Altenew Stencil Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello and welcome to Altenew Stencil Release Blog Hop!

You probably came from Terhi Koskinen blog. If not – you may consider starting from the beginning at Altenew blog and see what other members of Altenew design team and guest designers sharing. And as usual there are many chances to win a prize.

I’m sharing three cards today made using new products.

GRAFFITI SCRIBBLE

I used new Graffiti Scribble stencil. This stencil calls for multi color use, doesn’t it? Initially I wanted to just color the stencil openings using different colors. But then I decided to go a bit another way, faster and more interesting.

First I was placed the stencil onto a white panel so it only covered it partially and angled and inked using Dusk ink. I then moved it to another position next to the inked area inked through it using Ruby Red ink. Lastly I inked with Warm Sunshine ink through the same stencil placed right next to the already inked area. I adhered the panel onto a white card base.

The background I got happened to be quite busy so I didn’t feel like adding something else, except of a sentiment.

For the sentiment I white embossed one from You Are stamp set onto a black stripe and foam mounted it in the bottom right part of the background.
To finish I added several Morning Dew Nuvo Crystal Drops.

This product (crystal drops) are so easy to use. You can easily get ideal drops with no effort.

LAYERED KALEIDOSCOPE

For this card I used new Layered Kaleidoscope A stencil. As all layered stencils there is also another one that can be layered on top of it to get layered result. I’ll be sharing a card using both of them later this week. But for the card I’m sharing today I only used A stencil. In the middle of it there is a figure that reminded me the Sun made in African pattern. So I decided to make an African-like card using this stencil.

First I placed the stencil onto the left top part of a white panel, masked all openings outside “the Sun” using pieces of tape and inked through it with Warm Sunshine ink. Then I placed it in the bottom part of the panel and inked using Moss ink.

I white embossed a giraffe from Geometric Menagerie Stamp Set and color it with Distress Markers.  Stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set using Dark Chocolate ink, adhered the panel onto a yellow card base, foam mounted the giraffe and added several sequins to finish off the card.

I should admit that African/tribe/safari theme is not something that I ever thought  I’d do. But surprisingly enough I really like how this card came together. It reminds me Broadway Lion King … ingonyama nengw’ enamabala,  ingonyama nengw’ enamabala :))

TREE RING

For my last card I used amazing Tree Ring Stencil. First I dry embossed it into a Pale Gray Cardstock panel. Then I die-cut word DAD out of the panel using Bold Alphabet Dies.

I placed the stencil into its embossed grooves and inked over with Industrial Diamond Ink.  I then added some black droplets onto the panel and adhered it onto a Dark Gray Cardstock card base.

Lastly I created chipboard-like dimensional letter placing previously die-cut ones from the panel on top and adhered then into their negative space in the panel.

Unfortunately it’s a bit hard to see dry embossing on the letters, but it’s there. And it there and looks pretty cool. I really love this stencil, think it’s my favorite from the whole release.

At the end I want to tell you a story of how I did these black dots. Initially I planned to add just several black enamel dots. And first I was lazy to get out my enamel dots box. Second – I wanted to make them using a liquid dots product, as I got addicted to them recently. The only black liquid dots product I have is Ranger Enamel Accents. Which happened to be a bit dried out, since were bought like 6 years ago. I still was able to squeeze product out of a bottle, but it wasn’t liquid enough to create a perfect circle dots. When there is a new product on a market that seems to be interesting and promising – I tend to buy it without thinking how often will I use it if will ever.  I’m sure many of you can relate to this 🙂 But some products (especially liquid one) have shelf life. So it won’t be there for you forever. I only recently started taking this into consideration when want to buy let’s say the whole 96 colors set of a liquid product just in case.

