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Feb 11, 2021

Altenew Ultimate Watercolor Lovers Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello there!

Welcome to ALTENEW ULTIMATE WATERCOLOR LOVERS BLOG HOP + GIVEAWAY. You are arriving from Terri Koszler's blog - a list of all the participants is available at the bottom of this post for your convenience-

Today, Altenew is releasing -probably some of my most favorite releases by far- three new amazing products: WATERCOLOR COLORING BOOK, ARTIST WATERCOLOR BRUSHES- Round, and ARTIST WATERCOLOR BRUSHES - Detailed-. The perfect combo for any crafter, regardless of your artistic level. As always, all the products are of super high quality and a joy to work with!

If you love coloring books, and Altenew stamps, then the new Watercolor Coloring Book is going to quickly become a favorite. I chose to color the black outline Peony ( the book also has an option for a no-line coloring image) using the Artist Watercolor 24 pan set, and the Round Watercolor brushes...

The quality of the paper and the softness of the brushes just made coloring such a joy. It was so nice to turn on some music and just color away. Now, I have a background ready for my next project!

To celebrate the release of the watercoloring book, Altenew is running a free gift promotion for a limited time. Feel free to share the promotion banner/info on your blog hop post or on your social media post using your affiliate links for a chance to make some extra money.

Receive a FREE brand new Poppy Arrangement Stamp Set (worth $23.99) with every order of the new Florals Coloring Book and Watercolor Bundle from 2/11/2021 at 12:01 AM EST until 2/14/2021 at 11:59 PM EST. Shop HERE ---> https://altenew.com/products/florals-coloring-book-and-watercolor-bundle Free gift will be added to cart automatically.

No celebration is complete without 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 02/16/2021 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 02/19/2021.

Good Luck everyone!

Now, it is time to continue with the inspiration. You are off to visit Karen Brown's blog . You can always jump onto Altenew card blog to start the hop. Here is a list of today's participants for your convenience:

Thanks for stopping by!

Dec 11, 2020

Pinkfresh Studio December 2023 Press Plate Release

Hi there!

Welcome to PINKFRESH STUDIO DECEMBER 2023 PRESS PLATE RELEASE. Today, we are celebrating the first press plate release, and it is a beautiful one. You can find all the participants at the end of this post

I just love all about this release, and it was hard to pick and choose what to use for my project, but I narrowed it down to the new Beautiful Roses and Floral Octagon Frame Press Plate and Die sets.

I started by creating the embellishments for this page using the Beautiful Roses Press Plate and Beautiful Roses Die. I created each of the images with the Press Plate and Detail Black ink

Once, I had my images ready, it was all about using watercolor to detail all the images. I simply turned on Netflix and spent my time coloring all the flowers. While the watercolor dried, I moved onto creating the background for the page.

For the background, I am using the new Floral Octagon Frame Press Plate and Floral Octagon Frame Die with the darker tones of the Amalfi Coast Premium Dye Ink cube set. I set these onto white cardstock with a bit of foam adhesive, then trimmed the page to 9.5*11in before setting it on Vanilla cardstock.

I used tone of pink in the embellishments to complement the colors of the Beautiful flowers ( for most papers and embellishments). I wanted to bring the photo to a focal point, so I placed the flowers on the opposite direction of the background formation. A few embossed Small Butterflies and Gold Metallic pearls complete the page.

I love how this page turned out, and how much fun it was to create it all. I hope this layout gives you some inspiration for a project of your own using the new Press Plate release.

To celebrate the release, Pinkfresh Studio is hosting a generous giveaway:

- Pinkfresh Studio is giving away the full release on their blog and YouTube channel,

- in addition, they are giving away a total of TEN $25 gift cards along the hop. The winners will be selected from the comments left along the hop.

The winners will be announced on December 19, 2023 on Pinkfresh Studio Giveaway Page. Please check the list, and if you are a winner, then you will have two weeks to claim your prize.

