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Emboss Resist Technique I Dainty bouquet stamp set | Altenew

by alex March 4, 2019

Hey, crafty friends!

I received a lot of feedback that you’d love to see a video about a good old technique like emboss resist. I had time and I immediately made a card and filmed the video with the process in detail.

You may have seen this card in this post.

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I decided to repeat the design, just change the ink colors. This time I used Altenew inks in the following colors: Ocean Waves, Dusk, Desert Night, Mango Smoothie, Warm Sunshine. With the emboss resist technique, the goal is to emboss images onto a white or colored card stock then apply darker ink around the embossed image to make it stand out against the darker inks. The embossed images resist the ink, leaving a multi-layered appearance.

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When embossing, I normally use a powder tool on my card stock before stamping. This helps to avoid specks of embossing powder from appearing where they are not wanted. On my card I did not do this. If you prefer a more crisp appearance, I highly recommend using a Powder Tool Adhesive Deactivator before stamping.

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To make my card I used the Danity Bouquet Stamp Set and a sentiment from the Beautiful Blossoms set by Altenew.

Video

Watch it below or in HD at my YouTube channel.

Supplies

Below you will find links to the supplies used to create the project. Click on the letters to go to a favorite store: Ellen Hutson (EH), Altenew (AN), Amazon (AZ). Where available I use compensated affiliate links. This means that I receive a small commission when products are purchased through links I share here (at no additional cost to you). If you like my projects, please consider supporting me by clicking through these links when you shop. Thank you so much!

Ranger Archival Ink Pad, Jet Black Shop at: EH \| AZ	Tonic Comfort 8.5 Inch Guillotine Paper Trimmer Shop at: EH \| AZ	Altenew Dainty bouquet stamp set Shop at: AN \| EH	Altenew Beautiful Blossoms stamp set Shop at: AN \| EH	X-Press It High Tack Double-Sided Tape Shop at: EH \| AZ
Neenah Cardstock Shop at: EH \| AZ	Ranger Emboss It Ink Pad Shop at: EH \| AZ	Hero Arts Embossing Gun Shop at: EH \| AZ	Ranger Ink Blending Tool Shop at: EH \| AZ	Altenew Crisp Dye Ink Cubes, Four Scoops Shop at: AN \| EH
TONIC STUDIOS Tim Holtz Stamp Platform Shop at: AZ	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue, 0.88 oz Shop at: EH \| AZ	Altenew Ink Cubes, Cool Summer Night Shop at: AN \| EH	Powder Tool Adhesive Deactivator Shop at: EH \| AZ

Weekly Sale

Enjoy these great deals and save up to 45% off on select items in the Sale collection from now through 3/10//2019. While supplies last.

I hope this inspires you to create. Thanks so much for visiting today! Have a great day!

March 4, 2019 2 comments

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Altenew Floral Cards Watercoloring

BRIGHT WATERCOLOR FLORALS | Inked Flora Stamp set | Altenew

by alex February 26, 2019

Hello everyone!

Welcome back to my blog! Today I have a card to share with you featuring gorgeous Inked Flora Stamp set from Altenew. The floral, leaf and succulent images have been drawn in a sketchy manner which complements the accompanying sentiments. These images look beautiful when embossed, watercolored, or simply stamped as is.

I decided to use my Kuretake Zig Art&Graphic Twin markers and Winsor & Newton watercolors to color the images.

To start, I stamped the flowers onto watercolor paper and watercolored them. After I was done, I fussy cut the images.

I created a folded white card base and stamped leaves and a sentiment onto it. I then I mounted the flowers with foam tape. To finish off my card I added some silver sequins.

Supplies

Below you will find links to the supplies used to create the projects. Click on the letters to go to a favorite store: Ellen Hutson (EH), Altenew (AN), Amazon (AZ). Where available I use compensated affiliate links. This means that I receive a small commission when products are purchased through links I share here (at no additional cost to you). If you like my projects, please consider supporting me by clicking through these links when you shop. Thank you so much!

Inked Flora, Altenew Clear Stamp Set Shop at: AN \| EH	Ranger Archival Ink Pad, Jet Black Shop at: EH \| AZ	Tonic Comfort 8.5 Inch Guillotine Paper Trimmer Shop at: EH \| AZ	Zig Art & Graphic Twin Tip Marker, Set of 84 Shop at: EH \| AZ	X-Press It High Tack Double-Sided Tape Shop at: EH \| AZ
Neenah Cardstock Shop at: EH \| AZ	Winsor Newton Cotman Watercolor Shop at: EH	Watercolor Brush, Short Round 8 Shop at: EH	Canson Arches Cold Press Watercolor Paper Shop at: EH	TONIC STUDIOS Tim Holtz Stamp Platform Shop at: AZ
Classic Metallic Fusion Shop at: EH

Weekly Sale

Enjoy these great deals and save up to 45% off on select items in the Sale collection from now through 3/3//2019. While supplies last.

I hope this inspires you to create.

Thanks so much for visiting today! Have a great day and find time for something that makes you happy!

February 26, 2019 4 comments

Altenew Cas cards Floral Cards

A set of one-layer cards | ALTENEW | Exotic Tulips Stamp Set | Trendy Circles Stamp Set

by alex February 23, 2019

Hello everyone!

I’m back today with some new cards using products from the Altenew February 2019 Release I made for the recent Blog Hop and promised to show you in the new post. I have a set of one-layer cards for you!

Exotic Tulips Stamp Set

Let’s start with the Exotic Tulips Stamp Set. This set contains three stunning multi-layered tulips, a stem and two leaves. There is also a couple of sentiments in this set. I used Altenew inks. All the colors I used are linked below if you are curious. They are perfect for layering stamps! I love how easy it is to change the feel of these tulips just by switching out the ink colors and layers.

