Altenew September 2022 Marvelous Monthly Series 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 began by stamping one of the images with Obsidian Pigment ink. I then used the stencils to color the image, colors are listed below.

Floral: Buttercream, Sunray, Chamomile with Caramel Toffee for the flower center.

Leaves: Bamboo & Parrot

I used the available add-on die to cut the image. I added foam adhesive to the back before putting the image onto a panel which used Organic Linen 3D embossing folder. The sentiment is from the set and was die-cut using Featured Sentiments dies.

I began by die-cutting all of the layers of Tulip Full Bloom from Altenew Blends paper. I am obsessed with this pack! What is your latest Altenew obsession? I would love to know in the comments. Once I assembled each of the components I chose two papers from the Dreamy patterned paper pack. I laid out all of the pieces until I found a layout I was happy with. Then, I chose to use Bold Greetings for my sentiment.

Next up we have CYL: Floral Acanthus. This set stamps AND cuts everything all at once! How super duper cool is that? The images were stamped with Obsidian Pigment ink before using the coordinating stencils. Pink combo: Frosty Pink, Blush – Purple: Amethyst and Grape Agate – Orange: Sunkissed, Orange Cream, and Autumn Blaze. I used two of the flourishes along with the floral image. For my sentiment, I chose one of my favorites from the set. I just adore the little heart image at the end. To finish my project I added some black enamel dots to my panel.

The MD: Creative Cookie was the next item I chose to work with. I had an idea of the cookies being on a cookie sheet. I created a cookie sheet with layers of cardstock around the edge of my “sheet”. I used some aluminum foil from the kitchen to cover the cardstock. I regret using the glue tape pen as it left an impression. Next time I would use the double-sided adhesive sheets to not have any pattern show through. There is always a fix! My gingerbread couple were stamped with Blush and Pink Diamond. I used the coordinating dies to cut out the happy couple before adding them to the cookie sheet.

For my background I used a snowflake stencil with Antique Gold pigment ink. I stamped the sentiment with Obsidian Pigment ink and used the coordinating die to cut out “cookie” from a piece of Pink Brilliance cardstock.

A piece of ink smooshed watercolor cardstock has been living on my desk for a bit. When I saw the PAF: Hibiscus I knew the reason I had saved this panel! I stamped one of the images onto the panel using embossing ink and heat set with Antique Gold embossing powder. I repeated the process with one of the awesome sentiments from the set before cutting it out with Featured Sentiments dies.

I used vellum with Just Leaves dies to add some interest behind my Hibiscus. I created a panel with Organic Linen 3D embossing folder to adhere all of my elements.

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/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 09/18/2022 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 09/19/2022.

I’m so honored you stopped by to see my project inspiration! Your final hop stop is Svitlana Shayevich.

Until next time, happy crafting!