Hello and welcome to Altenew September 2018 Holiday Stamp/Die Release Blog Hop. This release is so exciting for me as it has SO MANY incredible holiday products. I had a blast playing with them and cannot get enough of these products.
You probably came from Zsoka Marko 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 SEPTEMBER 2018 RELEASE
 Altenew Blessings Stamp Set Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Bountiful Branch Stamp Set Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew California Skies Stamp Set Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Christmas Stockings Stamp Set Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Christmas Stockings Die Set Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Christmas Stockings Stamp & Die Bundle Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Festive Poinsettia Stamp Set Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Festive Poinsettia Die Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Festive Poinsettia Stamp & Die Bundle Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew From Our Home Stamp Set Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew From Our Home Die Set Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew From Our Home Stamp & Die Bundle Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Holiday Bow Stamp Set Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Holiday Bow Die Set Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Holiday Bow Stamp & Die Bundle Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Mini Christmas Stamp Set Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Starry Night Stamp Set Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Starry Night Die Set Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Starry Night Stamp & Die Bundle Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Cozy Flannel Cover Die Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Creative Edges – Evergreen Die Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew September 2018 Stamp & Die Release Inspiration Guide Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew September 2018 Coordinating Stamp & Die Bundle Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew September 2018 Stamp Bundle Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew September 2018 Stand-Alone Die Bundle Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew September 2018 Complete Release Bundle Click A Shop: AN |
PILE OF STOCKINGS
The new Christmas Stockings Set is packed with different patterns to create a stocking for any taste. I couldn’t decide which design/pattern to use so made them all 🙂
I used red and green inks to make my stockings, mixing and matching different patterns. After stamping all stockings I die-cut them with the matching die.
Next I made a panel out of Parchment Cardstock and added some Pure White Spray splatters onto it.
Initially I planned to adhered my stockings onto it forming a background. You know those backgrounds when you stamp elements all over it. So I wanted to do similar but with die-cuts.
So I was moving around my die-cuts, deciding how to position them. And then I needed to put my project aside to take care of something else. So I simply shoved all of them together on the Parchment panel and put aside. And when I came back to this project i saw this pile of stockings and kind of liked them. And decided to leave them piled.
So I adhered all stockings onto the panel.
Next I die-cut Wishes out of Solar White cardstock using a die from the Holiday Script Words Die Set. Adhered it onto a Velum stripe, which in turn got adhered onto the panel. I popped white embossed on black merry on the top right of the Merry die-cut.
To finish off my card I foam mounted the panel onto a white card base and added several Snow Crystals to accentuate the card.
HOLIDAY BOW
The new Holiday Bow Stamp Set is quite self sufficient set. It has a bow, several branches (pine and leaves), a poinsettia. So many images and possibilities. You can use them on its own or combined or mixed and matched.
I stamped several elements using red and green inks and die-cut them with the coordinating dies.
I made a white die-cut of the new Cozy Flannel Die and adhered it onto a white card base. Followed by adhering all my elements on top.
I made my own red cardstock my swiping the Crimson Dye Ink Pad onto a white cardstock and die-cut a word Merry from Holiday Script Words Die Set out of it.
I adhered the Merry onto the card and popped white embossed on black christmas in the right top part of the Merry.
FESTIVE POINSETTIA
You know how they say – you will never have enough of poinsettia stamps. I do have several and it doesn’t stop me from wanting and loving more.
The new Festive Poinsettia Stamp Set is incredible! So beautiful and realistic. It called to be watercolor, which I did.
First I white embossed it onto a watercolor paper (for this amazing flower I went with the best paper that I own – Arches Hot Pressed). Next I watercolored it using Altenew Watercolor Set.
After coloring the flower I added a messy wash of the corresponding colors, really like how it turned out.
The sentiment was white embossed. It looks like invisible on the photo but in real life it isn’t. It’s quite visible. Just enough to read it. I didn’t want to bring any other colors to the card.
Lastly I foam mounted the watercolor panel onto a white card base and added several Snow Crystals.
FAUX CHALKBOARD
Chalkboard is one of those designs I always loved and will never be tired of. It works for any theme, but especially with holidays. I called this card “faux chalkboard” as usually chalkboard is made on a black cardstock. Here I only used white.
I stamped the new Bountiful Branch using red, greens and brown inks onto a white panel. I stamped it once in full hanging from the top of the panel and then another one partially on the right. After finishing each section I was stamping over with a solid stamp and embossing ink and clear embossing on top.