Trendy Circles Stamp Set

The next cards I made using the Trendy Circles Stamp Set. I created very quick, one-layer CAS cards. This stamp set is perfect for clean and simple cards!

To make a more attractive look of this card I gold embossed one of the elements.

Supplies

Exotic Tulips Stamp Set Shop at: AN	Trendy Circles Stamp Set Shop at: AN	Ranger Archival Ink Pad, Jet Black Shop at: EH \| AZ	Tonic Comfort 8.5 Inch Guillotine Paper Trimmer Shop at: EH \| AZ	Altenew Crisp Dye Ink Cubes, Red Cosmos Shop at: AN \| EH
Neenah Cardstock Shop at: EH \| AZ	Ranger Emboss It Ink Pad Shop at: EH \| AZ	Hero Arts Embossing Gun Shop at: EH \| AZ	TONIC STUDIOS Tim Holtz Stamp Platform Shop at: AZ	Altenew inks. Shades of Purple Shop at: EH
Altenew Ink Cubes, Glacier Caves Shop at: AN \| EH	Altenew Embossing Powder, Antique Gold Shop at: AN \| EH	Altenew Ink Cubes, Green Meadows Shop at: AN \| EH	Altenew Ink Cubes, Summer Afternoon Shop at: AN \| EH	Altenew Ink Cubes, Cherry Blossom Shop at: AN \| EH
Powder Tool Adhesive Deactivator Shop at: EH \| AZ

Thanks so much for stopping by!

February 23, 2019 0 comment

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ALTENEW $30 GIFT CERTIFICATE GIVEAWAY WINNER | ALTENEW February 2019 STAMP | DIE | STENCIL RELEASE BLOG HOP

by alex February 21, 2019

Hi everyone!

I wanted to stop by and announce the winner chosen from the comments on my Altenew February 2019 Stamp/Die/Stencil Release Blog Hop post for the $30 gift certificate to the Altenew online store. Thank you to everyone who took the time to leave a comment! I really appreciate your attention to my projects!

And the happy lucky lady is Rose Mary Smalley!

Congratulations! Please contact Altenew at winner@altenew.com by 2/28/2019 with the subject line Altenew February 2019 Stamp/Die/Stencil Release Blog Hop Winner from Alex’s Blog to claim your prize.

This is it for today. Thank you for stopping by. Happy crafting!

February 21, 2019 4 comments

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Altenew Copic Markers Floral Cards Watercoloring

Altenew February 2019 Stamp | Die | Stencil Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

by alex February 14, 2019

Hello everyone and Welcome to the Altenew February 2019 Release Blog Hop! I’m so excited to join this hop!

You should have arrived from Nicole Picadura, but if not don’t worry there is a hop list at the bottom of my post. You may consider starting from the beginning at the Altenew Card Blog.

Release

There are lots of great products to pick from – new stamp sets, coordinating dies! You can find the ENTIRE NEW RELEASE HERE!

Projects

I always like to create many projects with different techniques and today I’m going to share 9 cards with you. The rest of the cards (I made 16 cards) I’ll show you one of these days, because otherwise, it will be a very very long post..lol. Please, be sure to follow me for the latest updates YouTube | Instagram

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Thank you to everyone who will be with me until the end of this post! I hope to inspire you and help with some of your wish-list decision today!

Baroque Motifs Stamp & Die Bundle | Beautiful Peony Stamp & Die Bundle.

Let’s start with these products: Baroque Motifs Stamp Set , Baroque Motifs Die Set, Beautiful Peony Stamp Set and Beautiful Peony Die Set.

My absolute favorite of this release is the Baroque Motifs Stamp Set ! I made 3 cards with it.

My first card is a simple one-layer card. This card was so easy to make. I stamped the image using Hickory Smoke Distress Ink onto a white card base. I added some light pink color to the image using Almond Pink Zig marker. I then stamped and colored a bloom from the Beautiful Peony Stamp Set (used Zig markers in following colors: Almond Pink, Oatmeal and Light Brown) and die-cut it with the coordinating dies. I stamped a sentiment. I then adhered the flower onto the card base and finished off the card with Clear drops.

When I first saw the Baroque Motifs Stamp Set my first thought was – gold and black! It looks so gorgeous! I love black backgrounds.

So, here is my second card. I made a panel out of black cardstock and heat embossed images on the panel using the Antique Gold Embossing Powder. I also heat embossed a sentiment.

The next card is my favorite card. It took a long time to make it, but I’m happy how it turned out!

I stamped several baroque tendrils, the flowers, and leaves with Memento Ink and then cut them out with their coordinating dies. I then colored all the tendrils with English Lavender Zig Marker. The flowers and leaves I colored with Copic markers in the following colors: Y11, Y15, BG11, BG13, V12, V15.

After I was done, I connected them together with glue to create a card front. I then foam mounted all the glued elements onto a white square card base and cut out the excess. I added gold sequins to accentuate the card. This time I decided to stamp a sentiment on the inside.

Beautiful Peony Stamp & Die Bundle

I enjoy a bit of messy watercoloring as I don’t have to worry so much about depth and shadows. I started this card by stamping images from the Beautiful Peony Stamp Set in Hickory Smoke Distress ink on watercolor card panel and loosely watercoloring to get an abstract look. I used Kuretake Zig Art & Graphic Twin markers and Winsor&Newton watercolors.

I then stamped the outline images from the set in clear embossing ink, sprinkled with Antique Gold Embossing Powder and heat set.

To keep with the random, abstract look, I didn’t worry too much about how accurately the outlines of the leaves and flowers aligned with the painted versions. I added the panel to a gray card base and popped up a sentiment, gold heat embossed on gray cardstock. As a final touch, I added a few sequins.

