Altenew Peony Scrolls colored with Artist markers. Card by @s_shayevich
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Altenew • Alcohol Markers Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

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Hello and welcome to Altenew Alcohol Markers Release Blog Hop!

Our design team and amazing guest designers sharing creations using new exciting product – Altenew Artist Markers. Altenew Alcohol Markers Release Blog HopYou probably came from techniques and cardmaking guru Jennifer McGuire blog. If not – you may consider starting from the beginning at Altenew blog and see what other members of Altenew’s design team and guest designers sharing (and also you have a chance to win a prize).

I made two cards using these markers for today’s event. But before I start on cards let us have a moment and talk about the markers.
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I’ll start with markers description first:

Altenew Artist Markers are alcohol-based, allowing you to beautifully blend colors to any stamped images. Our various range of stamps is perfect for these markers. You can also easily pair them with Altenew Crisp Dye Inks to take your coloring to the next level! The colors in this set are designed to be as close as possible to our existing ink colors, so you can take the color guessing game out of the way when coloring.

Altenew Artist Markers features:

– Alcohol Based

– Brush tip and fine tip on each end

– Organically designed for easy gripping

Included colors:

– Frosty Pink, Coral Berry, Ruby Red, Grapevine

– Frayed Leaf, Forest Glades, Evergreen, Jet Black

– Sea Glass, Ocean Waves, Dusk, Dessert Night

The markers are refillable and nibs can be replaced – Altenew will consider offering ink refills and replacement nibs in the near future.

And I want to share my personal honest opinion about these markers. In a nut shell – I was very impressed by them from the first try.

First of all I’m in love with the concept that they correspond to inkpad colors. Such a great option for Altenew ink lovers to have markers of the same colors and as was mentioned above – no guessing game of what ink better matches each marker.

One think you should be aware of – Altenew Crisp Ink do bleed when colored over with alcohol markers. Which on one hand may seem to be a flaw. But I personally find that this can be beneficial. As these markers are so close to in colors to inks, ink bleeding looks not so much like bleeding but more like blending out of outline color, which is great for no like coloring.

I like nibs of these markers. One is flexible, great for regular coloring and another is fine, for finishing touches or working out details. Sometimes makers can have a chisel tip, I personally almost never use this tip. So having more useful one is definitely a pro for me.

These are alcohol markers, but they don’t have strong alcohol smell when you’re working with them. I don’t really care about smell factor, just something to note.

And last but not least – they blend beautifully! I had so much fun coloring with them!!

Ok, I’m finishing my blabbling and coming down to business.

BASIC COLORING

For the first card I did basic coloring with these markers and Peony Scrolls stamp set was used here. I stamped floral cluster in the top third of white panel, using masking where needed during stamping.Altenew Peony Scrolls colored with Artist markers. Card by @s_shayevichThe flowers were stamped with Ruby Red and leaves with Evergreen inks onto a white panel. Next I colored the stamped image with markers. Used R318, R304, R302 for flowers and G554, G715, G702 for leaves.

I used basic or regular, if you will, coloring technique. Starting from the lightest color, then adding a darker one in areas I wanted to add shadows and then coming with the darkest one.
And next I went the opposite manner, applying the middle shade to blend put the darkest one, followed by the lightest one, to achieve even more blending.Altenew Peony Scrolls colored with Artist markers. Card by @s_shayevichUsing markers fine tip I also added several dots around floral cluster.Altenew Peony Scrolls colored with Artist markers. Card by @s_shayevichI stamped a sentiment from Painted Greetings, which first was stamped using Ruby Red ink and then, with small offset – with Jet Black one. I added several black sequins and clear droplets.

Finally the panel was foam mounted onto a red card base.Altenew Peony Scrolls colored with Artist markers. Card by @s_shayevich

COLORING ON VELLUM

When it comes to alcohol markers one thing I like is that they can work almost on any surface, you’re not only limited by using paper. So for my second card I did coloring on vellum.Coloring on vellum with Altenew markers. Card by @s_shayevichColoring on vellum is a bit different from paper. In case of paper marker ink soaks into the paper and different colors blend together. Vellum is not so porous, marker ink does not soak in but stays on surface. And with each stroke new applying color does not blend with but replaces one that was applied before. So you won’t get the same result as you would do on paper, but can get a very interesting effects, something like stained-glass.

