Altenew + Pretty Pink Posh Blog Hop

Hello everyone! Today I'm excited to be a part of a fun holiday collaboration blog hop with Pretty Pink Posh! If you came here from Amy Kolling's blog, then you are on the right track. Otherwise, head over to Altenew Blog, so that you don't miss out on all the stops along the way.

Our Altenew DT is teaming up with our friends from Pretty Pink Posh team, to bring you lots of holiday inspiration, plus some great giveaways and special offers!

Giveaways: There are TWO $100 prize packs from Altenew and Pretty Pink Posh up for grabs. Two winners will be picked randomly from the comments left on any of the blogs along the way. Please leave your comments by Wednesday, November 2, 2016, at midnight EST to be eligible to win. Winners will be announced on the Altenew and Pretty Pink Posh blogs on Thursday, November 3rd.

Special offers from Altenew & Pretty Pink Posh: Get 10% off your entire Altenew order with code ALTENEWLOVESPPP and Pretty Pink Posh order with code PPPLOVESALTENEW at checkout. Offers end Sunday, October 30, 2016, at midnight EST.


For today’s hop I would like to share with you a gift-wrapping project. Making your own packaging is really fun and easy, and it gives a wonderful personal touch to any gift. I used a small background stamp called Snowing to create my own stamped wrapping paper. I stamped it using black ink onto white paper. Then I used a paper string to tie my wrapped gift.

Next I used stamps and dies from the Beautiful Day Set to decorate my present. I stamped the images using shades of green and black ink as I wanted to keep everything in monochromatic colours.

To finish my project I added two tags I created using the Stitched Labels 1 Dies from Pretty Pink Posh. I cut them out of white and black cardstock and stamped a sentiment from the Pine Tree Stamp Set.

That’s it for me, your next stop on the hop is Heather Hoffman!

Thank you for stopping by and enjoy the rest of the hop!
Aga

Winnie & Walter World Cardmaking Day 2016 Blog Hop

Hello and a very Happy World Card Making Day to everyone! Today I'm excited to join Winnie & Walter along with lots of talented designers for a special blog hop celebration in honour of World Card Making Day!

If you came here from Kate Capper’s blog, then you are on the right track. Otherwise, go back to Winnie & Walter and start from there, as you won't want to miss anything!

Of course, you can't have a blog hop without prizes, right? 3 random winners in total will be drawn from all the comments left on the different stops along the hop. Each winner will receive a $25 gift certificate to the Winnie & Walter shop.

For today’s hop, I created a clean and simple card using stamps from In Bloom: Anna's Flora stamp set and the Thanks Cutaway.

I stamped the images to create some geometric pattern and used markers to add colour to it. The Thanks sentiment was cut out of black cardstock.

That’s it for me, your next stop on the hop is Keren Baker.

Thank you for stopping by and enjoy the rest of the hop!
Aga

Altenew July Release Blog Hop Winner

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

Helen Kalb

Congrats Helen! Please email Altenew at winner@altenew.com with the subject line "July 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 July Release Blog Hop

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

Hello everyone and welcome to the Altenew July Release Blog Hop! If you came here from Amy Gray's blog, then you are on the right track. If not, head back over to the Altenew blog to begin the hop.

There are 16 new fabulous stamp sets, paper and washi tape being released today and they are now available for purchase at the Altenew online store.

To celebrate this release, Altenew will draw three lucky winners who will each receive a $50 gift certificate to their online store. Just leave a comment on the Altenew Blog, by Friday, August 5, 11:59pm EST for a chance to win. The winners will be announced on Saturday, August 6 on the Altenew blog.

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

Now onto my card. For today's hop I decided to play with a new stamp set called: Remember This. It’s another gorgeous floral set to add to the collection and I’ve been itching to ink it up since I got it!

I used some of the outline images to create a simple floral frame in the centre of my card. Then I used solid stamps to add some colour using two and three step images. I used here the Altenew Crisp Dye Inks: Jet Black, Evergreen, Forest Glades, Cotton Candy, Coral Berry and Warm Sunshine. I also used Copic markers to colour the small flower stamp.

To finish my card, I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder on a circle piece of black cardstock.

That’s it for me, your next stop on the hop is Eunyoung Lee.

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

Altenew + MISTI Blog Hop

Hello everyone! Today our Altenew DT is teaming up with My Sweet Petunia to bring you a fun collaboration blog hop full of inspiration! If you came here from Francine Vuilleme'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!

Be sure to visit each blog for your chance to win! There are TWO mini MISTIs from My Sweet Petunia and THREE $30 gift certificates from Altenew up for grabs. Winners will be picked randomly from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop and they will be announced on the My Sweet Petunia and Altenew blogs on July 3, 2016.


Now onto my card. For today’s hop I created a stamped background using beautiful Vintage Flowers set. To stamp my pattern I used Mini MISTI and I love how this tool makes stamping quick and easy! Especially when it comes to using multi-layer stamps it really helps to line images up easily!

I used here two shades of green (Evergreen and Forest Glades) and to finish my card, I stamped sentiment from Sohcahtoa set on a circle die cut. I again used MISTI tool to repeat a part of the pattern on the die cut panel and then popped it up with foam tape.

That’s it for me. Your next stop on the hop is Ilina Crouse!

Thanks for stopping by today!
Aga

Altenew + Tombow USA collaboration blog hop

Hello everyone! Today Altenew is teaming up with Tombow USA to bring you a fun collaboration blog hop! If you came here from Cynthia Banessa’s blog, then you are on the right track. Otherwise, go back to Tombow USA blog and start from there, as you won't want to miss anything!

For today’s hop I created a clean and simple card using products from both companies. I used beautiful flowers from Wild Hibiscus set and a masking technique to stamp my floral arrangement.

Next I used Tombow bright brush pens to colour the images in. I wanted to get a softer watercolour look, so I blended the colours using an acrylic block as a palette. I brushed my markers across the acrylic block several times, added a little amount of water and painted my images using a water brush.

To finish my card I added a hexagonal tag and used Majestic Bloom die set to cut the “thank you” sentiment out of black cardstock.


Giveaway:

To celebrate the collaboration blog hop, Altenew will draw two winners who will each receive a $30 gift certificate to their online store and Tombow USA will draw two winners who will each receive a $30 prize pack. Winners will be picked randomly from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop left by June 3rd and they will be announced on the Tombow USA and Altenew blogs on Saturday, June 4, 2016.

That’s it for me, your next stop on the hop is Lauren Fitzmaurice!

Thank you for stopping by and enjoy the rest of the hop!
Aga

Altenew May Release Blog Hop Winner

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

Meralyn Hansen

Congrats Meralyn! Please email Altenew at winner@altenew.com with the subject line "May 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