The next card is a long card. I stamped the images from the Beautiful Peony Stamp Set on watercolor paper using black waterproof ink.

I watercolored them with the Kuretake Zig Art & Graphic Twin markers. I adhered a white panel onto a gray card base. I mounted the images with foam tape and then stamped the sentiment. To finish off my card I added sequins.

Dotted Blooms Stamp & Die Bundle

When I first saw the Dotted Blooms Stamp & Die Bundle I thought about cherry blossoms – ‘sakura’, and then thoughts about Sumi-e Art came to my mind. ‘Sumi-e’ is a Japanese monochrome ink painting or “ink wash painting”. The origin of ‘Sumi-e’ paintings have roots in Chinese calligraphy. Traditionally, Sumi-e was painted only in varying shades of black and white. Modern ‘Sumi-e’ includes a wide range of colors and hues alongside the shades of black. This is very beautiful and unique. I love this amazing technique so much and I’d love to learn it someday.
So, It was my inspiration for the first card in this kit.

I stamped the flowers from the Dotted Blooms Stamp Set and colored them with Sugared Almond Pink Zig marker. I painted mountains with Zig Markers in the following colors: Warm Gray2, Gray and Black. I then stamped a sentiment from the set.

To make next two cards I stamped the images (for the branches I used: Memento black ink for the “blue” card and Caramel Toffee Altenew ink for the “green” card. For the flowers I used Altenew Pink Diamond ink). I die cut them with the coordinating dies.

For the “blue” card I blended a panel with Altenew inks in the following colors: Ocean Waves, Dusk and Sea glass. I added gold and water splatters. I then glued the flowers onto the panel and stamped a sentiment.

For the “green” card I blended a panel with Altenew Sweet Leaf ink, added water splatters. I stamped extra branches onto the panel with Caramel Toffee Altenew ink and glued my colored images. I then stamped a sentiment.

As a final touch, I added a few gold accents using gold watercolor.

And finally, here is my last card. I stamped onto a card base the second layer of the flower using Soft Lilac and Lavander Fields Altenew inks . I then stamped a sentiment and added sequins.

Supplies

Baroque Motifs Stamp Set Shop at: AN	Baroque Motifs Die Set Shop at: AN	Beautiful Peony Stamp Set Shop at: AN	Beautiful Peony Die Set Shop at: AN	Dotted Blooms Stamp Set Shop at: AN
Dotted Blooms Die Shop at: AN	Ranger Archival Ink Pad, Jet Black Shop at: EH \| AZ	Tonic Comfort 8.5 Inch Guillotine Paper Trimmer Shop at: EH \| AZ	Tim Holtz Tonic Mini Snips Shop at: EH \| AZ	Zig Art & Graphic Twin Tip Marker, Set of 84 Shop at: EH \| AZ
X-Press It High Tack Double-Sided Tape Shop at: EH \| AZ	Essentials By Ellen Cardstock Shop at: EH	Neenah Cardstock Shop at: EH \| AZ	Ranger Emboss It Ink Pad Shop at: EH \| AZ	Hero Arts Embossing Gun Shop at: EH \| AZ
Ranger Ink Blending Tool Shop at: EH \| AZ	Ranger Ink Blending Tool Replacement Foam Shop at: EH \| AZ	ZIG Watercolor BrusH20, Large Shop at: EH	Scrapbook Adhesives 3-D Foam Squares Shop at: EH \| AZ	Neat & Tangled Sequins Shop at: EH
Winsor Newton Cotman Watercolor Shop at: EH	Watercolor Brush, Short Round 8 Shop at: EH	Canson Arches Cold Press Watercolor Paper Shop at: EH	TONIC STUDIOS Tim Holtz Stamp Platform Shop at: AZ	Studio Katia Clear Round Drops Shop at: EH \| SK
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue, 0.88 oz Shop at: EH \| AZ	Altenew Ink Cubes, Cool Summer Night Shop at: AN \| EH	Altenew Embossing Powder, Antique Gold Shop at: AN \| EH	Be creative Tape Shop at: EH	Altenew Ink Cubes, Green Meadows Shop at: AN \| EH
Altenew Ink Cubes, Summer Afternoon Shop at: AN \| EH	Mini Die Cutting Machine Shop at: AN	Altenew Ink Cubes, Cherry Blossom Shop at: AN \| EH	Powder Tool Adhesive Deactivator Shop at: EH \| AZ	Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock Shop at: EH

Prizes

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog by 2/21/2019 for a chance to win. 6 winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 2/24/2019.

Giveaway

I will also randomly choose one lucky winner from comments left on this post who will receive a $30 gift certificate to Altenew online store. Please leave a comment on this post by 2/21/2019 for a chance to win. The winner will be announced on 2/21/2019 in a separate post here on my blog. (To subscribe to my newsletters you can use the form on the right side bar.)

Blog Hop

I hope you felt inspired today! The next stop on the hop is Altenew Scrapbook Blog

Check out the full list below:

Your support

If you enjoy my projects you see here, I would be so grateful if you would consider using the links/banners listed (click an link/banner) when you are heading off to shop, at no cost to you whatsoever. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and videos. You can help me running this blog.

Thank you to all of you who support me!

Don’t forget to leave a comment for the giveaways! Thanks so much for stopping by!

February 14, 2019 87 comments

Altenew Dotted Technique Floral Cards Masking Technique

Creative coloring with ZIG markers | Altenew Wispy Begonia Stamp Set

by alex February 8, 2019

Hello friends,

How is your week going? Do you participate in The 30 Day Coloring Challenge hosted by Kathy? The goal of the challenge is to color something daily, even if it’s a few minutes, but certainly not required. It’s an “anything goes” challenge, color whatever you feel inspired to do. For my post today I am combining Day 6, 7 & Day 8 of my coloring. Also, I am playing along at The Flower Challenge #29 ‘Use your latest Stamps or Dies’ :

I’ve created a card using my all time favorite ZIG “Art and Graphic Twin” markers and Wispy Begonia stamp set by Altenew. I used my dotted coloring technique (also, check out this and this post if you are new to my blog).

