Hello Friends! We have a new Paint-a-Flower stamp set available at Altenew ... the Calla Lily! The nice thing about the Paint-a-Flower series is, aside from it being a gorgeous floral image to color, that it's a little less than half as expensive than the Build-a-Flower sets because these do not come with dies. So it's perfect for focusing on coloring techniques.
If you are currently hopping along, you may have come from the blog of Norine Borys, but if not feel free to start at the beginning at the Altenew Blog.
I'm still on my mission to build up sympathy cards, and I thought the sophisticated nature of the Calla Lily would be a perfect fit. So I got out my Altenew watercolors (which happen to be 20% off now) and started building layers of color.
Love how dark the purples came out. It looks very velvety.
Some black spatter seemed appropriate for a sympathy card, instead of my typical gold spatter.
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| Paint-a-Flower: Calla Lily |
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Your next stop on this hop is Lilith Eeckels with a fabulous project!
Thanks so much for stopping!
-Kelly
Here's the blog hop list:
Beautiful card
ReplyDeleteLove the background on your card it really set off the beautiful purple Calla Lilies.
ReplyDeleteYour choice of purple for the flowers was perfect for a sympathy card. The finished project was simple and tasteful - just what is called for at sad times.
ReplyDeleteLovely card!
ReplyDeleteThis is a gorgeous card Kelly!
ReplyDeleteGreat pick of colors for your calla lilies, Kelly. Purple is the color of sorrow. Like the soft blending of color on your base paper, and the paint splatters, which show off this newest PAF so well. Thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteNever an easy card to make but you have done such a beautiful job
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful card. Your color blending was so well done.
ReplyDeleteOh gosh, purple Calla Lilies are just beautiful! Outstanding.
ReplyDeleteSo so so COOL!!!
ReplyDeleteI HAVE SOME THAT COLOR!!! These are so pretty!
ReplyDeleteThe coloring is just amazing! And the card looks great!
ReplyDeleteLove your purple calla lilies!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful! :) Lovely coloring.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE these in purple! Perfect coloring!
ReplyDeleteVery tastefully done.
ReplyDeleteYou described the Purple flowers so well, they look velvety smooth!
Purple is my favorite color. This new set has so many possibilities.
Thanks for sharing.
The purple is so pretty! I Love how you layered the sentiment as well! This card is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThe purple is very nice. Love your card
ReplyDeleteThe purple! Love the intensity!
ReplyDeleteAgree, Sympathy cards are lacking in my stock as well. Nice one here that meets the mark. Colors look great and uplifting knowing it was handmade from the heart.
ReplyDeleteI really like this month’s calla lily set and your coloring is stunning. Thank you for the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteLove the background and deep purple flowers!
ReplyDeleteI do love your purple flowers. gorgeous.
ReplyDeletePurple!! Someone finally did them in purple! LOL so pretty and the lilies make such a fabulous sympathy card
ReplyDeleteGorgeous flowers! I love the purple! Thanks so much for the inspiration. Take care! :)
ReplyDeleteLovely card with beautiful colors! Really pretty Paint-A-Flower set!
ReplyDeleteLove your flowers, it is simply gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteThis is simply beautiful...gorgeous color palette and card design
ReplyDeleteLovely card. Perfect, elegant sympathy card,
ReplyDeleteSuch gorgeous colors!!! Love the depth of your piece! Beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I love the soft background colors!
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful card!! Love your color choices!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card. Love the purple flowers and the soft background.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness this is stunning! I’m amazed at how many ideas, colors, and mediums are used by all of the card makers. TYFS
ReplyDeleteFabulous card! I love the purple Calla Lilies!!! But what really blew me away was your background colors! Incredible!!! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteCalla lilies are quite often used for sympathy as you have done. I do see other cards that also look nice for everyday. Stunning card. TFS
ReplyDeleteYour card is very pretty. I love the soft background.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card. I love the purple calla lilies and the shaded background is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful colors! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteReally beautiful card, LOVE the purple calla lilies, yes very velvety looking! Also really love your softly ink blended background.
ReplyDeleteSo gorgeous! Love the purple.
ReplyDeleteNice coloring example. I like these in purple.
ReplyDeleteYour purple callas are stunning. Love your card.
ReplyDeleteLove this purple
ReplyDeleteCalla Lily!
Carla from Utah
Simply gorgeous, beautiful colours.
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! I love the purple!
ReplyDeleteThose purples are delicious! Almost like a plum or eggplant color! Absolutely gorgeous :-)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!!! I love how many gorgeous colors can be used with these calla lilies.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty. I too need to have sympathy cards at the ready (such an essential and meaningful way to support our loved ones)and this stamp and your card design are great for that. And a change in color and some gold splatters would be perfect for a happier occasion.
ReplyDeleteLove the purple calla lily! Beautiful card.
ReplyDeleteExcellent choice of colors and design for your card. The faded out background really grounds the flowers!
ReplyDeleteKelly, those smoky greens and purples look stunning together!I agree- when I saw the callas, I thought it was perfect for that gentle sympathy touch. Thanks so much!
ReplyDeleteHi Kelly... Beautiful coloring on those lilies.
ReplyDeleteSo pretty. I like the deep purple color.
ReplyDeleteEven before I read the sentiment, I knew this was a sympathy card. Don’t get me wrong, the card is beautiful. You just did a fabulous job coloring it and choosing the perfect colors. Thanks for sharing your beautiful work!
ReplyDeleteLove the lilies in purple, Kelly, with just a touch of blue and green in the background. Such a perfect sympathy card.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty. Thanks for the inspiration
ReplyDeleteKelly! This is so elegant! My friend's wedding bouquet had dark calla lilies just like these you've colored. Looks fantastic!
ReplyDeleteI love the color you chose for these flowers, beautiful deep purple.
ReplyDeleteLove purple!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful sympathy card.
ReplyDeleteWow Kelly :) This card is sooooo appropriate for the sympathy sentiment!!! Love the purple with the calla lily! Thanks for inspiring me :)
ReplyDeleteThat is just a beautiful sympathy card -- so often they are too bland in color. Really excellent.
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