Then I blended Jet Black Dye Ink onto the panel. Clear embossing protected my stamped image and resisted the black ink. After I finished creating my “black cardstock” I ironed off the clear embossing. The idea of this technique is similar to what I showed in this video.
I smudged some white ink all over the panel to add that chalky look.
Then I white embossed a sentiment in the bottom part, stamped over the same sentiment using a white ink with a slight shift to the bottom and right (to add that shadow you may see on chalkboard images).
Lastly I foam mounted the panel onto a white card base.
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 9/19/2018 for a chance to win. 6 winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 9/22/2018.
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 09/18/2018 at 11:59 PM EST for a chance to win. I will announce the winner here in this post on 09/19/2018.
WINNER
The winner of $30 Gift Certificate is Natalia Vivas.
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 amazing Erum Tasneem. If you got lost, please go back to Altenew Card Blog.
BLOG HOP
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!
 Altenew Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Parchment Cardstock Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Jet Black Cardstock Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Vellum Translucent Paper Click A Shop: AN |
 Arches Hot Pressed Watercolor Pad Click A Shop: SSS | AZ |
Altenew Bountiful Branch Stamp Set Click A Shop: AN |
Altenew Christmas Stockings Stamp Set Click A Shop: AN |
Altenew Christmas Stockings Die Set Click A Shop: AN |
Altenew Christmas Stockings Stamp & Die Bundle Click A Shop: AN |
Altenew Festive Poinsettia Stamp Set Click A Shop: AN |
Altenew Holiday Bow Stamp Set Click A Shop: AN |
Altenew Holiday Bow Die Set Click A Shop: AN |
Altenew Holiday Bow Stamp & Die Bundle Click A Shop: AN |
Altenew Cozy Flannel Cover Die Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Holiday Script Words Die Click A Shop: SSS | AN |
 Altenew Crimson Dye Ink Pad Click A Shop: SSS | AN |
 Altenew Grapevine Dye Ink Pad Click A Shop: SSS | AN |
 Altenew Heart Beat Crisp Dye Ink Click A Shop: SSS | AN |
 Altenew Evergreen Dye Ink Pad Click A Shop: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Forest Glades Dye Ink Pad Click A Shop: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Frayed Leaf Dye Ink Pad Click A Shop: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Jet Black Dye Ink Pad Click A Shop: SSS | AN |
 Hero Arts Unicorn White Pigment Ink Pad Click A Shop: SSS |
 Hero Arts Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun Click A Shop: SSS | SC | EH |
 Altenew Embossing Ink Click A Shop: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Pure White Crisp Embossing Powder Click A Shop: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Crystal Clear Crisp Embossing Powder Click A Shop: AN | EH |
 Altenew Pure White Ink Spray Click A Shop: AN |
 3l Scrapbook Adhesives Foam Squares Small White Click A Shop: SSS | SC |
 3l Scrapbook Adhesives Foam Squares Regular White Click A Shop: SSS |
 3l Scrapbook Adhesives Foam Squares Mix White Click A Shop: SSS |
 3m Scotch Double-sided Foam Tape Permanent Click A Shop: SSS | EH |
 Ranger Mini Multi Medium Matte Glue Click A Shop: SSS | AZ | SC | EH |
 Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue Click A Shop: SSS | EH |
 Altenew Mini Blossom Die Cutting Machine Click A Shop: SSS | AN |
 Ek Success Craft Tweezers Precision Tip Click A Shop: SSS | SC | EH |
 Mini MISTI Precision Stamper Stamping Tool Click A Shop: SSS | AZ | SC |
 Ranger Tim Holtz Mini Ink Blending Tool Click A Shop: SSS | SC |
 Ranger Tim Holtz Mini Ink Blending Tool Replacement Foams Click A Shop: SSS | SC |
 Tonic Studios Mini Guillotine Paper Trimmer Click A Shop: SSS | AZ |
 Altenew Watercolor 36 Pan Set Click A Shop: SSS | AN |
 Silver Black Velvet Brush Size 2 Round Click A Shop: SSS | SB | EH |
 Studio Katia Snow Crystals Click A Shop: SSS | SK |
Amazing release. Thanks for sharing!
I love your cards, especially that beautifully watercolored poinsettia!
Love all the festive cards today. I really like the effect of the chalkboard background.
Svitlana, it’s always a joy to visit your blog … Christmas joyful today! All wonderful, but that pile of stockings? Could have been drawn from my childhood – there were nine hanging from our mantle! xx
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Amazing projects, Svitlana!! Love the combination of different techniques and all the cards are simply gorgeous. These are such pretty new stamps and dies.