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I was inspired by this photo:

I started making my card by making a panel out of a Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock. Then I stamped the flowers and leaves onto the panel using Ranger Archival black Ink, I used some masks to make my bouquet. Then I blended the panel with Altenew inks with following colors: Lagoon, Volcano Lake, Ocean Waves and Dusk. I added blue and water splatters. I colored my bouquet with markers. I then stamped a sentiment from the Wispy Begonia stamp set. The card was finished off by adding several Iridescent Bubbles from Studio Katia.

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This is it for today. Thank you so much for spending time with me!

Supplies

Below you will find links to the supplies used to create the project. Click on the letters to go to a favorite store: Ellen Hutson (EH), Altenew (AN), Studio Katia (SK), Amazon (AZ). Where available I use compensated affiliate links. This means that I receive a small commission when products are purchased through links I share here (at no additional cost to you). If you like my projects, please consider supporting me by clicking through these links when you shop. Thank you so much!

Altenew Crisp Dye Ink Pad, Lagoon Shop at: EH	Altenew Crisp Dye Ink Pad, Volcano Lake Shop at: EH	Ranger Archival Ink Pad, Jet Black Shop at: EH \| AZ	Tonic Comfort 8.5 Inch Guillotine Paper Trimmer Shop at: EH \| AZ	Tim Holtz Tonic Mini Snips Shop at: EH \| AZ
Zig Art & Graphic Twin Tip Marker, Set of 84 Shop at: EH \| AZ	X-Press It High Tack Double-Sided Tape Shop at: EH \| AZ	Neenah Cardstock Shop at: EH \| AZ	Ranger Ink Blending Tool Shop at: EH \| AZ	Ranger Ink Blending Tool Replacement Foam Shop at: EH \| AZ
ZIG Watercolor BrusH20, Large Shop at: EH	TONIC STUDIOS Tim Holtz Stamp Platform Shop at: AZ	Studio Katia Clear Round Drops Shop at: EH \| SK	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue, 0.88 oz Shop at: EH \| AZ	Altenew Ink Cubes, Cool Summer Night Shop at: AN \| EH
Wispy Begonia Stamp Set Shop at: AN

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February 8, 2019 3 comments

Altenew Floral Cards Masking Technique Watercoloring

Altenew January 2019 Stamp | Die | Stencil Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

by alex January 24, 2019

Hello everyone and Welcome to the Altenew January 2019 Release Blog Hop! I’m so excited to join this hop!

cYou should have arrived from Lisa Fonseca, but if not don’t worry there is a hop list at the bottom of my post. You may consider starting from the beginning at the Altenew Card Blog.

Release

There are many great products in this release – great for different styles and tastes.

You can find the ENTIRE NEW RELEASE HERE! I’d love to know what you’ve got your eyes on!

Projects

I’ve made 11 cards to share with you. I’ll try to keep it short. Grab a cuppa & enjoy!

Wonderland Stamp & Die Bundle

Let’s start with Wonderland Stamp & Die Bundle. How gorgeous are these flowers?! I had many ideas of using it and I stopped with 2 techniques: watercoloring and masking.

My first card is a bright watercolor card. The background is a watercolor wash. I stamped the flowers and added some gold splatters. I white heat embossed the images onto watercolor paper and quickly watercolored them with my all time favorite ZIG “Art and Graphic Twin” markers. I used the coordinating dies with the Mini Blossom Die Cutting Machine to die cut the images. I arranged them over a long card and added my favorite Midnight Blue Crystals.

The second card I made using soft colors. I stamped the flowers. I then die cut a number of flowers from masking paper using the coordinating dies. I then adhered the mask die cuts on white paper panel and inked up the panel with Altenew inks: Rubellite, Pinkalicious, Pink Diamond and Mango Smoothie. I added gold and water splatters. I then carefully removed the masks and colored the flowers with my Zig Markers. To finish off the card I stamped a sentiment.

I cannot wait to share more cards using this set (as time permits). 🙂

Garden Picks 3D Die

Garden Picks 3D Die is a floral layering die. It has 5 different flowers with 3-5 layers in each along with several leaves.

To create flowers I first blended watercolors onto a white card base, to create my own colored cardstock and then die-cut layers of the flowers out of it. I heat embossed the top layers with my favorite gold embossing powder. I did the same with leaves.

I made the background by blending Altenew Inks (Emerald and Lagoon) onto green card stock and adding some splatters with water and gold watercolor.

To finish off the card I heat embossed a sentiment from this set with white embossing powder and mounted it onto the panel. I love how it turned out!

Beautiful Blossoms Stamp Set

Beautiful Blossoms is one of my favorite sets from the release and I created three cards using it.

For my first two cards I stamped flowers and inked up the panels with Altenew inks. I then colored the flowers with Copic markers and popped up a sentiment.

For the “green” card I popped up a sentiment, gold heat embossed on black cardstock. To finish off my cards I added several sequins.

The next card I started by stamping the images onto green cardstock using clear inks and gold heat embossed. I colored the flowers with my colored pencils, I did very simple coloring with minimal layering and blending. I then stamped a sentiment in black ink onto a white cardstock stripe. I used thin foam adhesive and foam mounted the sentiment stripe onto the background and added some sequins.

Danity Bouquet Stamp & Die Bundle + Simply Friend Die

To create the first card I blended Altenew Mango Smoothie ink onto a card panel. I stamped the flowers from the set using Altenew inks in following colors: Peach Perfect, Forest Glades, Evergreen, Ruby Red and Grapevine. And die-cut them with the coordinating dies. I stamped a sentiment. I then adhered all mentioned elements onto it and finished off the card with July Crystals.

