Hello Friends!! How have you been? I hope this finds you feeling happy, crafty and celebrating spring or fall depending on where you live. I am popping in today to celebrate Altenew’s 5th Birthday and feeling lucky to participate in the Altenew Anniversary Blog Hop! To start at the beginning go to the Altenew Card blog.
What’s a hop without specials and giveaways to celebrate this big BD milestone. More on that at the end of my post PLUS the full hop list. With that said it’s kinda amazing that Altenew is only 5 years old. It seems like they have been enabling and inspiring us for much longer. Thank YOU Altenew!
*Please note the hop is for several days so make sure you visit the Altenew blog for lots of opportunities to win each day plus days of inspiration.
I just mentioned that Altenew has been inspiring and enabling us and ME for 5 years I decided to make Altenew a Thank You card to celebrate instead of a Happy Birthday card. Today I am using the beautiful floral “Wallpaper Art” stamp set and the “Wavy Grid” stencil.
The plan was to make a bouquet of the Wallpaper Flowers but, it took me so long to paint the first flower … I went for a single stem with the leaves. Recently I purchased the Memory Misti but, it’s on special now lol. The point is … I am loving it even tho it’s BIG and to me it’s worth the price! I am able to make long and dramatic cards like this one today.
I stamped the flowers at the top of my watercolor paper so I could draw a very long stem. The card measures 8.8 x 3.5!
Opting to fussy cut the flower was a good one. Super easy! Inking the Grid stencil with this ink was fast and easy. It’s the first time I used those popular new brushes and they are pretty fantastic. (I would suggest splitting a package with a friend)
Picking up some of the texture of the watercolor paper is a great way to add some shading and those pencil highlights with a sharp pencil. For example, the blue accent color on the leaves is unexpected and fun.
It’s a wrap by adding the twine. (I color the twine with a copic marker to compliment the image.)
Altenew is offering FREE U.S. shipping with code HAPPY9M or $5 OFF international shipping with code SHOPPING9M at checkout. Offer valid from 4/2/2019 through 4/5/2019. (Not valid on prior purchases. Cannot be combined with other promo codes.)
PRIZES! Yes Please! Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 5 lucky winners AND one Altenew Academy class to 10 lucky winners. There are also 14 awesome companies/crafty friends who are celebrating with us, and they are offering prizes!!
Be sure to leave comments by 4/12/2019 for a chance to win! 33 winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the blogs listed below and will be announced on the Altenew Blog on 4/20/2019.
Thank you for your visit today it’s always appreciated. NEXT ON THE HOP is the talented Therese Calvird.
HERE IS THE FULL HOP list in case you encounter a broken link. Have a great weekend. Hugs, Kathy
Day 27. Painting a Background
double duty & winner announced
Day 12. Whew! All finished!
This is such a beautiful card. I love Blue Flowers!
OK, so I got stuck just looking at the coloring on the flower! Good grief that’s beautiful! I don’t suppose there is a video of this?
It looks like it’s going to jump off the page, just beautiful!
I have to make this awesome dimensional card sometime.
That is a beautiful card. Blue is my favorite color always.
You are so great at coloring….
This card is beautiful! I love the blue on the leaves.
Love the colors you used on that flower! 🙂 Looks great!
The Wallpaper Art card that you created is most beautiful art card flower I have ever seen. What an inspiration!
The flower is so life like on the card. Amazing.
Gorgeous colors and layout. Love it!
Wow, Kathy… your single flower is so so beautiful… and I love the grid background.
Love this single beauty!
Beautiful card and as always your coloring is amazing!
Thanks so much for sharing your creativity…
Beautiful card, Kathy! I love the Wallpaper Art stamp.
So dramatic and yes totally unexpected the colors are !! Fantastic card Kathy 🙂
What a gorgeous vibrant flower. Just love this !
Gorgeous card! I love that background stencil and the stamp you chose to showcase as well!
Absolutely beautiful! Thanks for sharing
So beautiful…
Your card is beautiful! The flower looks to be popping off the card. Thanks for sharing.
Your work always seems like I could never do what you do. Always beautiful
Such a beautiful card!!! Your coloring and painting etc.. have been really inspiring to me!! What’s the finished size of the card? ENABLING!! Hahaha
Your flower is beautiful. Love the color too
That coloring is stunning! I would not have guessed you did that with pencils, amazing!
Love the coloring, my favorite blue/purple combo!
