Cards By Carol: Birthday Builder stamps

Monday, March 7, 2022

Altenew Craft-A-Flower Sunburst Azalea Release Blog Hop + Giveaway ($200 in total prizes)

Welcome to the blog hop for the release of Altenew's beautiful new Craft-A-Flower Sunburst Azalea layering die set!

You should have arrived here from the blog of Nandini Karmarkar. If you need to start at the beginning, head over to the Altenew Card Blog so you don't miss any of the beautiful inspiration for this beautiful new Craft-A-Flower!

Don't forget that you can subscribe to Altenew's Monthly Subscription Plan for each new Craft-A-Flower set that is released. You will be guaranteed a spot in the monthly releases and will receive a set each month - at a specially discounted price! ($35.99 reduced to $29.99).

Check out my card details below!

First I created my card base by die cutting the Grid Cover die twice from 80# Neenah. I added some Stick-It double-sided adhesive to one of the pieces before die cutting it to make adhering the two layers together easier. Next I adhered the die cut to my top folding card base.

I die cut the beautiful Craft-A-Flower: Sunburst Azalea flower layers from white card stock, and some pink card stock from the Cherry Blossom Gradient Cardstock set. Following the included layering guide, I adhered the layers together. I did use a few Copic markers on the stamen pieces so they would stand out a bit more. Then I die cut the leaves from some Green Meadows Gradient Cardstock and used some green Copics to add shading.

I stamped the sentiment from the Birthday Builder stamp set in black ink and trimmed them into strips. I added foam tape to the back of the sentiments and two of the flowers. After deciding on my arrangement, I adhered the flowers and sentiment and added glue to the leaves to adhere.

I decided I wanted a bit of sparkle (which I wish showed in the photos) and swiped a clear glitter pen on the white layers of the flowers.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Be sure to leave a comment here for more chances to win an awesome prize!

The next stop in the hop is the lovely and talented Bridget Casey!

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 03/13/2022 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 03/15/2022.

Thursday, August 26, 2021

Altenew Plentiful Patterns Stand-alone Dies/Stencils Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway ($300 in total prizes)

Hello crafty friends! I'm so honored to be joining the blog hop to celebrate Altenew's Plentiful Patterns Stand-alone Dies/Stencils release!

You should have arrived from the awesome blog of Anna Mahtani. If you need to start at the beginning, head on over to the Altenew Card Blog!

There are so many gorgeous stand-alone dies and stencils in this release! Here is just a sample of what you will find over in the Altenew shop:

Okay, now on to my card! I absolutely love the Bountiful Butterflies collection (5% savings with the bundle)! There are so many possibilities in the colors and where to feature it, as I did here, with the Itty Bitty Flowers die set!

I began by die cutting the Grid Cover die from some 80# Neenah and adhering it to a top-folding A2 card base. I just love the white-on-white backgrounds!

Then I die cut the Itty Bitty Flowers dies with three shades of purple card stock for the flowers and some green card stock for the stem. When you see all of the little pieces, you may feel totally lost as to how to assemble them. However, I followed the included layering guide (see the next photo), and I didn't find it difficult at all! I adhered the flower pieces with glue and added them to the stem.

Next I pulled out the awesome Bountiful Butterflies stencil set. Something to note: I found it much easier to die cut the butterflies first with the coordinating Bountiful Butterflies dies. Keep them in the negative space, add some tape to the back, and then stencil. I tried to die cut my first butterfly after I stenciled it and found that I had not placed the stencil correctly! I used three of the Shades of Purple inks and some Puffy Heart ink to color my butterfly. Then I used the stencil to add some clear glitter paste to the butterfly. I love how sparkly it is!

When the butterfly was dry, I added foam tape to the back of it and the Itty Bitty Flowers stem and adhered them to the card. I also popped up the sentiment that I stamped using the Birthday Builder stamp set. I added some pink enamel dots from the Cherry Blossom Enamel Dot set.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Be sure to leave a comment for your chance to win before heading to the next stop.

Your next stop, after commenting, is the blog of awesome Keren Baker!

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 08/30/2021 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 09/02/2021.

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