Hello Friends!!! Welcome to the Altenew July 2017 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway!! Wooo Hooo I am so happy to be participating with this amazing line up of creative people showcasing the new release …. I think you are going to LOVE it!
For the hop I created two cards and some wall art for my post today and I truly enjoyed creating with these beautiful and versatile stamps.
Memento Grey Flannel ink is what I used to stamp on some heavy weight 110lb white cardstock .
To start at the beginning of the hop go to the Altenew blog. If you are arriving from the talented Erum Tasneem blog you are in the right place.
If you want to watch the video in HD click here and if you like the video a thumbs up is always appreciated.
Ahhh this stamp set called, “Sketchy Floral” is nice and large … I love my stamps large … so many more options in my book. I stamped six different card bases from the one stamp and I had enough time to color two of them. The rest I will save for the next 30 day coloring challenge. Win win!
The misti “Creative Corners” has a nice acrylic ruler that I used to draw the stripes on my cards. Love how you can interpret the floral design in the stamp as a leaf or a petal depending on what color you need. I wanted more green so I colored some perhaps petals as leaves.
One focal flower on each card draws your eye in and saves you some coloring time. More time was spend on the focus flower and the other flowers were colored with less detail so it they were faster to color.
The text is from the new stamp set called, “Beautiful Inside” but, I loved the words so much I decided to stamp them on the outside of my card instead of the inside. The memento grey ink worked beautifully and seemed to sit on top of my coloring.
Ahhhh yes please … this stamp screams COLOR ME!! BUT, … the great part is this large Arabesque Medallion is beautiful for you ink lovers … no coloring necessary!
Rather than inking it up I chose to color the medallion using … what I like to call “Color Smashing” with my alcohol markers. When I was finished I added some of my favorite details like dots and eyelash lines with a black fine tip sharpie and white gel pen.
When I find a decent shadow box frame I am a happy girl. I found this 6×6 frame from Michael’s .The backing in the frame was similar to black felt so I covered that with white cardstock. After cutting out the “Arabesque Medallion” foam tape was added to the back of the medallion for extra dimension when mounted in the frame.
I thought you might want to see the beginning stages of my lines and dots on the top of the medallion.
This is the finished result. (sorry for the blurry photo) To make it easier to cut out I used a pencil to draw around the medallion … then I cut it out carefully. (Don’t forget to erase your pencil lines) If you are mounting your medallion on white cardstock that’s more forgiving.
Giveaways! Prizes! Yes please!
To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to FIVE lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog or/and Scrapbook Blog by Thursday, July 27th at 11:59 pm EDT for a chance to win. The winners will be announced on the Altenew Card/Scrapbook blogs on Sunday, July 30th.
ANOTHER GIVEAWAY!! I have a $30 gift certificate (thanks to Altenew) to giveaway to one of my blog readers. Please leave a comment on my bog and I will announce the winner on on July 28th.
Next on the hop is Lilith Eeckles (an amazing scrapbooker) You will find the full hop list at the end of my post. Thank You sooo much for your visit today.
Hugs, Kathy
P.S. Have you heard about The Coloring Challenge Road Trip? Click here for the all the details.
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The striped give a striking contrast to the florals, lovely combo!
Your cards and wall art are incredibly beautiful, Kathy! Love the background stripes and the sentiment overlay on the cards so much!!
Oh my goodness Kathy! That medallion is such a work of art! How I would love a set of three of those hanging in my house!
Awe, thank you so much for the sweet compliment! ☺️
I absolutely love these cards!!!! So cool.
All your projects are super gorgeous Kathy and one of a kind. So beautifully colored, the last one is my favorite, i will certainly buy the “Arabesque Medallion”. Thank you for inspiring
Yay I’m so glad I inspired you to get one of these fabulous stamps! I love Altenew and this release certainly does not disappoint!
Those colors are awesome. I love your cards. But it’s so much more. I don’t even have words!
Awe, thank you! So kind!
Gorgeous work Kathy!
Oh my word…Absolutely gorgeous projects! Wow!
WOW!!! Your coloring and art is always amazing!! Love the wall decor and those cards are fantastic!!
I’m always inspired by your color choices!
Love Love Love it !!
You always do such nice work Kathy.
Thank you
Beautiful contrast among lines and florals!
I am also a fan of altenew and didn’t know they jad this set so pretty and different.
It is from their newest release! I love everything Altenew creates, too!
I am also a fan of altenew and didn’t know they had this set so pretty and different. Your card was stunning.
I love the contrast of the black and white against the peach flowers.
The dot work adds a little something. Great card.
So beautiful Kathy! Love your artistry! Thank you for sharing with us.
Wow these projects are stunning, love the card design, brilliant!!!
I always love your creations and videos!
Thank you so much for the positive feedback, especially about the videos! Much appreciated!
Beautiful ..loved the black strips ,coloring and text on first two 🙂
Love the cards and the beautiful wall art. The combination of the floral with the black stripes.
Beautiful projects. I like this color combo and the card designs.
Wow. Beautiful projects. The black stripes give it an extra oomph! Thanks for sharing.
