November 2022 Blossoming Creativity Blog Hop + Giveaway ($300 in Total Prizes!) 

Hello everyone, and welcome to this fantastic hop blossoming with inspiration! The hop begins at the Altenew Card Blog, and you should have arrived from the blog of Svitlana Shayevich.

This project highlights the Beautiful Baroque stencil. There is also a 3D embossing folder that coordinates with the stencil, but sometimes I love the look of just using the stencil. From Martian Terrain, I used Pastel Sunrise and Canyon Clay. For the final layer, I blended on Antique Gold pigment ink and heat set with Crystal Clear embossing powder. For my sentiment, I used Holiday Greetings complete bundle, which contains a hot foil plate and the coordinating die set with brown hot foil.

My second project used the gorgeous Dancing Sunflowers set. The sunflower used Buttercream, Warm Sunshine, Caramel Toffee, and Paper Bag. The centers of the flowers used Milk Chocolate. I applied lighter with the first stencil and much darker with the layer. My leaves used Misty Moor, Marshland, and Sea Forest. The sentiment was stamped with Obsidian pigment ink. The final touch was splattering Jet Black ink spray onto the panel before adding the image with Instant Dimension Foam Tape.

For this project, I began by splattering the background with Jet Black ink spray and set that aside. Next, I started working on my focal image. I stamped the beaker with Silverstone ink and used Rose Petal with the coordinating stencil. I added the stamped details with Obsidian pigment ink to finish my beaker. I used the coordinating dies to cut out the beaker. For my sentiment, I chose one from the set, stamped it in Obsidian pigment ink, and heat set it with Crystal Clear embossing powder. I picked a coordinating cardstock from Pink Brilliance to frame the sentiment. I used instant dimension foam tape on the back of the sentiment and beaker. For my bubbles coming from the beaker, I used the Rose Petal enamel Dots.

My final project for this release used the Radial Circles cover die. For those that have visited my blog, you guys know I love a puzzle! This was super fun and relaxing activity for a rainy day! I used Altenew cardstock: Apple Red, Deep Iris, Forest Glades, Navy, Orange Cream, Turquoise, and Warm Sunshine. Before cutting the Navy cardstock, I added double-sided adhesive to the back. I layered together two panels to create an inset for my circles. For my sentiment, I chose “Ciao” from Hello Friend. I stamped this with the beautiful Chamomile ink. I added Instant Dimension Foam Tape behind my sentiment before adhering.

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 11/26/2022 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 11/29/2022.

Thank you so much for sharing some crafty time with me today. Your next stop is Erin Thompson.