Altenew Summer Warehouse Sale and Highlight

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Altenew has a special Summer Warehouse sale that is up to 60% off.  Since I worked with most of these products, I am highlighting the ones that are discounted most and have great potential. When we buy crafty supplies, we want to maximize the use and enjoy using them over and over, right!!!?

Save up to 60% off on the Summer Warehouse Sale collection of more than 250 items, including stamps, dies, inks, tools, and more. There is more! Receive a FREE Floral Favor Stickers (worth $7.99) on *all orders over $69. Valid from 08/15/2022 at 12:01 am EDT to 08/17/2022 at 11:59 pm EDT. Check out HERE. **Free gift is not valid on online class, workshop, gift card, and monthly subscription plan orders. The free gift will be added to cart automatically on eligible orders while supplies last.

 

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Stamping A Background

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Spellbinders' August Release is out now. Boy, this month's release has so many collections. I am sharing a project with this gorgeous background Pretty Pine.

Pretty Pine Background Clear Stamp Set is from the Gnome for Christmas Collection. This wonderful background stamp has detailed pinecone, needles, acorn, and leaf designs. It fills an A2 card front and is perfect for a fall or winter look. Approximate Size: 3.50 x 4.22 in./8.90 x 13.20 cm

Here are the categories of the new release if interested. 

Seasonal Label Motifs,  Boo Dance Party, Gnome for Christmas,  Santa Lane Kit, Tinsel Time,  Warm Wishes Camper,  Winter Wonderland,  New 3D Embossing Folders, New Embellishments
New Glimmer Foil Packs

 As always, I love stamping this style of background with Distress Oxide. 

From top to down, you can see that I started with Salvaged Patina,  Crushed Olive, Rustic Wilderness, and Cracked Pistachio.

With the Distress Oxide, I like to add a layer of clear-embossing once I finished stamping the background.

To make the entire design pop, I matted a piece of black cardstock with the help of Nestabilities Dies (Set A and Set B) . I can not recommend these two basic dies enough. They are the arsenal that make designs a stand-out. I hope you enjoy seeing this wintery card in the midst of summer. 

 

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MORE Embossing Folder Wonder

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I am back with anther take with this month's Spellbinders' monthly club kit.

THE AUGUST CLUB SIGN-UP WINDOW IS NOW OPEN. JOIN THE CLUB NOW THROUGH AUGUST 28TH AND RECEIVE THE PICTURED KIT.

Now it's even easier to join the club. You can now purchase club subscriptions and store products in the same checkout.

Join the NEW Embossing Folder of the Month Club and receive an expertly designed embossing folder each month, complete with inspiration. Plus, members get store savings, extra deals, gifts, and more.
This month's "Intertwined Lattice " embossing folder is perfect for making cards, decor, and more.

When I saw the beautiful butterfly ephemera and gold thicker, I was inspired to create a backdrop with the embossing folder.

To prepare the background, I used cream cardstock. I then ink-blended 3 colors (yellow, blue and pink) onto the surface. That was the  first step.

The second step is to run the cardstock through dry-embossing folder. The 3rd step, ink up the ridges from the dry-embossed surface.

To make the background look more lively, add some splatter!

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Altenew August 2022 Marvelous Monthly Series Release Blog Hop + Giveaway ($300 in Total Prizes!)

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It's time to share another exciting Altenew Marvelous Monthly Series Release Blog Hop with you.

We are celebrating this month's Super Subscriptions with a blog hop!

If you arrive from the blog of Bobby Hagen, you are in the right place.

 You can find ideas and inspiration over Altenew Card Blog. 

 

Check out the entire August Subscription bundle HERE

 

I am sharing the Project Kit for this blog hop. As usual, there are so many wonderful sets in this. I had a hard time narrowing down which ones to use- stamp, die, stencil and dry-embossing folder. 

I couldn't decide which ones to use and decided to use them all and wow..... was it ever good to see so many goodies in one card!?

Let's start with the stamped, stencil and die cut pieces. As long as you follow the guide in the package, you will be able to stamp a gorgeous image like mine.

 

For the background, I used the same colored ink and blended the ink onto white card-stock. I then dry embossing the paper through embossing machine.

 

 

 The best part ? I didn't need to add an extra piece of sentiment, I can directly stamp onto the white card-stock and that's it!

