ALTENEW AUGUST CRAFT-A-FLOWER: CALIFORNIA GIANTS RELEASE BLOG HOP + GIVEAWAY

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If you have found your way here because of the hop, you have come from Sandhya Iyer. If not, you can join in. The first stop on the hop is HERE. 

When I receive a Die set, the first thing that I like to do, is see what all the shapes look like die cut. So I took the CAF California Giants Die Set and cut them out of some white cardstock several times. Then I laid them out to see what different flowers I could make out of the set.

I blended some inks with the Small Blending Brushes onto the shapes and decided what flowers I was going to create.

The inks I've used are: Deep Iris, Midnight Violet, Evening Gay, Orange Cream, Burnt Red, Mahogany Bark, Firefly, Grass Field, Shadow Creek, Caribbean Sky, Sea Breeze, and Sapphire.

I used a small blending brush to add some color to a white panel in the Deep Iris and Midnight Violet, then I adhered the different flowers, leaves, and stems with some liquid glue .

Once they were dry I adhered that to a green card base.

Next, I saw someone use Gliding Wax on die cuts, out of black cardstock, and it made them look like metal. I will try to find what I saw and link it at the bottom. It was incredible. But, I live in a small town, where I could not find any Gilding wax.

So I pulled out mu Gold and Silver Ink pads that I typically used for Christmas time projects. With My finger and a very light hand, I blended the two colors over the die cut images. Both colors, some gold, some silver, and both on a lot of areas.

It was not quite the metal look, but I still liked the effect that I was able to achieve.

 I used the Dainty Swiss Dots Stamp and stamped it onto a white card panel with some Arctic and Persian Blue Inks. Then I used the Small Blending Brushes and some Evening Gray ink over the top of the stamped dot image. 

I adhered the polka dot panel to a khaki card base, and then adhered the flower parts and sentiment to the card.

Thanks for visiting!

Your next stop on the hop is Joy Baldwin

Giveaway Prizes

$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.

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ALTENEW MODERN AND EDGY STAMPS/DIES/STENCILS/EMBOSSING FOLDERS COLLECTION RELEASE BLOG HOP + GIVEAWAY 

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I hope you are having a great summer! Are you ready for this kiddos to be back in school yet? I am always a little sad when it is school time again. We live where the winters are long and very cold. I love for warm summer days, It's my favorite season. 

If you are hopping along you should have come from Joylita Dsouza.  Her gold Spoon Daisy was my favorite, what was yours? 

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  I've got three projects to share with you today. First up, I used the Doodled Triangles Stamp Set with Crisp Dye inks from Altenew in Pale Plum, Cloudy Sky, Nimbus, and Dark Night to stamp the images over my panel.

  
  

I stamped the sentiment onto a piece of white cardstock with the Dark Night ink.

I cut the sentiment down to the size and rubbed the edges into the Pale Plum ink.

I adhered it to the panel with some foam tape and then adhered the panel to a dark blue card base. And then added some clear sequins to finish this one off.

For the second card, I started by stamping the small floral image from the Fresh Bloom Stamp set with Embossing Ink many times to cover a white panel that was treated with an anti-static tool. Then heat set with white embossing powder.

I used the Small Blending Brushes with Pink Pearl, Citrus Burst, Sea Glass, and Sea Breeze crisp dye inks and blended the colors over the panel.

I adhered that to a black piece of cardstock that was slightly larger. I stamped the larger flower and leaves onto some velum that was treated with an anti-static tool with Obsidian Pigment Ink and heat set that with clear powder. I love this trick. You do not end up with black speckles where you do not want them using  black ink with clear powder.

I then used the coordinating Fresh Bloom Dies to cut them out. I ran a white card panel through the Crystal Wall 3D Embossing Folder and adhered that to a white card base then adhered the stamped and blended panel onto that.

I stamped the sentiment onto a piece of white cardstock and adhered it to the card, I used some velum adhesive to adhere the leaves behind the sentiment and the flower on the top.

My last project started as an experiment.  I adhered some 1/4" washi tape every 1/2" onto a white card panel. Using my finger I applied white pigment ink and then mixed in some of the Caribbean Sky and Sapphire Mixed Media Inks. 

Then pulled the tape off and loved the striped background that it created.

I stamped the flower and leaves from the Fresh Bloom set with Permanent Black Ink onto a piece of white cardstock. Then used the layered stamps to color in the flowers and leaves. I used Polar Bear, Icy Water, Winter Lake, Arctic Mountain, Firefly, Green Field, Shadow Creek, Citrus Burst, Maple Yellow, and Honey Drizzle inks.

I then used the coordinating Dies to cut them out with my die cutting machine. I adhered the sentiment with some foam tape.

I finally used one of the Fine Liner Pens to add some dots or speckles to the card.

 Thank you so much for visiting. Hope you have enjoyed the hop. Your last stop is Natasha Davies.

Thanks for visiting.

Make today amazing!

Giveaway Prizes

$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.

 

 ALTENEW BUILD-A-FLOWER: FASHION MONGER DAHILA RELEASE BLOG HOP + GIVEAWAY

Welcome!

 If you made it here, you have made to the last stop. You should have come from Joy Baldwin.

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This is such a beautiful stamp set. 

I started by cutting a rectangular panel with the Nesting Slim Rectangular Dies. I then used some 1/4" washi tape and masked off every inch. I used the Small Blending Brushes and Persian Blue and Sapphire Crisp Dye inks to blend color onto the panel, darker at the bottom left to lighter on the top right. I then removed the washi tape.

I stamped the images from the Fashion Monger Dahlia Stamp Set onto another piece of cardstock with Permanent Black Ink. I blended Citrus Burst, Sunkissed, Firefly, and Grass Fields onto them with the Small Blending Brushes. I then cut them out wit the coordinating dies.

I cut the next larger rectangle from the Nesting Slim Rectangle Dies and adhered it to a white card base. Then adhered the striped panel to the card, and adhered the flowers and leaves to the card with some foam tape. I added a sentiment from the Bouquet Of Love Stamp Set to the card.

Thanks for visiting!

Make today amazing!

Giveaway Prizes

$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 08/07/2021 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 08/09/2021.