I had a lot of fun for this project, pushing myself out of the normal card making idea and instead, making a fun and easy mix media art using the new Altenew Craft-a-flower Cosmos releasing today. If you follow me on Instagram, you will have seen I have recently started to dabble in acrylic painting and I thought why not combine the two hobbies into one piece of work with this easy mix media piece.
I experimented with mixing mediums as I used watercolours for the for Altenew Craft-a-flower Cosmos, and these flowers just pop off the background. If you can’t wait for the CAF to arrive, you can use any of your layering dies to get the same effect. But for those steadfast card makers, why not use this piece as inspiration and turn it into a card. You can swap the acrylic paint out for your inks and great a beautiful background for the flowers to sit on!
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The CAF Cosmos layering die will be available to buy from 02/07/2021 at 12:01 am EST.
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Easy Mix Media art with Altenew CAF: Cosmos - creating the background
Start of by painting a canvas board measuring 7″ by 5″ with acrylic paint. The colours used in this background are:
- Titanium white
- Neutral Gray 5
- Colbalt Blue Hue
- Light Blue Violet
- Turquoise Blue
- Medium Magenta
For a smooth blend, and for quick painting, use a large flat brush. Remember to layer the colours up and ensure the paint is still wet to get a smooth blend. Next, use the Altenew Pure White Ink Spray to add ink splatters to the background.
Before all the splatters dry, add some gold embossing powder over the top to some of the splatters and heat set.
Easy Mix Media art with Altenew CAF: Cosmos - painting the flowers
To add colour to the flowers, die-cut the Altenew Craft-a-flower Cosmos out of watercolour cardstock. Next, temporarily adhere the die-cuts to a scrap piece of card and colour these in with your Altenew Watercolour 36 pan set. The colours used to paint the flowers are:
- Puffy Heart
- Purple Wine
- Midnight Violet
- Lavender Fields
- Frayed Leaf
- Forest Glades
- Evergreen
After you have painted the flowers, layer these us with liquid adhesive following the layering guide included on the packing. Adhere these to your canvas board/ or card, with foam pads and liquid adhesive to ensure they stay put.
Lastly, add a heat emboss saying from the Altenew Darling Rose stamp set to finish this easy mix media art off!
GIVEAWAY PRIZES & next stop
$200 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 1 lucky winner and a $15 gift certificate to 10 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 02/12/2021 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 11 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 02/15/2021.
>>>>> Your next stop on the hop is Justine Hovey <<<<<<
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Supplies
Easy Mix Media art with Altenew CAF: Cosmos
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 Craft-A-Flower: Cosmos layering die & gradient cardstock bundle- Altenew Shop at: ALT |  WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink pad Shop at: CPD | CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |  Opaque Bright White -WOW! Embossing Powder Shop at: CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |
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DISCLOSURE
This post was produced as part of my Guest Design work for Altenew I have not been paid to make this post, but I am given supplies from Altenew to use. However, I create projects with creative control and produce projects I am proud of with products that I love. The information provided is based on my own personal experience – I am not an expert.
56 thoughts on “1 Easy mix media art – Altenew Craft-A-Flower: Cosmos Layering Die Set Release Blog Hop + Giveaway”
So GORGEOUS, your background was perfect for the flowers, totally lovely but didn’t outshine your lovely flowers! TFS 🙂
Stunning design Verity! Thanks for the inspiration! Love how you used this fab CAF set!
Wow! This art project is absolutely gorgeous!! Great job!! Great colors!!
Great mix with the canvas. Wonderful mixed media project idea that I’d like to try. Will watch the vide.
Beautiful! Amazing background – can’t wait to try this
Really Gorgeous canvas!!!
This is stunning. I can hardly wait until my set arrives.
Oh my really beautiful painting of the flowers and background. Stunning!
So beautiful! Interesting techniques and using acrylics.
Splendid mixed media project…amazing background with fabulous florals.
Wow!! Your card is absolutely amazing and so very beautiful! Perfect combo of colors!
Love the color combination
This set really lends itself well to watercolor. I have to check out the other Craft A Flowers.
Never thought of watercoloring die cut…what an awesome idea!
Spectacular project. I love this piece.
Beautiful. Such gorgeous colors and what a very fun process! Love it ♥️
You’ve really made this to look doable! I appreciated seeing the whole process!
Your creative vision on the background truly complements the cosmo arrangement. Well done!!!
So beautiful, Verify! Beautiful colors!
Stupid autocorrect. It changed your name to Verify. Sorry, Verity.
Beautiful canvas project. I also loved the process video!
Wow, I love this card. You did a great job with paint!
Love the new CAF set. It is an absolute must-have! And thanks for the amazing inspiration. Your work is beautiful!
Incredible! I LOVE this die and the way you made these flowers look 3-D
The flowers are lovely, and your background is dreamy! You really used this set very well.
Cosmos is one of my mom’s favorite flowers, so they always remind me of her. ?
Your watercoloring is so gorgeous!
Such a pretty card! I enjoyed your video, watching you create your background and the pretty flowers. Thanks for the inspiration.
Beautiful card!
Greetings Verity! All I can say is W.O.W. (pun intended). Such a beautiful card. I will watch the video now to see the process for this. Denise
Verity!! ……rather! not a card atall – a very lovely creation!! Thanks again, Denise
Your canvas is absolutely gorgeous. Loved your video detailing each step.
Wow!! Your creation is stunning, Verity! I love the beautiful acrylic background and your lovely flowers certainly do pop off the panel!! Thanks so much for the great inspiration! Stay safe! 🙂
OH MY GOSH!! I am going to have to look back at this blog post once I get the die set because I want to make a card like this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH MY GOSH!!!!!
This craft a flower cosmos die is awesome and I absolutely adore your card!
I will definitely have to try recreating that background in inks. Your watercolored flowers are lovely and the foliage is just right to go with. Thanks for the great ideas.
Pretty colors and textures! Love this set of layering dies and your awesome background!
Love your card and love watching your process. I like how you attached the flowers the the strip and painted them that way. Interesting!
Very nice canvas work. Love the flower coloring. Great layout and finish look.
What a lovely piece of art, Verity. Thanks for the video showing how you created the background that truly makes the flowers glow. It is wonderful to see how an art project comes together.
Hi, i love everything about your card. That background just wow. Thank you so much for sharing.
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this card!!! It is almost reminiscent of a Rembrandt or Picasso with the background wash colors, and the splatters add just that added bit of playful fun to it!
This was beautiful. I’m going to try your technique on last months flower as I have the subscription as I can’t wait to try your techniques. Thank you.
Absolutely beautiful, I think it would look great framed, it’s a piece of art.
What a gorgeous project! I love how the watercoloring looks on the flowers- so much texture and dimension! I love to use some of the same card making supplies for scrapbooking! Thank you for the video
The mixed media with the watercoloring, wow. Such a gorgeous card. I will definitely refer back to your video.
Beautiful! I love those water colored cosmos flowers and your background is amazing!
I like your color combination
Truly a piece of art with the mixed media! Love it! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for making the video so I could watch out you created this gorgeous piece step by step. I love being able to follow your thought process as you go.
Such a Beautiful piece of art. It is gorgeous! Love the background and the colors you used. Thanks for the inspiration and for sharing your amazing talent with us. It was lovely watching the video to see you create this. 🙂
Love the look of these beautiful flowers against the colorful background. Thanks for the tip about taping down the flowers before adding color and for sharing this great project.
Love your color combo. Must get this die. ?
This is so beautiful. Thank you for sharing your talent.