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**VIDEO+GIVEAWAY** Awesome Background w/ Alcohol Marker Refills

January 18, 2019

Happy Friday! I am poping here quickly to share a very fun project while attending Creativation 2019. If you are in Pheonix, AZ this weekend, make sure to come on by our booth at 461 and say hi! Would love to see you and give you a big hug! 

Today we are celebrating a very special occasion. One of the things I do for Altenew as their Operations Director is being a part of Altenew Education Certification Program. This program was launched in late 2017 to help fellow crafters improve their cardmaking/paper crafting skill set and provide ways for them to be more involved with and spreading the love of Altenew.

I work closely with the amazing AECP Coordinator Virginia Lu and have been witnessing fellow crafters becoming wonderful certified educators. They hold workshops, demos, and share the love of Altenew products with their community. It is truly a blessing to have worked with them. If you have not checked out the program, I highly recommend you do so! Find more about AECP program HERE.

Today we are celebrating all of the currently certified educators by having a very special blog hop! I am just honored to even be a part of the hop. So let’s get right to it.

I am going to share a project created by using Artist Mark Refills and have a video tutorial below for you to check out. Hope you enjoy!

 

Many of us love to get messy with alcohol inks – but did you know you can also use your Artist Marker Refills to get the effect you can get from any other alcohol inks? This is a great way to get more use out of your refills!

I chose 4 colors to use on this card, Blush, Rouge, Crimson, and Velvet. These are refills for the Red Sunset marker set with beautiful peach to bright red color shades. So I added a bunch of drops to a peice of yupo paper to create a very fun background.

You can add layers on top of layers to create an effect you like. Don’t you just love the blended colors and the textures they created? You can speed up the drying process with a heat tool, or air dry it for a couple of hours.

For the sentiment, I used Gold Foil paper and cut out “Hello” using the Caps Bold Alphabet Die Set. After popping them out using some foam squares, I added the “beautiful” stamped greeting from the Meadow Flower Stamp Set.

I kept the rest of the card very simple since the background itself is the start of the card today. I hope you enjoyed the project! Thank you for stopping by, and dont forget to enter the giveaways (info listed below)!


SUPPLIES

See below for all the products used in today’s project. Click ATN for Altenew, EH for Ellen Hutson, SSS for Simon Says Stamp, or AMZ for Amazon. I participate in several affiliate programs where I get a small commission at no additional cost to you when products are purchased through links I share here. Thank you for your support!



GIVEAWAYS

There are TWO giveaways you can enjoy!

  1. Altenew is giving away THREE $30 gift certificates to Altenew store! Make sure to visit their blog and leave a comment to win.
  2. I am giving away $15 gift certificate to Altenew store! Please leave me a comment below by January 21st, 11:59pm PST. I will post a winner here on the 22nd. Good luck!!

WINNER

Congrats, Elizabeth! You are the lucky winner of this giveaway! Please contact Altenew at winner@altenew.com by 1/31/2019 with the subject line Altenew Educator’s Blog Hop Winner from Nicole’s Blog to redeem your prize. Thank you for leaving me a lovely comment!!


BLOG HOP

I am the last stop of today’s blog hop! You can visit the Altenew Card Blog to check out other stops of the hop and enjoy the inspirations.

  • Altenew Card Blog
  • Nancy McCelland
  • Kelli Cool 
  • Michelle Ochoa Murray
  • Terri Koszler
  • Maryam Sharara
  • Amber Rain Davies
  • Irina Fonina
  • Francine Dodwell 
  • Teri Wilson
  • Patty Mello
  • Nenette S. Madero
  • Nicole Picadura 

 

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Nicole
Cardmaker, stamper, watercolor enthusiast, and planner lover

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82 Comments


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January 18, 2019 at 6:19 am
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Karen Andrews
January 18, 2019 at 7:40 am
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Excellent use of color and ink refills.
Thanks for sharing.



Vivian C
January 18, 2019 at 7:49 am
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Thanks for sharing this lovely card.



