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Altenew Paint-A-Flower: White Swan Echinacea Outline Stamp Set Release Blog Hop + Giveaway ( $200 in total prizes)

August 22, 2021

Welcome to the Altenew Paint-A-Flower: White Swan Echinacea Outline Stamp Set Release Blog Hop + Giveaway. You should have arrived here from Natalie’s blog. This blog hop is hosted by Altenew. I hope you are inspired by the hop to create a beautiful masterpiece using this new stamp. Let’s get into my card for today.

This beautiful stamp making a striking centerpiece on your cards. The designers and guest designers will show you just how much fun it is to create with this stamp. Starting off my card, I stamped the image in black ink onto watercolor paper. Using the Altenew Spring Watercolor Brush Markers I colored in this beautiful image. These markers are awesome for simple watercoloring.

I watercolored the flowers first and fuzzy cut them out. Now it was time to set these aside and work on my background. To create the background I started off with a piece of green cardstock. Next I pulled out my Leaf Bed stencil and Altenew Moss ink to stencil on the leaves background. I love this stencil so much for creating simple backgrounds for cards.

I used more Moss ink towards the bottom of the panel and kept the top a little lighter. Next I used the Moss ink to saturate a piece of green cardstock to create a panel for my sentiment. I stamped the sentiment in Versamark and heat set it with Altenew White Embossing Powder.

To finish off the card, I trimmed down my panel smaller to fit onto an A2 card panel. Using foam tape I popped up the flowers and placed them on the card. I also used foam tape to pop up the sentiment as well. I really love who this card turned out. Next on the hop is Jaycee. I’ve also included the entire hop list in case you get lost along the way.

Why not try out the Paint-A-Flower Monthly Subscription Plan. When signed up, you are guaranteed a spot in our monthly Paint-A-Flower releases and will receive a set each month – at a specially discounted price! ($15.99 →$12.99) You can also grab the Paint-A-Flower: White Swan Echinacea & Artists’ Watercolor 24 Pan Set Bundle. Or you can grab the Paint-A-Flower: White Swan Echinacea & Watercolor Essential 12 Pan Set Bundle.

Also there are giveaways. Let’s see what that’s all about. There is $200 in total prizes! 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 08/28/2021 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 08/30/2021.

Hero Arts Holiday Catalog Release Blog Hop

August 18, 2021

Hello everyone and welcome to the Hero Arts Holiday Catalog Release Blog Hop. I’m so excited to share card inspiration using products from this catalog. There are so many new products I’m sure you are going to fall in love with. You should have arrived here from Channin’s blog. Let’s get into the cards I have to share with you.

My first card is featuring the Hero Arts Holly Berries Stamp Set and the Hero Arts Holly Berries Fancy die. I love the simplicity of the lines of this image and the presence of it on a card. It’s large enough to be the star of a card without having to do loads of coloring or adding many details to the card.

For the second card I’m using the Hero Arts Holiday Ornaments and Hero Arts Holiday Ornaments Fancy Dies. These ornaments are absolutely gorgeous. I used Hero Arts Liquid Watercolors for my medium on this card however you can use Copic markers, color pencils or the Hero Arts Layering Ornaments Stencil.

My last card might just be my favorite. The Hero Arts Geometric Spiral Stencil is awesome! I LOVE a fabulous graphic stamp, die or stencil and this one fits the bill perfectly! Filling in the design with a white gelly roll pen steps up the look just a bit.

I have linked all the products I used for this card below just in case you would like to recreate them on your own. Next on the hop is Daniel. I’ve included the entire list of participants in case you get lost along the way. There is also a giveaway today. We will give away THREE $50 gift cards, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, August 29th at 11:59pm pacific, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week.

Hero Arts
Channin Pelletier
Dana Joy
Daniel West
Debi Adams
Emily Midgett
Ilina Crouse
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Libby Hickson
Lydia Fiedler
Maria Willis
Michelle Short
Mindy Eggen
Pocono Pam
Seeka
Special Guests:
Nichol Spohr
Jennifer Kotas
Meg Brooks
Rebecca Keppel

I have even more exciting news to share today. The Hero Arts Holiday Stamp Along will be here next month. I will be an instructor for this event and I’m so excited. Registration starts today. I hope to see you all in class.

Have a great day everyone. See you back here soon.

Altenew Craft Your Life Project Kit: Lush Garden Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

August 12, 2021

Welcome to the Altenew Craft Your Life Project Kit: Lush Garden Release Blog Hop + Giveaway. You should have arrived here from Seeka’s blog. So glad you are joining us today. The Craft Your Life Project Kit is full of card making products that all work together. Let’s take a look at my cards.

The Lush Garden kit is absolutely gorgeous. I love that the kits have a stamp set, die cuts, stencil and embossing folder. It make creating so much fun and a lot easier especially if you don’t have the time to color your images with markers or color pencils. I’ll show you how this card came together in the tutorial.