Holy cow you are talented. God has surely blessed you. Amazing projects. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for your sweet compliment, Sue! ☺️
Kathy,
your cards are amazing – I have no words – they are gorgeous!!! Even better than your inspiration sheet!
Aweee, thank you Nicole! ☺️
You are my “color-combination-queen” ! I have tried to “copy” your card…
I hope its ok for you otherwise I will delete my blog entry!
Thanks for all your great inspirations and tips – love your videos!!!
Awww I love being your Queen yay thank YOU! Copy away but, I always appreciate a shout out when you do. Happy coloring 🙂
Kathy these projects are just stunning! I love the stripes mixed with the florals and that wall art is beautiful!
Such gorgeous work using these beautiful Altenew stamps, Kathy. You are always an inspiration!
Thank you so much for your kind words, Jean! ☺️
I LOVE these cards!!!! Thank you so much for the video. I also like the inspiration piece but these cards are FABULOUS!!!! Absolutely a HUGE favorite inspiration card from your work. I love your extra details that just make them works of art. You are a true artist and an absolutely fantastic inspiration for me! I will have to get this stamp and also make a large number of different cards using the one large stamp. I usually water color with distress inks and use colored pencils. I can’t wait to see how this comes together. Thank you!!! Always a great day after watching you color!!!
Oh Kerry, your sweet words have truly made me smile! Thank you! I’m so happy I’ve inspired you! Be sure to post your creations on a Instagram and tag Altenew and me so we can see what you make!
You are a coloring artist! Your cards are beautiful. The strips are beautiful and I love the mistake one where the strips were not the same width. Thank you for sharing!
Simply stunning!!
Boy Kathy that medallion is a stunner! I am in love with that and your color choices just make it perfect. I tried doing some dots on one of my coloring pages and it really added alot. You’re the best…
Yay! So happy you tried the dot detail and love it as well!
Beautiful designs and breathtaking coloring! You’ve knocked it out of the park!
Stunning artwirk! I love your choice of colors and designs are Amazing! You really rocked Alenew’s new release!
Thank you so much, Kimberly! Happy you liked my creations!
Love your colors! The arabesque medallion shadow box is gorgeous!
so pretty! I love the colors!
Gorgeous coloring! You are definitely an ARTIST! Thanks for sharing.
Kathy, I love the peachy black combo of your cards and these stamps are gorgeous! Peach has always been a favorite color of mine (I carried peach roses at my fall wedding) but had never thought to pair it with black. Love this!
Gorgeous cards and wall art, I love the sentiments on the flowers showing through
Your cards are beautiful! You always knock it out of the park.
Kathy Racoosin. You always blow me away. I am in awe of your talent. I definitely have to get my hands on some Copics. Beautiful beautiful beautiful work.
Thank you so much, Erum! Warning you – Copics are addictive! LOL ☺️
Stunning! As usual, your creativity is boundless Kathy! You are so inspiring.
I love the idea of stamping that sentiment and putting it up front.
That is so sweet of you to say! Thank you!
Kathy I actually watched your video before I did the blog hop today. You never cease to amaze me how you blend your colours together. Beautiful projects, congrats on doing the Hop. I can’t wait until September to meet you in Bolton, be prepared for a hug!
Yayyyy! I cannot wait, either! It will be here before we know it! We are going to have so much fun!
Kathy, you are an amazing artist! I love each of these cards and wish that I could do as well. Thanks for the inspiration.
Your artwork is AMAZING! Thanks for sharing so many of your beautiful talents with us.
Love the striped contrast,really pops.I also love the outside greeting,it looks perfect.
Stunning cards, your coloring is do beautiful
Wow! These are stunning! Love how you’ve stamped the sentiment over the flowers.
These cards and this framed image are amazing. So beautiful. I must look at the video and of course a thumbs up!
Thank you Sandy and my thumbs up igcraftycrew! ☺️
Beautiful work on your
cards and the wall art
is fabulous!
Carla from Utah
I am in love. I love the colors and those bold black stripes. WOW. Love everything. What a great release
Isn’t this Altenew release simply amazing?!?
I agree, this is a fabulous stamp, a must have! THANKS
Shadow box medallion! Wow!
As stunning as ever and with an added Kathy spin too great designs and colouring and a fab hop what more can a blogger want and loved the video too thank you
Thank you so much, Julye!
Okay, you blew my heart away with that medallion in the shadow box, what a wonderful idea!!! Never enough of your coloring, thanks for these fabulous projects.
☺️☺️☺️ thank you!
gorgeous floral card and that medallion wall art-stunning!
Your card is so beautiful and looks so real. Your Copic coloring is awesome. Makes me wish I had Copics and could color like that too. Thanks for sharing!!!
Practice makes perfect! Copics are a huge investment and very addictive! Try with any kind of alcohol marker! You can do it!!!
Kathy – LOVE your beautiful, gorgeous, wonderful cards & artwork! Such a feast for the eyes………
Absolutely beautiful cards! That stamp is amazing too!
Your coloring is beautiful!!!
You are DEFINITELY an artist! Beautiful cards.
Pretty colors! What a great idea using the sentiment stamps on the front of the cards. Your shadow box medallion is stunning.
Very unique! Love these beautiful cards!
That is a beautiful medallion! I love how you added so much detail to it. It’s stunning.
