Altenew March Release Blog Hop II + Giveaway

Hello and welcome to the Altenew March Release Blog Hop II:) I'm Thrilled and honored to be a part of this hop!  This is a HUGE release..I'm using 7 new products out of the 26 items released today.

If you are hopping along from the beginning, you should be arriving from May Park's blog. and as always if you find a broken link stop by Altenew for the correct one:) Remember there are PRIZES, so leave a comment here and on the stops on the hop!

Let's get started shall we? For my first card I used the lovely multi floral set Garden Treasure. 

• I simply stamped, on Bristol smooth CS, a blooming garland of flowers from Garden Treasure using Rocky Shore crisp ink and the outlined images . 
• Then I started coloring with the ziggys
• I re-stamped the small "stamen" images in Warm Sunshine and Caramel Toffee
• Colored a bit more with R302 and G702 Markers from Set A
• Then  I decided to add a blue halo/shadow around the whole thing using https://altenew.com/products/everything-will-be-okay-die-set
• For the sentiment I brushed Sea Glass and Ocean Waves onto White CS
• Cut Everything will be Okay die and brushed more color on after it was cut out
• Colored the tiny heart with R302 and G702 Markers from Set A
• Glued it into place using spray adhesive
• Finished with a few Sequins

I wanted to keep playing with Garden Treasure so for my second card I  stamped all the layers:)) using crisp inks only. .... LOVE how this totally changes to look of the blooms! The composition is the same as the first card yet the tone and feel has become soft.

• I used Buttercream, Warm Sunshine and Peach Perfect for the largest bloom and tiny buds
• Paper Bag crisp ink was used for the tiny center image of the large bloom, stamped three times:))
• Frosty Pink, Cotton Candy, and Puffy Heart for the daisy styled flowers 
• For the leaves I stamped the layers in Mountain Mist and Volcanic Lake
• Mountain Mist only was used for the very tiny cluster of flowers and leaves
• Fussy cut around the edge of the blooms
• Placed  that onto a white A2 sized panel that I splattered with Warm Sunshine, Peach Perfect , and Paper Bag crisp inks smooched onto an acrylic block.
• popped up the blooming edge with foam tape
• Added Warm Sunshine to the straight edge of the card base.
• Cut Thank You die from white CS and brushed Warm Sunshine and Peach Perfect over the top
• Cut 4 more layers of the above die and used adhesive spray to stack them together, placed on top
• Finished with a few clear sequins

Moving on to a new set called Extra Special stamp set for my third card. There are layers to this one and sweet sentiments with varying fonts.

•  I played with the layers of the blooms from Extra Special on white CS to create two separate backgrounds.
• One combo was Coral Berry and Puffy Heart.  The other was Rose Quarts and Puffy Heart
• Cut a rectangle out of the middle of each panel... one straight the other at an angle
• Placed a piece of silver mirror paper back into the rectangular space on the lighter panel
• Stacked the two panels together off setting them just a bit
• Stamped the Bouquet from Extra Special in black ink 
• Then stamped the coordinating bloom layers with Rose Quarts and Puffy Heart
• the leaves are stamped with Parrot
• Fussy cut the bouquet out...there is a coordinating die though
• The sentiment is heat embossed with White EP onto black CS

For my next card I used one of the cut rectangles from the background created above and Perennial Beauty stamp set. I LOVE the BIG BOLD bloom in this set:)) and layered it all onto the new Half Tone Cover Plate Die.

