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Monday, June 27, 2022

Altenew Educators Clean and Simple Blog Hop + Linky Party Giveaway!

Welcome here from Eva Bussom's blog!

Happy you can join me for some Clean and Simple projects! The hop starts at the Altenew Blog and you can find the complete hop list at the bottom of this post.

First up is this 12 x 12 scrapbook layout:

I covered white cardstock squares with three different colours of Sea Shore Washi Tape. The squares are then embossed with the Checkered Diamonds, Organic Linen and Angled Mosaic 3D Embossing Folders.

The squares are then arranged along the bottom of the 12 x 12 cardstock, photos tucked in slightly and then a border of Golden Trim Washi tape is layered over the seam.

The title is die cut from Gold Foil cardstock with the Fine Alphabet Die. I layered some strips of washi covered paper trimmed from the squares underneath the title. Simple journaling and a scatter of Cool Summer Night enamel dots complete this clean and simple layout.

Altenew has some amazing mini stamps and it's always a treat when they send out a thank you stamp! I used one of these stamps, the Mini Hibiscus Tea for this card.

I coloured the image stamped on white cardstock with Artist Markers and framed is with a frame die cut with the Halftone Squares Dies. This frame was also die cut from cardstock covered with the lightest colour washi tape in the Sea Shore Washi tape set. Sentiment is stamped in Obsidian Pigment Ink with the Best Sentiments stamp set. Enamel Dots from Green Fields Enamel Dots embellish the card.

Giveaway Prizes

$130 in total prizes! Altenew is giving away a $20 gift certificate to 3 lucky winners and a $15 gift certificate to 4 winners! To win, please comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 07/03/2022.

There’s MORE! Join our party! We have included an Inlinkz at the Altenew blog for you to enter your beautiful, Altenew “Clean and Simple” creations.

We will pick one of our favorite handmade creations from those who joined the linky party, and they will receive a $10 Altenew gift certificate!

Altenew will draw 5 random winners from the comments left on each blog hop stop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 07/04/2022.

Your next stop on the hop is Joylita D'Souza!

Blog Hop List

Monday, January 3, 2022

Altenew Educators "New Favorite" Blog Hop and Linky Party + Giveaway

Happy New Year Altenew Friends and welcome to the New Favorite Educator Blog Hop!

I'm thrilled to kick off the New Year with my "New Favorite" which are the Craft Your Life Project Kits!

You should have come from the fabulous Teri Stokes and the hop begins at the Altenew blog.

$130 in Total Prizes!

Altenew is giving away a $20 gift certificate to 3 lucky winners and a $15 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 01/09/2022 for a chance to win.

There’s MORE! What’s a hop without YOU?! We have included an Inlinkz at the Altenew blog for you to enter your gorgeous Altenew “New Favorite” creations. We will pick one of our favorite handmade creations from those who joined the linky party and they will receive a $10 Altenew gift certificate!

Altenew will draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 01/10/2022.

On to the projects!

Craft Your Life Project Kit: Seasonal Blooms

I stamped the large floral image from the Seasonal Blooms kit in Obsidian Pigment Ink on paper from the 6x6 Alluring Blooms Paper Pad and then heat embossed with Crystal Clear Crisp Embossing Powder.

Once cooled, I die cut with the coordinating die from the, lightly inked the white card stock with Caribbean Sky Crisp Dye Ink, added black splatters with a Jet Black Watercolor Brush Marker and then arranged the die cuts to create a frame around the page.

Prior to adding the matted photos I also splattered some white acrylic paint mixed with water on the page.

The gold mirror card stock is die cut with the Creative Edges Scalloped Die Set and adhered along the middle of the layout.

I inked white card stock with Crisp Dye Inks and then die cut the letters with the Fine Alphabet Die Set. "Hi" is die cut with the die from the project kit and is a play on words as "hello" sunset and the abbreviation for Hawaii.

