Good morning everyone! Is it getting cold where you are? Here in New York I’m definitely putting the heating on today – and the new Paint-A-Flower release from Altenew is here with a Blog Hop + Giveaway to warm things up more! Stay tuned until the end of the post for hop stops and more details.
September’s PAF is Carnations! And not just one – there is a lovely bunch of them to color in for your projects. I have two cards to share today using the set.
My first card features the Carnations heat embossed, which makes watercoloring it super easy! I heat embossed the stamp in Golden Peach embossing powder, then colored it with watercolors using Rubellite, Grapevine, Cotton Candy, Frayed Leaf and Forest Glades. I then fussy cut it out.
For my background, I used a panel of Spicy Yoghurt cardstock, and repeat stamped the Carnations image multiple times on the background. I used a pale ink – Blush – that co-ordinated with my image but was subtle enough to stay in the background.
I adhered the panel to a note card, then to mount my fussy cut carnation I used foam squares, with a piece of vellum die cut with a Nesting Frames die for a little dimension. To finish, I heat embossed and trimmed out the sentiment in white embossing powder on Jet Black cardstock. I added a few pearls to finish.
For my next project I went more bold and graphic. I stamped the Carnations several times in Obsidian Pigment ink (slower drying so be sure to heat set before coloring with water mediums) on smooth watercolor cardstock.
I used three shades of pink and three shades of green to watercolor in my images, using some Copics to add in more contrast. I also outlined the Carnations with a pale gray Copic to add a subtle shadow.
I stamped my sentiment in the centre using Obsidian ink and Magenta ink to co-ordinate with the carnations. I used the stamps themselves to overlay on the top to mask off the sentiment before adding lots of splatters. This stops the splatters messing up the sentiment itself. To finish I added some pink Nuvo Stone Drops.
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GIVEAWAY
To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $20 gift certificate to 3 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog by 9/27/2020 for a chance to win. They’ll also draw a winner to receive a $15 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below. All winners will be announced on the Altenew Winners Page on 09/30/2020.
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Your next stop on the hop is: Nathalie! Enjoy the hop – the full list is below.
- Altenew Card Blog
- Kathy Racoosin
- Erum Tasneem
- Emily Midgett
- Jenny Colacicco >>>YOU ARE HERE
- Nathalie DeSousa >>>GO HERE NEXT!
- Kelly Latevola
- Svitlana Shayevich
- LauraJane
- Lilith Eeckels
- Kelly Griglione
- Nichol Spohr
- Virginia Lu
- Tenia Nelson
- Therese Calvird
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Both cards are beautiful but I especially love the first one.
Both cards are stunning. Thanks for sharing
Both are so beautiful. I like the soft background of the first card.
These are both Sooooo Pretty!!!
Ooooo I LOVE these pinks! Just stunning coloring!
Really pretty. The light colors are great for every occasion.
Really pretty pinks on both your cards. Love those carnations
Such pretty cards! I love carnations!!
Beautiful cards! Such wonderful colors!
How could we NOT have pink carnations somewhere in this Hop?? Both cards, and shades of pink, are gorgeous, Jenny!
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Your cards are lovely. I love how you stamped the background. Just stunning.
This stamp set is so realistic! Beautiful cards!!!!!
Lovely painting! Colors are so pretty,
Wait — did you fussy cut “Well Done.” No you wouldn’t do that because that would be CRAY-CRAY. Absolutely stunning cards.
I. DID. I am 🙂 Thank you!!
Pure gorgeous-ness!! Absolutely stunning card projects!
Gorgeous cards. I especially love the first one with the grape added. My favorite.
I love your backgrounds! The coloring is amazing as well
These cards are gorgeous! I love the lovely background on the first. And the coloring on the second is amazing.
Love the golden peach ep you used on the first card.
Both cards are gorgeous!
WOW, your first one is so delicate and just gorgeous! I love the use of the stamp in the background so light, so it’s not a distraction. Your second card is just as beautiful; I’d be hard pressed to choose! Thank you…..
Your cards are so gorgeous and you are amazing at fussy cutting.
I love both beautiful cards but my favorite is your first one with the Golden Peach embossing.
Really loved the softness and blended colors.
Awesome stamp set and beautiful creations, I especially love the softly colored card!
