Cards By Carol

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Altenew 8"x11" Majestic Bouquet Stamp Set Release Blog Hop + Giveaway ($200 in Total Prizes)

Welcome to the blog hop to celebrate Altenew's stunning Majestic Bouquet Stamp & Die Bundle!

You should have arrived here from the awesome blog of Verity Biddlecombe. If you need to start over, you can hop over to the Altenew Card Blog!

My jaw literally dropped when I first saw this absolutely gorgeous stamp set! You can purchase the Majestic Bouquet Stamp Set and Majestic Bouquet Die Set separately, however, I highly recommend the Majestic Bouquet Stamp & Die Bundle!

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I had lots of fun creating my card for today's hop! Read on for the details.

First, I stamped the outline layer of one of the gorgeous Majestic Bouquet flowers with clear embossing ink onto 80# Neenah Solar White card stock. Then I sprinkled on Altenew Rose Gold embossing powder and heat set it. Then I followed the included layering guide to stamp the layering stamps with Mountain Mist, Lagoon, and Volcano Lake inks from the Sea Shore Crisp Dye ink cube set. I repeated these steps for the two leaf clusters you see on the right. I also stamped the solid layer of the little flowers with Mountain Mist ink. I always use my MISTI for stamping--it was a game changer for me!

I had this idea to extend the stamping over onto strips of gradient cardstock. I figured if it didn't work out, I could just use it as is with just the white card stock. I used two colors from the Sea Shore Gradient Cardstock Set and cut the Volcano Lake paper into a ½" strip. I cut the Mountain Mist paper into a ¾" strip. Then I added ½" double-sided adhesive to the back to hold the two strips together. (I left the adhesive's backer sheet on for now.)

Next I lined up the strip on the left of the panel that I had previously stamped and embossed. I lined up the outline stamp over the first stamping and overlapping onto the colored card stock. I picked the stamp up with the MISTI door, removed the white card panel, stamped and heat embossed the Rose Gold embossing powder. I repeated the stamp layers and colors as I described above. I did double stamp most of the colors to make them stand out more. When I finished my stamping I adhered the strips to my card front.

To finish up, I selected a sentiment from the Majestic Bouquet stamp set, stamped it in clear ink, and heat embossed Rose Gold embossing powder. I love how this turned out and hope I've given you some inspiration for your card making! Thanks so much for hopping by!

Your next stop is the blog of Erin Thompson!

Here are the details for the 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 5/16/2021 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 5/19/2021.

Blog Hop Order:

Carol Hintermeier << that's me!

Daisy Birthday Card & Embossing on Acetate | Rubbernecker Stamps

Hello my friends! This month we are featuring Rubbernecker Stamps amazing collection of background stamps! I wanted to do something a bit different that I've never tried before! Heat embossing the background onto acetate!

To begin, I created my card base.

Use a foam blending tool to blend Rose, Bubblegum and Fuchsia inks (from Color Fuse set #5) in an ombré pattern on an A2 white card panel.
Important: you must use heat resistant acetate for this next step! A web search will show you a few different brands to try.
Cut a piece of heat resistant acetate to 4-¼" x 6". Also very important: pat on an anti-static bag all over the acetate.
Then stamp the Wavy Vertical Lines background stamp onto the acetate with Versamark ink.
Turn on your heat tool now to allow it to thoroughly warm up.
Sprinkle on your embossing powder and then heat set. Don't stay in any one area very long--keep the heat tool moving. While the acetate is heat resistant, it is not heat proof, and can warp if you aren't careful. I had just a few tiny ripples in the acetate when I was done, which don't distract from the card at all.
Next I used my score board to score a line in the acetate at ½". See the photo below. I used a ball stylus as the usual scoring tool didn't work as well. Fold the acetate at the score line and press it down with a bone folder to sharpen the crease.
Then add some very strong double-sided adhesive, such as Scor-Tape, to the back top edge of the ombré inked panel.
Place the ombré inked panel onto the back of the acetate piece and fold the acetate flap to the back of it. (see photo) Now adhere this piece to a top-folding A2 card base.

The card front elements:

Stamp the first layer of the flowers from the Field of Daisies set with Rose ink.
Stamp the second and third layers of the flowers with Bubblegum and Fuchsia inks.
Stamp the flowers' centers with Lemon ink.
Die cut with the coordinating dies.
Stamp the leaves with Mist ink for the first layer, then with Clover for the second layer. These are in Color Fuse Set #10.
Die cut the leaves with the coordinating dies.

Ink up a scrap of white card stock with Bubblegum ink. Die cut the top layer of the Happy Script w/Shadow die from the pink card and three more times from white card stock.
Adhere all of the layers together with liquid glue. This gives lots of dimension!
Die cut the Happy shadow from the Happy Script die set from white card stock.
Adhere the stacked layer to the Happy shadow and add foam tape pieces just under the "p" and "y".
Stamp "birthday" from the Build a Phrase #1 stamp set in black ink. Trim it into a rectangle shape.
Adhere two flowers to the card front with foam tape. Adhere the remaining flowers and the leaves with liquid glue.
Next add foam tape to the Happy sentiment. I just added the tape to the right side of the sentiment and liquid glue to the back left end and adhered it to the card front.
Adhere the "birthday" sentiment with liquid glue and a small piece of foam tape.
As you can see from the next photo I added more double-sided adhesive to the back of the acetate, behind the flowers and sentiment. This will hold the acetate in place and helps to minimize the tiny bit of warping from the heat.

