Altenew August Release Blog Hop Day 2 Winner

Hello! I'm popping in to announce the winner of the $30 gift voucher for the Altenew August Release Blog Hop. Congratulations go out to:

Zelda C

Congrats Zelda! Please email Altenew at winner@altenew.com by 31/09/2017 with the subject line "Altenew August 2017 Release Blog Hop Winner from Aga's Blog" to claim your gift certificate!

Thank you everyone for taking part in the Blog Hop and for all your wonderful comments!
Aga

Altenew August Release Blog Hop Day 2 + Giveaway

Hello everyone and welcome to the Altenew August Release Blog Hop Day 2! If you came here from Laura Jane’s blog, then you are on the right track. Otherwise, go back to the Altenew Scrapbook Blog and start from there, as you won't want to miss anything!

There are 13 new stamp sets, 12 die sets, and the new storage pouches being released today and they are now available for purchase at the Altenew online store.

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to THREE lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Scrapbook Blog by Thursday, August 31st at 11:59 PM EDT for a chance to win. The winners will be announced on the Altenew Scrapbook Blog on Saturday, September 2nd.

In addition, one winner will be chosen from the comments left on this blog post and will receive a $30 gift certificate!

Now let me share what I have created for today's blog hop. For my first card I used the beautiful Doodled Lace Cover Die. I’m in love with this die, it has a perfectly delicate and feminine look. 

I cut the lace out of white cardstock and lightly brushed over it with a sponge dauber using Sand Dunes ink. Then I used Altenew pink marker to add a little bit more colour and adhered to kraft cardstock base. My XO sentiment was cut out of glitter gold cardstock with Bold Alphabet die set.

For my next card I used a great frame stamp from the Framed Stamp Set. First I stamped a floral background using Floral Fantasy set and some Altenew Crisp Dye inks: Pink Diamond, Cotton Candy, Peach Perfect, Sand Dunes, Sea Glass, Frayed Leaf and Forest Glades.

Then I stamped in black and fussy cut the frame. The “thank you” sentiment comes from the Heartfelt Sentiments stamp set.

For my last project I used the Envelope Liner Die Set and created a matching envelope for the previous card. I again used the Floral Fantasy stamp set and the same ink pads to create my background. A tiny leaf on the back of the envelope was stamped with Sand Dunes ink and cut out using Fantasy Floral Die set.

That’s it for me, your next stop on the hop is Kimberly Crawford and I can't wait to see what she came up with today!

Thanks for stopping by today and enjoy the rest of the hop!
Aga

Altenew July Release Blog Hop Winner

Hello! It’s time to announce the winner of the $30 gift voucher for the Altenew July Release. Congratulations go out to:

Viktoriya Porechnaya

Congrats Viktoriya! Please email Altenew at winner@altenew.com by 31/08/2017 with the subject line "Altenew July 2017 Release Blog Hop Winner from Aga's Blog" to claim your gift certificate!

Thank you everyone for taking part in the Blog Hop and for all your wonderful comments!
Have a great week!
Aga

Altenew July 2017 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

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

There are some new fabulous stamps, dies and inks being released today and they are now available for purchase at the Altenew online store.

To celebrate this release, Altenew will draw FIVE lucky winners who will each receive a $50 gift certificate to their online store. Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog or/and Scrapbook Blog by Thursday, July 27th at 11:59 pm EDT for a chance to win. The winners will be announced on the Altenew Card/Scrapbook blogs on Sunday, July 30th. 

In addition, one winner will be chosen from the comments left on this blog post and will receive a $30 gift certificate!

For today’s blog hop I’ve created three simple one-layer cards using the new stamp sets. For my first card, I used a beautiful Floral Fantasy Stamp Set. I stamped flowers using shades of pink: Frosty Pink, Cotton Candy, Coral Berry and Ruby Red from the Altenew Crisp Dye Inks. For the leaves I used Frayed Leaf, Forest Glades and Evergreen.

The Thank You sentiment comes from the new Heartfelt Sentiments stamp set.

To create my second card I used another beautiful floral set called Sketchy Floral. It’s a large whimsical floral image, great for any projects, cards or scrapbook layouts. I simply stamped it with Forest Glades ink and used Altenew green markers to colour some of the images.

To finish my card I stamped the hello sentiment in black.

And for my last card I used the new Indoor Garden Stamp Set. Love this clean and modern stamp set with a variety of potted plants with a beautiful painted look! Perfect for CAS cards! Here's what I came up with using this set.

I stamped a few different plant images in a row and for my sentiment I again used the sentiment from the Sketchy Floral set.

That’s it for me, your next stop on the hop is Kymona Tracey!
Here is the full line up for the blog hop today.



