Monday, 7 February 2022

Altenew Craft-A-Flower: Magnolia Release Blog Hop + Giveaway



Hello everyone and welcome to the Altenew Craft-A-Flower: Magnolia Release Blog Hop! If you came here from Bridget Casey’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 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 02/13/2022 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 02/15/2022.

For today’s blog hop I used the beautiful Craft-A-Flower: Magnolia Layering Die Set to create a CAS card.

I cut my flowers and leaves out of white cardstock and used Altenew markers to colour the die-cuts. I used pink shades from Rock Garden Artist Alcohol Markers Set D for flowers and greens from Tropical Garden Artist Alcohol Markers Set E.

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I added some black ink splatters to the background before placing my flower arrangement and finished the card off with a sentiment from Circled Sentiments Stamp Set.

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That’s it for me, your next stop on the hop is Colleen Balija

Here is the full line up for the blog hop today. 

Friday, 4 February 2022

Altenew All Things Handmade Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway



Hello everyone and welcome to the Altenew All Things Handmade Collection Release Blog Hop! If you came here from Tania Ahmed’s blog, then you are on the right track. Otherwise, go back Altenew 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 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 02/10/2022 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 02/12/2022.

For today’s blog hop I created a very quick and simple card using the newly released stamps and a coordinating die.

I started by using a masking technique to stamp my flowers and leaves from Garden Delights Stamp Set. Next, I used Altenew markers to colour the images in and to add some simple details.

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The sentiment is from You Are Everything Stamp Set. I stamped it with black and die cut it with You Are Everything Die.

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That’s it for me, your next stop on the hop is Bridget Casey.

Here is the full line up for the blog hop today. 

Tuesday, 25 January 2022

Altenew Fabulous Flora Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway



Hello everyone and welcome to the Altenew Fabulous Flora Collection Release Blog Hop! If you came here from Maryam Perez’s blog, then you are on the right track. Otherwise, go back Altenew 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 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 01/27/2022 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 02/01/2022.

For today’s blog hop I created a quick and simple card using the newly released Curving Leaves 3D Embossing Folder.

I started by inking the debossed side of my folder with Moss Crisp Dye Ink before running it trough my die-cutting machine to achieve a letterpress look.

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Next, I used Fine Alphabet Die Set and sentiment from Thinking of You Stamp Set to finish my card off.

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That’s it for me, your next stop on the hop is Rachael Shedeed

Here is the full line up for the blog hop today. 

Tuesday, 4 January 2022

Altenew Vintage Galore Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway


Hello everyone and welcome to the Altenew Vintage Galore Collection Release Blog Hop! If you came here from Lilith Eeckels' blog, then you are on the right track. Otherwise, go back Altenew 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 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 01/10/2022 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 01/12/2021.

For today’s blog hop I created a CAS card using the newly released Golden Days Stamp Set and coordinating dies along with Dotted Tile Debossing Cover Die.

I started by stamping my flower and accompanying leaves with black ink. Next, I used the coloring layers with pink and green ink sets.

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Aga

Friday, 17 December 2021

Altenew NEW Year-End Celebration Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway


Hello everyone and welcome to the Altenew December 2021 Year-End Celebration Release Blog Hop! If you came here from Teresa Litchfield’s blog, then you are on the right track. Otherwise, go back Altenew 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 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 12/23/2021 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 12/25/2021.

For today’s blog hop I created four simple Christmas gift tags using the newly released Decorative Tags Die Set.  

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I cut my tags out of white and kraft cardstock. For some of them I used Garden Harmony 3D Embossing Folder to add some texture to the background. 

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I decorated them with branches of leaves cut out of white cardstock using Just Leaves Die Set and coloured with green markers from Tropical Garden Artist Alcohol Markers Set E. I also used two snowflakes from Layered Snowflakes Die Set and sentiments from Modern Poinsettia Stamp Set

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To finish my tags off I added some natural dried elements: mini cones, a slice of orange and a cotton flower. 

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That’s it for me, your next stop on the hop is Annemarie Caister.  

Here is the full line up for the blog hop today. 


Aga