Thursday, March 25, 2021

Altenew Celebrating Parents Card Drive Blog Hop + Giveaway


Hello, crafty friends!
I'm happy to be joining Altenew for their Celebrating Parents Card Drive Blog Hop today. Our goal is to send cards for the elderly that live in nursing homes or shelters to let them know they’re not forgotten. Please check out the Celebrating Parents Card Drive information HERE and join this great cause by sending in cards.

If you arrived here from, Helen Kalb'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 made a Mother's Day Card using the Smile and Hugs Stamp Set. I did simple and light watercoloring on the white heat embossed floral image and matched it with a stenciled background.

To begin, I white heat embossed the florals and leaves from the Smile and Hugs Stamp Set on Canson Montval Watercolor Paper. I watercoloured the flowers and leaves using the Purple Wine and Lime brush markers from the Tropical Fiesta Brush Markers Set. I then fussy cut the images and kept them aside to work on my card background. 

Then, to create the stenciled background, I die cut the Doodled Dots Cover Die from Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock to create my handmade stencil. I taped it in place using Washi Tape, so that it wouldn't shift when working. I used Altenew's Embossing Paste mixed with a few drops of Lava Rock Brush Marker to create colored embossing paste. Isn't that so cool!? I often use this technique when I don't have a particular stencil in my stash and it's a great way to get more out of your dies too. Altenew is currently offering 20% off ALL Dies in stock, so if you have been waiting to get your hands any of their dies, this is a good time to shop for them.

Once my panel dried, I die cut it using a Diagonal Stitched Rectangles Die Set and adhered it on a panel of Watercolor paper using White Fun Foam for dimension. I then die cut the oval frame, flower clusters, and foliage from the Create-A-Wreath Die Set out of White Cardstock. The flowers were coloured using Coral Berry and Frosty Pink dye inks, while the leaves were colored using Lime and Sweet Leaf Brush Markers from the Tropical Fiesta Brush Markers Set. I popped up the oval frame on my panel using foam squares and arranged the flowers and leaves around it. I used a combination of foam tape and Craft Glue to adhere the elements for dimension and interest. To assemble the card together, I adhered the panel to a piece of Watercolor Paper, which was then adhered to a top-folding white card base with Craft Glue

The sentiment is from the Extra Special Set. I stamped it on a stitched banner using Altenew Obsidian Ink. I popped it on my panel using foam tape and added a couple of Sparkling Clear Sequins to finish off my card. 



Giving Back Information:
Altenew will donate $1 with every order of the above stamp sets from 3/6/2021 until 5/31/2021 to the Food Bank of Central New York to support seniors in need.


Giveaway Prizes:
To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 5 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 03/31/2021 for a chance to win. 

Altenew will draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 04/2/2021.


Blog Hop Order:
Next Stop on this Blog Hop is, Jenny Colacicco'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)

Thank you so much for your stopping by and reading this blog post. I hope you liked my project! 

If you like what you've seen from me, please give me a follow over on my Instagram (@hussena_cal) and/or subscribe to my blog if you haven't already.
Wishing you a great day ahead!

47 comments:

  1. Gorgeous card!!! I love all of the layers!!!

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  2. So beautiful! I love the amazing coloring and layering of elements.

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  3. So pretty! Your card is a lasting bouquet and I really admire your water coloring. Thank you for sharing this.

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  4. Oh, that is really lovely. The white embossing is a neat look for the watercolors.

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  5. So elegant! YOUR flowers are GLOWING!

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  6. So beautifully colored and beautifully layered! Gorgeous.

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  7. A truly gorgeous card! That stamp set is lovely.

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  8. Stunning card! Love all the gorgeous details!

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  9. Beautiful card, beautiful sentiment!

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  10. This is absolutely gorgeous!! Perfect in every way!

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  11. Your flowers are so pretty....they GLOW!!!

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  12. That is a gorgeous card. I love what you did for the background and will have to try that technique.Thanks for sharing your process.

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  13. Absolutely love your card. Thanks for sharing

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  14. WOW!! stunning! Handmade stencil idea with the lava rock colored embossing paste is beautiful. thanks so much for the inspiration.

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  15. Amazing! I love all the beautiful layers and colors.

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  16. Very pretty card and coloring in all cards. Nice card to recongnize family.

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  17. I literally said, "Wow" out loud when I saw this stunning card!!

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  18. So delicate and beautifully colored. Love the sentiment too!

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  19. This is so pretty and feminine. I love your combination of cover die/stencil and oval frame. Gorgeous!

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  20. WOW! I keep staring and staring - this is breathtaking! Love the design and details!

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  21. Gorgeous flowers and love your arrangement of them!

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  22. I am very impressed, your card is beautiful. Fussy cut! That was a lot of work, but so worth it, here. Everything you did looks perfect, the background, the color work, all of it.

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  23. This card is fabulous. I love the way you did the background. I must try that.

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  24. This is the prettiest card I have ever seen. Love how you combined the coloring with layering to give depth. Stunning.

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  25. Very soft and pretty and my favorite rose color!

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  26. So soft and subtle - I am in awe of all the different colouring techniques. A card the keeps giving long after it has arrived

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  27. I like the coloring and layout. Great share.

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  28. I love all the gorgeous layers on your card! Beautiful design!

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  29. Amazing card! It soo pretty & fabulous 💐

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  30. I love the soft, watercolored elements. Simply beautiful!

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  31. That is an absolutely fabulous way to create even more stenciling options! I always forget how awesome dies are at becoming great stencils ❤️

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  32. Wow! This card is just stunning. So many different things to look at, all beautiful. Thanks for a great idea using this awesome stamp set.

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  33. Hi Hussena, I think your card is spectacular! The flowers and greenery are so lovely, and the layering is very clever. I especially like how you created a stencil to paste through. I have never tried stencil paste. Now I think I’m missing out. Stay well.
    P.S. I love reading thrillers also and Patterson is a favorite of mine.

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  34. Beautiful layering and coloring! Gorgeous floral card!

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  35. Hussena, your card is exquisite. I like how you created a stencil and did the decorative paste through the holes. I have never used the stencil paste but I think I am missing out. I also like all the layering you did.
    P.S. I also love reading thrillers and James Patterson is one of my favorites as well.

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  36. Spectacular card! Jumps right off the panel.

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  37. Beautiful card! Love the pink flowers

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  38. Absolutely gorgeous! I love the white embossing and the soft colors. My goodness, just looking at this card is so soothing! It needs to be framed and displayed.

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  39. I loved each and every bit of your card.. the stencilled background, white heat embossed florals, the coloring, sentiment.. everyone is so perfect!

    The Spring Leaf

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