Love the stripes. So striking!
Kathy you are an artist and a great teacher! Thanks for all the inspiration you give show the steps and your thought process! Love all you do, Thanks.
That means so much to me. Thank you for your sweet words! ☺️☺️☺️
Love all of these cards, but especially the Medallion – the colouring is outstanding!
Stripes and florals , my all time favorite!!
I would definitely consider you a great artist!!
Your coloring is fantastic !
Kathy, I learn so much from you. I love how a simple touch like lines can make a card pop. Your work is always an inspiration to me. Thanks
This is a lovely release. Love the images and new colors!
The flower cards are really unusual with those bold black/grey stripes and really beautiful – but, that medallion is DROP DEAD GORGEOUS!
Wow, These cards are stunning – love how you colored them in:)
Such beautiful artwork, Kathy. As usual. Thanks for sharing.
Gorgeous color choices, beautiful coloring! I love the striped background.
Kathy, these are gorgeous! The cards are so pretty… love the soft coloring, the text in the background… those stripes… everything is just perfect! Oh, that medallion! Looks like an art work in that frame… great coloring and cutting!
Wowza Kathy, your creations are drop dead gorgeous!!! I wish I had an ounce of your coloring skills!
I love your colouring. So pretty. Almost like there’s a light shining through the petal.
Thank you, Rebecca! I love a strong highlight in my coloring!
The colors used on the medallion are gorgeous. But I also realized that it was your added art work that really made those colors and the design come to life.
I appreciate your encouraging words, Jaycee. Thank you!
those are gorgeous!
You and your cards are amazing!!
Aweeeee, shucks! Thank you! ☺️☺️☺️
Absolutely beautiful! What gave you the idea for the stripes? Love this new release and colors from Altenew!
So many beautiful stamp sets! My wish list is growing with the Blooming Bouquet a must have.
This is truly beautiful. Love how you made the stripes. Your coloring is to be envied.
Absolutely Stunning!!!!!!!! You have such an amazing “gift” ….and your cards and projects are always such beautiful art pieces! GORGEOUS!!
We can always count on Altenew to provide lots of floral fun and inspiration. You have taken it over the top with your talented cards and medallion! Thanks so much.
That medallion is fabulous! Love it!
Kathy, you ar one of my favorite crafters. Always look forward to your creativity.
That is so sweet of you to say, Hope. Thanks for making me smile! ☺️
Absolutely beautiful cards and the wall art is gorgeous! I always learn so much from watching your videos. Thanks!
Oh wow, Kathy your cards are just stunning,and the medallion in the shadow box-fabulous!!
Stunning as always!
You are an artist! Your video has sold me on the Sketchy Floral set! Love your color choices and the black striping and especially how you used the Beautiful Inside on the outside. Your Arabesque Medallion is a wonderful mandala. I want to make one
You should definitely make one! If you do, please post it on Instagram and tag Altenew and me so we can see your creation! So happy I’ve inspired you!
So gorgeous! Everything! And your color choices are so yummy. Thanks so much.
Kathy, you always find a way to just make the image, “pop!!” I love the colors that you used and the dimension you created with both images! I hope to color like you one day!
Love your colouring as always Kathy. Great colour combo and what a great way to use this stamp set- would never have thought to do that. Thanks for sharing and the inspiration
Oh, Kathy! What a gorgeous card!! I love the soft floral against the bold, black stripes. Your tiny, white dots truly bring the flower to life. Using the inside sentiment on the card front is just brilliant, Kathy! You always amaze me with your talents!! ♡
Awe, you’re too sweet, Dawn. Thanks!
Love your projects!
Beautiful cards! I really like the mix of floral with stripes…neat look!
quite a special technique doing the black lines and who doesn’t love a LARGE stamp…so versatile.
Agreed!!!! Loveeeee large stamps, especially florals!
Gorgeous floral panels, Kathy, & I love your medallion too!! Stunning coloring as always!
Wow!….WOW!…Amazing projects!The coloring is out of this world!Absolutely love them all!
The cards and wall art are stunning. You have a beautiful touch.
Do you know you can take anything and make it look magical and wonderful. I am going to start praying that some of your talent rub off on me. Love your work.
LOL that’s very kind of you. Thanks!
the pretty flowers, bold stripes and your talented coloring all make for such a wonderful happy card!!!
Love your card and the shadow box .
Beautiful cards and coloring!
Kathy,
I love love the 3 items you have shown here. Thank you for the tips shown in your video. Looking forward to your Road Trip posts & hoping to make one of your stops. Love the inks in this release from Altenew.
I hope you can make on of the road trip stops, too!!!!
Hi Kathy ~ This really does prove that you can find inspiration anyplace at any time! (I found inspiration for a card in the paper goods isle of the grocery store once!). Quite frankly your coloring is simply stunning and I absolutely fell in love with not just the cards but the Arabesque Medallion. These are “my” colors and you’ve more than done these stamps justice. I bow to you, oh great one! Have a wonderful weekend and thanks so much for the inspiration (& fabulous video!). ~HUGS~
#kindnessmatters
Thank you for your sweet compliments, Maggie. I agree – inspiration is EVERYWHERE! ☺️
HOLY ALCAPURRIA!!!!!-Puerto Rican Yummy Fritter- Your art DOES belong in a gallery!!! Do you think that by OSMOSIS I could get a little bit of your talent? A girl can only dream!
