Altenew Craft Your Life Project Kit: Hello Beautiful Release Blog Hop + Giveaway ($300 in total prizes)

Hello Beautiful, the newest Altenew Craft Your Life Kit!

If you've arrived from Joy Baldwin's blog you are in the right place. Your next stop on the hop is one of the amazing new Altenew Design Team members Jenny Colacicco! The hop starts over on the Altenew Card Blog which is also where you'll find the complete hop order.

Before we get to the projects, here's a look at everything that comes in this kit:

Projects

I have been wanting to create an Inside Tunnel Card for quite some time since I first watched a tutorial by Jennifer McGuire and I took the plunge with this kit. 

You can see the layers built up starting with embossing the bottom layer with the Hello Beautiful 3D Embossing Folder which I've applied Clear Embossing Ink to the high points and heat embossed with Rose Gold Embossing Powder.

I really like the color combination of the Hydrangea and Andromeda ink with the Sea Forest from the Marshland set.

Supplies:

- Craft Your Life Kit: Hello Beautiful

- Hydrangea Crisp Dye Ink

- Andromeda Crisp Dye Ink

- Clear Embossing Ink

- Rose Gold Embossing Powder

All the products in this kit can help you put a layout together quickly if you challenge yourself to use everything in it :).

The blooms are fussy cut from card stock embossed with the 3D folder that has been inked prior to embossing.

The coloring stencils make it so easy to add color to the images without any fuss.

Supplies:

-Craft Your Life Project Kit: Hello Beautiful

-Frosty Pink Mixed Media Ink

-Coral Berry Mixed Media Ink

-Gray Denim Crisp Dye Ink

-Grass Field, Shadow Creek, Mountain Pine Crisp Dye Ink

-Mango Smoothie, Warm Sunshine Crisp Dye Ink

-Gold Foil Cardstock

-Instant Foam Dimension Tape

-Fine Alphabet Die

Subscription

Giveaways

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $ 25 gift certificate to 8 winners!

Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 09/18/2021 for a chance to win.

Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 09/20/2021.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your next stop on the hop, Jenny Colacicco!

Altenew Craft Your Life Holiday Extravaganza!

 Hello Crafty Friends!

I'm so thrilled to share that I will be presenting/teaching at the Altenew Craft Your Life Holiday Extravaganza Event!

You'll craft virtually with SIX Altenew Educators during live classes covering Holiday Themed projects and have access to BONUS video content!

Check out the promo video below!

Click HERE to sign up!

Altenew Thanks & Blessings Release Video Hop + Giveaway!

 Hello!

Thrilled to join the Altenew video hop for the Thanks & Blessings Release! 

You can see the entire release HERE.

I'm showcasing these fabulous new tools from Altenew, a palette knife set and you'll see how I used it to create the abstract background for this card.

Make sure to leave a comment on the VIDEO for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to Altenew.

Join the Altenew Video Hop and Use the NEW Palette Knife set in a New Way!

Altenew Craft-A-Flower: Dendrobium Orchid Release Blog Hop + Giveaway ($200 in total prizes)

 

Say hello to Craft-A-Flower: Dendrobium Orchid! 

Altenew is celebrating this new release with a blog hop! 

You should have arrived from Anna Mahtani and your next stop is  Daniel Diaz.

The floral petals are die cut from white card stock with shading added with an Altenew Detail Ink Blending Tool and Morning Frost ink. 

The center layers are inked with Buttercream and Frayed Leaf. 

Supplies

-Slim Nesting Rectangles

-Slim Deco Cover Die Set

-Gold Foil Paper

-Antique Gold Sequins

-Green Fields Enamel Dots

-CAF-Dendrobium Layering Die Set

-Morning Frost Crisp Dye Ink

-Buttercream Crisp Dye Ink

-Frayed Leaf Crisp Dye Ink

The easiest way to make the most of your Craft-A-Flower dies is to follow the example on the packaging which I've done for the most part on this arrangement.