Your coloring skills are over the top and very inspirational! <3
Kathy, your card is stunning! Now I feel like I need that stamp set! Happy Anniversary Altenew! You are terrific!
Beautiful! Love what you’ve created.
Awesome
WOW.. such gorgeous card! Love the background. And those brushes!!
Your card is stunning! I love the deep blue colour of your flower, wonderful colouring.
I enjoyed your inspiring card. Thank you
beautiful single stem – love the colors you chose and the grid background!
Lovely card. I really like the background.
Your flower is just beautiful and with the subtle background it makes the card!
I love the color of the leaves, bringing in the blue tips. Beautiful
Super awesome and so pretty. I like the fresh idea
Really awesome card!
Beautiful Card
Beautiful!
Your coloring and detail is amazing. The flower looks so real! Love this card. Thank you and thank you, Altenew, for the amazing stamps you create!
The blue flower POPs against the green grid background!
I LOVE how the flower just pops off the page! GREAT card!!!
I love this card. Those long stems are inspired.
You are amazingly talented. Such a blessing. Thanks for sharing with us!!
Absolutely gorgeous!
Your coloring never ceases to amaze me! Beautiful card
This is beautiful and more dramatic with the large beautifully colored flower. One, in this case, was perfect against that stenciled background (one of my favorites from Altenew).
OMG! Stunning coloring!! Look at all the depth and the 3D effect to the flower, stem and leaves!! Beyond fabulous!! <3 <3 <3
Absolutely beautiful, Kathy!!!!
What a beautiful flower it is stunning and I always loved your coloring…
Outstanding work Kathy…well done tfs.
A second day of celebrating! How nice! Love Altenew! Kathy hits it out of the park every time!
Beautiful Card! Thank you for sharing you talent with us. I love Altenew products!!
Love everything about your BEAUTIFUL card… the subtle but interesting background, the GORGEOUS, single, long-stemmed floral, the blue-tipped green leaves, the simple sentiment…. so lovely. Thanks for inspiring!
Your coloring is beautiful!
I love that you made a thank you card, so yes; Thank you Altenew for 5 fantastic years!
You make such beautiful art Kathy, it’s always a pleasure looking at your blog, I cannot even imagine making something as spectacular as this lovely card.
Kathy, love your gorgeous design, the flower is striking, well worth the time you invested painting it . I love the fun stencil background too! Thanks for the inspiration!
Oh my gosh, this is beautiful! I love it!
Great card!
Very beautiful! The flower looks real.
Wonderful card 🙂 Love colors and design
What a beautiful card as always!
Beautiful spring card. Love the choice of colors. Love the use of the stencil for the background. Now have to go through my stencil collection…
Wow! Your card has so much dimension and it looks like I could reach right into the screen and pick that flower. I am truly amazed how it looks like it is lightly laying on the gridded paper. I am blown away.That said, I absolutely love the card you made for Altenew.
Gorgeous, simply gorgeous!
So beautiful! Love the dimension on the flower!
Happy Anniversary. I;m enjoying day 2 of the blog hop.
I love this card. It has a delicacy to the colors and looks so real. Thanks for sharing your work!
Happy Anniversary Altenew!
oh so absolutely beautiful… Happy Birthday Altnew..
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Thank goodness you fussy cut the flower! I thought it was a flat card and was wondering how you did the shading so it looked so real!!
I love dimension in artwork, very lovely work.
Such a lovely card, beautiful flower and arrangement! You are a true artist!
An absolutely beautiful card!! ❤️
I’m so glad I have this set, can’t wait to try your techniques!
Beautifull work
Stunning card with realistic coloring!
So pretty! I love blue.
Pretty exquisite, bc!! LOVE the various shades and colors! Happy to see your beautiful work in this blog hop!
The painting on this card is gorgeous! Love Altenew and so cool that they are celebrating 5 years–I love their floral stamps, haven’t tried their inks but want to some day. I have found the combo of crafting and exercising to fun music has been helpful in getting over my “funk” from losing my Dad and having other huge stress events in my life. Also helpful is seeing such beautiful coloring from amazing folks like you!
Beautiful blue bloom with the subtle grid background, amazing coloring as always! Thank you for inspiration, I definitely color much more now
Such a beautiful and creative card! Thank you Kathy!
Just purchased my Wallpaper set and now I have a great idea from you
Thanks for the idea for the Wallpaper set
The flower is awesome! Beautiful colors!
