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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

Saturday, May 22, 2021

Altenew Paint-A-Flower: Lotus Outline Stamp Set Release Blog Hop + Giveaway ($200 in Total Prizes)

Hi! I hope you are enjoying the amazing inspiration shared by the designers that are participating in this blog hop. The blog hop begins from the Altenew Card Blog.

You must have come here from Virginia Lu's blog. Virginia is not just insanely talented, but also one of the sweetest people I know! She was my mentor during the AECP program and really helped and encouraged me.

If you love coloring, the new Paint-a-flower release is for you! This month's stamp features beautiful lotus flowers. If you are like me and not really confident about your coloring skills, you will love this stamp set because it has the most gorgeous outline images which create a lovely, aquatic scene.

I made two slimline cards for the release. I followed the same procedure for both the cards, just changing up the colors.

I started with two panels of watercolor paper, each measuring 4” x 9”. I used two sets of mini ink cubes for each panel; green and blue for the first and purple and yellow for the second. To create the background, I swiped the pads from the outer edge to around midway on the panel. I went from light to dark and repeated the colors till the end. Then I sprayed each panel with a lot of water and allowed them to dry overnight.

Next day, I simply stamped the PAF Lotus and heat embossed with metallic gold embossing powder. The sentiment is also from the same set. Here are the ink colors I used.

Card #1:

Altenew Cool Summer Night & Tropical Forest mini ink cube sets

Card #2:

Altenew Pocketful of Sunshine & Rose Petal mini ink cube sets

To finish, I trimmed the panels and adhered them to Kraft card bases for two slim-line cards measuring 9” x 4” each.

I hope you liked my cards and will give this technique a try. I would love to know which card is your favorite!

Shopping Links:

Please click on the pics to shop.

If you don't want to miss even one of these beautiful stamp sets, you can enroll in the monthly subscription program. When signed up, you are guaranteed a spot in the monthly Paint-A-Flower releases and will receive a set each month - at a specially discounted price! ($15.99 →$12.99)

We also have special bundles for the Paint-A-Flower: Lotus Outline Stamp Set (which will also go live in our shop on 05/22/2021 at 12:01 am EDT

Paint-A-Flower: Lotus Outline & Artists' Watercolor 24 Pan Set Bundle: https://altenew.com/products/paint-a-flower-lotus-outline-artists-watercolor-24-pan-set-bundle

Paint-A-Flower: Lotus Outline & Watercolor Essential 12 Pan Set Bundle: https://altenew.com/products/paint-a-flower-lotus-outline-watercolor-essential-12-pan-set-bundle

Giveaway Prizes:

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 05/30/2021.

Blog Hop Order:

The next person in the hop is Seeka.

Altenew Card Blog
Emily Midgett
Keren Baker
Joylita Dsouza
LauraJane
Norine Borys
Erin Thompson
Sandhya Iyer
Erum Tasneem
Nathalie DeSousa
Terri Koszler
Lilith Eeckels
Jenny Colacicco
Verity Biddlecombe
Virginia Lu
Nandini Karmarkar - That's me!
Seeka
Tenia Nelson
Carol Hintermeier
Ardyth Percy-Robb
Linda Westfall
Teresa Litchfield
Helen Kalb
Amanda Baldwin

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.

Altenew Card Blog

Nandini Karmarkar - That's me!

Helen Kalb

Yoonsun Hur

Love,

Nandini

Monday, March 29, 2021

Altenew Educators "Favorite Old/New Altenew Stamp" Blog Hop and Linky Party + Giveaway

Hi! Welcome to the latest blog hop by the Altenew Educators. You should have arrived here from the super talented Pam Boedeker. I am a huge fan of her beautiful work!

I have been a regular participant in the Altenew Educator blog hops since I completed my Altenew Educator certification in March 2018. I love the interesting themes that the Altenew team comes up with. And the inspiration from my fellow Educators is always amazing! The whole educator family is so warm and encouraging and talented. I feel very privileged to be a part of this group of very special people.

Selecting a single favorite stamp set from my Altenew stash is an impossible task! I have been a huge fan of Altenew right from the time they launched and I have several sets that I have used numerous times. I finally decided on the Painted Flowers set as it is one of the oldest that I have. And I still often reach for it.

Here are some of my favorite projects created using this beautiful stamp set. You can click on the images for more details.

I created two cards using two different techniques.

Though the Painted Flowers is a layering set, I also love using only the outline images. Since the style of the set is very artsy, the outlines look very sketchy when stamped alone. The card design is actually based on a set of coasters that I made some time ago. You can find the original post here.

To create the color blocking, I simply drew lines with a pencil on a panel of paper.

I used chalk paints in orange, pink, and teal to paint the background. You can use any kind to paint to do this. Once the paint was dry, I blocked off the orange areas with strips of masking paper and stamped the outlines with black ink. Here is a close-up of the stamping.

I used a small hack to paint the copper lines between the color blocks. To get the lines even, I placed a stencil with a long slit over the paper and painted with a flat brush. You can do this with a marker too, and get lovely, even lines.

The sentiment is from the Leaf Canopy stamp set and I heat embossed it with black EP for added definition.

Here is another look at the card.

I followed the same process for the second card.

I masked off areas and used distress oxide inks for coloring instead of chalk paints. The shades I used were Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers, and Picked Raspberry.

The sentiment is from the Sweetest Peas stamp set.

Here is another look at the card.

And here are both the cards together.

I hope you liked my cards and find them inspiring. I would love to know your thoughts on this.

No Altenew blog is complete without some amazing prizes!

Prizes:

Altenew is giving away a $20 gift certificate to 5 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog by 4/4/2021 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 4/6/2021.

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 “Old/New Favorite Altenew Stamp” creations. 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!

The next person on the hop is Amy Hill. She is such an amazing crafter! I am a big fan of her work! Here is the complete list in case you want to go back to the beginning or missed someone.

Hop list:

Nandini

Thursday, March 25, 2021

Altenew Celebrating Parents Card Drive Blog Hop + Giveaway

Welcome to the annual Celebrating Parents Card Drive Blog Hop and Giveaway, hosted by Altenew. I am honoured to be a part of this great initiative. Our goal is to send cards for the elderly that live in nursing homes or shelters to let them know they’re not forgotten. Please encourage people to check out the Celebrating Parents Card Drive and join this great cause by sending in cards.

You must have arrived here from the blog of Linda Westfall. In case you want to start at the beginning, I have included the whole list at the end of this post.

I created two cards for this hop, both using the same supplies.

I used the Beautiful Day stamp and die set for the flowers. The flowers were stamped with black ink and then colored with Zig Real Brush Markers and alcohol inks.

The sentiments are also from the Beautiful Day stamp set and stamped with black ink.

The foliage was die-cut using the leaves from the Floral Fantasy 3D die set.

I used some scraps of handmade paper for matting as well as the leaves for both the cards.

I also did some stenciling using the Sunburst stencil and silver pigment ink on the base.

I just changed the arrangement of the flowers to create different looks.

I arranged the flowers in a pleasing arrangement and then popped them up with some foam tape.

To finish, I added white pearls to the centers.

Here is another look at both the cards together.

No Altenew blog hop is complete without some great prizes!

Giveaway Prizes

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 04/2/2021.

We have chosen a few Altenew products that are great for your Mother’s Day and Father’s Day cards (and other year-round projects)!

Altenew will donate $1 with every order of the above stamp sets from 3/6/2021 until 5/31/2021 to the Food Bank of Central New York to support seniors in need.

Blog Hop Order

The next person on the hop is the amazing Natasha Davies. In case you are lost or want to start at the beginning, here is the whole list!