Thursday, 10 July 2025

Altenew July 2025 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway



Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Altenew July 2025 Release Blog Hop! If you came here from Therese Calvird’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 Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by July 17th 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's Blog Hop Post on July 19th, 2025.

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




Today I’m sharing two simple cards created with products from the July 2025 Release collection

For the first card, I used the charming Creative Cuts: Cozy Homes Layering Die Set. It’s a perfect set for crafting winter villages or quaint neighborhoods. However, if you choose to skip the snow layers, it easily transforms into a versatile design for any season. I opted for a summery look by adding climbing flowers on the elevations, using alcohol markers to bring them to life with soft, vibrant colours. This little detail adds a beautiful character to the houses.


home

I started by die cutting all the elements from white cardstock, then used markers from the Cosmic Garden Artist Alcohol Markers Set A to add colour to selected pieces.

home

To finish the card, I added the word “Home”, created using the Fine Alphabet Die Set to complete the cozy neighbourhood scene.

home

For my second card, I used the Mini Delight: Time to Celebrate Stamp & Die Set. This set features a lovely arrangement of flowers and leaves along with cute gift box dies, making it perfect for creating fun and festive handmade cards for birthdays, anniversaries, or holidays.

happy birthday

I used the floral stamp to create a background and coloured it using markers from the Cottage Garden Artist Alcohol Marker Set N.

happy birthday

As a final step, I created the cute little gift boxes with green bows and combined them with a birthday sentiment. This brought the whole design together and added a playful, festive touch to the card.

happy birthday

That’s it for me, your next stop is Svitlana Shayevich.
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8 comments:

  1. Your showing how to use these as other than Christmas is such a helpful thing. Great job on your cards, as well as showing off Altenew's new products.

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  2. Your cards are so fresh and unique!

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  3. I just love your ideas for these new products!!! Thank you for sharing your creativeness!!!

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  4. Your cards are so classic and elegant, I love them!!

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  5. Oh my gosh, I LOVE the house with flower/vines. And the second card is just beautiful, too. These might even be my favorites....

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  6. I LOVE the CAS home card! And stunning presents!!!

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  7. Melissa Leftrick10 July 2025 at 20:26

    These are very pretty!

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  8. Fabulous CAS designs!! I think I'll HAVE TO buy the Cozy Home Layer die set, I really like how you used it on your card! It'll be perfect for a house warming.

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