Emmaline
January 18, 2019 at 8:15 am
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Gorgeous card as always! Love the idea of the AECP – hope to participate one day!



Betty
January 18, 2019 at 8:55 am
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beautiful card, Nicole – love the background you created with the gold letters – wish I was in Phoenix with you – it’s freezing here in Nebraska!!



Denise K Terry
January 18, 2019 at 8:59 am
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Thank you so much for sharing this! I didn’t think the refills would be necessary for me, but seeing this video, they totally are!



Bonnie Eng
January 18, 2019 at 9:03 am
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Gorgeous brilliant colour – a really nice backdrop for the bold font of the sentiment.



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January 18, 2019 at 9:47 am
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Patty Eifert
January 18, 2019 at 10:12 am
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Beautiful card!! I love making backgrounds and adding a large sentiment!!



Lisa Byers
January 18, 2019 at 10:28 am
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I love alcohol ink backgrounds!! Yours is gorgeous. I didn’t think to use Altenew’s reinkers but I will definitely give them a try!!



Rema DeLeeuw
January 18, 2019 at 10:41 am
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Gorgeous! Love the colors!



Mary G
January 18, 2019 at 11:23 am
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Great card – love the colors you used together. My new favorite combo!



Elizabeth Bomber
January 18, 2019 at 11:30 am
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I laughed when you said you didn’t use alcohol inks much because you didn’t like the mess. That is exactly why I haven’t used them at all yet. But you make it look so darn easy I may just break down and buy some to try. Love your card Nicole!!! Thanks for sharing your talent with us.



    Nicole
    January 23, 2019 at 7:07 pm
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    Congrats, Elizabeth! You are the lucky winner of this giveaway! Please contact Altenew at winner@altenew.com by 1/31/2019 with the subject line Altenew Educator’s Blog Hop Winner from Nicole’s Blog to redeem your prize. Thank you for leaving me a lovely comment!!

Dee Earnshaw
January 18, 2019 at 11:53 am
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wow the colors on this card are amazing – stunning work:)



Geri Stuart
January 18, 2019 at 1:32 pm
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Beautiful card and great technique!



Carol Rossouw
January 18, 2019 at 1:39 pm
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Congratulations on qualifying as an Altenew Educator. Your card is absolutely lovely!



Lauryne Cunningham
January 18, 2019 at 1:56 pm
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Gorgeous card! I love the alcohol ink background! The colors are beautiful!



Dana M
January 18, 2019 at 3:14 pm
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Stunning card Nicole! I love the vibrant color and simple sentiment embellishment.



Michele Clay
January 18, 2019 at 3:25 pm
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Nicole, I always learn so much from you. I just recently received my Altenew Alcohol Markers and hope to get some refills to try this beautiful background. Thank you for your videos.



Cheryl Rigney
January 18, 2019 at 3:39 pm
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Such a beautifully vibrant background!! Congratulations on achieving your Altenew Educator Certification 🙂



Becca Yahrling
January 18, 2019 at 3:50 pm
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It’s amazing all the possibilities you can get with these ink refills.
Your card is very pretty! Have fun this weekend.



Jaycee
January 18, 2019 at 5:11 pm
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I’m loving this background. The sentiment and background just play along so well together!



Meghan Kennihan
January 18, 2019 at 5:22 pm
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I love your rich bright colors! Thanks for the great video too!



Francine
January 18, 2019 at 5:54 pm
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Nicole – SO glad you were able to join in the hop. It has been great having you as part of the program! Yea! We did it. The program is very successful and can only be if the people behind it (you, Virginia, Altenew) are 100% committed -and you are. Thank you so very much.



Karthikha Uday
January 18, 2019 at 8:15 pm
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Such a vibrant and bold card!! Love it! <3



Heather Nelson
January 18, 2019 at 8:59 pm
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Gorgeous background with the gold sentiment!!



roni
January 18, 2019 at 10:53 pm
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Very creative. Your card is beautifully crafted, and I love the gold accent in front of the lovely background.



