Altenew Celebrating Parents Card Drive Blog Hop + Giveaway

 

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Welcome to ALTENEW CELEBRATING PARENTS CARD DRIVE BLOG HOP + GIVEAWAY.  You are arriving from Altenew Card Blog.  A list of all the participants is available at the bottom of this post for your convenience.

We all have been hit -in a way or another- by the world wide events.  However, it is our eldest who have  and are suffering the most.   So, what better way to bring a bit of hope, and happiness to their lives than  to receive a small token of our gratitude, love, appreciation, and constant regard for their well being.   It is with this idea in mind, that Altenew has started this PARENT CARD DRIVE and blog hop+giveaway. You can read more about the cause here.

Even, when I am not a full time card maker, I couldn't let the opportunity pass to be a part of today's hop, so let me show you what I have created:

There are so many Altenew products to choose from when it comes to creating cards. So, I decided on creating this set to celebrate moms and dads with pops of color.

For my MOM card I decided on a fuchsia/pink color palette.  Using the PEONY DREAM 3D DIE SET, I create the two flowers from pink shades of cardstock.  The florals are paired with gray leaves -created using the JUST LEAVES DIE SET.

These were set at the top of a white cardstock panel so that leaves cascade to the bottom of the card.  Here, I used the FINE ALPHABET DIE SET to cut the word "MOM" from white cardstock, twice ( a bit of   DOUBLE SIDED ADHESIVE SHEETS makes all of these come together easily).

To accent the color of the flowers, I glued the panel to a  top fold fuchsia A2 card base, and added a few color sequin  around the card. Just love the color pop on the card.

Of course, I had to create a complimentary DAD card for this set.  For this, I started by creating the sentiment of the card using  CAPS BOLD ALPHA DIE SET and COOL SUMMER NIGHT SLIM WASHI TAPE SET.  I cut the letters twice ( heavy white cardstock as the base of the letters) and stacked them to form my sentiment.

What makes the cards a set, is the use of the JUST LEAVES DIE SET as a repetitive element in both of them.  I cut the leaves from gray cardstock, and attached them to a white cardstock panel, so that they frame the sentiment  in the center of the panel.

In order to accent the sentiment, I attached the card panel with a bit of foam adhesive to an A2 teal card base, then added silver and color sequin throughout the card.   Simple, clean, and bold!

I love how these turned out, and cannot wait until they make their way to the Drive.   Remember you can also help to give back to Altenew's cause by joining the card drive.  Click here for more information, or by giving back through your purchases.

We have chosen a few Altenew products that are great for your Mother’s Day and Father’s Day cards (and other year-round projects)!

·         Simply the Best Stamp Set

·         World'sBest Dad Stamp Set

·         Thanks, Dad Stamp Set

·         ThanksAround the World Stamp Set

·         Courageous You Stamp Set

·         ArabesqueMedallion Stamp Set

·         ExtraSpecial Stamp Set

·         Precious Moments Stamp Set

Altenew will donate $1 with every order of the above stamp sets from 3/6/2021 until 5/31/2021 to the Food Bank of Central New York to support seniors in need.

Of course there is always prizes to celebrate this amazing cause

$200 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 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 03/31/2021 for a chance to win. 

 

Altenew will draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 04/2/2021.

Now it is time to continue checking all the inspiration Altenew has prepared for you today.  You are off to Tenia's blog to check her amazing project.   Here is a list of all the participants for your convenience: 

Altenew Card Blog

Nathalie DeSousa  <<< you are here

Tenia Nelson

Virginia Lu

Alex Syberia

Carol Hintermeier

Cheryl Espie

Dana Joy

Eva Bussom

Helen Kalb

Hussena Calcuttawala 

Jenny Colacicco

Joylita Dsouza

Kelly Griglione

Linda Westfall

Nandini Karmarkar

Natasha Davies

Preeti Chandran

Sandhya Iyer

Seeka

TaeEun Yoo

Terri Koszler

Bridget Casey

LauraJane

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