Altenew September 2024 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway ($300 in Total Prizes!)

Hello crafters! Welcome to the Altenew September 2024 Release Blog Hop. I am deeply honored to be the Guest Designer again and I’m excited to share a snapshot of five cards I’ve created using the newest Altenew products. I hope you’ll enjoy them all! 

 

Mini Delight: Afternoon Delights

To create this stamped and die-cut masking effect, I first stamped the flowers on white cardstock. Then, placing the cup die in the desired position, I stamped the flowers again onto the cup die-cut. I fussy cut the cup and attached it to the background. I colored the flowers with Altenew’s alcohol markers, finishing the card by adding the Tranquility heart enamel dots on the cup die-cuts.

Craft You Life Project Kit: Mixed Blooms

I white embossed the large flower image on dark gray cardstock and cut it out using the matching die. I also used the smaller flower and leaf dies from the kit to embellish the large flower image on this top-folding card. The sentiment stamps are also from the kit. 

After dry embossing the large flower on white cardstock, I used the matching stencils to blend Altenew’s Fresh Dye inks onto the flowers and leaves. I then cut it out with the coordinating die. I divided the flower image into two parts and attach them to the top and bottom of the card. The sentiments were white embossed in these areas as well. I love how this kit includes large sentiment titles paired with smaller greetings. I randomly added Tranquility enamel dots to complete the card.

Perfect Gift

For this card, I dry embossed the image onto white cardstock and used the layering stencils to blend inks onto flowers and leaves. As for the frame, I applied gold Lunar Paste through the stencil. I cut out the entire embossed image and adhered it to a white card base. The “perfect gift” sentiment was die cut three times from purple cardstock and stacked together for added dimension. I finished the card by adding Altenew’s iridescent crystals to the background.

Fresh Dye Inks & Craft Necessities: Cardstock

Altenew has released new, vibrant cardstocks! These colors perfectly coordinate with their inks. For this card background, I used Puffy Heart, Purple Wine, and Cosmic Berry cardstocks. I die cut the flowers (from Altenew’s Gardenia Layering Die Set) from Puffy Heart cardstock and blended the new Carnival Magic Fresh Dye Ink set onto each petal. I also die cut leaves from white cardstock and blended them with the new Mediterranean Glow Fresh Dye Ink set. I finished the card by white- embossing “hello gorgeous” (from Mixed Blooms stamp set) on the top. 

Giveaway Prizes

$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 September 5th 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 September 7th, 2024.

*The winner of the $100 gift certificate will be chosen from comments left on the Altenew blog. 

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Stay Crafty With A Blog Named Hero August 2024 Challenge - Sugar Sugar

Here is Stay Crafty With A Blog Named Hero August 2024 Challenge - Sugar Sugar, below is the challenge photo:

 

And here is the card I created to attend this challenge:

I white embossed Hero Arts' Happy Definition background stamp on the white cardstock. Then, I placed Hero Arts' Picasso Inspired stencil on the background and blended with different colors of Distress Oxide inks. I gold embossed the cup cake (from Hero Arts' Cupcakes stamps set) and colored with alcohol markers. I also brush the shimmer pen on the heart of the cupcake and put glossy accent to make it dimensional. I fussy cut the cupcake and attached it on a pink heart die (from Hero Arts' Nested Heart dies). I white embossed "happy birthday" (from Hero Arts' Friendly Messages stamp & die set) on coral color cardstock and die cut out with the matching die. Finish the card by assembling the cupcake, heart die, and greeting together on the background. Below is another look of the card:

Supplies:

Cardstock: Gina K Designs, Simon Says Stamp

Ink Pads: Distress Oxide inks, Versamark

Stamps: Hero Arts

Dies: Hero Arts

Stencil: Hero Arts

Others: white and gold embossing powder, alcohol markers, foam tapes

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Simon Monday Challenge - Alcohol Inks And/or Drinks

