Saturday, April 10, 2021

Altenew 7th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 3 + Giveaway




Hello everyone! 

Today I’m joining Altenew in celebrating their 7th Anniversary Blog Hop! Happy Birthday, Altenew! Be sure to check out the Altenew Blog for all the inspiration and where fun begins! 



One of my favorite things about Altenew is their amazing floral designs. So for my today’s card I used my favorite Forever in Love stamp set.
I've started by stamping the images from this stamp set with Antique Linen distress ink onto piece of watercolor paper and watercolored the images using my favorite watercolors.


I watercolored the flowers using coral pink paint and the leaves with blue-green mixed with sepia.
Once my coloring was done, I splattered the flowers with the leftover paint and also with pearlescent paint. Next, I’ve die cut the images with coordinating dies.


I slightly watercolored the background with brown paint and splattered it with the leftover paint and also pearlescent paint. I adhered the flowers on top of my panel with foam tape and mounted my card onto light grey card base. 


I white heat embossed the sentiment from Extra Special stamp set onto tiny stripe of black cardstock and finished my card with clear sequins and pearls.




Over $1,400 in total prizes! Altenew is giving away a $70 gift certificate to 5 lucky winners and one Altenew Academy class to 15 lucky winners. There are also 19 awesome companies/crafty friends who are celebrating with us, and they are offering the following prizes:




Be sure to leave comments by 18th April 2021 for a chance to win one of 41 prizes! To make the hop more exciting, start your comment with "Hi from (city or country where you're from)!" 41 winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the blogs listed below and will be announced on the Altenew Card Blog on 24th April 2021.



Thank you so much for stopping by today! Have a great weekend!

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Soft Watercolored Flowers with Textured Background Pinkfresh Studio

Hello everyone! Today is my last post for Pinkfresh Studio as a design team member. It had been an amazing 1.5 year! I was happy to work with incredibly talented designers. And I am eternally grateful to Kinnari for an opportunity to be a part of such a great team! 


Let’s move to the card. I've started by stamping the beautiful flower from Keep Going stamp set with Antique Linen distress ink onto piece of watercolor paper and watercolored the images using Pinkfresh Studio watercolors. To achieve the colors that I wanted, I mixed my own colors. I mixed some pink, red and yellow colors for the flowers, and green and a bit of yellow for the leaves.


Once my coloring was done, I splattered the images with the leftover paint and also with golden paint, before die cut them with coordinating dies.


For the background I’ve blended Meadow inks onto piece of watercolor paper and splattered it with the same inks mixed with water. Next, I placed coordinating stencil from Sweet Blooms set on top of my watercolored panel and added some embossing paste through the stencil. Then, I removed the stencil and sprinkled embossing paste with white pearl embossing powder. After it was dry naturally, I heated it with the heat gun and splattered my panel with golden paint. 


Next, I adhered the flowers on top of my panel with foam tape and mounted my card onto light grey card base.


At last, I decided to add a few shiny branches for more interesting look. I’ve die cut them out of white cardstock using Leafy Branch die and sprinkled with chunky glitter on top of the clear glue before adhered them to my card.

For the sentiment, I stamped I Love You from Simply Sentiments - You stamp set onto a stripe of black cardstock with clear embossing inks and white heat embossed, before adding it to the card with foam tape. To finished my card I’ve added some sequins and pearls. 


Hope you liked my card! Wishing you a happy holidays!

Kristina

Friday, June 26, 2020

Pinkfresh Studio + Altenew “Celebrate” Collaboration Blog Hop + Giveaway



Hello everyone! Welcome to a special collaboration blog hop for Pinkfresh Studio and Altenew! These companies are well-known for their beautiful flowers and the combination of the two just makes for an amazing collaboration! We’ve got two stamp sets, patterned paper and other accessories!

My first card featuring absolutley gorgeous Celebrate Today stamp set. I stamped beautiful floral cluster started by with Antique Linen distress ink onto piece of watercolor paper. 


 I watercolored the flowers using pink paint and the leaves with blue-green mixed with sepia and slightly watercolored the background between the flowers. 

 Once I finished my watercoloring process I adhered my panel onto kraft card base using foam tape and finished my card with clear sequins.




For my second card I used gorgeous Celebrate Us stamp set. I've started by stamping the images with Antique Linen distress ink onto piece of watercolor paper. 


I watercolored the flowers using coral pink paint and the leaves with blue-green mixed with sepia.Once my coloring was done, I die cutting the images with coordinating dies. 


Next, I slightly watercolored the background and splattered it with the leftover paint. I adhered the flowers on top of my panel with foam tape and mounted my card onto light grey card base. 



I white heat embossed the sentiment onto tiny stripe of black cardstock and finished my card with clear sequins.


GIVEAWAY INFORMATION:
Pinkfresh Studios will be giving away the full release on the Pinkfresh blog.
In addition, I will be giving away a $15 gift card on my blog post. The winners will be picked from the comments for both giveaway opportunities.

