Hello and welcome to Altenew February 2020 Stencils/Decals/Stand-alone Dies Release Blog Hop! We’re celebrating the release of new stencils, dies and awesome decals.
You probably came from Sveta Fotinia. 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 FEBRUARY STENCIL/DECAL/STAND-ALONE DIES RELEASE
 Altenew Bold Greetings Die Set Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Dotted Starburst Debossing Cover Die Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Fancy For You Die Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Fine Frames Diamonds Die Set Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Fine Frames Square Die Set Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Nesting Frames Die Set Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Open Blooms 3D Die Set Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Intricate & Bold Stand-Alone Die Release Bundle Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Bursting Dahlia Stencil Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Geometric Roulette Stencil Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Hand-Drawn Tile Stencil Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew On Point Stencil Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Tranquil Wings Stencil Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Wild Leopard Stencil Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Intricate & Bold Stencil Release Bundle Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Crafty Talk Decal Set – Small Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Diy Wall Planner Decal Set – Large Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Framed Foliage Decal Set – Medium Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Mini Wall Calendar Decal Set – Medium Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Intricate & Bold Decal Release Bundle Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Intricate & Bold Stencil/Stand-Alone Die/Decal Release Bundle Click A Shop: AN |
DRAMATIC OPEN BLOOM
I used the new Open Bloom 3D Die Set to create yet another dramatic card. I know that many people are afraid to use black or dark backgrounds for a card. For me though it’s an always winning solution.
So first I die cut elements for several flowers and leaves using Cherry Blossom and and Green Meadows Gradient Cardstock Set and then stacked the layers of each element using a liquid and dimensional adhesive.
Next I made a card base out of a Jet Black Cardstock. I wanted to add pink splatters onto the card, to coordinate with the pink blooms. But adding any color onto a black cardstock can be tricky. An ink spray wouldn’t work as they usually have dye colorant and it wouldn’t be visible on a black background. So instead I used a white acrylic paint to add splatters. After the paint dried I colored over splatters with a pink alcohol marker. The beauty of alcohol markers is that they can work on any non porous surface.
After that I adhered all my die cut elements onto the card. Some of them I adhered flat and some popped up using both thin and regular adhesive foam squares.
Next I popped up the sentiment strip. Which I made by white embossing a sentiment onto a black cardstock. Lastly I added several pink crystals.
ELEGANT HAND DRAWN TILE
The new Hand-Drawn Tile Stencil is very beautiful and quite helpful if you need to make a quick card. You can ink blend or spray or apply an embossing paste through it, add a sentiment and call it a card. That’s basically what I did here. s.
I used a Winter Clouds Cardstock for my panel and applied the Embossing Paste through the stencil. Then I added Jet Black Ink Spray splatters.
After that I foam mounted the panel onto a white card base. Popped up the sentiment and added several Snow Crystals.
PRIZES
To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog by 3/3/2020 for a chance to win.
Altenew will also draw a winner to receive a $15 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below. All winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 3/6/2020.
GET HOPPING!
The next stop in the blog hop will be Nenette S. Madero. If you got lost you can find the full list of blog hop participants below.
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), Scrapbook.com (SC), Amazon (AZ), Spellbinders (SB), Papertrey Ink (PTI), Ink To Paper (ITP) etc.
I truly appreciate your support!
 Altenew Birthday Builder Stamp Set Click A Shop: SSS | AN |
Altenew Open Blooms 3D Die Set Click A Shop: AN |
Altenew Hand-Drawn Tile Stencil Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Jet Black Cardstock Click A Shop: AN |
 Neenah Classic Crest Smooth Solar White Cardstock 110 Lb Click A Shop: SSS | AZ | AN |
 Altenew Winter Clouds Cardstock Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Gradient Cardstock Set – Cherry Blossom Click A Shop: AN |
 Altenew Gradient Cardstock Set – Green Meadows Click A Shop: AN |
 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 Jet Black Ink Spray Click A Shop: SSS | AN |
 Altenew Embossing Paste Click A Shop: AN |
 Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue Click A Shop: SSS | EH |
 Ranger Mini Multi Medium Matte Glue Click A Shop: SSS | AZ | SC | EH |
 White Double Sided Acrylic Adhesive Click A Shop: AZ |
 Scrapbook Adhesives Foam Squares Small White Click A Shop: SSS | SC | EH |
 Scrapbook Adhesives Foam Squares Regular White Click A Shop: SSS | EH |
 Scrapbook Adhesives Foam Squares Mix White Click A Shop: SSS |
 Scrapbook Adhesives Thin Foam Squares Mix White Click A Shop: SSS | EH |
 Scrapbook Adhesives Foam Squares Small Black Click A Shop: SC | EH |
 Altenew Mini Blossom Die Cutting Machine Click A Shop: SSS | AN |
 Ranger Palette Knife Set Click A Shop: SSS | SC |
 Studio Katia Snow Crystals Click A Shop: SSS | SK |
 Studio Katia Cupid’S Kiss Crystals Mix Click A Shop: SSS | SK |
Karthikha Uday
Vibrant floral card with the black background! And a lovely card using the tiles 🙂
gail
thank you for encouraging to go use my stencils more.
Inkin' Chickie
I like the grouping of the flowers. Wonderful embossed card.
Anneleise Hampson
Love the use of the black background on your card! It really makes that card pop!
Annette Gordon
Stunning cards! I love the black background with the bright pink flowers! And then in contrast the grey and white stencil with the paste. So different but both show stoppers!
Catherine L
Pretty cards – I especially love the bold colors of the first one!
Brenda L Kuder
I love the floral card! Beautiful!
