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Altenew 8th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 3 + Giveaway (over $2,000 in Total Prizes)

April 6, 2022

Welcome to the Altenew 8th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 3! This is a hop with over $2,000 in total prizes. You should have arrived here from Butterfly Reflections, Ink blog. I have so much to share with you today so let’s get started.

My anniversary card for the Altenew hop was created using the Paint-A-Flower Sweet Pea stamp set. This stamp is so precious and easy to color. The sweet pea holds the symbolic meaning of blissful pleasure. Its upright, clumping flower clusters also symbolize good wishes, friendship, kindness, and goodbyes. It’s such a beautiful flower to gift someone who might be moving away or as a gift of new friendship. A simple watercolor was with the Altenew Woodless Watercolor Pencils made coloring this flower so easy.

A simple sentiment offset from the sweet pea keeps the card simple and elegant. With a light splatter of gray watercolor creating just a little texture.

Clean and simple with just a hint of color from the pencils and this card was almost complete. To finish off the card I trimmed down the white panel so I could have a midtone gray card stock peek behind the panel before I placed it on a white card base.

Now let’s get into the giveaways and offers. Altenew is offering FREE U.S. shipping with code HAPPY8TH or $8 OFF international shipping with code ANNIV22 at checkout. Offer valid from 04/04/2022 at 12:01 am EDT through 04/06/2022 at 11:59 pm EDT. Not valid on prior purchases. Cannot be combined with other promo codes. Shop here: (Sale up to 45% off and NEW releases.

We have a TON of giveaways for today’s hop with over $2,000 in total prizes! Altenew is giving away a $80 Gift Certificate to 5 lucky winners and one Altenew Academy Online Class($8.95 value) to 15 lucky winners. There are also 26 awesome companies/crafty friends who are celebrating with us, and they are offering the following prizes:

Altenew: 5 x $80 Altenew Gift Certificate
Altenew Academy: 15 x Online Monthly Class Spot
Jennifer McGuire Ink: Share Handmade Kindness Goodie Bag
A Cherry on Top: $50 Gift Certificate
Auzz Trinklets N Krafts: $50 Gift Certificate
Avery Elle: $50 Gift Certificate
Bumbleberry Papercrafts: £25 Gift Certificate
Butterfly Reflections Ink: $25 Gift Certificate
CiLi in Papers: €75 Gift Certificate
Concord & 9th: 1 $50 Gift Certificate & 1 Eclectic Garden Bundle ($38 Value)
Craft Stash: $100 Gift Certificate
Dare 2B Artzy: $30 Gift Certificate
Ellen Hutson LLC: $25 Gift Certificate
Gina K. Designs: $50 Gift Certificate
Hero Arts: $50 Gift Certificate
Lawn Fawn: $25 Gift Certificate
MarkerPop: 4 x $40 Gift Certificate
Michelle’s Cards & Stamps: AUD$100 Gift Certificate
My Little Attic: $50 Gift Certificate
My Sweet Petunia: $50 Gift Certificate
Online Card Classes: 3 Online Class Spots to 1 Winner
Pink and Main: $50 Gift Certificate
Pinkfresh Studio: $50 Gift Certificate
Scrapbook & Cards Today: $50 Gift Certificate
Scrapbook.com: $50 certificate
Simon Says Stamp: $50 Gift Certificate
Studio Katia: $50 Gift Certificate
Waffle Flower: $25 Gift Certificate

Be sure to leave comments by 4/15/2022 for a chance to win one of 50 prizes! To make the hop more exciting, start your comment with “Hi from (city or country where you’re from)!” 50 winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the blogs listed below and will be announced on the Altenew Card Blog on 4/21/2022.

Next on the hop is Teresa. I’ve also included the entire hop list just in case you get lost along the way. Have a great day everyone and good luck!

Michelle’s Cards & Stamps

Emily Midgett

Michelle Short

Butterfly Reflections, Ink.

Altenew Celebrating Parents Card Drive Blog Hop + Giveaway 2022

March 24, 2022

Welcome to the Altenew Celebrating Parents Card Drive Blog Hop + Giveaway 2022! I’m so excited to be a part of this hop. You should have arrived here from Amy’s blog. If you missed the start of the hop you can start at the Altenew Card Blog. The goal of today’s hop is to send cards for the elderly that lives in nursing homes or shelters to let them know they’re not forgotten. We encourage you to check out the Celebrating Parents Card Drive and join this great cause by sending in cards.

My card today is featuring the Altenew Here For You stamp set. This is one of my favorite stamp sets from Altenew. The large flower makes so a pretty card. I used Altenew Watercolor Paper and Altenew Watercolor Brushes for my card today. I placed the color of the brush onto my glass mat and used my Altenew Artists Watercolor brushes to paint the image. Happy bright watercolors really make this flower just bloom on a card.

