Cards By Carol: Seasonal Blooms

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Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Altenew 8th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 3 + Giveaway (over $2,000 in Total Prizes)

Happy 8th Anniversary, Altenew!

I am so thrilled to be joining in the celebration of Altenew's 8th anniversary! I have been an Altenew fan for several years now and you may have heard my squeal last year when I was invited to guest design by May. I'm so very honored to be creating and sharing cards with Altenew wonderful products!

This is Day 3 of the celebration, and today, you should have arrived here from Teresa Litchfield's blog. If you'd like to start at the beginning, head on over to the Altenew Card Blog; or keep reading and you will see the complete hop list below. Also, I have all the details of the awesome prizes from Altenew and 26 wonderful companies/crafty friends who are celebrating with us!

For my celebration card(s) I chose one of my most favorite of Altenew's products--a 3D embossing folder that I used to create two cards from.

I've seen several crafters cut a large image into two pieces to make two cards, but I had not ever done that. But today is a new day, and I gave it a go! LOL! I love how these turned out, kind of the same, but not!

I used the embossing folder that is in the Craft Your Life: Seasonal Blooms Project Kit for these cards. This embossing folder, and in fact, the entire Kit, is a gorgeous set and has so many possibilities for creating cards and other projects!

After I ran the embossing folder through my die cutting machine, I used ink blending tools to add color through the Season Blooms Simple Coloring Stencil Set (included in the kit). I used Citrus Burst, Maple Yellow, Chamomile, Shadow Creek, and Ultramarine Crisp Dye Inks for the coloring.

I added gray shadows around the images with a few Copic markers that make the image stand out more. I used a sentiment from the Tranquility Rose stamp set. After I stamped it with black ink, I trimmed it into a strip and popped it up with foam tape.

After I finished coloring the embossed image I cut it into two pieces measuring 2-¾" x 5-¼". I used Ultramarine Ink to color the edges of a 3" x 5-½" mat layer for the card above. Both card based measure 3-¼" x 5-¾". This makes a cute mini slimline size that will fit into a business sized envelope.

This card's background is one I colored with a B12 Copic. Then I used a scrap piece of a towel and some Colorless Blender ink to add the texture to it.

I adhered the piece to a white mat layer and then onto the card base that I inked up with Ultramarine Crisp Dye ink. It doesn't really show in the photos, but I did add some sparkle to the flower centers with a clear glitter pen. I combined sentiments from two different sets for this card. The congratulations sentiment is in the Build-A-Flower: Giant Bellflower set, and the other is from the Tranquility Rose set. Both are stamped in black ink and popped up with foam tape.

Be sure to leave a comment below for your chance at a wonderful prize! Keep reading for the special offer, prize information, and hop list! Happy hopping!

Special Offer
Enjoy FREE U.S. shipping with code HAPPY8TH or $8 OFF international shipping with code ANNIV22 at checkout. Offer valid from 04/04/2022 at 12:01 am EDT through 04/06/2022 at 11:59 pm EDT. Not valid on prior purchases. Cannot be combined with other promo codes. Shop here: https://altenew.com/collections/all-altenew-products (Sale up to 45% off HERE and NEW releases HERE)

Giveaway Prizes

Over $2,000 in total prizes! Altenew is giving away an $80 Gift Certificate to 5 lucky winners and one Altenew Academy Online Class ($8.95 value) to 15 lucky winners. There are also 26 awesome companies/crafty friends who are celebrating with us, and they are offering the following prizes:

Altenew: 5 x $80 Altenew Gift Certificate
Altenew Academy: 15 x Online Monthly Class Spot
Jennifer McGuire Ink: Share Handmade Kindness Goodie Bag
A Cherry on Top: $50 Gift Certificate
Auzz Trinklets N Krafts: $50 Gift Certificate
Avery Elle: $50 Gift Certificate
Bumbleberry Papercrafts: £25 Gift Certificate
Butterfly Reflections Ink: $25 Gift Certificate
CiLi in Papers: €75 Gift Certificate
Concord & 9th: 1 $50 Gift Certificate & 1 Eclectic Garden Bundle ($38 Value)