This is so gorgeous.. Love these colors and design.. So inspiring..
The card is absolutely amazing! thank you for sharing 🙂
Gorgeous creation, I love your gorgeous flower! Altenew, CONGRATULATIONS on your 5 year anniversary! What an awesome celebration!
This is such a beautiful card! Very talented!
What beauty your flower card is. I love the way you have made the stem so long.
Beautiful card! Love the colors. Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful card. It is stunning. Your watercoloring is wonderful
your card is beautiful …
Oh My Gosh Kathy !! Your flower is absolutely stunning. What a terrific thank you note. I know I’d love to receive one just like it in my mail 🙂 TFS
I never would have thought that a card with a single flower could be so beautiful.
Wow, great card. Love the tip about coloring the twine. Yes I’ve heard it before, but a long time ago, so thanks for the reminder!
This flower is so beautiful! The card is fantastic ❤️BRAVO❤️
Your coloring is just beautiful!
There is so much talent out there. Watercoloring is difficult for me. Thanks for sharing.
What is there not to like about your card?!?! I love blue, love tall cards, love using stencils for backgrounds… and then you added the copic colored twine. Sweet!
What an amazing card~I will NEVER achieve your level of expertise but I certainly love your coloring. Thanks for the inspiration
Such a gorgeous card
Absolutely stunning! You are so talented! Thank you for sharing.
Wow! I love this Wallpaper flowers stamp set! Happy 5th Birthday/Anniversary to Altenew! Fabulous prizes!
I love this card! Such talent!
Beautiful as alwasy
I love blog hops and Altenew because they inspire me to create as do all the amazing artists. Thank you.
Beautiful stunning blue color. Simple but elegant
Lovely
Simply beautiful
Beautiful card. Love the blending and background!
Absolutely gorgeous!!
Beautiful card!
That card is absolutely gorgeous, for many reasons! I love everything about it.
Awesome card! Wish mine could look like that!
Beautiful card. Love the flower!
Such a vibrant beautifully colored flower. Lovely card.
What awe-inspiring designs and ideas. Thanks for sharing !
Your card is beautiful and I especially love the vibrant colors on the flower!
Ok Kathy, this is just the most beautiful way to start this Blog Hop today….my goodness woman…I just can’t believe how you get the wonderful combination of colors to meld and look like it is a real flower laying on that cardstock…..I so love your work…I am a huge fan…thank you so very much for sharing your talent….Great, great job!
pretty awesome card!!
what a beautiful card Love your coloring
Thank you for sharing
What a beautiful flower, the blue is so vibrant. Awesome job. Thanks for sharing your creativity!
Beautiful flower!
Thanks for the inspiration! I love the vivid coloring of the flower. SO BEAUTIFUL!!! Congrats to Altenew.
That’s a great color for the flower. I want the Memory Misti too coz I love to Scrapbook too.
Who needs more than one flower when a single flower is done so beautifully. Beautiful may not be the best word. Stunning, gorgeous, even amazing maybe. At my first glance I thought it was a real flower. I love this one.
what a gracious card Love the blue
Thank you for sharing
Such a beautiful card. I love the dimension.
Happy Anniversary, Altenew!!!
Amazing how different that flower looks with the simple addition of the stem and the deletion of the shadow leaves! I love your coloring. Happy Birthday Altenew!
Beautiful!
Lovely card! Thank you for sharing!
Great card with fresh ideas to emulate! Gotta’ have the wavy background! I also think fussy cutting works well with delicate areas and enjoyed your blue flower card very much!
Simply beautiful. The background is perfect for the lovely flower!
Kathy, your card is striking! Loving the blue in the leaves and the very long stem on your flower.
Like this stencil and the water-colored floral on it. It is a unique skinny and tall card. Love this size.
I love your watercolor leaves, outside the box.
the colors are truly amazing!
Such a pretty flower! I love the colors in it. And the wavy stencil adds a perfect background. It’s one of those stencils that you don’t want until you see it used. 🙂
Gorgeous! Love the dimension!
Really pretty coloring!
Beautiful card! Love the size of it!
This looks like a beautiful silk flower that I could just pick up and place in a vase. Lovely colors!
Your card is stunning and I love that you said Altenew was ‘enabling’ us for the past 5 years! I really don’t mind being enabled in such a wonderful way.
Amazing…such a beautiful flower!
Beautiful indeed! I would love to see a video!
