Dec 5, 2019

Altenew December 2019 Ink Release Blog Hop + Giveaway



Hi there!

Welcome to the ALTENEW DECEMBER 2019 INK RELEASE BLOG HOP + GIVEAWAY.  You are arriving from Kelly's blog ( a list of all the participants is available at the bottom of this post).





If you love stamps and inks as much as i do, then you must understand my excitement for this new release.   The new ink sets -TRANQUILITY, SUGAR PLUM, and FALL HARVEST are high quality inks that can be used for stamping, coloring and mixed media.  I loved them so much that i set to use the three sets in my projects.




I started this page with the Heart Builder Stencil and the Fall Harvest ink set .  A bit of masking tape was used to block the bottom part of the layout, so that heart impression only sets on the top two thirds of the page.




While the background dried completely, i used the Sugar Plum and Tranquility Ink sets , Obsidian Black Pigment ink with the Frilly Petals Stamp and Die set to create all the florals for this page.




To assemble the page, i cluster the florals around the picture of my daughter and mom, and then also added a third cluster of flowers to the left of the page.  Here i used the Across the Pond stamp set to add a sentiment that serves as the title for the page.




I love the color combination, and the soft colors of the flowers.  I had so much fun creating this page, that i decided to use the three ink sets to create a second layout ( one of my favorite projects of the year) .





This time, i decided to block the center  of the layout with masking tape and use the TRANQUILITY ink set  to create a gradient /ombre effect across the center of the page using the inks and a blending brush.




While the inked background set in place, i used the Grateful Heart Stamp set and the Sugar Plums and Fall Harvest ink sets and Black Obsidian inks to create all the florals for the page.   I took my time fussy cutting the images .




To complete this page,  I used the Fancy Greetings stamp set, Gold Pigment ink and Clear transparent embossing powder to create the title and small sentiment for the layout.  The following video will show you how it all came together:



I hope these have inspired you to take a look and try the new Altenew ink sets.  They are a great addition to the Altenew ink collection.  But i think you all are waiting for the best part of the blog hop...                  GIVEAWAY


To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog by 12/11/2019 for a chance to win.


We’ll also draw a winner to receive a $15 giftcertificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below. All winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 12/14/2019.

That is all for me today, and now you are off to visit Caly Person's blog.  Remember you can always come back here to complete the loop, or the Altenew Card blog to start the loop.   A list of all the participants is available for your convenience:


Nathalie DeSousa << YOU ARE HERE




As always please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions on how this came together.  I cannot wait to see what you create with the new inks!

XO



39 comments:

  1. Beautiful pages!! Love your work :)

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  2. I can't imagine how much fun you are having playing with these new colors! Beautiful cards !

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  3. Your projects are so beautiful! The new ink colors are gorgeous and I love the Grateful Heart set, it is on my wish list. Thank you for the inspiration!

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  4. Love the colors. Thanks for sharing.

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  5. Beautiful layouts. I love the new ink colors. They are very elegant.

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  6. Your cards are absolutely beautiful! Your style is clean and simple but elegant too. Thanks for sharing your talents with us!

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  7. What beautiful layouts. Very good use of the colors to make the photos pop.

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  8. Love the notebook idea. Your work is beautiful.

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  9. What a beautiful couple of pages in your album!!!

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  10. Your flowers are just the way I imagined they would look with these new colors...Lovely

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  11. I love your journal pages and the flowers are amazing.

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  12. Your page layouts are beautiful!

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  13. What stunning use of these gorgeous colors!

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  14. I love seeing your album whenever I'm on an Altenew hop.
    Your page is beautiful as always. Perfect way to showcase those new inks.

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  15. I adore seeing layouts!!

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  16. Truly love your layouts! Especially the second one!

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  17. Stunning layouts! I LOVE these new colors!

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  18. Pretty journal pages, love this new ink color combo and thanks for another awesome video tutorial.

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  19. Both of your layouts are gorgeous!The floral on top of the stencil just adds an extra nice touch. I love hearts added in anywhere, so I definitely want to try the top layout!

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  20. Gorgeous pages and the new ink colors are all stunning (love that stencil too).

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  21. These new colors are gorgeous! Such pretty pages using them!

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  22. I love your layouts but especially like the second one.

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  23. Stunning layouts! The Fall Harvest set really grabs my attention!

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  24. I adore your journal pages!!! And you incorporate the news inks so seamlessly in your work!

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  25. Gorgeous layouts and colours x

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  26. A lovely ink release and you made beautiful journal layouts with them!

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  27. Ahh your flowers are so pretty! Your layouts are very inspiring, I never had much interest in journaling before but now that I've started doing papercrafting it sounds so fun, and your layouts don't look intimidating.

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  28. Beautiful pages! Thank you for the inspiration.

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  29. I don't do a journal but your creations definately makes me want to. :)

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  30. Adorable picture and beautiful flowers. Thanks for sharing.

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  31. Marisela Delgado said: Beautiful flowers. mariandmonsterd@yahoo.com

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  32. Your projects are beautiful. I adore these new ink colors -- simply gorgeous.

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  33. Fabulous layouts, I really love how you used the new colors together. Marvelous designs!!

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  34. Such beautiful pages! So many great elements!

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  35. Hi Nathalie :) Your journal layouts are perfectly delightful!!! Enjoying all this inspiration on this hop! Thanks for having a part in that :)

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  36. Beautiful pages in your project! I love how the colors go so well together.

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