LOL Thank you, María! ☺️
Thanks so much for showing how to use a large stamp to create a series of uniquely designed cards. Love the way you took your saved image page to use for your striped element and coloring. Thanks for the tip when coloring striped lines. “Been there, done that.” as the saying goes. Your video was so helpful to see your coloring techniques. It’s all good!
I’m so happy the video was helpful for you!
I have never heard of Color Smashing before but it looks great! Your video was very informative. I love the black stripes that you added on your cards which are beautiful! I LOVE the Medallion that you colored! I wish we could have seen a video on your coloring of it, but it looks fabulous!
I made the ‘color smashing’ term up but if you look at previous YouTube videos or on my Instagram you can see more examples. Thank you for your kind words.
I always love watching you color. I also love your idea of adding stripes at the top and stamping the sentiment on top of the coloring.
Thanks for sharing your beautiful projects.
Wonderful projects and beautiful coloring as usual Thanks for the video.
Stunning just stunning!
Wow, Kathy, these are absolutely stunning! Thanks for doing the video, I was wondering how you did the B&W stripes. You’re amazing, TFS!
WOW your cards are amazing!!! Love them all and this new release!!
Love your color choices!
Absolutely beautiful! I love your awesome cards! WOW
Incredibly beautiful,thank you.
Thanx for another great video! Love the drama of drawing in the black lines in the background.
Love, love, love the coloring/layering on those cards and the arabesque piece is just beautiful!
Beautiful!!!!!
Gorgeous cards! Love those florals but the added details on the Medallion really bring it to life. Great job, Kathy!
Your work is lovely as usual Kathy!
I love the color choices! The cards are beautiful
amazing color, you are the master …
OMG! Pure genius! Your colouring is amazing as always and the medallion shadow box is a work of art!!!
☺️☺️☺️ thanks, Jenny!
Oh Kathy!! You give me so much inspiration!! You always think ‘out of the box’
at least as far as I am concerned and your ideas are incredible! Your cards are absolutely
astounding with the stripes added and the way you made one flower the focal point.
I love the work you did in the shadow box too! What a wonderful gift for a dear friend.
I wish I could do the whole hop – but it is always sooooo long! I just go to my favourite
people. The two stamps you have used are really awesome.
Oh Candy, you’re so kind! I appreciate your sweet and encouraging words! ☺️
Wow, that medallion is awe- some. I could NEVER get color opposites to blend like you do!! Love your added details too.
I am in awe of your talent. The coloring is fabulous and the colors are beautiful. I definitely would categorize you as an artist. You bring your own perspective to stamps and make them your own. I love watching you work.
Whoops! I posted on the wrong blog entry. Love your color smashing technique. These projects are just beautiful!
Kathy uou NEVER disappoint with your creations!! These 2 projects are ABSOLUTELY ravishing!!! Its like you put my favorite thoughts on paper….this color combo is one that I’ve had floating around in my head for sometime now, just never could get the colors just right!!! Thank you so much for showing everyone how to make an image come to life with lines and dots also.
Thank you for your compliments, Kim. I hope you do try out this color combo! Tag me on Instagram if you do, so I can see!
OMG Kathy! Your colouring just blows me away. I was impartial to the Sketchy Floral stamp set but you’ve just made it a must have for me! Off to see your video now.
Yay! This stamp set will not disappoint! Have fun creating!!!
Your card is truly beautiful. I love that you stamped the inside sentiment on the outside.
Love your coloring as always. So inspiring.
Oh, absolutely stunning coloring, Kathy! I am in awe!! Love the details, the the colors you’ve chosen, absolutely amazing!!
Amazing new stamps and your colouring show them off so well!
Love, love, love your shadowbox wall art project with the Medallion stamp!! Your extra details just take it from fabulous to over the top gorgeous! Your card design rocks, too. Love the bold black stripes, they command your attention and then you see the other pretty elements that make the card beautifully elegant.
I appreciate your encouraging words, Jill!
So beautiful Kathy! Thank you for sharing with us.
Beautiful choice of colors for this one. I am still in awe of your coloring and amazed that you share your talents and tips so freely. Can’t wait to see the video (unable to watch right now, but I promise to come back soon when I get home)
Kathy, I have been to a few art galleries myself and believe me, YOU are an artist! Your work here today is proof of that. All of these are simply stunning!
☺️☺️☺️ thank you so much!!!
Kathy I love the colors you’ve chosen… and BONUS you’ve beautifully illustrated how to color my favorite of all in this release: Sketchy Florals! Thanks, always! LOve the shadowbox, too!
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Love your beautiful art. Love the B&W stripes against the pretty color.
And the shadow box – that’s amazing! Such pretty details
Cool wall art!
I love your framed medallion! I need to go watch the video.
I think your card is just beautiful and the design stamp wow I love how that was colored
Your coloring technique is amazing! Love!
It’s relly Woo Hoo! Fantastic coloring!
Beautiful cards as always! Love the colors!!! They are just gorgeous!! Thanks for sharing .
