Altenew Love and Friendship Stamps, Dies, Stencils and Embossing Folders Collection Release Blog Hop and Giveaway

Hello! I'm thrilled and honoured to be among such wonderfully talented company for the Altenew February release party which is packed full of fabulous products sure to spark your creativity! 

If you are here from Anna Mahtani's blog you're in the right place. If you want to make sure you don't miss any inspiration, click back to the Altenew blog to start at the beginning.

Here's a quick look at all the new products, if you see something you like, pick it up right away as items sell out quickly!

 

Tall Foliage Stamp/Slim Deco Cover Die/Organic Linen 3D Embossing Folder

There are two sizes of dies in the Slim Deco Cover Die set, this card uses the small die which I cut 3 times then placed from top to bottom across an A2 card front embossed with the Organic Linen 3D Embossing Folder. The edges of the die cuts were trimmed along the edge of the card front.

I stamped the images from the Tall Foliage Stamp set in Clear Embossing ink, covered with Platinum Embossing powder and then heat set. The sentiment is heat embossed and layered over metallic thread.

Modern Greetings Stamp Set

This is a large stamp set that can easily take center stage on your card. 

 

This image is stamped multiple times with Vanilla Cream, Aqualicious, Sweet Leaf, Sunkissed and Heartbeat ink.

I've got a short video walking you through the details of creating this card:

For this card I stamped the image multiple times in Heartbeat, Sunkissed, Warm Sunshine, Sweet Leaf, Persian Blue, a combination of Lavender Fields and Desert Night, and Deep Iris. Each image is fussy and then cut apart and pieced back together in rainbow order.

I adhered the pieced image with foam adhesive to a watercolor washed card front which I added a little bit of iridescent paste to with the Calligraphy Maze stencil.

The sentiment is stamped in Obisdian Pigment ink and heat embossed with Crystal Clear Embossing Powder. 

Painted Hummingbirds Stamp and Die Set

Did you know a group of hummingbirds is called a charm? I've stamped a charm of hummingbirds for this card. 

The lighter colored images were created by inking the stamp and then misting with water before stamping on the paper. 

The images are all die cut with the matching die and the black card stock is misted with Iridescent Spray Ink before creating the background of hummingbirds.

I colored a small piece of alcohol marker friendly paper with the following Artist Markers:

-YG05 Summer Afternoon

-R304 Coral Berry

-G715 Forest Glades

-WG03 Evening Gray

and then die cut Thanks with the Bold Thanks Die.

Painted Hummingbirds/Slim Deco Cover Die/Tall Foliage Stamp & Die Set

I die cut the large die in the Slim Deco Cover Die set from kraft card stock three times then stamped the images from the Tall Foliage Stamp set on mixed media card stock with watercolour ink. 

Brush the stamp directly with the watercolor brush marker, spritz with a little water and stamp. 

Jet Black, Emerald, Moss, Rouge, Warm Sunshine and Rubellite watercolor brush markers were used for the Tall Foliage.

Hummingbirds are stamped in Coral Bliss, Sweet Leaf, Just Green, Sunkissed and Evening Gray. Once dry, die cut all with matching dies.

Black splatters are added with the Jet Black Watercolor Brush Marker prior to adhering die cuts.

After adhering all die cuts, I double matted the photo, popped it up with foam tape and created a visual triangle around it with hummingbirds.

Painted Hummingbirds/Slim Deco Cover Die/Tall Foliage Stamp Set & Coloring Stencil

I die cut the large die from the Slim Deco Cover die set in Gold Mirror card stock and framed the watercolored Tall Foliage Stamp Set floral image.

The image has been watercolored by adding a small amount of Warm Sunshine ink through the Tall Foliage Simple Coloring Stencil and blending it out with water. 

The leaves are colored in the same manner with Moss watercolor ink.

Tall Foliage Stamp Set and Simple Coloring Stencil

A super easy way to use this stamp is to create background by stamping the leafy image multiple times in Jet Black dye ink, then coloring the leaves with the Tall Foliage Simple Coloring Stencil in Moss Ink.

I created my own shade of green card stock to die cut Hello by inking a piece of white card stock with Parrot and Olive dye ink. 

The shadow hello layer is cut from black card stock.

That's it for me today but before you go, check out the special offers and prizes below.

Your next stop is Teresea Litchfield and you can find a complete hop list at the end of this post :).

Freebies!

Here are THREE ways to get a FREEBIE to kickstart your creativity! 

• Get a FREE brand new Love & Friendship Stamp & Die Release Inspiration Guide (worth $5.99) with every order of high-value Fresh Start release bundles. Shop HERE! *Exclusions apply.