Another thing I have to mention – you want to color on the back side. That side where we color on vellum look rather ugly. But it doesn’t on the other side. Semi transparency of vellum hide all ugliness and what you can see through looks quite appealing.Coloring on vellum with Altenew markers. Card by @s_shayevichFor this my card I first white embossed a floral pick from Best Mom set and a sentiment from Penned Rose onto a vellum panel. Next I colored the pick using B227 and B313 markers (flowers) as well as G554, G715, G702 (leaves).

The panel then was adhered to a card base made out of Parchment Cardstock and several sequins finished off the card.Coloring on vellum with Altenew markers. Card by @s_shayevich

PRIZES

Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners – selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. You have until Monday, January 16th at 11:59 PM ET to enter, and the winners will be announced on the Altenew blog on Wednesday, January 18th.

I will also randomly choose a winner from comments left on this post and the prize will be $30 gift certificate to Altenew online store. Please leave a comment on this post by Monday, January 16th at 11:59 PM ET for a chance to win. I will announce the winner here in this post on Tuesday, January 17th.

WINNER

The winner of $30 Gift Certificate is Amy Vitriani. Congratulations!

Please e-mail winner@altenew.com to claim your prize. I will also be e-mailing you.

Thank you everyone for your lovely comments! I really appreciate your attention to my works!

PROMOTION

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Enjoy 25% OFF Ultimate Floral Script Collection now through Thursday, January 12th at 11:59 pm ET. Not valid on prior purchases. No code needed.

GET HOPPING!

The next stop in the blog hop will be Lydia Evans.   If you got lost, please go back to Altenew Blog.

BLOG HOP

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Kathy Racoosin

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Debby Hughes

Michelle Short

Marika Rahtu

Stephanie Klauck

Yana Smakula

Yoonsun Hur

Therese Calvird

Keeway Tsao

Jennifer McGuire

Svitlana Shayevich (you are here)

Lydia Evans

Svetlana Fotinia

Wanda Guess

 SUPPLIES

If you’re interested in the supplies I’ve used – they’re listed below. Where available I use compensated affiliate links (which means if you make a purchase I will get a small commission with no additional cost for you). Click on the letters below to go to a favorite store: Simon Says Stamp (SSS), Scrapbook.com (SC), Amazon (AZ), etc.
I truly appreciate your support!

Altenew Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock
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Altenew Parchment Cardstock
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Bazzill 40 Lb Vellum
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Bazzill Rock Peppermint Card Shoppe Cardstock
SSS | SC
Altenew Painted Greetings Stamp Set
SSS | AN
Altenew Best Mom Stamp Set
SSS | AN
Altenew Penned Rose Stamp Set
SSS | AN
Altenew Peony Scrolls Stamp Set
SSS | AN
Altenew Ruby Red Dye Ink Pad
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Altenew Evergreen Dye Ink Pad
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Altenew Jet Black Dye Ink Pad
SSS | AN
Hero Arts White Embossing Powder
SSS | SC
Ek Success Powder Tool
SSS | AZ | SC | HS
Tsukineko Versamark Watermark Stamp Pad
SSS | SC
Simon Says Stamp Masking Paper
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Quilled Creations Precision Tip Empty Applicator Bottle
SSS | AZ
Ranger Mini Multi Medium Matte Glue
SSS | AZ | SC
Tombow Xtreme Permanent Adhesive Tape Runner
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Ek Success Craft Tweezers Precision Tip
SSS | SC
Ek Success Honey Bee Non-stick Scissors
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Martha Stewart Scoring Board
SSS | AZ | SC | DB
MISTI Precision Stamper Stamping Tool
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Tonic Studios 12 Inch Guillotine Paper Trimmer
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Altenew Markers Set A
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Studio Katia Clear Round Drops Medium
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Studio Katia Clear Round Drops Small
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Studio Katia Classic Halloween Sequins Fusion
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PIN ME

Like these projects? I created a Pinterest-friendly pictures that give several views of the cards. You can pin them and save for later.Altenew Peony Scrolls colored with Artist markers. Card by @s_shayevichColoring on vellum with Altenew markers. Card by @s_shayevich

 

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323 Comments on “Altenew • Alcohol Markers Release Blog Hop + Giveaway”

  1. Thank you for the detailed analysis.. and also nice to see how they work on vellum as well.. beautiful card 🙂

  2. Beautiful cards… I love the “no line coloring on the red flowers… Looks like the colors blend nicely.

  3. Love both of these cards. I specially love the color on the floral that looks coral. One of my favorite colors and I also love how you did the vellum…Great job..