• I stamped all 4 layers of the bloom from Perennial Beauty in the Rose Petal collection of Crisp inks...  Rose Quarts, Puffy Heart, Purple Wine, and Cosmic Berry
• The Pistal/Stamen is stamped in Warm Sunshine
• Leaves stamped with Parrot, Olive and Moss
• Fussy cut the bloom and leaves and stamen out...Coordinating dies are available
• Cut the Half Tone Cover Plate Die from white CS and layered it onto a white card base
• Placed the small rectangle stamped BG panel from above slightly to the left using the circles as a guideline in keeping it level
• Added the fussy cut bloom with foam tape on the petal edges
• Adhered the leaves and stamen in place with tape runner
• Stamped the sentiment in black ink onto white CS and BEAUTIFUL stamped with Purple Wine crisp ink
• Fussy cut around the sentiment and placed it onto the card front 
• Finished with a few pink sequins

The next set I played with was Rain or Shine. It includes a multi step cloud and lightning...but I saw organic images to create a MARBLE background.

You can see in the photo above a bit of the marbled panel.  I used all the crips inks from Rock Collection plus Caribbean Sky. There is no need to match up the layers to make a marbled pattern... so this was PURE fun!!


For my next card:
I took the panel from above and added a bit of Orange Cream with one of the smaller cloud images from Rain or Shine. Then layered a piece of clear vellum over the top to make a "marbled counter top" :))

• I stamped two orange slices from Simple Fruits stamp set using Sunkissed and Orange Cream. 
• Fussy cut them out .... coordinating dies are available. 
• Stamped the PUNNY sentiment in White EP on black CS 
• Colored a strip of CS with Orange Cream by running the ink pad along the edge
• Placed the two orange slices on the panel 
• Finished with a few orange sequins:))

While I was playing with the Simple Fruits stamp set I made the next card:

• On white CS, A2 size
• Stamped and masked a lovely tower of Fruit from Simple Fruits stamp set

STARTING with the orange..these are teh inks I used

• Orange: Sunkissed and Orange Cream
• Pear: Mango Smoothie, Bamboo, and Mocha
• Apple: Bamboo, Forest Glades, Rouge, Ruby Red, and Corral Berry
• Grapes: Midnight Violet, Desert Night, and Mocha
• Lemon: Warm Sunshine and Buttercream
• Pineapple: Buttercream, Bamboo, a hint of Mocha. I colored with G715 Marker from Set A on the pineapple top.
• Olive  and Bamboo were used for the sentiment
• I added two lines of dots under the sentiment with G715 and G702 Markers from Set A
• Scored a few lines and added several green sequins

Thanks for hanging in there with this PHOTO heavy post! I have one more card to share with you.

Because there is ALWAYS time for tea:)) I could not refuse playing with this one.

Tea Time stamp set has the sweetest images! 

Simply stamped with black ink on white CS and colored with Markers from Set A. B201, B204, B313, G702, G715,R302, and R304
The three small hearts pouring from the teapot are from Garden Grow stamp set.

That's all from me today:) Thanks for looking!
The next stop on the Hop is Nicole Picadura. make sure you leave a comment here first then head over to Nicole's!

 Prizes:
To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to THREE lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew blog by Thursday, March 30th at 11:59pm EST for a chance to win. The winners will be announced on the Altenew blog on Friday, March 31th.

AND:

I will draw a winner to receive a $30 gift certificate from Comments left on my blog:)). Commenting here will close at 11:59pm EST March 29th, for a chance to win.
The winner will be announced here on March 30th.

Here is the BlogHop order:

Altenew
Erum Tasneem
Lilith Eeckels
Svitlana Shayevich
Jennifer McGuire
Sveta Fotinia
Agnieszka Malyszek
Vicky Papaioannou
Flora Monika Farkas

Kelly Tribout Latevola
May Sukyong Park
Laura Jane You are here
Nicole Picadura <<<your next stop
Laura Bassen
Evelyn Yusuf
Marika Rahtu
Yana Smakula
Lydia Evans
Debby Hughes
Therese Calvird
Kathy Racoosin
Eunyoung Lee
TaeEun Yoo
Virginia Lu
New Release Altenew Stamps and Dies used:

Extra Special

Garden Treasure

Perennial Beauty 

Rain or Shine

Simple Fruits

Tea Time

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