Altenew July 2018 Stamp/Die Release Blog Hop + Giveaway (CLOSED)

Hello and welcome to Altenew July 2018 Stamp/Die Release Blog Hop. We are celebrating the release of new amazing stamps and dies!

You probably came from Jennifer McGuire  blog. If not – you may consider starting from the beginning at Altenew Card Blog and see what other members of Altenew design team and guest designers have created. There are so many beautiful projects from talented designers. Also you on each stop you you have a chance to win a prize.

ALTENEW JULY 2018 STAMP AND DIE RELEASE

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LAYERED LEAF FRAME

The new Leaf Frame Die is very beautiful and a “staple” kind. It can be used in many different ways. I’m currently in a “leaf layering move” so I layered three die-cuts of this frame one onto another.

So I die-cut three floral frames out of a dark blue cardstock and adhered them onto another wit a small rotation. Then I trimmed the two underneath frames edges which where popping out of the top frame.

I also die-cut one more frame out of the same cardstock and cut out some branches from it, which then adhered under my layered piece (those this are in the frame opening in the middle).

For the sentiment I used the new Simply Hello Die making a DYI chipboard with it. Light blue die-cuts were used for the dimensional part and the same dark blue for the top layer.

I cut out the side pieces (from letters H and O) of the two light blue die cuts to make the sentiment fit into the frame opening and be positioned even.

Lastly I added several blue confetti.

FLORAL ALPHABET

For the next card I used the new amazing Floral Alphabet Stamp Set and the set of coordinating dies.

I made a rainbow watercolor background onto a watercolor panel.. Or maybe I should rather say – a rainbow Galaxy background lol. The original idea was to make a colorful backgound. Once I finished it I felt something was missing and decided to add some white spray splatter. Went a bit overboard by spraying literally the whole background which made it look like a Galaxy one.

Then I white embossed the sentiment onto the panel and then cut out using the matching dies to make the letters dimensional. Which I did by die-cutting the same letters out of white cardstock several times and adhering together.

I adhered the panel onto a white card base and inserted the letters into their negative spaces.

ROUND MAZE

For my next card I used new Round Maze Die. This card is very simple looking, but it’s my favorite from the release.

This card was inspired by Maze Runner movie (yes I watch a lot of movies lol).

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First of all I wanted to replicate this overgrown stone maze look. Which I did using a colored with Forest Glades Ink Spray  embossing paste.

I die-cut the maze out of green cardstock, temporary adhered it to my glass mat an spread unevenly the paste using a palette knife.

And I did the same for the M, A, Z, E letters, die-cut using Fine Alphabet Die Set.

All that were adhered onto a Parchment card base.

I finished off the card by adhering a white embossed on a vellum stripe sentiment.

LIFE IS AWESOME

From time to time to be sure that there will be the end of the world I have to make a card with dark background 🙂 My next one is one of those. I used beautiful Live Is Awesome Set for this card.

The card is very basic. I stamped and die-cut many flowers and leaves using blue and purple inks for flowers and greens for leaves.

And adhered them onto a black card base. Followed by adhering a Simply Hello die-cut on top. Cut out of a white cardstock and then colored with Artist Markers.

I added a white stripe in the bottom part for some additional interest and to balance out a card by introducing the same color as those white die-cut borders.

Lastly I added several Snow Crystlas.

BEAUTIFUL HEART

My last card for today is made using new Beautiful Heart.

I wanted to make one bright flower in the middle of a lot of leaves. And initially I planned to stamp all those leave onto a white cardstock. With hours of masking, ink blending. But then I remembered that there are colored cardstock existed in the world. And not only in the world – in my craft room too, takes quite a bit of space (not speaking of the money spent on it).

So I stamped several leaved directly onto the green card base and I love the result! Also the leaves in this set are so realistic, beautiful and simply very cool.

I also blended some pink and green ink onto a white cardstock, then stamped flower and leaves onto it and cut out using matching dies.

All that was adhered onto the card base. I popped up the sentiment white embossed on two black stripes and accentuated the card with several Onyx Crystals.

PRIZES

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog by Thursday, July 26th for a chance to win. 6 winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 7/29/2018.

I will also randomly choose a winner from comments left on this post and the prize will be $30 gift certificate to Altenew online store. Please leave a comment on this post by Tuesday, July 24th at 11:59 PM EST for a chance to win. I will announce the winner here in this post on Wednesday , July 25th.

WINNER

The winner of $30 Gift Certificate is Michele K. Henderson.

Congratulations!

I will be e-mailing you instuctions of how to claim your prize.

Thank you everyone for your lovely comments! I really appreciate your attention to my works!

GET HOPPING!

The next stop in the blog hop will be Lilith Eeckels. If you got lost, please go back to Altenew Card Blog.

BLOG HOP

Altenew Card Blog

Jennifer McGuire

Svitlana Shayevich

Lilith Eeckels

Kathy Racoosin

May Sukyong Park

Zinia Redo

Altenew Scrapbook Blog

Erum Tasneem

Enza Gudor

Nina-Marie Trapani

Virginia Lu

Sandra Dietrich

Laura Jane

Rubeena Ianigro

Lydia Evans

Dana Gong

Flora Monika Farkas

Norine Borys

Nicole Picadura

Jessica Frost-Ballas

Reiko Tsuchida

Karin Åkesdotter

Sveta Fotinia

Vicki Finger

Kymona Tracey

Emily Midgett

Kristina Pokazanieva

SUPPLIES

If you’re interested in the supplies I’ve used – they’re listed below. Where available I use compensated affiliate links (which means if you make a purchase I will get a small commission with no additional cost for you). Click on the letters below to go to a favorite store: Simon Says Stamp (SSS), Studio Katia (SK), Altenew (AN), Ellen Hutson (EH), Scrapbook.com (SC), Amazon (AZ), Spellbinders (SB), etc.
I truly appreciate your support!

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