Happy Anniversary, Altenew! We’re so excited to be joining your 6 year anniversary celebration! Emily is here with some FABULOUS Mother’s Day projects using Altenew & Essentials by Ellen!
I’m sharing a Wave Roses Themed Collection of cards, tags and a trinket-teasure box in celebration of all the amazing women in our lives. Mixing and Matching supplies and creating multiple projects is a fun way to stretch your stamps, dies and stencils. I’ve included a few collection building tips and tricks in my post today.
My Prep Steps for Creating Collections:
- Pick a Color Scheme or two (Pink and Yellow). Select your inks and coloring materials to work with (Zig Clean Color Brush Markers & Distress Oxide Inks).
- Die Cut elements from Black and White Card Stock for mix and matching (Two-In-One Box, Skinny Stripes and Wavy Outlines)
- With a Stamp Press, stamp several floral images at once to Bristol Smooth Cardstock (this is what I used for all my Zig Coloring).
- Heat Emboss images all at once. This way your heat gun is nice and hot so you can create crisp embossed images.
- Paint/Color and fussy cut or die cut your stamped images and leave in a dish to pull together on your cards, tags and boxes.
Painting the Roses
The Wavy Rose images are all painted with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. For a soft watercolor effect, I applied pigment from several Zig colors to my media mat, added water to the color and then “washed” the color to the paper. To keep the color wash in “place”, I stamped and heat embossed all the images with Altenew Translucent Pearl or Pure White Crisp Embossing Powder.
Greens: Light Green-041, Turquoise Green-042, Emerald Green-048
Pinks: Deep Red-260, Pale Pink-028, Pale Rose-230, Blush-069, Peach Pink-202, Pink Haze-201
Yellows: Yellow-050, Light Yellow-051, Bright Yellow-052, Pale Yellow-055
Pretty in Pink
I thought it would be fun to have a matching card, tag and treasure box for my Mom to open that I could easily send in the mail. I created the treasure box using the Essentials by Ellen Two-in-One Box, Black Card Stock and Be Creative Tape. I used the Floral Garden stencil with Spun Sugar and Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide Inks to decorate the stitched rectangle side panels. For the box top, I heat embossed the “a little something for you” sentiment from the Wavy Roses Stamp Set to a long/skinning stitched rectangle. Then I adhered the rectangle inside the box for a little extra surprise. For the box top, I applied spun sugar distress oxide ink to a long/skinny stitched rectangle and adhered a small wavy rose with foam tape. The Two-In-One Box die includes a gift tag, that I heat embossed Mom from the Amazing Women stamp set and added a painted rose and its petals.
For the pretty pink Mother’s Day Card, I die-cut the Skinny Stripes at an angle to a white card front and then adhered it to a black card stock panel for a modern black and white striped background. I stamped the sentiment on an angle with Altenew Obsidian Pigment Ink and adhered the Wavy Rose images with foam tape. A very simple assembly with lots of pop.
Sunshine Yellow
For my first card, I added a Wavy Rose Outline die cut to my watercolor rose image. I die-cut the Skinny Stripes to a white card panel and also die cut on a black card stock panel. I saved the black panel for another day but I used the little stripes and added them to the white Skinny Stripes panel. Then I adhered the yellow wavy roses to the skinny stripe background and stamped the sentiment with Obsidian Pigment Ink.
*The Obsidian Pigment Ink is extremely crisp for small details and sentiments. A new favorite!
My second card came together in minutes using the Floral Garden Stencil. This stencil is a dream because no masking is required to add both the floral petals and greenery. First I positioned the stencil with the greenery side to my card panel and I applied Mowed Lawn and Lucky Clover Distress Oxide Inks. Using the stencil as a guide, I positioned the florals over the greenery and added the petals with Scattered Straw and Mustard Seed Distress Oxide Ink. I had a stitched rectangle left over from the Two-in-One box, I stamped and heat embossed Mom and sentiment using white embossing powder. For a little extra pop, I added a white rectangle frame and adhered it to the top-center of the stenciled card panel.
So there we are friends, a Wavy Rose Inspired Mother’s Day collection of cards, tags and trinket-treasure box. I hope you enjoyed my projects today and it inspires you to mix, match and stretch your stamps, stencils and metal dies in fun new ways.
Have fun on the blog hop! Your next stop is Nathalie DeSousa’s beautiful blog and find the whole hop list on the Altenew Blog!
205 Comments
Hi from Los Angeles! These cards are stunning!
Hi from Logan Utah. Love your clean and simple designs.
Hello from Northern California! I love those pinks and the contrast of black and white
Hi from Los Angeles. I love the way you popped up the outline on the flowers. It really made that card. Great job?
Hello from Worcester Massachusetts. Love the stripes on these cards. Very pretty.
