Hi! Welcome to the latest blog hop by the Altenew Educators. You should have arrived here from the super talented Pam Boedeker. I am a huge fan of her beautiful work!
I have been a regular participant in the Altenew Educator blog hops since I completed my Altenew Educator certification in March 2018. I love the interesting themes that the Altenew team comes up with. And the inspiration from my fellow Educators is always amazing! The whole educator family is so warm and encouraging and talented. I feel very privileged to be a part of this group of very special people.
Selecting a single favorite stamp set from my Altenew stash is an impossible task! I have been a huge fan of Altenew right from the time they launched and I have several sets that I have used numerous times. I finally decided on the Painted Flowers set as it is one of the oldest that I have. And I still often reach for it.
Here are some of my favorite projects created using this beautiful stamp set. You can click on the images for more details.
I created two cards using two different techniques.
Though the Painted Flowers is a layering set, I also love using only the outline images. Since the style of the set is very artsy, the outlines look very sketchy when stamped alone. The card design is actually based on a set of coasters that I made some time ago. You can find the original post here.
To create the color blocking, I simply drew lines with a pencil on a panel of paper.
I used chalk paints in orange, pink, and teal to paint the background. You can use any kind to paint to do this. Once the paint was dry, I blocked off the orange areas with strips of masking paper and stamped the outlines with black ink. Here is a close-up of the stamping.
I used a small hack to paint the copper lines between the color blocks. To get the lines even, I placed a stencil with a long slit over the paper and painted with a flat brush. You can do this with a marker too, and get lovely, even lines.
The sentiment is from the Leaf Canopy stamp set and I heat embossed it with black EP for added definition.
Here is another look at the card.
I followed the same process for the second card.
I masked off areas and used distress oxide inks for coloring instead of chalk paints. The shades I used were Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers, and Picked Raspberry.
The sentiment is from the Sweetest Peas stamp set.
Here is another look at the card.
And here are both the cards together.
I hope you liked my cards and find them inspiring. I would love to know your thoughts on this.
Altenew is giving away a $20 gift certificate to 5 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog by 4/4/2021 for a chance to win.
We’ll also draw a winner to receive a $15 Altenew 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 Winners Page on 4/6/2021.
There’s MORE! What’s a hop without YOU?! We have included an Inlinkz at the Altenew blog for you to enter your gorgeous Altenew “Old/New Favorite Altenew Stamp” creations. We will pick 2 of our favorite handmade creations from those who joined the linky party and they will each receive a $15 Altenew gift certificate!
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Nandini Karmarkar - You are here!
Love,
Nandini