Congratulations to Altenew! Happy 5 Year Anniversary!! 🙂
Your flower looks so real, like I could just pick it up a put it in water! Absolutely beautiful!!
GORGEOUS!!!
Gorgeous card. I’m always amazed at your amazing coloring and this is no exception.
Love these larger scale cards. Truly unique and such an elegance with that long stem!!
First off, I love that this card is not A2 size. The watercoloring is gorgeous. Thank you for sharing this beautiful design.
Love your work!
Love the blue you used and the way the flower pops off the card. Beautiful.
The coloring on your flower is breathtakingly beautiful.
I love the vivid colors I so want to try card making and a misti is definitely on my short wish list
Beautiful, the flower pulls you in. Thank you for the inspiration
What a beautiful thank you card! So 3D with your coloring artistry.
Thank you for sharing your talent!
I just love the touch of blue on the leaves.
So pretty!
What a stunning card. Your coloring makes it extra special.
Every flower just pops! The dimension is amazing!
Oh, love the colouring, using my favourite colour family. So inspiring!
OMG! What an awesome card!
Just stunning!
I love this long card, simple and gorgeous!!
Fabulous flower!
I had not seen that stamp set yet. It is beautiful and your coloring makes it look so real!
Beautiful!
Stunning…that flower jumps right off the page!
oh my , this card is sensational – love the elegance of this single flower:)
Those leaves look irridescent!
Just love the colors on that flower. WOW! Altenew stamps and my MISTI go together like Lucy and Ethel on a mission!
Your coloring is just amazing. Just when I think you can’t get better, you do. I just love the way you’ve made that flower look 3-D. It is gorgeous. I, too, would like to have seen a video.
This card is amazing! The flower is gorgeous and looks so realistic! I too would have loved a video to see how you created that beautiful flower!
Gorgeous card. As always, your coloring is amazing! I love those blues and purples.
What a great idea for a long skinny card! I recently came across some i had and wasn’t sure what to do with them yet. Thank you!
Happy Anniversary Altenew. Your design are always beautiful.This is one of my favorite sets. The card is lovely.
Love the blue flower. So simple and elegant. Love it!
Beautiful card Kathy! And a huge congratulations to Altenew for five years of amazing products and inspiration!
Love your colouring! The shading and touches of blue in the leaves are just lovely. Beautiful card!
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Wowza, gorgeous card.! Thank you for sharing. Yep, I agree, Altenew has fabulous products and those brushes are amazing!
Wow, that flower looks real. FABULOUS!
Gorgeous! I love the amazing painting of the flower and that looong stem is perfect against the soft background.
Stunning flower!
Thanks for giving me a reminder to venture outside of the usual A2 card. Coloring is on point (isn’t it always with you?) and simply gawgeous!
So happy you’re here… Happy Anniversary Altenew! Kathy this Wall Art is my new favorite. Your coloring always amazes. Love that wonderful warm blue. It really displayed well on the grid. So enjoying the hop. Thanks Altenew.
Love the card!!
Gorgeous card Kathy. Love the long stems and the cool background… I’ve been eyeing those brushes for a while now. 🙂 The coloring is amazing!
Thanks for the inspiration. I’m new to card making and am really leaning toward flowers as my favorite!
Different and very lovely!
So stunning, Kathy! Love this beautiful flower stamp set and your coloring is absolutely breathtaking.
Your coloring of the flower is amazing (as always)! I can’t take my eyes away from it!
Beautiful card, that flower is stunning!
Beautiful card!
Love the single stem flower, looks very 3-D.
great card, fun ideas along the hop. thanks as always for sharing.
I very much love this as this is my current favorite stamp set
What a stunning card! The flower just pops off the paper! Love it!
Stunning coloring and GORGEOUS design! I love this!
I love this Altenew stamp set! You do beautiful work and blue is my favorite color!
Beautifully simple card, Kathy! Love it!
Gorgeous colors!
Absolutely beautiful. I enjoy your cards and love to watch your videos. Thanks you for sharing your talents.
Love the soft background with the striking flower!
I’ve wanted the Wallpaper Art stamp set since it was released. Beautiful floral card.
Cool card! Looks like a small bouquet! Lovely!
Lovely example card… no wonder the stamps/dies/stencils are out of stock at the moment!
I love the longer card variation!
Beautiful work.
The shading on the flower is drop dead gorgeous! Beautiful card.
Beautiful card. Love how you used a stencil and then a stamp set. great when you can incorporate two different items to make one beautiful card.
