Altenew September 2024 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello everyone and welcome to the Altenew September 2024 Release Blog Hop! If you came here from Altenew Blog then you are on the right track. Otherwise, go back and start from there, as you won't want to miss anything!

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $100 gift certificate to 1 lucky winner and a $50 gift certificate to 4 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by September 5th for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 5 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on September 7th, 2024. 

*The winner of the $100 gift certificate will be chosen from comments left on the Altenew blog.

For today’s blog hop I created CAS card using the newly released Stencil Art: Painted Geraniums Layering Stencil Set (6 in 1). 

The 4.5" x 8" Stencil Art: Painted Geraniums Layering Stencil Set features six stencils capturing a vibrant branch of painted geraniums. I used here pink shades from Cherry Blossom Fresh Dye Ink Bundle, green colours from Tropical Forest Fresh Dye Ink Bundle and yellow inks from Golden Sunset Fresh Dye Ink. To finish my card off I used a seniment from Pocket Sentiments Complete Bundle.

That’s it for me and your next stop is Jaycee Gaspar. 

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Aga

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Altenew August 2024 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello everyone and welcome to the Altenew August 2024 Release Blog Hop! If you came here from Therese Calvird blog then you are on the right track. Otherwise, go back to the Altenew Blog and start from there, as you won't want to miss anything!

 
To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $100 gift certificate to 1 lucky winner and a $50 gift certificate to 4 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by August 15th for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 5 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on August 17th , 2024.

*The winner of the $100 gift certificate will be chosen from comments left on the Altenew blog.

For today’s blog hop I created two cards using the newly released products. For the first card I used Craft Your Life Project Kit: Chocolate Flowers. This set features two elegant and subtle pattern blocks that are great for creating beautiful backgrounds and adding a hint of texture. I started by stamping my background stamp twice with Starlight Fresh Dye Ink onto white cardstock.

 

Next, I used a coordinating Chocolate Flowers Die Set. It includes a Zero-Waste die that will give you a plethora of flowers and leaves. I die cut it out of white cardstock and mixed and matched my layers to create beautiful flowers.



I used Pink Diamond and Pinkalicious from Cherry Blossom Fresh Dye Ink Bundle, green shades from Tropical Forest Fresh Dye Ink Set along with Misty Morning and Cloudy Sky from Tranquility Crisp Dye Ink Set to add colour to all the elements and put them together to create a lovely floral arrangement. My last step was to add a sentiment from the set.

For my second card I used the Build-A-Garden: Lovely Rose Peony. I stamped it twice with black ink and used the Build-A-Garden: Lovely Rose Peony Layering Stencil Set to easily colour the flowers.



I decided to keep the design monochromatic and I used green shades from Tropical Forest Fresh Dye Ink to colour flowers and leaves. I added only a little touch of orange with Snapdragon ink from Golden Sunset Fresh Dye Ink Set.



To finish it off I added two sentiments stamped with black.



That’s it for me and your next stop is Svitlana Shayevich.
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Aga

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Altenew July 2024 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello everyone and welcome to the Altenew July 2024 Release Blog Hop! If you came here from Michelle Short’s blog then you are on the right track. Otherwise, go back to the Altenew Blog and start from there, as you won't want to miss anything! 

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $100 gift certificate to 1 lucky winner and a $50 gift certificate to 4 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by July 16, 2024 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 5 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on July 18, 2024. 

*The winner of the $100 gift certificate will be chosen from comments left on the Altenew blog.


For today’s blog hop I created two CAS cards using the newly released products. For the first card I used Blossoming Bouquet Complete Bundle. I started by using the Blossoming Bouquet letterpress plate with hot foil technique and combined it with Hot Foil Roll - Ivory Black (Mirror).

Next I used the coordinating stencil set to add colour to the beautifully detailed blooms. I used orange shades from Golden Sunset Fresh Dye Ink Set and green shades from Jade Dreams Fresh Dye Ink Set.



I die cut it with Blossoming Bouquet Die Set and combined with Hello sentiment from the set.

For my second card I used the Craft Your Life Project Kit: Tangerine Grove. I stamped a stunning branch of tangerines and orange blossoms with black ink onto white cardstock and used the same colour combo as for the previous design.


 

I again used green shades from Jade Dreams Fresh Dye Ink Set and orange colours from Golden Sunset Fresh Dye Ink Set and combined it with brown inks from Coffee Break Fresh Dye Ink Set and Warm Sunshine Fresh Dye Ink. 

To finish it off I cut it out using the coordinating Tangerine Grove Die Set and combined it with a Thank You sentiment. 

That’s it for me and your next stop is Therese Calvird.
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Thank you for stopping by today, enjoy the rest of the hop! 

Aga

Altenew x Sarah Simon Collaboration Release 2024 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello everyone and welcome to the Altenew and Sarah Simon Collaboration Release Blog Hop! If you came here from Michelle Short's blog then you are on the right track. Otherwise, go back to the Altenew Blog and start from there, as you won't want to miss anything!

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $100 gift certificate to 1 lucky winner and a $50 gift certificate to 4 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by June 27, 2024 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 5 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on June 29, 2024. 

*The winner of the $100 gift certificate will be chosen from comments left on the Altenew blog.


