Welcome to the Altenew Celebrating Parents Card Drive Blog Hop + Giveaway 2022! I’m so excited to be a part of this hop. You should have arrived here from Amy’s blog. If you missed the start of the hop you can start at the Altenew Card Blog. The goal of today’s hop is to send cards for the elderly that lives in nursing homes or shelters to let them know they’re not forgotten. We encourage you to check out the Celebrating Parents Card Drive and join this great cause by sending in cards.
My card today is featuring the Altenew Here For You stamp set. This is one of my favorite stamp sets from Altenew. The large flower makes so a pretty card. I used Altenew Watercolor Paper and Altenew Watercolor Brushes for my card today. I placed the color of the brush onto my glass mat and used my Altenew Artists Watercolor brushes to paint the image. Happy bright watercolors really make this flower just bloom on a card.
Wanting to have some texture to my card, after I watercolored the image, I ran the panel through my die cutting machine with the Altenew Enchanting Vines 3D embossing folder. What a great way to add texture within my artwork.
Adding in a touch of black to ground my piece, I heat embossed one of the sentiments from the Hero For You stamp set in Altenew White Embossing Powder on black card stock. Remember, if a stamp is all on one line, you can easily cut it about after you heat emboss to scatter your sentiment across your card.
We have chosen a few Altenew products that are great for your Mother’s Day and Father’s Day cards (and other year-round projects)!
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. We have created a special Parent’s Card Drive Collection.
Now let’s chat about giveaways. To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 5 winners! Make sure to leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 03/30/2022 for a chance to win. Wow that’s $200 in total prizes up for grab.
Next up on the hop is Ann. I hope you enjoy your time on the Celebrating Parents Card Drive Blog hop. I’ve also included the entire blog hop just in case you need it. Have a great day everyone.
![Hello everyone. I hope you are having a wonderful Thursday. Unfortunately I will not be able to complete my holiday card series this year. The strain of sitting in my craft room for long periods of time is causing my back to endure more pain. In August I had my second back surgery in 18 months and was hopeful that my back pain would be resolved. My healing process has been a LOT SLOWER than I had anticipated and while trying to rush back to crafting, I am not doing my body any good.
With that being said, I am trying to keep my spirits positive and create the best I can right now. That means limiting my time in my room and resting my body. On top of everything I ended up with Covid a month ago and I still have lingering side effects. However I have a strong faith and I know this is just a hiccup in the road of life. Things will be better, my body will heal and I will be refreshed to return to the crafting I have loved for over 20 years. Feel free to catch up on my precious holiday card series in my playlist to keep you going on your holiday cards. Link In bio.
I wish each and every one of you a Merry Christmas, Happy Holiday and let's bring in the New Year healthy! Until then, stay safe and I'll see you back here soon!
P.S. I did try Amber's @ [17841400753513434:@damasklove] felt holiday wreath while sitting on the couch. Oh SOOO cozy!
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I love this happy card!
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I was just wonder did you color the flower before or after the embossing. Beautiful coloring. The embossing folder gives a lot of texture and movement to the card. Can’t go wrong with water coloring and embossing a great combo. I must try.
Thanks,
Erica K.
Hi Erica. Yes I watercolored it first and made sure it was dry before I used the embossing folder.
I have that set to and it’s one of my favorites! I must get brave enough to use in embossing folder after I color my image.
Lovely card! beautifully done….
I love this set; it’s also a fav of mine and the flower is quite large. Your card is lovely.
Love the texture! Great flowers!
The background is so pretty!
Love that background! Thank you so much for inspiring us and helping us use our love of creating to give back to others!
Love the colors of the card, love the white background
I think the embossing folder makes it. The texture adds so much interest.
Thank you for sharing your talent. This card is beautiful.
Lovely colors ne design Dana. I like the subtle texture created by the embossed background. Thanks for the inspiration!
Love the embossed background.
Pretty garden scene. thanks for sharing
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Sweet, sweet scenery card, thanks for the idea!
So lovely!
Very cheerful
Very pretty card, I’m sure your efforts will bring a smile to an isolated elderly person ‘s face!
Aweeeeee. that is such a pretty card. Puts a smile on your face. I love that flower….. tyfs 🙂
I really like the texture of the card and the pastel color for the background!
Thanks for the inspiration!
Very inspiring! I like the flower colors. Great embossed background that is nice with the flowers.
Very sweet card. I love that pink.
Very pretty. Thanks for sharing.
Your card is so lovely! I agree- this is a great stamp, and I really like your watercoloring and the texture you added with that wonderful embossing folder.
So pretty. I like your coloring and the embossing.
What a lovely card!
Thank you Jean.
Great job watercoloring and I love the texture!
Thanks Lauryne!
Love your embossed background!
Thank you Carmela.
Pretty card. Neat technique.
Love the embossing! Beautiful colors!
Nice project share. I like the added embossing for the panel.