Hello and welcome to Altenew 11th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 1!
You probably came from Altenew. 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 at each stop, you have a chance to win a prize.
BOLD COLOR PALLETE WITH TOUCH OF SHIMMER
I created a bold thank you card using the recently released Altenew Craft Your Life Project Kit: Arched Foliage.
Having been on the Altenew Design Team for many years now, I wanted to make a card that really reflects the kind of style I often gravitate toward—think bold, non-traditional color palettes paired with a touch of messiness, texture, and layered dimension.
To start, I gold embossed the large leafy image and added color using Cherry Blossom Fresh Dye Inks through the Arched Foliage Stencil from the kit. Once it was all inked up, I used the coordinating die to cut it out.
I also stamped and die cut the bold “thank you” sentiment using the same inks for consistency.
For the background, I began by ink blending a deep teal ombré on a white panel with Galactic Stream Fresh Dye Ink.
To introduce texture, I ran the panel through my machine with the Arched Foliage 3D Embossing Folder, then added a fun mixed-media twist by lightly smearing both Mayan Gold and Galactic Skies Shimmer Relief Pastes across some of the raised areas using a palette knife. It gave the background a gorgeous touch of shine and an artistic feel.
I foam mounted the magenta-colored foliage onto the background using black adhesive foam squares, then layered the sentiment right on top for dimension.
The completed panel was then popped up onto a white card base, and to finish it all off, I added several Satin Gold Pearl Dots for a subtle, elegant touch.
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), Altenew (AN), Scrapbook.com (SC), Amazon (AZ), Spellbinders (SB), Papertrey Ink (PTI) etc.
I truly appreciate your support!
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PRIZES
Over $3,600 in total prizes! Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 11 lucky winners. There are also 35 awesome companies/crafty friends who are celebrating with us, and they are offering the following prizes:
Altenew: 11 x $50 Gift Certificate
Altenew Academy: 17 x Online Card Class ($39.99 value each)
Artistry by Altenew: 5x $20 Gift Certificate
Glassboard Studio: 3 x $50 Gift Certificate
Creative Scrapbooker Magazine: 3 x Creative Scrapbooker Magazine 1-Year Subscription ($44.9 value each)
Stamp-n-Storage: 1 Ink Pad Carousel for Altenew Fresh Dye Inks ($129.75 value)
Online Card Classes: 5 x Online Card Class ($25+ value each)
Gina K. Designs: $100 Gift Certificate
Lawn Fawn: $100 Gift Certificate
Honey Bee Stamps: $100 Gift Certificate
Pink and Main: $100 Gift Certificate
Brutus Monroe: $100 Gift Certificate
Scrapbook & Cards Today Magazine: $100 Gift Certificate
My Favorite Things: $100 Gift Certificate
Jennifer McGuire Ink: 1 Share Handemade Kindness Goodies Bag
Amy Tangerine: 1 Sticker Assortment Pack ($75 value)
Ranger Industries: $75 Gift Certificate
Michelle’s Cards & Stamps: AUD $100 Gift Certificate
LDRS Creative: 2x $30 Gift Certificate
MarkerPop: 2x $25 Gift Certificate
Trinity Stamps: $50 Gift Certificate
A Cherry On Top: $50 Gift Certificate
Simon Says Stamp: $50 Gift Certificate
Alex Syberia Designs: $50 Gift Certificate
Newton’s Nook Designs: $50 Gift Certificate
Pretty Pink Posh: $50 Gift Certificate
My Craft Room: $50 Gift Certificate
Krafters Cart: $50 Gift Certificate
Concord & 9th: $50 Gift Certificate
Scrapbook.com: $50 Gift Certificate
Pinkfresh Studio: $50 Gift Certificate
Bumbleberry Papercrafts: £25 Gift Certificate
Picket Fence Studios: $25 Gift Certificate
Ink Blot Shop: $25 Discount Code
Creative Chick Co.: $25 Gift Certificate
Auzz Trinklets N Krafts: AUD $25 Gift Certificate
Be sure to leave comments by April 29, 2025 for a chance to win one of 76 prizes! To make the hop more exciting, start your comment with “Hi from (city or country where you’re from)!” 76 winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the blogs listed below and will be announced on the Altenew Blog on May 4, 2025.
GET HOPPING!
The next stop in the blog hop will be Mindy Eggen. If you got lost you can find the full list of blog hop participants below.
