Altenew July 2023 Marvelous Monthly Series Release Blog Hop + Giveaway ($300 in Total Prizes!)

Hello and welcome to Altenew July 2023 Marvelous Monthly Series Release Blog Hop!

You probably came from Virginia Lu. 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.

ALTENEW JULY 2023 MARVELOUS MONTHLY SERIES RELEASE

Altenew Build-A-Garden: Sweet Lilies Click A Shop: AN	Altenew Build-A-Garden: Sweet Lilies Add-On Die Set Click A Shop: AN	Altenew Build-A-Garden: Sweet Lilies & Add-On Die Bundle Click A Shop: AN	Altenew Craft-A-Flower: Stargazer Lily Layering Die Set Click A Shop: AN	Altenew Mini Delight: Watercolor Cluster Stamp & Die Set Click A Shop: AN
Altenew Dynamic Duo: Always Smile Click A Shop: AN	Altenew Dynamic Duo: Always Smile Add-On Die Set Click A Shop: AN	Altenew Dynamic Duo: Always Smile & Add-On Die Bundle Click A Shop: AN	Altenew Spark Joy: Potted Succulent Click A Shop: AN	Altenew Spark Joy: Potted Succulent Add-On Die Set Click A Shop: AN
Altenew Spark Joy: Potted Succulent & Add-On Die Bundle Click A Shop: AN	Altenew Marvelous Monthly Series Bundle – July 2023 Click A Shop: AN

BUILD-A-GARDEN: SWEET LILIES

I used a bold floral card featuring the new Build-A-Garden: Sweet Lilies and using a technique I hadn’t used for a while.

First, I stamped the Lily bouquet onto a white cardstock panel using Jet Black Ink. After that, the bouquet was colored using the Build-A-Garden: Sweet Lilies Color Layering Stencil. I’ve opted for red and blue inks to do the coloring. To add some depth to some elements I used inks of two shades to color one element (one base color and a darker one applied towards the element base part).

I also added some highlights using a white gel pen.

After the coloring part was finished I die-cut a mask out of Masking Paper using the Build-A-Garden: Sweet Lilies Add-on Die Set, applied it onto the flower element, and colored the area around it using the Jet Black Ink Pad.

First, I simply swiped the inkpad along the panel to apply as much ink as possible. Then, I smoothed out the applied ink by ink blending with the Ink Blending Tool.

After removing the mask I still had white areas around the floral element. Which I filled in using a black marker.

I also added the Pure White Ink Spray splatters onto the panel for additional interest.

After that, the panel was foam mounted onto a white card base.

I made the sentiment pieces using stamps from the Build-A-Garden: Sweet Lilies, which I stamped in blue-and-black ombre and then die-cut using dies from the Build-A-Garden: Sweet Lilies Add-on Die Set.

The sentiment was popped up onto the card, finishing it off.

CRAFT-A-FLOWER: STARGAZER LILY

My second card features the awesome Craft-A-Flower: Stargazer Lily Layering Die Set and follows the same design choice as the first one.

I opted for the same color combo for the floral element, as well as selected the black background to place it on.

The Lily flowers were die-cut out of pink cardstock and then dept and dimension were added by ink blending red inks onto them. Additionally, I sprayed all the elements with water to make the ink blending move and add some texture. I also added black dots onto the petals using a black pen, following the embossed design created by dies.

I assembled the flowers by stacking and adhering the corresponding layers using liquid adhesive.

The leaves were made in the same manner – die-ut out of blue cardstock, ink blending was used to color them, and spraying with water added some dimension.

To make the background I sprayed the Pure White Ink Spray through the Sunburst Stencil onto a Jet Black Cardstock panel.

The panel was foam mounted onto a white card base. Followed by adhering the layered die-cut elements onto it, forming a floral cluster.

A sentiment stripe finished off the card.

MINI DELIGHT: WATERCOLOR CLUSTER

The third card features a cute floral Mini Delight: Watercolor Cluster Stamp & Die Set, as well as the same design choice as the first two cards. At the point when I started working on this card I simply wanted to materialize it in the same design.

I stamped and die-cut all elements using the stamps and dies from the mini delight set.

After that, I adhered them onto a Jet Black Cardstock panel forming kind of a floral line in the top third of the panel. The panel was foam mounted onto a white card base after that.

Next, I made a sentiment using the Versatile Greetings Die Set. I die-cut both parts of the sentiment out of a white cardstock and ink blended blue ombre onto the top one.

After that, I assembled the sentiment and popped it up onto the card.

Several enamel dots from the Red Sunset and Lapis Lazuli Enamel Dots Sets finished off the card.

SUPPLIES

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Altenew Build-A-Garden: Sweet Lilies Click A Shop: AN	Altenew Build-A-Garden: Sweet Lilies Add-On Die Set Click A Shop: AN	Altenew Build-A-Garden: Sweet Lilies & Add-On Die Bundle Click A Shop: AN	Altenew Craft-A-Flower: Stargazer Lily Layering Die Set Click A Shop: AN	Altenew Mini Delight: Watercolor Cluster Stamp & Die Set Click A Shop: AN
Altenew Versatile Greetings Die Set Click A Shop: AN	Altenew Jet Black Dye Ink Pad Click A Shop: SSS | AN	Altenew Coral Berry Dye Ink Pad Click A Shop: SSS | AN	Altenew Ruby Red Dye Ink Pad Click A Shop: SSS | AN	Altenew Heart Beat Crisp Dye Ink Click A Shop: SSS | AN
Altenew Vineyard Berry Crisp Dye Ink Click A Shop: SSS | AN	Altenew Turquoise Dye Ink Pad Click A Shop: SSS | AN	Altenew Tide Blue Dye Ink Pad Click A Shop: SSS | AN	Altenew Starlight Dye Ink Pad Click A Shop: SSS | AN	Altenew Jet Black Cardstock Click A Shop: AN
Neenah Classic Crest Smooth Solar White Cardstock 110 Lb Click A Shop: SSS | AZ | AN	Hero Arts Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun Click A Shop: SSS | SC	Altenew Embossing Ink Click A Shop: SSS | AN	Altenew Pure White Crisp Embossing Powder Click A Shop: SSS | AN	Altenew Sunburst Stencil Click A Shop: SSS | AN
Altenew Instant Dimension Foam Tape Click A Shop: SSS | AN	Altenew Masking Paper Click A Shop: AN	Scrapbook Adhesives Foam Squares Small White Click A Shop: SSS | SC	Altenew Stampwheel Click A Shop: AN	Altenew Ink Blending Tool – Large Click A Shop: SSS | AN
Altenew Red Sunset Enamel Dots Click A Shop: AN	Altenew Lapis Lazuli Enamel Dots Click A Shop: AN

PRIZES

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $100 gift certificate to 1 lucky winner and a $40 gift certificate to 5 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 07/24/2023 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 6 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 07/26/2023.

*The winner of the $100 gift certificate will be chosen from comments left on the Altenew blog.

GET HOPPING!

The next stop in the blog hop will be Seeka. If you got lost you can find the full list of blog hop participants below.

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