Altenew August 2022 Endless Ambition Release Blog Hop + Giveaway ($300 in Total Prizes!)

Hello everyone, and thank you so much for joining me today! I am so excited to share my projects with you! This hop began at the Altenew Card Blog, and you should have arrived from the blog of Reiko Tsuchida.

I chose the new Curtain Leaves cover die as the first product to showcase. I ran a piece of Spicy Yogurt covered with double-sided adhesive through my die-cut machine. When I pulled off the backing paper, some of the bits stayed in the panel — I LOVED IT! I left those in and adhered to a card panel. I die-cut Itty Bitty Branches with Brushed Gold cardstock. For my sentiment, I chose to use Mega Label Love, stamped with brown pigment ink and trimmed out with my scissors. Finally, I arranged my die-cut pieces behind the sentiment.

This Flower Wreath hot foil plate is stunning with or without ink! I used Spicy Yogurt cardstock as my base again for the panel and my sentiment from Sweet Sentiments. I intended to add ink blending to the image but could not do it! I love that we are given so many options to help foster our creativity 😊

Another example of the hot foil plate used without the coordinating stencil. Again, I intended to add the ink blending with the stencil, but it was so pretty I had to stop! And ultimately, sometimes, we need to know when to stop. I used rainbow foil on Spicy Yogurt cardstock. The sentiments are from Sentiment Strips 3, stamped onto Spicy Yogurt with Obsidian pigment ink. I trimmed the sentiments into sections before adhering to rainbow holographic cardstock.

Do you go through periods using one supply? I couldn’t put down my artist markers in the last release, and my Spicy Yogurt cardstock was in this release. I started with the Flowery Bouquet hot foil plate, and I was super tough — I added ink blending 🙂 I used Martian Terrain, Northern Shore, Natures Wonders, and Fresh Lemon from Pocketful of Sunshine. I added the panel to a piece of Navy cardstock to finish the project.

For my final project, I created using the gorgeous Timeless Tulips. During the retreat, I focused on the other large image of the set, so I thought it would be fun to use this image. I took some downtime in front of the television set with my artist markers.

Artist Markers: Red Cosmos, Warm & Cozy, Pocketful of Sunshine, Tropical Forest, Sea Shore, Shades of Purple, and Coffee Break

Once the image was colored, I used the Organic Linen 3D embossing folder on a piece of Neenah Solar White Classic Crest cardstock. I stamped a sentiment from the set onto a scrap of paper left over with my Obsidian pigment ink and trimmed the box down. I created a shadow behind with Dazzling Diamonds glitter cardstock. I tucked the image behind the sentiment box and adhered it with foam tape.

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 comment on the Altenew Card Blog and each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 08/28/2022 for a chance to win. 

Altenew will draw ten random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 08/29/2022.

I’m so honored you followed me to the end of the hop to see my project inspiration! We can’t wait to see what you create with these fantastic products 😊

Until next time, happy crafting!