This new release is a great one. Love the stocking card, the chalkboard card, but the showstopper is your beautiful poinsettia card. I would frame it and hang it in my living room if I were you. Thanks for link to the video on the autumn card– somehow I missed it when it was released.
Wow! Did you hear that? It was the sound of my jaw dropping! Your cards are SO beautiful!! Love your color choices!
In love with the watercolored poinsettia! Stunning! Thanks for the inspiration!
Thanks for the example of a dark background over an embossed image. I want to try that out.
Beautiful creations and all so very different. Thank you for sharing your cards. Your work is very inspiring.
You are so right, one can never have too many poinsettia stamps! I love your bold color choices, and all your cards are so beautiful! Thank you for the inspiration
The poinsettia card is so beautiful (though all of them are)- your watercolouring makes it look like stained glass!
I really love your cards. The poinsettia is beautiful!
Wow! Great cards, one of my favorite flowers is the poinsettia, your watercolor is gorgeous!!
I love your pile of stockings card. It’s so simple fun and great for children during the holidays.
The pile of stockings is my favorite. I may put Stars of David on the. UFC’s and send them as a Hanukkah card.
Wowzer.. great cards Svitlana.. that bountiful branch set has my name written all over it! Love love love
These are all lovely!
Wow your cards are amazing – love the colors and designs!!!!
I love the stockings!!
Beautiful cards and coloring!
Wooooow, amazing! The 3rd and 4th cards just blew me away – I’m speechless, they’re so beautiful!
Love all your cards, they are just beautiful
thanks for sharing them with us
xoxo
Beautiful beautiful cards! So festive!
These designs are just gorgeous. What a fun release from ?Altenew. I must have that bow…too cute. Thank you for sharing.
Fantastic set of super festive cards!! Love the last one a lot! 🙂
Such beautiful cards! Love each one of them.
Beautiful cards! I love all the backgrounds, the colors, the layout! Beautiful!
I always love your cardsj. Poinsettia was my favorite.
fabulous cards!!! Another amazing release and hop filled with tons of inspiration!
What fabulous cards! Your stockings are so pretty.
Very nicely done. Love them all.
Oh my, so much pretty!! And cute – those stockings.
But the poinsettia is my favorite. Wow. It’s so elegant
and I love the color.
Such great holiday cards!
I just love your pile of stockings card! What a cute idea! Great job on all of them!
You make me want the stockings set!!! Love these ideas!!!!
All of your cards are beautiful! Especially the faux chalkboard one with the bountiful branches! Thanks for the great inspiration!
Fantastic cards! I especially love the water colored Poinsettia card! So very lovely!
Wonderful bold colors! Your watercolored poinsettia is just lovely.
Love the FESTIVE POINSETTIA and FAUX CHALKBOARD! You are so creative!
All four cards are beautiful. However, the poinsettia and berries branch are tied as my favorites, because I love both those stamp sets so much!
The inspiration cards are reaaly, really gorgeous! I love the new release.
all wonderful cards, Svitlana but your watercolored poinsettia is so gorgeous – my favorite!!
All of the cards are so lovely. The poinsettia cards is stunning.
Love your cards! The bountiful branch is my favorite. It looks stunning with the dark background!
Beautiful cards and such a great release!
Thanks for sharing…
Beautiful cards and such a great release.
Thanks for sharing…
Can’t decide on a favorite; they are all so pretty. This is a great release!
Great cards!!!! Love how you used these new sets!
I absolutely LOVE your cards! They are very unique! My favorite is the Festival Poinsettia.
Amazing designs! I especially love the dark background with the berry branch. So pretty!
Your cards are amazing!!
Lovely cards! The stockings are adorable!
Beautiful cards! The chalkboard card is stunning!
Thankyou for sharing with us ths new release, and techniques to make the cards showing new release!
I’m blown away by the talent in this blog hop. Your cards are beautiful.
So many fantastic ideas! I love the kismet of you piling all those stockings on some cardstock then realizing they had made a pretty pattern. I would totally do something like that. I also love the jewel tones you chose for your poinsettia. And the way you draw out the colors into a light wash surrounding it is just gorgeous. I am going to try this technique with some of the flowers I own. Thanks for sharing so many beautiful ideas with us!
Beautiful cards!!!
Loved all your cards, but that poinsettia was stunning
Beautiful Christmas
cards. I love the water
colored poinsettia card!
