Happy Friday! I personally think there is no better way to start the weekend than celebrating a brand-new release. Altenew just released an awesome line of fresh stamps and dies, along with an awesome new tool, a mini die cutting machine!
It is always exciting to check out the freshest products on the market and I am even more excited to share a project with you on this release blog hop! If you came from Emily’s blog, you are on the right track – and no worries if you are just starting! You can still hop along with us and make a full circle. There are fun giveaways so make sure to scroll all the way down to enter the giveaways!
One of the first stamps that grabbed my attention was this Frosted Garden Stamp Set. It is a great set to try various techniques like stamping with different colored inks, heat embossing, watercolor stamping, and just like I did on today’s project – white stamping and color pencil coloring!
This is a technique that is super easy for you to give it a try if you not have done so. Just grab any white pigment inks you have in your craftroom and stamp a few images to create a flower arrangement or a background to your liking.
Since white pigment ink takes a long time to fully dry, I recommend leaving it overnight for it to fully set so you can start working on your coloring the next day. This is the best way to make sure your white background does not smudge while coloring.
You can grab pretty much any colored pencils to do this technique, but I prefer to work with either Prismacolor Colored Pencils or Faber Castell Polychromos as they give the best results for me. You can try different types of colored pencils to see which one works best for you!
After the white stamped images were fully dried, I went over the stamped images with a few different shades of greens and blues to color them. In this project, I used Prismacolor Colored Pencils and layered the shades with few strokes. Thanks to the white stamping, they pop out the colors really nicely and give a wonderful look on a dark colored cardstock.
I was able to create this card within just a few minutes (minus the time it took the white stamping to dry, but I just left them overnight). If you have not done so, I highly recommend giving this technique a try! It is quite easy and relaxing.
Hope you enjoyed today’s project! Thank you so much for stopping by, make sure to scroll down to enter the giveaways and check out the next stop in the blog hop!
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!
- Altenew is giving away SIX $50 gift certificates to Altenew store! Make sure to visit their blog and leave a comment to win. Giveaway closes on December 15th, 11:59pm EST.
- I am also giving away $30 gift certificate to Altenew store! Please leave me a comment below by December 15th, 11:59pm PST. I will post a winner here on the 16th. Good luck!!
WINNER
Congratulations, Karthikah! Please contact [email protected] by 12/31/2017 with the subject line Altenew December Release Blog Hop Winner from Nicole’s Blog to claim your prize!
BLOG HOP
Next stop on the hop is my dear friend Laurel Beard! Make sure to stop by and leave some love for her! Please see below for full blog hop list.
- Altenew Card Blog
- Debby Hughes
- Carissa Wiley
- Terhi Koskinen
- Justine Hovey
- May Sukyong Park
- Vicky Papaioannou
- Virginia Lu
- Lisa Spangler
- Lydia Evans
- Jennifer McGuire
- Sandra Dietrich
- Svitlana Shayevich
- Lydia Fiedler
- Lilith Eeckels
- Agnieszka Malyszek
- Create & Craft TV Blog
- Enza Gudor
- Emily Leiphart
- Nicole Picadura
- Laurel Beard
- Altenew Scrapbook Blog
- Yoonsun Hur
- Kymona Tracey
- Blitsy Blog
- Laura Bassen
- Nina-Marie Trapani
- Reiko Tsuchida
- Isha Gupta
- Erum Tasneem
- Nichol Spohr
- Therese Calvird
- Sveta Fotinia