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Altenew Educators Blog Hop-"Anything but a Card"

Altenew Educators Blog Hop-“Anything but a Card”

Hey Crafty Friends, Thanks for joining me today on the Altenew Educators Blog hop for “Anything But A Card”! You may have found me from a link on Terri Stokes post. So thanks for hopping along! Be sure to stop by Fiona Duff���s post as well. Recently I recieved a gift of air dryed clay from a friend because she knew I was “crafty”!  So I thought I would see what I could come up with, and violla, I…

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AECP IG Hop - Mixed Media Madness

Hey Crafty Friends, Before you get too comfortable, head on over to my Instagram page to see all the great Mixed Media Madness from a very talented group of Altenew Certified Educators! Hi, friends! Altenew Certified Educators are joining a fun blog hop with the theme 𝗠𝗶𝘅𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀! The hop starts from @altenewllc so make sure you start from the beginning!   A little “SNEAK PEEK” at my…

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Wednesday Watercoloring With Rachael

Hey Crafty Friends, I’m back again with another installment of my water colored cards.  For today’s card Im using another PAF release from December 2020, Tulips. A Few Details The first thing to know is I always use watercolor paper for my watercolor projects. This is so important in order to achieve the look and performance you are going for. Often times, as with this card, I emboss my image…

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Wednesday Watercoloring with Rachael

Wednesday Watercoloring with Rachael

Hey Crafty Friends, Today’s card is slightly different from the cards I’ve recently posted in the Wednesday Watercoloring Series. I’ve used re-inkers as my medium as opposed to the pan water color set. It’s not a new thing! Cardmakers have been using re-inkers for ages to create beautiful artist quality images. As you can see the color is really bright and saturated. The one thing to think…

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Wednesday Watercoloring with Rachael

Wednesday Watercoloring with Rachael

Hey Crafty Friends, Thanks for joing me today for another installemnt of Wednesday Watercoloring! I love sharing my creations, and I hope you enjoy seeing them. Today’s Card- I used the montly Paint-A-Flower stamp set -Daffodils from June 2020 release. These are wonderfule to color with any medium, I just like the watercolors best! FREE PDF Be sure to go to the end of this post to get your free…

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Wednesday Watercoloring A Grateful Heart and FREE PDF

Wednesday Watercoloring A Grateful Heart and FREE PDF

Hey Crafty Friends, For today’s Wednesday Watercoloring, and a FREE PDF,  I am bringing the Grateful Heart Stamp and Die set to you! This is probably one of my favorite stamps sets from Altenew! Especially to watercolor. The outline stamp from this layering stamp set is so open and wonderful to create shading and depth with watercolor. On today’s card I am also using the leaves from the Book…

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Wednesday Watercolors with Book Engravings Stamp and Die Bundle

Wednesday Watercolors with Book Engravings Stamp and Die Bundle

Hey Crafty Friends, Happy Wednesday! I’m here today with another wonderful stamp and die bundle from Altenew that you can so easily water color and get beautiful results! This is the Book Engravings Stamp and Die Bundle from the Storybook Fantasy Collection released last month. I created this card for my husband (he gets a lot of cards from me!) using his favorite color combination from the 36…

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Wednesday Water Coloring-Precious Peony

  Hey Crafty Friends, Welcome to Wednesday Watercoloring with Rachael. Today I am featuring the Precious Peony Stamp and Die Bundle with the 24 Pan Artists Water Color Set from Altenew. I have put all the directions into a printable PDF for you! Just click on the link below!   Click here for your free printable PDF If you would like to purchase any of the products used, please click…

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Wednesday Water Coloring-PAF-Clematis

Hey Crafty Friends, Thank you for joining me today for the first installment of Wednesday Water Coloring! Today we will be coloring the Altenew PAF- Clematis! I have put all the directions into a printable PDF for you! Just click on the link below!     Click here for a PDF of this card! If you would like to purchase any of the supplies used please click here!   Thanks you for stopping…