Carla from Utah
Awesome creations Svitlana! My favorite was the Pile of Stockings (so cute) but then my favorite kept changing every time I moved down to the next one and then you blew me away with the watercolor Festive Poinsettia. But then you kept going and they all became my favorite all the way through the last one, I just love them all hehe. Thanks for the inspiration, my head is spinning with ideas but now I have to wait for the stamps to arrive lol.
Fabulous cards! That gorgeous poinsettia is one of my favorites, along with your Bountiful Branch card! I love all this Christmas inspiration!
Beautiful cards. I love the stocking card and the colors you chose for it. Very holiday looking. Thanks for inspiring me.
Love the faux chalkboard card the best. Just learned about masking with heat embossing but did not think to iron it off afterward. Great idea.
WOW! WOW! WOW! What an amazing showcase for the new release. Love the Christmas stockings, your faux blackboard technique looks fab, the colours really stand out ……. but my favourite has to be the poinsettia. Your water colouring looks amazing!! xx
Your faux chalkboard card was stunning. The new technique of ironing off the embossing is a winner. Thank you.
Great cards! Thanks for sharing.
Your faux chalkboard card is one of the prettiest samples I’ve ever seen! Such great ideas . . . thank you for your inspiration!
Wonderful cards. My fave is Holiday Bow.
Lovely cards, all of them, but I especially love the chalkboard card. I would never have thought to do that with the Christmas release but it really works. Great job! TFS!
Wow your cards are amazing – love the colors and designs!
Lovely cards, especially love the poinsettia with the beautiful water coloring. Thank you.
These cards are gorgeous! My favorite is definitely the one with the bow. As always, PERFECT cards! 🙂
Putting that faux chalkboard on the background against those Festive Branches & Berries really made them pop. What a great idea! My favourite stamp set of the release is the poinsettia & you’ve made such a gorgeous card with it. Thank you so much!
I love all four cards but particularly the first and last. he stockings are so adorable and the card you made is terrific, looks tricky but we know would come together well and be fun. And I love the berries, the stamps used, the flow of them and, very much, your use of them.
My favorite is the stockings, especially since I would have the same problem….I love all the choices!! The reds and greens look amazing on the kraft too! The water color poinsettia…..WOW!! Stunning!!
My favorite card is the water colored poinsettia, followed closely by the faux chalkboard background card. Thanks so much for sharing your talents!!
I love all of your cards but the last two are amazing!! I love the water coloring on the poinsettia. Gorgeous!! The branch on the black was genius!! Bravo!!
These cards are all so pretty! I LOVE that gorgeous painted poinsettia card the best! The color is so bright and fresh! It really looks amazing!
I always love to see what you create with the new releases. These are all stunning. I can’t wait to try some of these designs.
Oh my goodness! I too have used the ironing off the heat embossing for that affect as well! Such stunning cards!
This is another wonderful release from Altenew with great variety, but I really love those Bountiful Branches and the Blessings stamp set. Your cards are gorgeous – love the chalkboard one!
Awsome Altenew release, awesome cards!
luv the different background colors!
Beautiful cards! Great chalkboard technique. Thanks for the link to the video.
I love the faux chalkboard! It made the mistletoe jump off the page.
Wow! Gorgeous cards! I really love the “Merry Wishes” layered stockings card! The kraft cardstock and the vellum really make the sentiment and the stockings pop!
Ooh, I really like the one with the chalkboard-looking background!
I absolutely love the poinsettia! That has amazing WOW factors!
Your chalkboard card is wonderful. I was just doing an embossed resist technique the other day. I will have to try your background technique.
Fabulous! These are so creative!
Wonderful cards, the holly and poinsettias look so real.
Christmas is my favorite occasion to create for, and I am loving these new products! That poinsettia card is an absolute stunner!
AMAZING!!!!!! what stunning cards. Your creativity is incredible.
Love all of your cards, especially the watercolor poinsettia. You are so right, you can’t have too many poinsettia stamps!
Amazing cards! Thanks so much for the inspiration.
Love the vibrant colors you used! Really like the stocking card!
The faux chalk board card is the winner for me but it was hard to pick just one as they are all lovely.
I just love all your cards, I would have to the Poinsettia is my favorite.
The poinsettia card is beautiful!
Oh what striking cards! Gorgeous designs and so beautifully executed. Creative and wonderful inspiration.
All fabulous cards!! Your stocking card is my favorite…I love that you left them in a stack!! You’re chalkboard card is also awesome and a very realistic looking!!
Beautiful cards. Love the unique layering of the stocking and the holiday bow set! Thanks for sharing!
