No-Line Watercoloring with Altenew Flower Stamps

Hello, all!

Today I am taking part in a blog hop celebrating Altenew‘s 2nd Anniversary! Altenew has become known for their amazing floral stamp sets so I thought I would create a card today using the Peony Bouquet stamp set.

No-Line Watercoloring with Altenew Flower Stamps

I stamped the flowers and leaves in Antique Linen Distress Ink so that I could do the no-line watercoloring technique. Essentially this means that as I painted the flowers and leaves, the pale ink seemed to fade into the background, leaving a “no-line” look. It’s a technique that can be a bit daunting at first, but looks awesome!

The watercolors I used are the Mijello Mission Gold watercolors that I used a while back. I’m still loving these watercolors! I highly recommend them.

For the greeting, I grabbed a sentiment stamp from another Altenew floral stamp set called Beautiful Day. Both stamp sets have the most beautiful flowers. You can do layers of stamping with them to get realistic flowers, or you can use the outline stamps like I did.

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Supplies

I often get questions about where to purchase the supplies I use in videos. To make it easier for my blog friends, all supplies are listed below! :) The letters below each image are links to stores where you can buy the product. SSS = Simon Says Stamp, AZ = Amazon, etc. Affiliate links used when possible.

Items marked with an asterisk (*) were provided by the manufacturer. All other items were personally purchased.

Altenew Peony Bouquet stamp set* CLICK A SHOP: ( SSS \| AL )	Altenew Beautiful Day stamp set* CLICK A SHOP: ( SSS \| AL )	Arches Cold Press Watercolor Pad 9×12 CLICK A SHOP: ( SSS \| DB )	Mijello Mission Gold Water Color Palette Set, 36 Colors CLICK A SHOP: ( SSS )	3M Scotch Blue Masking Tape CLICK A SHOP: ( SSS \| AZ )
Hardboard Panel 9×12 CLICK A SHOP: ( DB \| SSS )	Silver Brush Black Velvet Square Wash, 3/4-inch CLICK A SHOP: ( AZ \| DB )	Silver Black Velvet Round Brush, size 4 CLICK A SHOP: ( SSS \| DB )	Fiskars Compact Stamp Press CLICK A SHOP: ( SSS )	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad in Antique Linen CLICK A SHOP: ( SSS )
Simon Says Stamp Masking Paper 8.5×11 (20 sheets) CLICK A SHOP: ( SSS )	EK Success Honey Bee Non-Stick Scissors CLICK A SHOP: ( SSS )	Milwaukee Heat Gun CLICK A SHOP: ( SSS )	Tsukineko VersaMark Ink CLICK A SHOP: ( SSS )	Bazzill 40 lb. Vellum CLICK A SHOP: ( SSS )
Hero Arts White Embossing Powder CLICK A SHOP: ( SSS )	Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher Stapler CLICK A SHOP: ( SSS )	Neenah Solar White 110# cardstock CLICK A SHOP: ( SSS )	Martha Stewart Mini Scoring Board CLICK A SHOP: ( SSS )	Simon Says Stamp Teflon Bone Folder CLICK A SHOP: ( SSS )
Tombow Xtreme Permanent Adhesive CLICK A SHOP: ( SSS )	Tombow Xtreme Adhesive Refill CLICK A SHOP: ( SSS )	Dahle Self-Healing Cutting 18×12 Mat CLICK A SHOP: ( SSS )

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Altenew Blog Hop

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Like I mentioned above, today’s post is part of a blog hop! Also part of the celebration are some great deals at Altenew…

First 100 orders : 1 free mini stamp set (Starting April 7th at 9:00 AM EST)
Orders over $75 : 1 free mini stamp set (Now through Sunday, April 10, 2016)

Giveaway!

Leave comments along the way for the opportunity to win one of THREE prize packs valued at over $100 from Altenew! This amazing prize pack includes not-yet-released stamp sets.

There are 8 awesome companies who are celebrating with us, and they are offering the following prizes:

Pretty Pink Posh : $30 Gift Certificate
WOW! Embossing Powder : $30 Prize Pack
Simon Says Stamp : $30 Gift Certificate
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L : $30 Prize Pack
Ellen Hutson : $50 Gift Certificate
Freckled Fawn : Gypsy Kit valued at $27
My Sweet Petunia : Mini MISTI
StampNation : Three 3 Month Subscriptions

Be sure to leave comments on each blog hop stop by Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 11:59 PM EST for a chance to win! 13 winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the hop list and will be announced on the Altenew blog on Apr 14th.