OMGosh Kathy, your card took my breath away. Wish you had made a Youtube of you creating this absolute wonder!!!!!! The colouring is just beautiful as well. LOVE the fussy cutting – the long long card – the colour of your stunning flower and of course the beautiful stamp you used from Altenew. Congratulations Altenew – I agree with Kathy that it seems longer than 5 years, and what a fantastic array of flowers, washis, stencils, etc. etc. you have given us to play with and create beautiful things with. Thanks so much for sharing Kathy. I don’t colour all that well, but I’m really going to try to replicate this amazing card if you don’t mind.
What a lovely tribute!
Gorgeous work on
this card, just wonderful.
Carla from Utah
BEAUTIFUL CARD. Love this stamp set
You nailed it on that flower!!
Thank you for another great idea for this stamp set. Love it!
Gorgeous coloring and shading. Great card!
So gorgeous! Love your coloring, always so inspiring!
The depth created in your flower is amazing! Absolutely beautiful!!
Your flower is amazing. Would love to see a video where you show how you formed the petals. I think it was pretty nest that you made a thank you card for Altenew. I agree with that idea as I love their products.
The single blue blossom was very striking. Simple, yet elegant design.
Beautiful card, happy birthday Altenew!
I am mesmerized by the colors and beauty of this card. Is there a video tutorial. This card is over the top.
What a lovely project!
GORGEOUS!!! Such beautiful coloring and card!
Simple yet beautiful. The colors are striking.
Gorgeous card Kathy and I love the single stem especially with this awesome background! Great job!
I am always a fan of slightly different designs, so love that you made this card long & narrow. Your flower is beautiful!!
This is just perfect. Just love the background too. A great compliment for the flower
LOVE your card and Altenew!!!
Simple, yet elegant! Such a beautiful card 😉
simple elegance
LOVE that flower!!!! Happy Anniversary Altenew!
Love the card – simple but very effectively!
The depth of colors on your flower really make it come to life!! TFS!
I really enjoyed this beautiful creation!
Love the soft, beautiful colors in your cards! They are so inviting!
I love the fussy cut flowers, they go really well with the grid stencil. How cool!
Beautiful card, in an unexpected, but striking size. Love that background stencil!
Such beautiful “realistic look” flower and love the color. Thanks for the chance to win and sharing.
Beautiful! It’s so clean and simple and elegant and the flower looks so giood in blue. I will be using that idea.
The Card is Beautiful and the Color is Breathtaking! TFS
Beautiful card. Happy 5th Anniversary Altenew!
The coloring is gorgeous!
totally awesome Kathy. Love the dimension and the size of the card.
Lovely card!
WOW ! Your flowers are SOOOOO pretty ! I am speechless…
The flower is breathtaking!
Breathtaking beautiful thank you card.
STUNNING! I just stare at all the beautiful nuances of color!
Wow Kathy what an incredible piece of art you created! Truly beautiful!
Beautiful card Kathy. Altenew has the best florals.
Thank you for sharing your talents with us.
Tracey x
So excited about the Altenew Anniversary celebration! I just got this stencil the other day & can’t wait to use it, thanks for the inspiration!
Your card is absolutely amazing! I love the way you used the stencil as your background, but sort of shaded it.
Beautiful card! I’m falling in love with that stamp set. I’m afraid it’s going to go to my endless must-have list.
Another gorgeous card, Kathy! You blue flower is so striking and seems to jump off the card! Thanks so much for sharing and for your wonderful inspiration!
Absolutely beautiful! Love the colors and the grid background. Happy anniversary Altenew!
OMG … it’s so beautiful !! I love the grid background it seems to lift the flower as well !
Thanks for sharing your creativity.
Your card is lovely! Thanks for the chance to win.
This is a beautiful card. Love that gorgeous flower.
Oh my gosh! Beautiful coloring on the flower and I just love that stencil! Such a simple stencil too!
Stunning! Love the the colors, size and background.
Happy 5th anniversary Altenew! Wonderful coloring on the flower. thanks for sharing.
Wow! What a spectacular card! I admire anyone that can fussy cut that well! Beautiful coloring, as usual! Love!
Happy Anniversary Altenew! Beautiful card Kathy!
Your flower is so beautiful! A lovely card and a great job on creating it.
Your coloring of the flower is amazing and carrying the blue on to the leaves just makes this one a cut above! Thank you for sharing.
You’re colouring always amazes me, Great card.
