Monday, November 18, 2019

Altenew + The Daily Marker Color Therapy Blog Hop & Giveaway

Hello, crafty friends!
I'm happy and honoured to be joining Altenew for the Color Therapy Blog Hop today. Altenew is collaborating with the amazing Kathy Racoosin from The Daily Marker to inspire crafters to find joy through coloring. Kathy is celebrating her 14th 30 Day Coloring Challenge until the end of November 2019. 

If you arrived here from the super talented, Gayatri Murali's Blog, then you are on the right track. If this is your first stop, then you will want to start at the beginning, the Altenew Card Blog.


I have created a Card for this hop which features the Altenew Perfectly Perfect Stamp set, Dotted Scales Debossing Cover DieVirginia Rose 3D Die Set, Layered Floral Elements Die Set, and Sketchy Florals Stamp set. 

For my card, I started by stamping the flowers from the Altenew Perfectly Perfect Stamp set using Antique Linen Distress ink on Art Essentials 300 GSM Watercolor Paper. Next, I used the Purple Wine and Lime Brush Markers from the Tropical Fiesta Set to watercolour my flowers. I went in with about two to three layers of colour till I was happy with the way it looked. Then, I fussy cut the flowers and kept them aside.

For my card foliage, I die cut some leaves and filler flowers from the Virginia Rose 3D Die Set, and Layered Floral Elements Die Set and coloured the die cuts using the Purple Wine and Lime Brush Markers from the Tropical Fiesta Brush Markers Set

I used the Dotted Scales Debossing Cover Die to die cut a background panel for my card. Then, I die cut a circle from the centre of this panel and adhered my flowers and die cut leaves and foliage over it.

I used a sentiment from the  Sketchy Florals Stamp set which was stamped using the Altenew Obsidian Pigment ink. I then added some enamel dots as the finishing touch for my card. Finally, I adhered my card panel to an A2 top folding white card base. 


Prizes:
Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 5 lucky winners and Kathy from The Daily Maker is also giving away her original 5”x7” watercolor artwork (including a custom frame). Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog by 11/22/2019 for a chance to win.

Additional Giveaway:
Altenew will also draw a winner to receive a $15 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 11/24/2019.

Special Offer:
Receive a FREE brand new Like Family Stamp Set ($4.99 value) with every order from 11/18/2019 at 12:01 am EST until 11/29/2019 at 11:59 pm EST. The free gift will be added to cart automatically. While supplies last. Shop here -> https://altenew.com/collections/all-altenew-products


Blog Hop Order:
Next Stop on this Blog Hop is, Keeway Tsao's blog.
Just in case you lose your place along the way, here is the complete list of participants so that you can find your way back:
                          Hussena Calcuttawala (You are HERE)


I hope this inspires you to colour something today! Anyone can participate in the 30 Day Coloring Challenge by coloring something and sharing it on social media using the hashtag #thedailymarker30day. I hope you find your 'Me Time' and enjoy the benefits of colouring through this challenge.

Thank you so much for your stopping by and reading this blog post. I hope you liked my card! If you would like to see more of my work using Altenew, do follow my Instagram page.
Thank you for stopping by, and wishing you a lovely day!

49 comments:

  1. WOWZERS! Gorgeous creation! I love your lovely coloring and the layering on the white background!

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  2. Gorgeous coloring and a fantastic design! <3

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  3. I love the delicate look of your flowers and the card.

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  4. I love your use of the stamp set and the dies cuts to create the beautiful floral focus on your card. What a lovely card!

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  5. That is just such a lovely, soft, elegant card - I love the colouring and all the layered details!

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  6. The color pallet makes the flowers 💐 pop off the card! And the die adds nice depth to the card.
    Thank you for being part of the hop!

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  7. Spectacular! I love all your details, esp the little bit of glitter in the center. Not too much, not too little. That is one fabulous card.

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  8. Your card is beautiful and elegant! Love the pink with the white

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  9. Such a beautiful delicate floral card!! Love the Altenew blossoms!

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  10. Your card is simply beautiful. I love the pinks and the design. So gorgeous!!

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  11. Your card is so beautifully done. I can't think of a single thing I would change on it. It is absolutely perfect.

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  12. Your card is absolutely stunning! LOVE the soft colored flowers & the design is genius!

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  13. Beautiful card! I love the textured background and the delicate pink flowers. Just stunning!

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  14. I love the soft coloring! Gorgeous colors!

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  15. Such a feminine card! I love it!

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  16. Gorgeous coloring and love the LO of the card

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  17. So pretty! There were so many little details and layers that caught my eye.

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  18. As the stamp set says your card is perfectly perfect. Such soft colors.

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  19. Sooooo Beautiful! I love your choice of layering, thanks so much for the inspiration!

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  20. You card is so beautiful Hussena ! Loved how you have colored those flowers, they look delicate.What to say about the floral arrangement ? you are pro with floral sprays !

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  21. Beautiful Card and love the coloring done on it.

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  22. Beautiful card..lovely colors...

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  23. Gorgeous, Hussena!! Looks like I'd better add this debossing die to my ever-growing list! I might be wearing out the Dotted Swirls! xx
    =]

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  24. Your flower is beautiful! You used my favorite which are pinks and greens. Your floral image looks beautiful against the white dotted scales background.

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  25. So very pretty. Love the background and your coloring of the flowers.

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  26. Oh wow this is just gorgeous, put together just perfectly!

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  27. This is stunning. I love the overall design. Your flowers are lovely and the raised, debossed background panel looks fabulous.

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  28. The beautiful flowers and arrangement of them on your card are elegant. Love the background and coloring.

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  29. Wow Hussena! Your flowers are gorgeous! So soft and delicate looking and have a wonderful floating look. Such a clever combination of die cut elements and stamped flowers! Your work is so inspiring! Thanks so much for sharing!

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  30. Wow... just stunning... what a masterpiece! So many elements, yet it looks soft, uncluttered and so well designed! I’m in awe! Beautiful Altenew components and those colors! Thanks for sharing!

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  31. Beautiful composition! Love the colors and the stamp and die combo!

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  32. You hope we like your card? Girl I LOVE your card!! Those beautiful soft colours are perfect! Everything you used just complimented everything else so well from the cover die to die cutting the circle, to the 3D set. Just perfect!

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  33. Your coloring is amazing! It looks so perfect and thhe colors are spot on. Lovely project.

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  34. Amazing coloring and wonderful card! Such a sweet image and beautiful card design.

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  35. Beautiful floral piece! I love the soft colors!

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  36. Such delicate and beautiful card. Love it!

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  37. So beautiful and delicate! Love the colors.

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  38. Such a pretty card! Love the way you made a frame with the background.

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  39. Beautiful card! I love that you only used 2 colors to get such lovely flowers.

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  40. Very beautiful and inspiring work. Love the gorgeous coloring.

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  41. Oh my goodness!!! Those colors absolutely pop against the white...stunning! Thanks for inspiring me :)

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  42. Beautiful, elegant card. The colors and your coloring are amazing. I have one set of the Watercolor Brush markers, and the Tropical Fiesta set is next on my wish list.

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