For today’s blog hop I created CAS floral card using a beautiful Peony and Lilac Swag Bundle. This fabulous stamp set, designed by the amazing Mint Gardener, features a gorgeous arrangement of beautiful peonies and lilacs. 

 


I stamped my images with black and used the coordinating The Peony & Lilac Swag Simple Coloring Stencil Set (4 in 1) to add colour to it. I used here pink shades from Rose Petal Fresh Dye Ink Set, purple colours from Enchanted Garden Fresh Dye Ink Set and greens from Jade Dreams Fresh Dye Ink Set. 

 


My next step was to die cut it with The Peony & Lilac Swag Die Set. To finish my card off, I added some green ink splatters and a sentiment.

That’s it for me and your next stop is Therese Calvird.
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Thank you for stopping by today!

Aga

Altenew June 2024 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello everyone and welcome to the Altenew June 2024 Release Blog Hop! If you came here from Therese Calvird’s blog then you are on the right track. Otherwise, go back to the Altenew Blog and start from there, as you won't want to miss anything!

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $100 gift certificate to 1 lucky winner and a $50 gift certificate to 4 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by June 12, 2024 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 5 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on June 14, 2024.

*The winner of the $100 gift certificate will be chosen from comments left on the Altenew blog.


For today’s blog hop I created two simple cards using the newly released products. For the first card I used Blossoming Apple Complete Bundle. I started by using the letterpress plate with hot foil technique and combined it with new Hot Foil Roll - Ivory Black (Mirror).

Next I used the coordinating stencil set to add colour to the blossoming apple branch & charming apple blossom flowers. I used pink shades from Blushberry Bliss Fresh Dye Ink Set, green shades from Jade Dreams Fresh Dye Ink Set and Peachy Glow from Sun-Kissed Delights Fresh Dye Ink Set.



I die cut it with Blossoming Apple Die and combined with Dotted Scales Debossing Cover Die. My last step was to add the sentiments from the set.



For my second I used Build-A-Garden: Branching Roses Set. I used black ink and stamped the large rose arrangement twice to create a beautiful background.

I again used the new ink colours from Blushberry Bliss Fresh Dye Ink Set,  Jade Dreams Fresh Dye Ink Set and Sun-Kissed Delights Fresh Dye Ink Set, coordinating stencil set and applied ink using a Mini Blending Brushes. 

To finish it off I simply added a sentiment from the set. 

That’s it for me and your next stop is Bibi Cameron. 

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Thank you for stopping by today!

Aga

Altenew May 2024 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello everyone and welcome to the Altenew May 2024 Release Blog Hop! If you came here from Therese Calvird’s blog then you are on the right track. Otherwise, go back to the Altenew Blog and start from there, as you won't want to miss anything!

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $100 gift certificate to 1 lucky winner and a $50 gift certificate to 4 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 05/14/2024 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 5 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 05/16/2024. 

*The winner of the $100 gift certificate will be chosen from comments left on the Altenew blog.

For today’s blog hop I created a CAS floral card using the newly released Stencil Art: Charming Delight & Add-on Die Bundle. Featuring two larger flowers, two delicate floral sprigs, and an abundance of leaves, this design may look tricky to create, but it truly is a breeze - each layer is marked with etchings for alignment.



I started by stencilling the sweet bouquet of blooms from Stencil Art: Charming Delight Layering Stencil Set (6 in 1) using pink shades from Rose Petal Fresh Dye Ink Bundle, green inks from Green Valley Fresh Dye Ink Bundle, Wisteria and Sunray Fresh Dye Inks with Mini Blending Brush Brushes (Flat Bristles) onto white cardstock.



Next, I used Stencil Art: Charming Delight Add-on Die Set to cut it out. I added some black ink splatters to my card base and placed the floral element. My last step was to add a sentiment. The “hugs” sentiment is a part of Stencil Art: Charming Delight Layering Stencil Set (6 in 1), I used black ink and the coordinating die to create it.




That’s it for me and your next stop is Emily Midgett. 

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Aga

Altenew April 2024 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello everyone and welcome to the Altenew April 2024 Release Blog Hop! If you came here from Kelly Girglione’s blog then you are on the right track. Otherwise, go back to the Altenew Blog and start from there, as you won't want to miss anything!

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $100 gift certificate to 1 lucky winner and a $50 gift certificate to 4 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 04/17/2024 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 5 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 04/19/2024.

*The winner of the $100 gift certificate will be chosen from comments left on the Altenew blog.


For today’s blog hop I played with some newly released products to create beautiful paper anemones.

I die cut some flowers and leaves from Craft-A-Flower: Anemone Blue Poppy Layering Die Set out of white cardstock and used Enchanted Garden and Green Valley Fresh Dye Ink Bundles to colour all the elements. I inked my die cuts using Mini Blending Brush Set and Micro Blending Brush set, no.7 brush is perfect for smaller parts and tiny elements.

Here’s what the ready flowers look like after all elements have been put together. 

They can be used in so many ways, alone or combined with other elements to enhance any card or project. 

I quickly made a card using Petal Harmony Hot Foil Plate and Hot Foil Roll - Gold (Mirror) for the background of my anemone. The sentiment is from Thinking of You Stamp Set.

That’s it for me and your next stop is Emily Midgett.
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Thank you for stopping by today!

Aga