Sep 20, 2019

ALTENEW | REFRESH YOUR WATERCOLOR BRUSH MARKERS BLOG HOP + GIVEAWAY


Hi there!
welcome to the Altenew REFRESH YOUR WATERCOLOR BRUSH MARKERS BLOG HOP + GIVEAWAY . You are arriving from The Hedgehog Hollow's blog (a list of all the participants is available at the bottom of this post).

Today Altenew is releasing Refill bottles for their popular Watercolor Brush Markers.  I am so excited to work with this small containers of joy that i decided to use them to create a set of cards and a layout.  Let's get started:




For these cards, I started by clear embossing the Ornate Foliage images on heavy cardstock using Altenew's White Embossing Powder and Ink.  Once the images were ready to color, i pulled Sea Breeze, Misty Moutain,, Lagoon, and Emerald refills to detail the flowers.





Coloring the images took some time, as i wanted to be detailed with each image.  All it took was a few drops of the Watercolors to detail each petal.




First a wash of the color to the petal, followed by extra pure watercolor to some areas to create depth and dimension.




While the images dried, i worked on the card pannels.  I chose Warm Sunshine to create the background of this card on Mixed Media paper.  Then stamped a sentiment from the Weekend Doodle Stamp Set with Black Obsidian ink and added one of the images with foam adhesive.



For this card pannel, i used the Silver refill to create a soft ombre effect on the background.  Here i added a sentiment from the Weekend Doodles Stamp set with Black Obsidian ink.  This time,  i clustered the two images together at the bottom right edge of the card.     you can see how the cards came together in the upcoming video:





 Just love how these turned out, the Watercolor marker refills are such a perfect medium to color images away.


Now onto my scrapbook layout:




For this page, i started by creating the large mandala image on white cardstock using the Floral Mandala Stencil with Altenew embossing paste.  I mixed a bit of Rubellite and Fresh Lemon refills to the paste to bring color to the impression.





While the paste dried, i started to recreate the color of the sky and water in the background using Lagoon, Dusk and Turquoise Refills and the packaging.  I am impressed at the vibrancy of the watercolor.




To assemble the page, I used the mandala impression as my grounding point and placed it on the left side of the page.   I added two pictures of a recent vacation around the mandala, and then chose embellishments from the Reflections and Live Your Dream collection to complement the pictures.




This was so much fun to put  together, using the watercolor marker refills, and i hope  they inspire you to check them out and use the promotion Altenew is having on their Watercolor Marker Ultimate Bundle this weekend:


Enjoy $50 OFF the Watercolor Marker Ultimate Bundle from 9/20/2019 at 12:01 AM EDT until 9/21/2019 at 11:59 PM EDT. No code needed to enjoy this deal! Not valid on previous purchases. While supplies last. Shop HERE: https://altenew.com/products/watercolor-marker-ultimate-bundle 


Now it is time for the fun part of this blog hop, GIVEAWAYS:


To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog by 9/25/2019 for a chance to win.

Altenew’ll also draw a winner to eceive 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 9/27/2019.


I hope the projects have inspired you to check the Watercolor Brushes Refills, but it is time to continue to be inspired by visiting Lydia Fiedler's blog. Remember you can always come back here or visit the Altenew Card Blog to start the hop, here is a list of all the participants for your convenience:



Nathalie DeSousa <<< YOU ARE HERE


It is always a pleasure to have you visit my blog, and hope that you have fun hopping around. Remember to contact me if you have questions on how the projects came together.

Til next time!




43 comments:

  1. yay, a scrapbook page example

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  2. Beautiful color choices.

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  3. Such vibrant colors. Thanks for sharing your creations.

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  4. Natalie, your cards are beautiful and although I am not a scrapbooker, your layout was wonderful. I don't know where you were when the pictures were taken, but I wished I was there with your lovely family at that time. It is one of the nicest layouts I have seen and it had such a sense of reality to it.

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  5. Beautiful projects. I have the brush markers and I am impressed with how vibrant and beautiful they are.

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  6. Hi Nathalie, I love that you did a scrapbook page! I forget that inks are so pretty with photos so thanks so much for the reminder. Your cards are lovely as well, and I appreciate learning the details!

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  7. Beautiful cards. The scrapbook page is gorgeous. Amazing how you got the exact color for the background that you had on the photo..

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  8. Beautiful florals. Love the colors.

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  9. The cards are so beautiful and I think the scrapbook page is awesome!

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  10. Beautiful cards and layout! Love the variety of colors available with these pretty watercolors!

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  11. Lovely cards and layout. These refills are terrific!

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  12. What lovely cards and the layout is STUNNING!! Love the designs!

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  13. Great cards - they are lovely. And that layout - very nice!

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  14. I really love the blue and green color combination you used for the flowers. They are very pretty. :)

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  15. LOVELY layout and the teal on the yellow looks amazing!

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  16. Beautiful projects! Your flowers are just so pretty, and I love the silver ombré background.

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  17. Love the yellow and gray backgrounds on the cards - gorgeous!

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  18. These projects are so inspiring. Especially love the vibrant colours of the cards.

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  19. Your projects are amazing. Thank you for sharing and the chance to win.

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  20. The silver packs a punch for a background, so interesting in just a few stokes!

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  21. Beautiful cards and layout!!

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  22. Your cards are beautiful!! I love the colors that the watercolor refills give. So bright and beautiful.

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  23. I love the silver ombré effect. I don’t have that color. Got to get some. Thanks for sharing these great cards.

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  24. The watercolors look beautiful on your cards and layout.

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  25. Your flowers are colored beautiful and the cards look fantastic. You layout is also lovely. Thanks for the tip on adding the color to the paste.

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  26. Beautiful projects. I love Altenew Watercolor markers and I can't wait to try these refills -- so many possibilities.

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  27. Love the color combos you used & the silver ombre effect on the last one is perfect!

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  28. Great page layout! I just got my first Altenew stencils so this gets the wheels turning!

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  29. You inspire me so many times and this today is one of those times! I want it all!! The painting looks so relaxing!!

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  30. Love the color combo and the watercolor artwork is perfect. Thanks for sharing.

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  31. Hi Nathalie :) Your cards and scrapbook layout are delightful!!! Thanks for the inspiration :)

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  32. BEAUTIFUL scrapbook page!

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  33. Marisela Delgado said: such pretty cards. mariandmonsterd@yahoo.com

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  34. Betty Hempel9/23/2019 7:29 PM

    Simply gorgeous scrapbook pages. Your cards are just amazing. Great job!

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  35. Beautiful projects! Love the scrapbook page, lovely colors and design! Your cards are gorgeous!

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  36. Beautiful projects! Love the coloring over the white embossing. Looks fabulous.

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  37. Your cards are really beautiful, Nathalie! And, I so love the beachy, fun scrapbook layout! Thanks for sharing your awesome creativity with us!

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  38. I loved both cards you made.So colorful and beautiful. Anyone would smile receiving.

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  39. Wow! Super beautiful!! Love your work! <3

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  40. Pretty and cheery cards and wonderful layout.

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  41. Love the colors of those cards and that layout. I need to scrapbook more. :)

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