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Hi everyone! Welcome to Altenew and Pretty Pink Posh collaboration blog hop. Two design teams gathered together to bring some inspiration and ideas using supplies from both companies.
You probably came from Keeway Tsao. If not, you may consider starting from the hop beginning, over at Altenew blog.
I made two holiday cards for today special event.
SILVER TREE
Pretty Pink Posh Twine and Bows is a great die set to “wrap” a card (panel or some other element) with twine without adding bulk of actual twine. But I also saw in this twine die some kind of garland or Christmas lights, hung in mid-air. Or light rays coming from lights on a Christmas tree. So I wanted to use this die to represent this image.
The background was made by inking a white panel made out of Altenew Classic Crest White cardstock with distress inks. First I inked the whole panel using Tumbled Glass ink. Then I cut out Twine die three times out of masking paper and placed them onto the panel. Which was then inked with Broken China and Mermaid Lagoon. To make background a bit more interesting and deep, I added several water droplets using Distress Sprayer, let the water sit on the panel a bit and move distresses and them removed it with paper towel.
Also two die-cuts were made out of silver glitter paper using the same die and adhered to the panel.
I made a tree using Altenew Sketchy Evergreen stamps set, stamping the bottom solid layer onto a white cardstock using Dessert Night ink, the heat embossing the middle layer on vellum using Silver Tinsel powder. Then I cut out both layers and adhered them together. Usually adhering velum can be a challenge, as any adhesive can be seen through it. Here I didn’t care much about this, I rather wanted adhesive to be seen. I like that it unevenly is visible, it looks like shadows between tree branches.
The sentiment was stamped using Dessert Night ink and heat embossed using iridescent powder to add it some shine. The tree was foam mounted on the panel, which in turn was mounted to a card base. Several cobalt and silver sequins finished off the card.
GOLD PINECONES
Last year during holidays I saw a floral composition in front of one building next to our office. It had glittery branches with gold pinecones. I was inspired to create a card with these elements, and finally did it.
I started by cutting out a white panel using dies from Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Borders 2 die set. Stamped pinecones from Altenew Poinsettia and Pine, colored then with COPICs and heat embossed using brass powder. 
Next pinecones were masked off and I stamped several branches from Altenew Winter Cardinal using Espresso ink. I added berries from the same set using Rocky Shore ink.
Using Versamarker I added embossing ink on berries, branches and cones, covered them with Gold Tinsel powder and heat set them. 
The panel was foam mounted on a Peanut Fudge card base, with brass embossed sentiment from Modern Deer on the bottom. Several cupped and flat gold sequins finished off the card.
PRIZES
There are TWO $100 prize packs from Altenew and Pretty Pink Posh up for grabs. Two winners will be picked randomly from the comments left on any of the blogs listed below. Please leave your comments by Wednesday, November 2, 2016, at midnight EST to be eligible to win. Winners will be announced on the Altenew and Pretty Pink Posh blogs on Thursday, November 3rd.
SPECIAL OFFERS
There are also special offers from Altenew & Pretty Pink Posh: Get 10% off your entire Altenew order with code ALTENEWLOVESPPP and Pretty Pink Posh order with code PPPLOVESALTENEW at checkout. Offers end Sunday, October 30, 2016, at midnight EST
GET HOPPING!
The next stop in the blog hop will be Amy Kolling. If you got lost, please go back to Altenew Blog.
BLOG HOP
Svitlana Shayevich (you are here)
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This post is also available in: Russian
Debbie
Awesome cards!
Linda Ruschmeyer
Love the blue color. Tfs
Kavita-stiryourcreativity
Contrasting but same these cards is an incredible work. Love the silver Christmas tree and the golden pine cones.
Sharon Lones
Really great cards – so different. Hope you’re loving NYC!
Pam Hammarlund
I am so excited about this release. It’s so hard to choose a favorite. Your cards are gorgeous!