The second card I made using a fun technique. Maybe someone knows the correct name of this? 🙂 To make a card you will need inks, a stamp and clear embossing powder/heat tool.

For my card I used Altenew inks in following colors: Rubellite, Pinkalicious, Razzleberry, Mountain Mist, Volcano Lake and Lagoon. I blended some light inks onto the panel. Then I stamped and clear heat embossed the flower. I ink blended all over again with the other ink color and repeated stamping and clear heat embossing the images. I then ink blended a third time, this time with more dark inks, and repeated stamping and clear heat embossing, overlapping images from previous stamped layers. Finally, I ink blended for the last time with the darkest colors. Between each stamping and ink blending routine, I applied my heat tool to ensure that all the ink was dry and used a Powder Tool Adhesive Deactivator as well so that the clear embossing powder would only stick to the next layer of stamped images. After my panel was done I stamped a sentiment. To complete this card, I stamped the layers of the flower from the Dainty Bouquet Stamp Set and die cutting with the coordinating dies. I then adhered the image onto my card panel and adhered the card panel onto the gray card base. I hope you’ve been inspired to give this technique a try!

The next card I created using the Dainty Bouquet Stamp Set and Simply Friend Die. I stamped the images with Altenew Arctic ink and heat embossed some leaves with WOW White Pearl Powder. I then used the Simply Friend Die to create a negative die cut piece. I glued my negative die cut piece onto the card base and finished off the card with some July Crystals.

Magnolia Heart Stamp & Die Bundle

For my last two cards I used Magnolia Heart Stamp & Die Bundle. Now is the season of Valentine’s cardmaking, which usually means red or pink cards in their majority. But today I want to share my designs using non-traditional colors.

I started by die cutting six hearts out of white cardstock using the Magnolia Heart Die. Then I gold embossed corresponding images onto the die cuts and colored with Zig Markers in following colors: Shadow Mauve and Sugared Almond Pink. For the first card I stamped the image onto white cardstock in a chaotic order using Altenew Arctic ink.

I foam mounted three hearts on my stamped card panel. I then stamped a sentiment and popped up it in the middle of the second heart and adhered the card panel onto the gray card base.

For the second I stamped the sentiment onto the gray card base and foam mounted three other hearts. I finished off my card with one clear drop in the middle of the composition.

Your support

Thank you so much for spending time with me! I can’t even explain how thankful I am for all of you who keep coming to see my cards and leaving me lovely comments! I love that my cards can inspire you.

Thank you to all of you who support me!

Supplies

If you’re interested in the supplies I’ve used – they’re listed below. Where available I use compensated affiliate links (which means if you make a purchase I will get a small commission with no additional cost for you). Click on the images below to go to a store. I truly appreciate your support!

Neenah Cardstock, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, 25 pk

Ranger Archival Ink Pad, Jet Black

My Sweet Petunia Mini MISTI Laser Etched Stamping Tool (6-1/8 X 7)

Tonic Comfort 8.5 Inch Guillotine Paper Trimmer by Tim Holtz

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock, Alpaca, 10 pk

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock, Blueberry Sour, 10 pk

Kuretake Gansai Tambi Starry Colors, 6 Color Set

Ranger Emboss It Ink Pad, Clear

Powder Tool Adhesive Deactivator

Garden Picks 3D, Altenew Dies

Magnolia Heart, Altenew Stamp & Die Bundle

Dainty Bouquet, Altenew Stamp & Die Bundle

Wonderland, Altnew Clear Stamps

Beautiful Blossoms, Altnew Clear Stamps

Wonderland, Altenew Dies

Simply Friend, Altenew Dies

Midnight Blue, Studio Katia Crystals

Clear Round Drops Mix One, Studio Katia Crystals

Altenew Crisp Embossing Powder, Antique Gold

Ranger Embossing Powder, Clear

Hero Arts Embossing Gun (Wagner)

Zig Art & Graphic Twin Tip Marker, Set of 84

Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils, Set of 36

Altenew Crisp Dye Ink Cubes, Green Fields

Altenew Crisp Dye Ink Cubes, Cherry Blossom

Altenew Crisp Dye Ink Cubes, Four Scoops

Altenew Crisp Dye Ink Cubes, Glacier Caves

Altenew Crisp Dye Ink Cubes, Green Meadows

Altenew Crisp Dye Ink Cubes, Red Cosmos

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock, Gumdrop, 10 pk

Hero Arts Embossing Powder, White

Prizes

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog by 1/31/2019 for a chance to win. 6 winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 2/3/2019.

Giveaway

I will also choose one lucky winner from comments left on this post who will receive a $30 gift certificate to Altenew online store. Please leave a comment on this post by 1/30/2019 for a chance to win. I will announce the winner on 1/30/2019.

Blog Hop

I hope you felt inspired today! The next stop on the hop is Enza Gudor. Check out the full list below:

I hope you enjoyed my cards as much as I enjoyed making them, please follow me: YouTube | Instagram | Pinterest

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Don’t forget to leave a comment for the giveaways! Thanks so much for stopping by!

January 24, 2019 138 comments

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Altenew December 2018 Stamp | Die | Paper Pack Release Blog Hop + Giveaway + Video

by alex December 13, 2018

Hello everyone and Welcome to the Altenew December 2018 Release Blog Hop! I’m so excited to join this hop!

You should have arrived from Lilith Eeckels. If not, you can start from the beginning at Altenew Card Blog.

Release

As always, there are lots of great products to pick from – new stamp sets, coordinating die! There are some absolute Must-Haves here!

Check out the entire new release here!

