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Monday, September 14, 2020

Altenew Educator Blog Hop - Style It With Stencils

Hello there everyone! I am back with you today for a Certified Altenew Educator Blog Hop featuring cards made using Altenew Stencils.

Prizes:
Altenew is giving away a $20 gift certificate to 5 lucky winners! Please leave a comment here on the Altenew Card Blog by 9/19/2020 for a chance to win

We’ll also draw a winner to receive a $15 Altenew gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below. All winners will be announced on the Altenew Winners Page on 9/22/2020.

There’s MORE! We will pick 2 of our favorite handmade creations from those who joined the linky party and they will each receive a $15 Altenew gift certificate!

Blog Hop List:

I have quite a few Altenew Stencils and while I tend to forget what a great option they are, preparation for this blog hop brought them right to the forefront of my mind and how versatile they are. If you've ever wished for a matching patterned paper for your project or a way to jazz up your background panels, this is the easiest answer in the world for getting exactly that. I have several projects for you today so let's dive right in!

First up is one of my favorite stencils, Linear Stencil, with a stamp set that was released yesterday in the Altenew September 2020 Release called Positive Vibes. I just love this set! I have already made several cards with it and I am sure I will be making many more.

For my stenciling, I used some pale blue shimmer cardstock and Aqualicious Ink with a blending brush. You can use some Pixie Spray to hold your stencil in place or tape it from the backside. For my stamping, I first stamped the outline in Misty Morning from the Tranquility Ink Set. This color is a pale, cool gray. Then leaving my outline stamp in one Misti, I moved to my Mini Misti and stamped all the layers. I love the very high contrast in these blooms, achieved by using Aqualicious for the base
layer of color with Galactic Stream for the detail layer. The foliage is stamped with Frayed Leaf with Forest Glades for the detail layer. Then moving my cardstock back to the original Misti, I stamped the outline again in Versamark and heat embossed using Altenew Antique Silver Embossing Powder. I also heat embossed the sentiment strip with the same Embossing Powder to keep with the blue and silver theme of the card. I added a few sequins with some jewels in the center to finish off this card.

Next up I have a card made using the Sunburst Stencil with some previously colored flowers from the Hello Gorgeous Stamp & Die Set. Gladiolus was one of my grandfather's favorite flowers and he planted them in his garden each year alongside his tomatoes, string beans, and other vegetables. In July, I taught a Zoom Class for Altenew that used this stamp and die set and when I was figuring out which two cards I would be able to fit in the 1-hour time slot, this one did not make the cut, but I still had the watercolored pieces to use on another project.

Next up is a card using the Tranquil Wings Stencil. I used a leftover piece of Silver shimmer cardstock and added Ocean Waves ink in the larger, fully open wing shape. Next, I went in with a blue-grey from the Tranquility Set using Nimbus. I heat set the ink and then went in with a finger dauber and put Versamark into each of the openings and used a clear sparkle embossing powder, heat setting it. A few sequins and jewels add the finishing touches.

For my last project today, I have a card that uses a stencil with one of the recently released Altenew String Art Dies, the Butterfly.

I started by ink blending Forest Glades Ink over the Sunburst Stencil on a pale green cardstock using an ink blending brush.

Next, I carefully placed the String Art Butterfly Die in the position that I wanted in on my card panel and ran it through my die cut machine. This pokes the holes but does not cut anything out. I fiddled with it for quite a while to get the strings crisscrossed how I wanted them to look.

I added die cuts from the Leaf Mix Die Set, using the open-work dies to match the look of the butterfly. I love the Mixed Leaf Die Set and all the possibilities in the set. When I first started making cards, I didn't have stamps, so I made cards using all stand-alone dies. I still like to do this type of card now although I wouldn't trade my stamps and die in either.

I hope I've inspired you to try some new ideas for using Stencils. There are so many possibilities for using Stencils with Texture or embossing paste, Deco Foil Transfer Gel and your inks.

I'd love to know which card here is your favorite! My favorite from this group is the first one with the blue flowers and stencil on the background. The products I've used are linked below and I always appreciate it when you order through my affiliate links. Unless I am guest designing, I pay for all of my products and it helps me to bring fresh, fun, and new content to you.