I love the size of that floral stamp. It can full the whole card or just part.
I love the large size, too! It’s so versatile!
What fantastic ideas. Your coloring is amazing.
Gorgeous! Gorgeous! Gorgeous! Thanks for being such an inspiration! And…you ARE an artist!
This is one of my favorites of the new stamp sets. I love what you have done with it. Thank you for the video.
Beautiful creations Kathy! Your coloring is stunning as always.
Your cards are stunning Kathy and I really enjoyed your tutorial! I am so glad you said what you did about the light source because I always worry about it and now Im not going to anymore! I really love how you put the ‘beautiful inside’ on the outside of the card, it looked amazing! The Arabesque Medallion stamp is gorgeous and I love how you coloured it and all the little details you added like the eyelashes look incredible. Kathy everything you create is stunning, in my opinion you are 100% an artist, the way you take an image and bring it to life and make it your own only a true artist can do.
Your kind and encouraging words mean a lot to me, Jennifer!
Kathy, your colouring talent knows no bounds! Love your blog & the videos you do.
Thanks for the chance to win something from this fabulous release
The colors you used are stunning! Love the cards and the wall art!
Wow Kathy you have out done yourself again. Yes you are an artist, that’s why you have so many crafter’s that learn from you.
Stunning cards and coloring … great video! LOVE your arabesque shadow box art project. Loving this release … the balloons, the pansies, the arabesque design … beautiful deisgns and projects by all you fantastic bloggers. Thank you for inspiring us all!
beautiful cards! I saw your video on youtube and I’m just mindblown. 😀
Incredible! I love your inspiration, and your creations even more! Just wonderful! And that medallion – wowsers! You knocked it out of the park with that one! Thanks for sharing!!
The shadowbox is just gorgeous.
love both the cards and the wall art. i am not good at using the bold stripes like that. love it!
Totally knocking my socks off with today’s color combo Kathy! LOVE the bold stripes with the sketchy floral:)
Awe, thanks so much sweet Laura!
Oh my goodness Kathy! That medallion is such a work of art! Simply gorgeous.
you are a true topic coloring master!!!
Your coloring and creativity is superb! Beautiful card and shadowbox.
Oh Kathy, these are gorgeous!! And YES, YOU ARE AN ARTIST!!!! As always, thank you for the lesson. 🙂
Love to see you coloring! Gorgeous color combo ‘s! So fun to see were your inspiration came from!
Absolutely gorgeous Kathy! I love those black striped backgrounds! Such a “Designer look”. I must try! Thank you for the video! I just love watching your coloring process! Your color smashing and dots turn out so pretty and add sooo much! Loving this blog hop with all it’s talent and inspiration! Thanks for sharing yours!
Oh Debbie, thank you for your kind words! ☺️
Gorgeous coloring, love how you used your planner page inspiration! The medallion is so beautiful, perfect for the 6×6 frame!
Just watched your video and I had to check out the blog hop. Love the contrast of the stripes and the florals.
I love this design!!
Love the graphic look of your cards. The florals, stripes, and words make a lovely combo.
The medallion in the box is fantastic.
It will be a wonderful decoration.
Love the flowers and the use of the
black stripes on the first cards.
thanks for sharing.
I want to live inside your head for a day, a week, a month…. You continue to come up with such lovely creations that take my breath away. The sentiment on the outside in the lighter gray color was a stroke of genius, as was the way you fixed your mistake. There’s always a way (well, usually), isn’t there? Still no Copics for in my toolbox, but I think other mediums would work, too. They just wouldn’t be as striking as yours. Thanks for another dose of inspiration.
Absolutely, this stamp will be gorgeous in any and all mediums! Thank you for your compliments, as always, Lucy! ☺️
Gorgeous artwork! And yes, YOU are an artist! The coloring on the medallion is breathtaking!
No words for the incredible shadow box! I would like to know what ‘color smashing with alcohol markers’ is though! You have such talent. Thanks for sharing it with us!
I made up the ‘color smashing’ term and have an older video tutorial on my YouTube channel!
Couldn’t believe the beauty in your creations!
Fabulous coloring
Amazing color and detail as usual Kathy! I love the beautiful projects. Thanks for the video. I know I’ll be watching it several times so I don;t miss anything!
Awe, thanks Donna! I’m so glad you find my videos useful and helpful!
Oh my gosh !! What an astonishing job you did once again ! And what a lesson ! Thanks for sharing. Love from France, Marjorie
So happy you enjoyed it, Marjorie!
I love love love that medallion.
Stunning cards! A true artist sees one object in many different ways. Love your idea of using one big stamp in sections to create a cohesive set of cards. The sentiment inside stamp set is wonderful, even on the outside! Love your designs. Thanks for sharing!
Awesome projects with these beautiful new products! Love the coloring on your cards!
You should be happy with your results – they are remarkable! I love the stripes and your color choices. Well done! Your cards are definitely favorites in this hop! Thanks!
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I would hang that medallion up in a heart beat. It’s amazing!
Your coloring is amazing! Beautiful and interesting cards, stunning shadowbox and great video.Thanks
I love that color combo!
Love the card and framed medallion. Nice technique with lines and dots.