BLOG HOP
Beautiful card, love the colors! So much details in this card!
Hello from Enola, PA!! Happy Anniversary Altenew!!!! I love you pink and blue combo! Stunning design!!
Wow! Love the bold colors.
Hi. Kathy from Seattle WA. I absolutely love everything about this card. I ordered the kit and the paste. I can’t wait to get my hands on that 3D embossing folder. Thank you for sharing this inspiration.
Hi From Dayton, Ohio. Happy Anniversary, Altenew! This card is beautiful!
Svitlana, as always, you always bring unusual colors to your floral elements and I LOve it! Pink leaves? YES, PLEASE!
=] Michele from Michigan
Very lovely card; love the colors!
Hi I’m from Vancouver, Canada! Happy 11th anniversary to Altenew! This is such a beautiful card, Svitlana! I love those cherry blossom ink colours you used, such vibrant and beautiful pinks. I’m going to be adding them to my Wishlist!
Hey, from Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Happy 11th Anniversary to one of many great companies in this industry. Your card is very lovely. The foliage is beautiful gold embossed and colored in pink. Love it.
This is absolutely lovely!
Happy 11th Anniversary, Altenew from sunny Cape Cod! This is glorious! Loving the pretty color palette!
Oh what a beautiful idea with those shimmer pastes on that embossing folder! Lovely card!!
Hi from ON, Canada. The card is stunning. That pink really pops and stands out.
Hi I’m from Washington state!
your card is stunning!
Hi from Lynn in NW AZ. Gorgeous card, love the colors! I so often stick to a soft palette, but so tempted to go this way. Thank you for the Inspiration.
Hello from Cedar Hill, TN!! Beautiful card!! Thank you for sharing!
Beautiful bold pink colors. I love it!!
Such a beautiful eyepopping card! Love these colors!
Hi from Chicago, IL! Beautiful card and coloring!!
Hello from Tampa, FL. Beautiful card… I love the colors and shine.
Definitely bold colors. I love them!
Amazing card. Love the colors.
Hi from Tarpon Springs, Florida! I just love the colors you used.
Those Arched branches with the shimmer relief paste are gorgeous! I love the pinks against the blue background. Very pretty!
Hi from Arden, North Carolina. I love the use of colors in this card!
That embossing folder really makes the card-especially with the blue ombre and shimmer pastes added. Never would have thought of adding pink leaves, but “wow”, a glorious combination!
What a beautiful card! I love the colors.
Hi! From Linda Hasz in Wind Gap, PA! I Especially love the colors in your card. They are wonderful! I am a relative newbie to Altrenew and have been a fan of all the flower designs. There’s no question that I would love to order one of everything in your catalog. The designers are very talented. Happy 11th Anniversary!!
Love your choice of color…beautiful card
Beautiful work! Love the color combination!
Hi from Hernando Mississippi. Your card is stunning
Hello from Wisconsin! I love the colors
Hi from Navarre, Florida. Gorgeous card!
Hi from Kansas! Love the 4 color ink combos!
Kalispell, Montana! Great card and Happy Anniversary to Altenew!
Love the colors, texture of die cut is wonderful!
Montana..great card!
Hi from NE Wisconsin. fun release. fun cards. love the colors. thanks as always for sharing and all the inspiration.
I love the unexpected colors of this. Fabulous!
Really love the pop of colors! So vibrant! I love it!
Love, love, love the colors you used!
Beautiful card ❤️
Love, love, love the colors you used! Gorgeous colors, so bold!
Beautiful card ❤️
Hi, I’m from Poynette,WI. What a beautiful card! I just got this! Thank you! Deb
Love, love, love the colors you used! Gorgeous colors, so bold!
Beautiful card ❤️ and thank you for sharing.
Gorgeous card! Thanks for sharing with us!
Beautiful card design!
What an absolute gorgeous color combination!!!
Beautiful card. I like the extra texture the shimmer paste gives your card.
Hi from Omaha, Nebraska. Beautiful card thanks for sharing.
Beautiful card
Beautiful card. Love your colors.
Beautiful card! Love the color palette you’ve used here 😊
Beautiful card! Love the color palette you’ve used here 😊 It doesn’t want to post my comment saying it’s a duplicate, so someone else thinks your color choices are great, too!
Beautiful card!!
I love the bling on your card. Welcome to NYC!
Hello from Indianapolis. Happy Anniversary, Altenew! This card is beautiful!