Your card is beautiful and simple and beautiful! The coloring for the flowers is amazing and compliments the background perfectly..
That wavy background is SO cool! Happy Birthday/ Anniversary!
What a beautiful card. I wish mine would look like that! Lol
Absolutely beautiful!
What gorgeous card…. the flower looks 3D!
As always, Altenew has another winner. Beautiful card.
Congrats to Altenew.
Amazing!! It looks like you laid a flower, a real flower on a stenciled background! It’s crazy, amazing good. I’m hoping there is a video somewhere that you will surprise us with later, said with fingers crossed.
Kathy, everything about this card is purely exquisite. There is nothing about it that isn’t perfect. If this was given to me, honestly, I’d figure out a way to frame it & hang it on my craft room wall. It looks like I could reach in & pick that gorgeous flower. Wallpaper Art is one of my favourite stamp sets from this incredible company.
Thank you for the beautiful card and video! As a recent subscriber I always look forward to any videos and instructions/tips I can use. Also the blogs inspire me to try new things and introduce me to products and designers I can look up in the future. Keep the blog coming!
Such a gorgeous flower!!
I’m so used to seeing you use copics, Kathy! This was a nice surprise! THe colors are beauiful as always.
Happy Birthday. So glad they combined my favorite designers to give us a great view of these beautiful cards.
I really love the deep indigo and purple hues you have in your flowers with the long stem! Lovely! Like the stencil too! Happy fifth birthday Altenew!
Love everything about this card – the flower is gorgeous and I live the wavy grid background
Beautiful Kathy!
that flower is beautiful!
Beautiful card!
What a beautiful card. The colors on the flower are outstanding.
Your card is gorgeous, I love the colors, they sing its spring to me! Most of all, I love the simplicity of it, it’s so beautiful, yet quiet and simple. Thank you for participating in this blog hop, I will definatly be following your inspirational work from here on. Thank you again. Debbie
Stunning card, Kathy
Absolutely stunning!! Love how you added the long stem to make a dramatic presentation!
Wonderful coloring and dimension! Your art blows my mind. Altenew’s gorgeous stamps definately help too. Lovely colors and phenomenal pencil work. You inspire me! Thank Q!!
WOW! What a Beautiful card! The blues and purples are PERFECT! The stencil background really makes this flower pop!
Goodness, Kathy, this is just beautiful!
Kathy you are awesome!!! YAY ALTENEW
Wow! so pretty. Love everything about this!
Kathy, this is gorgeous!
This is some gorgeous watercoloring! Really makes that Altenew flower look 3D!
Beautiful card.
Ohh my Kathy, I love this awesome flower. This stamps set is my favorite from the last release, so awesome. The one flower with the long stem is so great, I think I wil duck in to my stemps and look for one which I can use for a similar card.
Thank you for your inspiration and participating in this great Altenew 5th Anniversary party.
So pretty Kathy ! I love my Altenew obbsession 🙂 !
The grid background is a fabulous way to show off your gorgeously colored flower.
Beautiful card!!!!
This is so gorgeous! I love the colors and it looks so real!!!
Fabulous card! Love your amazing coloring and your wonderful style.
What a gorgeous flower..amazing!
Absolutely love your card! I’m super excited because I just ordered the Watercolor Art stamp set!!! So looking forward to seeing what I can make with this beautiful stamp set! I love your blue flower!!!
~Vanessa Wachlin
Wow! Such a beautiful blue flower that seems to jump off the page. A single flower does pack a powerful punch.
Such lovely dimension and coloring!
The is a beautiful flower and card Kathy!
Kathy, your coloring never disappoints! Love your card!
Love the colours and the long length is so elegant.
Your colouring is out of this world. Just gorgeous.
so pretty, your twine just ups everything a notch.
Such wonderful dimension on your flower and and leaves, Kathy, and I love the touch of blue in the leaves.
Simply elegant! My favorite kind of card.
Your style is so distinctive, and always a joy to see. The dimension on your flower is just out of this world. Thanks for participating in this hop!
WOW!! Kathy, that flower is really stunning, I mean REALLY STUNNING!! I had to look at it again because I thought it was a real flower…I just can’t believe how real it looks! I love it on that stenciled background….such perfection!
I absolutely love your blue/purple flower. Beautiful.
This is Gorgeous!!! Your no line coloring is Fabulous!!!!
Oh my goodness! Those color combinations!! That flower looks 3-d ! It is just beautiful!!