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Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Altenew Educators "Giving Thanks" Blog Hop and Linky Party + Giveaway

Welcome to the Altenew Educators "Giving Thanks" Blog Hop and Linky Party + Giveaway! Today there is a big hop brought to you by all of the Altenew Certified Educators. This is no ordinary hop! We want you to join in on the fun as well. There is a Linky Party going on at the Altenew Card Blog. All you have to do is link up your creations based on the theme of the hop, which is, “Giving Thanks” and mention that you are taking part in the Altenew Educators Blog Hop and Linky Party where you can create, share, participate, and have a chance to win a Gift Certificate to the Altenew Store. So what are you waiting for?! Link up!

You should have come from Christine Pennington's Blog. If you stumbled across my blog and would like to see the full hop, I will have the links provided for you below.

I have two projects for you today using one of my favorite Build-A-Flower Sets. I truly love Stargazer Lilies so this Build-A-Flower Set is my current favorite! In fact, I made a card similar to the second one and mailed it before I remembered to take photos of it. So I had to make a new one. May was a pretty hectic month around here, so it's okay.

Let's get on to our projects. This first card started with a Pink Top Folding 7 x 5 card base. The mat is Gold Foil Cardstock, the next one up is Black Cardstock, then the uppermost mat is a paler pink cardstock.

For the Mandala, I die cut that using Curious Skin Black Cardstock. I like to use this particular cardstock sometimes because it is completely matte and has an almost suede look to it.

For the lilies, I used a combination of inks from different sets. My base layer was Baby Pink from the Spring Bouquet Ink Set. Then Pinkalicious and Rubellite from the Cherry Blossom Collection, Rubellite, and Purple Wine from the Rose Petals Collection.

For the leaves, I used Sweet Leaf from the Green Meadow Collection and Forest Glades from the Green Fields Collection and Hunter Green from the Green Meadow Collection. I like to mix within the families sometimes and this was one of those times. I stamped my simple "Thank You" sentiment from Hibiscus (From Build-A-Flower Hibiscus) in Versamark and heat set in Antique Gold Embossing Powder.

For this next card, I changed things up a little bit. I love the Sugarplums Collection of Inks and in fact, I suggested these and the Tranquility Grays to Tasnim. I have a few more requests in my mind that I think I want to send to her. We'll see!

I used the Sugarplums set to stamp these blooms, but I like to take it one step further often. In this case, I stamped the base layer of the lilies in Baby Pink. Pastels are difficult inks to make and can tend to have a grayish undertone to them. To prevent this, I like to mix a more vibrant shade as the first layer and then proceed with the four colors in the primary color family I want to use. You can see that this provides a different look than just using the four colors in the set. I have found it's something you have to play around with to get the look that you want. Pick a small flower to see what combinations you like and be sure to keep a list or chart of the combinations you like.

Since I always have a touch of gold on my cards, I decided to Heat Emboss the stamens of the flowers.

I used Gleaming Lilac Cardstock for another 7 x 5 Top Folding Card Base. I used the Gilded Ombre Washi Tape to go along the bottom of the card front. I also cut another of the Mandala Dies to put behind the flower arrangement only this time I used Pearlescent Garnet Plum Cardstock for this. This die is really intricate, so I usually run it through my Gemini Junior - twice, and then I look carefully to make sure everything cut before removing the paper from the die. If it isn't cut all the way, I rotate the die 90 Degrees on the cutting plate and run it through again.

While I love the first card, I didn't want it to look the same as the first card so I chose to put the "Thanks" vertically down the right-hand side of the card using Altenew Bold Alphabet Lower Case Die Set. The Mandala Die Cut was attached with E6000 Non-Aerosol Spray Glue. It would take me forever to glue it with Multi Medium Matte, so I keep that spray around just in case. Then I arranged my flowers and leaves on the card front and kept it intact by lifting it with Press-N-Seal.

I used a double or single layer of Foam Tape to adhere everything in place on the card front. It was at this point that I realized I forgot the black speckles on the petals, but since I used foam tape, there isn't any going back and doing it now. Not all Lilies have the speckled petals like the Stargazer does, so it's no big deal. I have a few hundred lilies in my flower bed this year, so I can take a peek right outside and look. *Ü*

One of the things I really like about the leaves in this set (stamped in Green Fields Ink Collection) is that with the larger leaf, you can cut it in half and place those half pieces tucked in-between other for fuller foliage.

Prizes:
Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 3 lucky winners! Please leave a comment here on the Altenew Card Blog by 6/17/2020 for a chance to win.

We’ll also draw a winner to receive a $15 Altenew gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below. All winners will be announced on the Card Blog on 6/21/2020.

There’s MORE!
Altenew will pick 2 of our favorite handmade creations from those who joined the linky party and they will each receive a $15 Altenew gift certificate!
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