Hello from Indianapolis. Happy Anniversary, Altenew! This card is very pretty.
Love the card and color selections
Hi from New Jersey! Love the bold color scheme and the use of the gold shimmer, just beautiful!
Hi from Florida. You background is amazing! I love this card, so elegant and colorful.
Hi, from Conklin, Michigan! Happy anniversary, Altenew! Svitlana, your card is stunning! Love the background you created!
Hi from Woodland Park, Colorado. I love the non traditional colors and Cherry Blossom is one of my favorite color quads. Great Job and thank you.
Hi from San Francisco, California. Love the beautiful colors of your card!
Hello from Raleigh NC! Congratulations Altenew on your 11th Anniversary! I love the layers and textures of your card!
I love the colors you chose. Your background is amazing!
Hi from Shiprock, NM! I really like the shades of pink with the blues. Nicely done!
Hi from PA. Love the color combination!! The card is simply beautiful!!
Hello from Ohio! Gorgeous card in lovely color, so pretty!
Hello from sunny Florida! Love your color choices here. Beauty, for sure! Thank you for sharing!
Your cards are beautiful!
I love the textures and colors of this card so beautifully done
Hello from Monument, Colorado! Beautiful card and technique!
Hello from Indianapolis. Your cards are beautiful.
Your card is so beautiful. I love the bold colors. Altenew has such wonderful products.
Loving the pink!
Hi from Charlotte, NC. Beautiful card, love the colors!
Hello from Indiana, beautiful non-traditional color palette.
This colors are fantastic… such a striking design.
I love the simplicity and colors in this card. Beautiful!
Hi from Lansing, MI. Such bold and stunning colors for your beautiful card.
Hello from the PNW in Washington state. Love your colorful card!
Beautiful card! I love the pastes and pop of color with the gold!
Gorgeous card! I love that background!
Love the pink foliage!
Hi from Oregon! Love all the textures on your card.
Hi from Seattle, WA. Beautiful card!
Hi from Central Pennsylvania! Happy 11th Anniversary! Beautiful card!
Hi from South Central Pennsylvania. I love the gold detail and color combination. Stunning card
Hi from Central Kentucky! Happy 11th Birthday! Wow such a beautiful card!
Your art is absolutely breath taking, and you’re so super talented. Thanks for the wonderful Altenew inspiration using this incredible new release.
Hi from Apollo Beach, FL
Hi from Apollo Beach, FL Love the pinks
Love the pinks in your card
Such a pretty card
Beautiful card Svitlana, the color combo is gorgeous! TFS!
Such gorgeous color choices and I love all the texture and the gold!
Hi from Mississippi. Beautiful card!!
Beautiful card. I love the bold colors.
Wow! Beautiful colors! I love the textured background!
Hi from California! Beautiful card! Love that textured background.
Hi from Perú! Beautiful Card. Love the combination of colors.
Hi from northern California! Gorgeous colors and textures! Beautiful card!
Hi I am from Singapore! 🙂 Happy 11th anniversary to Altenew! 🙂 love the use of the Mayan Gold and Galactic Stream shimmer relief paste! So beautiful! The cherry blossom inks are one of my favourite too!
Beautiful card. I’m from Washington state.
Hi from Moss/Norway! Love the colors! 🩷
Absolutely gorgeous card!
Absolutely gorgeous card!
So beautiful card!
I love your card. I especially love your background. So vibrant!
Hi from New York! Love the pinks!! Beautiful card!!
So cool! I love how the blue looks like rippled water.
So beautiful 💜
Love the touch of gold on the background. Beautiful card
Hi from Dallas! Love this card so much!
Hi from Woodstock, Illinois. Love your card it’s very inspiring to see your work.
Hello from the middle of the mitten! Pretty card!
Hi from Montreal. What a stunning card you’ve made!
Hi from Maryland! Love the contrast of the pink leaves against the blue.
stunning color combination
So very pretty.
Hi from Idaho! Beautiful Card!
Hi! Kim from NC USA-Love the texture you added to your beautiful card!
Beautiful card!
Hi from Central New York. Love the background you made and the colors your color choices
Hello from Rochester New York. You’re card is so beautiful.
Such vibrant colors! Thank you for sharing.
Very nice card.
Hello from St. Paul, Minnesota. I love the way you did the backgtround with that embossing folder. It has given me some good inspirations.
Gorgeous card, Svetlana! Reminds me of a beautiful tropical print fabric.
