Orange, Red and Teal Cards with Altenew

Hello!

I made a few cards following the current color scheme from Altenew’s Inspiration Challenge and finally get around posting them here. I have been pretty busy prepping a couple of exciting blog post for February … I get to share the first ones on Saturday and hope you will like them! 🙂

But back to today’s cards! I have to admit, orange is not my friend lol. I don’t really like the color … When crafting I only use it in a very muted shade, on Halloween cards, or in combination with pink on flowers. I actually love when orange and pink watercolors are mixing! Nonetheless, this color combo was a challenge for me – but I like trying out new things and pushing my creative boundries.

For my first card, I was still a little hesitant to use orange and red … So I used Wild Honey Oxide Ink (which is a more yellow orange), Abandonded Coral Oxide Ink for splatters (which has a pink tint) and Picked Raspberry Oxide Ink as my third background color. For my technique, I went with:

LAYERING A SINGLE STENCIL

I used Altenew’s Layered Kaleidoscope Stencil B which is actually part of a layered stencil set – but I used just the single stencil and rotated it in between ink blending with my orange and pink ink. I also used the stencil to add pattern to my die cut “U”.

HERE’S MY FINISHED ORANGE, PINKY RED AND TEAL STENCILED CARD:

After that, I made two more cards. This time I chose a completely different technique:

WATERCOLOR STAMPING WITH MARKERS

I used the solid flower stamps from Altenew’s “Floral Fantasy” set, placed them in my MISTI stamping tool, scribbled on ink from watercolor markers and sprayed a bit of water onto the stamps. Then I stamped onto watercolor cardstock and let the stamps sit on the cardstock for a minute allowing the ink to soak into the paper. I had so much ink left on my flowers that I stamped the remaining ink onto a second cardstock panel. I repeated the process adding more color to certain areas. After everthing was dry I added clear Wink Of Stella over the flowers and some ink splatters for texture.

For one card, I used a Kraft cardbase and a German label sentiment (saying “Let’s celebrate you”) as well as clear droplets to complete my card design:

For the other card, I used a red cardbase and the “Hugs” word die from the Script Words die set for my sentiment. I die cut it two times, one from red cardstock and one from white glitter cardstock and layered them on top of each other. Sparkling clear sequins finished off this design:

I hope you like today’s cards! Thank you for stopping by! ♥

Rosali

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CARD CHALLENGES:

http://avenue613.blogspot.com/2019/01/challenge-217-anything-goes-optional.html
https://watercoolerchallenges.blogspot.com/

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USED SUPPLIES STENCILED CARD:

Stamps, dies & stencil stenciled card:

Altenew – Bold Caps Alphabet Dies Set
Altenew – Sketchy Cities Abroad Stamp Set
Altenew – Layered Kaleidoscope Stencil B

Stamps & dies watercolor cards:

Altenew – Floral Fantasy Stamp Set
Altenew – German Label Love Stamp Set
Altenew – Script Words Die Set

Paper:

Neenah Solar White (Classic Crest) – 110 lb and 80 lb
Teal Colored Cardstock
Ranger / Tim Holtz – Distress Watercolor Cardstock
Red Colored Cardstock
White Glitter Paper
Kraft Cardstock

Inks:

Ranger / Tim Holtz – Distress Oxide Inks (Wild Honey, Picked Raspberry, Abandoned Coral, Black Soot)
Versafine – Onyx Black Pigment Ink (sentiments)

Other Supplies:

Black Fun Foam
Star Shaped Sequins
MozArt – Watercolor Brush Markers
Pretty Pink Posh – Sparkling Clear Sequins
Pretty Pink Posh – Clear Droplets