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Altenew 11th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 1 + Giveaway

Welcome to the Altenew 11th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 1 + Giveaway! Get ready for some amazing prizes for this hop. I’m honored to be celebrating Altenew’s 11th anniversary. I remember when Altenew first came on the crafty scene. The thrill of seeing there products are the same thrill I feel today for them. Before I get into the giveaways, let take a look at some cards I made.

 

My first card I used the new Magnolia Dreams Embossing Folder and Coloring Stencil. I have to admit, this is one of my favorite embossing folder and stenciling set. It’s just so pretty. For my ink blending I used several shades of blue from the Marine Life fresh dye ink collection as well as Hunter Green from the Green Meadows Fresh Dye ink collection and the Lemonade Stand from the Citrus Punch Fresh Dye ink collection.

The sentiment is from the Stamp and Paint: One Happy Bouquet  Stamp set. Oh and that gorgeous blue cardstsock peeking out from behind is Altenew Starlight cardstock. To fill in the background just a little, I made some small dots using my silver essential permanent marker from Altenew. The finish to this card were the addition of beautiful enamel dots from the Deep Blue Sea enamel dots collection.

Altenew 11th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 1 + Giveaway

My second car is using the beautiful Cascading Elegance stencil. This stencil is so beautiful. I used the Citrus Punch Fresh Dye inks for the ink blending and did a gradating blend with them. The sentiment on this card is from the Craft Your Life Project Kit: Arched Foliage. And the beautiful brown cardstock is Milk Chocolate from Altenew. Again I did a finishing touch by adding enamel dots from the Summer Afternoon collection.

 

Altenew 11th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 1 + Giveaway

Now let’s get into the giveaway!

 

Plus we have anniversary sale specials:

  • 04/14/2025 – 04/17/2025: Get a FREE brand-new Lace 3D Embossing Folder (worth $11.99) on orders over $89 from 04/14/2025 at 12:01 AM EDT until 04/17/2025 at 11:59 PM EDT. The free gift will be automatically added to eligible orders—while supplies last. Shop here: https://altenew.com/collections/all-altenew-products

  • 04/14/2025 – 04/18/2025: Get FREE U.S. Shipping on orders over $29 (no code needed) or $10 off International Shipping with code ALTENEW@11 at checkout from 04/14/2025 at 12:01 AM EDT until 04/18/2025 at 11:59 PM EDT. Shop here: https://altenew.com/collections/all-altenew-products

Have a great day everyone and I’ll see you back here soon.

 

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Altenew April Release Blog Hop

Welcome to the Altenew April Release Blog Hop. I’m so happy you are here with me today. To start from the beginning of the hop click here. The April release is once again full of so many products for your cardmaking needs. Let’s get right into it as I have a lot for you today.

Let’s start with my first card. I used the new Craft Your Life Project Kit: Arched Foliage. This might be one of my favorite kits from Altenew. The kit includes a stamp set, simple coloring stencils (3), a die and an embossing folder. The embossing folder gives such great texture on a card. For my colors today, I used the inks from the Dessert Dreams Fresh Ink Collection.

Altenew April Release Blog Hop

Card number two is using the new Altenew Luminous Diamond Rings Bold Stencil and the new Shimmer Relief Paste in Sea Beryl, Galactic Skies and Mayan Gold. I mean come on!! How gorgeous is this card. Paring this with a simple sentiment from the Bold Sentiments Stamp set.

Altenew April Release Blog Hop

Okay, let’s move on to card number three. The Stamp and Paint: One Happy Bouquet is perfect for watercoloring. This stamp set is pretty large. However I trimmed it down to accommodate a large black border. The size is this card is a 5×7. Like I said this stamp is perfect for watercoloring so why not grab the Altenew Palette Perfection Artists’ Watercolor Tube Bundle with the Perfect Petal Palette. And to add some movement in the background, you can use the new Essential Permanent Markers Set.

Altenew April Release Blog Hop

I have more inspiration for you with additional cards that you can see on my Instagram page. I’ll have links to products there as well. And don’t forget the giveaways.

There is $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 April 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 Winners Page on April 19th, 2025. The winner of the $100 gift certificate will be chosen from comments left on the Altenew blog.

Okay everyone, that a wrap for today. See you back here soon.