Fantastic cards! I love your stocking pile with the vellum sentiment over it!
These are awesome techniques. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
I love all of your cards, but my favorite is the card with the black background, it is so creative!
Wow! These are beautiful, love the festive poinsettia and the faux chalkboard. Very inspirational. Now I really want these stamps!
Absolutely fabulous release! Love the cover plate and poinsettia! As always Svitlana your cards are amazing, love ever single one, especially the watercolored poinsettia, Thanks for the inspiration!
Wow! Lovely cards. Your chalkboard techniques makes the Bountiful Branches berries card so gorgeous….another new thing for me to try.
I am so intrigued by your “faux chalkboard” technique! I just love the card to begin with, but after learning how you created it, I love it even more. Thank you for sharing you “secret” on how your created this masterpiece.
Wonderful cards. The colors are gorgeous. I love those Christmas Stockings — so fun!
Love the vibrancy of the inks! One of my fvorites from the set is the floral.
The bow is probably my favorite, with the Christmas stockings not far behind. So much talent.
Love the pile of stockings. Going to use
that idea for some of my Christmas cards.
All of your cards are fabulous.
thanks for sharing
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I really enjoyed the cards you did for this Altenew release! I especially love the look of the blackboard!! Thank you for also linking to the video that showed the techniques for masking. I have now subscribed to your videos and look forward to your beautiful cards. ?
All of your cards are beautiful! But am really looking forward Bing the “pile of stockings” cards. It’s easy enough, but a very fun card, for me to make a whole set of these as a gift. Thanks for sharing your talent.
OMG GIRL….I knew I would be in for a treat when I got to your name and could not wait to see what you created, as always STUNNING cards!!! Hopefully I can remember all the thoughts I had as I was drooling over these beauties and reading your comments. The first one with Stockings is so adorable and I had to laugh at the way you happen to come up with how you were going to put the stockings on the card, funny, loved it! The next one is my favorite stamp of the release, I love how it turned out, BEAUTIFUL and I love how you made your own “red” cardstock, genius girl!! The 3rd one is just STUNNING, probably my favorite if I had to pick the 3rd or 4th. The watercoloring is AMAZING, really Svitlana just so Beautiful!!! It was a WOW, OMG card, even the colors were amazing, and I am like you I love Poinsettia’s, just such a beautiful flower I would have them all year round if I could. The Chalkboard was a favorite because I love doing chalkboard also except I do it the “easy” way or the “lazy” way. LOL, I use Chalkboard Ink or Chalkboard paper, but it one of my very very favorite looks. One last thought I really enjoyed how you did the “set-up” of all your cards, they were all so beautiful, the photos deserve to be in a magazine, your photography was really beautiful. Thanks for a really amazing post today, I really enjoyed it!!!!!!!
I love the pile of stockings!! Thank you for sharing.
The faux chalkboard card is beautiful.
Wow…what amazing cards. Really loved the watercolor poinsettia.
Hi Svitlana 🙂 I really like your cards and the way they showcase Altenew’s amazing new release! I think my favorites this time are the “Merry”, “Festive Poinsettia” and “Faux Chalkboard” cards. They’re gorgeous!
Wow!! These cards are all so unique and just stunning!! That watercoloured poinsettia card is just an amazing colour and the bow bouquet you created is perfection and such deep rich colours. Then there’s that chalkboard card- just gorgeous!! Love them all, even the pile of stockings card. It’s just so random and the patterned stockings are so cute. Wonderful inspiration!!
All your cards are gorgeous!! But the holly on the “faux chalkboard” was so gorgeous!!! You amaze me!!!
Wow! What a variety. My very favorite is the watercolored poinsettia card…I just love the watercolor look. The stocking die cuts on Kraft paper background – those stockings really popped. Kudos to such a variety!!!
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Your cards are fabulous!! I especially love the watercolored Festive Poinsettia and the Faux Chalkboard. They are stunning!!
You are so talented! I love the poinsettia card, wonderful colors. But my favorite is the stockings card. I chuckled when I saw that. It reminds me of our house as a child. I have a lot of siblings and our stockings were just in a jumbo after Christmas morning!
Still loving the pile of stockings card. It is so fun!
Congrats to the winner!
Love the stocking card!
Four cards each one so totally different from the others in style & technique. I like the whimsical fun of the stockings that are randomly stacked on top of eachother. My favourite is the watercoloured Poinsettia which has a somewhat loose & lovely look.
Your use of color is exquisite. The pointsettia takes my breath away!