Hello friends! Altenew has an exciting new monthly subscription feature this year called Paint-A-Flower (PAF).. similar to the Build-A-Flower (BAF). There will be a new outline flower stamp set each month that can be painted to practice your watercoloring skills. AND just because it says paint doesn't mean we can't color it as well with Artist Markers! I'm honored to be guest designing for this first Paint-A-Flower Blog Hop starting on the Altenew Blog! Introducing the PAF:Poppy! I have three cards created using three different coloring mediums. As I'm still learning to use watercolors, I wanted to begin by painting with the 36 pan set from Altenew. Then I used the watercolor brush markers, and finally, I wanted to show a third option of no-line coloring using the Artist Markers. So to have a true comparison of mediums, I tried to stick with the same colors from each: Watercolor pans, Watercolor Brush, and Artist Markers. Altenew has the unique system throughout their coloring mediums where everything has same name referring to colors throughout their product line Take a closer look at each card: For this first card I used the Watercolors from the 36 pan set after heat embossing the PAF:POPPY as well as several leaves in Black. Then I fussy cut around the poppy and leaves and popped them onto a background stenciled with the Square Weave Pattern Stencil. Colors used from the 36 Pan set: Fresh Lemon Sunkissed Purple Wine Mountain Mist Sea Glass Bamboo Evergreen ******* This next one is Colored with the Artist Markers in the No-line coloring technique after first stamping the PAF:POPPY in Buttercream Crisp ink. Artist Markers used: Warm Sunshine Sunkissed Purple Wine Mountain Mist Sea Glass Bamboo Evergreen ******* And for the last one, I used the Watercolor Brush Markers to color a wild bunch of PAF:POPPIES. Watercolor Brush Marker Colors used: Fresh Lemon Sunkissed Purple Wine Turquoise Lime Sweet Leaf I have a VIDEO capture of these poppies :) You can watch below or on my YouTube channel. The Paint-A-Flower stamp sets are released monthly and celebrate the beauty of a wide variety of flowers! Each stamp set features an outline image of a gorgeous floral arrangement, just waiting to be painted or colored with your favorite medium. There's no need for you to spend time layering and masking images, as we have designed these sets to allow you to stamp once then color! We can't wait to see what you create! Paint-A-Flower Monthly Subscription Plan This is a monthly subscription plan for our Paint-A-Flower. When signed up, you are guaranteed a spot in our monthly Paint-A-Flower releases and will receive a set each month - at a specially discounted price! ($15.99 →$12.99) Thank you so much for spending time with me today! Remember there are Giveaways for leaving comments. Prizes: 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 1/28/2020 for a chance to win. More Prizes: We’ll 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 Card Blog on 1/30/2020. Blog Hop Order: Altenew Card Blog Erum Tasneem Keeway Tsao Ashlea Cornell Nicole Watt Norine Borys Emily Midgett Jen Schow Kelly Griglione Virginia Lu Maryam Perez Altenew Scrapbook Blog Nathalie DeSousa LauraJane <<