Hi from Frisco, TX! I really like these all; each with softness yet striking.
Hello from California! I love how fresh and bright the yellow looks contrasted with the black and white. Beautiful!
Hello from South Florida, USA! Gorgeous
cards! I love the yellow flowers with the black
stripes; love the contrast.
Hi from San Fernando! The black and white accents really make the colours shine.
Hi from Michigan But currently in Arizona. Such gorgeous cards.
I adore crisp black and white card elements with soft pastel soft images. So modern and elegant. Beautiful projects!!!
Hi from Los Angeles! So many great ideas. I’ve been making cards to send to my students during our shelter in place. Everyone needs a bit of cheer during this time.
Beautiful cards!
Hello from Sterling Heights, Michigan. Very nice cards, colors and backgrounds. Thank you for sharing.
Hi from WA! Wonderful cards and great coloring tip – thnks. Happy 6th!
A happy hello from Colorado. These cards are exquisite and I love the gift box and tag. Blessings to you for sharing those wonderful tips for making a themed collection.
Hi I am from Yakima WA, USA–Yellow is the perfect Spring color. Just love the black and yellow together. Inspiration to get everyone and me into the Spring mode. Nice, Nice cards and trinkets to go with them. I bet your mom loved them.
Your cards are simply stunning!
Hi From Wisconsin – your cards are love -I am excited about your designs which I will be casing:)
Hi from Erie PA. Your cards are beautiful. Thanks for the inspiration and for sharing!
Hi from Myrtle Beach SC!
Love the friendly manner in which you deliver the instructions and tips. Some of my very favorite colors, flowers and patterns made their way into these lovely designed cards & box.
Hi from Vancouver Island, BC, Canada. I really like all of your cards & the small box you made. I love the look of the black & white stripes in the background & appreciate the tips you gave as well. Happy 6th Anniversary Altenew!
Hello from Arizona! Gosh, these are all beautiful…I am so inspired. I’m loving the yellow and pink with pops of black (and those skinny stripes)!! So So pretty!
Hi from Illinois!!! These are really Beautiful cards!!!
Hello from Florida, all of the cards are beautiful. thank you
Hi from Ottawa, Canada. Great assortment of card designs!
Hi from Dexter NY. 👋👋 love your watercolor designs. You make it look so easy. I’ve been giving it a try but think I may have to try those zig pens. Love the colors. Keep the inspiration coming!
Hi from Florida! I loved your colors and the tip on the water coloring!
Thank you for sharing!
Hi from Edgewater, Maryland!! I LOVE these!!! The black makes everything pop!! Gorgeous! Thank you for sharing.
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Hi from Texarkana, Texas. Kept staring at them because I couldn’t decide which on I liked more, still can’t decide but that black on each card just looks great.
Hi from Idaho! Love all the creative sharing!
Hi from TX! Gorgeous cards by Emily, the color combo is very pretty too! Thank you for the inspiration! Happiest of birthdays to Altenew!
Hello from Florida. Such gorgeous cards! Love the colors…
Thanks so much for sharing.
Hi from Illinois. What a great variety of ideas for Mothers Day. Love your black accents.
Hi from Minnesota! Congratulations to Altenew on their 6 year anniversary. And thank you for sharing your work, Emily!
Hi from Oregon! Such pretty layouts! Thank you for the inspiration.
Hi from Utah!
These cards are
beautiful and love
the colors.
Carla from Utah
Hi from Orlando, Florida! Beautiful assortment of Mother’s Day gift giving! Happy 6th birthday Altenew!
Amazing talent, love these cards
Hi from CA. Beautiful happy cards.
Hi. I’m from Brisbane. Beautiful!
Hi from Minnesota. What lovely cards! Beautiful and fresh designs.
Hello fro Vancouver, Canada. Beautiful cards!
Greetings from Michigan. Great cards but my favorite is the yellow flowers happy mother’s day. Thanks!
Hi from Uniontown, Ohio! LOVE these gorgeous cards. So soft and elegant. Perfect for Mother’s Day ♥
Hello from Seattle, Washington! Lovely cards! Thank you for sharing how you organize your creating when making many cards. Very Smart! And I am thinking I need that stencil. So unique with the flowers on one end and the leaves on the other. The background looked like it was stamped.
Hi, from Millstadt, IL
Love the die cut flower – gives
depth to it. The pink colored
flower is gorgeous. thanks for
sharing.
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Hey y’all! I am checking in from Tennessee. Love the cards shared today. Thanks for the inspiration. 😀
Hello from Ohio. I love the watercolor markers so by extension, I love your cards and the inspiration. Thanks!
Hi from Australia. Such a lovely collection! The black makes for a stunning accent.