After I had the card all assembled, I felt like the "happy" sentiment was getting lost with the other pink. So I took a RV06 Copic marker and carefully colored over the Bubblegum ink. Much better!

I absolutely love how this turned out and hope I've given you some inspiration today! Thank you so much for stopping by!

Friday, May 7, 2021

Altenew Craft-A-Flower: Buttercup Layering Die Set Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Welcome to the blog hop celebrating the release of Altenew's gorgeous Craft-A-Flower: Buttercup!

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

If you love the Craft-A-Flower: Buttercup as much as I do you will want to check it out! You have three ways to add this beauty to your crafty stash! Click the photos for more information.

The Craft-A-Flower: Buttercup Layering Die Set w/included layering guide.

The Craft-A-Flower: Buttercup Die Set & Gradient Cardstock Bundle (save 5%):

The Craft-A-Flower Monthly Subscription Plan (at a special discounted price):

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I'm always amazed at how gorgeous Altenew's layering die sets are and this Craft-A-Flower: Buttercup is another awesome set! I love the layers of this sweet flower and the included layering guide makes lining them up a snap!

I created my card base first by stenciling Dark Night ink through the Halftone Stencil with a blender brush. Then I trimmed it to 4" x 5-¼". Next I inked up the edges of a top-folding card with Dark Night ink and adhered the stenciled panel to it.

I think it's awesome how there's a layering sentiment included in this set! I inked up a piece of scrap card stock with Dark Night ink and die cut the sentiment shadow. I die cut three "thank you" sentiments, adhered them together and attached them to the shadow.

To create the flowers I began by die cutting the layers from the lightest cardstock that's in the Summer Afternoon Gradient Cardstock set. Then I used a few yellow alcohol markers to add shading to each layer before adhering them together. I die cut the leaves from a few different green colored card stock in my stash. Then I created my flower arrangement on the card and adhered it with foam tape and liquid glue.

I love how this turned out and will definitely be using this beautiful Craft-A-Flower: Buttercup a lot!!

Your next stop on the hop is the awesome blog of Ardyth Percy-Robb!

Check out the awesome 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 05/13/2021 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 05/15/2021.

Blog Hop Order:

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Hydrangea Birthday Card & Treat Box | Honey Bee Stamps

Happy Wednesday crafty friends! Today I'm sharing a card I made with some NEW products from Honey Bee Stamps newest release called Let's Celebrate! I'm using the gorgeous Lovely Layers: Hydrangea Honey Cuts! I have lots of photos for you and hope it helps you to see how I created this gorgeous set!

To begin I created some inky watercolor background pieces. I used watercolors in my stash in shades of a pinky red, purple and lavender on two pieces of watercolor card stock. On a third piece, I watercolored in two shades of green. I set these aside to dry.

Then I used the same pinky red watercolor and added droplets to my card front. While that was drying, I cut a strip of black striped paper from the new Funfetti Birthday 6x6 paper pad and added it to a black layer. Then I adhered that to my card front.

Next I die cut the same black striped paper with the Hexagon Box Cover die. I centered and taped the window dies in place before die cutting the paper. Next I trimmed the tabs so they wouldn't show in the windows and adhered them together. You can add acetate to the windows, but Honey Bee now carries these heavy weight acetate boxes that coordinate perfectly with the die cuts! I assembled the acetate box and slipped my decorative cover over it. To hold it in place I added dots of glue along the top inside edge of the paper.

Now it's time to have fun creating the hydrangeas! There are four layers for the hydrangea and I die cut the pink watercolor background with these. I also die cut the three extra single flowers from the pink paper. I die cut several leaves and the flower centers from the green watercolor background.

After you have the layers die cut, if you look at the center of each layer, you will see a shape that all of them have in common to help you in your layering. Check out this next photo to see what I mean.

I added foam squares between each layer to give it lots of beautiful dimension! I adhered the hydrangea and the leaves to my card front with Bee Creative glue. I glued the little flower centers on and added a drop of Nuvo Sunlit Meadows Glitter Drops.

Next I created the little floral topper for my treat box. I used the single flowers and snipped a few apart. For the base I die cut the lid from the Hexagon Box Cover die set from white card stock and cut the tabs off. Then I intertwined a few of the petals and gluedthem together. I adhered these to a 1" circle of white card stock and added a foam circle to the back. Then I adhere it to the hexagon. I arranged the remaining flowers, snipping some apart, and gluing them around the top piece until I was happy with the look. Here's a look at my pieces and the top flower cluster.

I adhered the flower piece to the treat box with Bee Creative glue.

I used the new Bitty Buzzwords stamp set and coordinating Honey Cuts for my sentiment. These are the same buzzwords that Honey Bee has but in a smaller size!! I love these!!