Hi from Castro Valley, Ca. This is a beautiful card – love the colors!
Hi from California! Beautiful card. Love the color combination.
Hello from Troy, Ohio! Love the colors you used! The gold embossing makes everything pop!
Hi, from East Grand Forks, Minnesota! Love the use of the BOLD and unexpected colors! Thanks for the inspiration!
Hi from California. Love the bold colors on the leaves…great job!
Hi from Ontario Canada. Love the colours of your card, unusal for me. Putting the Arched foilage kit on my wishlist.
Oh soooooo pretty!!! TFS
Jan
Hello from Colorado. Gorgeous card with just great colors – very beautiful card!
Love the vivid colours on this card! The foliage is beautiful. Fabulous card.
Hi from Thomasville, NC. What a lovely card. Never have too many Thank you notes.
Hi from South Carolina! Gorgeous card! The colors are fabulous.
Hi from Kirkland, WA
Beautiful card!! Love everything about it-the background colors and texture is really spectacular! 🙂🥰
Lovely card! Interesting colors, so striking and unique.
Beautiful card!
Hi from Venus, Texas. Happy Anniversary to Altenew!! I love the deep blue with magenta and gold card, just gorgeous.
Happy 11th Anniversary to Altenew from Amesbury, MA. Loving all that you do. Thanks.
Hi from Washington state. Beautiful card; the colors are so bold
Hi from Washington state. The card is so beautiful
Beautiful card!
Hi. I’m from Saskatchewan Canada. Happy Anniversary!
I love the pink!
Hi from Santa Ana, Ca. Your leaves look incredible!
High from Ft Wright, KY! I have to be honest and say I’m not usually attracted to leaf stamps or dies that is until I see a fantastic card such as yours! So easy to color and put a big sentiment on top! It’s beautiful!
Absolutely STUNNING Svetlana! Love the color palette and all that shine! Thanks for sharing!
Wow, this design is absolutely gorgeous! I’m loving the bold, vibrant colors and eye-catching patterns. That background texture is just incredible!
Hello from NH! Love the colors!
Hi Louise from Cheshire UK here. Amazing colours you’ve used, so different and so very lovely. Love it. 😀
Hi from Georgia – great color contrast!
Hi from Illinois. Love that gorgeous background! And what a stunning color combo – blue, pink and gold.
These colors would make a beautiful Christmas card using a Poinsettia stamp or stencil.
This is such a pretty card. I love your color palette. Can’t wait to look at some of your previous cards also.
Hi from Chattaroy WA. I love everything Altenew. The flower dies are wonderful. The card is beautiful. Thank you for the inspiration.
Lovely!
Hi from Oklahoma City! *GASP* HOW PRETTY OH MY GOSH! Just literally said these exact words out loud!
Hi from New Jersey. Absolutely beautiful card. I love the color combination you used.
Hi, from South Carolina. I loved the colors you used on the card. Adding the relief paste after the embossing stencil added so much.
Wow! Gorgeous use of color. Beautiful!!
Hi from Bluffton, SC. Love the gold metallic accents.
Hi from Delaware. I can almost feel the veins in your leaves with the shiny gold lines not only out around the leaves, but down through them as well! Nice job!
Hi I’m Ken from Taiwan! Love your card, perfect for the first stop on this wonderful hop! So gorgeous
Beautiful card!
Stunning card and color combo!! Gorgeous textures as well!! Happy 11th birthday Altenew and wishing you many blessings too!!
Beverly Jordan from Orlando, FL @jordanbev5
Wonderful colors and I love the texture and dimension!
Beautiful card ❤️
So inspiring I can’t wait to try this!
Hi from Texas. Very nice card with all the details. It came together nicely and is bold.
Beautiful card!
Hi from Carmel Indiana. I love Altenew products! (and they have the best mailing packages 😊)
Beautiful card and I love the rich colors! Greetings from South Dakota!
GORGEOUS colors! I love how they play off each other. Thanks for the inspiration!
What a beautiful card, love the vibrant colors and especially the background
Hello from TX! Gorgeous card and I love the pink with the blue and gold! SO stunning!
Love the colors!
Hello from Tampa, FL. I love your creations!
Hello, from Chicagoland!
I love the colors you chose and the ways you added texture and shine!
Thank you so much for all of the ways that you inspire!!!
