Hello everyone! I'm excited to join the Crafty Friends Blog Hop at the Altenew Card Blog! If you are hopping along from the beginning you should be arriving from the blog of the wildly talented Virginia Lu! (the full hop list is at the end of this post)
We are celebrating the Wonderfully supportive and Happy World-Wide community of CRAFTY FRIENDS with a two day hop!
MANY talented/inspiring artists have shaped my Cardmaking Journey(too many to mention by name here). Some creators I simply admire from afar. While other lovelies, have slowly become friends over the years:) The daily excitement of seeing what is being shared via social media from this Crafty Community is a BRIGHT spot in my life! Crafty friends encourage me to create, simply for the JOY of creating something I LOVE. They challenge me to learn new techniques, and often times, step out of my comfort zone to actually connect with people outside my family realm. yes, I am an introvert, hermit, crazy card lady...
I am grateful to those who purposely reach out to encourage and share a bit of kindness to me and so many other crafters/artists on a daily basis. It warms my heart to be a small part of this happy place! And I look forward to finding new artists every year and watch them WOW us with their very own personal style:)) You can find me on Instagram @mammacooksalot and YouTube: Mamma LauraJane.
In celebration of Friends; I created these for YOU! All are colored with the Watercolor Brush Markers - Spring Garden Set
I have a short video featuring the cards from this post:) Watch it below, or in HD on on my Youtube channel.
First, Life is beautiful with friends like you:
Altenew Supplies:
Party Time Die for the sequins
To make this card:
- I used white texture paste on the Elegant Swirls Stencil,
- Layered the watercolored Engraved Flowers Stamp & Die on top
- Embossed the sentiment and the very edge of the banner to make it pop with Antique Gold Crisp Embossing Powder
- Cut the sequins from Olive inked paper with the Party Time Die set
- Embellished with both, Dots in Maple Washi Tape and Gold Glitter Tape
- Added some Nuvo Dots to the center of each sequin
- The yellow splatter is WARM SUNSHINE and AUTUMN BLAZE Watercolor Brush Markers
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Next, YOU inspire me:
Perfectly Perfect Stamp & Die Bundle
Feeling Dotty Stencil
Artist Markers to color the enamel dots
I thought the card looked nice both long ways and up-right. Which way do think it looks best?
Did you know that the Enamel Dots can be colored with the Artist Markers to match your projects perfectly? A tip I learned from the ever helpful Lydia Evans from one of her FaceBook Live videos..
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Finally, Thanks x 2
A Gift for you stamp set...a set not sold, but sent to those who order regularly from Altenew.com store directly.
Your next stop on the hop is Simon Says Stamp!
Thank you Sponsors!!
*There are also 12 awesome friends who are celebrating with us, and they are offering the following prizes:
My Sweet Petunia: 3 MISTI stamping tools(Memory, Original, and Mini)
Jennifer McGuire Ink: Altenew $50 gift certificate & 10 handmade cards
Online Card Classes: 3 class spots
Create and Craft TV: £50 gift certificate
Ellen Hutson LLC: $30 gift certificate
Chameleon Art Products: 1 pack of 5 Chameleon Pens
Stamp & Scrapbook Expo: $25 gift certificate
Butterfly Reflections Ink: $25 gift certificate
Simon Says Stamp: $25 gift certificate
Scrapbook & Cards Today Magazine: 2 copies of Scrapbook & Cards Today Fall 2018 issue
Scrapbook.com: $25 gift certificate
Tombow USA: 1 pack of 10 Dual Brush Pens
Prizes, Prizes, and More Prizes from Altenew! Be sure to leave comments by Sunday, December 9th, 2018 for a chance to win!
37 winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on all of these blogs listed below and will be announced on the Altenew Card Blog and Altenew Scrapbook Blog on December 15th, 2018.
*Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 5 lucky winners
ONE more Giveaway $20 gift certificate to one comment right here on my blog! I will announce the winner here by 12/9/2018.
Edited for WINNER:
My winner of the $20 gift certificate at Altenew is....
NoxNovember 30, 2018 at 12:41 PM
What a gorgeous group of cards - the colours are so bright and sunny, you would not be able to help but smile to receive one of those!
***CONGRATULATIONS NOX! Please contact winner@altenew.com by 12/20/2018 with the subject line Altenew Crafty Friends Blog Hop Winner from LauraJane's Blog.
HAPPY SHOPPING :)
Blog Hop Order:
As always, thanks for stopping by. Enjoy the rest of the hop!!!
Hope your Day is Blessed
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