As usual your colouring is stunning Kathy. You really make it look so easy. Loved your way of doing the stripes. Totally awesome.
I love the colour ways you have used on your cards and creations. The bold design really stands our well.
Very pretty. Love the framed medallion.
Such beautiful cards and wall art!
gorgeous coloring, as always, Kathy! You make it look so easy and I know darn well it isn’t!
Kathy, This is really pretty good idea. CAS can be found everywhere we look.
♥️♥️♥️♥️ !!!! These are fantastic! I have to look out for 6×6 shadow boxes now…..such a great idea! And your Sketchy Florals, well, believe it or not there is a story to your beautiful images. We did not have any power for 37.5 hours after a storm on Wed night and I knew the release was at 8am. When I realized it was 820 I decided to take my iPad into my car where I have wifi. The Sketchy Floral stamp caught my eye with the sneak peek and I just wanted to see it in some projects. Yours were the only images I saw and I got it(I was going quickly not wanting to use up the wifi in the car….not something I want to be paying for). So THANK YOU! I have a feeling this stamp will be a go to for a very long time , it’s just so big and beautiful!!
Awe, that’s so nice of you to say, Jodi! I’m glad your power is back! That’s no fun! This amazing stamp set certainly won’t disappoint!
Beautiful coloring! I am learning so much from watching, thank you for sharing your work. And yes, you are an artist.
Stunning cards and medallion shadow box. The dark stripes on the cards really compliment the stamp and the gorgeous coloring.
These cards are so beautiful! And the “eyelashes” on the medallion… just WOW! You always add the perfect touch that turns something from really pretty into spectacular!
Love, love, love all your projects. The colors you used are beautiful. I especially can’t get enough of the Medallion shadow bow. All the extra details you’ve added are fantastic. TFS… now off to watch your video
The medallion turned out stunning. I need to think outside of the lines more like you do and remember to dress up what is already there to make it even more spectacular. Gorgeous work!
AWESOME Hop and Release! I especially love the medallion in the shadow box!
Marveling at your creativity and your stunning showcases of the new release.! So glad to see your work of art framed; a lovely piece of home decor, indeed! Thank you for the inspiration!
~carol
Your colors are amazing, as is your work. It definitely needs to become “wall art” as that is the only way I could think of investing the time will all those little eyelash lines. Wow!
I just love all your little details Kathy that you add to your creations. Just simply stunning!
Beautiful! I love the bold black stripes with the florals.
Oh my, your work is out of this world, your coloring is just unbelievable, the stamps are so beautiful!
Kathy, in today’s card Olympics you get the 10! Fabulous video, wonderful the way you used parts of the flowers for different cards. I would love to see a video of you doing the medallion stamp — it’s beautiful.
Awe, shucks. ☺️ Thanks, Lee!
Absolutely awesome. Great colors.
Wow! Stunning projects Kathy 🙂
Hi Kathy, What Beautiful cards. I really love this stamp co. I love the stripes and I really love how you stamped the script in the background, that is so creative, the image of it is so cool looking. The shadow box is cool also, I love that idea. I just always love how your mind thinks out of the box, so creative.
Thank you, Tracey. Your kind comments always make me smile!
Stunning ! I love your color choices .
These are both just amazing cards I love both of these stamps…thank you for the video.
So happy you liked the video!
These projects are amazing!! I adore your medallion in the frame. Thank you for showing how you penciled around it for your cut lines. I never know how to cut things like this out by hand and this so helps!!
Wow!! Stunning coloring!! Love the shadowbox piece!!
That wall art is just wow! Great projects!
I’m pretty sure I can’t recreate your beautiful work but I appreciate that you have shared it. Lovely.
Sure you can! You won’t know unless you try! Practice makes perfect and I’m sure whatever you create will be phenomenal!
These are beyond beautiful Kathy! You are a true artist!
These are so beautiful but then again, when isn’t anything you do beautiful? The colors are stunning and the fact that you used gel pens is something I am liking. I used to have a whole bunch of gel pens but even though they were half full of ink they didn’t work no matter what I did to them. I had to throw all of them out. Now I have 2 sets of gel pens that I absolutley love. I got them on Amazon because I have credit card points that I have to spend before I get a new credit card. I never buy gel pens or anything really until I read the reviews. They were all positive so I got them. I am in love with them! Arteza 60 gel pens and 60 different ones! Love them! The next ones are Color Technik and there are 30 different glitter ones in there. Your cards are just stunning! Whoever gets those cards will love them! Thanks for showing us your beautiful cards and for giving us the chance to win something. I can’t wait for the next coloring challenge! I’ll be counting down the days!
These are so beautiful but then again, when isn’t anything you do beautiful? The colors are stunning and the fact that you used gel pens is something I am liking. I used to have a whole bunch of gel pens but even though they were half full of ink they didn’t work no matter what I did to them. I had to throw all of them out. Now I have 2 sets of gel pens that I absolutley love. I got them on Amazon because I have credit card points that I have to spend before I get a new credit card. I never buy gel pens or anything really until I read the reviews. They were all positive so I got them. I am in love with them! Arteza 60 gel pens and 60 different ones! Love them! The next ones are Color Technik and there are 30 different glitter ones in there. Your cards are just stunning! Whoever gets those cards will love them! Those colors, the bright red and the stripes, are wonderful!I love flowers as you know and yours are no exception. Thanks for showing us your beautiful cards and for giving us the chance to win something. I can’t wait for the next coloring challenge! I’ll be counting down the days!