Here is Simon Monday Challenge - Alcohol Inks and/or Drinks, below is the challenge photo:

And here is the card I created to attend this challenge:

I applied different colors of alcohol inks on the Yupo Paper to create the background. I die cut the leaves (from Penny Black's Fall Fern die) from iridescent vellum and attached them on the background. I die cut "thanks" (from Penny Black's Thanks Edger die) from silver foil cardstock and cut two more with white cardstock. I stacked the thanks die together and attached at the center of background. Finish the card by attaching some glitter gems on the card. Below is another look of the card:

Supplies:

Cardstock: Yupo paper, Gina K Designs, DCWV, Simon Says Stamp

Inks: Ranger's alcohol inks

Dies: Penny Black

Others: glitter gems

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Gina K Designs August 2024 Monthly Mix Challenge - Gel Pen Accents

Here is Gina K Designs August 2024 Monthly Mix Challenge - Gel Pen Accents, below is the inspiration photo/card:

And here is the card I created to attend this challenge:

I applied Gina K Designs' Stellar Snowflake stencil on white cardstock with light, medium, and dark lilac ink pad. Then I used Sakura Gelly Roll white pen to highlight the blended snowflake. I white embossed "Merry Christmas" (from Gina K Designs' Holiday Tapestry stamps set) on a dark lilac cardstock and die cut it out. Finish the card by attaching the greeting at the bottom of the card with foam tapes. Below is another look of the card:

Supplies:

Cardstock: Gina K Designs

Ink Pads: Gina K Designs, Versamark

Stamp: Gina K Designs

Stencil: Gina K Designs

Others: Sakura Gelly Roll white pen, white embossing powder, foam tapes

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Simon Wednesday Challenge - Add A Sentiment

Here is Simon Wednesday Challenge - Add A Sentiment, below is the challenge photo:

And here is the card I created to attend this challenge:

I used Penny Black's Posted stamp & die set to get a large postage cut out. Then I stamped the little girl with bear image (from Penny Black's Snowman Hugs stamps set) into the postage. I colored the image with alcohol markers. I dry embossed Penny Black's Noted embossing folder on a piece of kraft cardstock. I swiped Memento Toffee Crunch ink pad on top to let the letters show. I die cut "believe" (Penny Black's Believe Edger die) from a background I made with Lisa Horton Cloud 9 Interference ink pads and attached it at the bottom of the background. Finish the card by stamping "in the magic of Christmas" (from Penny Black's Believe Builder stamps set)  at the bottom of the card. Below is another look of the card:

Supplies:

Cardstock: Gina K Designs, Neenah

Ink Pads: Memento, Lisa Horton Cloud 9 Interference ink pads, Gina K Designs, Archival ink pad

Stamps: Penny Black

Dies: Penny Black

Embossing Folder: Penny Black

Others: alcohol markers

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Poppystamps Challenge PSC#119 - Anything Goes

Here is Poppystamps Challenge PSC#119 - Anything Goes, below are the challenge photos:

 

And here is the card I created to attend this challenge:

I used Pyppystamps' Nordic Wintertide Border dies set to cut out the background strips. Then I applied red and green Distress Oxide inks under the die cut background to show colors through the die cut strips. I also die cut Birch Press Design's Merry Christmas Confection Script dies set to cut from green glitter cardstock and vellum. I attached the greeting on the background. Finish the card by dropping some red glitter glue on the little holes of the die. Below is another look of the card:

Supplies:

Cardstock: Simon Says Stamp, Gina K Designs

Ink Pads: Distress Oxide inks

Dies: Poppystamps, Birch Press Design

Others: glitter glue

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Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge - Weeks #659-660

Here is Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge - Weeks #659-660, below is the challenged word art:

And here is the card I created to attend this challenge:

I applied two different colors of Lisa Horton Crafts Cloud 9 Interference ink pads on black cardstock. Then I run it through Altenew's Textured Hexagons 3D embossing folder. I sprinkle the gold color from Lisa Horton Crafts Cloud 9 Interference ink pad on the background. I die cut "thanks" (from Mama Elephant's Thanks Script die) from glitter blue cardstock and cut two more with black cardstock. I stacked the "thanks" together and attached it on the card front. Below is another look of the card:

Supplies:

Cardstock: Simon Says Stamp, DCWV

Ink Pads: Lisa Horton Crafts Cloud 9 Interference ink pads

Embossing Folder: Altenew

Dies: Mama Elephant

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Simon Monday Challenge - Happy Birthday

Here is Simon Monday Challenge - Happy Birthday, below is the challenge photo:

And here is the card I created to attend this challenge:

I was inspired by Jennifer McGuire's YouTube video to make this card. I stamped the background using Simon Says Stamp's Bold Leaves background stamp on black cardstock with Lisa Horton Crafts' Cloud 9 Interference ink pad (green). Then I turn the background stamp at 90 degree and stamped it again with another color of Interference ink pad (purple) to create a layering effect. I stamped Hero Arts' Happy Definition background stamp with gold Interference ink pad on top of the leaves background. I die cut a small circle at the bottom right of the background. I die cut "make a wish" (from Creative Expressions' Make A Wish die) from gold foil cardstock and attached it on a small piece of vellum. I attached "make a wish" under the circle of the background and attached the background on the green card base with foam tapes. Finish the card by attaching some Pinkfresh Studio's ombre glitter drops on the card. Below is another look of the card:

Supplies:

Cardstock: Gina K Designs, Stampin' Up, DCWV

Ink Pads: Lisa Horton Crafts Cloud 9 Interference ink pads

Stamps: Simon Says Stamp, Hero Arts

Dies: Creative Expressions, MFT

Others: Pinkfresh Studio's ombre glitter drops

Thank you for visiting my blog.

 

Simon Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Here is Simon Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes, below is the challenge photo:

And here is the card I made to attend this challenge:

I used Waffle Flower's Postage Collage die to cut out the postage background. Then I applied Distress Oxide inks on the Waffle Flower's Postage Collage Poinsettia stencils. I also stamped the postage and postal marks (from Waffle Flower's Postage Collage & Postage Collage North Pole stamps set) on the stenciled stamps. I die cut "Merry Christmas" (from Birch Press Design's Merry Christmas Confection Script dies) from red cardstock and vellum, and attached it on the card. Below is another look of the card:

Supplies:

Cardstock: Gina K Designs, Stampin' Up

Ink Pads: Distress Oxide inks, Gina K Designs

Stamps: Waffle Flower

Stencils: Waffle Flowers

Dies: Waffle Flowers, Birch Press Design

Others: gold Luna Paste

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Stay Crafty With A Blog Named Hero July 2024 Challenge - Color My World

Here is Stay Crafty With A Blog Named Hero July 2024 Challenge - Color My World, below is the challenge photo:

 

And here is the card I created to attend this challenge:

I brushed and blended different colors of Distress Oxide inks on Hero Arts' Color Layering Seashells Stencils. I applied the gold Lunar Paste on the last layer of the stencil to make it shiny and dimensional. I gold embossed "think of you" (from Hero Arts' Friendly Messages stamps set) on a blue cardstock and cut it out with matching die. I also die cut a seashell from Hero Arts' Seashells Fancy dies and blended with Distress Oxide inks. I cut a stripe of blue cardstock and attached it on the seashell background. Finish the card by attaching the seashell die cut and think of you greeting on the blue stripe of cardstock. Below is another look of the card:

Supplies:

Cardstock: Gina K Designs, MFT

Ink Pads: Distress Oxide inks, Versamark

Stamps: Hero Arts

Stencils: Hero Arts

Dies: Hero Arts

Others: gold embossing powder, gold Lunar Paste

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