  4. Aww! Such Beautiful Cards! Loved both of them!Look forward to give the alcohol markers a try! Thank you so much for the inspiration and the opportunity to win this generous gift! Would love to win this!

  5. Absolutely stunning! I love the no line coloring and the vellum coloring is also quite spectacular!! Can’t wait to try these markers out!! TFS!

  6. I love the colors, and it’s nice that they match with the ink cubes I already have! I love your vellum coloring!

  7. These cards are so pretty. I never have tried Copic because I couldn’t really afford. I think I will definitely be trying these markers. Love that they come in color family sets!!

  8. You did a beautiful job! I don’t have a favorite pen to work with yet because I don’t have any pens! I am new to stamping.

  9. TFS your beautiful cards. I love how you created two very different looks; I especially like the second technique using vellum… gorgeous! Thanks too for all the great info you shared about the new markers. Very helpful; can’t wait to try them.

  10. Absolutely inspiring! I am loving the Altenew stamps and the wonderful ideas by the bloggers. Thanks to everyone!

  11. You created some very pretty cards! I really like the look of the image colored with these markers on vellum! Thank you for sharing.

  12. Thanks for the demonstration on vellum. Great to see how the pens will work on other types of paper. Beautiful!

  13. I just love the bright colors you get with the Alcohol markers. Fun to see white used for the embossing. I tend to use gold. flowers for coloring.

  14. I love the variety of your cards and the designs. It gives me a good idea of the possibilities with the new set of markers I just ordered. Thank you for sharing your creative talent.

  15. Such pretty cards…thank you so much for sharing! I cannot wait to try these markers! Thanks so much for the opportunity to win a gift card!

  16. Both cards are just beautiful. I just ordered some white embossing powder, and I might just try this technique with the vellum. The peonies are beautiful. I have a volunteer plant that showed up in my iris bed one year, and I have managed to turn it into 3 plants and move the new ones next to my driveway. So lovely to look at in the spring and they smell so nice, too! One of my favorite flowers! Thanks for sharing your tips.

  17. I love your card using the vellum! I will have to try it…thanks for the inspiration and tips. The new marker colors are stunning!

  18. Your cards are wonderful, the vellum is my favorite, looking forward to trying to recreate it this afternoon!! Everything I have seen of the markers so far is terrific, such bright colors.

  19. This is adorable! I had not even seen that stamp set before, and your little bouquet is just perfect.

  20. Your cards are beautifully colored, I really like the red and green on the white, it is so fresh and crisp. Thank you for the tips for coloring on vellum, too.

  21. thanks for the tips on coloring on vellum.
    The blue flowers are beautiful.
    Love the red – so much dimension to the
    flower.
    thanks for sharing.

  22. Love your cards and love your coloring! I cannot wait to get my markers! Maybe I can color as good as you—– not. Oh well, I can hope.

  23. Gorgeous cards and fabulous showcase/review of the new markers! I’m daunted by the price of copics, living where I do in Canada, (which explains why I have but a handful that I don’t use because none blends with another…sighhhh) so these are a marvelous, fresh alternative! Love that they match the inks, which I do have and love! Thank you for the inspiration….
    ~carol

  24. Your cards are absolutely beautiful and the colors are so vibrant. I have a few of the Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers and would love to have more, so thanks for the chance to win. Thanks for sharing your projects.

    Linda D.

  25. Both cards are beautiful! The vellum card looks pretty with the embossed edges. I want to try coloring on vellum as it gives such a pretty effect…

  26. I love it! Examples on different papers and results in both vibrant and muted hues. These markers are turning out to be really versatile. This blog hop has really gotten my creative juices flowing & there’s no way I could have come up with all the ways to use this new product on my own. Thanks for sharing.