• Get a FREE brand new Creative Jump Start Class with every order from the new Love & Friendship release collection from 02/03/2021 through 02/9/2021. Shop HERE! 

• Get a FREE brand new Love & Friendship Stamp & Die Release Mini Inspiration Guide with every order from 02/03/2021 through 02/05/2021. Shop HERE

Prizes!

$300 in total prizes!

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 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 02/08/2021 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 12 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 02/11/2021.

Blog Hop Order

Altenew Card Blog

Laura Bassen

Kelly Griglione

Emily Midgett

Tenia Nelson

Virginia Lu

Terri Koszler

Lilith Eeckels

Michelle Short

Laurie Willison

Amanda Baldwin

Svitlana Shayevich

LauraJane

Jaycee Gaspar

Jenny Colacicco

Maryam Perez

Verity Biddlecombe

Vicky Papaioannou

Norine Borys

Christine Pennington

Dana Joy

Nicole Watt

Justine Hovey

Tania Ahmed

Cheryl Espie

Reiko Tsuchida

Preeti Chandran

Amber Rain Davis

Seeka

Kelly Latevola

Anna Mahtani

>>Rosie Neustaedter<< You are here

**Teresa Litchfield**You're next stop

Erum Tasneem

Tina Smith

Yoonsun Hur

Karen Brown

Therese Calvird

Celebrate...Thanks

Hello All! 

Thanks for stopping in to take a look at this Thank You card created using the Altenew/Pinkfresh Studio Collaboration.

These companies are a perfect match for each other to collaborate together. 

I stamped the Celebrate Today floral image with Memento Black ink, filled in all the open spaces with a base of Copic E50. I then coloured in all the florals and leaves with my Prismacolor Colored Pencils.

I die cut the image with the coordinating die and then popped it up with foam tape over a patterned paper from the 6x6 paper pack and a frame from the ephemera pack.

The sentiment is die cut from black card stock with the Altenew Bold Thanks Die set. The set includes a "shadow" die but I've just used the inner die. I also added some Wink of Stella clear glitter to the alphas but you can't see it in the photo.

This is a great stamp set that is easy to colour if you're dipping your toe into colouring stamps.

Thanks for taking a look :)

Happy Crafting!

More!!! Altenew August Inspiration Challenge

Hello!

I have a couple more cards for the Altenew August Inspiration challenge.

I have again used the floating die cut technique but this time I inked white card stock with Pink Diamond, Ruby Red and Grapevine crisp ink.

I cut the leaves using the large leafy stem and small leaf from the Angelique Motifs die set.

I cut the centre portion with a Hero Arts rectangle die and adhered the frame to white card stock with foam adhesive.

The centre portion is also adhered to white card stock with foam tape. Both cards are embellished with Pretty Pink Posh confetti.

It was fun to challenge myself to use just dies for these cards.

Thanks for stopping in!

Color Burst Background

Hello,

Here to share with you a card created using the Ken Oliver Color Burst powders. They are super simple to use and a lot of fun as well.

I sprayed a piece of watercolor paper with water and sprinkled powders from the brights collection, I believe I used the yellow shade and the crimson shade, then sprayed a bit more water and set aside to dry. A little goes a long way so it's best to use sparingly and add more if desired.

I then die cut the paper with a Sizzix-Tim Holtz mixed media thinlet die and voila, an eye catching, easy background. It takes longer for the paper to dry than it does to assemble the card ;). 

The birds are the super cute Tim Holtz Bird Crazy stamps, regular size and mini. Do you need the mini? Nope, but you'll make use of them if you have them, so I tell myself to justify the purchase ;)).

A few flowers, sequins and the sentiment from the regular Bird Crazy stamp set and the card is done.

This card was created a part of Card Tag a challenge over at Scrap Shotz, they will be going up on the blog soon so keep checking in there for card challenges.sc

Thanks for taking a look and have a wonderful day!

A Scrapbook Challenge...

The Creative Team at Scrap Shotz has posted our Summer Challenges , click on the link to see our challenges.

My challenge is to use a quote as the title or to journal your layout and you can find links back to quote websites here .

Here's the layout I created for this challenge:

The cardstock is good old reliable Bazzil; patterned paper is Teresa Collins Sports EditionII-yes I have hoarded this line and bought papers on clearance at my local scrapbook store, it has been my most favorite and used Sports papers-the manila colored paper is actually a 12x12 canvas paper in the line.
Die cuts are Creative Imaginations & Fancy Pants.

Would love to have many play along with our DT challenges, just click on the link above, prizes are available as well!!

Thanks for looking!