Hello and welcome to my blog. I am pleased to be part of this blog hop celebrating the July 2022 release which is being hosted at the Altenew blog. https://wp.me/p6Dps1-gf1 h
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$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 07/17/2022 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 07/19/2022.
I hope you enjoy looking at the cards I have made for this release and that I inspire you to create some yourself! All products used in my cards are listed at the end of the post.
CARD 1:
For this first card, I used the Mosaic Diamonds Background stamp Set to heat emboss a whole panel using clear embossing powder. I then used an nested oval die from my stash to cut the oval shape. I then ink blended some pale yellow ink over the panel to allow the embossed areas to remain white as the embossing resists the ink. I used this as my focal point behind pink cardstock. The flowers and leaves are from Rose Mellow Layering Stencil Set and the sentiment is from Mosaic Diamonds stamp. It was heat embossed using silver embossing powder on vellum. Some shimmer pen on the roses and a few silver pearls from my stash finish the card.
CARD 2:
The negative portion from my previously stamped and embossed panel was used as a surround for my card panel, first using moon rock dye ink to ink blend over to create more contrast and define the pattern more. The background area inside the oval window was also ink blended and as the ink is water-reactive, some splatters of water help to give a more textured effect to that area. The flower is from Build-a-Garden Nature’s Magic Set and the sentiments are from Mosaic Diamonds Background Stamp Set.
CARD 3:
I began by stamping and heat embossing in white embossing powder some floral images from Linear Life: Tropical Garden Layering Stamp Set. I used watercolour paper for this back panel as I wanted to create a soft watercolour effect. I added inks in random places then spritzed the panel with water and allowed the colours to blend, move and slowly dry. The white embossed images show up well but in a subtle way to add interest to the background. I have a hot foil machine so used this and the matching Linear Life: Tropical Garden Hot Foil plate to create the matching floral images on smooth white cardstock. I then used various dye inks with a small ink blending tool to add shading to each flower and leaf. The sentiments from the same set were heat embossed with gold embossing powder onto vellum. Some white enamel dots from the Essential Black and White enamel dot set added more texture and interest.
CARD 4:
I began by using the new Altenew scoring board (to be released later in July) to score some horizontal lines on one half of the A2 panel. I added shading of moon rock dye ink around the edges to further enhance the scoring. On the other half of the panel, I used Monsteras and Quotes Outline Stamp Set to randomly stamp with clear embossing ink and emboss with silver embossing powder. I used the matching stencil to add colour to the leaves. This set has some beautiful encouragement sentiments and I chose one to heat emboss using silver embossing powder onto grey cardstock. This was then popped up using Instant Dimension Foam Tape. A few silver pearls from my stash added the finishing touch.
CARD 5:
The Crafty Friends Add On stamp set was my inspiration for this colourful card. I felt that it would pair well with a recently released stamp set called Educators Rule. I had lots of fun creating a rainbow of pencils across the panel, adding it to a black matt layer and then stamping a sentiment using Obsidian Pigment Ink and heat setting it with clear embossing powder. I then matted it with black cardstock and fussy cut the image before adding foam tape to the back. Black enamel dots added a finishing touch and carried that graphic black element through.
CARD 6:
What a stunning and huge floral stamp image this is! It comes from the new Captivating Blooms Outline Stamp set. For a change, I used some Kraft cardstock for my panel. I stamped the image using embossing ink and heat set the image using rose gold embossing powder. I used the coordinating layering stencil set to colour the image. To give a more artsy look, I added white pigment ink splatters and black dots to the centres of the flowers using a black glaze pen from my stash. A sentiment from the stamp set was chosen, embossed with the same rose gold embossing powder and fussy cut before mounting with foam tape. The panel was then added to an A2 card base.
Thank you so much for visiting my blog. I hope you are inspired to create gorgeous cards with these new products. Below is the complete blog hop list for your convenience.
Reiko Tsuchida ***Note: Due to strict regulations in Japan, you might not be able to leave a comment on her blog post.
Svitlana Shayevich – you have come from here
Annemarie Caister – you are here
Tania Ahmed – your next stop
Products Used
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 Rose Mellow Layering Stencil Shop at: ALTENEW |
 Captivating Blooms Stamp and Stencil Bundle Shop at: ALTENEW |
 Linear Life: Stamp Die Hot Foil Plate Bundle Shop at: ALTENEW |
 Monsteras and Quotes Stamp Die and Stencil Bundle Shop at: ALTENEW |
 Mosaic Diamonds Stamp Set Shop at: ALTENEW |
 Crafty Friends Add-On Stamp Shop at: ALTENEW |
 Educators Rule Stamp and Die Set Shop at: ALTENEW |
 Essential Black and White Enamel Dots Shop at: ALTENEW |
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The yellow flowers look so very pretty. I LOVE yellow flowers, and this particular one is beautiful. Nice summery look.
So glad you like the cards Sharon. Thanks for visiting my blog
Fabulous cards!
Great cards! Love the backgrounds you created.
Thank you so much Carol
Thank you Joni
Wonderful cards and inspiration! TFS!
Thank you so much Donna
So beautiful
Thank you
Such beautiful cards. I love your pretty backgrounds!
Thank you so much Cindy
Gorgeous cards! Love the colorful flowers.
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Jeanne
Each of your cards is so lovely. SO beautifully inspiring.
Thank you for you kind words Karen
Great cards and thanks for sharing.
So glad you like them Lissette
Beautiful designs and colors! I really love those monstera leaves! Lovely florals too!
Thank you Denise. I’m so glad you like my cards and layouts!
I love all of your cards, but especially love the first one with pink as it is my favorite color. Well done my friend!
Thank you Melissa. Pink is my favourite colour too!
Beautiful cards! I really love the monstera leaves!
Thank you Susan!
Pretty cards
Thank you Karen
Lovely array of beautiful card. Love them all. Thank you for your wonderful inspiration. Enjoy your day.
Thank you so much Lori, glad I could inspire you!
Your cards are beautiful. Thank you.
Thank you Audrey, so kind of you!
Thanks for sharing your lovely cards!
You’re very welcome, thanks for visiting!
Great cards. Love love the tropical garden and captivating blooms card. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you like them Jeanne, thanks for visiting my blog!
They are all wonderful
Thank you!
I love the pretty colorful background on Card #3.
Thank you for looking at my blog Nelya
Wow! Awesome cards! I love the mosaic background and the yellow flowers- beautiful color combo!
Thank you Lauryne
The Precious Friend card is simply stunning! Love the shades of red or rose used to color the flowers; it is gorgeous with the gold embossing and the kraft paper card base!
Thank you, I like that card too!
Great cards! My favorite is #3 with the beautiful pastel background, wonderful foiled flower images, and colorful flowers. A perfect card in my opinion!
Thank you Dorothy for your kind words. So glad you like my creations!
I love all of your cards. Thank you for the inspiration and for sharing your craft. I love all the soft beautiful color you used in the florals
Thank you so much!
Beautiful cards. Thank you for the inspiration
You can never go wrong with rainbow flowers. Super pretty.
I love an opportunity to make a rainbow!
My favorites are cards 3 and 6. The background on card 3 is to die for. I love those colors! And that stamp you used in card 6 is just gorgeous. It inspires me – I may need to invest in that stamp.
Thanks for visiting, I’m so glad I have inspired you Carole!
So many pretty cards. The one with the ink blended background with the flowers embossed in white and then more flowers partially colored in is my absolute favorite. What a great card!