Projects

I’ve made 12 cards for you! I love different styles and techniques in card making and I like to use one product in different ways. So, this blog post is a very long post as I was very inspired by the beautiful new products. Grab a cuppa & enjoy!

Also, I filmed a video for you showing all the cards and my coloring process from start to finish. I’m hoping you’ll enjoy it!

Love Letters Stamp & Die Bundle

Let’s start with Love Letters Stamp & Die Bundle. When pressed for time, you can create something quick with these easy ideas. To make these cards I focused on negative and positive die cutting. Every time we create a die cut we have a positive piece (the die cut we created) and a negative (something we usually throw away). This technique allows you to use your dies in a whole new way. I want to show you different ways you can use negative and positive die cutting.

This is the perfect bundle for creating Clean&Simple cards. My first card is a long card featuring repeated negative die cutting technique using Love Letters Die Set.

I watercolored a slim background panel with Altenew metallic ink sprays in following colors: Lagoon and Orange Cream. I then used the dies to create a unique negative die cut piece. I glued my panel onto a white card base, stamped a sentiment and finished off the card with some sequins.

The next card I made with the same way but to make it more interesting I created a shaker card.

This time to color my panel I used the following colors for a color combo: Puffy Heart and Orange Cream. I die cut the hearts in the colored panel (I kept some positive die cuts and glued it on the panel ), adhered a layer of clear acetate from the back of the negative panel, outlined the opening with thick foam squares, added sequins, closed that shut with another layer of acetate and adhered my shaker element onto a white card base.

My next card is completely white and I love the way it looks. I really wanted to keep this card simple so the focus would be on the background small panel.

For this card, I decided to add a little color. I love how it turned out!

I used two colors of Zig markers to color in the panel (red and black).

Happy Valentines Day Card

Flower Vine Stamp & Die Bundle

I’ve become quite a fan of dark backgrounds and “long” cards! I know that most people are afraid of them. Now seems like dark backgrounds are becoming trendy. This trend came mostly with pencil coloring and heat embossing technique. Using black for a card base can add a lot of contrast to the otherwise simple card. I used Flower Vine Stamp & Die Bundle to make these cards.

The first card is my favorite. It looks simple but elegant!

I made a panel out of black cardstock and heat embossed the flowers in the middle of the panel using the Antique Gold Embossing Powder. I then stamped a sentiment in black ink onto a white cardstock stripe. I used thin foam adhesive and foam mounted the sentiment stripe onto the background and added some clear drops.

For the next card I did very simple coloring.

I started by stamping the flowers onto black cardstock using clear inks and gold heat embossed.

After I was done, I used the coordinating dies with the Mini Blossom Die Cutting Machine to die cut the images. I foam mounted flowers and leaves on my black card panel and cut out the excess.

I popped up a sentiment, gold heat embossed on black cardstock. At last, I glued my panel onto a white card base and finished off the card with July Crystals.

The next card is a long card. I love non traditional card sizes recently.

I heat embossed a floral background in white pearl embossing powder on white cardstock. Next, I stamped, colored in and die-cut images out of the cardstock and arranged them onto my panel.

I colored the images with copic markers: R20, R22, V12, V15, V17, BG13, BG49. I stamped the sentiment and added s some clear drops.

Bed of Roses Stamp Set

My next card is a simple one-layer card featuring the basic technique – Stamping. The Bed of Roses stamp set is a perfect for this technique.

I stamped the images using the set of Altenew inks, stamped a sentiment and added some sequins.

Engagement Wishes Stamp & Die Bundle

I love playing with new sizes. It’s different, I have more room, so I made a long, dimensional card. Flowers from the new Engagement Wishes Stamp set are just gorgeous and I love how it turned out. The size of the card is 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches.

I started working on the card by gold heat embossing the beautiful rose and leaves from the stamp set in Altenew Antique Gold Embossing Powder onto a white card stock. Next, I watercolored the images with ZIG “Art and Graphic Twin” markers.

I used the coordinating dies with the Mini Blossom Die Cutting Machine to die cut the images.

I then gold heat embossed the images onto a card panel and made blending various colors of Altenew inks: mountain mist and pink diamond. I arranged all flowers and leaves on a long folded card base.

The sentiment is from the same set was stamped on white cardstock. I finished it off with some sequins.

Mega Greetings 3 Stamp & Die Bundle + Love Letters Die

Do you like to get your fingers inky with inks? 🙂 My next card is a card with bokeh background. This technique requires only inks and masks.

I started with masking off lower part of a piece of white card stock and creating a bokeh effect with Altenew inks and Love letters Die. I then stamped sentiment using black ink and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. I added some sequins.

Wispy Begonia Stamp Set

I decided to do some pencil coloring for a a simple floral card featuring Wispy Begonia Stamp Set. I went with this image because of its size and the amount of white or open space. Whenever I do pencil coloring I make sure that the image I pick for my coloring is large enough so that I can actually do some color blending.

I heat embossed the flowers and leaves in white pearl embossing powder on gray cardstock and colored each with colored pencils. Coloring process went rather quickly and I can’t say it took me longer than 30-40 minutes.

I popped up a sentiment. At last, I glued my panel onto a white card base and finished off the card with Midnight Blue Crystals.

Wispy Begonia Stamp Set + Mega Greetings 3 Stamp & Die Bundle

Finally, here is my last card featuring masking technique. I know for some card makers it seems intimidating, but it’s really not hard. It just takes a little bit more time, but totally worth it in the end. A detailed process of the card you can watch in my video below.

I used my “dots” coloring technique (also, check out this and this post if you are new to my blog).

Video

If you’re interested in seeing how I made my last card, I have a video to share! Watch it below or in HD at my YouTube channel.