Leanne in Cali
Beautiful cards! Love the details. Thanks for sharing on this fun blog hop!!
Jane
Lovely cards!
Rowena M.
Beautiful cards as always!!!!
Elaine Max
Your tree in the blue tones is so festive! I am in love with those gold pinecones. They are a must have! Thank you for sharing!
Elaine
Janet
Great cards! I especially love the blue card.
Diane Phillips
love your cards, the pinecones are just stunning. thanks for sharing your work.
Lauren
Beautiful! I especially love the blue one with the tree!
Jean Christopherson
The blue and silver combination is stunning.
Barbara Campbell
I love both cards! they have so much texture, but look like they would still be easy to mail. Very rich creations and so original. Thanks for a chance to win.
Deb Selby
Like how you used the PPP bow die
Adriana Bohusova
Wonderful inspiration, thanks for the chance to win!
Susi
Nothing says “holidays” like silver and gold, and your fabulous cards have both covered!
Barbara
Very interesting ideas.
eliza d
I love your simple color schemes but something about the pinecone card just makes me happy! Maybe it’s the gold 🙂
Jo Lindskog
Love the blue and silver
Sharon Schutjer
Great inspiration!!
KathleenB
I like both cards…interesting, unusual colors.
shannon fisher
Loving the cool blues for a different Christmas card!
Woendi Levitt
Just awesome cards. The first card is my favorite with the blues and silver
Michele F
You’ve taken embossing to the next level, Svitlana! Twine-less is a very good thing … So SO beautiful!
Beth Holt
I was super excited to see your name on the blog hop…you never disappoint! Love the gold pine cones! So elegant!
Kim Faucher
The combination of your elegant stamp images with the scallop border and colored sequins are such a beautiful balanced set of designs
Carol Rossouw
Lovely cards! Especially love the golden pine cone card. Altenew is my favourite stamp company – especially their stamp layering sets and I love what I’ve seen ladies do with PPP sequins and sparkles all over the internet. What a great chance to win amazing prizes!
Majda
Both cards are gorgeous, I love how you work with texture.
Carol Henderson
L really love the shade of blue on the blue tree. The first tree I had when I got married was trimmed all in blue ornaments. This tree reminded me of that. The pine cone card has such great texture. It looks like you could actually pick it up off the card.
Tasha Dawson
I love that blue color you got on the card!
Carol Ric
Beautiful cards. tfs
FrawnC
Very nice card
Vicenta Ghylin
Beautiful cards. Thank you for sharing your ideas and being part of this awesome giveaway
Amy Morris
Wonderful cards! The second one is my favorite, but I do like how you used the dies on the first one to create a mask.
Katie Margolis
I love the pinecone and branches card. Very creative.
lainey
Pretty cards!
Troy Louise
Both of these are so pretty! Thanks!
Linda K
very different but equally beautiful cards!!
Vivian
Gorgeous pinecones…I like the brass powder…exquisite!
Sabrina Radican
Fabulous cards!!2
Dee Earnshaw
Stunning cards and wonderful ideas with embossing powders. Thank you for sharing:)
Dar
The garland is a surprise element and makes a lovely card. Thanks.
Cynthia Cole
Lovely cards!
Kerry
Beautiful blue card- very unique
Preeti D.
both the cards are so pretty! love the color choices….thanks for sharing 🙂
Lindsey L
Love your creative use of the twine die on the first, and your brown beauty is so stunning! Love it!
Cheryl Cain
I love the vibrant blues and your background of the tree card, and the elegant gold embossing and layers of the pinecone card. Two very different yet equally beautiful cards.
Gretchen Wilson
Very creative cards, I didn’t see the bow die till later, and then it hit, cleaver!!! TFS
LaDonna Shelly
Awesome cards. ..I love the blue
Melissa Friedrich
Gorgeous cards, simply stunning! I love the twine and bows masking technique for light “rays” and the silver embossed vellum layer of the tree is sooooo pretty! The pine cones and branches are so richly gold, love the brass embossing color!
