Saturday, 15 March 2025

Altenew March 2025 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway



Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Altenew March 2025 Release Blog Hop! If you came here from Michelle Short’s blog, you're on the right track. If not, be sure to go back the Altenew Blog, and start from there so you don't miss a thing!

$300 in total prizes! 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 March 20th 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 March 22nd, 2025.

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



For today’s blog hop, I used the Craft Your Life Project Kit: Flower Arch from the March 2025 Release collection.
 
This beautifully designed set features a stunning semi-arch of flowers, perfect for framing your projects. It also includes a selection of heartfelt sentiments, ideal for a variety of occasions. By splitting one stamped image, I was able to create two quick and simple floral cards.

I started by stamping the floral image with black ink and used a coordinating layering stencil set to add colours to the flowers and leaves. I used here the following Fresh Dye Inks: Butternut, Orange Sorbet and Apricot Frost from Dessert Dreams Fresh Dye Ink Set, Bamboo, Olive and Moss from Tropical Forest Fresh Dye Ink Set, Misty Morning and Cloudy Sky from Tranquility Fresh Dye Ink Set. Next, I cut the image in half and used the larger part for the first card.

thinking of you

To finish the card, I added a panel of Crafty Necessities: Dark Night Cardstock to the background and a sentiment from the set.

thinking of you

thinking of you
 

To create my second card, I used the other part of the floral image, matted with a smaller panel of Dark Night cardstock.

wishing you

To finish it, I stamped my sentiment at the bottom of the design.

wishing you

wishing you


That’s it for me, your next stop is Therese Calvird.
You can find the full line up below.
 
Thank you for stopping by today, enjoy the rest of the hop!
Aga

38 comments:

  1. LOVE them - rich navy background really sets off the creations.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Beautiful card! The dark background makes the florals pop.

    ReplyDelete
  3. LOVE both of these! The dark night card stock is an amazing background color for those florals!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Gorgeous, and love your colors!!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Beautiful cards, loving the dark background.

      Delete
  5. So pretty! Both the cards are stunning!!

    ReplyDelete
  6. I LOVE how the flowers pop from the navy background! STUNNING!

    ReplyDelete
  7. Beautiful against the dark background.

    ReplyDelete
  8. love the dark background- they make the flowers pop - Thanks for the ideas

    ReplyDelete
  9. Your florals are so beautiful against that Dark Night cardstock! I love when the floral stamp is large enough for a 2-for-1 set of cards like this!

    ReplyDelete
  10. Dear Aga -
    This is a beautiful card. I love the drama of the dark background with the beautiful floral elements.
    Lori S in PA

    ReplyDelete
  11. Beautiful cards Aga! Love this new set paired with the dark background! Thanks for the inspiration!

    ReplyDelete
  12. Beautiful card Aga! I love Altenew's big flower stamps and dies. They cover so much space on a card and can be used for two.....just like you did.
    Priya

    ReplyDelete
  13. Love the Flower Arch CYL set! So beautiful on the dark background!

    ReplyDelete
  14. Marisela Delgado said: The dark blue background makes everything pop! So beautiful 💜 mariandmonsterd@yahoo.com

    ReplyDelete
  15. Beautiful job with your card. Great job with your color choices... tyfs :)

    ReplyDelete
  16. Very striking card; love the colors!

    ReplyDelete
  17. Melissa Leftrick16 March 2025 at 04:53

    So gorgeous

    ReplyDelete
  18. Gorgeous! Beautiful florals on that dark background--they POP! The Flower Arch is at the top of my list! Fantastic!

    ReplyDelete
  19. Your cards are always my favorites! I just love the way you made two cards with one stamp set. And the dark blue background is stunning against the white!

    ReplyDelete
  20. Your cards are beautiful. What a great new st

    ReplyDelete
  21. Beautiful cards. I love the dramatic dark background for your pretty pastel florals and leaves. I especially like the wide, white border on your second card. It really makes for an elegant look.

    ReplyDelete
  22. Love these beautiful flowers! They really stand out against the dark backgrounds!

    ReplyDelete
  23. I absolutely love a dark navy background! Beautiful!

    ReplyDelete
  24. Beautiful cards--I love the dark navy background with those gorgeous flowers just popping right off the card! Thanks for the inspiration!

    ReplyDelete
  25. The dark background really enhance your beautiful designs. Lovely cards.

    ReplyDelete
  26. Beautiful job! Love the dark background. Flowers are always a favorite. Altenew always has great releases!

    ReplyDelete
  27. I love your cards! The dark background makes the florals pop! And what a great way to get two cards from one stamps!

    ReplyDelete
  28. Love the dark background on the cards. Really beautiful.

    ReplyDelete
  29. The background makes this pop it's so stunning!

    ReplyDelete
  30. Beautiful cards! I really love the flower colours on that navy background!

    ReplyDelete
  31. Lovely! Terrific colors! The dark background is wonderful with the flower arch. Thank you.

    ReplyDelete
  32. So beautiful Aga!

    ReplyDelete
  33. This flower arch looks so versatile! I love the blues that you used.

    ReplyDelete
  34. Sandra Baggarly21 March 2025 at 13:52

    Love the contrast of light & dark!

    ReplyDelete
  35. love the Dark Night cardstock! so beautiful behind the florals :)

    ReplyDelete

Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment! I really appreciate it and I hope you visit again!