You asked me in the comments to film a video in real time coloring process (with no speed coloring). So, I’m a slow cardmaker!!! To make this card it took me more than 1 hour.. I’m hoping you’ll enjoy it! 🙂

Supplies

Below you will find links to the supplies used to create the projects. Click on the letters to go to a favorite store: Ellen Hutson (EH), Altenew (AN), Studio Katia (SK), Amazon (AZ). Where available I use compensated affiliate links. This means that I receive a small commission when products are purchased through links I share here (at no additional cost to you). Thank you so much!

Bed of Roses Stamp Set Shop at: AN	Flower Vine Stamp Set Shop at: AN	Flower Vine Die Set Shop at: AN	Midnight Blue, Studio Katia Crystals Shop at: EH \| SK	Ranger Archival Ink Pad, Jet Black Shop at: EH \| AZ
Tonic Comfort 8.5 Inch Guillotine Paper Trimmer Shop at: EH \| AZ	Tim Holtz Tonic Mini Snips Shop at: EH \| AZ	Zig Art & Graphic Twin Tip Marker, Set of 84 Shop at: EH \| AZ	Hero Arts Embossing Powder, White Shop at: EH \| AZ	X-Press It High Tack Double-Sided Tape Shop at: EH \| AZ
Altenew Crisp Dye Ink Cubes, Red Cosmos Shop at: AN \| EH	Essentials By Ellen Cardstock Shop at: EH	Neenah Cardstock Shop at: EH \| AZ	Ranger Emboss It Ink Pad Shop at: EH \| AZ	Hero Arts Embossing Gun Shop at: EH \| AZ
Ranger Ink Blending Tool Shop at: EH \| AZ	Ranger Ink Blending Tool Replacement Foam Shop at: EH \| AZ	Scrapbook Adhesives 3-D Foam Squares Shop at: EH \| AZ	Studio Katia Confetti, Satin Rainbow Shop at: EH \| SK	TONIC STUDIOS Tim Holtz Stamp Platform Shop at: AZ
Altenew inks. Sea Shore Shop at: EH	Studio Katia Clear Round Drops Shop at: EH \| SK	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue, 0.88 oz Shop at: EH \| AZ	Altenew Ink Cubes, Cool Summer Night Shop at: AN \| EH	Altenew Embossing Powder, Antique Gold Shop at: AN \| EH
Be creative Tape Shop at: EH	Altenew Ink Cubes, Green Meadows Shop at: AN \| EH	Mini Die Cutting Machine Shop at: AN	Powder Tool Adhesive Deactivator Shop at: EH \| AZ	Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils Shop at: EH \| AZ
Studio Katia Crystals, July Shop at: EH	Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock Shop at: EH	Puffy Heart Metallic Shimmer Ink Spray Shop at: AN	Orange Cream Metallic Shimmer Ink Spray Shop at: AN	Lagoon Metallic Shimmer Ink Spray Shop at: AN
WOW Embossing Powder, Super Fine – White Pearl Shop at: EH	Love Letters Stamp & Die Bundle Shop at: AN	Engagement Wishes Stamp Set Shop at: AN	Engagement Wishes Die Set Shop at: AN	Wispy Begonia Stamp Set Shop at: AN
Mega Greetings 3 Stamp Set Shop at: AN	Mega Love Die Shop at: AN

Your support

Thank you for spending time with me! I can’t even explain how thankful I am for all of you who keep coming to see my cards and leaving me lovely comments! I love that my cards can bring joy and inspire you.

Thank you to all of you who support me!

Prizes

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog by 12/18/2018 for a chance to win. 6 winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 12/22/2018.

Giveaway

I will also choose one lucky winner from comments left on this post who will receive a $30 gift certificate to Altenew online store. Please leave a comment on this post by 12/18/2018 for a chance to win. I will announce the winner on 12/18/2018.

Blog Hop

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December 13, 2018 137 comments

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Altenew Dotted Technique Floral Cards

Christmas Cards | Festive Poinsettia | Altenew

by alex December 12, 2018

Hi crafty friends!

Just a quick post from me today sharing Christmas cards I made whilst playing with Altenew stamps.

I used Festive Poinsettia stamp set and Sunburst Stencil. I started by ink blending using Sweet leaf ink. I then used the stencil and repeated blending. Next, I stamped the images and colored ink with Zig markers. To the end my card I added a sentiment and some red crystals.

The second card I decided to make using colored pencils and embossing powder.

I’m sharing these over at:

ALtenew: A Year In Review Inspiration Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge – Warm Winter Wishes

Simon Says Stamps – It’s Christmas Card Day!

Craft Stamper Take It Make It challenge – Anything Goes

Supplies

Below you will find links to the supplies used to create the projects. Where available I use compensated affiliate links. This means that I receive a small commission when products are purchased through links I share here (at no additional cost to you). If you like my projects, please consider supporting me by clicking through these links when you shop. Thank you so much!

Festive Poinsettia, Altenew Stamp & Die Bundle

Sunburst, Altenew Stencils

Altenew Crisp Dye Ink Pad, Sweet Leaf

Zig Art & Graphic Twin Tip Marker, Set of 84

Studio Katia Crystals, July

Blessings, Altenew Clear Stamps

Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils, Set of 36

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock, Alpaca, 10 pk

WOW Embossing Powder, Super Fine – White Pearl

Hero Arts Embossing Powder, White

Neenah Cardstock, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, 25 pk

Ranger Ink Blending Tool, 1 Inch Round

Powder Tool Adhesive Deactivator

Classic Christmas, Studio Katia Confetti

Ranger Archival Ink Pad, Jet Black

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December 12, 2018 2 comments

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Altenew $20 Gift Certificate Giveaway Winner | Crafty Friends Blog Hop Day 1

by alex December 9, 2018

Hi, crafty friends! Thank you so much to everyone who took the time to leave a comment on my blog post. I really appreciate your kind words!!!

