Aug 25, 2022

Altenew Get Inky with Alcohol Inks Blog Hop + Giveaway ($300 in Total Prizes!)

 



Hi there!

Welcome to ALTENEW GET INKY WITH ALCOHOL INKS BLOG HOP + GIVEAWAY.  You are arriving from Seeka's Blog.   A list of all the participants is available at the  bottom of this post for your convenience.




I am so excited to be part of today's blog hop as I love all things messy and inky.   I love mixed media! Today, we are celebrating Alcohol Inks,  there is  something magical and an somehow mysterious on how these react.  The Altenew Alcohol Inks ( Artist Marker Refills) are so easy to work with, and having them in a family of colors allows you to create an infinite variation of colors for your finished projects.




Today, I am working with the Lapis Lazuli Alcohol Ink Bundle and Sugarplum Alcohol Ink Bundle to create my cards!




I started by creating two large Yupo paper sheets with these two color families.   I wanted to get large spaces of saturated color, and other of just hints of color (alcohol is the key for this), plus large spaces where the two color families met.





For this card, I cut  my panel from the blue side of my paper, then used the Caps Bold Alphabet die set to cut the sentiment from the same side of the paper. I used the Mix & Match Mariposa Die Set to cut the butterflies from different parts of the paper, so that they will pop from the sea of blue!





For my next card, I focused on the plum side of the paper.  This time, I am using the Whimsical Garden Layering Die Set to create  the focal point of the card. I cut the flower outline from white cardstock, and then used the coordinating die to cut the filler image from the plum alcohol paper.





I love the little color changing spots in the flowers.  To bring the focus to the florals, I used the Scalloped Frame 3D Embossing folder to create the card panel.   The strip sentiment was cut from matte gold cardstock - with the You Matter Die Set- and backed with a piece of the alcohol paper.




For my last card, I decided to use the area of the Yupo paper where the two color families met.  This creates those transitional puddles of ink, and also a large range of different  color tones.    I reached for the Craft-a-Flower: Open Peony Layering Die Set to cut the leaves.  Using glue dots, I arrange them on the card panel to bring a bit of the color transition to the cascade of leaves.



  

I am using a simple sentiment from the Colorful Soul Stamp set to add the sentiment to the bottom of the card.   This keeps the leaves as the focal point of the card.





I hope these have inspired you to pull your Altenew Alcohol Inks and/or Artist Markers to create projects of your own! 

Now, onto the fun part of the hop... GIVEAWAY!

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this special blog hop, 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 09/06/2022 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 10 winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 09/08/2022.

 

Let's continue the inspiration, you are off to visit Amber Rain's blog.  Remember you can always start the hop in Altenew Card Blog.  A list of all the participants follow up for your convenience:

Altenew Card Blog


Thanks for stopping by!

51 comments:

  1. Your cards are beautiful. This HOP has taught me that I love the muted colors with pops of the vibrant colors. Stunning!

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  2. Oh i love those leaves, so very effective.

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  3. You did such a great job. Beautiful cards and colors. I may have to try this technique. tyfs :)

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  4. I especially like the HAPPY card. Really pretty

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  5. These are just gorgeous and beautifully designed.

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  6. OMGoodness....simply stunning cards!

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  7. Peg Lowmiller8/25/2022 3:09 PM

    Beautiful cards and excellent ideas. Especially loved the white outline flowers with the colored inserts.

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  8. OMG! The Open Peony card is my all time favorite! Gorgeous! I need to try this.

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  9. Beautiful cards! Love the colors.
    Thanks for sharing.

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  10. I love all these cards. Lapis lazuli and sugar plum are wonderful colors.

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  11. I love your color combos and the cards are just lovely!

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  12. You made beautiful alcohol ink backgrounds! I LOVE the colors!!! The flowers are wonderful too!

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  13. Gorgeous cards! Love the alcohol inked leaves.

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  14. Barbara Whiting8/25/2022 8:41 PM

    Really pretty cards, I love the one with the leaves!

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  15. Love these alcohol colors. Wonderful cards

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  16. Oh my goodness, I love all these. Such great looks with the AI's. Must have a play!

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  17. Nathalie...3 Gorgeous cards using your alcohol ink backgrounds. Your die cut images turned out beautifully. TFS all your cards. Hugs...Nancy

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  18. All three cards are amazing! I go to the vibrant colors usually, and the second card is my favorite! It is lovely and looks so delicate! The leaves card is really gorgeous, too! I never would have thought of doing two different color families on the same paper. The results are phenomenal! Thank you for this inspiration!

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  19. Love love love the third card with the leaves. That die is now on my wish list!

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  20. Very sweet cards!

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  21. Wow! Gorgeous designs and colors! I love the butterflies!

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  22. Really like the first blue card, but I LOVE the changing leaves. Will try to reproduce. Thanks for sharing your creativity.

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  23. Your Color Me Happy card is definitely my favorite of the entire blog hop! I love the softness of the colors and the way they transition. Really lovely card!

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  24. All three of your cards are lovely and they show how versatile alcohol ink can be.

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  25. Do not understand how to comment on these blogs, this is when I usually give up in frustration. Why can't they all be the same for us old folks? Beth Ziemba bziemba@frontier.com

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  26. Thanks for sharing your beautiful cards! I especially like the color transition of the leaves!

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  27. Beautiful cards - I especially like the cascading leaves in the different alcohol ink colors.

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  28. These cards are beautiful! The last one is my favorite!

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  29. June from Minnesota8/27/2022 1:39 PM

    gorgeous results! love how the alcohol ink "flows" across the paper

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  30. All three cards are just beautiful but I like the blue one the most. Those butterflies on blue background look so gorgeous.

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  31. Wow these are stunning! I especially love the one with the leaves in both colors!

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  32. New to this! Wondering if Yupo sheets are a must? But this is so cool!

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  33. I LOVE the approach of two color families, meeting together in the middle. I adore the one with the leaves. SO great---the movement, natural flow allowing the eyes to travel from upper left to bottom right--just the way they want to travel. GREAT.

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  34. Love the whimsical garden die card.

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  35. Very beautiful cards!! I love the last one with the Happy on it. Such good ideas!!

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  36. Oh my goodness I can't even chose which one is my favorite. Love them all!!

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  37. I really like what you did with all the cards! My favorite is the leaves. Seems to be a favorite of a lot of admirers. Gorgeous work!

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  38. Marisela Delgado said: So pretty. mariandmonsterd@yahoo.com

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  39. Your cards are absolutely stunning!

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  40. love the soft colors, very pretty.

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  41. I myself have a hard time using ink for backgrounds. I love these and hope to do it myself one day.

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  42. Your cards are stunning. The leaves one with two color families is my favorite. So elegant!

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  43. Great job on the cards, great choice in dies and the alcohol inks by altenew are fantastic.

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  44. Wow!!!! Really Stunning cards!!!

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  45. Such stunning and unique cards, Nathalie. Love them! So inspirational. Thank you for sharing.

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  46. Stunning projects. Thanks for the inspiration, Nathalie.

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  47. Beautiful cards using your alcohol ink backgrounds.

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  48. So beautiful! I really like the last card- it's so cool to see the change in colors. And it really makes me appreciate the beauty of the open peony set. So easy to focus on the flower petals, and now I see how great those leaves are. Now on my "to buy" list!

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