Holy Moly, Kathy, this is spectacular, one of my favorite cards you’ve made! I adore the blues!
What a beautiful, lifelike card! I love the Wallpaper Art set. It is gorgeous!!
Kathy, this card is just gorgeous, and so unique! I really like how you linked all the product for us right in the narrative (a first for me), and I think I can replicate this beauty on my own watercolor card. It will be the coloring that gets me—you aced that! Thank you for always sharing your amazing creations with us in the Altenew hops, and Happy Anniversayr!
Beautiful , beautiful card! Love the color.
Your coloring always amazes me!! The blue is stunning!!
Beautiful Card. Very inspirational.
Gosh Kathy. Your flowers just jump right off the card every time. Beautiful!
Oh, Kathy this is just the grandest card. I’d take this as a prize any day. It’s beautiful
The coloring on this flower is so beautiful! I don’t think you needed more than one. The card is lovely.
Love the coloring on the flower!
I AM FALLING MORE AND MORE IN LOVE WITH ALTENEW?
A truly unique card with background, colors and presentation!
Beautiful color!
Your creation is absolutely gorgeous! Thank you for sharing your work.
Beautiful card. It is so simple and yet the coloring on the flower is so detailed (and gorgeous).
Love your beautiful card with the blue flower and the blue accented leaves! Gorgeous!
WOW love it. So beautiful
Such a beautiful card!!
Unique and beautiful card!
Love how you did a thank you to Altenew! I love their products and find it very fitting! Thanks for showcasing your card.
Fabulous! Love it. Thanks for the inspiration. 😀
Your coloring is beautiful as always. It’s good to know you like the large Misti. I wanted to get it for scrapbooking but wondered if it was difficult to handle.
Beautiful!
I am so hoping I can learn from you as to how to do the coloring that you have in the cards. they are awesome!
Spectacular coloring on this beautiful flower!
Your cards and coloring always amaze me! That flower is so gorgeous and dimensional that it looks like it’s coming off the card. Love the colors and the touch of blue on the leaves.
Such a beautiful card! You do amazing work.
This is sooo lovely. I my wish list just keeps getting longer. Thanks for the inspiration!
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I love, love your coloring. Always look forward to your postings!
Wow wow wow, absolute stunning card Kathy, I’d love to be able to watercolour like you, you really brought the flower to life <3 xx
Oh Kathy, this card is absolutely stunning in it’s simplicity! I love that big bold bloom & fabulous coloring! I am waiting on my stamps to arrive & as the dies we’re all gone right now, I am happy to know these are fairly easy to fussy cut. Love the touches of blue on the leaves! Fabulous!!
I think using only the one stem allows us to better see the beauty and detail of the stamp itself. And your coloring is brilliant. I love those blue-tipped leaves!
Wow! A stunning flower, so beautifully done!
Beautiful simple design. Love the blue green leaves.
Your card is beautiful!!!!
AMAZING depth of color on the flower and leaves! The little color matched twine is perfect! Love the stenciled background- not overpowering, but adds interest. I gotta try this!
Thank you for your inspiration!
Such a beautiful card. I love the no line coloring but i haven’t tried it yet. TFS.
Gorgeous card Kathy, as usual your colouring is outstanding!!
Wow, your card is so beautiful! It looks so delicate. Great job.
gorgeous card!
love it!
This flower looks amazing
Love the blue flower! Another amazing card!
That flower looks so real! Great job!
love the colors! and the background!
I love the blue on the leaves. Gonna work on that one.
What a beautiful flower, and I love the gorgeous color.
This is an amazing card. I love your work!
Your flower is so pretty! The colors are beautiful too.
I love the way the flower looks like it pops off of the card. This is an amazing card!
Love the stencil background and your beautiful coloring! Happy 5th Birthday, Altenew!
Wow – your card in incredible – I love the gorgeous colouring and blending you did – those leaves look like they are shimmering.
This card is beautiful! Love the colors. Love Altenew!
I love your card : the colouring is amazing; I like the shape, the background. It’s a real beauty ! Thank you so much for sharing your creativity !
What a beautiful flower! It looks so real 🙂
The blueon the tips of the leaves makes the card. Happy Anniversary Altenew
A beautiful card. Such a neat background and the Wallpaper Art stamp set is the best of the bunch. A simple and elegant card. Love it. ❤️
Simply gorgeous!!
This is so pretty Kathy
Gorgeous and love the vertical orientation. It works! Happy Anniversary Altenew!