Now, let's continue the celebration! You are off to visit the rest of the participants' blogs.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sep 22, 2020

Altenew Paint-A-Flower: Carnations Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

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Welcome to Altenew's Paint-A-Flower: Carnations Release Blog Hop + Giveaway. You are arriving from Jenny Colacicco's blog - a list of all the participants is available at the bottom of this post for your convenience-

Today we are welcoming a new Paint-A-Flower release. This month's PAF: CARNATIONS is a gorgeous. The design is detailed and intrinsic, but easy to color with your favorite mediums. I just love the movement of the flowers, so I set to create a page on my journal for today's post:

I started by stamping the PAF: CARNATIONS with Obsidian ink to heavy mixed media paper, and used Altenew's Watercolor pan set to detail the images. To finish the background, I added a few splatters of green watercolor and set it aside to dry.

To create my title card, I once again used repeated the same process as in the page background. However this time I added a bit more pigment to the images. I stamped one of the sentiments -from the stamp set- trim the strip and added it to the card with foam adhesive.

To finish the page, I used the negative space the stamped images formed to add my lines of journal and then added a simple title using the Bergenia Builder Stamp set.

Just love how versatile the new PAF: CARNATIONS is, and all the possibilities of the design! Remember to secure your monthly Paint-a-Flower subscription. Just follow the promotion below to have the stamp delivered at your doorstep -each month- at a lower price when you subscribe:

Paint-A-Flower Monthly Subscription Plan https://altenew.com/products/paint-a-flower-monthly-subscription

This is a monthly subscription plan for our Paint-A-Flower. When signed up, you are guaranteed a spot in our monthly Paint-A-Flower releases and will receive a set each month - at a specially discounted price! ($15.99 →$12.99)

Of course no blog hop is complete without a GIVEAWAY:

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $20 gift certificate to 3 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog by 9/27/2020 for a chance to win. We’ll also draw a winner to receive a $15 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below. All winners will be announced on the Altenew Winners Page on 09/30/2020.

Good Luck everyone!

Now it is time to continue being inspired, your next stop is Kelly Latevola. Remember you can always return to the Altenew Card Blog to start the hop. Here is a list of all of today's participants, for your convenience:

Nathalie DeSousa << YOU ARE HERE

Thanks for stopping by. Have fun hopping around!

Aug 22, 2020

Altenew Paint-A-Flower: Calla Lily Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

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Welcome to the Altenew Paint-A-Flower: Calla Lily Release Blog Hop + Giveaway. You are arriving from Dana Joy's blog - a list of all the participants is available at the bottom of this post for your convenience-

Today, we are celebrating the release of a new member of the Paint-a-Flower family, welcome CALLA LILY. This new flower set is beautiful and probably a sentimental favorite ( Calla Lilies were my late grandmother's favorite flower). So, i set to create something soft and sweet with it!

The new PAF:Calla Lily is perfect for all types of paper crafting projects, and for me that means memory keeping!

I wanted to keep the flowers soft and natural for this page. That meant taking my time to detail a few of the images with a no-line watercolor technique. I used my Altenew Artist Watercolor pan set to paint all flowers.

I kept two of the images at the bottom of my journal page and added some of the stamped sentiments between the flowers.

But also decided to fussy cut one of the PAF:CALLA LILY images and use it as the embellishment for the photo page of my layout. A simple title -Courageous You Stamp set- complete my spread.

Like I mentioned, a new sentimental favorite stamp set! Plus the coloring results just make this page so especial.

Remember you can always subscribe to the Paint-A-Flower Monthly program, and have the stamp in your hands each month!

Paint-A-Flower Monthly Subscription Plan link (optional) https://altenew.com/products/paint-a-flower-monthly-subscription

This is a monthly subscription plan for our Paint-A-Flower. When signed up, you are guaranteed a spot in our monthly Paint-A-Flower releases and will receive a set each month - at a specially discounted price! ($15.99 →$12.99)

GIVEAWAY!

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 5 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog by 8/27/2020 for a chance to win. We’ll also draw a winner to receive a $15 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below. All winners will be announced on the Altenew Winners Page on 08/30/2020.

Good Luck Everyone!

Now it is time to continue the inspiration hop, and you are off to visit Tenia's Inspiring blog. Remember you can always start the hop in the Altenew Card Blog. Here is a list of all the participants:

Nathalie DeSousa <<< YOU ARE HERE