Joy Meadows
What beautiful cards! Love the first one and your pink dots are perfectly colored with alcohol markers. Something I would never have thought to do!
PENNY F
The hand-drawn tile card is magnificent! LOVE it!
Jan johnson
The 3D floral card is very beautiful. I really love it.
Pauline Godfrey
Lovely cards. I love the 3D florals against the black, stunning!
Melanie Barrett
I love pink with black, so I love your dramatic card!
Melissa Leftrick
I love your flower on the black background and the beautiful Tile stencil!
Linda M Mazzola
You are so right, that dark background really made those flowers pop. And your color choices are beautiful. Reminds us to get out of our box and try something we don’t usually do. Thanks for sharing.
sandy M
The colors you chose for the rose die set is beautiful against the black cardstock. The tile stencil card is very pretty.
Liz O.
Wonderful designs Svetlana, love them both, they are bold and unique. The Open Bloom die is simply gorgeous. Thanks for the inspiration!
Missy Shrontz
Stunning card designs. Thanks for the inspiration!
Anna Mahtani
I love the 3D open bloom card.. So gorgeous! ?
Melissa Friedrich
Beautiful cards, the Open Blooms card is so vibrant, LOVE the dark background! The tile stencil card is so pretty and elegant.
Rema DeLeeuw
Stunning!
Lee
Stunning use of color with the 3D does. Love it!
Amber P
Absolutely gorgeous!!! I’m in love with that flower card!!! <3
Katy Glenn
Beautiful cards. Love the florals
Sharon Gullikson
What a gorgeous background. AMAZING##
Brandi R
Wonderful cards! Love the contrast between the 2. First one is bright, bold and happy. Second, so soft and subtle. Love them both ♥
M
I love the bright pink flower on the dark background! GORGEOUS!
Barbara Baxter
Your cards are great! The pink flower on the black background is striking! When I first saw the 6 by 6 stencil, I didn’t know where to cut it off on a 5 1/2 by 4 1/4 card. Your card showed that I could cut it off and the card would be beautiful — just like yours.
Jade
What a magnificent rose card!
Carla Hundley
Beautiful card and
the layering is so
neat.
Carla from Utah
Dorothy A
I really like the pretty layered flower. This is an awesome Altenew release!
Mendy Crumpton
Amazing cards, love the contrast between them. Just gorgeous!
Linda BL
Love your bright pink bouquet on the black card stock. Great idea of coloring the white splatters with an alcohol marker. Shows up really well! Love that card!
BECCA YAHRLING
I love the bold pinks against the black card base; so beautiful! And I love the texture and elegance of the 2nd card. Lovely cards!
Stephanie
Your cards are always a highlight of the blog hops! I absolutely love the drama of the Open Blooms dies on the black, but the Tile Stencil birthday card really spoke to me. I didn’t think I needed that stencil, but you’ve changed my mind!
Annette Reed
That black card is gorgeous! Thanks for the tip on adding splatters to black backgrounds. I like the use of paste through that second stencil card. It’s lovely.
Marisela Delgado
So pretty. Great cards.
Nora Noll
What stunning cards!! I love the stencil on the second card!!
Carol McCready
Your cards are absolutely beautiful. I’m adding that open bloom to my shopping list.
Joanne M Hoffmann
AMAZING cards…Your OPEN BLOOMS card is INCREDIBLE!!
Beverly Jordan
The 3D Open Bloom is stealing hearts from your beautiful card!!
June Swart
Wonder cards! Love your creative style!
Cyndi Morris
Beautiful cards. The Open Bloom 3D die is my favorite from this wonderful release. It’s gorgeous.
Jane B.
Two beautiful and very different cards. The first one pops with color. The second one is so subtle. Lovely work!
Bridget G Weed
Wow! That 3D bloom die card knocked my socks off! Gorgeous. I will have to try a dark background now!
Violet Gilkes
Hi Svitlana!
I really liked the way you used Altenew’s Open Bloom layered die set. First time seen on black background.
The flower looked like it was glowing!
And the way you made the pink splatters onto the black background was great.
Looking forward to seeing more cards with ablack or dark background.
Julie Sweet
Gorgeous cards! I really like the second one, maybe because purple is my favorite color.
Kathy P
Bold pink and black is one of my fave combos, too…..and I LOVE the green leaves with this beautiful card! Can’t wait to get this die in my mailbox! Thanks for inspiring me!
Karen Hale
Love the vibrant 3D blooms against the black cardstock…stunningly beautiful. TFS
Lee Ann Barrett
I agree, a black card base is a winner. And your stenciled card is a real beauty! I love the pale color choice and the contrast of the black splatters. It is gorgeous!
Izabelawr
Wow wonderful cards Svitlana. I love the 3D flower card. It’s amazing. Thank you for sharing
Kathy Dippner
Beautiful cards! Thank you for sharing your creativity.
Sue D
Wonderful cards. Love the dark background for the flowers on the first one.
Sam Burnett
Gorgeous cards…love that beautiful floral but am in love with that 2nd card!!
Denise Bryant
Awesome cards! Love the Open Blooms flowers and that pretty stencil design too!
Ta-Tanisha J
Beautiful cards! I love that you paired that bright pink 3D floral die with a black background. It really POPS. TFS
Heather Mills
These are so gorgeous!!! And I LOVE that first one with the black background; it is so stunning!!!
Judy Price
Beautiful cards – especially the one with the black background! Thank you for sharing the information about how to get colored splatter on black backgrounds! I am learning coloring with alcohol markers and didn’t know that it is easy to use them to color most any surface. Very good to know! Thank you for sharing – and teaching!