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Monday, April 20, 2026

Altenew Educators' Layer it Up! Video Hop Card 1...

Hi! This card is is a part of the Altenew Educators' Layer it Up! Video Hop. The brief was to use layering in your project. I decided to challenge myself and created a card using only the contents of my stash box.

The background is a piece of watercolour paper coloured with liquid watercolours, white paint splatters and silver .

The flower and the leaf cluster is from the Altenew Shrub Rose stamp & die set. Here is a closer look.

The sentiment is from the Altenew One Go: Birthday Greetings stamp & die set.

You can check out the how-to video here. You can also take part in a great giveaway by simply liking and commenting on the videos in the hop.

Entering this card in the following challenge:

AAA Colorful Challenge: Colorboard #27:

Cut it Up Challenge #354 ~ Colors of Spring

Love,

Nandini

Altenew Educators' Layer it Up! Video Hop Card 2...

Hi! This is the second card I created for the Altenew Educators' Layer it Up! Video Hop using only the contents of my stash box.

The background is a piece of watercolour paper coloured with liquid watercolours, white paint splatters and silver Perfect Pearls powder.

The flower is from the Beautiful Day stamp & die set and the leaf cluster is from the Altenew Shrub Rose stamp & die set. Here is a closer look.

The sentiment is from the Altenew One Go: Birthday Greetings stamp & die set.

You can check out the how-to video here. You can also take part in a great giveaway by simply liking and commenting on the videos in the hop.

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Entering this card in the following challenge:

AAA Colorful Challenge: Colorboard #27:

Cut it Up Challenge #354 ~ Colors of Spring

Love,

Nandini

Monday, February 16, 2026

Altenew Educators' Creative Accents Video Hop + Giveaway - Card 2

Hi! I am a part of the Altenew Educators' Creative Accents Video Hop + Giveaway. The idea is to use embellishments like enamel dots, sequins, gems, and more — those small details that add texture, shine, and personality to a project. A few thoughtful additions can bring a design to life and take your cards from simply nice to amazing!

This is a monochromatic card with some stamping and stenciling.

You can watch the video here.

Altenew Products Used:

Timeless Tulips Stamp & Stencil set

One-Go: Birthday Greetings

Cherry Blossom Slim Washi Tape Set

Rose Gold Crisp Embossing Powder

Mini Blending Brush Set

Entering this card in the following challenges:

CAS on Friday Challenge #327 | Anything Goes

Freshly Made Sketches #723

Inspired By...
I was inspired by the sketch and the bowl of berries

Love,
Nandini

Monday, October 24, 2022

Altenew Educators’ "Secret Card Recipe" Blog Hop and Linky Party + Giveaway

Hi! I hope you are enjoying this special blog hop by the Altenew Educators. We decided to share our secret hacks to create beautiful cards! You should have arrived here from Bridget Casey's blog.

I created a card using one of my favorite styles - a bold background combined with silhouettes.

There are several ways to create bold backgrounds. One of my favorites is the Retiform technique. This is a grid technique where we draw lines across paper and add color. For this card, I used the Tropical Fiesta Watercolor Brush Markers in shades Fresh Lemon, Lime and Turquoise. I colored stripes of color in one direction. After drying my panel, I turned it 90° and colored again. This gives a lovely, plaid like effect to the panel. I also added some distressing by sprinkling droplets of water.

Once the panel was dry, I trimmed it and rounded the corners. For the silhouette images, I used the Bird of Paradise stamps and dies. The sentiment is from the Victorian Greenhouse stamp set.

I hope you liked my card and will give the retiform technique a try.

Prizes:

$130 in total prizes! Altenew is giving away a $20 gift certificate to 3 lucky winners and a $15 gift certificate to 4 winners! To win, please comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 10/30/2022.

There’s MORE! Join our party! We have included an Inlinkz at the Altenew blog for you to enter your beautiful, Altenew “Secret Card Recipe” creations.

We will pick one of our favorite handmade creations from those who joined the linky party, and they will receive a $10 Altenew gift certificate!

Altenew will draw 5 random winners from the comments left on each blog hop stop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 10/31/2022.

Hop list:

The next person on the hop is Teri Duncan. I also have the entire list for you if you want to start from the beginning.

Nandini Karmarkar - That's me!!

Anna Patricia Mahtani

Fiona Duff

Love,

Nandini

Monday, June 27, 2022

Altenew Educators’ "Clean and Simple" Blog Hop and Linky Party + Giveaway

Hi! Hope you are enjoying the Altenew Educators blog hop. You must have arrived here from Bridget Casey's blog.

