ALTENEW: CRAFT-A-FLOWER: BUTTERFLY BUSH RELEASE BLOG HOP + GIVEAWAY (Total of $200 in prizes)

Hello!

It's so nice of you to join me today!

I am participating in the Altenew Craft-A-Flower: Butterfly Bush Release.  You should have come from the blog of Amy Hill. If you would like to go back to the beginning of the hop, head over to the Altenew blog here.

There is a monthly subscription plan for the Craft-A-Flower sets which will save you some money if you love these sets. You can cancel at anytime. Find out more about the monthly subscription here.

When I googled this beautiful flower I found this awesome picture of one called Kaleidoscope Bicolor Butterfly Bush.

I set out to create something that resembles this beautiful picture, and wanted to use alcohol inks to do this. I created my different alcohol colored papers using photo paper and these alcohol ink colors. Fresh Lemon, Autumn Blaze, Pinkalicious,  Midnight Violet, Mountain Pine, Grass Field, Mocha, and Black. 

The first time I used photo paper with alcohol inks, I thought I did something wrong because it did not turn out. But I found that you need to use the back side- not shiny side of the paper. These were a couple of the pieces that I created for this project. Dry completely before cutting.

 

I used the Craft-A-Flower: Butterfly Bush dies to cut out all the parts of the flower and butterflies and set them aside.

If any ink is left on the dies, you can clean it up with some alcohol. 

I took a panel of Neenah Solar white cardstock and stenciled stripes on it with the Watercolor Stripes Stencil with Silver Stone Ink. Then I cut the largest flower, leaf and stem shape from it. Around the opening, I blended some Sea Glass Ink. 

Then on a white card base, I adhered the stenciled background with the Instant Dimension Foam Tape. 

I adhered the bottom layers of the flower flat to the card, for the second layer I adhered them with foam tape, and then the top layer with liquid glue.

Finally, I added the butterfly and stamped a sentiment from the Victorian Greenhouse Stamp Set.

Thank you!

Make Today Amazing!

 The next stop on the hop is Natasha Davies.

GIVEAWAY

$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 04/13/2022 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 04/15/2022.

ALTENEW: MAY 2022 DREAMS COME TRUE COLLECTION RELEASE BLOG HOP + GIVEAWAY 

($300 in total Prizes)

Hi, and welcome!

I hope you are enjoying the hop, and I hope you can find some inspiration in your visit.

If you are following in the hop, you should have come from Tenia Nelson, or you can go back to the beginning at the Altenew Card Blog.

I've created three projects for this hop. This first card is for my daughter's birthday in June. (shhhhhhh)

I began by Using the All Things A Simple Coloring Stencil Set with Citrus Burst, Warm Sunshine, Shadow Creek, Aqualicious, and Puffy Heart to fill in the different areas of the stencils to create the A.

I cut the A out with a pair of scissors since I do not have the die or stamp set that coordinates with these stencils, but they are available over on the Altenew web site. I also cut a black A slightly larger than the colored one.

I used a Neenah white cardstock panel and the Flower Bed 3D Embossing Folder to create a background for my card, which I adhered to a white card base and black piece of cardstock, and adhered the A to the center.

I stamped the rest of her name using the Incredible Stamp Set. I had to stamp each layer by using tape to mask off the letters on both sides of the one that I wanted, then inking the letter up, removing the tape and stamping the letter. I cut it out and adhered it the card with some Instant Dimension Foam Tape.

I cut a "happy" and "birthday" from the All About Wishes Die Set, and adhered them to the inside of the card.

For the second card, I wanted to create a pencil holder with pencils inside. I stamped the pencils from the Educators Rule Stamp and Die Set with (big breath- there were a lot of colors) Citrus Burst, Fresh Lemon, Sunkissed, Orange Cream, Pastel Sunrise, Canyon Clay, Rose Quartz, Puffy Heart, Wisteria, Hydrangea, Polar Bear, Icy Water, Dew Drops, Aqualicious, Bamboo, Parrot, Blush- eraser color, Limestone and Silver Stone for the metal end, and Sand Dune, Rocky Shore, and Pure Granite for the writing end. Then I used the coordinating die set to cut the pencils out.

For the pencil holder, I drew the shape I wanted onto a piece of cardstock and stamped the apples in with Pastel Sunrise, Pink Pearl, Coral Bliss, and Crimson inks.

I stamped the sentiments onto the pencil holder with Obsidian Black Ink and heat set it to make it permanent.

I used Artist markers in BG3 or R902(they are the same), WG01, and WG03 to add dimension to the holder.

I embossed the Crystal Wall 3D Embossing Folder on a piece of Neenah cardstock and adhered it to a white card base. I blended on the bottom of the card in Sand Dune and Silver Stone. ..

I adhered the pencils and holder tot he card with liquid glue and Instant dimmension Foam Tape.

For my last card, I stamped the large outline flower image from the Wispy Joy Stamp Set onto some gray cardstock with Obsidian Black Ink and Clear     heat embossed it. I colored it in with a white, gray, and black Woodless Colored Pencils.

I stamped the sentiment from the Victorian Greenhouse Stamp Set and added details in with a white gel pen and the Fine Liner Pen Set.

Lastly, adhered it to a white card base.

Thank you so much for visiting.

Make Today Amazing!

Your next stop is Reiko Tsuchida. 

GIVEAWAY

$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 05/10/2022 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 05/12/2022.

FREE GIFT

 ALTENEW: MAY BUILD-A-GARDEN MAGNIFICENT BRANCH RELEASE BLOG HOP + GIVEAWAY

($200 total prizes)

Hello, and welcome to the hop!

The previous stop was Eva Bussom.

Altenew is releasing it's first Build-A-Garden Magnificent Branch Set. The set includes:

- one 6" x 8" stamp set containing 10 stamps made in the USA from high-quality photopolymer

- one layering stencil set containing 4 stencils that coordinate with the stamp set

- one Mini Blending Brush for ink blending

Note: These products are NOT sold separately.

Enjoy the Build-A-Garden project set, an exciting monthly package that is sure to get the creative juices flowing! Each month includes a stamp set along with a coordinating stencil set and/or die set PLUS a customer-favorite Mini Blending Brush! Build your collection of brushes from month to month so you will never be left looking for the perfect tool while crafting.

Find out about the Build-A-Garden Monthly Subscription Plan (14% off) here.

Shop the Altenew site here. Or you can check the product links at the bottom of this post.

With this set you could create two card fronts at once, but I chose to stamp it in a way that you can see both ends of the large image on one card with Permanent Black Ink.

I used the coloring stencils to color in the image with Puffy Heart, Cosmic Berry, Honey Drizzle, Misty Moore, Marshland, Sea Forest, Rocky Shores, and Mocha Crisp Dye Inks with Mini Blending Brushes. Splattered the panel with some diluted black gauche and added the sentiment with some Instant Dimensional Foam Tape, and adhered the panel to a coordinating card base. Lastly, added some white gel pen to my card.

Thank you so much for visiting!

Make Today Amazing!

Your next stop is Susan Stango.

GIVEAWAY

$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 05/07/2022 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 05/09/2022.