Amy Ames
These are both so beautiful Svitlana!! I especially love the blue card!! The background is so pretty with the tree!!
Isabelle
Your two cards are gorgeous, but I specially love the Christmas tree one. The blue (my favorite color) with the silver are perfect together.
Rema DeLeeuw
Beautiful cards!
Chris Handy
Beautiful
Martha Berry
Truly unique cards! Love the blues in card # 1. The bright gold pine cones are beautiful, too, in the second card. Thanks for sharing your designs!
Carmen Lalande
Very pretty!
Nana Griffin
The blue is gorgeous!
Denise Ward
Thanks for sharing these cards in the hop! They really showcase products from both companies very well.
Janet Ingraham
Beautiful blues in the beacon Christmas tree. The browns and golds wonderful.
Laura Jane
Joyful Tree and the pinecones are fairly dancing!
Gilda (McStamper)
Beautiful cards. Love the blue tree.
Nancee Purdum
What great cards!
Kimberly Wildeman
That blue tree is amazing…looks like it is coming off the page. Absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing. I would love to see a video tutorial on how to make that tree like you did
Elizabeth G
Love these cards. The silver tree is my favorite!
Sue LD
So elegant with the silver and the gold.
Amy Cooley
Beautiful Christmas tree! I love the blue hues!
Abby
Interesting designs.
Patt H.
Truly awesome card!!
Pam Dunbar
Love the blue background! I am ordering distress inks tonight! 🙂
Kathy Thisted
Very unique designs!
Linda Whitaker
Svitlana, such a gorgeous card really love the gold on it! Great job, thank you for sharing. ????
Kailash
Absolutely stunning cards!!!
Patty
Wow, your elegant cards are amazing.
Krissie
The tree card is lovely. It looks like the tree is glowing!
Swapna Patil
Love all the shimmer of silver and gold…
Ann
Amazing designs. Love the gold, silver and vellum additions to your designs.
Pat from sd
Very pretty cards. Wonderful inspiration.
Anna Kosskovskaya
C шишками просто невероятная!! Золотой эмбоссинг уже однозначно стал твоей фирменной фишкой! Да еще и эти веточки на фоне – все сложилось в одну стильную открытку
Donna Z
Oh WOW! What stunning cards and really unique, I just adore them both, you are such an artist. Thank you so much for sharing. Hoping your weekend is absolutely fabulous. Cheers Donna z 🙂
Dina
Super cards!
Nonni
Two fantastic cards with such different looks!Thanks for this amazing hop and the chance to win! 🙂
Helen Holmes
Fab cards, thanks for the inspiration.
Maryam
Both cards is so lovely. What an great chance to win a fabulous gift. Thanks for sharing.
Therese
Bold and wonderful, you really know how to make a stamp shine!
BunnyD
Love all the shine you brought to your cards with the metallic heat embossing, sequins and the silver glitter paper. Very festive!
Marsha
Nice designs!
Alison g
Love this card, thanks for sharing!
Michelle
I always love blue Christmas cards. Lovely!
Clara K
Both your cards are exquisite. I love your vision and how you see multiple uses for products. The gold pinecones and branches are beautiful.
Jan Elmore
Such pretty colors and themes!
Sarah M
Beautiful cards. Love the brown and gold AND the silver and blue!
Arianna Barbara
I love so much your stunning cards!!!
Jennifer K
Such beautiful cards! I love the brass embossed pinecones, they look amazing. I think how you used the Pretty Pink Posh twine and bows die was so creative, that is such an awesome die. You Christmas trees is gorgeous, I love that you used a paper then velum for each of the stamp layers, it really turned out beautifully!