Kathy Ferguson
January 18, 2019 at 11:37 pm
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Gorgeous card. I have seen some of your work on Altenew before and as always it is beautiful. Thanks for the inspiration.



Niki
January 19, 2019 at 12:12 am
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So very vivid and bold! You held back nothing with this card and its amazingly awesome in its creation!



Annette Reed
January 19, 2019 at 12:46 am
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Such a pretty card! The background looks wonderful. This is a great technique. I always get messy when I use inks, no matter how careful I am. I’m very thankful for the Tim Holtz scrubbiest. The gold foil looks beautiful against those reds.



Nandini Karmarkar
January 19, 2019 at 4:06 am
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Wow! This card is stunning! I have really enjoyed the blog hop. It is great getting to know the crafters who have completed the AECP a bit better. Looking forward to joining their ranks very soon!



Linda S Hyden
January 19, 2019 at 5:59 am
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This i s my kind of card, love the colors and the gold just makes it look so elegant.



Becky Smith
January 19, 2019 at 6:09 am
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Love the gold sentiment against that pretty background.



Laurie Barnes
January 19, 2019 at 7:37 am
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OMGosh that background is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.



Lisa Moline
January 19, 2019 at 8:25 am
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Love your card! The alcohol background is beautiful! Thanks for the inspiration!



Rochelle
January 19, 2019 at 8:45 am
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Beautiful. Beautiful. You got perfect background colors! I really like the big bold letters.



Carol-Lynn Carnes
January 19, 2019 at 9:37 am
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Although I make messes when creating anything…I am not a fan of inks because they make bigger messes, however… I did discover gloves are not only for doing dishes…lol so now, I create many messes,so I really enjoyed your short video on making this card. Thank you so much for sharing! Carol-Lynn



Laurie Black
January 19, 2019 at 10:29 am
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Fun technique for an alternate use of ink refills. Thanks for sharing.



Patt H.
January 19, 2019 at 11:01 am
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Beautiful card, Nicole! Love the bright background! You have inspired me to go play with some refills!! Thanks!



lee
January 19, 2019 at 12:12 pm
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Fabulous card!



Jeannie H
January 19, 2019 at 12:42 pm
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Love the background you created. Stunningly beautiful. TFS.



Cynthia
January 19, 2019 at 1:37 pm
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Really like the background design you used with your cards. Very creative.



Michelle
January 19, 2019 at 1:53 pm
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What a beautiful card. I’ve been on the fence about trying alcohol inks, you are inspiring. Thank you for sharing.



Deb Dortch
January 19, 2019 at 2:09 pm
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I love the colorful background and your use of fold foil block letters.



Caroline Livermore
January 19, 2019 at 2:37 pm
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Great idea to use the reinkers this way!



Marisela Delgado
January 19, 2019 at 2:41 pm
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AWESOME card and colors!!



Brenda
January 19, 2019 at 3:39 pm
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I love how the colors play together on the Yupo paper. And you can never go wrong with the bod alphabets.



Denise Bryant
January 19, 2019 at 4:09 pm
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Gorgeous card with a beautiful color combo! love that alpha set!



Kelsey Thomas
January 19, 2019 at 4:16 pm
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Love the vibrant colors in the background!



Laura P.
January 19, 2019 at 5:10 pm
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Oh, lovely card! The gold letters with the free spirited background is very creative. Thanks for doing the video!



Peggy M
January 19, 2019 at 5:15 pm
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Beautiful card! Thank you for sharing!



Sue D
January 19, 2019 at 6:36 pm
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Cool background and I like the gold letters.



Lynda
January 19, 2019 at 7:30 pm
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I especially like your choice of gold letters to go with the “hot” background!



Lisascreativeniche
January 19, 2019 at 8:29 pm
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Gorgeous background!



Susan Joyce
January 19, 2019 at 10:22 pm
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Love how you blended the Alcohol Inks, my kind of colours and such a bright and bold card. Thanks for sharing!