Altenew Card Blog

Jennifer McGuire

Altenew Scrapbook Blog

Kristina Werner

May Sukyong Park

Flora Monika Farkas

Therese Calvird

Mindy Baxter

Svitlana Shayevich

Debby Hughes

Enza Gudor

Laurie Schmidlin

Erum Tasneem

Kathy Racoosin

Lilith Eeckles

Marika Rahtu

Agnieszka Malyszek <-- you are here

Kymona Tracey

Galina Filippenko

Sveta Fotinia

Yana Smakula

Sandra Dietrich

Lydia Evans

Sandy Allnock

Eunyoung Lee

Laura Bassen

Chari Moss

Yoonsun Hur

Nicole Picadura

Thanks for stopping by today and enjoy the rest of the hop!

Aga

Altenew Build-A-Flower: Coral Charm Release

Hello Everyone and welcome to the Altenew Build-A-Flower Release! Every month on the 15th Altenew has a special release of a new Build-A-Flower set and this month it's a beautiful set called Build-A-Flower: Coral Charm. This will only be available as a set with coordinating die and you can purchase it at the Altenew online store.

To celebrate this special release, Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to THREE lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog for a chance to win!

Here's my card, I created using the new set. I stamped the floral images at the bottom of my card using a masking technique. First, I stamped all the outline images with black ink, then I used the Cotton Candy, Purple Wine, Forest Glades and Evergreen Crisp Dye Inks to stamp the other layers. I also used some markers to colour the small flowers.

I can't wait to see what you create with this beautiful set!
Thank you for stopping by! Have a nice weekend!
Aga

Altenew June 2017 Release Blog Hop Winner

Hello! I'm popping in to announce the winner of the $30 gift voucher for the Altenew June Release Blog Hop. Congratulations go out to:

Cyndi Morris

Congrats Cyndi! Please email Altenew at winner@altenew.com by 31/07/2017 with the subject line "Altenew June 2017 Release Blog Hop Winner from Aga's Blog" to claim your gift certificate!

Thank you everyone for taking part in the Blog Hop and for all your wonderful comments!
Aga

Altenew June 2017 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

EDIT: This giveaway is now closed and you can find the winner HERE!

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

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to FIVE lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog or/and Scrapbook Blog by Tuesday, June 20th at 11:59pm EDT for a chance to win. The winners will be announced on the Altenew Card/Scrapbook blogs on Thursday, June 22nd.

In addition, one winner will be chosen from the comments left on this blog post and will receive a $30 gift certificate!

There are eleven stencils being released today and they are now available for purchase at the Altenew online store. I love using stencils, they are such a great tool to have on hand! They can be used with lots of different mediums and they are an excellent way to add unique and beautiful designs to any project quickly and easily. Today I have three simple one layer cards to share with you using some of the newly released stencils.

For my first card, I used the Splatter Stencil to create a background.

First I applied blue ink with a sponge dauber and then I stamped small flowers from the Crafty Friends Stamp Set to create a pattern. I used Altenew markers to add colours and details to some of the flowers. To finish the card I stamped two sentiments in black.

For my next card, I used a great geometric stencil called Layered Kaleidoscope Stencil A. I chose to use here three different Altenew Crisp Dye Inks: Sea Glass, Frayed Leaf and Dusk and applied them with a sponge dauber.

To finish my card I used stamps from the Sentiments & Quotes Stamp Set. I stamped a bold round sentiment with black ink in the centre of the pattern and added some black stars here and there.

For my last card today, I used the Watercolour Stripes Stencil, which I love! This stencil is a fun way to create a watercolour effect, without having to get out your watercolours! I simply blended two inks (Cotton Candy and Mango Smoothie) over the stencil with the sponge dauber and then added some ink splatter for more artistic look. Such a perfect and mess-free result without much effort!

The last step was to stamp images from the Floral Shadow Stamp Set with black ink in the centre of my card.

That’s it for me, your next stop on the hop is amazing Lydia Evans and I can't wait to see what she came up with today! If you want to start from the beginning to check all the amazing projects along the way here is the full list:



Altenew Card Blog
Jennifer McGuire
Altenew Scrapbook Blog
Sveta Fotinia
Sandra Dietrich
Yoonsun Hur
Erum Tasneem
Laura Bassen
Enza Gudor
Agnieszka Malyszek <--- you are here
Lydia Evans
Kymona Tracey
Debby Hughes
May Sukyong Park
Terhi Koskinen
Svitlana Shayevich
Virginia Lu
Therese Calvird
Lilith Eeckles

Thanks for stopping by today and enjoy the rest of the hop!

Aga