Now stamping and die cutting from patterned paper means there are negative portions of the die cuts remaining that can also be used.

I lined up the paper with the stamp set and stamped the image on the front of an A2 size card and then glued the patterned paper negative around the image.

I added a little bit of shading on this image and die cut thanks from the kit dies, below is a closer look as the shading.

I left the image below white since the paper is vibrant on its own.

Craft Your Life Project Kit: Hello Beautiful

Each Craft Your Life Project Kit comes with a stamp, coordinating die, coloring stencil and 3D Embossing folder.

I stamped the image, added a light layer of blue ink with the base layer of the coloring then stencil, then added detail coloring with the Woodless Coloring Pencils, then die cut with the coordinating die.

You can see the beautiful detail of the 3D embossing folder on the gold foil card stock above. I embossed the gold foil card stock and then adhered the colored, die cut blooms with Instant Dimension Foam Tape over the embossed piece.

The final step was to heat emboss the sentiment on black card stock by stamping with Clear Embossing Ink and heat setting Pure White Crisp Embossing Powder.

Craft Your Life Project Kit: Elegant Motifs

You can see already how versatile these kits are and this next one is no exception! The Elegant Motifs kit includes a 3D embossing folder just perfect for slimline cards!

I embossed watercolor paper with the 3D embossing folder and then colored the embossed areas with Altenew Watercolor Brush Markers.

Once dry, I added splatters with the Jet Black Watercolor Brush Marker, matted on Gold Foil Cardstock and added a sentiment cut from gold foil cardstock with the Slim Sentiments Die.

I've embossed kraft cardstock with the 3D Embossing Folder and then applied ink with the coloring stencils and a Small Ink Blending Tool. After inking, I sanded the high points with a sanding block to create those "highlighted" areas on the blooms.

The sentiment is cut from black cardstock with the Mighty Alphabet Die set and a few clear drops from my stash finish the card off.

These kits are my "New Favorite" because of their versatility to be used on many types of different projects and I am so looking forward to taking time in the New Year to put them to good use!

Don't forget to leave a comment here for your chance to win a prize and link up your "New Favorite" on the Altenew Card Blog!

Thanks for stopping in and leaving a comment!

Your next stop on the hop is Irina Fontina and below is the complete hop list.

Rosie Neustaedter >>>>You are here

Irina Fonina >>>>You're next stop

Monday, June 21, 2021

Fun Times at An Altenew Virtual Workshop

Hello Crafty Friends,

I recently attended my fellow Altenew Certifed Educator Penny's workshop and it was lots of fun and informative! I never realize it's possible to colour white glitter card stock with alcohol ink, although I chose to die cut my pieces from pre-coloured glitter card stock.

We made three cards with the Hibiscus Garden 3D Die Set and Penny walked us through putting this these layered die cuts together and shared a few tips and tricks along the way.

Here's a closer look at the first card:

I just love all the gold on this card, the gold mirror card stock adds such great shine. I used the sentiment from the Wildflower Garden stamp set and stamped it in Enchanted Gold pigment ink.

This next card is a shaker card, the shaker window is created with the base die cut.

What I really like about this card is that it uses just a few of the die cut layers from the large bloom to add detail to the shaker winder. This was very easy to make.

This is my favourite of the three cards. The sparkle from the glitter paper is so gorgeous in real life. I used glitter papers from Memory Box but Penny showed us how to create custom coloured glitter card stock with white glitter card stock and alcohol inks.

I added a few more flowers than Penny's sample card but I love how this turned out!

I had so much fun putting together these. layered hibiscus flowers I cut a few extra and created a fourth card.

I added some black splatters with Jet Black Watercolor brushmarker and also stamped the sentiment in Enchanted Gold pigment ink.

I so enjoyed this workshop with Penny and look forward to future ones from her.

Thanks for taking a look!

Saturday, June 12, 2021

Altenew Educators Supporting Educators

Hello!