  27. Both of your cards are just stunning, amazing coloring. I’m so excited to try the new Altenew markers!

  28. Such beautiful coloring and cards. Thank you for giving tips on using vellum and the new markers.

  29. I loved how the new Altenew markers have a finer bullet nib for detail work on flowers. Like in the center of a flower. Can’t wait to get them!

  30. Two lovely cards, but I especially appreciate your use of the vellum with these markers. The result is exquisite. Thanks for sharing this.

  31. Your first card Pops with color, but I love the vellum one better. I have seen this technique before but never used it. I will be trying it very soon.

  32. Beautiful cards, love the vibrant red peonies and the floral sprig on vellum! Thanks for tips about these new markers, I’m excited to try them!

  33. Your blending is so smooth and perfect. Also thanks for sharing the tips on coloring on vellum. I always wondered why mine always looked messy!

  34. Thanks for the great review of the markers. Since I am new to alcohol markers it was a great help. I love the cards you have created. Especially like the second one with vellum.

  35. Beautiful cards. I especially like the vellum. Thank you for the advice on how to use the markers on vellum!

  36. Beautiful cards! Love them both! Thanks for the great tips on using these fabulous markers on vellum. I love this look!

  37. Oh Svitlana, your cards are so beautiful, especially the first one. A great idea about stamping with their dye inks first and using it to your advantage for no line colouring. Very clever!

  38. Gorgeous coloring and shading on your beautiful cards! Love that these markers coordinate with the inks! Fabulous! Love the look on vellum too!

  39. Both your cards are just so gorgeous.. I absolutely love the blending on your first card the color really pops up so beautifully on the card.Love your card design too

  40. Coloring on Vellum was absolutely beautiful. I’m excited to give it a try……thanks for sharing these cards with us.

  41. Beautiful! Love both cards. Nice to see how well the new Altenew markers look on vellum. Thank you for sharing.

  42. WOW, WOW, WOW ! Svitlana, your two cards are breathtaking ! I really love how you used these new markers which, by the way, seem to be really great ! I’m really thinking on investing in these new markers ! Thanks for sharing and for inspiring.
    And Happy New Year !

  43. Beautiful cards. I really like the colours on the vellum one. I agree with you about the chisel tips on the copic – never use them! The bullet tip is a much better idea

  44. I am wanting to get started with alcohol markers so this is great inspiration. Never thought of coloring on vellum great idea! Thanks

  45. Love your card! The gold at the top and bottom is the perfect finishing (framing) touch. Altenew was very smart to come out with a collection of colors. I’d love the chance to purchase my first alcohol markers 🙂 Thank you for the inspiration!

  46. I love your 2 cards but the red one really pops! It is so bright and I love you’re coloring is really nice. I like the second one but it’s more subdued. I am so totally impressed with all the cards I’ve seen on the hop. When you love to create cards and your passionate about what you do, it shows in your cards. It certainly shows in yours.

    1. I am so excited to be able to win something and I hope that I do. Life has been kind of hard for me being a caregiver to my parents but making cards, stamping and coloring helps a lot.

  47. I love your idea with the velum and the craft cardstock! So unique! And the markers really look pretty on that velum!

  48. Very pretty cards. Your shading on the red card is lovely and I’m a big fan of the stained glass look of the blue on velum card! A wonderful technique. Thanks for sharing.

  49. Stunning cards! Love that you’ve used both the new markers and inks, really shows what a great job Altenew did with matching the colors 🙂 Thank you!

  50. Wow! Beautiful cards! Loved the vellum colored card! Thank you so much for the inspiration and the opportunity to win

  51. Your second card is stunning. Not that the first one isn’t great, just kept going back to the style and colour of the second one:)

  52. Both beautiful cards, yet each unique. Loving the look of these markers…would be lovely to win something 🙂

  53. Beautiful cards! Thank you for all the tips to color successfully on vellum. Definitely want to try these markers

  54. Beautiful cards!! I will have to try colouring on vellum. Thanks for the inside info on doing that successfully.

  55. Beautiful cards. I love blue, so my favorite is the one on vellum. Thanks for the inspiration and the chance to win.

  56. You never disappoint with your coloring…always beautiful and I love how you showcase the new markers … so beautiful!

  57. These are two of the most beautiful cards I have ever seen. I have the Peony Bouquet stamp set and I ca’t wait to try to get a result similar to yours. You noticed that I said “similar”..

