Spider Mum
Welcome, Spider Mum, to the Altenew Paint-A-Flower family. This newest edition to the monthly release contains two delicately leaved flowers attached with one stem and a bunch of leaves. If you are hopping along you have just come from the amazingly prolific Terri Koszler and this is your last stop on the hop. You can check out the Altenew Card Blog for more information. Thank you for hopping along and I hope you catch some inspiration from the amazing talent from the Altenew designers.Â
Paint-A-Flower
When I first have a stamp set like the Paint-A-Flower, I first stamp it in Altenew Obsidian black ink. I then try embossing powder. I like to use: clear, white or gold. I then stamp it in a light ink for no line watercoloring. Today, I have three examples of this spider mum in each of these outlines. I made a cute set of all occasion note cards that will really brighten someone’s day.
Spider Mum outlined in Obsidian Ink
For each card, I stamped the PAF spider mum image onto watercolor cardstock. I used the Altenew artist watercolor pan set to color. I first laid down some water and then added in paint, building up layers of color. I cut down the panel to a smaller size. On a wide folding A2 card base, I stamped One Day at a Time background using Pink Diamond ink. A strip of Emerald Gold Washi helped to add interest and hide the transition between the background stamped panels. I added sequins for some added sparkle. I did not add a sentiment on because these looked cute as an all occasion notecard set.
 Spider Mum outlined in Vanilla cream Ink makes for a no line look |  Spider Mum outlined in Antique Gold Embossing Powder |
Altenew Craft Your Life Apron
Included in this month’s release is the Altenew Craft Your Life Apron. This apron is adorable and has roomy pockets to store your stuff and keep you organized and clean while you are crafting. Make sure to get your apron and get ready to Craft Your Life!
Included in this month’s release is the Altenew Craft Your Life Apron. This apron is adorable and has roomy pockets to store your stuff and keep you organized and clean while you are crafting. Make sure to get your apron and get ready to Craft Your Life!
Giveaway Prizes:
To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog by 11/28/2020 for a chance to win. Altenew will also draw a winner to receive 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 Winners Page on 11/30/2020.
Altenew Card Blog
Norine Borys
LauraJane
Erum Tasneem
Jenny Colacicco
Nathalie DeSousa
Svitlana ShayevichÂ
Amanda Baldwin
Keisha Charles
Kelly Griglione
Victoria Calvin
Dana Joy
Tenia Nelson
Nenette S. Madero
Terri Koszler
Amy Hill <—-You are here!! thanks for hopping all the way through!
To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog by 11/28/2020 for a chance to win. Altenew will also draw a winner to receive 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 Winners Page on 11/30/2020.
Altenew Card Blog
Norine Borys
LauraJane
Erum Tasneem
Jenny Colacicco
Nathalie DeSousa
Svitlana ShayevichÂ
Amanda Baldwin
Keisha Charles
Kelly Griglione
Victoria Calvin
Dana Joy
Tenia Nelson
Nenette S. Madero
Terri Koszler
Amy Hill <—-You are here!! thanks for hopping all the way through!
Thank you for hopping by. Let me know in the comments below your favorite outline when watercoloring stamped images: black, no line or embossing powder. For your convenience, I am listing the supplies I used to make these cards. If you choose to shop using these links, I may receive a small commission at no charge to you. Thanks for your support and thank for taking the time to check out my blog and leave a comment. Have a crafty day!
Supply list
For your convenience, supplies are listed below. Affiliate links are used at no cost to you. Thank you for your support.. “”
 Altenew Paint-A-Flower Spider Mum Shop at: Altenew |  Altenew Craft Your Life Apron Shop at: Altenew |  Altenew One Day at a Time Shop at: Altenew | Scrapbook |
 Altenew Obsidian black ink Shop at: Altenew |  Cherry Blossom Mini Crisp Ink Set Shop at: Altenew |  Delectable Delights Mini Crisp Ink Set Shop at: Altenew |
 Antique Gold Embossing Powder Shop at: Altenew |  Altenew Artist’s Watercolor Set Shop at: Altenew | Scrapbook |  Altenew Emerald Gold Washi tape Shop at: Altenew | Scrapbook |
 X-Pressit Foam Mounting Tape Shop at: Scrapbook |
Omg—all three cards are beautiful! I think my favorite is the white embossed card. It really does provide a no line look. 🙂
Beautiful cards! Beautiful PAF!
Beautiful notecards, the recipient will be so happy.
They have such cheery colors, just what’s needed right now.
Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful cards. I love this gorgeous spider mum.