Some really lovely cards, but I think the medallion takes the cake! Thank you for the inspiration!
Love the cards. Your attention to details is amazing and inspiring! Thanks Kathy.
Wow! What amazing work. I love the Sketchy Floral set. The flowers are beautiful. I also love the colours that you used for both projects. Thanks for the lovely inspiration. Can’t wait for my order to arrive from America to have a go myself. Thanks agin.
Yayyy! Post your creations on Instagram and tag me so I can see them! Have fun playing with this fabulous Altenew release! Happy crafting!
Very nice, I love the extras you added to the medallion!
“Oh, my goodenss!” Literally, that’s what I exclaimed as I saw the first picture on your blog! I want a set just like this gorgeous one!! Bookmarking to CASE some day. Thanks for the FAB inspiration!!
Oh you’re too sweet! I’m blushing! Thank YOU!
The framed medallion is amazing!
I just love your beautiful coloring and the designs, Kathy!
Wow, so pretty!
Dear Kathy, for me you are a true artist! Love your colour combinations and honestly your cards are better than your inspiration paper!
These are just lovely!
Beautiful card designs. Thanks for sharing.
WOW! I love the wall art and what a great idea to pair the sentiment, florals and stripes on the card fronts. I am really loving the new release and can’t wait to get some new stamps to play with!
This new release does NOT disappoint! Happy stamping!
Kathy, everything you do is Art with a capital “A”, but that medallion is “to die for”. If I saw that in a gallery, I would probably buy it on the spot! Wow! That’s all I can think of to say, WOW!
You’re so kind. Thank you for making me smile.
The wall art with the Arabesque Medalion stamp is Awesome! !
I love your colors waaaaay better than what you used for inspiration! Hands down.
Oh I love the colors and the way the words over lap the flowers!
Grand coloring loved the medallion
Beautiful — on the Incredible level. You’ve used one of my fave flower stamp sets.
This floral stamp is definitely a must-have! Thank you for your compliments!
Such beautiful cards! Your coloring is amazing!
What absolutely beautiful projects! Your colouring is amazing! This is another stunning release! Love those pansies and the heartfelt sentiments!
Love your coloring! And the tip for drawing around the image BEFORE cutting is perfect. I usually try to eyeball it and end up messing it up. This simple tip will save me some headache.
I’m so happy that tip will be useful for you! Thank you for your sweet words, Kathy!
These cards are absolutely stunning! Your framed design featuring the Arabesque Medallion is just about the most beautiful design and coloring technique that I have ever seen! I am SI impressed and am completely blown away by this look! Big WOWZA!!!
Wow, what an insanely kind and encouraging compliment! THANK YOU!! ☺️☺️☺️
Love your color scheme. I am going to give these a try!
Yay! Glad you are going try! Tag me on Instagram if you do so I can see your beautiful creation! ☺️
Your magical coloring and doodling added to Altenew stamps, dies and inks are a match made in crafty Heaven! I am absolutely gobsmacked at these cards and the home decor piece is breathtaking! I have an order due to arrive tomorrow and hope that I have energy to play with my goodies! I just spent the last few days in ICU with pneumonia and heart issues and none of us were sure I was leaving other than on a gurney with a toe tag! Good thing only the good die young! I will be around for years to torture the good! LOL TFS!
Awe, Barb I’m sorry to hear you’re sick. Thinking of you and as always, thank you for your amazing words.
Wow, your cards are just amazing. Thanks for sharing.
Amazing coloring and techniques. Your projects are so beautiful.
All the cards are beautiful, but the medallion card is just stunning!!! I’m actually disappointed in the real stamp now that I realize that all the extra lines were from your doodling and not part of the stamp! 😉 I’m not sure I’d have the dedication to dress it up as well as you did! Altenew should hire you to design stamps!!! Even if they just gave you some of their previous rejects to work with, you could Kathy/Zen them up and they’d be gorgeous!!!
Oh that’s the sweetest thing to say! It does require patience but I’m sure you could do it if you gave it a try! Thank you so much for your sweet words.
Beautiful work as always. You can definitely call yourself an artist. The stripes on the cards give real impact and I love your framed piece.
Beautiful!
I don’t even care if I win. I’m writing to tell you I think your cards are the most beautiful I have seen! I love your colors! I love the black stripes. I want to be just like you when I grow up! Thanks for sharing your talent! And YES you are an artist!
☺️ thank you, Jan!
O M G !!! What a gorgeous colour combination!!! I absolutely love these cards! And medalion stamp looks so “stmp and colour me”, yes!
Absolutely Anna, the medallion stamp and the entire new Altenew release is just heavenly! ☺️
All three are absolutely gorgeous. The black and white added details you added to the medallion really make it outstanding.
Beautiful!! Just love this elegant look!
