Hey everyone, welcome back! I’m so excited to join Altenew for the brand new March 2020 Paint-a-Flower: Iris & Watercolor Essential Set Release (ALT) and Blog Hop! Altenew is also releasing Watercolor Paper Packs (ALT)! Thanks so much to my good friend Sveta Fotinia for relaying you over to my blog. If you get lost along the way or want to relive the amazing inspiration from the team of designers for this release, head back over to the Altenew Card Blog or keep reading to find the complete blog list.
Paint-a-Flower: Iris |
Paint-a-Flower Subscription |
Essential Watercolor Set |
Watercolor Paper Set A2 |
Watercolor Paper Pad 9X12 |
Receive a FREE Watercolor Brush – Large (value $4.99) with every order of 12 Watercolor Essential Set from 3/22/2020 at 12:01 am EDT until 3/23/2020 at 11:59 pm EDT. The free gift will be added to cart automatically. While supplies last. SHOP HERE (ALT)
I seldom make watercolor cards. Why? The warping and twisting of watercolor paper is unsettling for me. There are many ways to combat watercolor paper warping, but my tried and true method is watercolor paper stretching. By stretching your watercolor paper, the surface is in a tense state, and any subsequent washes of water do not cause the paper to twist and bow while painting. My video tutorial linked below shows how to stretch the new Altenew Watercolor Paper.
I also talk about color complement and intermixing colors. While I’ve done a little bit of research on the color wheel and watercolor pigment properties, tutorials on color mixing is a series all on its own–and one that I don’t think I’m qualified to talk about. There are many creatives on YouTube and I’m glad they have shared their knowledge so that I can use what I’ve learned on my card projects.
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Paint-a-Flower: Iris |
Paint-a-Flower Subscription |
Essential Watercolor Set |
Watercolor Paper Set A2 |
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Watercolor Paper Pad 9X12 |
Cutting Mat |
Metallic Watercolor 14 Pan Set |
Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencils 36 Tin Set |
I made a second card with the Paint-a-Flower: Iris using my favorite colored pencils. I stamped both flower images using Altenew Permanent Black Crisp Ink and finished the card with the same 14 Metallic Watercolor Pan Set in the video above.
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Paint-a-Flower: Iris |
Permanent Crisp Black Ink |
Metallic Watercolor 14 Pan Set |
Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencils 36 Tin Set |
Giveaway!
To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 5 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog for a chance to win.
Team Altenew will also draw a winner to receive a $15 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below. All winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 03/31/2020.
Thank You!
I really appreciate you stopping by and participating in this blog hop. If you like what you’ve seen from me, please give me a follow over on my Instagram (@jaycee.gaspar) and/or subscribing to my blog and YouTube if you haven’t already.
Your next stop is Kymona Tracey‘s Blog!
Altenew Card Blog
Vicky Papaioannou
LauraJane
Virginia Lu
Nathalie DeSousa
Ashlea Cornell
Caly Person
Therese Calvird
Norine Borys
Lilith Eeckels
Emily Midgett
Laurie Willison
Altenew Scrapbook Blog
Svitlana Shayevich
Nicole Watt
Maryam Perez
Amber Rain Davis
Mindy Eggen
Sveta Fotinia
Jaycee Gaspar
Kymona Tracey
The Hedgehog Hollow
Agnieszka Malyszek
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JGaultier 
Simply stunning! Love your technique for water coloring- both no-line and complimentary coloring. Your talent is amazing!
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