The winners will be selected & posted on July 8th on the Pinkfresh Studio GIVEAWAY PAGE. Please note that you must check that page & claim your prize within 2 weeks.

SHIPPING PROMO
We are offering free US or discounted international shipping on orders $50+. Just use the correct code below! Codes are valid until 11:59pm CST on July 2nd.


You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!
Click here to enter

Friday, June 12, 2020

Pinkfresh Studio June 2020 Pop Out Stamp and Die Release Blog Hop

Hello everyone! Pinkfresh Studio has a wonderful Pop Out Stamp and Die Release today! We’re hoping to inspire you today with projects made from these background stamp sets!


I made two cards feauturing new amazing products.



I’ve started by stamping the background using Pop Out Sunburst cling stamp. I used Peach Fuzz, Mint and Meadow Pinkfresh Studio inks. Once it was done I cut out the edges using my paper trimmer. Next, I stamped beautiful little flowers from Hexagon Floral Bunches stamp set onto white paper and colored with Copic markers before die cutting with coordinating dies. 


I stamped the sentiment from Layered Bouquet stamp set in the center of my panel with black inks. Then I adhered the flowers on top of my card with foam tape. To finished my card I’ve added a few clear sequins.





For my second card I decided to make a soft gradient look. I used Sparkling Rose, Peach Fuzz, Mint and Summer Shower Pinkfresh Studio inks and blending tool to make a soft transition between colors.


Once my background was done I die cut the panel out of white cardstock using die and adhered it on top on top of my background with liquid glue. 


For the sentiment I used the Sentiment Suite: Hello die and embossed a coordinating sentiment using the Pop Up Hexagons Cling stamp..



GIVEAWAY INFORMATION:
Pinkfresh Studios will be giving away the full release on the Pinkfresh blog, and on their IG feed.

In addition, I will be giving away a $25 gift card on my blog post. The winners will be picked from the comments for both giveaway opportunities.

The winners will be selected & posted on June 19 on the Pinkfresh Studio GIVEAWAY PAGE. Please note that you must check that page & claim your prize within 2 weeks.


You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!
Click here to enter

Monday, April 20, 2020

Pinkfresh Studio Thank You Cards

Hello everyone! Today, I want to share with you two watercolor cards with my favorite Full Bloom stamp set.


 For my first card, I stamped beautiful floral cluster with black inks onto piece of watercolor paper. 

Then I wet the paper with clean water and watercolored the flowers using Bubblegum and Candy Apple Pinkfresh Studio liquid watercolors. For the leaves I mixed Emerald City with little bit Espresso color. 


Once my coloring was done I splattered my panel with the leftover paint and also with white paint.


My second card is the same as first, but I used different colors. For the flowers I used Bubble Gum, Lavender and Sky Blue. And I used Emerald City and Key Lime for the leaves. The sentiment is from Simple Blossoms stamp set.


Hope you liked my cards! Have a great day!
Kristina

Sunday, April 5, 2020

Altenew 6th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 4 + Giveaway

Hello everyone! Today I'm participating in Altenew’s 6th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 4!


 If you came from Vicky Papaioannou you are on the right track, but if not please start at the Altenew blog.


In celebration of these past six years, Altenew is hosting a special four-day blog hop! With four days, you know there is going to be so much Altenew inspiration heading your way from many talented designers! There are also prizes up for grabs, and even a shopping discount code. All these details will be listed at the bottom of this post.


To celebrate Altenew's Anniwersary I made a card featuring my favorite Wallpaper Art and Build-A-Flower:Rose stamp sets.


I've started by stamping the images with Antique Linen distress ink onto piece of watercolor paper and watercolored the images using my favorite watercolors.


Once my coloring was done, I spalattered the flowers with the leftover paint and also with silver paint. Next, I die cut the images with coordinating dies. I also splattered the background with the leftover paint and silver paint.


Next, I adhered the flowers on top of my panel with foam tape and mounted my card onto light grey card base. The sentiment is from Forever in Love stamp set. To finished my card I've added a few clear sequins.




Special Offer
Enjoy FREE U.S. shipping with code HAPPY6TH or $5 OFF international shipping with code ANNIV20 at checkout. Offer valid from 4/2/2020 at 12:01 am EDT through 4/5/2020 at 11:59 pm EDT. Not valid on prior purchases. Cannot be combined with other promo codes. Shop HERE.



Prizes
Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners and one Altenew Academy class to 10 lucky winners. There are also 14 awesome companies/crafty friends who are celebrating with us, and they are offering the following prizes:
Be sure to leave comments by 4/12/2020 for a chance to win one of 37 prizes! To make the hop more exciting, start your comment with “Hi from (city or country where you’re from)!”. 37 winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the blogs listed below and will be announced on the Altenew Card Blog on 4/18/2020.



Hope you liked my card! Don't forget to leave a comment for a prizes and a giveaway. Thank you so much for stopping by! Your next stop is Paige Evans!


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