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
Hey there from North Texas! What a gorgeous group of cards!
Hi from Kentucky. Loved your cards and the color.
Hi, from Charlotte, NC!
Your cards are just so pretty! Inspiring!
Thank you for sharing such beautiful cards. I love the colors.
Greetings from Arlington, VA in the US. Oh so pretty!
Hi and Congrats to Altenew from their hometown, Syracuse, NY. Love the yellow with black! Be Well…
Hi from England, This a beautiful set of cards. The black background makes them pop! Thanks for sharing and stay safe
Hi from Rochester, NY! What beauties! Your color palettes are springy, fresh, and serene! Sooooo pretty!
Hi from Thorp, WI. I love the yellow flowers and striped background. It really makes the whole card stand out.
Hi from Illinois. I love all the pops of color with the black. Really makes your flowers stand out.
Hello from Dublin, Ireland! What a gorgeous set of projects, thanks so much for all the inspiration!
Hi from Central Finland! Beautiful cards! The yellow set looks so sunny and lovely. I love the coloring on all the flowers.
Hi from Oregon, USA. I love your wavy roses creations, I espeially love the pretty yellow on black & white!
Hello from Virginia! Absolutely love your Wavy Roses themed cards, tags, and gift cards. They have such a soft, dreamy quality.
Lovely cards! Thank you for sharing your talent!
Hi from Carrollton, TX! Beautiful cards (and tag). I love the lovely soft colors.
HI from Dallas, TX! Mothers Day will be here before we know it! Thanks for the reminder and the beautiful cards for inspiration!
Hi from Fremont, California – Ellen you make it look easy. Love the use of multi media.
Hi from Arlington, VA! I love the graphic punch these cards have! So simple and modern looking!
Hello from Scottsdale! Wow! This is so amazing! Thanks for the giveaway too!
Wonderful sets. I like the little tag. Thank you for the cards.
Hi from Yorkville, IL. Such pretty cards! I love seeing how you colored them in and that they all coordinate. Great idea!!
Hi from Denver, Colorado! Your Wavy Roses cards are so wonderful! Thank you!
Howdy from Houston Tx…and congrats to Altenew!!! I sooooo love black and white with pops of color. Your cards and box/tag projects are fabulous.
Hi from Toronto, Canada! Great cards! I love the graphic contrast of the bold black and the soft florals!
Love the treasure box and the cards are a treasure indeed.
Hi from Colorado, love all these new ideas
Hello from Rumford, Maine. You did a very pretty job with your roses. Thank you for sharing 🙂
Hello from New York! Your cards are gorgeous. I love those color combinations. Thank you for sponsoring the blog hop.
Hello from Carol Stream, IL. Beautiful variety of projects. Thanks for being part of this amazing blog hop.
Hello, from Portland, Oregon, These cards are so happy, I love yellow and black together. The background is so pretty. I love the die from Ellen too. It is a must have on my wish list.
Hi from Shoreline, WA! Your cards are amazing! 😍💕
Hello from Tennessee, USA! Soft and beautiful set of creations 🙂
Hello from Chicago! As always, lovely cards!
Hello from Malta, New York. Happy Anniversary Altenew. I love white and black cards with a touch of color. Your cards are so beautiful.
Hi from Penn Valley, CA! Such beautiful cards! Love your style! Thanks for sharing your cards with us!
Greeting from NorthernCal. Love those colors, especially the soft pink. Great Mothers Day Cards.
Hi from Arizona. Simply lovely cards!
Hi from Aberdeenshire Scotland! What lovely techniques!
Hi from snowy Wyoming! Beautiful set of projects! Great ideas and products! I absolutely love stripes with florals! Yellow is the happiest color, wonderful projects!
hi from seattle, love the fresh palette.. the inspirations already smell of so much spring…i ove the gentle and soft look the wavy roses bring in.. i think these flowers would have caught my eyes.. but after seeing the inspirations i think i am going to get my hands on these beauties.. Hugs and love..
Hello from Brampton Ontario. Love the bold black and white.
Fabulous cards and tag! Perfect for mothers day!!
Hi I’m from Maryland, USA. Wow what beautiful cards…love the clean modern looks.
The black is the perfect offset for the pastels.
Hi from Idaho. Thanks for this wonderful celebration. I am enjoying all the inspiration!
Hello and hugs from Wisconsin! What a amazing set of cards. My fave is the yellow with the Wavy Outline die – a couple more things to add to my wishlist!!
Hi from Pennsylvania! love your bright happy card designs. Altenew florals are always the best!
Hello from Louisiana. Love the soft colors with the bold black.
Hi from Michigan. Gorgeous cards! I love the layering and dimension. Thanks for sharing.
Hi from California. Beautiful!! Thanks for joining in the hop.