Altenew Fresh Start Stamps/Dies/Stencils/Embossing Folders Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

 

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Welcome to ALTENEW FRESH START STAMPS/DIES/STENCILS/EMBOSSING FOLDERS COLLECTION RELEASE BLOG HOP + GIVEAWAY. You are arriving from Tenia's blog. A list of all the hop's participants is available at the bottom of this post for your convenience.

It is time for the first collection release of 2021, and Altenew never disappoints!!!   This month's release is amazing, versatile and so beautiful.   As always, it is hard to pick a selection to work with form the release, but let me show you what I created with my choices:

The new VINTAGE GARDEN Stamp/Die/Stencil Set is probably one of my favorite stamps from Altenew ever.  The large detail florals are perfect for all sorts of paper crafting, and can be used as stamped (there is so much detail in each design) or colored with your favorite medium.  I chose to color the florals with the simple stencil and then used them to create this layout.

I used the images as clusters on the corners of the page, and then used the new ENCHANTED ROSES stamp set to create the title for this layout.   Very simple design, and easy to put together.  

For the next project, I combined the new ENCHANTED ROSES stamp set with a bit of  watercolor ( Autumn Festival - Brush Markers-) to create the background for this page. 

Since the background us rather busy, I kept the rest of the page simple.  First, I cut a piece of paper to serve as s mat using the new GRID COVER DIE.  Then decided to embellish this page using sentiments from the BLOCK SENTIMENTS stamp set.   I added my journal lines after the picture of the layout was taken!

Another favorite from this release is the new BLOCK SENTIMENTS stamp set.   The design in each of the sentiments in this stamp set is clean and linear, which make them ideal for cards and memory keeping.  Here is have used them to create a title and also decorate my simple pocket page.

The new ALL THINGS A stamp set is probably a surprise favorite of this release.  I was amazed at all the ideas that flooded my brain once I started working with it.

For my first card, I stamped the image with a soft brown tone to heavy cardstock, and used Watercolor pencils to color in each of the small blooms.  I used the matching die to cut the letter out, and also a few others and stacked them together .  

I created this flap style card using a smaller piece of color cardstock draped around the card pannel.  I am using sentiments from the new AIRBRUSHED FLOWERS stamp set to add the sentiment to the card.

I just love the negative impression the die cut created;  I decided to use it to create a sort of bonus card.

First, I used Shades of Purple mini cube set to ink blend a card pannel so that they create an ombre effect.  Here, I heat embossed with crisp white powder the image of the ALL THINGS A stamp set.

I stacked all the negative die cuts together, and trimmed them to create the front panel. I glued these to the colored panel and then accented the card with a small sentiment strip using the AIRBRUSHED FLOWERS stamp set.

Remember to take advantage of these offers when ordering any products from the shop:

Here are THREE ways to get a FREEBIE to kickstart your creativity! 

• Get a FREE brand new Fresh Start Stamp & Die Release Inspiration Guide (worth $5.99) with every order of high-value Fresh Start release bundles. Shop HERE! *Exclusions apply.

• Get a FREE brand new online cardmaking class with every order from the new Fresh Start Stamp & Die Release collection from 01/05/2021 through 01/11/2021. Shop HERE! 

• Get a FREE brand new Fresh Start Stamp & Die Release Mini Inspiration Guide with every order from 01/05/2021 through 01/07/2021. Shop HERE!

Of course no celebration is complete with out a GIVEAWAY:

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 10 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 01/11/2021 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 12 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 01/13/2021.

Good Luck Everyone!

Now, it is time to continue the hop.  You are off to visit Laura Jane's blog.  Remember you can always return to the Altenew card blog to start the hop.   Here is a list of all the participants for your convenience:

Altenew Card Blog

Vicky Papaioannou

Jaycee Gaspar

Terri Koszler

Erum Tasneem

Jennifer McGuire

Tenia Nelson

Nathalie DeSousa   <<< YOU ARE HERE>>

LauraJane

Therese Calvird

Amber Rain Davis

Dana Joy

Nicole Watt

Tina Smith

Norine Borys

Zsoka Marko

Virginia Lu

Amanda Baldwin

Seeka

Laurie Willison

Michelle Short

Maryam Perez

Mindy Eggen

Teresa Litchfield

Svitlana Shayevich

Emily Midgett

Preeti Chandran

Reiko Tsuchida

Jessie Banks

Agnieszka Małyszek

Kelly Griglione

Lilith Eeckels

Cheryl Espie

Tania Ahmed

Jenny Colacicco

Thanks for visiting, and have fun hoping!