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Monday, March 7, 2022

Altenew Craft-A-Flower: Sunburst Azalea Release Blog Hop + Giveaway ($200 in total prizes)

Hi! I hope you are enjoying the beautiful inspiration on the CAF Sunburst Azalea Blog Hop. You must have arrived here from the blog of SathyaKala Sankaran. I am always amazed by her creativity!

I am a big fan of the Craft-A-Flower series and look forward to each set eagerly. I really love the Sunburst Azalea set since it has two blooms. So the design possibilities are endless with this set!

I die-cut the flowers and leaves from various scraps of paper from my stash. I created the background with pigment powders in yellow, red, black and green. The large word die is from the CYL Seasonal Blooms kit. And the secondary sentiment is from the Leaf Canopy stamp set. Here is another look at the card.

Shopping:

You can buy this set here. If you don't want to miss a single one of these beautiful sets, you can opt for the monthly subscription plan.

This is a monthly subscription plan for our Craft-A-Flower die set. When signed up, you are guaranteed a spot in our monthly Craft-A-Flower releases and will receive a set each month - at a specially discounted price! ($35.99 →$29.99)

Giveaway Prizes

$200 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 5 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 03/13/2022 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 03/15/2022.

Blog Hop Order

Next person on the hop is the talented Carol Hintermeier. I have also included the full list if you want to go back.

Love,

Nandini

Saturday, May 29, 2021

Altenew Certified Educators 𝗠𝗶𝘅𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 Instagram Hop...

Hi! I am a part of a fun Instagram blog hop with the theme 𝗠𝗶𝘅𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 with other Altenew Certified Educators!

I used a technique I learned from Altenew Academy's Demystifying Mixed Media class, taught by Tania Ahmed. This is absolutely the best class if you want to learn the basics of mixed media.

I used a mix of die-cut leaves from the Virginia Rose 3D die set and the CAF Buttercup die set for the background. I also used the Striped Florals stamp and die set and the Painted Greetings stamp set for the sentiment.

The hop starts from @altenewllc so make sure you start from the beginning! Altenew is giving away a $20 gift certificate to 5 lucky winners! For a chance to win, please follow @altenewllc and @crown_focus and leave a comment by 6/1/2021.

Altenew will draw 5 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this Instagram hop and announce the winners on Altenew’s Educator Instagram hop post on 6/4/2021.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Fusion Card Challenge:

I used only the sketch

Cut It Up Challenge #266 - Nature:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes:

Love,

Nandini

Friday, May 7, 2021

Altenew Craft-A-Flower: Buttercup Layering Die Set Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hi! Hope you are enjoying the blog hop celebrating the release of the Craft-A-Flower: Buttercup. You must have arrived here from Tricia Schaden's blog.

My first instinct was to choose yellow for my buttercups. When I researched the flowers a bit more, I realized that buttercup flowers can also be white, red, orange, pink, etc. So I decided to be really adventurous and use other colors.

Instead of using plain colored cardstock, I opted to use pattern papers from the Wildflower Collection that released earlier this month. You can find the card I made for that release here.

First I trimmed the sea-green paper from the 6 x 6-inch pack and die-cut one side with the Creative Edges: Lace die. I adhered some moss green paper to a top folding white card base and popped up my trimmed panel over it with some foam tape. I used the Moss ink and the Sunburst Stencil for a little texture over the panel. I die-cut the flower and bud parts out of different pattern papers from the pack and assembled them. I also inked the bottoms with some Velvet ink. The leaves and the sentiment were cut out of scraps of green paper.

Once I was satisfied with the arrangement of my die-cuts, I used liquid glue to stick everything in place. To finish, I added small pearls as flower centers. Here is a look at the completed card.

I really love the way this card turned out. The soft colors remind me of the beautiful Art Deco era.

Shopping:

You can shop for your Craft-A-Flower: Buttercup layering dies set here.

Altenew has also curated a special bundle of dies and papers, available at a discounted price.

If you are a big fan of the Craft-A-Flower series, like me, simply enroll in the monthly subscription plan. o This is a monthly subscription plan for the Craft-A-Flower die set. When signed up, you are guaranteed a spot in the monthly Craft-A-Flower releases and will receive a set each month - at a specially discounted price! ($35.99 →$29.99)

Giveaway Prizes

$200 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 5 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 05/13/2021 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 05/15/2021.

Blog Hop:

The next person in the hop is the talented Helen Kalb. I have included the full list as well for your reference.