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Waffle Flower Boxed Cupcake Die

Hey everyone. I’m amping up my birthday card making with the Waffle Flower Boxed Cupcake Bundle  If you’re like me, you make a stack of birthday cards, but then feel like you don’t have the right one for that particular person. Well that’s not going to happen this time.  The Waffle Flower Boxed Cupcake die and coordinating stencil perfect for all your birthday cards. I mean, who doesn’t like cupcakes with zero calories. 😂

My card is so colorful and happy. As I stated I used the Waffle Flower Boxed Cupcake die cut and the Boxed Cupcake stencil. This combinations makes creating birthday cards so easy and super fun. For my ink colors I used Concord & 9th Watermelon, Wildberry, Creamsicle, Aqua Sky, Oceanside and Dragonfruit. I mean those colors by themself sound like a party!

Waffle Flower Boxed Cupcake Die

I added in a sprinkle background using the Pretty Pink Posh Layered Heart Sprinkles stencil. Didn’t use the heart layer on this card. And the bright and colorful dots in the box lid and around the bottom were created with my Olo Markers.

Waffle Flower Cupcake Die

To complete the card, I used a white gel pen for some highlights and some glitter glue to add sparkle to the card. The sentiment is from the Waffle Flower Hey Cupcake stamp set and was stamped in C&9 Dragonfruit ink. This is one fun birthday card. Thanks for stopping by today. I hope I’ve inspired you to keep making those birthday cards we need all year long.

Have a great day everyone!!

 


 

Spellbinders Felt Carrot Companion

Hey everyone. Looking for an adorable Easter felt project? Well look no more. The Spellbinders Felt Carrot Companion die set is perfect. This set comes with a cute little bunny and a fun mini carrot. You can dress up this bunny in different bows by the choice of the felt you use.

 

Event though I used this funny on a card, you can totally turn this in to home decor by stitching a few of these and then stringing them together. It would be the perfect way to add some Easter decor to your home this year. I started stitching the bunny first. This bunny has several more pieces than the carrot did so. I began to work on that first. I chose to stitch a salmon-pink color for my bunny and accented him with a teal bow and heart. The carro was made from a nicely deep orange brown felt and muted green felt for the topper.

For the background, I used the Spellbinders Columns Embossing Folder. I wanted the background to have a little texture and not be flat white. Then I backed the white cardstock piece with a salmon pink cardstock. This cardstock was in my scrapes so I’m not sure of the name or brand. To keep the bunny and carrot on my card, I used a strong double sided tape like Spellbinders 1/4″ white liner tape.

If you are unfamiliar with the Nichol Spohr Collection of stitching dies make sure to click this link and it will take you to all of her stitching available on spellbinders. These unique and fun stitching guys really do add the perfect elements to cards home decor, and even gifts.. Here are a few stitching projects I have done in the past.

Nichol was even sweet enough to share a tutorial working this set. Here is a link to that video. Now thie Felt Companion die was sold out, however it’s back in stock. Grab yours now to have your projects done by Easter. Have a great day everyone.

Pink and Main March 2025 Release

Hey everyone. Welcome back to the blog. Have you seen the new Pink and Main March 2025 release. It is full of so much happy inspiration for birthday card making and beyond.

I have a few card samples for you today using products from the release. My first card is using the Gift Of You stamp set. This stamp makes such a beautiful card. By coloring in the cake using my Olo markers I was able to pair the colored image with the new It’s Your Birthday Patterned Paper. The pattern paper in this package has so many options for birthday cards and beyond.

Pink and Main March 2025 Release

I love to add a slant of colorful cardstock or a designed background to my cards. So for this card, I did just that by placing a half sheet of the plaid paper diagonally on my card base. A simple sentiment from the Sprinkles on Top stamp set finished off this card nicely.

For my next card I used the Floral Cake Foilables. Now this is the same image as the Gift Of you stamp set however it’s foilable. It makes card creating super easy. I paired it with a sentiment from the Mega Birthday Sentiments Foilable sheets.

I really wish I could get a better photo of this card. The sparkle on it is amazing. Keeping this card super simple really makes all the foiling the star of the card.

And lastly I have a card using the large Have The Best Birthday Ever foilable from the Mega Birthday Sentiments Foilable sheets. Look at that sparkle. For both of the foilable cards, I used Pink and Main City Lights Gold Cheer Foil.

Once again, using paper from the new It’s Your Birthday Patterned Papers makes this card super easy to put together.

Now don’t forget, this items are available right now. I have links to the products so you can scoop them up. Affiliate links have been used at no cost to you.

Thanks for stopping by the Pink and Main March 2025 release. I hope I have inspired you to create your own birthday cards. See you back here soon.

 


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