Feb 14, 2019

Altenew February 2019 Stamp/Die/Stencil Release Blog Hop + Giveaway


HI there!
Welcome to the Altenew February 2019 Stamp/Die/Stencil Release Blog Hop and Giveaway.  You must arrived from Virginia's blog.

I am always so floored when i am invited to be part of these amazing blog hops, especially cause i get to work with the awesome new Altenew products.   This new set of stamps, dies and stencils that Altenew is releasing today are gorgeous, and super versatile, so it was hard to pick a favorite.  Let me show you what i have created with some of the products:




As soon as i saw the new Dotted Blooms stamp and die set, i was in love!  The design was delicate and perfect to document our cherry blossom festival memories.  The flowering branches with the delicate buds gave me the idea of creating a  wreath for the page.   I used  Altenew Crisp inks to stamp the flowers  -in black and grey- and then chose colors from the Altenew inks to match the colors in my kids's clothing.  I have created a small video to show you how it all came together.





This circular design of this layout is so easy to put together; truly the Dotted Blooms stamp and die set is a must in this release.   But since we are talking circles, let me show you set of simple cards created with the new Trendy Circles Stamp set.




The sentiments on the stamp set gave me the idea to create birthday cards for my kids.  It is amazing what you can create with this small set.





For my boy card, i decided to use cool colors of Altenew Crisp Inks to stamp a few of the circles.  My mistake was not getting the coordinating die, so i had to fussy cut them out.   I stamped a few of the grid circles onto the card, and then some foam adhesive was used to glue the fussy cut circles thus creating dimension in the card;  a few enamel dots complete this card!




Now for the girl's card, i was inspired by my daughter's love for ice cream!  This time, i started by stamping some of the circle images on pink and white cardstock with Altenew inks, then fussy cutting  them.  Next i used the Trigonometry stamp set to create the ice cream cone, I had to trim the image a bit so that it fit the size of the circles.   I used a bit of Altenew ink to create a soft color shadow in the background, and then used foam adhesive to create the ice cream cone.   The Altenew enamel heart and the sentiment complete this card.   So Sweet!






For the next card, i used the beautiful Botanical Silhouettes stamp and die set.   This stamp is beautiful, and perfect to create dimensional cards or frames.  In this case, the image was stamped with pink ink and embossed with clear embossing powder.  




The sentiment from the Beautiful Peony stamp set was gold embossed  in the negative circle die.  For the background of the card, i reached for the Leaf Canopy stamp set and some grey Altenew inks to create those leafy shadows.  A bit of foam adhesive attachs the frame to the card, then a few pink jewels complete the card.   Love the soft look of this card!








Speaking of sweet things, the next project is all about this beautiful shot of my cousin a few weeks before having my new Goddaughter.  For this, i used the Altenew Frilled Petals stamp set and die set with the coordinating Altenew Inks. 






The beautiful blooms are rthe perfect size to complement the picture and create a bold statement in my Family album (Citrus Twist Kits Life Crafted album) .  I paired the blooms with an embossed heart created using the Magnolia heart stamp and die set a sentiment from the Wonderland stamp set.   LOVE!!




Now onto my last project for this blog hop ( i think i have kept you long enough here).  The Beautiful Peony stamp and Die set are just so gorgeous that i couldn't stop coloring the images with the Altenew watercolor pan set.  So i decided to use lots of the images to create this page about our Mother's Day portrait from a few years ago.  You can see how this page came all together in the upcoming video:





Like I mentioned at the beginning of this long post, there are so many beautiful stamps, dies and stencils being released by Altenew  you are going to have a hard time passing up on some of them!  Now it is time to get to the fun part of the blog hop... GIVEAWAYS!!!

 GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED





Thank you all for your lovely comments, the winner of the Gift Certificate to Altenew is:



Congratulations Carmela Hubler, you have won a gift certificate to Altenew.  To claim your prize, please email winner@altenew.com by 2/28/2019 with the subject line Altenew February 2019 Stamp/Die/Stencil Release Blog Hop Winner from Nathalie DeSousa's Blog

Now it is time to continue the hop, and be inspired by all these amazing designers. Your next stop is Lydia Evans' blog!   Remember you can always come back here to start the loop, or check the Altenew Card and Scrapbook blogs to join in the blog.  For your convenience a list of all the blog participants has been added :


Nathalie DeSousa <<< You are here
Lydia Evans<<<<<YOUR NEXT STOP>>>>>>


Thank you so much for stopping by!

