Hello! I am not sure about where you live, but my town is blooming with flowers in various spring colors these days. Spring and early Summer is finally here! I thought it would be perfect to create something fun, simple, and adorable for this colorful season.
Altenew released a wonderful line of brand new stamps, dies, mask stencils, and papers today and one of the stamps totally grabbed my attention. I wanted to make something that is full of color that screams spring with lovely shades of colors.
This tutorial and project I am about to share is perfect for beginners and also great for seasoned stampers that want to whip something out quickly. Make sure to watch the video about for a close up on how I created today’s card.
This 4×6 stamp set I used is full of whimsical, cute, and small images. This type of images is so great for creating your own background and have a unique arrangement that fits your style of crafting perfectly. I decided to choose a couple of larger images and a few smaller images to get the balance of the background.
To go with these images and the Spring theme I was hoping to achieve, I decided to use pastel tone colors and chose the lightest shades from a few color families from Altenew. See my supplies list below for full-color ranges I’ve chosen.
I went with soft pink, soft yellow, soft blue, soft green, and a few other shades to add some depths and interest when creating the background.
I kept the sentiment super simple and sweet, just chose a greeting from another stamp set from today’s release and stamped it in black ink.
I hope you give this simple stamping technique a try to create your own background. These are so easy, quick, simple, yet bring awesome results to your projects!
SHARE YOUR PICKS
What is your top 2 pick from today’s release? Make sure to leave a comment below, I’d love to hear about your favorites! You will automatically be entered into a giveaway when leaving a comment 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!
- Altenew is giving away SIX $50 gift certificates to Altenew store! Make sure to visit their blog and leave a comment to win.
- My blog readers get another chance to win a $20 gift certification to Altenew store! Please leave me a comment below by May 3rd, 11:59pm PST. All winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 05/04/2019 Good luck!!
BLOG HOP
I am participating in a fun blog hop to celebrate today’s release! Next stop on the hop is Zsoka Marko! Make sure to stop by and leave some love for her! Please see below for the full blog hop list.
- Altenew Card Blog
- Jennifer McGuire
- May Sukyong Park
- Erum Tasneem
- Laurie Willison
- Kristina Pokazanieva
- Lilith Eeckels
- Ashlea Cornell
- Virginia Lu
- Jen Schow
- Therese Calvird
- Maryam Perez
- Svitlana Shayevich
- Vicky Papaioannou
- Altenew Scrapbook Blog
- Irit Landgraf
- Nicole Picadura
- Zsoka Marko
- Laura Volpes
- Lydia Evans
- Kelly Janes
- Norine Borys
- Kymona Tracey
- Kelly Latevola
- Sandra Dietrich
- Sveta Fotinia
- Amanda Baldwin
- Susan Wymer
- Enza Gudor
- Caly Person
- Zinia Redo
- Janette Kausen
- Agnieszka Malyszek
- Soraya
- Amber Rain Davis
- Reiko Tsuchida
- Jaycee Gaspar