Good morning! I am so honored and excited to be participating in the Celebrating Parents Card Drive Blog Hop for Altenew! The Celebrating Parents Card Drive collects cards to be sent to the elderly who live in nursing homes or shelters and reminds them that they are loved, honored, and never forgotten. The card drive runs from March 27th to May 3rd, 2017 so you still have plenty of time to send in some cards! You can head here to find more information on the Card Drive! You should have arrived from Sveta’s blog and you’ll find your next stop at the bottom of my post!
In addition, Altenew has chosen four stamp sets that are great for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day projects. 20% of the profits from these stamp sets sold until Father’s Day, June 18th, 2017, will be donated to the Food Bank of Central New York to support seniors in need.
And, Altenew is also running a special offer on the Best Dad stamp set and die set (that I used on one of my cards below!) from April 19th to April 22nd, 2017!
Whew, lots of info to share! Giveaway details are at the bottom of my post but now it’s time for my cards! 🙂
The Best Dad set is full of lots of masculine images but I focused on that coffee mug and that great sentiment! I’m pretty sure every kid bought their dad that mug or a very similar mug sometime during their childhood. I know my dad still has one from me so I thought it would be the perfect image for my card! I started by stamping it once in the center of my card panel with black ink. Then I masked it and stamped 3 mugs on either side with grey ink, moving my mask each time. Next I stamped the letters from Filled Alpha to resemble the top of a calendar. I colored my center mug with copic markers and then added a layer of glossy accents to the coffee. Then I stamped the sentiment from Best Dad onto red cardstock and adhered it to my card with foam mounting tape. Finally I trimmed the panel and adhered it to a red card base.
Clean and simple and perfect for my dad! Now for my mom…I went kinda the total opposite of CAS! 😉
But I’m really happy with how it turned out! 🙂 I started by stamping the floral arrangement from Extra Special with versamark onto watercolor paper and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder. Next I colored it with zig markers. I used Peach Pink, Sugared Almond Pink, Dark Grey, and Yellow for the flowers and blended it out with a damp paintbrush. I added a little spectrum noir clear sparkle to the pink flowers. I also stamped the florals onto vellum twice and heat-embossed them with silver sparkle embossing powder. Then I used the coordinating die to die-cut the florals and set them aside while I worked on the rest of the card.
Next I scribbled the Peach Pink and Dark Grey zig markers onto my craft mat and used a flat brush to do a soft watercolor wash. I blended the two colors together using lots of clean water. I let it dry completely and then flicked on black paint and water. The water created lighter splotches on the background which created a nice contrast from the black paint. Once it was totally dry I adhered the vellum florals to the background. Then I stamped the sentiment from Extra Special onto black cardstock, trimmed it down, and adhered it over the vellum. I used foam mounting tape to adhere the watercolor flowers and then finished the card with a sprinkling of silver and sparkling clear sequins! I think my mom and dad will really like their cards! 😉
Altenew is giving away $50 gift certificates to THREE lucky winners. Be sure to leave comments by Sunday, April 30th, 2017 at 11:59 PM EDT for a chance to win! 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 May 2nd, 2017!One random winner who leaves a comment specifically on my blog will win a $30 gift certificate to Altenew! Comments must be left by Sunday, April 30th, 2017 at 11:59 PM EDT and the winner will be announced on my blog on May 1st, 2017! 🙂 Good luck!! And here’s a list of all the hop stops!
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super fun and beautiful Jess!
Wonderful cards. I really like the design on the Best Dad card and the beautiful colors on the Amazing Mother card.
I really love both cards. Thanks for sharing.
Wonderful cards!!
Awesome Father’s Day card and your Mother’s Day card is beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
Both cards are fabulous. I love your M-F design… very clever!
OMG!!! I love both of your cards. When I saw the father’s day card I couldn’t believe how CAS it was but yet it really said it all! It’s perfect! Then your Mother’s day card is just Absolutely Beautiful! The colors and all the details really give it the WOW factor!
Jess, your Mother’s Day card is exquisite. I don’t think I’ve tried pink and silver together but now I want to!
great cards. the coffee on the dad’s card looks like liquid ready to spill over the edge. tfs
both your cards are super awesome! love the masking & stamping on the first one and the gorgeous dimension on the second one.
these are both fabulous! Your father’s day card is just perfect !
Both of your cards are FAB! and I LOVE how you got the ombre affect on your Mother’s Day card! Super cool.
Love both your cards. You are so creative!
Love your cards–especially the CAS Father’s Day card!
Love the Fathers Day mugs and the beautiful florals.
Oh my, your cards today are just so gorgeous. LOVE how you made the father’s Day card – it is so striking with the darkened focal image:)
Love your Fathers Day layout and your moms card is a beauty!
These are wonderful. Such an inspiration.
These are both fab, Jessica. I love the humour in your dad’s card, and those little moustaches on the mugs are so cute! :p Your mum’s card is breathtaking with the gorgeous background, layered vellum flowers and white embossing setting off the pops of colour in the top flowers. I’m absolutely going to be CASEing this design!
I love the contrast on you Mother’s Day card! The link just pops against the grey!
These are both gorgeous!
oh….the coffee cups got me! love it and made me think of my dad right away. Nice work Jessica
Your parents will LOve these cards, Jess! so wonderful … you may be right about that mug! xx
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Cool cards !