It is time to announce the winner of the $20 gift certificate to the Altenew online store.

And the happy lucky lady is Lisa Byers!

Congratulations, Lisa! Please email Altenew at winner@altenew.com by 12/20/2018 with the subject line Altenew Crafty Friends Blog Hop Winner from Alex’s Blog to claim your prize.

37 giveaway winners will be announced on the Altenew Card Blog and Altenew Scrapbook Blog on 12/15/2018.

Altenew November Releases

If you haven’t done it yet, make sure to check out November 2018 Stencil&Ink Spray Release and November 2018 Stamp&Die Release.

Here is my favorite stamp set/dies:

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2 days only! Earn 2X reward points with every order from 12/10/2018 at 12:01 AM EST until 12/11/2018 at 11:59 PM EST. Altenew Loyalty Program members only. Reward points can be exchanged for future discounts and savings. Shop here

This is it for today. Thank you for stopping by. Happy crafting!

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December 9, 2018 2 comments

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Neenah Cardstock Shop at: EH \| AZ	Ranger Emboss It Ink Pad Shop at: EH \| AZ	Hero Arts Embossing Gun Shop at: EH \| AZ	Ranger Ink Blending Tool Shop at: EH \| AZ	Altenew Crisp Dye Ink Cubes, Four Scoops Shop at: AN \| EH
TONIC STUDIOS Tim Holtz Stamp Platform Shop at: AZ	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue, 0.88 oz Shop at: EH \| AZ	Altenew Ink Cubes, Cool Summer Night Shop at: AN \| EH	Powder Tool Adhesive Deactivator Shop at: EH \| AZ

Inked Flora, Altenew Clear Stamp Set Shop at: AN \| EH	Ranger Archival Ink Pad, Jet Black Shop at: EH \| AZ	Tonic Comfort 8.5 Inch Guillotine Paper Trimmer Shop at: EH \| AZ	Zig Art & Graphic Twin Tip Marker, Set of 84 Shop at: EH \| AZ	X-Press It High Tack Double-Sided Tape Shop at: EH \| AZ
Neenah Cardstock Shop at: EH \| AZ	Winsor Newton Cotman Watercolor Shop at: EH	Watercolor Brush, Short Round 8 Shop at: EH	Canson Arches Cold Press Watercolor Paper Shop at: EH	TONIC STUDIOS Tim Holtz Stamp Platform Shop at: AZ
Classic Metallic Fusion Shop at: EH

Exotic Tulips Stamp Set Shop at: AN	Trendy Circles Stamp Set Shop at: AN	Ranger Archival Ink Pad, Jet Black Shop at: EH \| AZ	Tonic Comfort 8.5 Inch Guillotine Paper Trimmer Shop at: EH \| AZ	Altenew Crisp Dye Ink Cubes, Red Cosmos Shop at: AN \| EH
Neenah Cardstock Shop at: EH \| AZ	Ranger Emboss It Ink Pad Shop at: EH \| AZ	Hero Arts Embossing Gun Shop at: EH \| AZ	TONIC STUDIOS Tim Holtz Stamp Platform Shop at: AZ	Altenew inks. Shades of Purple Shop at: EH
Altenew Ink Cubes, Glacier Caves Shop at: AN \| EH	Altenew Embossing Powder, Antique Gold Shop at: AN \| EH	Altenew Ink Cubes, Green Meadows Shop at: AN \| EH	Altenew Ink Cubes, Summer Afternoon Shop at: AN \| EH	Altenew Ink Cubes, Cherry Blossom Shop at: AN \| EH
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Ranger Ink Blending Tool Shop at: EH \| AZ	Ranger Ink Blending Tool Replacement Foam Shop at: EH \| AZ	ZIG Watercolor BrusH20, Large Shop at: EH	Scrapbook Adhesives 3-D Foam Squares Shop at: EH \| AZ	Neat & Tangled Sequins Shop at: EH
Winsor Newton Cotman Watercolor Shop at: EH	Watercolor Brush, Short Round 8 Shop at: EH	Canson Arches Cold Press Watercolor Paper Shop at: EH	TONIC STUDIOS Tim Holtz Stamp Platform Shop at: AZ	Studio Katia Clear Round Drops Shop at: EH \| SK
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue, 0.88 oz Shop at: EH \| AZ	Altenew Ink Cubes, Cool Summer Night Shop at: AN \| EH	Altenew Embossing Powder, Antique Gold Shop at: AN \| EH	Be creative Tape Shop at: EH	Altenew Ink Cubes, Green Meadows Shop at: AN \| EH
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Altenew Crisp Dye Ink Pad, Lagoon Shop at: EH	Altenew Crisp Dye Ink Pad, Volcano Lake Shop at: EH	Ranger Archival Ink Pad, Jet Black Shop at: EH \| AZ	Tonic Comfort 8.5 Inch Guillotine Paper Trimmer Shop at: EH \| AZ	Tim Holtz Tonic Mini Snips Shop at: EH \| AZ
Zig Art & Graphic Twin Tip Marker, Set of 84 Shop at: EH \| AZ	X-Press It High Tack Double-Sided Tape Shop at: EH \| AZ	Neenah Cardstock Shop at: EH \| AZ	Ranger Ink Blending Tool Shop at: EH \| AZ	Ranger Ink Blending Tool Replacement Foam Shop at: EH \| AZ
ZIG Watercolor BrusH20, Large Shop at: EH	TONIC STUDIOS Tim Holtz Stamp Platform Shop at: AZ	Studio Katia Clear Round Drops Shop at: EH \| SK	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue, 0.88 oz Shop at: EH \| AZ	Altenew Ink Cubes, Cool Summer Night Shop at: AN \| EH
Wispy Begonia Stamp Set Shop at: AN