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Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Altenew Classic Imagery Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hi! Hope you are enjoying this great blog hop! You must have arrived here from Seeka. I always love her elegant designs!

The new Classic Imagery Collection is really great with lots of different designs. There is something for everyone. You can check out the whole collection here.

Card #1:

For my first card, I decided to use the Terrazzo Tile stencil is great for masculine cards. It mimics the beautiful Terrazo tiles that contain small chips of marble, granite, etc.

I started with a cream panel and used three different embossing powders with each of the three stencils.

Once the heat embossing was done, I decided that the panel needed some more texture. So I ran it through the new Bunch of Balloons 3D embossing folder.

Here is a close-up.

After trimming the panel, I glued it to a top folding kraft card base.

The sentiment is from the Birthday Greetings stamp set.

Card #2:

One of my favorite stencil techniques is offset inking. This works especially well with stencils like the Lacy Tiles stencil which has a small repeating pattern.

After attaching the stencil to a white card base, I inked with Parrot and Moss inks for an ombre look. Next, I cleaned the stencil and offset it. Then I used Ocean Waves and Desert Night for the inking.

The sentiment is from the new Carpe Diem stamp set. I stamped it on a scrap of white paper with Desert Night and Moss inks. I also cut a larger mat out of the same white paper and ran it through the Deck Planks 3D embossing folder.

To finish, I rounded the bottom corners of the card.

Card #3:

I made a card set as my third project. In the current situation, it is important to let people know that they are in your thoughts. So I made a set of 'Thinking of You' cards.

I chose dark brown card bases as I wanted to make unisex cards. I ran the bases through the Deck Planks 3D embossing folder for a nice texture.

I used three of the stencils from the Quilt Blocks stencils set. I used different double complementary color schemes for each card.

Quilt Block #1:

Quilt Block #2:

Quilt Block #3:

Once my stenciling was done, I trimmed the panels and added them over the sentiment panels. The sentiment is from the Leaf Canopy stamp set.

Here are the three cards together.

I hope you liked my cards. I would love to hear which is your favorite card and your favorite product today! Here are all the products I used from the new Classic Imagery Collection release. Click on the image to head to the Altenew store.

Giveaway Prizes

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $25 gift certificate to 8 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 05/24/2021 for a chance to win.

Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 05/26/2021.

Blog Hop Order

You can visit Christine Pennington to continue the hop. I also have the full list below for your reference.

Altenew Blog
Nathalie DeSousa
Terri Koszler
Erum Tasneem
Jenny Colacicco
Emily Midgett
LauraJane
Norine Borys
Sandhya Iyer
Lilith Eeckels
Ardyth Percy-Robb
Michelle Short
Bridget Casey
Maryam Perez
Teresa Litchfield
Carol Hintermeier
Joylita Dsouza
Virginia Lu
Seeka
Nandini Karmarkar - That's me!
Christine Pennington
Tricia Schaden
Helen Kalb

Love,

Nandini

Saturday, May 1, 2021

Altenew Build-A-Flower: Indian Lotus Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hi! I am very excited and honoured to guest design for Altenew. You must have arrived here from the blog of Nathalie DeSousa. If you want to start from the beginning, just head back to the Altenew Card Blog.

The newest addition to the Build-a-flower series by Altenew is the Indian Lotus. Lotus flowers are common in India and are considered sacred. My great-grandparents' garden had a pond filled with beautiful pink and purple lotus flowers. I have very fond memories of spending lazy afternoons hanging around the pond, reading.

A little bit about the new release...

"Be true to yourself with this beautiful floral stamp set. This floral layering stamp set has a gorgeous 6-layered bloom along with a detailed coordinating lotus leaf. The accompanying leaf may also be used as a lily pad for extra versatility on your crafting projects. The beautiful accompanying sentiments are related to appreciating yourself, having confidence, and being authentic, so you can send motivation to your loved ones."

Here is the card I created.

The background was created using pigment powders and watercolor paper. I added some gold splatters to the background. For the slowers and the leaf, I stamped only the last layer using Versamark ink. I used metallic gold embossing powder to heat emboss and added some shading with green & pink inks. Here is a close-up of the stamping.

The sentiment is also from the same stamp set.

I trimmed the panel and popped up the sentiment and the die-cuts with foam tape. Finally, I adhered the whole thing to a dark teal card base.

Here is another look at the finished card.

Hope you liked my card. I would love the hear from you. Scroll down for the shopping links and giveaway info.

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 05/06/2021 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 05/08/2021.

You can head to Sandhya Iyer now or go to the Altenew Card Blog if you want to start from the beginning.

Here is the full list of participants:

Nandini Karmarkar - You are here!

Love,

Nandini

Thursday, April 29, 2021

Altenew Wildflower Paper Crafting Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hi! I hope you are enjoying the blog hop. You must have reached here from the blog of Linda Westfall. She is an amazing crafter and never fails to inspire me!

I fell in love with the beautiful Wildflower collection at first glance! My card today was created using the Wildflower 6 x 6 paper pack, Pink Posy Ephemera, and Bitty Bits Ephemera.

One of the fun techniques I like to do with pattern paper is to stamp on it. This works really well with the quieter designs. When I went through the Wildflower pattern paper pack, I found it had a great mix of designs ranging from very bold to very quiet. I selected two papers for my stamping and used the Beautiful Day stamp set along with Rose Petal and Red Cosmos mini ink cube sets. Here is a close-up of the stamping.

I omitted the base layer for both the flowers as I wanted the pattern paper to show through.

To assemble the card, I took a speckled card base and adhered a strip of pattern paper to the left side. I also lightly inked the white portions with some pink ink. I arranged the flowers along with the elements from the Pink Posy Ephemera and Bitty Bits Ephemera and adhered them down.

The sentiment is from the Fresh Freesia stamp set, stamped with black ink. Here is another look at the card.

Here are all the products I used from the new release.

You can also check out the entire Wildflower Collection here.

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 05/07/2021.

Blog Hop Order:

The next person in the hop is Sandhya Iyer. I have also included the entire list below for your reference.

Nandini Karmarkar - That's me!

Sandhya Iyer

Terri Koszler

Helen Kalb

Love,

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!