So beautiful! I love the soft colors on the first card. 🙂
Such beautiful cards. The first is my favorite because I find it so intriguing, using the stamp as a background and then the featured flowers are colored so delicately!
Another stunning couple of designs. I love the pink and purple colors muted together.
Lovely.
Great cards with realistic carnation coloring. Such a nice stamp this month. Wish they would have a die. That fussy cutting gives me anxiety to cut perfect. All ends well as usual.
Oh your cards are just beautiful. Love the pink carnations, this is the color I generally buy too.
The peach embossing for your flowers is so different to what you usually see, but paired with the light flowers it is a show stopper. I keep going back to look at your gorgeous card. The second card is pretty, but that first one is amazing!
Beautiful cards! The first card is stunning. I also love the second card.
Beautiful pink carnations—I especially like the pastel colors with the really pale background images. Thanks so much for the inspiration!
Simply gorgeous!
They are both so pretty and so different. I love what you did with the background on the embossed and cut out flowers and I really like the coloring in the technique that you did on the other one layer. card so pretty.
Very beautiful!
Hola, Jenny, from San Antonio, Texas! Girl, your cards are GORGEOUS! 💜 Wow! You made me laugh when Kimberly Logocki said it was cray-cray that you fussy cut the sentiment! 😂😂 You did a awesome job, though. Hope all is well with you and your family.
Such pretty pink carnations! Thanks for sharing.
Both of your cards are beautiful. I love the softness of the first one.
Stunning cards, love the subtle hues of pink in your first card, gorgeous!
You really showed off how beautiful these flowers can be. I am impressed!!
I really like the general pastel of the first card. Lucky person who receives it.
Jenny I’ve said before your coloring talents are out of this world, and with them you’ve done beautiful justice to this lifelike set, with all its curls and natural shadows. I had to zoom in on the first card as it looked like your panel was marbled–what a beautiful touch with that light pink ! Thanks for the wonderful inspiration!
Cards are beautiful .
Two beautiful cards but love the soft colours on the first card really caught my eye.
What beautiful cards, Jenny! Your flowers look so soft and delicate!! Thanks for the great inspiration! Take care! 🙂
Absolutely stunning!!!
Jenny, your cards are lovely! Great choice of colors.
Gorgeous! You have really captured the beauty of carnations!!! The flower colors are spectacular! I can almost smell the wonderful carnation fragrance. Thank you.
Very pretty cards. Love the softness of the first card. TFS
Lovely cards…the first card really love the background …so pretty…and the 2nd card is fabulous…
There is an unexpected liveliness on the first make, even though you used soft colors. Both cards are jaw-dropping pretty; but the first has that special “something”, that captures the beauty of the carnation and makes me want to just keep staring at it and take in its beauty.
Your cards are both so beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
Gorgeous cards! I especially like the first one, love the pale background.
These carnations are so beautiful! Both cards show them off to perfection & too hard to pick a favorite. You are such a talented colorist!
Both cards are so pretty and gorgeous!
Both cards are absolutely stunning 😍
As always, I LOVE your cards!! It must be a Jenny thing!!
I love the stamp set! Your backgrounds look amazing.
Love both cards, particularly the second. Love the dark pink flowers. Thanks for sharing.
Wow! Your cards are gorgeous. I love those beautiful pink carnations!
These are gorgeous! The first card has such a soft and beautiful, I love that you used a cardstock color other than white. The second card is so pretty with the bright pink script and realistic carnations
Beautiful carnation cards, especially love the softness of the first one on spicy yogurt cardstock.
Love what you created with the stamp set. Great job!
To hard to pick a favorite, each have unique qualities. They are both stunning, love the pale background on first one, and the boldness of second card.
Your cards are so elegant and pretty. Love them!
Well done – LOVE the peach embossing powder’s effect — and your coloring is gorgeous!
Good luck – love the composition, the use of the same color ink for the lettering as the flower, the embellishments and the spatters.
Your work is extremely beautiful. Kudos! Thank you for sharing your talents w/ us all. Blessings on you…..
Lori S in PA
Wow! Gorgeous designs- I love them both! I like the repeated stamping on your first card!
Spectacular cards!
Thanks for the inspiration!
Beautiful!
Pretty cards with these lovely carnations!
Both cards are amazing! I love that your first is a soft and classy design. While the second one is a bit more “wild” and sharper! Such beautiful work!
Beautiful cards. I like the colors and backgrounds.