Be sure to comment in today's posts and get inspired by Altenew's release hop. 

 

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Giveaway Prizes: $300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $25 gift certificate to 8 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 08/18/2022 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 08/20/2022

Your next stop is the blog of Laura Jane

Thanks so much for stopping by!

The Embossing Folder Wonder

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The title of this post may intrigue you....but really, it's that simple. Embossing Folders are wonderful when it comes to pulling all the designs together. I am using Spellbinders' monthly club kit as an example. 

THE AUGUST CLUB SIGN-UP WINDOW IS NOW OPEN. JOIN THE CLUB NOW THROUGH AUGUST 28TH AND RECEIVE THE PICTURED KIT.

Now it's even easier to join the club. You can now purchase club subscriptions and store products in the same checkout.

Join the NEW Embossing Folder of the Month Club and receive an expertly designed embossing folder each month, complete with inspiration. Plus, members get store savings, extra deals, gifts, and more.
This month's "Intertwined Lattice " embossing folder is perfect for making cards, decor, and more. 

In today's project, I put in a lot of elements in my design. 

 There are three gold stars (from the die in the card kit), a tag, tickets/tabs, butterflies and sentiment strips.

 You can say that there are a lot going on in this card. However, the background really pull in all the elements together. This month's embossing folder is great for just that.

 I inked up the cream card stock with Distress Oxide (Tattered Rose and Saltwater Taffy).

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Stamping with Pattern Paer

Hello friends!

I am back to share another project with Monthly Card Kit from Spellbinders.  

THE AUGUST CLUB SIGN-UP WINDOW IS NOW OPEN. JOIN THE CLUB NOW THROUGH AUGUST 28TH AND RECEIVE THE PICTURED KIT.

Now it's even easier to join the club. You can now purchase club subscriptions and store products in the same checkout.

Join the Card Kit of the Month Club and receive an expertly curated cardmaking kit each month, complete with inspiration. Plus, members get store savings, extra deals, gifts, and more. 

 

 I started out with stamping the dandelion image. I then started to "build" the images around it.

 These embellishments are easy to use. I tried to balance the white space, focal point in a cluster.

 The colors from the pattern paper really compliment the images. 

Thanks for stopping by! 

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Stretching A Cover Die in Two Creative Ways

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It's my turn to share MORE unique projects with you over Altenew Card Blog.  

 

I am excited to two ways on stretching a cover die set. Thanks to the ease and efficiency, cover dies are the go-to items for die-hard crafters. Cover dies, however, are not just for the cover! They can be used in SO many creative ways beyond the cover. Today's post is help you look at your cover dies beyond the usual ways. Let's dive in! The Peeking Leaves Cover Die is one that can be overlooked by its versatility.

 

For this card, I cut up the entire die and split it in two parts. Thanks the the frame die, the design looks cohesive and interesting. I started out with inking the die cut Peeking Leaves Cover Die. 

 

The Wildflower Garden (Add-on) Stamp & Die Bundle was perfect for the grounded images. I stamped the flowers in Pink Pearl, Coral Bliss , Warm Sunshine and Velvet.

 Once I had the vision in my mind, I secured the cover die and Wildflower Garden (Add-on) Stamp and Die with 2 in 1 Precision Glue. 

 

I then splatter a few droplets of green and stamped the sentiment. It is quite a transformation, right? Wait...that's not all. Next card will make you do a double take!

If you guessed that I die cut two pieces of  Peeking Leaves Cover Die, then you are correct. I simply trimmed off the frame (without the leave side), joined and put the two together. You get a very different look from the original cover die.

 

 To add the focal point (and also cover up the joint section), I stamped Wispy Joy Stamp & Die Bundle in Vanilla Cream, Butternut and Snapedragon.  I then added the new One-go Birthday Greetings as the sentiment.  The color combo is based on this month's Inspiration Challenge. Isn't that cool?

 

 One thing I'd like to point out is that the Metallic Cardstock diecut really well with intricate dies like Peeking Leaves Cover Die. Lastly, I embellished the card with Warm and Cozy Enamel Dots.

 What do you think? I hope that you will look at the cover dies with fresh eyes. It's truly fun to come up with various ways of using the same cover dies.  I would Love it if you can leave me some over over Altenew Card Blog.  Thanks for stopping by!  

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