Nathalie

95 comments:

  1. Both scrapbook pages are just breathtaking! I love your blog too!

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  2. Love your scrapbook layout! :)

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  3. such a beautiful new release, can't wait for spring to arrive

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  4. Your cards and layouts are gorgeous. I especially love the layout with the dotted blooms set, using the florals like a wreath is very creative. TFS!

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  5. Dotted bloom stamp is my favorite. So pretty.

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  6. dogwood blossoms. My favorite. Love the lush way you group them in that first photo.

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  7. Love how you used the circles...

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  8. Gorgeous designs Natalie, love your LOs, fabulous way to incorporate the new florals! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  9. The scrapbook page you designed is gorgeous!

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  10. Your scrapbook layouts are amazing. The peonies are so beautiful.

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  11. Lovely cards, all, but in love with the photo layered with blooms! Gorgeous!

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  12. Love your layouts and the cards you made are fabulous, too!

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  13. Beautiful layout! I think I am official obsessed with the peonies stamp set! So beautiful cards too!

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  14. The layouts are awesome. I especially love the one with your cousin. So beautiful.

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  15. Wonderful floral layouts! I LOVE how you used the dotted blooms to make that wonderful wreath in the first layout - LOVE IT!!!!!!

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  16. The scrapbook page featuring the Peony flowers set is my favorite. And who wouldn't love the photo with generations of of women!

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  17. Your scrapbook layouts are gorgeous. Makes me think about putting down the cards for a while and remembering how to put together a page.

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  18. Beautiful projects !! All of them are awesome but I loved the cards very much !

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  19. Great projects, love the scrapbook page but the cards are great too. February 2019 Mask Stencil Bundle

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  20. Wonderful variety in your creations! I really like that Circles stamp set...lots of options.

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  21. Thanks for sharing. They are lovely.

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  22. So creative--beautiful work!

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  23. The family album pages are so adorable! Congrats on becoming a Godmother! Love the way you used the stamps for the card and scrapbook pages too.

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  24. Beautiful projects! I love how you created the heart on your layout!

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  25. Love seeing the scrapbook pages!

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  26. I love the circular cards using the trendy circles stamp set. Beautiful job. Thanks for sharing!

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  27. The scrapbook pages and the cards are amazing. Right at the beginning, I was inspired because you used the D Dotted Blooms set so beautifully and it's my favorite from this release.

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  28. Your designs are all lovely, but I especially love the one using Dotted Blooms. It's so striking with all of the flowers cut and layered!

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  29. So loving the new release. Such wonderful images as always from Altenew. Love the layering stamps that they do so well. And the stencils look beautiful.

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  30. So many lovely creations with items from this fabulous release!!

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  31. Gorgeous! Love your layout especially.

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  32. Wow! Your scrapbook circle design is lovely! I really like your pink and gray color choice also!

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  33. Your cards and family journal are beautiful but those scrapbook layouts are absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for the great inspiration!

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  34. Love the Beautiful Peony Stamp and Die Set, Botanical Silhouettes Stamp Set! Thanks for sharing your scrapbook layouts!

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  35. I love your scrapbook layouts!

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  36. Your layouts are fabulous! I love the geometric circles cards too!

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  37. Really fun and whimsical cards with the geometric circles!

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  38. LOVE your projects - your creativeness is impressive:)

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  39. Your work is beautiful! You've inspired me to use more stamps on my scrapbook pages!

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  40. Your scrapbooks must be gorgeous. I loved both of your beautiful layouts. Awesome. This is such a beautiful new release. I too am a big fan of the dotted blooms stamp set.....so pretty. Thank you so much for those incredible videos....beautiful photos...hugs!

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  41. When I see circle stamps, I only see the circle. WOW, love how you see ice cream! Thanks for the inspiration.

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  42. Really great projects! Stunning!

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  43. Thank you for including scrapbook pages. The layouts were beautiful.

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  44. Wow! Lots and lots of great projects--and they're all very beautiful. The first layout is so beautiful. Watching you create that wreath was fascinating. Your process is so interesting and the results show your talent and creativity. All the flowers created for the second layout are just beautiful. I have to get out my watercolors and do a bunch of flowers. You've inspired me.

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  45. another great release. thanks as always for sharing.

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  46. Beautiful blooms are just lovely!

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  47. Gorgeous layout! Love all the flowers. Your card with the Botanical Silhouette stamp is so delicate and pretty.

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    1. Hello Carmela, you are the winner of the gift certificate to Altenew, congratulations... Please email winner@altenew.con by 2/28/2019 with the subject line Altenew February 2019 Stamp/Die/Stencil Release Blog Hop Winner from Nathalie DeSousa's Blog

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  48. Your layouts are so gorgeous! Love your cards too. I so impressed with your work.