Thank you for joining the Altenew Educators as they share their support for all educators.

I'm sharing some details on the cards I created for this Instagram hop. If you'd like to be eligible for the prizes, please visit my Instagram @rosieneust for all the details and to leave a comment there, yes you can comment from your computer if you haven't already :).

This post contains affiliate links, shopping through these are at no extra cost to you and helps support this blog to offer inspiration to you :). I appreciate and thank you for your support!

I've had the Teacher's Rule stamp and die set in my stash for a long time but haven't used it in quite awhile so this was the perfect opportunity to do so.

While looking at it, I was thinking the simple image would work well with a "pop art" style and here's an example of what that is :)

and here are my cards:

I pulled out some bright coloured card stock fro my stash and then chose the following Altenew Crisp Dye Inks to stamp the apples, from left to right:

- Sweet Leaf, Hunter Green

- Heartbeat, Vineyard Berry

-Eastern Sky, Azurite

-Pinkalicious, Razzleberry

-Sunkissed, Autumn Blaze

I die cut 5 squares with one of the dies from the Halftone Squares Die Set and then embossed with the following 3D embossing folders:

- Organic Linen

- Angled Mosaic

- Mod Squares

I edged the sides of the embossed squares and the die cut apples with the brush marker from the Fineliner Pen Set.

This was an easy design to duplicate, I stamped the sentiment in the same place on each colour of card stock with my stamp positioning tool.

I adhered the apples with dimensional (foam) adhesive.

These cards came together very quickly once I had worked out the initial design. I've always appreciated my kids teachers but after online schooling my 13 year old I have an overwhelming appreciation for all that teachers do :).

Thanks for stopping in!

Monday, March 29, 2021

Altenew Educators: Favorite Old/New Altenew Stamp Blog Hop and Linky Party + Giveaway

Hello and welcome to the Altenew Educator Certification Program Blog Hop!

I and my fellow Educators are so excited to share our favorite Altenew stamps with you.

Your previous stop was Katrina Howe so you are in the right place if you're hopping along in order.

You can return to the Altenew Card Blog at any time to make sure you leave a comment on each blog for a chance to win a prize!

This post contains affiliate links, shopping through these are at no extra cost to you and helps support this blog to offer inspiration to you :). I appreciate and thank you for your support!

My "Old Favorite" is not a stamp set it's the Watercolor Bouquet stencil which was one of the first two Altenew stencils I purchased, Cube Builder was the first :).

I created a matchbook notepad, inking the cover, white card stock cut 3" wide by with the Watercolor Bouquet stencil in Wisteria and Hydrangea ink.

Here's a look at the full cover, the sentiment is from the Beautiful Quotes set and heat embossed in Rose Gold embossing powder.

I used my sewing machine to perforate the paper 1/2" from the edge. This will enable the user to tear off the sheet as they use the notepad.

After scoring the card stock cover, I stapled the sheets within the cover and added Golden Washi tape to cover up the staples.

The height of this stencil makes it perfect for a slimline card. After inking this with Teal Cave and Galactic Stream ink, I stamped over the inking with the Dainty Swiss Dots stamp and Clear Embossing ink.

I placed the card stock in my Misti, stamping the top half of the paper, coating with Rose Gold embossing powder and heat setting. I then stamped the remainder of the card stock and heat embossed. The pattern doesn't line up exactly but we'll cover that up with the sentiment strip.

I heat embossed the sentiment from the Sentiment Strips 2 set in Rose Gold embossing powder too.

It's super fun to use an old favourite in a new way. I created a background with my Gel Press and Baby Pink, Limeade and Iceberg ink.

I started by inking the centre of the flower with Mango Smoothie ink, then the first layer with Pink Pearl and Coral Bliss ink.

The first layer of the stem and leaves are inked with Sweet Leaf.

Then I inked the second layer of florals with with Heartbeat and a little Vineyard Berry; the second layer of the leaves is inked with Just Green.