Kathy, these are absolutely out-of-this-world stunning! I adore your color combination… it’s so refreshing! But it makes me sad that you don’t consider yourself an artist. You ARE!!! And an incredible one at that. Please don’t doubt how talented you are. Keep up the amazing work!
I truly appreciate your compliments, Alison!
Such beautiful cards and a fabulous shadow box.
Wow beautiful projects! I adore the medallion shadow box…gorgeous!
Great ideas and coloring.
Beautiful coloring and cards.
always love your coloring and today was great like the color combination
Such a stunning card. Your coloring is amazing! So Beautiful.
Your colors are pretty and cheerful
Love your postcards)) I can not break away from the video))
Beautiful cards. I can’t wait to meet you at the Greendale, WI road trip stop.
Yay! I cannot wait to meet you and color with you, too!
Beautiful work, as always. Love the color combinations, too. Thanks for showing us how you did it, and for sharing your ideas.
I had to come back and tell you I still absolutely love the sketchy floral cards!!! Fabulous job!!
WOW – – – I love the end result of your cards. Not sure I’ll ever take the time to experiment and do similar. But oh, so gorgeous.
Love, love LOVE the wall art. Most creative use of that stamp that I’ve seen yet. TFS!
That’s so sweet of you, Dawne. Thank
You! ☺️
Lovely card set design Kathy! Very clever use of the “beautiful inside” sentiments ❤️And that medallion wall art piece looks wonderful too! You are truly and inspiration!! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much, Liz!
I love the pretty corals on your two examples. I really loved the medallion! So pretty!
I really love it!!! Just beautiful!
Love your projects and your beautiful coloring! The peach flowers are so striking against the black and white background. Thanks for sharing!
These look amazing, Kathy!
Marianne x
As usual your coloring is so amazing. Love your cards. I wish I have the talent
They are gorgeous
I am always in awe of what you create and this is no exception, so beautiful
Kathy, I left you a comment on YouTube where I watched the tutorial for those incredibly gorgeous cards. I was hesitant about thus set because of the size of the flowers and I now see why that is the exact reason to embrace it! The wall art is stunning! I love the medallion stamp, but the small little details you added were the amazing and stunning! As usual, I want to thank you for sharing your creativity and talent with us! What a blessing! I’ve learned so much and am always excited to see what’s next!
Oh Jan, your sweet comments mean so much to me. Thank you so much! ☺️
First of all, your Arabesque Medallion is just outstanding! You colored it so beautifully! Secondly, I think you are incredibly brave to stamp the phrase onto your colored flowers. After spending so much time coloring the flowers I could never have been able to stamp on top of them might like that!!! But it looks so pretty!!!
Wow! Your coloring is always brilliant but this set is amazing! I will be coming back later to watch the video. I love the card designs — such a great way to show off the new stamps!
STUNNING work Kathy!
Your colouring, as always, INSPIRES and DELIGHTS!
THANK YOU for sharing 🙂
I love what you made using Medallion. I can see sooo many fun uses for it. Thanks for inspiring.
Such beautiful coloring as always!
Kathy hi I want you to know has I’m sure others have told you your coloring to Amazing girl. I was so excited to join your blog I hit something and got sent out of here. I love your art work so beautiful. Where have you been in my life. I could have learned so much from you. I know you have a lot of followers I could tell as I was trying to get to the bottom to comment. Don’t know how you read them all. Thank you for sharing your wonderful talent. I’m going to be looking forward to your blog post. Are you on YouTube?
Oh Kateri, thank you for you sweet words! I’m happy you just found me and welcome to the Daily Marker! I am on YouTube at:
http://www.youtube.com/thedailymarker
I created a video for the cards in this blog post, too! Thanks for being a new follower!
Oh, everything is so beautiful. I love the Arabesque Medallion and your choice of color and extra detail, certainly worthy of framing and prominently displaying. Thanks for sharing!
I am so inspired by your talent and I love how you break down how to copic colour simply so I can truly learn from you! I watched your video before I had heard of this hop and I watched it again because its so interesting to watch your method. I absolutely love your added details with white gel pen and eyelash detail! I am going to steal that idea for sure, it adds so much to your project! Thanks so much for sharing your incredible talent and teaching me great techniques!
Hi Jennifer!! Guess what!? You are the winner … woo hoo!! To Claim your prize please contact the folks at Altenew at winner@altenew.com by 8/31/2017 with the subject line Altenew July 2017 Release Blog Hop Winner from Kathy’s Blog (The Daily Marker) Super congrats and thanks sooo much for the lovely beautiful comments. 🙂
WOW!!! This is crazy awesome 🙂 Thank you so so much, I feel so honoured! I watch your videos all the time and have been learning how to be a better papercrafter from you. I am so thankful to win but I am most thankful that you take the time to help teach us. Thank you!! I cant wait to buy the pansy stamps and yellow inks woo hoo!
Stunning projects. Thanks for the inspiration
Your creations are gorgeous! I love the colors that you’ve chosen and the medallion wall hanging is beautiful! Thanks for the inspiration 🙂
Kathy your two cards are two of the most beautiful I have ever seen.
Fantastic cards and gorgeous wall art!! Stunning coloring. Thank you so much. 🙂
Beautiful projets! I love this stamps and the coloring is amazing!
You have the most Awesome designs.