Altenew August 2017 Release Blog Hop Day 2 + Giveaway

Hello! I am back hopping along with Altenew again and I could not be more excited! The August 2017 Release is live and available and totally gorgeous! 

I started out playing with the Rose Filament Die Set. This set of six roses creates gorgeous open flowers with delicate lines. I am pretty sure I cut about 100 of these beautiful flowers and had fun experimenting with all sorts of ways to use the roses. This first card is my favorite result of my creative play time.

I cut watercolor paper with the Rose Filament Die Set and used a piece of watercolor paper as my base. Each of the roses was glued to the paper in a pattern I liked. The parts of the roses hanging off the edge were trimmed away to fit the panel. 

Using Gansai Tambi watercolors, I painted over the top of the entire panel. I used the colors 57, 62, and 67. I mixed and painted until I achieved the mottled look you see here. It almost looks like a copper patina finish.

Over each of the flowers, I applied a metallic wax-based paste. This paste leaves behind a gorgeous, shiny, metallic finish, where ever it is applied. I used my finger to carefully control where the paste ended up, but a brush works just as well. I also used the paste on some wood dots to make them coordinate.

The paste does take some time to dry, but the result is worth it. The paste comes in many colors and shades. If you are into die-cutting, you need some of this paste! As always, if you are interested in any of the products I am using today, please see the lists at the bottom of this post.

I finished the card off with a vellum panel stamped with a heat embossed sentiment. The sentiment is from a new set of stamps called, More Than Words. The combination of fonts is elegant and the wording is lovely. The sentiments in this set make beautiful cards, but would make even better titles and words for scrapbook layouts.

For this card I used the same die cut roses from the Rose Filament Die Set. I painted these with the Gansai Tambi watercolors again.

A piece of striped paper from the Reflections 6x6 Paper Pad was a fun touch. Mostly because, don't all things need stripes? (I may be addicted to stripes in all areas of my life.)

I used glue to adhere the flowers to the card. I wanted to keep the dimension and natural look to the roses, so I only applied the glue in a few select places.

And finally, my happy accident card. This is a scrap piece of paper. No joke.

As I was water coloring the die cut roses, I put a piece of watercolor paper underneath. (water coloring in the living room while watching a movie with the family requires a little more neatness than in my office. lol) As I lifted the colored roses away, this beautiful image was left behind!

I finished it off by stamping a sentiment from More Than Words, and well, it is a lovely little card! 

This is quite the blog hop. In fact, there are 2 days of hopping! Be sure and visit the Altenew blog (link below) for all the fun and eye candy. If you are just joining the hop here on my blog, here is the list of those hopping today.

Altenew Scrapbook Blog

Debby Hughes

Hussena Calcuttawala

Sandra Dietrich

Taheerah Atchia

Sveta Fotinia

Olga Moss

Irit Landgraf

Lydia Evans

Missy Whidden

Dana Gong

Enza Gudor

Laura Jane

Agnieszka Malyszek

Kimberly Crawford *you are here*

Erum Tasneem

You KNOW these hops always have a prize and today I have a chance for you to win twice!

First chance: To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to THREE lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Scrapbook Blog by Thursday, August 31st at 11:59pm EDT for a chance to win. The winners will be announced on the Altenew Scrapbook Blog on Saturday, September 2nd.

Second chance:
I am drawing a winner to receive a $30 Altenew gift certificate!! Leave a comment on THIS post by August 30 at 10 PM CDT. I will announce the winner on August 31. Good luck!


Sincerely Yours,