Wanting to have some texture to my card, after I watercolored the image, I ran the panel through my die cutting machine with the Altenew Enchanting Vines 3D embossing folder. What a great way to add texture within my artwork.

Adding in a touch of black to ground my piece, I heat embossed one of the sentiments from the Hero For You stamp set in Altenew White Embossing Powder on black card stock. Remember, if a stamp is all on one line, you can easily cut it about after you heat emboss to scatter your sentiment across your card.

We have chosen a few Altenew products that are great for your Mother’s Day and Father’s Day cards (and other year-round projects)!

Altenew will donate $1 with every order of the above stamp sets from 3/6/2021 until 5/31/2021 to the Food Bank of Central New York to support seniors in need. We have created a special Parent’s Card Drive Collection.

Now let’s chat about giveaways. To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 5 winners! Make sure to leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 03/30/2022 for a chance to win. Wow that’s $200 in total prizes up for grab.

Next up on the hop is Ann. I hope you enjoy your time on the Celebrating Parents Card Drive Blog hop. I’ve also included the entire blog hop just in case you need it. Have a great day everyone.

Altenew Craft Your Life Project Kit: Feathered Lilies Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

January 12, 2022

Welcome everyone to the Altenew Craft Your Life Project Kit: Feathered Lilies Release Blog Hop + Giveaway. You should have arrived here from Jenny’s blog. The Altenew Craft Your Life Project Kit: Feathered Lilies is floral beauty and messages of love all in one! The stamp set features a beautiful bouquet of lilies, elaborate leaves, and baroque elements. The minimalist style is a colorist’s dream, as it provides plenty of open space to add coloring and shading. Not a coloring enthusiast? Our coordinating coloring stencils make adding color sweet and simple. Finally, we have maximized this stamp set with tons of sentiments so you can stay in touch with your loved ones.

My card today is featuring a lovely yellow and green color combo. The card was so easy to put together because you don’t have to color the images. Using the provided stencil really helps to speed up the process of using this kit.

Also included in the kit is a coordinating embossing folder. This embossing folder can be used alone or in conjunction with the stamp.

I also have a tutorial for you today. You can watch it here on my blog or over on my Youtube channel. Affiliate links have been used at no cost to you.

Let’s not forget the about the giveaway. 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 01/18/2022 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 01/20/2022.

Next on the hop is Erum. Enjoy the hop everyone and good luck.

Altenew Vintage Galore Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

January 4, 2022

Happy New Year and welcome to the Altenew Vintage Galore Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway. You should have arrived here from Norine’s blog.

My cards today are featuring the Altenew Folk Flower stamp and stencil and Here For You stamp set. These stamp sets make beautiful cards. The first card using the Folk Flower stencil is soo pretty to work with. Using very soft colors from Altenew I was able to create this mint inspired card. The colors with the stark black really look beautiful.

My second card using the Here For You stamp set might just be my favorite. These flowers were a dream to watercolor with my Altenew Watercolor Markers. I paired it with the Splatter Hot Foil Plate. These two products together will help you achieve cards with a wow factor.

Free Gift

Get a FREE brand new Vintage Galore Mini Inspiration Guide with every order from 01/04/2022 through 01/06/2022. Shop HERE!
Get a FREE brand new Vintage Galore Stamp & Die Release Inspiration Guide Ebook (worth $5.99) with every order of high-value Vintage Galore Bundles. Shop HERE! *Exclusions apply.
Get a FREE brand new Online Cardmaking Class with every order from the new Vintage Galore Stamp & Die Release Collection from 01/04/2022 through 01/10/2022 Shop HERE!!

And let’s not forget the giveaways. 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.

Next on the hop is Jaycee. See you back here soon everyone.

Altenew: A Year In Review Blog Hop + Giveaway

December 28, 2021

Good morning and welcome to the Altenew: A Year In Review Blog Hop + Giveaway! You should have arrived here from Cheryl’s blog. Today we are celebrating a year in review with Altenew. I have been truly blessed to have to opportunity to work with the team and great guest designers this year. Let’s check out a few of my favorite designs using Altenew products.

These again are just a few cards I have made as a guest designer for Altenew. It’s a really great mix of my style of cardmaking and crafting. For these cards I have used stencils, embossing folders, card kits, floral images along with inks, watercolors and ink blending.

Like I said these are just a few of the cards I have to feature today. You can search my blog for all cards using Altenew products by clicking the link on the side bar or searching for them in my search bar.

Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 5 lucky winners and a $15 gift certificate to 4 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog HERE or share Altenew projects with #AltenewBest2021 on social media by 01/06/2022 for a chance to win. Nine winners will be announced on the Altenew Winners Page on 01/08/2022.

Next on the hop is Daniel. Daniel is an AMAZING crafter and human being and I can’t wait for you to see his top cards for 2021. I’ve also included the entire blog hop list just in case you get lost along the way.