Happy Birthday Altenew and many more! Such a stunning card – flower! Wow!
I love your beautifully coloured flower and the unusual card size!
the flower is amazing. Love the
addition of the long stem.
You always surpass expectations.
thanks for sharing
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Wow Kathy! It’s fabulous!
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Your flower looks 3D, I mean like a real flower! No wonder it took you so long to paint it! It’s absolutely gorgeous! And, I want to say THANK YOU to Altenew too, great idea , Kathy! Thanks to you and to Altenew for inspiring us to create! ✨☀️
BEautiful!
Your flower card is beautiful!
Love everything about this card! Great flower. Beautiful colors. And I think the size of your card is amazing! Thanks for the inspiration!
Happy Birthday Altenew! I love supporting an American company!
Simply lovely!
I just love this project and the colors you used! I love Altenew blog hops because I can focus on one set at a time. There are SO many beautiful flowers to choose from! kReN
Such a beautiful card and exceptional coloring. Love it!
Thanks for your many design ideas – love how the stenciled background adds interest to this simple (but not plain) card. Congrats to Altenew.
Amazing card!
Wow! I love the simplicity of your card and the depth of colors in the flower
Gorgeous card with beautiful coloring!!…Thanks for sharing
ABSOLUTELY STUNNING card Kathy!
LOVE your flower & leaf stems & colouring, LOVE your background, ADORE your INKY AWESOMENESS too!
Thank you for sharing and INSPIRING 🙂
Your card is just gorgeous! The tint of blue on the leaves is stunning! Thanks for sharing your inspiration!
Wonderful card! Love that you made a long card instead of A2 size. You made the right choice going for a single flower over a bouquet. The single tall flower is perfect against this stenciled background. Having just one flower really allows that flower to shine.
Wow! Gorgeous card! Very elegant and beautiful. I have loved Altenew right from their first release. Wishing them many more years of fabulous success
Beautiful card! I love this stamp set!
Gorgeous Kathy, and unique.
Wow! Happy 5th birthday Altenew
Fabulous card! Your flower is gorgeous!
So pretty!
I like just the single flower. It’s more than enough on your card. The blues are just dreamy!
so beautiful!! I loved this stamp set the first moment I saw it in use!! The single bloom looks fabulous!
luuuuv the tall card! what a statement!
OH MY GOODNESS!! That flower is STUNNING! It’s all just beautiful! Amazing coloring! I would also like to see a video of how you made it pop off my computer! Happy Anniversary Altenew!
Wow the blue on the leaves are amazing, I’ve never thought of that! it ties in well.
What a stunning card! It took me quite a while to figure out how you colored this beautiful flower in particular. The blues and purples are just breath-taking against that soft green background. Definitely a “Kathy Rac” card! Exquisitely elegant – just like the artist! Thanks for participating in the blog hop today – Happy 5th Birthday, Altenew!
Such a pretty card. I love the little addition of blue on the leaves.
I love that you coloured your twine to match the pretty card! Very unique idea to do such a long card, but it really does make the flower look real 🙂
Beautiful and watercolor-y effect! Love the touch of blue on the leaves.
Such a beautiful card! The leaves with the blue tips is awesome!
I have to say I love the colors you used on this flower & this stamp in particular! I love it! The way you fussy cut the flower is so cool! I fussy cut some Easter eggs for Easter cards & they are so much fun to do! I want to do more fussy cutting as it’s fun & looks so cool! I wish you could see the cards I’ve made. I’ve done long cards both ways. You know me, the bigger the card, the more creative & colorful I can be & it works for you too I see. I love how you even colored the string on the flower! This is one great card!
lovely card…
So pretty. Love the grid background.
Your coloring is mindblowing Kathy! Love love love it! ❤
I’m blown away regarding how you colored the flower and leaves. Absolutely one of my favorite cards!! Yes, I wish you had made a video so that I can learn how you accomplished this beautifully colored flower!
Love the realism
Beautiful cards — thank you for sharing.
Beautiful flower. Thank you.
Wow! This is so gorgeous! I love the colors and the background is so beautiful. Thanks for the inspiration.
DEar Cathy
The beauty u hv created for mothers day is a real tribute to the woman who loves us without boundaries and gets little or no praise until she is gone from this world.
Love everything about your card.Love and hugs
Stunning, incredible, fabulous!
Especially like this single flower card, but how would you mail it?