The die cuts are layered over a Gold Mirror cardstock diamond cut with the GeoFrames Diamond die and adhered over a card front embossed with the Dotted Swirls Debossing Cover Die.

A few splatters made with the Jet Black Watercolor Brush Marker and the Fancy Hello die cut coated with a clear glitter pen complete the card.

Supplies

-CAF:Dendrobium Orchid

-Red Sunset Gradient Cardstock Set

-Geo Frames Stamp and Die Bundle

-Gold Mirror Cardstock

-Fancy Hello Die

-Dotted Swirls Debossing Cover Die

-Winter Wonderland Watercolor Brush Marker Set (Jet Black)

Monthly Subscription

• This is a monthly subscription plan for our Craft-A-Flower die set. When signed up, you are guaranteed a spot in our monthly Craft-A-Flower releases and will receive a set each month - at a specially discounted price! ($35.99 →$29.99)

Giveaway

$200 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 5 winners!

Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 09/13/2021 for a chance to win.

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 09/15/20

Blog Hop

Your next stop on the hop is the talented Daniel Diaz!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps September Skrappy Challenge!

   Good morning krafty friends!

It's September and that means it's time for a brand new
SKRAPPY CHALLENGE

with Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

 The theme of course is ANYTHING BUT A CARD!

Someone always seems to be looking for something to use for a bookmark so rather than an old receipt, I made this bookmark!

Does it look a bit familiar? 

I've used the same stamp set, combination of papers and inks I used for Challenge #597-Use Brown.

When you have all the products out, why not create multiple projects for efficiency!

I've used the following Kraftin' Kimmie products:

-Lookin' Sharp

-Woodgrain Stencil

-Wonderful Waves Stencil

-Marvellous Mocha Ink

For this challenge you can make anything that strikes your fancy....except a card!
So design a new scrapbook page, bookmark, tag, altered item, planner page, art journal, ATC cards...whatever you like!

Just make sure to include some Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps products and make sure it's a new creation!  As soon as we have at least five people playing along, we'll be giving away a $10 gift voucher to the krafty shop as the monthly prize!  

You have until Monday, October 4th to enter, and you can submit as many new creations as you like for more chances to WIN!  Also be sure to share your designs on the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps' Krafty Friends facebook page because we love to see your stuff!

Check out some more inspiration from the Krafty Team below and be inspired to get krafty!!  

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge #597: Use Brown

 

  Good morning and welcome to another

fabulous and fun Saturday Challenge

at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps !

Are you ready for another fun and krafty challenge to inspire you and help get your creative juices flowing?

We've got some fabulous ideas for you 

and can't wait to see what you create!

This week, Krafty Girl Delphine is your hostess and her challenge theme for you is: 

USE BROWN

(a little or a lot!)

Brown is such an easy colour to use and I combined it with the Woodgrain Stencil, inking a piece of kraft coloured card stock.

The Lookin' Sharp set has images super easy to pair with brown and you can see I added some shine with Gold Mirror card stock from Altenew.

Yes when it's called "mirror" they mean it! Hard to photograph projects using Mirror Card stock, you can see my reflection here, lol. I heat embossed the sentiment with Reflections Gold Embossing Powder (Michaels brand).

Each and every Saturday we post a brand new challenge for the week and you are welcome to enter as many times as you like.

These must be new creations and you are welcome to use any stamp, however, using Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp products will earn you double entries!

The monthly prize is a $25 voucher to the Krafty shop!!!

Woohoo!  There are two ways to enter: you can link up your creation on the  Kraftin’ Kimmie blog page and if using KKS products,

you can upload your photo to the album in our 

Krafty Friends FB group.

Also, if you need a little extra inspiration or a jump start to your mojo, we have a new sketch each month!

Feel free to use it any time!

And don't forget about this weekend's Frugal Friday Specials!! 

We've got a selection of gorgeous stamp sets on SALE 40% OFF this weekend while supplies last!!  

