel Beard

Virginia Lu

Tania Ahmed

Anna Komenda

Maryam Sharara

Laura Volpes

                         Hussena Calcuttawala (You are HERE)

Svitlana Shayevich

Thanks for stopping by! I hoped you liked my cards. If you did, please do leave me a comment letting me know which one is your favourite. :)

Enjoy the rest of the hop and have a great day ahead!