Ready for something fun and retro?! This month’s release has TONS of fun looks to spice up your stamp and die collection! You should be arriving from Reiko’s blog. If not, you can track back to the Altenew Card Blog to start at the beginning, or continue around until you loop back here.
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retro & eclectic vibes
Sometimes you gotta mix it up a little! This month’s release has some fun doodle patterns, retro imagery, and of course, beautiful florals! If you’re looking for fun, fresh imagery to add to your stash, definitely check out my projects below!
dripping galaxy birthday
For all of today’s projects, I’m experimenting with my new set of Windsor & Newton Gouache watercolors. These are opaque colors that, as you will see, look amazing on black cardstock or watercolor paper! Yes, you can use it on white (or any other color) paper too.
For this first design, I created a cool rainbow-galaxy-ish ink dripping look over the new Illusion Triangles 3D embossing folder. I diecut the Just A Number dies from the same panel – both the sentiment and the shadow layers, and then just placed the sentiment layer inlaid into the shadow space. A few enamel dots from the Pocketful of Sunshine set finished off the look.
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friends in my galaxy
For this second look, I started by creating a circle element in the background with a lighter, blended wash of gouache. It looks like a planet! Then, I decided that I wanted to add the Thank You For Being My Friend die set. That’s seriously all the card needed – except for a few enamel dots from Shades of Purple. This big sentiment die make the whole project come together super fast!
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missing you doodles
Believe it or not, this is the project that took the most time! I started by embossing black watercolor cardstock with the Cool Doodles 3D embossing folder. Then, I used a small brush and various shades of gouache to paint the doodles. Looks perfect, right? Black gouache makes a great “black-out” for mistakes! 😉
To play off the bright colors, I got creative with the I Really Miss You mini stamp & die to get a perfect coordinating look!
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$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $25 gift certificate to 8 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 07/11/2021 for a chance to win.
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Wonderful retro colors on your great cards. A trip into the past!
Love the retro colors
Great cards, nice bright colors.
Such great cards & retro vibe!
Love the high contrast of the bold colors against the black! Thanks for the fun inspiration Nicole!
Awesome and inspiring cards from this release!! Thank you for sharing your creativity!
The bold colors are perfect for the retro stamps. Fun to see this look!
What great vibrant colors — very retro!
Beautiful cards! Thanks for the amazing inspiration!
These do have an electric vibe about them and capture this release perfectly!
Lol! I really meant eclectic!
I love the bright colors against the black! Totally retro!
Love all your backgrounds, fabulous cards!
Great cards. I don’t think I have the patience to do something similar, but your black gouache retro design is fantastic! Definitely need the Doodles embossing folder.
So pretty!
Very retro look,always a nice stop on the hop.
What beautiful, fun cards! I love these “eclectic” images.
Gorgeous card designs and beautiful colors.
Fun cards and colors! Might need to get some black watercolor cardstock!
Fab and Funky Cards! Thanks for the inspiration!
OOOH what fun card – LOVE the colors
Such cute & colorful cards! Thanks for sharing.
Fantastic cards!
Great use of colour that works so well with the Altenew set and theme!
I love your vibrant and bold designs
Cute, bright cards.
These are so fun!
Oh, girl, you got me with that gorgeous black cardstock! So beautiful!
Great cards. Love the black with such vibrant colors. Missing you doodles is just fabulous. Thanks for sharing
Beautiful bright colors!
Nice use of the color to show up on the black.
Wowsa!!! So vibrant and fun…love the galaxy look of the first two cards ❤️
Wow! Very striking cards!
wow – love how the dark backgrounds make these cards POP!!
Awesome designs and colors!
Definitely a cool vibe from your creations. They’re (dare I say it?) Out of this world. Sorry, I couldn’t help it.
What fun, bold cards. Very cool and retro.
Wow! Your cards are so awesome! I love the bright colors against the dark backgrounds- so fun!
These cards are ‘out of this world’! Love them! Such a fun release from Altenew.
That last card reminds me of the 80s!