I absolutely love the dimension you can achieve with this Lovely Layers: Hydrangea!

I hope you've enjoyed the process of making this beautiful dimension card! Be sure to check out the full Let's Celebrate release! Thank you so much for stopping by!

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Altenew Exotic Garden Stamps/Dies/Stencils/Embossing Folders Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Welcome to the blog hop celebrating Altenew's Exotic Garden release! This amazing release is jam packed with so many incredible new products!

You should have arrived from the blog of Emily Midgett. If you need to start at the beginning, head over to the Altenew Card Blog. I have the entire hop list at the end for you as well.

Of course, Altenew has some freebies for you with your order! Here are THREE ways to get a FREEBIE to kickstart your creativity! Free gift will be added to cart automatically.

Get a FREE brand new Exotic Garden Stamp & Die Release Inspiration Guide (worth $5.99) with every order of high-value Exotic Garden release bundles. Shop HERE! *Exclusions apply.
Get a FREE brand new Creative Jump Start Class with every order from the new Storybook Fantasy release collection from 05/04/2021 through 05/10/2021. Shop HERE!
Get a FREE brand new Exotic Garden Stamp & Die Release Mini Inspiration Guide with every order from 05/04/2021 through 05/06/2021. Shop HERE!

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I have four cards to share with you today, so let's get started!

For my first card, I created my card base by die cutting the Grid Cover Die from some 80# white card stock. Then I adhered it to a top-folding A2 card base. I love the white-on-white background for a beautiful and elegant look!

I stamped the sentiment that's included in the Simply Spring Outline stamp set with Azurite ink. I trimmed it down and popped it up on the card front.

I stamped the beautiful butterfly from the Dovetail Butterflies set, first with Eastern Sky ink, and then the little dots at the bottom of the wing with Ultramarine and Azurite inks. (These are found in the Lapis Lazuli Dye ink set.) I used the coordinating Dovetail Butterflies Die to cut it out and added foam tape to the back.

Next I stamped a portion of the so gorgeous Simply Spring Outline stamp onto an A2 card panel with clear embossing ink. I sprinkled on silver embossing powder and heat set it. Then I used the coordinating Simply Spring Outline die to cut it out. I added foam tape to the back and adhered it in the bottom right corner of the card. I added the butterfly and a few blue crystal gems for a touch of sparkle!

My next card was so fun, and easy, to make!

For my card base, I swiped the Chamomile mini ink cube (from the Golden Sunset ink cube set) across an A2 card panel. Then I added a strip of Many Dots Washi Tape and a thin black card stock strip. I adhered this to an A2 top-folding card base.

I stamped the large butterfly from the Dovetail Butterflies set and the extra wings following the very helpful layering guide. I used inks from the Lapis Lazuli ink cube set and Sunray ink (also in the Golden Sunset ink cube set). I stamped the top layers with Jet Black ink. Then I used the coordinating Dovetail Butterflies dies to cut them out. After adhering the blue winks onto the yellow butterfly, I added foam tape to the back and popped it onto the card front.

I stamped the sentiment from the Dovetail Butterflies stamp set in clear embossing ink onto black card stock. Then I sprinkled on white embossing powder and heat set it. After trimming it down, I popped it up onto the card. Can you tell I like dimension on my cards? Haha!

My next card uses the gorgeous Bitterroot Layering Stencil Set. Never did I think I could make such a beautiful card with just stencils! There is a coordinating Bitterroot Flower Die Set that I didn't use as I wanted to make a one-layer card this time.

I followed the included layering guide on the stencil packaging to help me layer up the flowers. I used an ink blending brush and Rose Quartz and Puffy Heart inks from the Rose Petal Mini Ink Cube set for the flowers. I also used Fuchsia and Magenta inks for the darker flower layers. Then I used the greens from the Green Fields Mini Ink Cube set for the leaves. These layers are just so gorgeous!!!

I used a sentiment from the Build-A-Flower: Coneflower stamp set that I thought was just right for these pretty flowers. I stamped it in Jet Black ink.

For my final card I used the beautiful Sweet Ginkgo Layering Stamp Set along with the Sweet Gingko Simple Coloring Stencil. There is also a coordinating Sweet Gingko Die set that I can't wait to use the next time I use this set.

For this card I started with a 3-¾" x 5" white card panel. I stamped the gingko leaves all over with the base layer stamp in Frayed Leaf Ink. Then I used the Sweet Gingko Simple Coloring Stencil and blended Forest Glades and Evergreen inks over it to get a dimensional look. Then I stamped the top layer of the gingko stamp in Jet Black ink. I just love how this turned out!

I thought this sentiment from the Sweet Gingko stamp set was perfect for this card. I stamped it in clear embossing ink onto black card stock. I added white embossing powder, heat set it, and trimmed it into a thin strips. I added a few foam squares to the back to pop it up.

I hope you've found some inspiration here today! Thank you for stopping by!

Your next stop on the hop is the awesome blog of Norine Borys!

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 05/10/2021 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 05/12/2021.

Blog Hop Order

Carol Hintermeier << that's me

Norine Borys

Erin Thompson

Agnieszka Małyszek