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Hi everyone! It’s Laura here, and today I am absolutely thrilled to be joining the Altenew Celebrating Parents Card Drive Blog Hop!
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The goal of this Card Drive is to send cards for the elderly that live in nursing homes or shelters to let them know they’re not forgotten. If you are interested in joining, you can check out the Celebrating Parents Card Drive post on the Altenew blog. I hope you will join and, if you do, please be safe! 🙂
For my card today I decided to use the super fun Weekend Doodles stamp set [ALT | SBC] and to go for a clean and simple look. Let’s have a look at how I created it!
IMAGES
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I started the card by stamping the largest image in the Weekend Doodles set on a sheet of Neenah Solar White 110lb cardstock. I also added some small leaves in the opposite corner to balance off the design.
The panel measures 4 x 5.25 inches, and for my stamping I used Spectrum Noir Finesse alcohol proof black ink. I chose a nice and bright color palette and started coloring the image with my Illustrator markers. Here is a list of colors I used:
Petals: PV4, PV3, PV2, PV1
Flower Center: BO4, BO3, BO2, GY2
Leaves: GT3, GT2, GT1
BACKGROUND
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I wanted to go for a super clean look for my card today, so the only thing I added to the background were some black droplets. To create them pressed my Distress Ink in Black Soot over my glass mat to release some of the ink and I then diluted it with some water. I picked up the ink with my paintbrush and flicked it over the card, protecting the images with a scrap piece of paper.
SENTIMENT AND FINISHING TOUCHES
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Because we are celebrating parents today, I thought that the greeting in the The Best Thing stamp set [ALT | SBC] was just perfect for this card. I am very grateful for everything that my parents do for me, and this sentiment felt just perfect to express what I feel about them.
I stamped part of the sentiment directly on my card front and embossed the rest with white embossing powder over a strip of black cardstock.
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I mounted the stamped panel on an A2 sized card base and moved on to the finishing touches. I added some sparkle to the flowers and to the edge of the card base with a Scrapbook.com Glitter Brush pen. I also added some white highlight to the images with a white gel pen. To finish off the card, I glued some iridescent bubbles around the image and the sentiment.
CELEBRATING PARENTS BLOG HOP INFORMATION
Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog for a chance to win. They will also draw a winner to receive a $15 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog in the blog hop! All winners will be announced on the Altenew Card Blog on 4/5/2020.
You should have arrived from Vicki Finger and Norine Borys is your next stop. Here’s also the full line-up!
Altenew Card Blog
Kristina Pokazanieva
Jaycee Gaspar
TaeEun Yoo
Virginia Lu
Alex Syberia
Gayatri Murali
Hussena Calcuttawala
Aya Elsheshtawy
Nicole Watt
Vicki Finger
Laura Volpes
Norine Borys
Arjita Sepaha Singh
LauraJane
Seeka
Terri Koszler
Michelle Murray
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Comments
so beautiful! Love that color of purple!
What a gorgeous card! I love the colors you chose! I’m going to have to use those colors together, they’re so pretty! Thanks for the great inspiration!
I like the simplicity of this card. It’s fresh and colorful!
Such a gorgeous CAS design, love it!
Such a stunning CAS design, love it!
A very pretty and cheery card! I love the colors especially the purple flowers and teal leaves.
Simplicity wins every time. Beautiful purple flower.
Beautiful card! Love the color combination on the white background- the flowers really pop!
I like the coloring. Thank you for the inspriation.
Super beautiful card! Love the simple design and vibrant colors! <3
Very beautiful. I love the bold colors and the artsy look.
Such happy colors you chose. Thank you for showing us.
Sweet card! Love the design, the colors & the yummy splatters.
So pretty. Love your CAS design. Love the sentiment!
Such a happy and beautiful card. Love your color choices.
I LOVE this sentiment! And gorgeous coloring on the purple flower!
I love the deep purple!
Such a pretty card – any mom would love to receive it!
Cute card and very uplifting! Truly inspired by it’s sheer simplicity.
Precious card. Happy colors and pretty stamp.
So pretty. Love the happy colors ♥
such a happy – CAS card
Simple card and yet it speaks thousand words. Great card for a wonderful cause
Beautiful card. I love the bright colors and the clean design.
Beautiful card!
Super cute card and I love the sentiment.
What a lovely card design Laura! Love the CAS feel and the cheerful flowers combined with the bold sentiment. Thanks for the inspiration!
Pretty card!! So colorful and pretty! So needed now! Thank you for sharing!
Love the simplicity & cheery spring look of this wonderful card!
Beautiful card with am amazing sentiment. My mom would agree 🙂
Sweet card! Love the simplicity of it!
I love this stamp set! It’s so perfect for your clean, simple look.
I love this clean and simple card with such bright and cheerful colors!
Enjoyed the whimsical nature of this card and the choice of a intense purple really draws your eye to the card.
Clean, simple, yet classy! Beautiful card!
Very fresh and clean looking card. The colors are so bright and beautiful!
Sweet sentiment and I like the purple flowers.
Simply gorgeous!
I love the color palette you use.
Wow lovely card ! Great inspiration!
Beautiful card. I love the bright colors and spatters.
Simple and so pretty!! Love your fabulous coloring!
Omg, love, love, love this color combo💕💕💕
Hi, it’s Lisa from Cary, NC. Love your card and the pretty colors.