Teresa Doyle
January 20, 2019 at 5:10 am
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WOW Nicole, how stunning! These colours of alcohol inks are so rich and vibrant and look amazing with the gold lettering. Thanks so much for sharing this. Simply stunning!



Susan D
January 20, 2019 at 7:15 am
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Such a fun card and cool technique! I love how vibrant the colors are too! Thank you for sharing a video for those of us who haven’t ventured to try this technique yet 🙂



Nana Griffin
January 20, 2019 at 7:24 am
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Love your background and the pretty colors.



Irina Fonina
January 20, 2019 at 7:39 am
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Beautiful card! I should try the technique that you showed.



Lizzie T
January 20, 2019 at 8:18 am
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Gorgeous card!



Lagene
January 20, 2019 at 8:53 am
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Congrats on being an Altenew Educator! Gorgeous alcohol ink background and I love the bold HELLO!



Anushree Vaish
January 20, 2019 at 11:35 am
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Lovely card and a superb way of using ink refills,Congratulations for this new feather in your cap!!Hugs Anushree



Kathy P
January 20, 2019 at 12:03 pm
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Ha ha…..I get messy with ink pens! You were pretty neat with these inks! Love the colors and swirls and dimension you achieved with these bold colors, and the gold bold letters make a great topping. Thanks for sharing some wonderful tips today!



Carmela Hubler
January 20, 2019 at 12:18 pm
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Beautiful card, Nicole! I enjoy seeing your work. It is always beautiful.



cyndi morris
January 20, 2019 at 12:52 pm
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Your background is amazing. I love playing with alcohol inks, but it never occurred to me I could use Artist Marker refills. Beautiful card.



Dana Parker
January 20, 2019 at 1:01 pm
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What a great idea to use the refills instead of having to buy alcohol inks too!!!



Liz O
January 20, 2019 at 2:02 pm
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Congratulations on the success of the AECP Nicole! Love your alcohol reinkers background! I hope to be part of this program this year! Thanks for the inspiration and for the giveaway!



Kandice J
January 20, 2019 at 5:17 pm
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The colors of the card are so dynamic. Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!



Beverly Jordan
January 20, 2019 at 7:17 pm
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Gorgeous work!! Am your avid fan and LOVE your work!!!
Beverly Jordan
@jordanbev5 on IG



Suzanne Russell
January 21, 2019 at 4:13 am
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Oh my! What a beautiful card with alcohol marker refills. Love those happy colors and the big hello!



Chai Dackermann
January 21, 2019 at 9:26 am
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Your card is beautiful and so fun. Thank you for sharing.



Nenette Madero
January 21, 2019 at 10:30 am
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Such a vibtant card, Nicole!!! I love all the colors!!! What a way to end the blog hop.



Amy Brown
January 21, 2019 at 4:35 pm
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Lovely background! I never got int alcohol inks, but your card is so vibrant and happy it makes me reconsider them 🙂



Mindy Drummond
January 21, 2019 at 8:55 pm
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I do love the look of Alcohol Inks and your background is gorgeous, I love the colors you used!! Note to self: start buying Artist Marker’s and Refills lol. They really are on the top of my “must have” list this year and I can’t wait to try the markers. Thanks for sharing your very cool card and for the inspiration to get busy (buying and creating :)).
(mardy14@bellsouth.net)



Kirsty Vittetoe
January 22, 2019 at 9:48 pm
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Thanks so much for sharing your art.



Nanette Leiker
January 24, 2019 at 4:54 pm
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Nice background ! I will need to try that! Thank you for sharing your techniques with us!



Sandi MacIver
January 25, 2019 at 6:07 am
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what a stunning card, thanks so much for sharing



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Louise Schubert
January 26, 2019 at 7:48 am
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The background on this card is breathtaking! I love the ink on Yupo effect. Thank you for sharing.



Lisascreativeniche
January 27, 2019 at 6:47 pm
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Fabulous background! I love the use of the ink refills on here!



Beverly Jordan
January 28, 2019 at 11:09 am
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Congratulations to Elizabeth!



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