Altenew Paint-A-Flower: Dahlia Bright Eyes Outline Stamp Set Release Blog Hop + Giveaway ($200 in Total Prizes)
Hello everyone! You have arrived at the final stop on the hop — thank you so much for continuing to the very end! You should have arrived from Amy Hill’s blog. If you have gotten lost on the hop, head back to the Altenew Card Blog.
Shall we talk about this gorgeous stamp set?
One of my favorite things about the Paint-A-Flower line is that I really get time to focus on my watercolor. Many times I am too lazy to pull out all of the supplies I use to watercolor. Plus, Emery likes to make the paintbrushes roll and drink the dirty water. It’s a whole production, lol! But when the new Paint-A-Flower comes out I take that time to watercolor — and LOVE it! It is amazing how therapeutic watercolor can be. All of the cares and frustrations just fall by the wayside and you end up with a beautiful card.
To begin I heat embossed the image with Pure White embossing powder using embossing ink. I have really been focusing on getting to know my 24 pan watercolor set. I used to always reach for the 36 pan and want to make sure my supplies get equal time in the light so to speak! For this project, I used Tropical Forest, Pocketful of Sunshine, Lagoon, and a bit of Coffee Break in the center. For coloring my florals I used the wet-on-wet technique, which means I wet my paper and then went in with a wet brush with pigment. I love how that allows the color freedom to do its own thing — you never know how it will end up! Isn’t that exciting? Okay, a bit scary too, lol!
I used similar techniques on this card. I chose to heat emboss this floral with Antique Gold embossing powder after using embossing ink. For my color palette, I really focused on using Pocketful of Sunshine. My husband’s favorite color was yellow and he has been on my heart more than usual. This means you guys will be seeing a lot of projects with yellow! I used Tropical Forest for the stem, and Rock Collection for the floral center. I left this project without a sentiment. I don’t always know where a card will end up, so I have been trying to leave some blank to ensure they are open to possibility! It has been a hard process to get used to. It doesn’t feel like you can say a project is complete without all the components. However, I also appreciate a great notecard where you don’t need to have a sentiment. You can really convey your message on the inside of the card within your personal message.
Giveaway Prizes:
$200 in total 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 02/27/2022 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 03/01/2022.
Until next time my dear friends – stay healthy, safe, and happy crafting!
Love the stamp and techniques used to make the beautiful work-of-art.
Gorgeous job with this Paint a Flower! Love it.
Beautiful cards. I love the painting and use of embossing powder.
Love this Dahlia stamp. So beautiful. This may just get me to subscribe to the monthly paint-a-stamp.
Such pretty cards! I really love the colors on the first one!!
Very pretty and lovely watercoloring.
Your cards are gorgeous! I love the colors (so many possibilities!) and your coloring is amazing.
The first card is my favorite because I love blue and green together. Just so pretty!!
Stunning coloring! I LOVE both! Especially the yellow!
Such beautiful work on both cards!
Beautiful coloring! I love this set!
These are both really Beautiful!!!
My favorite. Just love the watercolor. So lovely. Thanks for sharing
Beautiful, bright and cheery!!
Ooo la-la! So pretty!
Lovely cards Bridget! Thanks for the wonderful inspiration!
Loved your choice of color. I need to experiment
with my watercolors. You are an inspiration.
Stunning color combinations. I also love to watercolor with paint a flower stamps.
Beautiful!
Gorgeous card, love the water coloring! This stamp is so detailed and looks so fun to paint!
This design works so well for water coloring and your cards are beautiful examples of this technique with the embossing!
So very pretty! I love the yellow as it reminds me of my Mom, but the first card’s colors are really stunning.
Your yellows and greens are so fresh and lovely. My mother-in-law’s favorite color is yellow, so I’m right there with you; I do a lot more yellow projects than I probably would on my own if not for that. Your finished image turned out exquisite!
Lovely blooms and coloring of them!
Beautiful watercoloring! I love both cards!
GORGEOUS!!! And very doable!!! OOOOOH I can’t wait til my subscription comes!!!!
I love the blues & greens! Very pretty.
That is a very pretty card. Well done. Love the watercoloring. great job 🙂
NIce project shares. I like the color trial.
Beautiful…
Awesome coloring on these beautiful cards! Love the gorgeous flowers!
Such beautiful flowers you created. The yellow color made me smile. Something about yellow makes me happier.
Very pretty cards. My favorite is the first one with the white embossing powder.
Very pretty with these cheery colors.
I love these cards. Yellow is such an uplifting color. Need to practice my watercolors. I appreciate the steps to color the flowers. Never thought of using white for outline!
Wow… I love your color choices. the greens are so soft and pretty and the yellows are such an uplifting color… great job 🙂 tyfs
Just lovely work with a lovely stamp!!