Thursday, October 22, 2020

Altenew Paint-A-Flower: Sunflower & Woodless Watercolor Pencils Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hi Friends! Not only do we have a new installment of the Altenew Paint-a-Flower series, BUT we have a brand new coloring medium to share with you today!

You may have come from the blog of Amber Rain Davis and her gorgeous rainbow of sunflowers, but if not feel free to start at the beginning with the Altenew Card Blog.

 

The new Paint-a-Flower: Sunflower stamp set features a nice cluster of flowers with plenty of petals to try out new coloring techniques. And speaking of new coloring techniques, check out the artistic watercolor pencils that are all pigment!

Not only are these colors vibrant on and off the page, but they are a joy to photograph too! Who wants to look at a tan wood exterior on all your pencils, let's just marvel at the beautiful pigment, right?!



For some of the coloring I laid the color down with the pencil and then moved it around with the wet brush. But for some of the colors, like the deep bits of orange, I just applied the pigment directly to the paper for that intense look.
 
I tend to gravitate to the pan watercolors mostly, so it was fun to switch back to the watercolor pencils again. I forgot how much control you have over where the color goes with the fine tip of the watercolor pencil. 

If you've been enjoying the Paint-a-Flower series, you may want to consider getting a subscription so you don't have to worry about ordering in time, and you save a bit of money as well.

Giveaway Prizes:

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog by 10/28/2020 for a chance to win. We’ll 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 Winners Page on 10/30/2020.

 

Here's the entire hop list of talented crafters! 


Altenew Card Blog

Nicole Watt

Amber Rain Davis

Kelly Griglione

Erum Tasneem

Lindsay Weirich

LauraJane

Nathalie DeSousa

Jenny Colacicco

Virginia Lu

Tenia Nelson

Lilith Eeckels

Emily Midgett

Norine Borys

Mindy Eggen

Tania Ahmed

Dana Joy

Jaycee Gaspar

Laurie Willison

Maryam Perez

Nenette S. Madero

Svitlana Shayevich 

I'm now happy to send you to Erum Tasneem who has gorgeously colored these sunflowers in the same overall colors, but the desaturated nature of them looks AMAZING!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!
-Kelly

 

Supplies used (affiliate links used, thanks so much for your support of my projects!)

PAF: Sunflower

Woodless Watercolor Pencils


Satin Gold Sequins

49 comments:

  1. Really pretty sunflowers. I like the way some of the colors are more intense and others are muted.

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  2. Need to get out my watercolor pencils and get usy.

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  3. Beautiful card!! I love your use of vellum and sequins!!

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  4. Beautiful card! I really love the way you did your sentiments.

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  5. Beautiful card. They look so realistic. Thanks for sharing

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  6. Such a beautiful card, love the coloring. The sentiment placement looks gorgeous.

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  7. Stunning card - I love the sunflowers and that pop of blue behind them really sets them off and brightens up the card. Cannot wait to try those watercolour pencils!

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  8. Thank you for sharing your card with me. I am so excited about this sunflower release and I hope I can color it as beautifully as you did.

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  9. Gorgeous! Fabulous! The watercolor pencils you used have such lovely colors.

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  10. Gorgeous! Fabulous! The watercolor pencils you used have such lovely colors.

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  11. Gorgeous! Fabulous! The watercolor pencils you used have such lovely colors.

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  12. Always like your cards. Love the pretty blue background!

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  13. I love the background on this card. It makes the sunflowers pop out at you 😄🙂

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  14. Stunning card; I love the vibrant orange in the centers of the flowers.

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  15. Your soft background looks so pretty, and the speckles....nice job.

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  16. This release is a great one. Very curious about the watercolor pencils. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  17. The sunflowers are gorgeous and I love the sequins!

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  18. Your card is beautiful! I love the blue background!

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  19. Very pretty card. Like the watercoloring.

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  20. So pretty. I like how you used the pencils.

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  21. The wash of aqua and hints of gold are marvelous Kelly! Such a pretty card!

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  22. Love what you made. So hard to see it and the pencils are sold out. Ahhhh! Love the stamp set also.

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  23. Loved your card and the watercoloring! 😊-Ann

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  24. Love sunflowers and this stamp set is wonderful. You managed to show them almost as real as they can be.

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  25. I tried to comment twice, but it isn't showing up. Wish everyone would make it easier to comment. I give up

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    1. Now it shows up! Here is what I tried to say: I love how vibrant the woodless watercolor pencils are on your beautiful card.

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    2. Sorry it wasn’t working for you Nancy, how frustrating! Glad it finally worked, thanks for sticking with it!

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  26. Beautiful color combinations of brightness and the sentiment design is perfect!

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  27. This set is fantastic & I really love your card.

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  28. These look the pencils to have!
    The sequins and vellum really give the card that extra special touch.
    Thanks for sharing.

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  29. This is truly a beautiful stamp set and card! Thank you for the inspiration.

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  30. Beautiful coloring and I love how you mixed your sentiments. Very effective.

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  31. A stunning card highlighting another wonderful release!

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  32. Your card was so pretty. I like how the color really looks like watercolor instead of pencil. Going to have to get my hands on these.

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  33. Beautiful card. I love those sunflowers and I love that wonderful sentiment.

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  34. Such warm, sunny, detailed colouring on these lovely sunflowers, Kelly ... the soft blue background really makes them pop ... and the scattering of gold is delicious! Hugs, Anita :)

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  35. I’m loving seeing these pencils in action!

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  36. Beautiful card!! I love the sprinkle of sequins too, they go perfectly!

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  37. Such a pretty card! Thanks for sharing.

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  38. Beautiful colors for your pretty card!

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  39. Great color mix and background fill. I like the use of the acetate for the strip.

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  40. The soft blue background is perfect backdrop to your sunflowers.

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I absolutely love reading comments. Thanks so much for stopping by and taking the time to leave one! - Kelly