It was a bit frustrating that my enamel accents dried out. But then I decided to try one thing. I squeezed a bit of black accent onto my craft sheet and added a bit of water. Resulting with black paint kind of thing. Which was pretty thick and a bit dimensional. So I ended up with just adding droplets of this “paint” using a small brush. Which can  be done using anything else of course. Paint, stray, ink. Using diluted enamel accents wasn’t an essential to finish this card, but I’m glad that I found the way to give another life to an almost dead product and decided to share this story 🙂

ALTENEW STENCIL RELEASE

There are 11 new stencils released this month:

Altenew Cube Builder Stencil Click A Shop: AN	Altenew Graffiti Scribble Stencil Click A Shop: AN	Altenew Grid Stencil Click A Shop: AN	Altenew Layered Dahlia Stencil A Click A Shop: AN	Altenew Layered Dahlia Stencil B Click A Shop: AN
Altenew Layered Kaleidoscope Stencil A Click A Shop: AN	Altenew Layered Kaleidoscope Stencil B Click A Shop: AN	Altenew Mega Rose Stencil Click A Shop: AN	Altenew Splatter Stencil Click A Shop: AN	Altenew Tree Ring Stencil Click A Shop: AN
Altenew Watercolor Stripes Stencil Click A Shop: AN

PRIZES

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to FIVE lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog or/and Scrapbook Blog by Tuesday, June 20th at 11:59pm EDT for a chance to win. The winners will be announced on the Altenew Card/Scrapbook blogs on Thursday, June 22nd.

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, June 20th at 11:59 PM EST for a chance to win. I will announce the winner here in this post on Wednesday, June 21th.

WINNER

The winner of $30 Gift Certificate is Jo Ann Usey.

Congratulations!

Please e-mail winner@altenew.com to claim your prize. I will also be e-mailing you.

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 very talented Virginia Lu. If you got lost, please go back to Altenew blog.

BLOG HOP

Altenew Card Blog

Jennifer McGuire

Altenew Scrapbook Blog

Sveta Fotinia

Sandra Dietrich

Yoonsun Hur

Erum Tasneem

Laura Bassen

Enza Gudor

Agnieszka Malyszek

Lydia Evans

Kymona Tracey

Debby Hughes

May Sukyong Park

Terhi Koskinen

Svitlana Shayevich (you are here)

Virginia Lu (your next stop)

Therese Calvird

Lilith Eeckles

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), Scrapbook.com (SC), Amazon (AZ), etc.
I truly appreciate your support!

Altenew Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock Click A Shop: AN	Altenew Pale Gray Cardstock Click A Shop: AN	Altenew Dark Gray Cardstock Click A Shop: AN	Altenew Jet Black Cardstock Click A Shop: AN	Altenew You Are Clear Stamp Set Click A Shop: AN
Altenew Geometric Menagerie Stamp Set Click A Shop: SSS | AN	Altenew Bold Alphabet Die Set Click A Shop: SSS | AN	Altenew Graffiti Scribble Stencil Click A Shop: AN	Altenew Layered Kaleidoscope Stencil A Click A Shop: AN	Altenew Tree Ring Stencil Click A Shop: AN
Altenew Ruby Red Dye Ink Pad Click A Shop: SSS | AN	Altenew Warm Sunshine Dye Ink Pad Click A Shop: SSS | AN	Altenew Moss Dye Ink Pad Click A Shop: AN	Altenew Dusk Dye Ink Pad Click A Shop: SSS | AN	Altenew Industrial Diamond Dye Ink Pad Click A Shop: SSS | AN
Altenew Dark Chocolate Dye Ink Pad Click A Shop: SSS | AN	Altenew Translucent Pearl Crisp Embossing Powder Click A Shop: AN	3l Scrapbook Adhesives Foam Squares Mix White Click A Shop: SSS	Ranger Mini Multi Medium Matte Glue Click A Shop: SSS | AZ | SC	Scotch Atg Adhesive Applicator Gun Pink Click A Shop: SSS | SC
Scotch Adhesive Refill For Pink Atg Applicator Gun 1/4″ Tape 2 Rolls Click A Shop: SSS | SC	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue Click A Shop: SSS	Ek Success Craft Tweezers Precision Tip Click A Shop: SSS | SC	Ek Success Honey Bee Non-stick Scissors Click A Shop: SSS | AZ	Hero Arts Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun Click A Shop: SSS | SC
Martha Stewart Mini Scoring Board 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	Sizzix Big Shot Machine Click A Shop: SSS | SC	Tonic Studios Mini Guillotine Paper Trimmer Click A Shop: SSS | AZ
Pentel Aquash Brush Small Fine Point Click A Shop: SSS	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Markers Set Of 61 Click A Shop: SSS	Ranger Enamel Accents Dimensional Glaze Inkssentials Click A Shop: SSS	Tonic Morning Dew Grande Nuvo Crystal Drops Click A Shop: SSS