  58. Beautiful cards! Good to know that Altenew inks bleed with the markers, but you make a great point of them sort of blending that way. Thanks for the insight!

  59. Cards are lovely, especially the peony one. I like the way you offset the sentiment since it really makes it pop. Wish I thought of it, but I’m willing to learn so thanks for sharing your talent.

  60. Such such beautiful cards! Thanks so much for sharing! Love the choice of stamps, I love florals! Can’t wait to try out these new altenew markers! They look fantastic!

  61. I do not have any markers, but after looking at your card and cards of other designers definitely want to try them 🙂

  62. Wow, your flowers are stunning and I have never thought to try using alcohol inks on vellum. Will definitely give this a go! Thanks so much for sharing your beautiful card!

  63. Gorgeous cards Svetlana! Love the designs and that the markers match the ink line colors, thanks for the inspiration. Have a wonderful day!

  64. Very pretty cards! Love the one with the red flowers the best. Thank you Altenew for coming out with markers that match your inks!!!!!! Can’t wait to get mine.

  65. I’ve never colored on vellum yet, but the way you colored is so beautiful. Thank you for sharing the tips on vellum! I love how these marker colors blend on your cards. I always learn something new each time when I read the blog hops.

  66. Wow both cards are colored very nicely! Those red flowers are very pretty. The blue looks nice too and I like the idea and tip to color on vellum.

  67. Great cards! Beautiful coloring! The colors you chose are so pretty! Love these markers and I can’t wait to get them! This is a great blog hop with so much talent! Thanks for sharing yours!

  68. Beautiful cards Svitlana!! And thanks for your thoughts on these new markers as well!! They do look like they blend beautifully!! And I loved your use of the matching ink pads!! So pretty. Thanks for sharing ?

  69. Beautiful cards. Love the colouring on vellum – I always love the muted result it gives. Need to do this more often!

  70. Your cards are pretty. I like that you showed how the markers work on vellum also. Thanks for sharing!

  71. The no line coloring you did was great. I love the soft look of mixing ink pads with alcohol markers.

  72. So cool! I love them all but I would probably use pool/blue out of Set A. I am new to the technique of using markers so this is exciting. Love the vellum card! Always looking for ways to use this fine paper, beautiful!

  73. So cool! I love them all but I would probably use pool/blue out of Set A. I am new to the technique of using markers so this is exciting. Love the Vellum Card!

  74. Both of the cards you created are so gorgeous in detail and colors. I was glad you showed a card using the vellum too!

  75. I just love this blog hop as the quality of cards is amazing. I love Kraft paper so much and am delighted to see what you did with it. Very very nice. Thanks to Altenew for their generosity with the certificates. We are very much thrilled for the chance to win one!

  76. These markers look every bit as amazing as Copics. I like that the colors match their inks perfectly. Beautiful cards.

  77. Beautiful cards! Thank you for sharing your techniques! Looking forward to trying the new Artists Markers.

  78. Svitlana, your cards are beautiful! I especially love the Peony Scrolls card with the great, vibrant colors. Thanks so much for sharing with us and for participating in this great hop and giveaway.

  79. I’m so glad you shared an example of using these markers on vellum. These markers are really showing their capabilities and comparability to other more expensive alcohol markers. I’m glad you shared that they are refillable and nibs replaceable.

  80. Both of the cards are very nice and yet very different. Thank you for the tutorial. This is a lot of fun doing the blog hop.

  81. Love your cards and that you used Vellum.
    I love Vellum but am not always sure how to use it.
    Thanks!

  82. Beautiful cards! Your coloring is wonderful! Love the mom card! Thanks for the inspiration and for the opportunity to win!I

  83. WOW the coloring on the white card is just beautiful. I never think to use my vellum and it comes out so beautiful….going to look for that now…Thank you

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