India Ink Watercolor with PH Martin Inks + Altenew 3rd Anniversary Hop
Happy Tuesday! Today I am excited to be helping Altenew celebrate their 3rd Anniversary!
Hard to believe that three years has already gone by… I remember when Altenew first came onto the scene. From the beginning they’ve given us tons of fabulous products to work with and even more heart into the crafting community.
In celebration of these past three years, Altenew is hosting a special four-day blog hop! With four days, you know there is going to be so much Altenew inspiration heading your way from many talented designers! There are also prizes up for grabs, and even a shopping discount code. All these details will be listed at the bottom of this post.
In my video for the hop, I will be sharing how I created these two watercolored cards using PH Martin India Inks. For those of you that are not familiar with India Inks, I have some quick details listed here for you:
Are highly pigmented, non toxic inks.
Ph Martin’s India Inks are completely waterproof when dry. Once the ink has dried, you will not be able to reactivate it.
All of these Ph Martin India Inks are transparent inks except the white and black inks. These are the only opaque colors in the India Ink line.
They will dry up when exposed to air. I recommend keeping the bottles closed up when not in use.
Colors can blend together when wet. Once dry, they layer beautifully because they are transparent and waterproof.
ORGANIZING PH MARTIN INDIA INKS
I watercolored the butterflies that are on my cards with the India inks, as well as the color trail following them.
Because these inks layer beautifully together I was able to achieve some really great effects for the color trail. The butterflies illustrate how easy it is to blend the colors together.
In my video, I only showed the creation of one of these cards since they both were created the exact same way. The only difference between the two cards are the color choices. I used a semi-rainbow color palette for the butterfly above, and a warm color combo for the butterfly below.
I hope you will be checking out the video below to see the India ink watercoloring in action! Also, be sure to participate in the Altenew 3rd Anniversary hop… you will be sure to have lots of fun seeing all the beautiful projects created by the designers that are participating! Details are below.
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ALTENEW SHOPPING CODE
Altenew is offering two coupon codes this week in celebration of their 3rd Anniversary!
GIVEAWAYS
Altenew is giving away $50 gift certificates to FIVE lucky winners. There are also 10 awesome companies who are celebrating with us, and they are offering the following prizes:
Spellbinders: Three $100 Gift Certificates
Online Card Classes: Three Class Spots
My Sweet Petunia : Mini MISTI
Pretty Pink Posh : $30 Gift Certificate
WOW! Embossing Powder : $30 Prize Pack
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L : $30 Prize Pack
Tombow USA: 1 Pack of 10 Dual Brush Pens
Chameleon Pens: 1 Pack of 5 Chameleon Pens
Butterfly Reflections Ink: $25 Gift Certificate
Ellen Huston LLC : $25 Gift Certificate
Freckled Fawn : $25 Gift Certificate
Simon Says Stamp : $25 Gift Certificate
Be sure to leave comments by Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 11:59 PM EDT for a chance to win! 15 WINNERS will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the blogs listed below and will be announced on the Altenew blog on April 28th, 2017.
KEEP HOPPING
Don’t forget to hop along and see all of the fabulous inspiration from the other designers in the hop! Start hopping at the Altenew blog, or you can reference the list below:
Beautiful bright, vibrant colors! I love how you have created these wonderful butterflies!
those bright colors are perfect for the butterflies
Vibrant cards! Gorgeous!
Such bright and beautiful cards. The India inks are on my wish list and I’m so glad you showcased them and showed how you organize them. Love the Bejeweled stamp set. One of my faves.
wow! love the bright colors!
Absolutely stunning Nina! Thank you for sharing your beautiful work
Thank you for sharing your card and how you made it, very beautiful.
Wow such gorgeous vibrant colors!
Another beautiful way to use these watercolours! You’ve inspired me to dig mine out!
Love this, I just found a use for my India ink! Thanks for sharing!
Awesome card Nina Marie! The colors are so vibrant and pretty! So much talent on this blog hop! Thanks for sharing yours! Happy Anniversary Altenew!
Oh wow this is such a cool product – never seen it before. It looks so beautiful with the stamps you used!
Wow!Super bright cards!Thank you for sharing your tips and ideas!
I really love this card! The bright colors are so eye catching and I love butterflies!
These colors are so vibrant !
Oh Nina these are amazing!!! Someone will be lucky to receive such a vivid card!
Very bright and beautiful cards.
How that butterfly just jumps off the page with that vibrant color! Thanks for introducing me to a new medium for card making. TFS!
What beautiful cards! I love the bright colours.
What a colors! Wonderful!
I love how bright and beautiful these butterflies are!
Wonderful colors.
Such beautiful bold colors! I love cheery cards like this! Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful colorful cards!
Love the colors! Bright and beautiful card