Hi From WI – wow love this card – the background is so yummy – thanks for the eye candy:)
Hi from Colorado Springs! Such a beautiful card! I love the colors you used and the design is fabulous!
From Portland, OR. Love the bright colors and shine. Gorgeous!
Hello from Indiana! These colors are beautiful and the gold really sets it off.
Stunning card!
Hi from Melbourne, Australia
Hello from the US, Beautiful card! I love the mix media look of it.
Beautiful card ~ Love the colors
Hi from PA! I love the bold and unusual pairing of colors. It’s so eye catching and creative!
Lovely colors and texture!
Hi from Charlotte, NC
Love your choice of Pink for the leaves. Beautiful card !
Hi from Pocahontas Arkansas! Love Altenew! Congrats on 11 years! Beautiful cards! Great job!
Hi from Kentucky! This is very eye catching!
Hi from California. Interesting background.
Your use of bright, bold colors created a beautiful card.
Hello from Zionsville, Indiana.
I’m excited for the up comming year.
Such a wonderful card and your colors are magnificent, Altenew 11th Anniversary!!!
Hi from PA, Svitlana –
This is a cool, modern card. Love all the texture and the more I see of that Arched Foliage, the more I think I “need” it.
Lori S in PA
Hi from Conneaut, Ohio up by Lake Erie . Such a wonderful blog hop with beautiful card samples and ideas 💖
Hi from New York City!! Love this card!
Hi from West Melbourne FL! Beautiful card!
I love this card! Beautiful colors and the texture is wonderful!
Hi from AZ! Love your gorgeous card-terrific colors!
Hello from NM, what a beautiful Card!
Hello from Tucson, Arizona! What a beautiful card! I love the blue background and all the gorgeous textures and of course the gold bling!!
Hello from South Carolina! Beautiful!
Hello from NH! Lovely card! Cool background and fun color on the leaves!
Hi from Texas, USA! Stunning card and helpful details!
Hello from Locust Grove, Virginia! This card is stunningly vibrant-the color combination is gorgeous and I love all the layers.
Gorgeous card, love the background and vibrant colors. A really cool take with the Arched Foliage
Hi from Parker, Colorado!! I love the colors you chose for this card. The background is amazing!
Hi from N. Platte, NE! I love the gorgeous coloring on this beautiful card! Beautiful leaves!!!
Hello from Houston, TX. Love the bold look of the cards and all the gold accents!
This is such a beautiful card! I love how you created the background with shimmer paste.
Hello from NJ!! The textures and elements you used work together beautifully!!
Wow, stunning! Love the bold magenta and the background is perfect!
Oh wowowowow, the gold and magenta together! Stop itttt! So good!
Unusual and fun colors to create a beautiful cards!
Hi from Minnesota! Great card!
What a beautiful card! Hello from Denver CO
Hi from Dayton, OH – This is a fabulous card! I would never pull the colors together as you have done. The card is stunning and makes me want to rethink my use of color. I will be braver because of you.
Wow! What background is 🔥!
Hello from Utah – Your card is stunning! I love the colors you paired together along with all the texture. Beautiful!
Amazing card again!
Beautiful combination! I love the background and leaf use! This is one I’d love to try.
The colors and the embossing make this card a stunner!!
Hello from Colorado- what’s beautiful card!
Hello from New York This card is stunning Beautiful job
Hello From Maine. That is such a pretty card. I love your color choices. Beautiful foliage…. tyfs 🙂
Hi from North Carolina. Gorgeous color combo. The water looks striking and real.
love the deep color saturation look
Pairing any color with teal or teal’ish colors brings me joy and inspiration!
Hi from Florida!
I love the extra details you put in your card making it stand out. I am just learning how to do this.
Absolutely beautiful card!!!
Hello from Louisville, KY! !OMG this is so beautiful!
Hello from Denver, CO! Your card is gorgeous! I really love these pink and gold leaves 🙂
Hi from Lopatcong, New Jersey. I just love your card. It is so beautiful.
Hello from Western Washington! Congratulations, Altenew, on your 11th Anniversary and what a fun way to celebrate! Your thank-you card is a work out art beautifully executed!
Hello from Western Washington! Congratulations, Altenew, on your 11th Anniversary and what a fun way to celebrate! Your thank-you card is a work of art and beautifully executed.
Beautiful card with all of that gold shine!
the colours are gorgeous, love it! 😊
Hello from Northwest Arkansas and congrats to Altenew!!! I just love your bold and beautiful card!!!