LOVE these. What a great idea to try those three things to play with your new stamp. I’ll try it.
Nice layers. I like the look at the flowers in different colors.
Beautiful cards, Amy!
These are beautiful. I love to stamp in black outline or emboss or on occasion, color in the no-line technique! It depends on how confident I’m feeling about my watercolor skills that day! LOL
These are beautiful. I love to stamp in black outline or emboss or on occasion, color in the no-line technique! It depends on how confident I’m feeling about my watercolor skills that day! LOL
So pretty! Love the designs you’ve used. The background is a perfect addition! Thanks so much for the great inspiration! Take care! 🙂
Your cards are gorgeous! I love the colors and the marble backgrounds!
Both cards are so lovely. Similar designs, yet different looks just by changing the color schemes! Can’t wait to get my PAF so I can play with all the inspiration I’ve gotten from this hop! Thanks for sharing yours!
Nice cards!!
The pink and the purple look very different, and GORGEOUS!!! I love the shades you used.
So So pretty!
I love the marbled backgrounds for these beautiful spider mums designs! Lovely cards!
Love this stamp set…lovely cards!
In this case I think I like the crisp black outline the most. Kudos for being able to paint inside the narrow petals so well. Isn’t this stamp amazing?
Lovely cards Amy, thanks for sharing both embossing color choices. Thanks for the inspiration!
I love your coloring! These mums are gorgeous!
Gorgeous set of spider mum cards and amazing coloring on all three! I love them without a sentiment too.
Beautiful note cards – each one different but still looks like a set of cards with the same background and stamp. Lovely techniques used. Thanks for sharing your talent and ideas with us. Great inspiration! 🙂 Lovely finish to this blog hop.
You created two very beautiful cards. Thanks for sharing
Gorgeous cards and colors! 💜
Such clever & pretty cards! Thanks for sharing.
These are Beautiful cards!!! I love the design!!
Final on the hop and still great cards throughout the hop. Great design ideas for this stamp. Waiting on my set to arrive.
Beautiful cards! I love the gold embossing.
Lovely card set – beautifully colored and great for many occasions
I love this awesome card set, Amy, & those mums look beautiful in all three ways! They are on my wish list for Christmas!
Lovely card! Can’t wait to play this this beautiful set.
Beautiful cards! This stamp set seemed too busy at first, but everyone made great cards with it!
Beautiful job on the cards.
Love this set of cards! Beautiful flower and that washi tape really is such a great finishing touch to the cards.
Very lovely cards! They are so nicely done!
These are beautiful! I love the smaller panel centred on the coordinated and pretty background.
it’s so interesting how the hard lines can look really good with some colors and then though no line cards can look really good with other colors and then embossing just adds a whole different look as well! Thank you for the side-by-side comparison!
Hi Jessica, thanks for stopping by. Each way the stamp is stamped (light ink, black ink or embossing) really changes the look and feel of the card. Thanks for noticing that I wanted to show off how you can use this stamp three different ways to get three different emotions.
I like to leave off the sentiment, too! Makes for a quick “whatever” card. Beautiful cards!
Hi Retta, thanks for stopping by. I agree! sometimes a sentiment just gets in the way. This set is so lovely that I felt as though words would have taken away from the stamp. Although the sentiments that come with the stamp set are really nice.
What pretty cards! This set is very nice!
These are lovely 🙂 I love cards without sentiments for a nice notecard set or adding a sentiment when it’s needed for a birthday, sympathy, retirement, ,
Hi Laura, thanks for stopping by. I agree, sometimes a sentiment is just not what is needed and it is nice to have a set of cards to give as a gift or use for many occasions. I thought these would make a nice gift. Thanks for your comment.
Oh my gosh, what an exquisite job you did. Impeccable choices for the colors and using the Altenew One Day at a Time stamp for a larger background truly inspirational. That stamp is now at the top of my list along with this month’s PAF.
Mary, Thanks for your lovely comment. The One Day at a Time is a really great background stamp…check it out! and this Spidermum is so easy to color and is such a pretty flower. Thanks for stopping by!
Love the colors you used to paint the mums!!
Your cards are so pretty!
Great cards. The first one is my favorite.
Such lovely cards, that stamp set is simply amazing, isn’t it?
Hi Mirella
Thanks so much for hopping through. And I agree, this stamp set is lovely. Again, Altenew does not disappoint and releases another amazing PAF. This is definitely the subscription to get.
Beautiful cards! Love this spider mum!
Beautiful card set! Love the mums!