The focal point of my card is definitely the flowers popping off of the simple lined. The contrast of colors is what really works here.

Keeping the design clean and simple also helps to draw your eye in. Check out my tutorial I made showing you how to create a focal point on your cards.

You can watch my tutorial for this card here on my blog or over on my Youtube channel.

Craft Your Life Project Kit: Lush Garden Product Description:

Enjoy our Craft Your Life Project Kit, an exciting monthly package that is sure to get the creative juices flowing! Featuring a 6×8 stamp set, coordinating die set, as well as a stencil and embossing folder to fit the theme, this project kit has almost everything you need to start crafting. Just add ink and cardstock, and you’ll be good to go!

This project kit contains the following exclusive products:

– one 6″ x 8″ clear stamp set containing 24 stamps made in the USA from high-quality photopolymer

– four coordinating dies

– one simple coloring and layering stencil which coordinates with the stamp set

– one 6×6 3D embossing folder

– one simple coloring stencil set (3 stencils) which coordinates with the embossing folder

Note: These products are NOT sold separately.

Giveaway Prizes

There is $300 in total prizes! 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 08/18/2021 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 08/20/2021.

Next on the hop is Erin. I’ve also included the entire hop list just in case you get lost along the way.

Thanks for stopping by today and good luck on the giveaway.

Altenew Craft-A-Flower: California Giants Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

August 7, 2021

Welcome to the Altenew Craft-A-Flower: California Giants Release Blog Hop + Giveaway. You should have arrived here from Emily’s blog. Let’s get into the hop shall we.

This die set was so easy to use and look how bold it appears on the card. Screaming happiness with this card. Today I have tutorial sharing with you how I made this card. It was super easy and again look at how gorgeous this card is. Don’t forget you can grab the Craft-A-Flower: California Giants Layering Die Set & Gradient Cardstock Bundle here for a 5% discount. Or join the Craft-A-Flower Monthly Subscription Plan. This is a monthly subscription plan for our Craft-A-Flower die set. When signed up, you are guaranteed a spot in our monthly Craft-A-Flower releases and will receive a set each month – at a specially discounted price! ($35.99 →$29.99)

You can watch the tutorial right here on the or over on my Youtube channel. All products used for this card are listed below for your shopping convenience.

There are $200 in total prizes! 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 8/13/2021 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 08/15/2021. Next on the hop is Nathalie.

Good luck everyone and I’ll see you back here soon.

Altenew Modern & Edgy Stamps/Dies/Stencils/Embossing Folders Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

August 4, 2021

Welcome to the Altenew Modern & Edgy Stamps/Dies/Stencils/Embossing Folders Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway. You should have arrived here from Therese’s blog. The release is now available in the Altenew shop.

I have loads of inspiration for you today. My first card is featuring the new Altenew Meadow Builder Stencil Set (3 in 1). This stencil creates a beautiful backdrop for your cards. Paired with this beautiful background is the Altenew Modern Hello stamp set. This stamp set is a layering stamp where a sentiment sits inside another sentiment. It’s a vey interesting stamp to use on your cards to make your sentiments pop.

My next card is featuring the Altenew Diamond Frame Cover die. Such a striking die to fill up a card panel. A simple centered sentiment and your card is ready for it’s recipient.

Now onto card number three. This card is featuring the new Altenew Inky Lily stamp set, coordinating Inky Lily die set and Inky Lily Simple Coloring Stencil. Having the simple layering stencil makes it super easy to color in this lily. The background was made using the new Altenew Woven Stripes stamp set. I added a touch of color pencils to the lily as well.

Okay my fourth and final card is using the new Altenew Connected 3D embossing folder and the Altenew Doodled Triangles stamp set. A mix media look for sure on this card. Layering colors really allowed this card to pop. I used the new Altenew Mixed Media inks for this card as well.

Adding simple details with a few gel pens and a added sentiment finished off this card.

Now on to the good stuff. Here are THREE ways to get a FREEBIE to kickstart your creativity! Free gift will be added to cart automatically.

Get a FREE brand new Modern & Edgy Release Inspiration Guide (worth $5.99) with every order of high-value Modern & Edgy release bundles. Shop HERE! *Exclusions apply.
Get a FREE brand new Creative Jump Start Class with every order from the new Modern & Edgy release collection from 08/04/2021 through 08/10/2021. Shop HERE!
Get a FREE brand new Modern & Edgy Release Mini Inspiration Guide with every order from 08/04/2021 through 08/06/2021. Shop HERE

And of course we have giveaways. There are $300 in total prizes! 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 08/10/2021 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 08/12/2021.

Next on the hop is Virginia. I’ve also included the entire list of participants in case you get lost along the way. All products I used for my cards are listed below.