I have always loved Clean and Simple designs. So this theme really excites me! I have two cards for you today, using the Spotlight Technique. I have used the large floral branch from the Dynamic Blossoms Stamp Set and the sentiment from the Oriental Poppy Stamp Set for both cards.

For the first card I stamped the outline image on the left left side of a top folding cream colored card base and added the layers. I also stamped a small part of the image along the lower right corner of the card. I die-cut a small circle for my sentiment panel and stamped the sentiment with Altenew Permanent Black ink. To make the sentiment stand out more, I ran a black marker around the edge of the circle. To finish the card, I simply popped up the sentiment panel on the card with some foam tape.

For the second card, I die-cut a small rectangle out of the same ivory cardstock as the card base. I mounted the outline stamp in my stamp positioner and traced the outline of the card base on the base paper. I also centered the smaller rectangle and traced the position. I stamped the outline and the color layers on both the base and the rectangle alternately so that the stamping aligned exactly. I used grey inks for the card base and yellow and orange inks for the rectangle.

Once the stamping was done, I popped up the panel with foam tape on the card base, aligning the stamping. The sentiment was stamped and heat embossed on a scrap of black paper with Rose Gold Embossing Powder.

I hope you liked my Clean and Simple cards. And I hope you will give the Spotlight technique a try. I look forward to admiring your creations in our gallery.

Prizes:

There’s MORE! Join our party! We have included an Inlinkz at the Altenew blog for you to enter your beautiful, Altenew “Clean and Simple” creations.

We will pick one of our favorite handmade creations from those who joined the linky party, and they will receive a $10 Altenew gift certificate!

Altenew will draw 5 random winners from the comments left on each blog hop stop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 07/04/2022.

Hop list:

The next person on the hop is the talented Nancy Souza.

Love,

Nandini

Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Altenew Educators' “New Favorite” Blog Hop + Linky Party...

Hi! Hope you are enjoying the blog hop. You must have reached here from Nancy Souza's blog.

I completed my Altenew Educator certification in March 2018. It was an amazing journey. Since then I have participated in all the Educator hops. I have also been privileged to be a guest designer for Altenew.

Today's hop is all about our new favorite. I am sharing a few cards I made with the Altenew 3D embossing folders. I am absolutely in love with these folders! If you haven't tried them yet, I strongly urge you to give them a try!

Card #1:

I ran a piece of black card stock through the Beautiful Baroque 3D embossing folder and then swiped it with distress oxide ink. After drying the panel, I gently swiped a pad of gold pigment ink over the raised areas. The sentiment is from the Fresh Freesia stamp set.

Here is another look at the card.

Card #2:

This is my favorite card today. I swiped different colors of Altenew mini ink pads on the Deck Plank 3D embossing folder before running it through the die cutting machine. I kept doing this till I was happy with the background. Here is a closer look at the embossing.

I stamped and die cut the flowers and leaves with the Garden Rose stamp & die set. I arranged the die cuts and then adhered them with liquid glue and Altenew Instant Dimension Foam Tape. The sentiment is from the Fresh Freesia stamp set. Here is a closer look at the card.

Card #3:

I rarely use pattern papers in my cards. Something that I want to change in 2022! I used a sheet from the Wildflower Collection 6 x 6 paper for this card. Here is the sheet I used.

I ran it through the Botanical 3D embossing folder covered with embossing ink. I then heat embossed with black embossing powder.

The sentiment is from the Fresh Freesia stamp set. Here is another look at the card.

Card #4:

I started by sprinkling red and green pigment powders in the embossing folder. I sprayed the folder with water and then ran it through the die cutting machine. Once the paper was dry, I applied embossing ink to the raised areas of the folder and ran it again through the die cutting machine. I used a holographic embossing powder. After heat embossing I gently applied brown distress ink to make the pattern pop.

The sentiment is from the Birthday Greetings stamp set. Here is another look at the card.

I hope you liked my cards and will give these gorgeous folders a try. You can always visit the Altenew Blog for tons of inspiration and videos on using the 3D embossing folder.

Prizes:

$130 in total prizes! Altenew is giving away a $20 gift certificate to 3 lucky winners and a $15 gift certificate to 4 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 01/09/2022 for a chance to win.

There’s MORE! What’s a hop without YOU?! We have included an Inlinkz at the Altenew blog for you to enter your gorgeous Altenew “New Favorite” creations. We will pick one of our favorite handmade creations from those who joined the linky party and they will receive a $10 Altenew gift certificate!

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 01/10/2022.

Hop list:

Please continue the hop by visiting the super talented Bridget Casey.

Nandini Karmarkar - you are here!