Hi everyone! Hope your week is off to a great start! Last night I spent time relaxing before I started back up to work. I enjoy coloring, it is truly relaxing! I wanted to work some more on using my alcohol markers, as this is a goal I have this year! I decided to relax and give it a try again… I wanted to use the beautiful Poppy flower from Altenew which is part of a monthly subscription… Paint a Flower! I am so excited about this monthly release!

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I started by stamping my poppy flower using Memento Tuexedo black ink on Neenah 80lb cradstock. On my leaves I used Nuvo alcohol markers and on my flowers I used Altenew artist markers. For the flowers I used 4 colors from the Red Sunset collection. I am finding I do better when I start with my lightest color and work my way up to my darkest color. Once my coloring was completed I chose a patterned paper, adhered this to my card base, then glued on my flower panel on an A2 card base. I chose a sentiment from the stamp set and my card was complete.

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Supplies Used:

• Stamps: Altenew Paint a Flower – Poppy
• Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White (80lb), patterned paper
• Coloring Medium: Altenew Artist Markers, Nuvo Alcohol Markers

I hope you have a great week! Crafty Hugs,

Natasha

Hi everyone! I hope you had a nice weekend! I am getting ready to start back to work tomorrow, our winter break is over! It was wonderful though… lots of family time, crafty time, and even had lots of sun here today! It was actually warmer here today… made me so ready for spring! Today I am sharing the new release from Graciellie Design – Retro Hello! It’s so cute! https://gracielliedesign.shop/product/20-off-%e2%80%a2-retro-hello-mega-digital-stamp-set/ This set is currently on sale, check it out! I love vintage items/antiques… so this phone brings me back!

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I started by working with the phone image in word. I copy and pasted the image in a random order to create a background on my card. I knew I wanted to make an eclipse card with the Hello die from Altenew, so I thought a patterned background could be fun! I colored the phones using my Arteza everblend markers. I did add some colored pencils in shadow areas as well. I then die cute a frame and the hello as well. This hello die once cut has many little pieces so I had to be sure to save them. I started by gluing my background panel down on an A2 card and then inserted a hello die cut (out of foam) on the panel as well. As a side note here I shouldn’t have used a green foam hello, but I did (oops). You can see it a bit. Then I layered a few more hello die cuts for added dimension. I then placed my hello die cut on top and my card was complete.

Supplies Used:

• Stamps – Retro Hello (Graciellie Designs)
• Paper – Neenah Solar White
• Coloring Medium – Arteza Everblend Markers
• Other – Hello die cut (Altenew)

Have a great week – Crafty Hugs,

Natasha

Hi everyone and happy Friday! I have been on winter break this week, so I had lots of time to relax, craft, and enjoy being home with my family! It was a great week, it sure did go fast, but hopefully now we are one day closer to spring! For today’s card I am using the new Paint a Flower subscription from Altenew called Poppy! I was so excited to see them come up with a kit that is all about coloring & flowers… you know I love to color! I sure do love flowers! I can’t wait to see the next flower…..

I started by stamping the beautiful flower all over my watercolor panel background. I stamped it using WOW embossing ink, then used a gold embossing powder from Ranger. I used my Brutus Monroe aqua pigments. I had so much fun watercoloring with these. The level of color saturation is AMAZING… I love bright cards and the color on these is beautiful. I can’t wait to get more of these. On the flowers I used pink and purple, then on my leaves I used some green (with shimmer) and a little yellow. I then did a watercolor background as well using a shade of red. I used different shades of similar colors to add splatter to my card. I finished off the coloring with some similar shades of colored pencil as well.

I added a die cut hello sentiment, which I had cut 3x for added dimension. I added some sequins to the card base and added stickles to the center of each.

Craft Supplies used:

• Stamps: Altenew (Paint a Flower – Poppy)
• Paper: Canson Watercolor
• Coloring Medium: Brutus Monroe Aqua Pigments
• Other: Hello Die (from Michaels… I believe), sequins, stickles

Wishing you all a great day and weekend! Crafty Hugs,

Natasha