After thoroughly cleaning the stencil I replaced the base layer over the image, covered the area with Clear embossing ink, removed the stencil and coated with Translucent Embossing powder. You just see the hint of glitter. I then added a little shading with Evening Gray Ink.

Sentiment from the Beautiful Day stamp set is stamped with Black Obsidian Pigment ink, coated with Crystal Clear embossing powder and heat set.

A few Iridescent Gems from my stash finish it off.

I have always wanted to try watercoloring with this stencil so this was the perfect opportunity to do so!

I sprayed the stencil with Pixie Spray, a reposition-able a spray adhesive and applied the stencil to Altenew A2 watercolor paper.

I added Ultramarine and Ultraviolet Watercolor Brush Marker ink to the center of the blooms and then a little water to move the color towards the edges, dabbing off a bit with paper towel.

The leaves are colored with Just Green Watercolor Brush Marker ink.

If you want to dry with a heat tool make sure you remove your stencil so you don't melt it.

Once the first layer is dry, replace the detail portion of the stencil over the base image. I added Ultramarine ink on the blooms in the same manner as the base layer. Sea Forest ink is the leaf detail layer.

Once the ink was dry I replaced the base layer of the stencil and added Iridescent Shimmer Ink, let dry and replace the detail layer to add pen details with the .01 Fine Liner Pen.

Mango Smoothie ink is applied through the Scallop Builder stencil around the image with the Small Ink Blending tool. Some black splatters with the Jet Black Watercolor brush marker, a Rose Gold embossing powder heat embossed sentiment from the Wild Hibiscus set and a few Iridescent gems complete the card.

On to my new favorite and it's the Build-A-Flower: Bellaroma Hybrid Tea Rose.

I've been wanting to try the Split Card Technique after watching a Jennifer McGuire video and it is so easy and fun!

First I created a mask for my images stamping on Altenew Masking Paper and fussy cut it.

Then I marked the center line of a 5 1/4" by 8" long piece of white card stock lightly in pencil.

First, stamp the outline of the bloom in Jet Black in beginning with the middle image approximately halfway down the card stock straddling the pencil line as evenly as possible. Apply mask then stamp top and bottom outline images and stamp leaf outlines as well.

I stamped all the colored layers with a single ink color, creating varied shades through multiple stamping.

Stamp the base layer in Pink Pearl two times and base color of leaves in Minty Mint.

Stamp second layer (this is the outer ledge of the petals) 4x in Pink Pearl, I also added a layer of Clear Embossing Ink, coated with Translucent Embossing powder and melted with a heat tool. The center layer is stamped three times with Pink Pearl ink. The detail layer of the leaves is stamped 4 times in Minty Mint.

Once the stamping was completed, I cut the panel in half creating two 5 1/4" x 4" panels.

I add black splatters by smooshing Jet Black ink on a craft sheet, spritzing with water and then picking up with a paint brush and tapping brush to create drops.

I've die cut the sentiment with the Simply Thank You die out of gold mirror card stock.

For the second card, I oriented it horizontally with the flowers along the bottom, adding ink splatters in the same manner as the first card.

I chose the Framed Thanks die for the sentiment and also cut it out of gold mirror card stock.

I'll let you in on a little secret, I'm planning a workshop with this technique so details on that will be coming very soon!

Prizes:

Altenew is giving away a $20 gift certificate to 5 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog by 4/4/2021 for a chance to win.

We’ll also draw a winner to receive a $15 Altenew 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 Winners Page on 4/6/2021.

There’s MORE! What’s a hop without YOU?! We have included an Inlinkz at the Altenew blog for you to enter your gorgeous Altenew “Old/New Favorite Altenew Stamp” creations. We will pick 2 of our favorite handmade creations from those who joined the linky party and they will each receive a $15 Altenew gift certificate!

Your next stop on the hop is Terri Marie Koszler.

Blog Hop List

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