Cards By Carol: Sisters of the Heart

Thursday, September 26, 2024

I Used One Set of Inks to Stencil A Card! Sisters Of The Heart

Hello crafty friends! Sometimes when I am using a previously released product I feel a bit stumped on ideas so the project doesn't look just like any other. I have Altenew's Mediterranean Glow Fresh Dye Ink set and I wondered if I could make a card with just those four ink colors.

These colors are so pretty, but also very unique, I think, and I am quite pleased with how this card turned out!

I used the Sisters of the Heart stamps and coordinating stencils for this card. I colored the flowers using the stencils and blending brushes with the two lightest shades in the Mediterranean Glow set, Honeydew Glow and Antique Olive. The leaves are colored with the two darkest shades, Olove (not a typo :) and Sugar Kelp.

I stamped the sentiment from the Sisters of the Heart stamp set in Sugar Kelp ink.

Then I trimmed the panel to 4" x 5-¼" and adhered it to an A2 sized piece of Moss cardstock. These layers were then glued to an A2 card base.

This card was super quick to make, I love the sentiment, and the colors too! Thanks so much for stopping by.

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Friday, June 4, 2021

Altenew Adventures Ahead Stamps/Dies/Stencils/More Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello friends! I'm so glad you are here for the amazing Altenew Adventures Ahead release! I have four cards to share with you today, and each are so unique!

You should have arrived here from the awesome blog of Maryam Perez! If you need to start at the beginning, head on over to the Altenew Card Blog.

This release is totally amazing with something for everyone! Check it all out over at the Altenew shop!

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Now onto my cards!

I am really loving Altenew's layering stencils and so enjoyed using this gorgeous Sisters of the Heart Simple Coloring stencil set! I also noticed that each stencil is numbered and coordinates with the included layering guide to help you add each layer! (Click the photo to see it up close.)

This card was very easy to put together! I used inks from the Green Fields and Red Sunset ink cube sets to color the layers. Then I die cut them with the coordinating Sisters of the Heart die set. After I added some black spatters and card stock strips to my card base I adhered the flowers to the card with glue and foam tape. Next I stamped the sentiment from the Birthday Builder stamp set and popped it up on the card.

My next card uses the awesome Let's Go Layering stamp set along with the coordinating dies.

I stamped the layers of the scene with inks from the Green Meadows and Cool Summer Night ink cubes. Then I used the coordinating Let's Go die set to cut it out. I used some blue card stock from my stash to create coordinating layers for the card elements.

Next I used the gorgeous Cloudy Day 3D Embossing Folder to emboss white card stock. I used a couple of Copic markers to add some color and shading to the sky around the clouds. The dimension of this is amazing!!

Then I chose this awesome sentiment from the Let's Go set (who, besides me, is ready to GO and travel?!)

I made a second card with the Let's Go set, but this time I used the Let's Go Simple Coloring Stencil.

I love this scene--reminds me of visiting Venice--it's on my bucket list! First I stamped the teal building on the left to have placement for the stencil. I used a blending brush and inked on Arctic Mountain for the night time sky and Ice Water for the light blue shade of the water. These are the Crisp Dye Ink mini cube colors I used: Pink Pearl, Coral Bliss, Icy Water, Arctic Mountain, Lagoon, and Jet Black.

I heat embossed the sentiment with black embossing powder. Then I added my card elements to a background I created with the Angled Mosaic 3D embossing folder. After I embossed the dark blue card stock, I inked some Arctic Mountain and Jet Black ink around the edges.

My final card features the gorgeous Whimsical Bouquet 3D embossing folder!

I decided to go for a letterpress look for my card. I just squeezed several drops of Salvaged Patina Distress Ink re-inker onto my craft mat. Then I rolled a brayer through the ink until it was smooth and added it to the debossed side of the embossing folder. I repeated the steps until I had a good coverage and then ran it through my die cutting machine with white card stock. I love how this turned out, and I even love the look of the imperfections of the ink!

I decided to let the Whimsical Bouquet embossing folder be the star of the card and added a sentiment from the Versatile Vases stamp set. Then I finished it off with some pale blue acrylic hearts for a bit of bling.

I hope you've enjoyed my projects and have found some inspiration for this awesome release!

Now head on over to the next stop to check out Therese Calvird's beautiful blog!

Giveaway Prizes

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $25 gift certificate to 8 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 06/09/2021 for a chance to win.

Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 06/11/2021.

Blog Hop Order