Be sure to check out all the fun projects the Design Team has come up with in the links below! Happy kraftin'!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Altenew Thanks and Blessings Stamps/Dies/Stencils/Embossing Folders Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway ($300 in total prizes)

 

Hello Friends!

Thanks for joining me from Sandhya Iyer's blog, it's my pleasure to be a part of the Altenew September release. The blog hop starts at the Altenew Card Blog with the lovely Lydia.

This is a massive release with all sorts of amazing new products, you can view them all HERE.

Projects

I LOVE Christmas products and was thrilled to play with the new Dry Brush Poinsettia Layering stamp and die.

After creating an ombre wash with Emerald Watercolor Brushmarker on Watercolor Paper Pad, I die cut the diamond with the Geo Frame die, then embossed with the Geo Diamonds 3D Embossing Folder. Bloom is stamped in Frosty Pink and Ruby Red ink with the final layer stamped in Clear Embossing Ink and heat embossed with Platinum Embossing Powder.

The thin diamond frame is cut from Gold Mirror cardstock with the Fine Frames Diamond Die.

I've used the off cuts from the previous card and then layered a poinsettia stamped with Blush and Crimson ink and also heat embossed with Platinum Embossing powder.

The leaf "borders" are stamped with Clear Embossing Ink and heat embossed with Rose Gold Embossing powder and are from the Greatest Blessings stamp set, sentiment is from the same set.

The Greatest Blessings Stamp set has a bunch of great sentiments!

The main image is stamped with Clear Embossing Ink, heat embossed with Rose Gold Embossing Powder and die cut with the coordinating die. 

I've then glued it to the center of a white cardstock panel die cut with the Nesting Slim Rectangles die and adhered to a slimline card base after heat embossing the sentiments above and below the rectangle.

It's been a quite a long time since I added to my art journal and this release was a great opportunity to do so!

After embossing a watercolor paper circle with the Blossoming Branches 3D Embossing Folder, I colored it with the Watercolor Essential Set, then outlined the edge with the Altenew Fine Liner .01 pen. 

To create the woodgrain look I dragged the Permanent Black Crisp Ink cube down white card stock. 

With the new Mixed Media Palette Knives, I combined Embossing Paste and Ruby Red spray ink and applied to the inked cardstock.

 I then pressed a piece of cardstock embossed with the Geo Diamonds 3D embossing folder into the paste.

I "extended" the branches with leaves stamped and die cut with the Greatest Blessings stamp and die and then colored with the same watercolor ink.

I inked the page base with Caribbean Sky Crisp Dye Ink applying the ink directly from the ink pad to the paper, then layered all the elements over top.

Circle, and stamped images are adhered with Instant Dimension Foam Tape and outlined with the .01 and .02 Fine Liner Pens.

Are you a fan of builder stencils? If you answered yes then you have to pick up the Block Builder Stencil Set!

You can easily change the look of your project by rotating and/or flipping the stencils when inking to create unique patterns. I've used the Northern Shore Crisp Dye Ink family to ink the background and stamp the bloom. I've then mixed Embossing Paste and Desert Night watercolor ink from the watercolor brush marker and spread through the Leaf Burst Stencil with the Mixed Media Palette knife.

I used Clear Embossing Ink and Platinum Embossing Powder on the detail layer of the poinsettia and for the sentiment. Both are adhered to the card front with Instant Dimension Foam Tape.

For my final project I wanted to create a holiday card with non-traditional holiday colors so I created an ombre "watercolor" dye ink background with the Nature's Wonders ink set and stamped the poinsettia with the Martian Terrain ink set.

I also applied Iridescent Spray Ink through the Warp Speed Stencil for a hint of shine, matted the panel on black cardstock then the colored cardstock prior to adhering to an A2 card base. A few Antique Gold Sequins finish it off!

Giveaway

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $25 gift certificate to 8 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 09/09/2021 for a chance to win. 

Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 09/11/2021.

Free Gift

Just two more stops left on the hop, next up is Keeway Tsao.