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Paint a Flower- Coral Sunset March 2021 Release & Giveaway

Paint a Flower- Coral Sunset March 2021 Release & Giveaway

Hey Crafty Friends, This is my first PAF release hop. You likely found me from Verity Biddlecombe’s blog. For today’s Paint-a-Flower release from Altenew I have a beautiful bouquet created using watercolor pencils. This was a great design for coloring. Plus I used one of my favorite color combinations, pink and black for this card.  The Details The flowers are embossed with Altenew Obsidian…

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Storybook Collections New Release Blog Hop and Give Away- Book Engravings Stamp and Die Set

Storybook Collections New Release Blog Hop and Give Away- Book Engravings Stamp and Die Set

Hey Crafty Friends,   Today’s new release from Altenew has some great new products to get your inspirational juices flowing! The Book Engravings Stamp and Die Bundle is  going on my favorites list! The flowers and greenery are super easy to work with. The Details: For my blog hop projects today, I am using the outline stamps and dies as a focal point for watercoloring with the 36 Pan Watercolor…

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Antinque Rose Layering Die Craft-a-Flower Release & Giveaway

Antinque Rose Layering Die Craft-a-Flower Release & Giveaway

Hey Crafty Friends, Thanks for joining me again today for another new release from  Altenew. It’s always such fun sharing something new and available in a bundle discount! Todays’ Craft-a-Flower,  Antique Rose is just gorgeous. Of course I love flowers, so they are all gorgeous to me! The Details For the middle rose I ink blended the Red Sunset color pallette  in an “ombre” effect on a piece of…

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Semi-Double Chrysantemum Release Blog Hop and Giveaway

Semi-Double Chrysantemum Release Blog Hop and Giveaway

Hey Crafty Friends, It’s great to be here today sharing a new Build a Flower from Altenew.   The Semi-Double Chrysathemum. A gorgeaous bloom for any project! I hope you’re visiting me after seeing the blog post by Michelle Short! Love and flowers don’t need to be perfect, but these gorgeous florals come very close to perfection! This layering stamp set features a beautiful 4-layer chrysanthemum…

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Altenew Educators Instagram Hop Feb 2021

Altenew Educators Instagram Hop Feb 2021

Hey Crafty Friends, As an Altenew Certified Educator, I am joining a fun blog hop where all of us Educators will be sharing our love for Altenew through our handmade goodness/creations!  The hop starts from @altenewllc so make sure you start from the beginning! Giveaways! Altenew is giving away a $20 gift certificate to 5 lucky winners! For a chance to win, please follow @altenewllc and…

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Begenia Builder Pop Up Card

Begenia Builder Pop Up Card

Hey Crafty Friends, Oh, I love a pretty flower!  This particualr flower actually comes in a few variety of colors, ranging from white to red, but the pink is my favorite. Plus, I like these pop-up cards, and I wanted to show another way of creating one not using balloons! The Details: Of course I colored my flowers from the Bergenia Builder Stamp set using the Watercolor 24 Pan Set from…

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Billowing Blossoms

Hey Crafty Friends, Today I’m sharing with you a  mini stamp set called “Billowing Blossoms” from Altenew. This is a lovely set to have on hand to create a beautiful arrangement in minutes. For my project today I focused on using just the greenery of the set to illustrate it’s versatility. The Details After fussy cutting the leaves to create a mask I used the Wisteria Ink pad for my flowering…

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Enchanted Roses- 3 Ways

Enchanted Roses- 3 Ways

Hey Crafty Friends, This is a longer post than I usually create, but I really wanted to show off this beautiful stamp set “Enchanted Roses” by  Altenew I have created 3 projects using this stamp set for you to see the versatility of these beautiful roses. Let’s Scrap My first project is a scrapbook layout I created using the “Our Family Paper Pack”. This is a photo taken in our yard last year for…