Altenew Educators' "Floral with Geometric Elements" Blog Hop and Linky Party + Giveaway

Today I am very happy to be part of another Altenew Educators' blog hop with the theme Floral with Geometric Elements. You should have come from Kari VanNoy's blog, if not you can start at the Altenew card blog or check the list of participants below.

Let's jump right in!

Cartoon Rose is a recent addition to the Altenew rose stamps and this one immediately made me think of tattoo art which can be amazing. I wanted to stamp the roses within a square and color them partially to look a bit like tattoos. 

The stamping process is the same for all these cards:

  • Stamp the rose outline in black
  • Mask the rose with masking paper
  • Mask off a square around the rose with masking tape
  • Stamp the leaves, mask them with masking paper
  • Color or sponge in background
  • Stamp selected color layers on rose
  • Color in or stamp leaves
Here, the background is sponged in Coral Bliss, I left some areas lighter than others for a little highlight. The blue colors are Persian Blue (my favorite blue ink) and Azurite. These are from two different Altenew Crisp Ink color families - Glacial Caves and Lapis Lazuli respectively but they go so well together! I felt this card needed some more leaves so used a solid one from Build-A-Flower Peruvian Lily and stamped it twice in Gray Denim.


On this next, more masculine card, the red petals were stamped in Crimson and Velvet - Altenew Crisp Inks come in such gorgeous colors! For the leaves there are no filler stamps in this set so I drew the green in with a dark green marker, then I stamped the sentiments from the great You Are set - I love the type written fonts in this set!


This third example uses the rose bud from the set, the colors are Heart Beat and Vineyard Berry, extra leaves in Gray Denim and the background is sponged in a heavy layer of Caribbean Sky. Again the sentiment is from You Are.




Which is your favorite card? 
Let me know in the comments below for a chance to win one of thee amazing prizes from Altenew:

Altenew will draw a winner to receive a $15 gift certificate from the comments on each designer's blog (see the full list below) and is also giving away a $30 gift certificate to one of the comments left on the Altenew Card blog. 
Please leave your comment by December 21 2020 for a chance to win. All winners will be announced on the Altenew Winners Page on December 23 - good luck!

There's MORE! What's a hop without YOU?! Please enter your gorgeous Altenew "Floral with Geometric Elements" creations on the Inklinz on the Altenew blog. We will pick two of our favorite handmade creations from those joining the liky party and they will each receive a $15 Altenew gift certificate!

Now it's time to hop on to Theresa's blog, I am sure she has some fabulous creations to show you!
Below are all the stops on this blog hop, be sure to check them all out!

Helen Kalb - you are here

Hope to see you here again soon!

Hugs,
Helen







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  1. Indeed I get the tattoo feeling. And I hate tattoos but the strangest thing happens when I look at your cards. I just love them. You are amazing as always🎄🎄

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  2. Beautiful cards, love the art-deco feel!

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  3. These are so lovely, Helen!!!!!

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  4. Love the roses! And different look of cards :)

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    1. I think different looking cards is my style, I am glad you like it Roteja!

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  5. Three beauties! I like them all but the bottom one is my favorite.

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  6. These cards are so beautiful! I love the gorgeous colors and the lovely CAS designs.

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  7. Lovely cards, Helen!!! Love the colors you used, too!

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  8. Great cards, very modern. Sentiments used are very nice and thoughtful. Love your colors. Thanks for sharing.

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    1. Thank you! I sometimes have difficulty choosing a sentiment but I really like the You Are set from Altenew for the meaning as well as the font

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  9. Love the simplicity of the single large blooms, Helen!

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  10. I cant decide which one I like best! love the CAS look of them💕

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  11. Your cards have such a great artistic feel. I love them!!!

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  12. Love all of your cards. Love the Be Brave one the best.

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  13. Love all of your cards! They are so cool and unique, and I smiled at each of the different bunnies. Do you collect them, and if so, how many do you have? I collects stamps and I WON'T tell you how many I have.... My favorite card is the 3rd card because I love the color combos best. (I am a fan of blue and red!)

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    1. Hello Dorothy and thank you for your sweet comment, I bet you might have even more stamps than I do ;)

      I do collect rabbits (about 250 so far) and I even have an old blog post about my collection, you can read about them here:
      https://www.helenkalb.com/2013/06/and-now-for-something-completely.html

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  14. I love the artsy feel of your beautiful cards!

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  15. These are all so pretty. I can seem each of them framed and placed out as works of art.

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    1. Oh wow, that is very kind of you to say

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  16. These are so cool looking and easy to do. Thanks for all the great ideas!

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  17. Marisela Delgado said: Such awesome cards! mariandmonsterd@yahoo.com

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  18. Mission accomplished! Those definitely look like tattoos -- very cool and different for a card.

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  19. I like the color addition for the style of the images. The design of the second card is my favorite.

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  20. Gorgeous roses! The color combinations are very striking and wonderful! Thank you and Happy Holidays!

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    1. Thank you Jade and Happy Christmas to you as well!

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  21. These roses look so cool, and the colors make them so different

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  22. Fabulous cards...my favorite is Be Brave...Lovely

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  23. Gorgeous masking and flowers! Love these!

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  24. I love the way you colored these beautiful flowers!

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  25. Your design is so unique and graphic. I like it very much.

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  26. I love your CAS cards! The blue background on your last one is so pretty- the flower really pops against it!

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  27. Beautiful cards!
    Thanks for sharing!

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  28. Wishing the best is my favorite - probably because of the colors. Thanks for sharing!

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  29. I love the mod-art look of your cards, Helen!
    Thank you for being part of this hop.

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