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Friday, January 1, 2021

Altenew Build-A-Flower: Cora Louise Peony Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello crafty friends, Happy New Year!

For my first post of 2021, I'm joining Altenew in their newest Build-A-Flower release blog hop! I haven't done anything for Altenew in almost a year and a half I think, so I'm super excited to have had the time to create something for them again!

You should have arrived here from the lovely Virginia's blog! I'll also add the full blog hop list at the end of this post for your convenience.

The new Build-A-Flower set is called Cora Louise Peony and it's lovely! Take a look!

You have a few different options to choose from:

I have a couple of cards for you today, showcasing this beautiful new set. I've filmed the process and will add the video down below for you. So instead of writing step by steps on how I created these cards, you can watch the video if you're interested.

Now for the fun part! Giveaway yay!

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 certificate to 1 lucky winner, and a $15 certificate to 10 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and on each designer's blog post on the blog hop list below by Jan 7/2021 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 11 random winners from the comments left at each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on Jan 9, 2021.

GOOD LUCK!

That's it for today, I hope I could inspire you in one way or another!

I'll be back with lots of projects and videos in a few days! Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

BLOG HOP LIST:

Monday, July 1, 2019

Altenew Build-A-Flower: Camellia Japonica Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello crafty peeps,

Welcome to the Altenew Build-A-Flower: Camellia Japonica release blog hop!

You should have arrived here from the lovely Isha's blog! I'll add the full blog hop list at the end of this post, for your convenience!

I've made two card duos for you today. First up is this colorful pair. On the card on the left I first started stamping and masking directly on my card front but later decided to add some dimension so I pretty much covered up my hard work lol!

I stamped and die cut several camellias in yellow, orange, pink, teal and purple. I stamped my sentiment in purple, then before adding the die cuts I used the Dotted Swirls Debossing cover die to add some texture and interest to my card. I'm obsessed with this cover die, I hope there will be more designs in the future! When there's a lot of white on my cards I feel like they are not finished (I'm not a CAS card maker) and adding a bit of debossing (or embossing for that matter!) helps me with that problem. Once done, I layered some die cuts over my stamping and cut off the access. To finish off my card I added a twine bow and a few crystals.

For my second card I debossed a white A2 size panel. Then I cut a wide strip of aqua card stock and heat embossed my sentiment. I added foam adhesive to the back of this, then checked where I want to have it on my card base. Before adhering it, I tucks some die cuts behind it. To finish it off I added a twine bow and some crystals again.

On my next two cards I went with a springy color theme which was inspired by white camellias that have a bit of a pink edge. Those are my favorite! But how to stamp a white flower? Hmmm. I experimented a little, but because this is a layering stamp, I didn't get the result I pictured in my head. With a single layer stamp I could have just inked up the edges and it would have looked OK, but here I would have needed to ink up the edge of every layer (with pink that is) and this was quite hard to do on the inner layers. Anyway, at least they look a bit different hehe!

Also, I've been loving paper strips for a while now, because they allow me to create ANY color scheme I just want and the result looks like patterned paper. Love them. I hope you are not tired of seeing them yet!

For my sentiments I've used the Folksy Florals stamp set. I finished off these cards with some hot pink twine and pearls.

And now the fun part...Giveaways, yay! Read on to find out how you can win! Good Luck!

Prizes:

1. To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook blog for a chance to win.

2. Altenew will also draw a winner to receive a $15 gift certificate from comments on each designer's blog in the blog hop list.

All winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 07/07/2019!

That's it for today guys! Your next stop is Seeka's blog!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope I could inspire you in some small way!

Have an awesome day!

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Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Altenew Build-A-Flower: Snapdragon Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hi there crafty friends,

Welcome to the Altenew Build-A-Flower: Snapdragon Release Blog Hop! You should have arrived here from Joni Andaya's blog!

For today's blog post I've created 2 sets of cards using the gorgeous Build-A-Flower: Snapdragon stamps and dies! Build-A-Flower: Snapdragon & Ink bundle is also available for a discounted price here.

On my first cards I stamped the flowers in the background, then I used the Bold Alphabet die set to die cut SMILE and LOVE out from the panel. I die cut these letters 5 more times from color card stock, layered them up and added them back into the panel.

I stamped the sentiments in black ink, added gold ink splatters and done. I love this technique so much, not sure who came up with it first, but kudos!

I thought I'd go less colorful with my second set, for those of you who might like that better. To create the card on the right, I stamped two flowers on white card stock, then I die cut a circle from it. I added some texture to the negative piece using the Cross Stitch Canvas cover die.

I created a shaker window: I adhered some acetate behind the circle cut out, then added two layers of foam tape to the back of this panel. I placed sequins and beads inside and adhered the panel to the card base, which I previously attached the circle with the stamped flowers to. To finish off this card, I splattered some black ink and added a pink bow.

For the card on the left I stamped some flowers in various pinks and grays and die cut them. I die cut a white circle also, and stamped my sentiment on it. Using the Cozy Flannel cover die I created a dark gray panel for my white card base. I adhered the circle and added magenta twine around it. I adhered the flowers and finished off this card with sequins and a twine bow.

And now the fun part...Giveaways, yay! Read on to find out how you can win! Good Luck!

Prizes:

1. To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook blog for a chance to win.

That's it! I hope you enjoyed my projects and I could inspire you in some small way.

Have a fabulous day y'all!