Susie Sonnier
Wow! My two favorite companies, PPP & Altenew, A Hop, a Coupon and a Giveaway! Yeah FRIDAY!!!
bev p
Both are just lovely. Definitely not ‘run of the mill’! The blues are unexpected but really gorgeous, and the golden tones of the woodland elements are elegant. I would love to see a photo of the arrangement that inspired this one. Thank you.
Anna C
Such great cards! I love the silver tree and background! So creative! Thanks for sharing!
Kirsty Vittetoe
What beautiful creation!
Beverly Jordan
Two beautifully done cards!! Love your use of the images and dies from these fabulous companies!
Anna Sigga
These are fantastic!
Brindsay
Such beautiful cards!
Lura
Love the sort of monochromatic vibe of both cards…
Barbara
Ooh, now I love the twine die. 🙂
Sandy G.
The minute I opened your blog the gorgeous blue Christmas tree wow me. It is gorgeous and so festive. Your second card is stunning also.
DGolly
What pretty cards. I especially like the golden pinecones.
Teresa Godines
Stunning cards. Thanks for sharing
Karen B.
Such gorgeous tones used on your beautiful cards!
Lindar C
Beautiful cards, love those pine cones!
Mandi Holmes
Stunning. I love the masking on the blue card.
Miriam Leech
Very unique designs and colors!!
NatQuebec
Beautiful cards, love the blue one ????
Mary-Anne V.
Wow you’ve created such interesting texture on your cards with the embossing.
Shirley N
Both cards are absolutely stunning! Great card designs!
Debbie V
Your tree card is just so very gorgeous.
Very festive!
Liz mca
Gorgeous blue!
Jane Sirak
Two really beautiful cards. Both are so unique and beautiful.
Denise Bryant
Gorgeous cards! Love the tree and the beautiful colors you used, and the pinecones in the rich colors!
Barbara B.
pretty cards
Karthikha Uday
Very pretty and unique cards!! 🙂
Kathy H
Your tree is so pretty and I adore the pinecones. What a wonderful gift for the recipients!
Linda M
Very pretty cards! Thanks for sharing!
Renee VanEpps
Pretty cards~! That brass ep is AMAZING!!
Marsha S.
Both cards are fabulous! I love the blue colors on the first card!
Christy Q
wow, your christmas tree card just blew me away!! I love the masked lines and the depth of shading you achieved. The embossed tree looks amazing!
Michele K. Henderson
I love your gorgeous Christmas tree and the wonderful colors that you’ve used! Beautiful!
Angie
So pretty! The lines on the tree card are like light rays shooting out! SOOO cool! Both cards are great!
Lynne Dillard
Beautiful cards!
Leslie Kiley
Wonderful Cards. Thank you for the inspiration.Yor tree card is so happy and cheerful and the pinecone card is very elegant!
Kelly B
Beautiful cards!
Carolee McCaslin
Your cards are so beautiful!!!
Laurie
Very pretty. Love the blue colors.
joy meadows
Gorgeous cards! The blue one is my favorite.
Melanie
I saw the blue tree card and just said WOW! It’s amazing. Love the pine cones too. Great use of different stamp sets.
Sue McRae
Your card designs are always unique and creative! Love both cards!
sharon clark
I LOVED the pinecone card. It is so creative. Tree card is excellent but I LOVE the pinecone one:)
Debbie Barba
Soooo pretty and elegant! Love all the embossing! Love those pinecones! Very creative way that you did these. Thanks for sharing! Great blog hop with two awesome companies!
Lorelle Chin
Beautiful cards!
Sandy Small
Great cards! The gold pine cones are so elegant, and I love the blue tree with PPP twine light rays!
Lorie Cherry
Two very different card, yet both are totally beautiful. The background on the first card is like nothing I’ve ever seen, while the embossed pine cones are amazing.
Lisascreativeniche
Beautiful! Love the gold on that second card!
FeM
Awesome cards.
Linda Anderson
Your cards are gorgeous. I love silver so the tree is my favorite. Great techniques on both cards. Thanks for sharing!