Craft Stash: $100 Gift Certificate

Dare 2B Artzy: $30 Gift Certificate
Ellen Hutson LLC: $25 Gift Certificate
Gina K. Designs: $50 Gift Certificate
Hero Arts: $50 Gift Certificate
Lawn Fawn: $25 Gift Certificate
MarkerPop: 4 x $40 Gift Certificate
Michelle's Cards & Stamps: AUD$100 Gift Certificate
My Little Attic: $50 Gift Certificate
My Sweet Petunia: $50 Gift Certificate
Online Card Classes: 3 Online Class Spots to 1 Winner
Pink and Main: $50 Gift Certificate
Pinkfresh Studio: $50 Gift Certificate
Scrapbook & Cards Today: $50 Gift Certificate
Scrapbook.com: $50 certificate
Simon Says Stamp: $50 Gift Certificate
Studio Katia: $50 Gift Certificate
Waffle Flower: $25 Gift Certificate

Be sure to leave comments by 4/15/2022 for a chance to win one of 50 prizes! To make the hop more exciting, start your comment with "Hi from (city or country where you're from)!" 50 winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the blogs listed below and will be announced on the Altenew Card Blog on 4/21/2022.

Your next stop of the blog hop is Ishani!

Blog Hop Order Day 3

Michelle's Cards & Stamps

Emily Midgett

Michelle Short

Butterfly Reflections, Ink.

Dana Joy

Teresa Litchfield

Carol Hintermeier >>> that's me!

Monday, July 12, 2021

Altenew Craft Your Life Project Kit: Seasonal Blooms Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Welcome to my stop of the brand new Altenew Craft Your Life Project Kit!!

You should have arrived here from the blog of the awesome Bridget Casey. If you need to start at the beginning, head over to the Altenew Card Blog.

Monthly Subscription Description:

Get early access to our NEW Craft Your Life Project Kit before it is released on our store by subscribing to our Craft Your Life Project Kit Monthly Subscription Plan (you will save 14%)!

Don't worry if the project kit goes out of stock! When you are subscribed to the monthly subscription, you are guaranteed a spot in our New Craft Your Life Project Kit each month.

The Craft Your Life Project Kit comes with a 6 x 8 Stamp set and its coordinating Die Set, Stencil, and Embossing Folder. Note that the items included in this kit are not sold separately.

The price of the subscription is $49.99/ month plus shipping and tax (calculated based on the location of the shipping address). This will Auto-renew every month until it is canceled.

Product Description:

This beautiful first-ever Craft Your Life Project Kit includes everything you see in the following photo. It is my honest opinion that this Kit is absolutely stunning! Click the photo to go to the Altenew shop where this amazing kit is available now!

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I have to say that I enjoyed coloring the Seasonal Blooms stamp with the Seasonal Blooms Simple Coloring stencil so much!!! And then, oh my, the die that cuts it out along the top edges is perfection!

I stamped the Seasonal Blooms stamp in Jet Black ink. Then I used the Ink Blending Tools and the Detail Blending Brushes with the Simple Coloring Stencil to color the flowers and leaves. All of the inks I used, and other products, are linked at the end of this post.

Then I used the coordinating Seasonal Blooms die to cut it out. I adhered it to a a white card panel that I embossed with the Areca Palm 3D embossing folder. I love the extra interest it adds to the background. I heat embossed the sentiment from the stamp set with black embossing powder onto vellum. To adhere it without the adhesive showing here's a tip! Use mini glue dots, roll them up, and then place in various areas behind the embossed sentiment!

This next card uses the gorgeous Blooming Through the Seasons 3D embossing folder! I have to admit, I wanted to keep this card much lighter in the colors, but it really is so difficult for me to do! Haha!

I used the Seasonal Blooms Simple Coloring stencil set to help me color the raised portions. Now, to be honest, the stencils do not line up exactly with the embossed images, and that's okay! It was super easy to just place the stencil for each section and then move it slightly to color the next!