Altenew 2nd Anniversary Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Altenew 2nd Anniversary Blog Hop! I'm so excited to be part of this wonderful celebration.

You should've come here from Kelly's blog, if you want to start at the beginning, make sure to check out the Altenew blog HERE.

Now I'm sure you all have seen the adorable stamps from Altenew. I personally LOVE all the stamps, especially the stunning florals. As you may know, I love coloring and their images are simply perfect for that. (Actually, I was just coloring some flowers while watching TV, lol)

For my first project, I decided to make a frame as I had bought a 3D frame a couple of weeks back. There are lots of floral image stamps in the market, but the graphic look of the Brush Art Floral stamp sets it apart from the other stamps. I stamped the images with Distress Inks, and used some water for the watercolor effect.

After completing this project, I felt that this frame needed a companion on the wall. Once again, I used the graphic Brush Art Floral stamp set. For this technique, I first stamped the images with Distress Ink (Antique Linen). Then, I painted over it using KOI water colors. I really appreciate the versatility of this stamp.

For my third project, I decided to stay with the water color theme. Once again, I used Distress inks for the background. The wax paper technique yielded the wonderful texture. To finish off, I embossed the butterflies from the Wild Hibiscus stamp set onto vellum and did some fussy cutting. To finish, I applied some Wink of Stella for some shine.

Here's a close up so you can see the background texture and the butterflies' shimmer better.

Now, this wouldn't be an Anniversary celebration without any gifts, would it?

Altenew is giving away following gifts:

First 100 orders: 1 free mini stamp set (Starting April 7th at 9:00 AM EST)

Orders over $75: 1 free mini stamp set (Now through Sunday, April 10, 2016)

Furthermore, you can win one of THREE prize packs valued at over $100 from Altenew by leaving comments along the way!

Also, there are 8 awesome companies who are celebrating with Altenew, and they are offering the following prizes:

Pretty Pink Posh : $30 Gift Certificate

WOW! Embossing Powder : $30 Prize Pack

Simon Says Stamp : $30 Gift Certificate

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L : $30 Prize Pack

Ellen Hutson : $50 Gift Certificate

Freckled Fawn : Gypsy Kit valued at $27

My Sweet Petunia : Mini MISTI

StampNation : Three 3 Month Subscriptions

Be sure to leave comments on each stop by Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 11:59 PM EST for a chance to win! 13 winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the hop list and will be announced on the Altenew blog on Apr 14th.

Here's a list with the complete list of today's participants: 

Altenew
Laura Bassen
Therese Calvird
Ellen Hutson
Amy Gray
Joni Andaya
Freckled Fawn
Debby Hughes
Lydia Evans
My Sweet Petunia
Kelly Griglione
Isha Gupta -- you're here

Thanks for stopping by and have fun hopping! :)