Marcia Harrington
Pretty and festive holiday cards! The embossing adds so much extra pizzazz to each card.
Anna Krol
Beautiful cards! TFS x
Laura Greig
So pretty, I especially love the blue one!
Connie MacFarlane
I absolutely love both of these cards Svetlana! You never disappoint with your colour choices and techniques. Love this fabulous collaborative hop, enjoying seeing all of my favourite Altenew products teamed up with Pretty Pink Posh. Thanks for the inspiration and chance to win!
Carla Hundley
Wonderful cards,
and I love the first
one, so gorgeous!
Carla from Utah
Robin
Beautiful cards. Just love the pine cone and branches one. Thanks for sharing your talent.
Samantha Houp
Love your metallic cards. Both are gorgeous
Mirella ROGAN
Wow your cards are really different – the designs definitely stand out! I love the golden pinecones – absolutely gorgeous!
Nora
What stunning cards!! I love the last one with the gold. It is striking!!
Donna Dacy
Your cards are lovely. The gold pine cones are beautiful. Love the tree embossed with the silver embossing powder on vellum and placed over the dark blue first layer. Great designs. TFS
Kris in Alaska
It doesn’t get any better than trees and pinecones!
PJ
You had me at blue <3
Emily K
Love the blue background.
Miriam Prantner
Beautiful cards! I really love how you highlighted the tree with those twine dies!
Cynthia Johnson
Very beautiful and creative cards. I love the pinecones in brass, just fabulous.
Misty Elam
Very pretty. love the colors
Jenny van Westrop
Loving the cool blues for a different Christmas card!
Jenny
Lagene
GORGEOUS cards! The silver overlay on the tree is so rich!
Kari D
These cards have such amazing little details! THANKS for sharing!
Anna Boros
Love the blue and gold, to.
Berina Febin
Such beautiful cards!! Love the metallic embossing!! The pine card is lovely!
-Berina
Moxie Craftie
being fifi
I love your use of the bow die to give the abstract background on your first card <3
Mary Holshouser
The silver tree is beautiful.
That is a fantastic stamp.
Love the gold pinecones.
thanks for sharing.
Kari VanNoy
Great cards! Those golden pine cones are my absolute favorite!!
Sandi Marson
I am a sucker for silver and blue! The tree is absolutely beautiful with the layering of vellum embossed with silver! The stitched edge on the gold pine cones is a really beautiful touch to this card!
Jackie Waxler
My new favorite company. Great products.
Lyndal Higgins
Gorgeous stamping Svetlana! Fabulous showcase.
Bev Karolak
Gorgeous cards! Love the embossing on vellum! 🙂
Barb Macaskill
WOW! These are both absolutely gorgeous!! I couldn’t choose a favorite if my life depended on it! The gold pinecones are magnificent and I love the silver tree! Would love to receive either one of these lovely cards!! TFS!
Thordis
SO amazing cards! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Royleea love
A Blue Christmas tree ………:.:::::fabulous
SusanME
Oh, my goodness, the pinecone and branches – just LOVE this!! Thanks for sharing!
Laura allen
Great card! Love the colors!
Roro designer
Love this sentement . Your catd is pretty .
Judie Attard
Wow stunning! Especially love the card embossed in gold!!
Michelle W
Beautiful cards! Love the embossing!
Rene Davis
Love the color scheme. Very pretty.
Alexia M.
Gorgeous cards!! Love the color and stamping!
Dasha
Beautiful!
Sonya
Love the bold, standout colors on both your cards.
Ericka Strange
Great cards! Love the blue background and the stripes so pretty. And the gold with the sequins is so pretty!
Amy B
Cool designs!
Kate B
Love all the blue and gold!
erin kirkpatrick
Lovely cards! I love the gold pinecone:)
Teri W
Both gorgeous cards! Love them!
Jessica Haines
Gold pine cones are my fav
Ann Kulseth
Pretty cards – love that scallop die.