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  49. Wow, absolutely gorgeous layouts. Fun and beautiful cards. Fantastic!

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  50. I like the stay blessed card, soft colors, simple and elegant.

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  51. Great projects! Thanks for the chance to win.

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  52. I'm in love with your first scrapbook layout. I watched as you magically created your layout building a wreath of flowers to adorn the picture of your children. It turned out beautifully. Your family scrapbook layout was gorgeous with the bright floral images and the title of Family Love! Thanks you for sharing your time and talent with us today. Your cards are stunning too!

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  53. Yep it was instant love for me too as soon as I saw the Dotted Blooms set lol. I love how you used it for a wreath on your layout, just beautiful! The page for your cousins picture is stunning, what a great picture also. Thank you for sharing all of your awesome projects for this most amazing Altenew release. I'm thinking this release might have to be one of those "I must have it all" releases lol. (mardy14@bellsouth.net)

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  54. I love all of these projects! And the photo in the blue dress...stunning <3

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  55. Wow! Your scrapbook layout was amazing!!! I just love the Happy Birthday Card that looks lie an ice cream cone. Very creative and cute cards.

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  56. I absolutely love your full page layouts. Great cards too.

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  57. Awesome release! Gorgeous projects! I absolutely LOVE your page layout with the Dotted Blooms!!!!!

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  58. I love these layouts! Thank you so much for sharing.

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  59. Stunning layouts as always!!

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  60. love all the blog post -great flower stamp set

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  61. Everything is beautiful-especially your layouts. I enjoyed your videos. I'm going to have to get the dotted blooms set. And I'm seriously thinking about those trendy circles. Thanks for the inspiration. I just love that wreath!

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  62. Your layouts are absolutely stunning!! You are so right, the dotted blooms are a gotta have!! The possibilities are endless. I am so in love with your layout with your cousin (she is beautiful, btw). Wonderful work!!

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  63. You made me very happy that I ordered the dotted blooms and the trendy circles, that's for sure! And I want the new peony but I have two of the older ones from Altenew, so I just can't justify this third.....yet! That layout is totally rocking this hop!!! Thanks for your ever-inspiring work that you share with us here!

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  64. All your projects are absolutely stunning. Love that you did process videos of your layouts.

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  65. Beautiful layouts! Love the unique cards you created with the circle stamps.
    Thanks for sharing...

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  66. Beautiful layout and cards! Love your clever ice cream cone! Very fun design!

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  67. WOW! Such beautiful layouts! And your cards are incredible too! Altenew has done it again!

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  68. What can I say.......each one is just as gotgeous as the next! I do like how you used the dotted blooms to make a heart on the layout. And what a creative way to make an icecream cone. Nice job! Thanks for all of the unspiration.

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  69. Beautiful lauouts...great release Altenew.

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    1. Beautiful layouts....great release Altenew...sorry for typo.

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  70. Wow! Your scrapbook pages are beautiful!

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  71. Wonderful projects. Those pages are stunning.

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  72. Gorgeous layouts and clever cards!! Thanks for the inspirations.

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  73. Wonderful set of creations! :)

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  74. Oh my world! Your cards are gorgeous and very clever (love the ice cream idea!), but your layouts are something else! Simply JAW DROPPING!!! WOW! I would like to hire you to make my scrapbook pages, LOL!

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  75. Thank you for sharing your ideas

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  76. Love those gorgeous layouts & wonderful cards! The first layout with the awesome Dotted Blooms wreath is my very favorite. I can see I really need that set!

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  77. WOW, it sure looks like you've had a really fabulous time playing with these new sets. That first layout on its own is breath taking. The trending circles cards are so much fun in design & colours. No wonder Altenew ask you to inspire us, they are amazing. Thank you for inspiring me.

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  78. great creations! luv the twig heart wreath on your first layout!!

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  79. Beautiful projects. Love the variety you show.

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  80. Beautiful layouts and fun cards.

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  81. This inspires me to try scrapbooking! I adore the peony page. Thanks for sharing!

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  82. Very, very, very beautiful scrapbook pages!!

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  83. That first layout is just a showstopper, gorgeous!!! I love how clever your ice cream cone is too!

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  84. Amazing layouts! The wreath made from the dotted blooms is just gorgeous! Your cards are beautiful, as well. I like the modern look of the circle stamp set.

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  85. Thank you for sharing all these beautiful projects! I was blown away by your first layout. That arrangement of dotted blooms is absolutely gorgeous.

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