Altenew Build-A-Flower: Wild Rose Release Blog Hop + Giveaway ($200 in total prizes)

 

Hi Crafty Friends and welcome to the latest Build-A-Flower release...WILD ROSE!

You should be here from Preeti Chandran's blog. 

I'm thrilled to take part in the hop which begins at the Altenew Card Blog.

If you're a lover of wild roses, this set will hit the mark! This stamp set features a beautiful wild rose with cupped semidouble flowers. The flower image includes an outline layer and three coloring layers for the petals and the stamens. There is also has a branch bearing five leaves with an outline layer and three coloring layers. Eight uplifting sentiments and a couple of mini flower clusters finish off the set.

Projects

The Wild Rose is our provincial flower here in Alberta, Canada and our license plates say "Wild Rose Country" so this stamp set provides the perfect accents for this layout!

The small clusters are stamped on the base in Gray Denim Crisp Dye ink, I also added Sea Breeze Crisp Dye ink through the Feeling Dotty stencil.

One set of blooms are stamped in Baby Pink, Fuschia and Magenta Crisp Dye inks, while the other set is stamped in Pink Diamond, Baby Pink and Pinkalicious. I used Buttercream, Warm Sunshine and Snapdragon for the centers and Firefly, Grass Field and Mountain Pine for the leaves.

The title is die cut with the Fine Alphabet Die set out of paper from the Essential Black and White paper pack. I cut 1/4" strips from Gold Foil cardstock and adhered a couple of the roses with Instant Dimension Foam tape and finished it off with Cherry Blossom Enamel dots.

These are blooms I stamped for the layout but didn't use, layering them over a watercolored background. To create the background I masked a watercolor piece with masking tape and then applied watercolor ink.

The gold accents are Gold Foil cardstock strips and Antique Gold sequins.

Red Sunset Gradient Cardstock is cut into strips, adhered to white cardstock, overhaning edges trimmed and then the entire piece treated with an anti-static powder tool.  The outline image is stamped in Clear Embossing Ink and then heat embossed with Rose Gold Embossing powder.

 The embossed piece is backed with craft foam, layered over white cardstock cut with the Nesting Slim Rectangles die set and thanks is the Bold Thanks Die.

Giveaway Prizes

$200 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 5 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 09/07/2021 for a chance to win. 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 09/09/2021.

Thanks for stopping in and leaving a comment, they are greatly appreciated!

Your final stop on the hop is ISHANI 

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Saturday Challenge #595 Use A Stencil

 Good morning and welcome to another

fabulous and fun Saturday Challenge

at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps !

Are you ready for another fun and krafty challenge to inspire you and help get your creative juices flowing?

We've got some fabulous ideas for you 

and can't wait to see what you create!

This week, Krafty Girl Keri P. is your hostess and her challenge theme for you is: 

USE A STENCIL!

Each and every Saturday we post a brand new challenge for the week and you are welcome to enter as many times as you like.

I taped off a rectangle with Post It tape over the Wonderful Waves stencil and then randomly inked with Yummy Yellow and Pumpkin Patch. I then shifted the stencil slightly and inked with the same inks. 

Fall Breeze leaves are stamped on coloured cardstock in embossing ink, heat embossed with Gold embossing powder, fussy cut and adhered to the inked card front with foam adhesive.

These must be new creations and you are welcome to use any stamp, however, using Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp products will earn you double entries!

The monthly prize is a $25 voucher to the Krafty shop!!!

Woohoo!  There are two ways to enter: you can link up your creation on the  Kraftin’ Kimmie blog page and, if using KKS products,

you can upload your photo to the album in our 

Krafty Friends FB group.

Also, if you need a little extra inspiration or a jump start to your mojo, we have a new sketch each month!

Feel free to use it any time!

And don't forget about this weekend's Frugal Friday Specials!! 

We've got a selection of gorgeous stamp sets on SALE 40% OFF this weekend while supplies last!!  

Be sure to check out all the fun projects the Design Team has come up with in the links below! Happy kraftin'!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter